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Submitted September 01, 2018 at 08:58AM by R10E https://ift.tt/2CfjgWS
Friday, August 31, 2018
Harry Potter themed mani/nail art
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Submitted September 01, 2018 at 05:30AM by Pru_Ravenclaw https://ift.tt/2oteRFM
Submitted September 01, 2018 at 05:30AM by Pru_Ravenclaw https://ift.tt/2oteRFM
How do I hang a Ribba frame?
Bought one of these last week and it's driving me insane. The bracket is attached to the backing which is way too far from the wall to actually be useful.
I tried hanging it on a very long nail - it ripped out of the plaster wall and fell off.
I tried using wire with eye screws on either side - one of the eye screws pulled out less than 10 mins after hanging and it fell off.
I now have a damaged frame, a damaged wall, and still no art hanging up. Help!
Submitted September 01, 2018 at 06:53AM by Meepmeep5566 https://ift.tt/2wy33qf
I have realized something.
Quirrel is one of a hell strong bug
Literally, his nail blows are strong enough to break Uummuu "shield" and the only other thing that breaks it shield is the Ooma Explosions, EXPLOSIONS.
Btw, i founded a pretty cool fan-art of him. This is the original Sauce: https://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=manga&illust_id=69913893 pls support the artist.
Submitted September 01, 2018 at 05:13AM by Voidterfly https://ift.tt/2C2mzQS
Out of my comfort zone and first try 🙈 LA Colors and Beauty Gal nail art pens
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Submitted September 01, 2018 at 12:58AM by srta_ka https://ift.tt/2wEUklA
Submitted September 01, 2018 at 12:58AM by srta_ka https://ift.tt/2wEUklA
Any other prog-rock fans really feeling the Xenoblade games and their shred-tastic battle music?
I wanted to share some thoughts about why I love Xenoblade Chronicles 1 and 2 so much and see if anyone else who loved these games was also a fan of Prog Rock, Metal, Jam rock or any kind of high energy exploratory rock genres that seem to feature prominently in the XC2 and XC1 soundtracks.
I was a big classic rock fan as a kid, wanted to be a rock star when I grew up. I dreamed of walking on stage with a crazy costume, the crowd going wild, shredding the electric guitar while the fog machines and spark machines and lighting rigs go off in the background. Then and now, my personality was probably most like Zeke out of any driver in the games.
I was really into Led Zepplin, the Rolling stones, Eric Clapton, The Who, Jimi Hendrix, ZZ Top, and progressing from there into early metal and grunge bands like Alice in Chains, Metallica, Nirvana, Guns and Roses etc. Basically whenever I heard screaming electric guitar solos and I was instantly down. As an adult, my tastes began to get more "out there," and I became obsessed with long instrumental Jams, usually in the context of a live performance (although some bands like YES pull off these masterpieces in the studio.) Some bands like Primus and Lotus take a compositional (math rock) approach to this style and others like Phish take a more improvisational approach. The common factor here is that the music gradually guides the listener like a rollercoaster, up and down progressively more intense "peaks." These peaks often take the form of searing electric guitar riffs, often featuring repeated triplets, although sometimes a drum and bass breakdown or a horn segment can also constitute the musical peak. (full disclosure I know nothing about music theory or music criticsm, so I can only struggle to describe the feelings the music evokes in me)
Anyway, part of the reason I love the Xenoblade games is how music is woven into the experience of battle and exploration. If you've ever been in the middle of a nail-biting boss battle in XC1, and then gotten a monado vision and changed the future *just in time* to avert dying, kicking the fight into the next level while the intense shredding of "Vision Reacts" starts up, you know what I mean. When I pull of a driver combo against a hard enemy, slap them around before launching into a third stage blade combo and then kicking it up another notch by launching into a chain attack, it feels as exhilarating as Jimi Hendrix lays into his guitar solo in the song "Fire" (to cite a classic example). At moments like these, the game music seems to mirror the emotional progress of the fight. Alternatively, take the situation when you're desperately fighting a bunch of Dusky Rikks or Vile Blants in Spirit crucible Elpys and you get dragged into the poison water and are trying to escape while the frenetic electric guitar solo of "exploration!" hits. Or the drum and base heavy intros of "You will recall our names" and "You will know our names" that make an inexperienced driver quake in their boots as Territorial Rotbart comes charging at them across the plains.
To sum it up, I feel like this game was made for people who really *love* epic anime battles and kind of take a cavalier "all in good fun" attitude toward fighting the good fight. There's something unique about this approach that I can't quite describe. If you look at games like Skyrim and Final fantasy XV, they have a vanilla "epic" battle soundtrack that evokes themes of heroic sacrifice (and tbh is not all that remarkable), while games like bloodborne have a minimal ambient soundtrack that enforces a sense of misery and isolation as you get rekt by a savage boss for the 50th time. In many of these other RPGs, battles seem to be thought of as something "serious" and "cool." For me, that detracts from the joy of a true Big Boss Battle. I think what kind of goes hand in hand is an idea in many JRPGs I like that you shouldn't just win a fight by any means necessary, but rather should win with a sense of art and style, destroying your enemy with a massive combo attack and scorching them from the face of the earth.
So now I want to to open the floor up for a general talk about the musical and artistic aesthetics of Xenoblade. Here are some questions I wanted to pose to the sub:
- Is this style something unique to Monolith soft? Unique to games that target a japanese audience? are there other RPGs or fighting games that evoke this? (I'm kind of thinking of Soul Calibur and Dead or Alive for some reason)
- Is there a connection between the zany musical style and the sense of cartoonish glee and the tight or revealing blade outfits showing generous amounts of T&A? Is there an overarching theme here that the true connoisseurs of the media appreciate excess?
- Do you get a sense that the creators of the Xenoblade games really understand you and speak to you on an aesthetic level? or is the success of this game more to do with it's game design and combat system?
- Do you like the aesthetics of this game? or do you feel neutral toward them? or do they actually aggravate and displease you? do any of you guys play these games for the combat system and challenging fights and simply tolerate the art that goes into them as part of the price of admission?
- Xenoblade games have a small "niche" audience, selling about 1/12 as much as BotW and about 1/20th as much as Mario Oddyssey. What I've noticed is that many Xenoblade fans are oddballs. Many of us are proud Otakus who voraciously consume Hentai. Many of us are LGBT who appreciate the campyness and subtle queer-ness of many of the characters. Many of us are rabid completionists who obsess over the layers of interlocking systems and numerical tabulations that characterize this game. And many of us are all of the above. Is the Niche appeal necessary for the Xenoblade games to be as good as they are? could this game ever go "mainstream?" Would it be a good thing if it did?
I would love to hear from the sub on anything you feel is relevant.
Submitted September 01, 2018 at 02:11AM by donikhatru https://ift.tt/2wwgE1n
EtG Challenge: Triggered Magic
After banishing the evil countless times, the (gungeoneer name) gets sick of all these guns and decides to do whatever they can to avoid them. They realize this is a difficult task, and learn the cursed arts of ancient Ammomancy: Melee weaponry.
--Gungeoneer-- Any gungeoneer is allowed, except for The Bullet
--Starting Items-- Shelleton Key
One melee weapon of your choice, excluding Blasphemy due to the projectile, unless you choose to never have full health
--Restrictions-- Absolutely NO GUNS are allowed for use (Melee Weapons aren't guns)
You are NOT allowed to open red, black, rainbow, or synergy chests. If it is this value but a mimic, don't kill it. You cannot trash them either.
You may not have more than 3 passives (you can swap them out)
--Sacrifice-- You are allowed to pick up guns (but not use them). Based on their quality, they are worth a certain amount of "value points." You need to sacrifice a total of 10 "value points" for a reward S = 5 A = 4 B = 3 C = 2 D = 1 If you want a reward that is S tier, 15 points are needed. It is suggested you give yourself a synergy or a very good passive.
--Goal-- The goal is the Dragun, as it has a pun about guns in its name.
--Extra Challenge-- You may give yourself two melee weapons at the start, or a melee weapon with a synergy at the start (example: casey + nail gun) You can only sacrifice once. 3 passives, but no swapping. No shops. The goal is now every boss possible: Both secret floors, rat, lich
Have fun! Note: Sorry if this is really long, I made this up with my friends a long time ago and have played this numerous times. We tend to make things really complex. I know there are some holes, but I didn't want to make this long.
Submitted August 31, 2018 at 10:59PM by AlphabiteSoup https://ift.tt/2PoQIeW
Moveset idea for Ghost (Hollow Knight)
The Ghost has a 0% chance getting in Smash but I feel in the future if indie characters start to become more relevant (like Shovel Knight), they could have a chance to be a playable character. After all, this is just speculation.
