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rallamajoopTo the Guilty Gear fandom side of the f-list:
It’s not that I’m avoiding you. It’s just that I keep running into public posts about the big plot revelations at the end of Overture (or to be more specific, I keep running into suspect subject lines and scrolling for my life). Normally I’d probably just spoil myself and be done with it, but having seen the first five chapters already – putting me just at that point where you start picking up on the major plot elements and starting to wonder how they’re going to develop – and having fair reason to believe I’ll be able to see the rest of them in order in the relatively near future (or at least before the waiting drives me mad) – I really would like to be able to go through the rest of the story without knowing what I’m going to see at the end. I’d rather not even know whether people liked what they’ve been hearing just yet. If it’s good, fantastic – I’ll have a good surprise to look forward to. If it’s bad, I’d still prefer to wait and see for myself whether anything in the lead-up mitigates things any. Call be crazy, but it’s not exactly often we get any new plot in this fandom, and I want to make the most of it.
The result is that I’ve been skipping over a large chunk of my f-list lately – probably including a lot of stuff that’s perfectly innocent. So if there’s anything I should’ve seen, drop me a note or a link and I’ll check it out.
To the Perth-based and xxxHOLiC sides of the f-list (yeah, all of you at once, believe it or not):
Five days left until Wai-con! (If I’ve sent anyone into nervous panic with the extra reminder, I apologise profusely). Half of you (from Perth anyhow) I know I’ll be seeing there – and for the rest of you, and probably just about anyone else who’s bothering to read this, I’d love to see you there too.
Actually, for those who aren’t in this city or haven’t been here long, I should probably explain what the big deal is.
See, Wai-con’s the biggest (not to mention only) anime convention we get in this little far-side-of-nowhere city of ours each year. It’s approach is heralded by the abject panic that starts building in the Perth cosplay community in the last couple of weeks before it hits as we all madly try to get everything we should have had done months ago finished at the last minute. (For the record, things aren’t going badly this year on my own front, at least. Hiei still needs a couple of touch-ups and last odds and ends finished off, but I’ve got him almost done.) The con’s not just for cosplay, of course – there’s all the other usual panels, screenings, competitions and events as well. Or so I hear, since I don’t personally get to see much of that. The problem is this thing where I have this rather disgustingly talented artist sister who runs a stall in the traders’ room each year to sell prints of her art (plus bookmarks, cards, doujinshi and whatever else we get made), and I generally spend most of the con helping her out. I don’t mind – it’s actually kinda fun. And if anyone’s looking for us, we should be easy to find.
Anyway, since I’ll be spending most of this year’s con at a stall anyway, I thought I’d make some more pipe foxes to sell. I’ve done seven so far, and I’ve got another three halfway finished. Most are in the traditional pale yellow-brown, though I’ve also done a couple in white for variety, and even a couple in different colours just for fun (we’ve got enough of a crafty history around here that we actually have a whole selection of scraps of assorted colours of toy fur sitting around in our sewing room – how could I resist?) I’ve got no idea how well they’ll sell yet, though considering the kind of reaction they've gotten even from people who haven’t read holic themselves, I’m pretty optimistic. If I do wind up with any leftovers though, I'll probably see about selling them online. I know I won't be lacking for demand there, in any case. ^^;
I only hope this plan doesn’t end in my getting dogpiled by requests. I’ve had a lot of people wanting to buy one off me since I put up those first photos. Even putting up the tutorials didn’t seem to help very much.
It’s not that I’m avoiding you. It’s just that I keep running into public posts about the big plot revelations at the end of Overture (or to be more specific, I keep running into suspect subject lines and scrolling for my life). Normally I’d probably just spoil myself and be done with it, but having seen the first five chapters already – putting me just at that point where you start picking up on the major plot elements and starting to wonder how they’re going to develop – and having fair reason to believe I’ll be able to see the rest of them in order in the relatively near future (or at least before the waiting drives me mad) – I really would like to be able to go through the rest of the story without knowing what I’m going to see at the end. I’d rather not even know whether people liked what they’ve been hearing just yet. If it’s good, fantastic – I’ll have a good surprise to look forward to. If it’s bad, I’d still prefer to wait and see for myself whether anything in the lead-up mitigates things any. Call be crazy, but it’s not exactly often we get any new plot in this fandom, and I want to make the most of it.
The result is that I’ve been skipping over a large chunk of my f-list lately – probably including a lot of stuff that’s perfectly innocent. So if there’s anything I should’ve seen, drop me a note or a link and I’ll check it out.
To the Perth-based and xxxHOLiC sides of the f-list (yeah, all of you at once, believe it or not):
Five days left until Wai-con! (If I’ve sent anyone into nervous panic with the extra reminder, I apologise profusely). Half of you (from Perth anyhow) I know I’ll be seeing there – and for the rest of you, and probably just about anyone else who’s bothering to read this, I’d love to see you there too.
Actually, for those who aren’t in this city or haven’t been here long, I should probably explain what the big deal is.
See, Wai-con’s the biggest (not to mention only) anime convention we get in this little far-side-of-nowhere city of ours each year. It’s approach is heralded by the abject panic that starts building in the Perth cosplay community in the last couple of weeks before it hits as we all madly try to get everything we should have had done months ago finished at the last minute. (For the record, things aren’t going badly this year on my own front, at least. Hiei still needs a couple of touch-ups and last odds and ends finished off, but I’ve got him almost done.) The con’s not just for cosplay, of course – there’s all the other usual panels, screenings, competitions and events as well. Or so I hear, since I don’t personally get to see much of that. The problem is this thing where I have this rather disgustingly talented artist sister who runs a stall in the traders’ room each year to sell prints of her art (plus bookmarks, cards, doujinshi and whatever else we get made), and I generally spend most of the con helping her out. I don’t mind – it’s actually kinda fun. And if anyone’s looking for us, we should be easy to find.
Anyway, since I’ll be spending most of this year’s con at a stall anyway, I thought I’d make some more pipe foxes to sell. I’ve done seven so far, and I’ve got another three halfway finished. Most are in the traditional pale yellow-brown, though I’ve also done a couple in white for variety, and even a couple in different colours just for fun (we’ve got enough of a crafty history around here that we actually have a whole selection of scraps of assorted colours of toy fur sitting around in our sewing room – how could I resist?) I’ve got no idea how well they’ll sell yet, though considering the kind of reaction they've gotten even from people who haven’t read holic themselves, I’m pretty optimistic. If I do wind up with any leftovers though, I'll probably see about selling them online. I know I won't be lacking for demand there, in any case. ^^;
I only hope this plan doesn’t end in my getting dogpiled by requests. I’ve had a lot of people wanting to buy one off me since I put up those first photos. Even putting up the tutorials didn’t seem to help very much.