down goes our innocence into the river

my images are described in alt text / waaay over 18 / she or ey pronouns / feral for TLT & the Sixth House / @feather.break on IG/TT

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hello! this is the mostly-cosplay tumblog of some derp.

you may be here for one of these reasons:

my TLT shenanigans (specifically as Nona or Camilla Hect)

a comprehensive guide to the incoherent canon of Camilla Hect's fuckoff knives

my cosplay photography (see also: instagram for more of that)

USE ME. a very elaborate New Rho Camilla cosplay video

i can also be found on instaspam or tiktok as @ feather.break.

thanks for stopping by!

[dashcon-two]

Crow Exchange, Cosplay Photoshoots, and More!

Hi all,

We realized when publishing the schedule that we had accidentally misled you! The tentative list of panels/events has no Crow Exchange present—that was an oversight. The Crow Exchange is coming back, and bigger than ever!

But first, I’d like to be selfish.

This is Simone speaking. I just wanted to quickly shout out my a capella concert, Blue the Sky, that’s taking place this Sunday!

I’ve been in this same group, Effusion, for the better part of my university career, and it is for that reason that we had the Musical Interdudes perform Am I a Man or a Muppet last year. A tradition I would like to maintain… (foreshadowing is a literary device)

Since I’m graduating, this is my last performance, so if you’re near the downtown Montreal area I would really appreciate it if you came out to support me! Tickets are like $20 so they’re so cheap for how much work we’ve all put into it.

I’ll be soloing! Here’s a taste:

You can also watch on on YouTube and Instagram.

Sunday, March 29th, doors at 6PM, show at 7PM—Cafe Campus!

BUY TICKETS NOW

Back to the Crow Exchange.

For those unfamiliar, a ‘crow exchange’ is an open space where attendees can swap stickers, buttons, pins, kandi, shiny rocks—any little trinkets they’ve collected, much like crows—between one another. Selling is expressly forbidden, and volunteers are on-site to make sure all swaps are beneficial to both parties.

We, foolishly, assumed it would be mildly-to-moderately attended because people would forget their crow hoards at home. It was our most popular event of the convention. People made custom kandi bracelets and even zines to swap, or just give away for free. Unfortunately, that meant it was overcrowded basically the entire time.

We’re doing something different this year: the Crow Exchange will be a nearly all-day event!

That way we can reduce crowding and improve traffic flow. It will also have a dedicated room, so we can put in tables and chairs! No longer will you have to spread all your shinies out on the floor!

Please trade responsibly :)

Cosplay Photoshoots

For those unaware, DashCon 2’s Cosplay Photoshoots are attendee-run gatherings where cosplayers from specific fandoms/fandom groups meet up outdoors next to the convention hall to take photos together. Non-cosplayers are also welcome to come take photos of the folks cosplaying. The given fandom can be as broad as ‘Idol’ or ‘Tumblr Sexymen’, or as specific as ‘Homestuck.’

Speaking of Homestuck: last year the Homestuck photoshoot contingent was massive. So massive that a local Homestuck fan group, TorontoStuck, has emailed requesting to host a photoshoot before we even announced we were doing them again! So if nothing else, we are guaranteed a Homestuck Cosplay Photoshoot.

Another group that has already reached out to us is dedicated to the Locked Tomb fandom. They will also have a Cosplay Photoshoot time slot!

If you want to host one, all you need to do is email [email protected] with your name, fandom, and general time! We’ll help you coordinate a photoshoot spot.

Also, one more thing:

This year we are proud to announce that the Cosplay Photoshoot spot will include the official Convention Guillotine(TM) as a cosplay prop.

Please put Karkat in the guillotine

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‼️TLT MEETUP REVEAL‼️ cat's out of the bag, folks - the lovely @incandescentorrery, @eldr1tchwitch, and myself will be engineering shenanigans at Dashcon 2^2 this year.

all three of us have organized meetups before, & I'll be photographing; we look forward to having MANY ALECTOPAUSE FEELINGS together with you all!!

@incandescentorrery as Alecto (photo by me), @eldritchw1tch as Mercymorn the First, me as book 3 Camilla Hect (both photos by sunstiitch)

watch this space + keep an eye out for the official meetup schedule!!!