Moveset: His normal jabs and ground attacks could utilise his nail and even void tendrils if needed. Aerials would be similar to previous attacks, would try to feel similar to his actual game with large strikes to make up for his small size. Smash attacks would probably be his nail arts with down being spin, forward being slash, and although not smash attack his dash could be the dash slash. Rolling/dodging would be his shadow cloak or maybe normal dash. Specials, this is where is gets interesting. He could either have a dedicated soul Meter where his specials would use soul (you gain soul by attacking people), or his specials could damage you with percent acting as soul but I think option 1 is better. Down special would be descending doom or whatever it's called, up s. would be the soul one and neutral s. would be the shadow blast (sorry I forget the names of these thing I haven't played in a while). Side special could be the dash but a long one used for recovery. Because of not having a normal recovery I would say he could have high jumps and monarch wings as a second or third along with utilising his side special and air dodges to get back to the stage. It is certainly not complete but those are my thoughts.
Skins: His alts could consist of the different masks of the siblings, maybe Zote and Hornet as well as a other characters. The most likely is just recolours but it's nice to dream.
Stages: I feel that it would have at least one Hollow Knight stage in the game but here are my thoughts on what they could be; Forgotten crossroads (with the platforms that have all the small animals), Dirtmouth, Black egg temple, forgotten village, and queens garden (Traitor Lord arena).
That's all, share your thoughts in the comments!
Submitted August 31, 2018 at 11:04PM by xxSpatulaManxx https://ift.tt/2PS8loC
An appreciation post for GOW and Sony Santa Monica
Now I know these have been made many, many times before, and what I'll be saying in this post is essentially just repeating what others have said, but I still felt the need to create this post. Apologies if this bores people!
I'm slightly ashamed to admit that I joined the GOW fanboy bandwagon due to the release of the new game, but has lead me to buy all other main franchise games and fall madly in love with the series. We all know it's bloody incredible, and unprecedented in many, many ways. If I had the say in it, I'd have this game nominated for game of the year for about a century straight.
I'm currently on my fourth play through of the game, being on GMGOW+, and not once has the game seemed boring or redundant. I've played twice on normal difficulty, and once on regular GMGOW difficulty, and I can say with my hand on my heart that Sony Santa Monica have absolutely hit the nail on the head with difficulty management, and made it incredibly fun and replayable every time. I've also received my copy of the GOW book this morning, and I'm bloody loving it so far (up to chapter 5)!
All game play gawking aside, like a lot of others that have created appreciation posts for this game, compared to the rest of my family, my relationship with my own father isn't the greatest. He's not around often since he works on train lines, sometimes several countries away from home, and when he is around, we very rarely talk. This game has given me something to relate to on an astoundingly personal level, and inspired me to maybe get to know him a bit better, since losing my mother would undoubtedly be catastrophic for me, and living solely with my father in a similar way Atreus did around the beginning few hours of the game wouldn't go the greatest way ever. This has hit so close to home every time, that I never fail to tear up at the ending, no matter how corny and cliche that sounds.
And to the dev team in particular - I can't put into words how proud and grateful I am of the team. As a creative person myself who loves art and drawing almost every day of my life, seeing the amount of work and beauty put into this game blew my mind the first time, second time, and still yet on the fourth time. It's essentially my dream to work for SMS one day in the far, far future, and to work alongside these absolute geniuses of the industry, whether it's on the GOW franchise or something on the complete other end of the spectrum.
I know a lot of what I've said on here has been said before or isn't as major as some others, but I thought I'd share my 2 cents on here rather than nag my friends on Discord about it for the 70th time. If you've read this far and not rolled your eyes several times because of the above, I applaud you. Thank you reddit, and thank you SMS <3
Submitted September 01, 2018 at 12:13AM by UndeadLolly https://ift.tt/2PpINhp
Nail art
Hi does anyone know where I can go to get some nail art stencil or where I can go to print them off please thank you
Submitted August 31, 2018 at 08:47PM by bearbunny32 https://ift.tt/2PmcvEk
Bbom Bbom Bbom Ep 20: 🌟Bbomi Sa.tis.fied🌟 Eyelashes nail art for special occasion!!!
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Submitted August 31, 2018 at 06:47PM by radhumandummy https://ift.tt/2MCuU2F
Submitted August 31, 2018 at 06:47PM by radhumandummy https://ift.tt/2MCuU2F
Ear for an Ear: Putting the Peen-ya in Pina Colada, Makanani Drive!
Maka shows Greg the proper way to get lei’d
G. Hello Maka... MPAR's resident citrus queen. How's life treating you since our season closed?
M. Citrus Queen, that’s a new one, has pineapple been reclassified as a citrus?
G. I think it always was? Googling.
M. MY EXISTENCE IS A LIE
G. No it isn’t!!
M. Oh thank god
G. So how’s life, Maka, MPAR’s resident queen of immediately showing Ifora to be a fraud?
M. Much better now lol. In all seriousness though it’s been super chill since the competition ended. It’s nice to just draw what you feel like drawing, rather than worrying about impressing the panel, or wondering how something will be received by the judges
G. That's super real. I still haven't shaken off the overwhelm if I'm honest so I'm doing a lot of non-drawing work instead. So you were super busy this whole competition so we didn't get to know each other that well so I'm looking forward to this. As a testament to that, I legitimately thought your name was a reference to Lake Macalania road from Final Fantasy Ten until... two weeks ago?
M. MACALANIA ROAD. THATS THE FIRST TIME ANYONES DRAWN THAT PARALLEL. I LOVE IT.
G. I seriously thought so for real
M. if you want the real origin though, Makanani Drive is like an actual road I lived on as a kid
G. What made you want to take that on as a drag name?
M. When I was thinking of names for my queen, I wanted to think of something that was like obviously Hawaiian, but also kind of tongue and cheek, so Makanani Drive is what I eventually settled on. Thank god I didn’t go with Pineapple Pizza.
G. Haha right? Banned from being cast. Speaking of being cast. As you know... remember.... don't care about... I wasn't here before the season to experience any of the dark period. That said, it seems like there was a lot of complicated feelings in the air that you might've been implicated.
Question 1: How were you feeling as you decided to apply and also when you were cast?
M. Honestly, by the time auditions came around I felt pretty good about myself. I think I had always been harder on myself than the other girls had been on me in the aftermath of season 1. I think they forgave me quicker than I was able to forgive myself, if that makes sense. I felt REALLY good about my audition look though. Like, at the time it was probably some of the most effort I had put into a look up until that point, and as of now it’s still one my favorite looks I’ve ever done.
G. Honestly I was staring at your audition look a lot when I was... beheading you. It's fucking amazing. Let's take a pause to talk about your design process for it cause I think it deserves.
M. To be honest, I don’t really have a really strict process I stick to when designing looks. But usually I start by going to Instagram (I really need to learn how to use Pinterest) and compiling a bunch of images that I like together like this:
G. Ok but what about this specific outfit. What was the point of inspiration for it and why do you still love it so much?
M. This photo was probably the biggest inspiration for my design. It’s from a local designer called Manaola, who makes these gorgeous fabrics based on traditional Hawaiian patterns. His 2017 Fall fashion week in particular, had these gorgeous gold and black prints, which fit perfectly into the color scheme of the promo look.
M. From there I tried to figure out how I was going to incorporate this fabric into something that really SCREAMED burlesque. So I took a lot of inspiration from Erté (who made an appearance late in the season) and a lot of Art Deco fashion from the 1920s and made this long flowing fur-lined cape shawl, and from there the character of the look really took flight. I wanted to make Maka into this Josephine Baker-esqe dancer, someone who has been at the club longer than any of these other girls and knows her way around the stage. I added the cigarette especially to add that air of “idgaf”. Like she’s done this same routine for years and today is just another day at work.
G. I think you really nailed it. This is a fantastic reference and I really appreciate how consistently and how well you integrate your culture into your drag!
Question 2: So you get the list and you're coming off the high of one of your best looks ever, what's your strategy as you think through the whole competition? Was there something specific you wanted to show?
M. I really wanted to show that I could do HIGH FASHION. Like in the prior competitions I had done, my personality had always kind of taken precedence over my looks. I was always kind of the bubbly funny girl who was fun to listen to, but always kinda meh in the looks department. This season I really wanted to prove that I could serve LOOKS.
G. Ooh ok. So were there prompts that specifically set the juices flowing in that regard?
M. Ironically, Circus was the one challenge I was HYPED for, and it’s the one I didn’t get a chance to do. Like I love really theatrical drag, and I knew I could take the circus theme and just be super extra. But we know how that turned out.
G. Did you playalong?
M. I didn’t finish mine unfortunately, but I can show some TOP SECRET sketches
Circus… Maka handed this to me later after searching so we don’t discuss
basically I was going to do a fortune teller and just have an overarching psycic circus theme.
G. LOVE. Let's talk about your first few weeks. Your hometown look got a safe but I really loved it. The level of personal connection was so obvious and lovely. By week 3 you and Ophelia win.
Question 3: Throughout that early period, how were you feeling about the work everyone was doing and the judging of the competition?
M. That week one look was one of my favorite looks of the competition. Not the most polished, but I put a lot of heart and soul into it, and I’m glad it showed. On the competition though, the level of competition was INSANE, especially in the first couple of weeks. Everyone was going in 110% and there was no real obvious winner or bottom 2. I remember absolutely biting my nails candy week because I was sure that I was going to be in the bottom 2.
