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Aug. 7th, 2017 11:32 amWell THAT was a thing that happened.
So, Kate Elliott reblogs and tirades about a guy reviewing Cassandra Khaw's books saying there's too much gore and something to the effect of it's not ladylike she's trying to be one of the guys and trying too hard to be in the club and whatever, dude. And CKhaw's answer is basically "OKAY FINE I WILL FUCKING INCREASE THE FUCKING THING" which is automatically endearing. So I was all "Okay I'm sold where do I start on your stuff." She tells me Rupert Wong, Cannibal Chef. I go and look at it on Amazon and okay, yes, I am up for something that looks like someone rolled for random traits on a Shadowrun chargen table. Which I pretty much said to her, not expecting really anything because RPGs are still not the commonest thing, and Shadowrun somewhat less so. (Somewhat! It's not that obscure but still.) And no. The character was totally based, among other things, on a Shadowrun character she has. And then she friended me on Twitter and I friended her and that is how I made a new author friend.
She asked me to livetweet the book reading and I totally will. There will probably be much screaming.
Just about everything is set up for DragonCon except costumes, which I'm kind of "eh" about taking. But I guess I'll try things on over the weekend and see what fits, what works. I'm definitely taking the Daenerys dress if nothing else, which means I need to style the wig. Not sure if I really want to give over a weekend to finishing the Agent Carter outfit but I have the hat if I need to. I have pants and clothes for Wynonna Earp, America Chavez, and Abby Sciuto so okay I guess I am doing costumes. Right. At least America Chavez, Wynonna Earp, and Abby. and Daenerys. And that's about everyone. And I always do Abby, let's face it. Abby is my go-to.
Nngh. I have my DragonCon funds liquefied and ready and this just makes me want to buy all the shiny things ever and no, self. The money is for DragonCon, so you can have a fun DragonCon and not nickel and dime every meal. That's why it exist, which it won't if you spend it all on shinies now. Fortunately the will checks are easy but there's still that initial "EEEEEE" that's making me twitch.
Plus I've got a hair coloring appointment in a couple weeks to get my Medeous streaks in for DragonCon. Which ought to be fun. The one good side effect to slowly going gray is that I don't have to bleach my hair to get a few strands of really RED red. I'd really love it though if I could just get a damn skunk streak or two and cosplay OH SHIT. *stares at the Daenerys dress*
Ahem. So it's safe to say I'll be cosplaying at DragonCon. Albeit subtly and with freedom of movement and all. I might also see if I can get my Nyssa coat to work and if I have the rest of her costume together, except the shoulder brace. That'd certainly be easy and movement free to work on.
Oof. And I spent most of today reading when I wasn't working so absolutely no writing work got done at work so I get to cram it all in tonight yay. That was silly of me but eeehh I can't bring myself to care very much either. Good books.
So, Kate Elliott reblogs and tirades about a guy reviewing Cassandra Khaw's books saying there's too much gore and something to the effect of it's not ladylike she's trying to be one of the guys and trying too hard to be in the club and whatever, dude. And CKhaw's answer is basically "OKAY FINE I WILL FUCKING INCREASE THE FUCKING THING" which is automatically endearing. So I was all "Okay I'm sold where do I start on your stuff." She tells me Rupert Wong, Cannibal Chef. I go and look at it on Amazon and okay, yes, I am up for something that looks like someone rolled for random traits on a Shadowrun chargen table. Which I pretty much said to her, not expecting really anything because RPGs are still not the commonest thing, and Shadowrun somewhat less so. (Somewhat! It's not that obscure but still.) And no. The character was totally based, among other things, on a Shadowrun character she has. And then she friended me on Twitter and I friended her and that is how I made a new author friend.
She asked me to livetweet the book reading and I totally will. There will probably be much screaming.
Just about everything is set up for DragonCon except costumes, which I'm kind of "eh" about taking. But I guess I'll try things on over the weekend and see what fits, what works. I'm definitely taking the Daenerys dress if nothing else, which means I need to style the wig. Not sure if I really want to give over a weekend to finishing the Agent Carter outfit but I have the hat if I need to. I have pants and clothes for Wynonna Earp, America Chavez, and Abby Sciuto so okay I guess I am doing costumes. Right. At least America Chavez, Wynonna Earp, and Abby. and Daenerys. And that's about everyone. And I always do Abby, let's face it. Abby is my go-to.
Nngh. I have my DragonCon funds liquefied and ready and this just makes me want to buy all the shiny things ever and no, self. The money is for DragonCon, so you can have a fun DragonCon and not nickel and dime every meal. That's why it exist, which it won't if you spend it all on shinies now. Fortunately the will checks are easy but there's still that initial "EEEEEE" that's making me twitch.
Plus I've got a hair coloring appointment in a couple weeks to get my Medeous streaks in for DragonCon. Which ought to be fun. The one good side effect to slowly going gray is that I don't have to bleach my hair to get a few strands of really RED red. I'd really love it though if I could just get a damn skunk streak or two and cosplay OH SHIT. *stares at the Daenerys dress*
Ahem. So it's safe to say I'll be cosplaying at DragonCon. Albeit subtly and with freedom of movement and all. I might also see if I can get my Nyssa coat to work and if I have the rest of her costume together, except the shoulder brace. That'd certainly be easy and movement free to work on.
Oof. And I spent most of today reading when I wasn't working so absolutely no writing work got done at work so I get to cram it all in tonight yay. That was silly of me but eeehh I can't bring myself to care very much either. Good books.