Go Big or Don't

Could be cosplay, but mostly Parle

[endopyre]

one of the reasons mental illness sucks so fucking much is because people around you can literally tell you again and again that they love you, that they think you’re cool and funny, that they support you in every way, that you’re talented or intelligent, and no matter how many times they say it you’ll always cringe and shake your head and say “no, no i’m not, really” but the SECOND someone says one bad thing about you, even just once. You believe it completely. 

[gbodtapwjak]

This is so relatable and is exactly what I’d like to articulate but almost never can.

My friends used to try to get me to do this exercise where I’d say one nice thing about myself, then they’d say something nice about themselves, and so on. It made me so uncomfortable.  It’s not that I can’t spout off the nice things that people sometimes say about me, it’s that I feel like I’m lying when I do.  I have learned very carefully about the amount of self deprecation I can get away with, how much of that people will laugh at.

Side note: I have met the person that originally posted this exactly once.  I have watched every youtube video I could get my hands on of them and read through anything I could find on their amazing original characters.  I have never been less disappointed in meeting someone.  They are someone I genuinely look up to as a role model.

Saying more nice things to me will rarely change my mind.  Hearing my feelings reflected back at me by one of the most magnificent people I have ever met?  That’s a good start.

[gbodtapwjak]

I kept asking people what Debbie Reynolds was from, and kept getting answers like “singing in the rain” and “a lot of old movies” and “one for the money”

Halloweentown.  She was in Halloweentown, why do people think I care about anything else?

[alphabetsoupcomic]

Pages 52, 53, 54, 55, and 56 all at once!!!  Whaaat?!

this will probably never happen again

[gbodtapwjak]

Things I didn’t know about my own sexuality: I fall under the Ace Umbrella.  I always figured “sometimes sexual attraction” is not Ace, and is therefore under the allosexual umbrella.  Why yes I did just spend 5 minutes trying to re-find that term that I learned way too long ago.  No google, I don’t actually want to know about asexual vs sexual reproduction, but thank you.

[captain-flint]

cybersyncing said: ok but hear me out: The Hobbit where everything is the same except Bilbo has the personality of Martin Freeman

[gbodtapwjak]

*aggressively throws self into fanfiction to avoid social anxiety*

[newtxcrank-deactivated20170617]

I see no downside here. On fridays, we wear dicks.

[gbodtapwjak]

The only issue I have with this: I currently have very little boob.  I would like to continue having very little boob.  I am concerned about this definition of “attractive” that you speak of.

[gbodtapwjak]

Your toothless cosplay is so cool, and I was seriously freaking out inside when you asked for my picture as mid-transformation Danny Phantom.

Thank you!!!

Yours was such a clever costume idea, and I’ve always loved Danny Phantom.  I’m glad you liked my costume (8

[gbodtapwjak]

me: I'm not going to think about cosplay after this con for like 2 weeks! at least!

me on Monday: I better buy more facepaint. and prosaide. ooh let's look up how to make claws.

[root-beer-riku]

Real post Anime Boston question: So who else feels like they got run over? Ow.

[gbodtapwjak]

yes me.

It was really hard to sit down with the wings and the tail, so I sort of did a slow lunge in order to sit every time.  plus I was banned from the escalators.

[gbodtapwjak]

Anime Boston

Overall: a success.  Not too many things broke, and the improvements from last year really made a difference.  Here’s the picture from the Boston Globe:

Highlight of my weekend: definitely meeting the amazing Elliot (@kobrakid23) and Jet (@jetstarramblings).

gah I’m such a fan of these two.  Still freaking out about it.

And @thealchemicfox, who was wonderful and let me take a picture with her.

So we’re almost ready for Metrocon. Operation: GBODTAPWJAK is nearly complete.

[endopyre]

Ahhh so good meeting you!! You looked amazing!

[jetstarramblings]

> v < I’m so happy we got to meet you too!! You looked so dang good bro~

[gbodtapwjak]

@oziumactys Hiccup help I can’t even they said my costume was good

[gbodtapwjak]

A brief video of the wings working.

[gbodtapwjak]

Anime Boston 2016 Cosplayers.  Well done, everyone.

[gbodtapwjak]

Favorite reaction from this weekend: “Holy shit it’s a demon!”

[gbodtapwjak]

Anime Boston

Overall: a success.  Not too many things broke, and the improvements from last year really made a difference.  Here’s the picture from the Boston Globe:

Highlight of my weekend: definitely meeting the amazing Elliot (@kobrakid23) and Jet (@jetstarramblings).

gah I’m such a fan of these two.  Still freaking out about it.

And @thealchemicfox, who was wonderful and let me take a picture with her.

So we’re almost ready for Metrocon. Operation: GBODTAPWJAK is nearly complete.

[gbodtapwjak]

Wing Mechanics Master Post

All the wing mechanics posts so far.

Wing Mechanics, Part 1

Wing Mechanics, Part 2

Wing Mechanics, Part 3

to summarize:

[gbodtapwjak]

Wing Mechanics, Part 3

Onward to the motor hookup!  This post doesn’t contain any circuitry, if you’re looking for that.

this is fairly similar to the last diagram of the backplate: you can see the orange wings extend out, the strings pulling them.  That green thing is the spool connected to the worm gear motor - what the string is actually connected to. the red is plexiglass, which will be more obvious after the diagrams below.

yeah that extra line is cat hair.  it’s 11pm the night before a con whatever.

this is the motor. it’s got a 3-sided wooden nest surrounding it, covered in plexiglass.  this is partially because the motor mounts on it’s front:  those black bolts shown on the motor are on the same side as the rotating bit.  All black dots are bolts, the brown is wood.

here’s a sideways look at that nest-box:

you can see the motor mounts to the front, so it can’t attach directly to the purple backplate. you can see the motor sticks down out of it’s nest so it’s easier to hook up to the arduino, which runs this whole business. This light green part at the front is the spool for the string.

and a sideways look at that whole thing:

look at how straight those diagram lines are.  so straight.

So the purple above is the plexiglass backplate, as always.  There are 6 bolts holding together the backplate, the nest, and the front plate.  That pink pouch is what contains the arduino and the batteries for this set up.

one more time full frontal:

So you got purple backplate, orange shoulder bones, black string, red front plate, green spool and motor, black bolts, and pink pouch.  here you can see the separate compartment for the arduino and the 2 batteries.  circuitry for all that will come later.

There was some issue with the spool catching on the wing covers, so I covered the spool with a glossy bit of cardstock.  Here is the setup looking down from above:

purple backplate, brown nest, black bolts, and light gray cardstock.

This is already pretty long, so I’ll cut it off here.  more on circuitry and attaching this to a backpack later.

[gbodtapwjak]

me: yeah I think I might actually finish this costume on time!

motor driver: *catches fire*