G. That look was underappreciated imo. It's very satisfying visually and the colors are to die for. Which is I think a big talent of yours but I understand that you risked a confused reference with the fruit and got nailed for it. How were you feeling about judgement? Actually, specifically how did it feel considering... didn't you judge all three of these people in season 1?
M. Yeah, it was pretty odd in retrospect to be judged by three of the people I had judged before. But I always trusted their judgement for the most part, and never felt singled out or unfairly picked on by them. I found myself often times being more surprised and in objection to the critiques they gave the other queens more so than my own.
G. If you don't mind, I'd like you to try to lean back into the emotion of those moments a little more especially from the perspective of "I'm trying to be the best artist I can be." How are you feeling about your vision of "showing I can do high fashion" and did you feel the judges were receiving it?
M. It was kind of a double-edged sword for me. I think my looks this season were leaps and bounds better than those of seasons past, but at the same time, I feel like I lost some of the fun campiness that Maka represents. I used a lot more muted palletes this season, which I a stark contrast to the really bright over the top colors I used before.
G. One hundo agree bb. I think you had a really cool explorative journey but it's obvious that when you find that harmony between the two styles, the true Maka will emerge Makanani will become the Macalania within.
M. MPAR: BECOME MACANI
G. It's your netflix doc! Now that we have a good sense of where you were emotionally, let's get into my dig-in questions. Would you rather start by talking about a high point or a low point? or just complimenting me on being an awesome teammate?
M. Thanks for leading our team to victory bb. Well my high point by far was my wedding look win with Ophelia. I think a lot of people would’ve seen getting paired up with someone who had been in the bottom two twice prior as sabotage. I love me a good underdog story though, and was not letting this opportunity go to waste. It’s funny because I feel like Ophelia has a very minimalistic approach to drag, while I have a very MAXIMAListic approach, so we really balanced eachother out.
G. I agree! That's very cool. Can you talk about why that moment was so satisfying artistically? I usually try to clarify that when I talk about highs and lows, I really want to know about moments where in the former case, you felt like you... either grew or surprised yourself. We'll keep the low points for next. Also our team week was so fucking righteous and Bettie and I didn't talk about it at all so that's why I brought it up. Muddy waffle is my favorite thing ever still.
M. Muddy waffle ftw. Well first off, the Hades and Persephone idea was a moment of divine inspiration. I was absolutely terrified of wedding week when reading off the list. The idea of the little white dress was so scary to me, and in many ways it’s so difficult to really change up the traditional wedding look, and have still it read as wedding. (Not to mention the last time I had a wedding in a competition it got me eliminated.) So Persephone, and the idea of the reluctant bride, was a major lightbulb moment, and really helped guide all of the design choices made during that challenge. It was probably the most confident I felt about an idea all season.
Overall, it was just a really big validation to get a win that week and like, really put myself on the map after being safe twice. As I said before, it was the underdog wedding. A queen who’s only been safe and a queen who’s only been on the bottom come together and get a win. It was gratifying to say the least.
G. Yes that's an amazing feeling. Can you talk about that feeling of the lightbulb moment. I see so many people striving to find it among like pinterest links and, while I think you absolutely can derive some of that like you did with the incredible design you found for your audition, I find the lightbulb moment is usually the moment where you find what your personal passion and connection is to the prompt (or in a larger art context... to the subject you hope to design/depict). Why was reluctant bride so right and how did it lead out into all the rest of the decisions you made for your gown?
M. It just added a whole different story to the look. To touch on the design process before, it kind of helps me to put a kind of character behind my look, to help tell a story. For my audition look it was the tired-ass showgirl, for my hometown look, it was the goddess, the spirit of the mountains, and for my wedding, it was the bride who really didn’t want to be there. Having a character really helps with all the decisions from there. Her posture a little slouched, her face, although beautifully painted is pained, almost like “can we get this over with?” The garish flowers are piled high to distract from the discomfort, to hide this woman’s misery. The character gave the look character. It made a much more compelling story than the joyful blushing bride and added some stakes to the wedding.
M. I one hundred percent agree. I think a lot of people think character in fashion or drag is suggesting it has to be like... not your queen or not fashion. Really though, character helps align all your choices and give them depth! I love that point about the flowers distracting from her discomfort. Like I didn't see that... but I definitely felt it! Coming off that win, did you feel like your experience that week made you pivot at all in your approach or did you just keep taking it week by week? The next one was architecture.
M. I was riding the wave and it kinda fell flat at architecture XD
G. Bitch don't worry me too.
M. The win was kind of a double edged sword as it was a HOORAY I WON, but also a moment of oh shit what now. Architecture week was really difficult, because I wasn’t sure quite how much architecture to incorporate, if that makes sense. Like do I make a look inspired by architecture, or do I straight up make my queen a building.
G. Yeah for sure.
M. I fucked up and did neither XD
G. At least you didn't put a building on a dress. 2 out of the top 3 are quaking.
M. Shady Eyes emoji
G. Ok so it's sounding to me like you kind of have competed so much that maybe the week by week wasn't... such a crazy impact that you had to reorient. Let's see if my theory holds true.
Question 4: What was your lowest point and how did you overcome it emotionally if you in fact did? I'm interested in what it takes as an artist to fight to stay true to your vision and as a competitor to not give up!
M. Makeovers was a bit of crash and burn(out) for me. Like I knew what I wanted for Granada’s look, but I just could not for the life of me figure out mine and to top it all off my computer had died the night before submissions were due, so I was just like “whelp this is my life now.” I honestly was ready to throw in the towel with my lipsync, I was just so frustrated.
G. I really thought that was the case too. Those my computer crashed or death in the family moments bizarrely happen to like every single contestant and then the viewers are like "YOURE SO FUCKING LAZY STUPID COW" and you're like... I'm glad I'm reading this at this funeral. Did you find a way to reignite after that? and how?
M. RIGHT?!? It’s like “I fucked up and now I’m going to have to read every critique saying I fucked up.” I really didn’t get the spark back until beards.
G. Not just critiques but critiques that overtly accuse you of being lazy or like... not caring...it's like... ok thanks for knowing my life sloot. How about taking this wasted time, hitting the fashion book section at your local bookstore and finding an actual critique with your no drag knowledge ass?
M. I had REALLY phoned in my Politician look like that was pure “fuck it we’re doing it live.”
G. Bitch you really did. Ok so you hand that in and inexplicably dont get kicked off.
M. The nice thing about rock bottom is that you can only go up from it. Beards was the week where I was finally having fun again. I accepted that I was on the chopping block, and probably going home unless I delivered something spectacular, so that’s exactly what I gave them. Honestly the best part of the beard challenge was the pure freedom.
G. Go on.
M. Like, it’s great to work under constraints, but especially around robots I started to feel a little constrained. It turned into “how are the judges interpreting these challenges and am I interpreting it the right way” Am I supposed to be a robot? Or am I supposed to wearing one? I found myself doing a lot of second guessing. So to get a challenge where the only guideline is “it needs a beard” was so refreshing. I got to just go wild and fufill my Botecelli PUSSideon fantussy... I’m not repeating that. Do you ever just make yourself cringe sometimes?
G. Oh all the fucking time. I accept that it's the price of genius... and by genius I mean being an asshole who likes puns.
M. Whats the difference?
G. Literally there isnt any. Ah ok so you feel like the categories got ya! I said somewhere... probably the finale interview with SallyTM, that coming in with certain set goals was the only thing that saved me from that and I really do think people who are cast for next season need to sit down and write themselves real guidelines about what they came to do because category and judgements made... literally everyone feel that way. I think resiliency with regards to that confusion is an underappreciated part of what it takes to win. I also think thank god we all bonded cause all by my lonesome I would've gone completely insane.
M. Or you end up like season one yelling at people over discord... but that’s in the past now.
G. Lol omg can we please talk about the state of the sub past, present and future at the end? I think you're in a special place to speak to that if you have the balls to.
M. Oh yeah, I’m down.
G. Ok back to the regular programming. I really like to look at the finale at this point. Everyone really stepped it up and made a statement and you're no exception!
Question 5: Talk to me about your final look: why that look, how that look and what was this final statement about Maka as a season 3 contestant?
M. Going back to the battle of HIGH FASHION Maka vs Camp Maka, this was kind of a merger of the two. I was originally going to do this huge caged ball gown and come out looking like Queen Elizabeth after narrowly escaping a Swarovski factory, but a) I didn’t feel like drawing rhinestones until my eyes bled, and b) it just didn’t feel very like something Makanani Drive would wear. So I sat back, took a breath, watched the music video for After The Storm by Kali Uchis, and really kinda stripped Maka’s finale look down and took her to her roots. I was inspired by Donna Summer’s “wash that man out of my hair” look with the gigantic wavy hair and oversized plumerias (which I’m assuming was an inspiration for Kali Uchi’s flower hair); It just gave me this really fun campy yet fashionable vibe that I’ve been trying to get from Maka lately. To not distract from the MASSIVE hair, I gave her a simple sheer cocktail dress, and put her in a really flirty sitting pose, as if she was taking a seat to be interviewed ala Willam’s finale interview. She just oozed fun and flirtatiousness, and I’m really happy with the end product.