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hey. don't cry. OR DO BECAUSE we're back in the Camilla Hect whump hours mines YEAAAAAH BUDDY. unfortunately i can only be serious for so long

more 2 come soon

[ltbkpod]

How do I recommend things for yall to cover and/or watch? I have some ideas but I don't know how youd feel about me leaving a huge list here lol

Thanks for listening! Here is fine or you can email us at [email protected]. Can't wait to hear your recommendations!

-M&H

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hey gay people in my phone u should listen to & make recs for this most charming & chill podcast about queer ships in media (& the queerbaiting or queer canons therein)

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[ Rika of the Elite Four - Pokemon Scarlet/Violet ]

a Ground-type dynamo & sassy queer icon who gets a shiny Clodsire because I Said So. HAPPY POKEMON DAY EVERYONE

Elite Four Larry is long-suffering beloved @archety-pal <3

god bless tumblr, yon august realms of long-form text box & desktop browser. you will get my Hugest Braindump about this cosplay, which is:

my first new anime/game cosplay in over 10 years

my first ever plushie build! you can't buy a shiny Clodsire plushie of any gravitas, and I wanted Himb Floppy.

a thinly-veiled kinnie experiment excuse to use my actual hair (I am not wearing a wig. I dyed my hair half-teal & overlaid some wefts from a teal wig for Dramatic Effect).

as it turns out, I also already owned the exact type of triangular earrings from her concept art and have been regularly wearing them for years. I have almost the same piercings. we are cut from the same gay cloth. it happens.

more: re: Clodsire:

I decided to go big or go home - and good lord. I learned a lot and cursed even more. he's 32" long, based off a slightly modified pattern by the very helpful and cool @makeshiftwings30 and 100% mochi minky (Squishmallow format plush).

HE IS PERFECT, but also janky. the original pattern was 8", and I had to redo several seams and make additional tweaks because the sheer size of him meant some of my modifications & some of the pattern scaling didn't hold up under his HEFT and FLOP. but in conclusion, HE'S STILL PERFECT.

I got to bring her (and him) to the Katsucon Pokemon meetup, which was a blast and my first-ever Pokemon meet; here's to others!

ok thanks for attending my TED talk I'm just rly stoked. WHOOOOO POKEMON

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"...Cassiopeia the First, who was brilliant and sensible and careful—she thought she could bait physical portions of the Resurrection Beast into the current. She was right. It followed her.”

(or: Cassy overlooking the River)

Cassiopeia the First: @featherbreak 📸: the brilliant sunstiitch (IG) at Katsucon 2026

with one voice, we say: the longer Alectopause goes for, the more likely it is that we'll have all ended up cosplaying Every Possible Character

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Katsucon 2026

guess who's got two thumbs and forgot to post this here

anywho, lineup:

THURSDAY: ran around in my CHATGPT IS MAKING YOU DUMBER booty shorts alongside @eldritchw1tch's AO3, in an accidental but strong statement against plagiarism and the big tech attack on creativity

FRIDAY MORNING: hockey warmup fem!Shane Hollander

FRIDAY AFTERNOON: Cassiopeia the First at the Locked Tombfoolery meetup. watch this space, she's gonna be Dumb

FRIDAY EVENING: heated rivalry bunnies ... as Deranged Canadian Hype Guy to friends who are lesbian Hollanov

SATURDAY: Rika (Scarlet/Violet Elite 4), which is has been my newest and most exhausting cosplay to make for Giant Clodsire Plushie reasons

SUNDAY OR WHENEVER: Nona, cheeky Glaceon onesie, other booty shorts, other adventures we don't know

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"this Montreal girl works you up--"

(or: Jane shows up to the CCM shoot, wyd?)

fem!Shane/Jane Hollander: @featherbreak (feather.break on IG - pls repost directly from there if switching platforms!) photo: @featherbreak inspired by @bostonbeecosplay 's "Lily" cosplay on IG

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for your viewing pleasure: the most Serious duo scenes from our The Unwanted Guest series --

... and then the least serious outtakes.

I love these worsties.

maid!Ianthe: @eldritchw1tch TUG!Palamedes: @archety-pal photos: @featherbreak at Dragoncon 2025 honorable mention to @theunwantedguestproject for contributing to our Pal design

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Palamedes slams both hands down flat on the lid of the upper coffin, then thrusts his arm out to point an accusing finger at Ianthe. PALAMEDES You’re avoiding the question! Ianthe is somewhat taken aback. So, after a second, is Palamedes.