M. Also, bam look at that glow up:
G. Wonderful explanation. I really do think you struck that balance perfectly and the glow up is honestly too real. I love the scale of it and the editing is so smart. Also a subtle detail but the pink you chose for the flowers is just perfect. I guess this is probably the time for us to talk about what you're gonna do to get ready and then on All Stars... but of course... something must come first. This is quite a dramatic shift from the elegance of your finale look. But let's see what you think:
International Haus of Pancakes
In honor of my beloved muddy waffle comes... drippy hotcakes.
M. Oh my god I unironically love this
G. So this really isn't just a joke... let me explain why I see this as one future for Maka. I adore your sense of humor and I really did feel a longing to see that in your work throughout the competition. I was glad to hear about your agenda in this interview cause it made me understand why you made the choices you made. That said, I think I'm an outlier in that I think there's space in this competition for well done camp and I really want to see a queen or queens come through and kill it so much that that can't be denied. That's the Maka I'm imagining but there's a couple of ways I think you would need to shift a bit to make that possible and they're demonstrated here.
I'm loathe to suggest anyone change their style because I LOVE stylization but you specifcally have such a love and talent for graphic pop arty, campy and just cartoony concepts that I think shifting your style to be somewhat more realistic will allow the cartoonyness of your designs to show more as opposed to melding into the character as if they're a cartoon overall.
The other thing is I think you should focus on the smaller details of clothes because that's how you take camp and make it fashion. These drawings I'm doing aren't particularly refined but you can see that her little maple syrup purse has stitching and beading to make the pour. I think by focusing on touches like stitching, you take the camp elements and add that element of construction that makes them feel like fashion pieces. That's what I personally would like you to consider!
M. Thank you for all this! Honestly I never really thought of going with a more realistic approach with Maka honestly. I think I always get stuck on making something really cartoon and stylized like Sartana and Gretel’s faces, and kind of tried to mimic a more cartoony stylized look. As for the details, that is a major thing I’d like to work on before All Stars. I actually am a super detail-oriented person, but I always worry about my detail work looking sloppy or over complicated, and end up cutting myself off short.
G. I feel you but honestly remember my insanely detailed high heeled timbs?
M. FUCK YES I DO.
G. Those didn't even look like timbs until I added the stitching. Like I didn't even know that and was just drawing from reference. So when I talk about detail I kind of mean that specifically, the crucial details, not that it has to be Ira (season 2 winner) level of detail. Especially if you're doing camp you have to ask yourself: how do I bring the fashion? Oh I have a good example right here: the fork top seemed so cool but looked... cartoony and not fashion and I was like wtf and then I realized it had to be sequins or something so that it had a cloth element that was as important as the camp element. That kind of thing.
M. I like that Ira level has become a new benchmark for detail
G. Ira’s terrifying. "I got carried away and drew five billion perfectly symmetrical swirls. Skweeee"
M. God I hate her.
G. Me too I hope she dies.
M. I HOPE YOURE READING THIS IRA
G. IRA DEADSCENT. Ok so...
Question 6: why don't you take a moment on the mic to discuss your thoughts on the past, present and future of the sub like we said!
M. HEY HEY HEY PUT YOUR PINEAPPLES UP! MAKAS IN THE HOUSE OwWWwW. So much has changed since season 1 it’s crazy. To take us back to the past and analyze why season one was such a shitshow, we have to go back to the OG shitshow AFS.
AFS, or Artist’s Fantasy Season was the problematic mother of Ms. Paint, replete with favoritism (Favorites of the judges got to be in the cool kids discord chat had ENTIRE LOOKS designed for them) questionable decision making (the winner and eliminated queen were decided purely by audience vote) and of course the bullshit twists (3 in, 3 out, that’s all I’ll say.)
G. 3 in 3 out is heinous. Go on.
M. When the equally problematic head mod in a meltdown nuked the sub, and left it for dead, we, the queens, were pretty much abandoned in the wreckage. It was from these ashes that Ms. Paint’s Art Race rose; a competition that would be AFS, without all the bullshit. Except, we ran into different problems. Communication became the biggest issue. After the gross favoritism of the AFS, it was decided by the judges (un-unanimously) that we shouldn’t be allowed to talk to the contestants outside of the main sub. Which was a dumb idea, but as we all know hindsight is 20/20.
G. Sure.
M. I specifically took the no communication rule seriously, and didn’t talk to any of the girls personally, only to the judges which left me in a nice little echo chamber where I was only hearing one side of the story. Because of this was convinced that Malaria was a self centered egomaniac and Sally was a huge fucking bitch (which tbh she still is but now I love her).
G. So you were obviously right about those two. What happened next?
M. I really let these perceived notions reflect how I saw contestants and the sub as a whole. I kind of imagined the whole sub as this kind of cult with Malaria and Sally as their deities and kinda was under the impression that everyone was looking to pick a fight with me, which turned out to be grossly untrue. I just became this really salty, paranoid bitch that was just not pleasant to talk to. So after a couple of rants and a full blown argument with u/OnyxEnvy in discord (which if you’re reading this Onyx, I’m still super sorry for, you did not deserve any of the hate I flung towards you) I decided to sit down, and actually LISTEN to what they had to say. Which was eye opening, and really helped me see the the queens competing not only as croquis, but as human beings
G. Wow this is legit fascinating. Sub = lord of the flies.
M. Really tho.
G. Hopefully never again though.
M. NEVER AGAIN. But to finish my thoughts, I’m so pleased with what this sub has blossomed into under new management. It’s not perfect, but my god has it grown, and I imagine it’s going to continue to grow as new queens join and bring in their own personal perspectives of drag.
G. MichelleFingerWaving.gif… Anything specific that you'd hope or dream of for the sub?
M. Honestly I’m just super excited to see what kind of talent season four brings. We already have established queens like Hologlam, VoidHo Spacesmashed, and Plorf who I see in the running, and we have a lot of really promising newcomers like Selecta and Oriana. I can’t wait to see what kind of wildcards (like you and Bettie) are going to come out of the woodwork.
G. Oh total same. People always disparage drag race like "I only watch for the queens" or like "the only good thing about the show is the queens" and I'm like... yeah wtf. The queens and the way they evolve and react to what other queens have done is exactly what pushes the show forward… that’s not an external factor. That is the show. So similarly I just really hope people bring the passion and try to make us look obsolete. There was really a discourse on the sub that season 2 was untoppable and people still feel that way I'm sure but I'm like whatever my season and I brought fucking fierceness and a whole different energy.
M. Oh yeah. I think you specifically brought a really cool controlled chaos with your style. We were so used to seeing pretty fashion queens, to see someone like you who’s a little more alternative and #edgy come in really shook up the competition. The same goes for Ophelia who really had this strong, almost masculine style of drag. Don’t forget what the U in C. U. N. T. is.
G. Yeah true and on the opposite end you have literally a couture designer in Bettie
M. Oh don’t get me started with Bettie the bitch is fucking Flawless.
G. I do think that there's like a certain expectation of what these contests are like beyond MPAR. For sure everyone was like Sartana the illustrated drag queen goddess will crush all but our season brought so much chaos which I love!! I credit the judging for really taking it week by week and being open to wow moments rather than trying to crush contestants into their expectations.
M. Oh for sure, I was shocked when Sartana got sent home on WEEK 4.
G. Yeah I really do want to see Sartana on All Stars or at least for her to apply. I think she's such a high water mark for what she does.
M. There are so many people I want on All Stars it’s not even funny
G. I know isn't that so amazing.
M. It just really shows what kind of raw talent we have on this sub
G. It's a thrilling thing. Ok I always end by giving the floor to you guys.
Question 7: What do you want to say to the sub? One note to everyone, feel free and encouraged to ask Maka questions about this interview or his run in the comments! It's a great place for them! Ok Maka, shoot.
M. OKAY LISTEN UP BABY BITCHES MAKAS ON THE MIC NOW.
I just wanted to say how much I love you all and enjoy seeing all the ART that comes from this sub. To all you Season 4 hopefuls, keep doing playalongs, they help a lot. Veterans, be welcoming to the new girls. Even if their art isn’t at a polish level you’d like to see, be nice, and find constructive criticism to give them (key word is CONSTRUCTIVE). New girls, don’t be afraid to talk to us in the comments, we don’t bite. And when the going gets tough, just keep drawing.
That’s All. Aloha, bearded kisses etc. etc. Love you guys!
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⚔🌟👑🏁Reddit's Drag Race AllStars 1 - MEET THE QUEENS! Part 2
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“This next girl is known for playing numerous parts on RDR! She was Alaska, Rich Uncle Pennybags and turned into S3’s Coco Montrese! We call this queen Kornucopia!”
“My name is Kornucopia, I’m something from somewhere, USA, and I am the Coco Montrese of Reddit’s Drag Race.
In All Stars, my goal is to just redeem myself from the run I had on season 3. I wasn’t proud of a lot of my work, and I don’t think I was showing my best self since I got in my head so much. Which isn’t to say I still don’t, but I definitely take more confidence in my work, and I think that has led me to produce better looks and performances. Odds are going into this season I’m not looked at as a frontrunner or someone who was “legendary” on their season, and I want to change that.
My drag is inspired by everything to be honest. It definitely leans more to the glamorous side, but my drag isn’t just throwing on a dress for the sake of looking pretty. I do conceptual looks, and glamour or not, I want it to have a backstory or overarching idea that gets conveyed. In that aspect, I don’t stick to just one thing. I will go for any concept that comes to mind, regardless of aesthetic or genre.
I think I’m classified as an All Star because of my perseverance. I got dragged through the mud several times, and even though I did get defeated them that, I didn’t give up in the long run. No matter how poorly I did, when it came to the lipsync, I gave it my all. Like, had I been up against Elle during the Flower Ball, I absolutely wouldn’t have given up. If I had lip synced against Lucy, you bet your ass I would’ve still put up a fight. I simply was at peace with going home because I wasn’t gonna compromise fairness and integrity for the competition, I just couldn’t take the spot of a girl who had absolutely slayed the game up to that point. I believe that anything is possible until it’s all over, as long as you will it to be that way.
Oh, I have plenty of regrets from my season. Being in my head all the time, wearing that awful greed look, not sticking to my original CEO look. I think I’ve developed enough confidence to not get in my head this time, and I think I have a better sense of fashion as well. Really, the only thing hindering me is my own thoughts, because if I can stick to my gut, I will probably make better decisions in the end.
My favorite challenge from season 3 would have to be Hungry Hungry Drag Queens. I got a lot of freedom on that challenge, so I was able to choose a unique approach, and I was just really proud of what I produced that week. I think that challenge proved that I have at least some sense of design, despite what other challenges may tell you. I’m still not over that greed look.
In three words, my drag persona is… easy first out. In actuality, probably: conceptual, risky, and versatile (not Rain).
I think my humility gives me an edge over the other girls. I know that I’m talented and I believe I’m capable of slaying, but I don’t think extremely highly of myself. If you come in thinking you’re the shit, you’re gonna do shit. If you come in thinking you’re shit, you’re gonna do shit. Since season 3, I’ve found the balance between the two, and it really helps me display my true talents, rather than being overly concerned about showing them.
My strategy for eliminating girls this season will probably change over time. Going into this, I want to try and be fair. I would consider track record and performance foremost. Then, other things that would factor in are behavior and attitude.
All Stars 1 is going to be just as I thought. Stunning. A message for my fellow competitors? Just don’t send me home first”
PROMO: For the promo, Korn is serving beaten and dirtied tribal huntress. The majority of her body is nude, with the exception of part of her legs. With the use of brown eyeshadow and some SFX prosthetics, Korn’s skin has the illusion of being caked with dirt from head to toe, the dirt spilling into the gashes and scratches in various areas of her body. With special adhesive, Korn has also applied various plastic appliques of thorns and barbs to her skin, especially around her wounds. This signifies the difficult journey of the huntress going through the jungle, and she has the wounds to show it. The sole garment on Korn’s body is a patchwork waist cape, the silhouette similar to Shea’s construction worker look.
The cape is made of squares of brown cotton fabric, the shades ranging from the lightest to deepest browns, almost like a jumbled up ombre. The skirt has more appliques of thorns and barbs hot glued all over the fabric, as well as approximately 10 handprints inked in black.
Korn’s makeup is fairly minimal, aside from the fact that it carries on the dirty look. She wears black eyeshadow, a swipe of black eyeliner, and a deep black lip. A strip of nude fabric blended into Korn’s skin serves as a choker of sort, with a handful of a silver spearheads hot glued onto the fabric, representing each of her fellow competitors. These are the same spearheads that serve as her earrings, and the one attached to the wooden spear Korn clutches in her right hand, going from the floor up to her chin. On the tip of this spearhead, a deep red color is painted in a dripping pattern to give the illusion of blood on the spear; perhaps the blood of her competitors. Korn’s hair is a brown, messy topknot bun, with a 18-inch, golden spear going through it horizontally. Her shoes are three-inch moccasin heels with light brown leather fringe.
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“Will Korn switch her 4 bottoms for 4 top placements? We’ll see!”
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“Next up we have a queen that couldn’t kick, but she was always able to make us laugh! Meet Lucy Fur!”
“Hey closeted teenage gays! I’m still Lucy Fur, I’m still 23, and I’m still from Washington, D.C.! I came in second on Season 3, and now I’m back to finish what I started and get my goddamn fake internet crown. On Season 3, I was most known for the two things I can’t do well: lip sync, and light myself on fire. Now, I’m back to redeem myself and finally get the job done!
My drag is inspired by the dark and powerful figures we’re taught to think of as villians. My drag name is a reference to Satan, of course, because I’m inspired by the people that have been cast out by society and found their power in their own way. Those are the kinds of people who do big things, and that’s who I model myself after.
I’m an All Star because I pushed myself right up until the very end of Season 3 - I constantly felt like I was falling behind and my chances of winning were slipping away, but I didn’t let that stop me from delivering every week. I have the drive and the motivation to do great work for the entire competition, [Lucy looks away from her interviewer and directly into the camera] ...which I didn’t realize was unusual until I started watching Season 4.
Looking back on Season 3, what held me back the most was getting wrapped up in what I couldn’t do. I couldn’t use real-life facial expressions or voices to sell jokes, I couldn’t sew well, I couldn’t dance… I was so focused on what I could do if I had those other options, I didn’t let myself fully explore what was possible. Now that I’ve developed myself and my process, I’m ready to bring in a fresh new approach to what I do in this competition.
My favorite challenge on Season 3 was the barbie challenge! It was probably the most at-ease I was the entire competition. I knew what I wanted to do, I was confident in what I put together, and I knew it would work. I wasn’t necessarily certain I’d win, but I knew it was funny, and I didn’t feel the need to have anyone else confirm that - no one else saw my commercial until everything was submitted, whereas I’d asked for feedback the past two weeks. So it was a huge moment of realizing that, yes, I could make this happen.
I would sum up Lucy Fur as dramatic, unpredictable, and unorthodox. I don’t like to confine myself to being just a fashion queen, a comedy queen, a pageant queen… I like to break the rules and forge my own way from week to week. I know lots of queens say that, but I actually walked the walk on my season and made it happen, and I’m excited to show it to everyone again.
My edge on the other all stars is that I’ve already beaten half of them.
Picking people to go home is definitely going to be one of the harder things about All Stars, so I’m a little glad that I’m a garbage lip syncer and probably won’t have to actually do it. I’ve put together a formula that will mathematically determine who most deserves to go home based on track record throughout the competition, performance that week, and whoever makes me mad that day.
All Stars 1 is going to be a complete fucking mess!
To my competitors: I know everyone always says “bring it,” but if you could like, not, that’d make this whole process a lot easier on me”
PROMO: Lucy’s promo look is an elevated twist on a jungle shaman. Her clothing is relatively minimal - she wears a simple sleeveless shirt made of a blood orange fabric, which is littered with holes and ends at the bottom of her rib cage. She also wears a matching loin cloth held in place by a thick band of the same fabric. Around her neck is a large neck piece, made of green stone tiles connected and trimmed by thin white ropes. This neckpiece covers her shoulders and the majority of her shirt, forming the neckline of her outfit.
Lucy’s face is painted with very little pigment, dominated by chalky whites and charcoal black. Her contour is severe and deep, and her eyes are darkened to the point of appearing hollow and lifeless. In contrast, she wears white contacts, and her dark eye sockets are framed in white circles, which extend down her face to a point at the level of her mouth. On her forehead is a deep orange gemstone, from which more white lines extend up and out like sun rays, becoming thicker as they approach her hairline. Her wig is a mess of thick black braids, which obscure the bases of four large goat horns that extend from her head - two straight horns directed to the sides from behind her ears, and two curved horns reaching up and out at a 45 degree angle from her temples. These black horns are decorated at their bases with gold bands of metal, which match the similar gold bands wrapped around the ends of Lucy’s braids, holding them together.
Lucy’s outfit is further accentuated by additional white markings on her body, similar to those on her face. White lines on her midsection, angled downward, provide a slimming effect on her waist, while the more swirled patterns on her legs exaggerate her curves. Finally, a stone carving of a skull hangs over her loincloth, held in place by brown leather bands wrapped around her hips.
Lucy’s shoes are made of brown leather bands that wrap around her legs, reaching from just below her knees down to her feet. They are attached to a leather sole, and the heels are made from two smaller goat horns, which curve underneath her feet. The look is styled with gold bands wrapped around Lucy’s left arm - one on her upper arm, one just below her elbow, and one around her wrist. In her left hand, she carries a bamboo staff, painted black, on which rests a human skull (probably fake, but who can say for sure). The skull is made to resemble Lucy’s own head - it is painted similarly and features a smaller orange gemstone on the forehead, but has no hair and only two curved horns coming from the temples.