- Tamsyn Muir, The Unwanted Guest

maid!Ianthe: @eldritchw1tch TUG!Palamedes: @archety-pal photos: @featherbreak at Dragoncon 2025

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happy solstice. 69

(the one flesh is gingerbread and the one end is to be consumed but then again it always was)

(@archety-pal did lines + i did some details)

also

tasty lobotomy

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update from @archety-pal

first flower, god killing star, etc

[featherbreak]

happy solstice. 69

(the one flesh is gingerbread and the one end is to be consumed but then again it always was)

(@archety-pal did lines + i did some details)

also

tasty lobotomy

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speaking it into being for accountability, aka y'all should come back in the spring months and go HEY FEATHERBREAK WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT THING YOU WANTED TO DO

but i have been seized by a vivid vision of a stupidly ambitious and cinematic cosplay music video project (even moreso than this one) that would ideally include at least one of every major TLT character my kingdom for literally anyone playing the 2nd or 4th tho? and So Much Hyperfocus, but could serve as an Alecto trailer too kinda

...and would require me to finish writing the "Cam yells at God" song i spat out in one go after finishing Nona and then promptly never revisited.

so that's step 1, but.

in the meantime, if you're a cosplayer of a more niche* TLT character and have access to a decent landscape-orientation video setup and some Dramatic Lighting, leeeeeet's keep in touch

[featherbreak]

how are the NYC-area boneheads doing, you might wonder

anywaaay we're just gonna keep getting weirder for as long as Alectopause continues. more pics & vids to come; find us on discord/IG/etc - thanks so much to everyone who came out to the NYCC meetup this year!!!

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HEY NYCC BONEHEADS

THIS IS TOMORROW AKA SATURDAY. COME HANG. @chillyweirdoinacoffin & @eldritchw1tch masterminding as usual.

I HAVE IT ON GOOD AUTHORITY THAT HOT PEOPLE AND HOTTER FANART CARDS ARE GONNA BE AVAILABLE. OK LOVE YOU BYE

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Dragoncon TLT meetup continues to deliver hard. I love that 3 years and zero news of a fourth book in, we continue to fuel ourselves with tasty tasty Alectopause-unthwarted brainrot.

To wit, some of my 2025 meetup shots:

Third, Seventh, and Eighth serving so much as usual (and Seventh having an extra-bloody year!)

Lesbian Flag Gideon gives me life, but a stray Gideon getting in frame for the Harrowlecto shot gives me even more life somehow

Nona (& Alecto)'s birthday party!!!

...featuring the many faces of Camilla Hect (courtesy of @archety-pal having my camera while I went up & thus getting me mid-eyeroll)

AND OF COURSE ALFRED AND CRISTABEL YEEEEEEEE LET'S GOOOOOO

this is just live-action The Unwanted Guest, change my mind

full album here! huge kudos to everyone who was there for making it a riproaring good time. the ribbon game was outrageous this year.

known credits include @thewormwithproblems & @devotedlyhardmilkshake as the world's best Cristabel & Alfred, @neo-wolfe as one of the Gideon Squad, @aduck8myshoes as Harrow-wood Hair Barbie/Alecto (genius), best beloveds @eldritchw1tch & @archety-pal as the best Unwanted Guests, @featherbreak as Heart Crimes Cam as ever - please comment or message if you'd like in on this list; always loving the communal ingenuity!

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it's going to take a few days to get the 2025 Dragoncon TLT meetup photos off the Nicer Camera (spoilers: Unwanted Guest shenanigans! Cristabel and Alfred doing The Worst! Even More Boneheads! get excited!!) so for now, here is one (1) phone pic of book 3 Cam looking unnecessarily cunty considering she's toting skelehand Pal and a tape recorder

(from a meetup/shoot directly before the TLT one called Queer Joy in Cosplay; it was thus like 40% TLT dorks & i was contractually obliged to bring a loud clack fan)

ALSO. if you were at the TLT meetup: PLEASE DM ME AND TELL ME WHO YOU WERE PLEAAASE i would like to shower you all with appreciation & connect names to faces more properly! you're all legends, we never have enough time at the meetup, & the number of you who mentioned tumblr absolutely rocked me