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“Will this runner up finally get her taste at being first place?”
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“Our next queen is a Miss Congeniality known for her heavy fake french accent and fun personality… Among other attributes…” (Bianca throws a big metal piercing over her shoulder) “It’s Mademoiselle!”
“Salut salut! I am Mademoiselle, 22 years old, from Charlotte, North Carolina, first appearing on Season 2 of Reddit’s Drag Race placing 5th. I am here competing on All Stars to show all these other queens and the audience how much I’ve grown as a person and performer. On my season, I feel like I did well for the most part. I’m proudest of my Snatch Game performance, and my runway that look was my personal favorite. I think I’m an All Star because I’m talented, and because of my post history. Stay away children.
My one regret about my time is that looking back, I feel like I was really not as authentic as I could have been. I was too focused on defining who Mademoiselle the character was.
I’ve done some soul searching, and I’ve realized that drag, and art in general, affects me the most when I get something personal behind it, so I’m planning on showing the audience who Mademoiselle really is as much as possible, while giving them something to gag on. My references are a touch of classic, a touch of modern, a touch of nerd, with a dash of camp. In three words? Honest, graphic, and eclectic.
These queens should watch out for me because I’m not afraid to bear it all out there. I’m not pulling punches, and I’m trusting my gut with every decision I make. Especially on who to send home.
All Stars 1 is going to be...intense. So y’all should get ready”
PROMO: Mademoiselle wears a long, layered and ruffled gown with a long train. The ruffles begin at her hips, and continue down to her knees, before remaining wide and gown-like. The silhouette is similar to this Marc Jacobs gown from the waist down. The gown is backless, except for two criss-crossing straps come from her hips, cross over her mid back, and go over her shoulders to attach at the front. The front features a deep V showing off Mademoiselle’s titty contour.
The color of the gown starts as beige at the shoulders, and gradually becomes a dark, chocolate brown for most of the ruffling and train. Here, a pattern of Nazca Lines (https://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fspoonflower%2Fpublic%2Fdesign_thumbnails%2F0610%2F3914%2Frnazcaspider4g-900-6W-HNd_shop_preview.png&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.spoonflower.com%2Ffabric%2F6103914-nazca-lines-desert-spider-by-sef&docid=jY1Kkl1UkwoIQM&tbnid=ycJ4M-3gqAT1FM%3A&vet=1&w=470&h=470&hl=en-us&source=sh%2Fx%2Fim) starts, in the same beige color as the top of the dress. To accompany the gown, Mademoiselle wears long gloves reaching halfway between her shoulders and elbows that feature the same beige-to-brown gradient, with jade green nails attached to her fingers.
Mademoiselle’s beat is a bit darker than normal; a more pronounced contour featuring a chocolate brown lip, and a dark green to dark brown eye makeup. She rocks her naturally shaped boy brows, filled in a bit with a darker shade to match her wig. Her dark brown hair is done up in a semi curly, rough looking beehive, with a jade green, stoned bandana featuring more Nazca Lines in beige. Think Monet X Change’s entrance hair, but a bit more purposefully disheveled. She accessorizes the look with jade spiral earrings, a jade compass necklace, and jade green heels. She also wears a jade-plated nath from her nose to her right ear, and a jade-plated brow piercing over her left eyebrow.
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“Is Allstars the chance for this lovely 5th place to rise to the top?”
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“Next up we have a wild queen known for an iconic Snatch Game performance and even more iconic best drag runway! It’s my least successful Team Talent sister, Panthera Leo!”
“SURPRISE! It’s me, Panthera Leo (u/whatifitwasnt). I’m the 18 year old Gretchen Wieners impersonator from the U.K. On Season 2, I was originally eliminated on Snatch Game but I returned and placed 4th - winning Miss Robbed. This is my 3rd vie at the crown so some people might think that I’m the Marianna of the season and have no talent….. and they're ABSOLUTELY correct. Though, this time, I have an agenda and that agenda is not only to win every single challenge but to send HOME the bitches that complained about the original lip-sync list! (claps after ‘send’ and ‘home’ to accentuate)
My drag inspirations are really just pop culture references - past and present! It’s SO important to know your history - people like Dorian Corey, Pepper LaBeija, Willi Ninja etcetera who paved the way for us to sit at home and write about a made up drag queen to then post to Reddit and get judged about it.
I am an All Star because I am one of the up-coming legendary children on the Reddit scene. Me AND Creme that is. I can boogie. (counting on her fingers) I can show my body. I can jump into a split. I can do more Burlesque dancing to show the audience that is there. You. Name. It. And I can deliver. tongue pops
I would say that my only regret on Season 2 was doing fucking Gretchen Wieners for Snatch Game - I haven’t watched Mean Girls since. Maybe I should've just quit and then I might've gotten a free pass like Carol (smiles). But I think a lot of us would agree that some of the performances on Season 2 were due to the 12 hour deadlines and I think we can all agree that if we had the multiple day deadlines then… I would've won (moving her arms upwards and turning her hands outwards while smiling). This time around, I’m planning to use my insecurity as an advantage because I just can’t help being nervous all the fucking time.
As one of the prominent front runners on Season 2 (says sarcastically) it’s hard for me to pick a favourite challenge since I did well in all of them… BUT (*pointing her finger forward) I would probably say ‘Three’s a Crowd’ because none of us really had a clue what was going on. Plus, it marked the formation of Team Talent. I guess back then I never really realised that I was in the presence of a legend, a winner in many ways, a fashion icon and the backbone of Team Talent……. Jayda - when will she make her return to the stage? Because we are all dying out here.
In three words, I would describe my drag as depressedlonelyandinsecureteenager stuckinhisroomoverthesummerholidays waitingtoseeifhegetsintouniversityornot. (smiles)
What gives me the edge over my fellow competitors? I’m a Leo. I’m a dancer. I’m funny. I’m going to win Snatch Game this time around. I’m skinny. Producer: ‘Skinny isn't everything girl. Skinny ain’t everything. I’m just saying.’ Panthera: Why? (similar to Valentina)
After I win every single lip-sync of the season, I plan to send home the person that scores the least on the pop quiz about myself when I question them in Untucked… kidding. I’m actually going to look into Bianca’s eyes and, because we are BFFs and future lovers, I will just KNOW who to send home… - so probably Korn.
All Stars 1 is going to be …. Bianca’s last. Get ready for Panthera Leo’s Drag Race!
One final message to my competitors - beware, it’s Leo season”
PROMO: Panthera’s promo look is aviation x vintage fetish inspired. She wears a brown leather aviation hat which is unstrapped at the bottom and goggles which are held on her forehead. Wig, okay: she fashions a blonde mid parting and small blonde locks can be seen falling from the sides and back of the bottom of the leather aviation hat. She is dressed in a camo-green bomber jacket - unzipped just past the cleavage so that the side boob is visible.
The inner lining of the bomber jacket is a bright orange and the collar extends up high (sort of like a turtle neck; though unzipped.) Around her neck is a black leather choker, strapped at the front, with a metal circular ring in the front. On the outside of the jacket are some sew on badges - kind of a parody to real pilot patches. On her right upper arm one of them says ‘I heart Bianca’ fashioned with some wings. Another on her heart is the Union Jack but with a lion over the top of it and another, on the opposite side of her heart is a red pump with ‘SLUT’ written underneath. On the elbows of the jacket are brown leather patches. Over the top of the bomber jacket are black leather straps - inspired by fetish menswear. They are placed as follows: there is a central silver ring with two straps extending over the shoulders (with buckles at her where her collar bones are) and two extending below her underarms. They meet in the back between her shoulder blades.
She also fashions matching brown leather gloves whereby, over, she wears two silver rings on her middle and ring finger of her right hand. At the bottom of the gloves are brown faux fur cuffs. On the bottom half, she wears a very short matching brown leather pencil skirt that only just covers her bottom. She also wears bright orange pumps. She has a red lip with a smoky orange eyeshadow. Also in her right hand is a black bull whip - as a nod to Indiana Jones but also furthering the fetish inspiration.
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“Did Panthera learn from her first (or second) time going home? Only time will tell”
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“She flooded our basements and is ready to join in this show for competitors only! Meet S3’s 10th place, Rain!”
“Hey competitors! I’m Rain, i am 21 years old, and you probably remember me as the shit-stirring 9th place burnout of Reddit’s Drag Race season 3! Ok, technically I was 10th place, but I like to pretend the return episode never happened.
Since then, I’ve worked on being less of a burnout and more of a shit stirrer, so All Stars should never be boring! My goal in competing in all stars is, of course, to win, but also to prove myself. If my S3 run could be described in one word it would be “inconsistent”, so i’m here to prove that I am a well rounded queen. I think what classifies me as an all star is my stunning runway looks and impeccable comedy and impersonation skills.... joking!
What makes me an All Star is my ability to adapt and improve. I shined on my season but i’ve improved so much and I can’t wait to show off what I can do as i journey towards snatching the crown! My biggest key to success this time around is definitely Snatch Game. I nail that, and i’m totally confident in my ability to make it to the end.
My biggest regret from my OG season is also snatch game. Y’all know why. It’s not something i want to relive. My favorite challenge during my original season was probably the lip sync challenge, because it allowed me to be creative and I also got a great song. It also helps that I won, of course.
If i had to describe my drag in three words, it would be: Striking, Eye-catching (i’m counting that as one word okay!), and Prepared. This queen is ready for whatever y’all are gonna throw at me, and i’m gonna look dang good doing it.
I think my Nerve gives me an edge over my fellow competitors. If there’s something i want to do or something I want to say, i’m going to do and and i’m going to say it. I won’t be holding back in the challenges, on the runway, in the werkroom, or in a lipsync. Oh. At. All.
My strategy for sending competitors home is going to be pretty holistic. You can call me a lot of things, but unfair isn’t one of them. I’ll take it all into account: performance that week, performance overall, hell, i’ll even take runways into account if i have to. i’d hate it if i was sent home unfairly so i wouldn’t do that to another girl.
All Stars 1 is going to be stormy. Get it? Like a rainstorm? A RAINstorm?? Man i’m reaching the “comedy” level of some of my S3 sisters here. I’ll let you guys decide who I’m talking about. And girls, don’t bother unpacking your finale episode looks. Odds are you won’t need them ;) Not with me around”
PROMO: In a word, Rain’s promo look can best be described as gritty. She wears a black wig styled into a single long braid that goes down to about midway down her shoulder blades. Her makeup looks like it was once fishy, but now looks like it’s been through the wringer of jungle exploration, smudged and dirtied. She has a black war paint strip beneath each eye. Rain has made creative use of highlighter to create the illusion of sweat across her forehead and on her collarbones.
Rain’s outfit is inspired by the endless sexualization of badass women in video games: an outfit that’s not exactly functional, but damn if it doesn’t look badass. Rain has a camo patterned bikini on, with almost comically large breasts made through a larger than usual (for Rain) breastplate and liberal chest contour. The bikini bottom has a knife sheath attached, the knife sheathed inside has a very ornate handle, intricately carved and covered in red gems. Over the bikini rain wears an unzipped black vest that’s too small for her, but provides a bit of protection. Across rains chest and back are two magazines filled with bullets, each with the word “STUN” painted on. Rain holds two black guns, covered in dirt. The left gun has the word “DEATH” painted on it, and the gun on the right has the word “DROP” painted on. To complete the look, Rain wears a pair of heavy duty combat boots, modified to have a killer sharp heel.
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Will Rain finally win all those lipsync she never (officially) won on S3 and get to the top?
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“Our final AllStar is has more alts than Fantasia Four and Rain combined! With four wins in the bag, meet Sonya Ponya!”
“Sonya here, I’m 15 and I’m from Kissin Kuzzins, Kentucky and I’m embarrassed to be here. You might remember me from guest starring on The Simple Life, The Cosby Show, and coming in 3rd on season 3 of Reddit’s Drag Race.
1 What’s your goal competing in AllStars?
On all stars, I’m planning on being the mom of the season… hahaha lol jk nope I’m here to win. With the prize money I’ll be sure to give back to the leg wrestling community with whom I would not be sitting here today. I’m just so excited!
2 What inspires your drag?
Being mean and bitchy is mainly how I feel inspired to perform show to show. Nothing activates my almonds quite like challenging the judges on the given rules, and putting my competitors skills into question.
3 What classifies you as an AllStar?
I slayed pretty much every challenge on my season, and provided adequate drama and stupidity to be asked back… ok, but really, just between me and you, I sent Mayday nudes.
4 Do you have any regrets from your original season? What are going to do to succeed this time around?
No regrets. I plan on pretty much doing the exact same thing except even more memes and stupid shit. Expect Elspiderman to come back with a vengeance.
5 What was your favorite challenge during your original season?
I like coming up with rhymes and characters and stuff. Any sort of creative writing challenges were my favourite… that and the challenges I won.
6 Describe your drag persona in 3 words
Crazy, crazy, crazy
7 What gives you an edge over the other competitors?
I literally have no edge. I’m about as edgy as church bake sale.
8 What strategy you plan on using when it’s time to pick someone to go home?
I’ll probably do one on one’s and see who wants it more. Combine that with a bit of my own judgement on how I thought they did in that particular challenge.
9 Fill in the blank: AllStars 1 is going to be _______
Allstars 1 is going to be Silly!
10 One final message to your competitors
Watch out, cuz this girl is gonna slay the day”
PROMO: https://imgur.com/W6TKdVj
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If I were competing against her, I would be embarrassed to even show up at the workroom!
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“Well, that was it! My 12 girls ready to have a good time and hopefully snatch some trophies on their journey!” Bianca says.
“Catch these amazing queens competing against each other next friday, on september 6th! See ya!”
GIRLS, I won’t be around for the next few hours so here’s some info: I’ll create the chat once I get home (in a few hours). Here’s a tiny spoiler of the first mini challenge: the library will be open on the premiere. Anyone that might want a mini challenge might consider writing a few reads for some girls of the cast and submitting 4 of them to me (inbox, pls).
Submitted August 31, 2018 at 03:29PM by guibiscuit https://ift.tt/2PoWH3I
Jewellery shop in Gurgaon, Best Jewellery designs
Being a women, there has always been a great fascination towards decorations and beautifying everything. Either my home, my workplace, or working on myself to look best. We see art in everything and want everything at its best. People often think why women’s spend so much time in shopping, they consider it a wastage of time but actually we do like to spend time so that to get the best services among all.
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Purchasing colorful bangles to acquiring attractive lip color, looking best gives a self confidence to every woman. All women deserve to be appreciated, admired, and respected. When a woman works on her appearance, miracles happen. People start to pay attention, listen to her, want to join her company, ask her opinion. She becomes more confident, and this makes her look even better! As confidence grows, so does the respect she receives – at home, at work, everywhere. As her insecurities moves away, she becomes more self-reliant, self-assured, and courageous; she finds everything so east that she can do anything. Her life improves in each and every aspect. In Spanish there is a word, arreglarse which means to make yourself look good – to do your hair and nails, put on makeup, put on nice clothes and at last beautify you with amazing jewellers. It doesn’t matter about your age, your weight, your complexion… Just be what you are, you can always arreglarte.
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Among these things, jewellery has always been on a top priority for us. Even the ancient woman used to wear different types of accessories. The earliest jewellery was not created by human beings but by the Neanderthal living in Europe. They used to wear crude necklaces and bracelets of teeth, bone berries and stone hung on pieces of string or animal sinew.
Jewellery, itself is a broad classification like rings, brooches, pendants, necklaces, bracelets, cufflinks etc which is, a decorative material worn by woman. The word jewellery is derived from word jewel which is being modified from latin word “jocale” and French word “jouel”. It can be attached to the body or clothes, which a durable. They are made to adorn every body part, from toe rings to hairpins, and even genital jewellery. The patterns of using jewelleries varies between different age groups but, Woman are the most consistant users. Often, Gemstones such as amber, coral, diamonds etc. are combined for decorating and giving unique identity to them.
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Beauty which is skin deep is always being praised. A glance over the past reveals that the Jewellery were the thing that radiates the inner beauty by beautifying the neck, ears, forehead, waists, hands and feet of both the genders. Even today from young to middle aged woman are crazy for Jewellery. Skillful hands that mold metals to create magnificent necklaces, earrings, bracelets and fashion Jewellery. When the artistically built metals find the right place on a woman’s body, they get their true value and the woman glows with its sparkle.
Sometimes used to fix hairs and clothes like hair pins etc. are involved for this task. It also marks a status in society. It works as a carrier of affection to our loved ones. People often gift their near and dear ones with various types of jewelleries, either as gifts during Rakshabandhan, or it be Wedding Anniversaries or birthdays.
Aditi Jewellers, one of the most renowned Jewellery shop in Gurgaon, provides the best accessories. From its certified authentic valued products to transparency in its prices, you can completely rely on them in your family occasions, they’ll give you the best experience of shopping. With my personal experience, I’ll suggest everyone to visit that place for purchasing the products with the best jewellery designs and latest fashion accessories.
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Thursday, August 30, 2018
Ombre – Laquerista Challenge – Week 22
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The Red River, Part 3
[WP] Humanity discovers that supernatural creatures such as vampires and werewolves exist. Instead of attempting to exterminate them, some countries attempt to offer them lucrative jobs that they could do better than a human.
New? Part 1 here
Part 3
The tall office building in the outskirts of London rose out of a park with frost-kissed pines. Down by a frozen pond, a sanded trail snaked through the groves and up to stone terrace sprinkled with fresh snow. Like a breathless mist, Alucard floated in over the park and up to the seventh floor of the building and in through an open window.
The other workers sometimes complained about the low temperature in the office, but nobody dared say anything to his face. Humans were such fragile balls of nerves, he'd learned that working in a hospital overseas. But that was before Olivia and his return to London.
With snow crystals whirling in the air inside his office, Alucard sat down at his desk and looked over his mail. The workers here thought he was an insurance salesman like everyone else.
Slowly, his long fingers pried open the letters. The least interesting part of working for the MI6. Nothing annoyed him more than bureaucratic rubbish. One by one, the letters landed in the trash. For some reason, they thought he was a resource that they could tap like an open vein. They clearly hadn't dealt with a Nosferatu before.
His dark eyes finally stopped on an envelope marked, 'A. V. H.'
The corners of his mouth rose ever so slightly, revealing just a tiny glimmer of razor-sharp whiteness. The vampire let the rest of the letters sail to the floor, and sliced it open with the tip of his nail.
Dear Abraham,
Your insights on the reactive attributes of the strain have proven invaluable. The sample you provided me with has been instrumental in the development of a stable product. Indeed, very little augmentation was required to reach the desired effects. One cannot help but wonder where you acquired such a potent specimen?
If the effects are lasting, this may very well be the most important breakthrough that science has made in the past few centuries. I am truly blessed to have found your name in my great-great grandfather's journal. How exhilarating is it that, even after all these years, the fates of our bloodlines have once more been intertwined?
I shall provide you with a stable product very soon.
Sincerely,
Dr. Artemis Holmwood
Alucard touched his chin, reading through the letter once more. Surprise didn't come easily to a vampire of Alucard's age, but the content of this letter pushed the dark eyebrows well up on his pale forehead. After Van Helsing's death, Alucard had taken control of his estates. Any letters addressed to the late professor were directly forwarded to him instead. Whatever Artemis was working on must be important if it had grabbed Van Helsing's attention.
"Artemis Holmwood," he said, trying the name in his mouth for the first time, tasting the texture of the letter combination.
Another descendant of Arthur Holmwood and Lucy Westenra that he was unaware of? He felt his dead heart twitch in his chest at the thought. Quickly, he pulled up a blank sheet of paper and started writing.
Dear Dr. Holmwood,
I am overjoyed that you have taken such strides in your project. I'll be in London for the next few weeks. It would be a grand pleasure to make your acquaintance and discuss your findings. Perhaps over a drink?
Yours truly,
Prof. Abraham Van Helsing
Whoever this Holmwood girl was, she clearly didn't know that Van Helsing had been dead for nearly a year now. And she seemed to be under the illusion that the professor was a descendant of the famous vampire hunter from the shift of the last century, which was only logical. Very few men lived to celebrate their 150th birthday.
Alucard licked his lips and then sealed the envelope with the tip of his tongue. Emails and text messages were the norm these days, but there was something about traditional letters that felt more genuine, especially ones with exquisitely forged handwriting.
After dropping the letter into a mailbox, Alucard took a step out of the window and let the night swallow him once more. One good thing about modern society was the ability find to people's home addresses -- it made stalking someone so much easier. He turned his face toward the moon. Several more hours remained until dawn and he needed to figure out Morgana's motives. Even now, he could feel her presence in the city like a bad sore.
Frost flowers bloomed on the glass of the streetlamps, their intricate crystalline structures blurring the light into a dim sheen over the cobblestones of Whitford Avenue. On either side of the road, iron fences guarded the snow-coated turfs of the Gothic style villas from most intruders, but shadows and gusts of wind slipped through the bars unhindered.
On the parapets of one roof, gargoyles sat in motionless silence, their grotesque faces watching a tall shadow flicker across the lawn and then melt into the darkness of the house. The wooden floor of the old building creaked under Alucard's weight. White canvases covered the furniture and art objects that lined the walls of the foyer.
If it weren't for the tracks in the dust that led upstairs, one could easily have assumed that the house had stood empty for a very long time. Alucard stopped by a portrait on the third floor -- the only one not covered. The rugged face of Van Helsing stared at him accusingly. The dullness in his gray eyes, which matched his silvery hair, was deceptive. Even in his late years, the professor had been as sharp as a wooden stake. Despite their difference, he was one of the few men that Alucard respected.
He shook his head and continued down the dark corridor. A gentle waft carried a very familiar smell out of the study -- a smell that fanned the fire back into the coal black eyes of the ancient vampire. Nostrils flaring, he drifted into the room.
A small window shed a bleak light over the bookshelves that reached for the ceiling. Books of every kind, from pamphlet to dusty tome, surrounded a massive pinewood desk with a mess of papers on it. Crystal chandeliers hung over two leather armchairs, and an antique crossbow rested on a cushion inside a glass case, but Alucard's gaze was on the floor, where a dried-up riverbed of crimson split the room in half.
Slowly, the vampire rounded the desk and found the body of a young man sprawled over an exotic rug. The last expression chiseled into the twisted face of Dr. Seward, Jr. was one of surprise and terror. His dead eyes stared emptily into the ceiling and his hands clutched his neck, which was the source of the small pond that soaked the carpet and then turned into a river of blood across the room.
Alucard's stomach groaned at the sight, and his gums itched horribly. He pulled out the amulet that Morgana had given him as proof of her deed and dangled it over the body. His lips dropped at the sight of the vile symbol carved into the metal. Why she had come to London and killed this man was a mystery. She didn't have any hatred for the Seward bloodline that he knew about.
With a shrug, Alucard dropped the amulet and leaned over the desk, his long fingers sifting through the papers. Morgana had been looking for something, that much was clear. Perhaps her interest was less in the Seward bloodline and more in the young man's work. The boy had been an expert on vampires and one of Van Helsing's biggest admirers. In his letter from a few months back he had sounded so excited. So, when he asked for access to Van Helsing's archives, Alucard had, of course, granted him permission. The old vampire enjoyed playing with his food, and he was a little bitter that Morgana had killed the boy before he'd had the chance to see his little game play out.
The papers strewn across the desk were of no interest. Just Van Helsing's handwritten accounts from a lifetime ago and a few sketches of garlic flowers and fangs. Some of Seward, Jr.'s notes were also in the mix, but Alucard doubted that anything important would've been left out in the open. If the boy was anything like his idol, he would've hidden it in a place of personal significance.
A grin parted the thin lips of the vampire. Morgana had combed through the study in vain, but she hadn't known Van Helsing -- and in turn, the Seward boy -- like Alucard. He stepped over the body and backtracked his steps out into the hallway, following the corridor back to the stairs. There, he looked at the portrait of Van Helsing once more before lifting it off the wall.
Glued to the back of the frame, Alucard found a thin bundle of papers. A wrinkle crept across on his forehead as he skimmed through what appeared to be a lab report of some sort. In fact, there were two of them and they were both on the same topic; the same experiments; the same DNA helix, twisting around itself on the sheet. The first report was dated two weeks ago and had a logo of a white chalice with a red infinity symbol. The second report was dated a year ago and just had the letters 'A. H.' scribbled with a marker at the top.
Alucard flipped to the very back where he found a note written in the neat longhand of Dr. Seward, Jr.
First strain with sufficient potency.
Acquired through A. V. H.?
Will lead to the completion of "longevity potion."
Strain source: unknown to the researcher...
At the very bottom of the page, one word had been circled with a red marker.
((Dracula))
Submitted August 31, 2018 at 04:30AM by Lilwa_Dexel https://ift.tt/2PSPARP
Trial of the Fool tips (rebinding)?
Having trouble with the Fool trial (shakes fist at people working on the pantheons) and I keep seeing people touting nail arts, and while I've tried it, jump is mapped to a and attack to b on my controller.
Is there a way to remap attack to 2 keys? Being able to use my left trigger (currently crystal dash) for nail arts seems like it would make things a lot easier.
Submitted August 31, 2018 at 02:36AM by gootarts https://ift.tt/2wtEVVT
Ravenclaw Nail Art
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Completion question "spoiler"
Hello everyone, i was doing my best to get to 107% before godmaster came out but I accidentally downloaded it. Does that mean I'll need to complete godmaster for the true ending or can I still do just the things I had left to get to 107 and still have that good ending?
Submitted August 30, 2018 at 09:16PM by markercore https://ift.tt/2MHBFAc
Someone PLEASE help me with the Trial of Fools
I been here for an hour and a half without making progress, the fcking wave where you have to fight flying enimies make me want to jump down to the spike myself
Any tip and trick will help
I need to finnish it to get to the 3rd Pantheon
Submitted August 30, 2018 at 08:13PM by RedPandaInTopHat https://ift.tt/2Nw8RqU
How to hang up heavy pictures without using nails?
I live in a apartment where I cannot put nails into the walls. Any recommendations on how I can hang pictures? I know for my lighter 8X10 pictures and art I can use command strips, but I have a few large picture frames / artwork that feels too heavy for command strips.
Submitted August 30, 2018 at 08:37PM by Kolo87 https://ift.tt/2Plt0QP
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