Geekly Fanboying

Cat Dad, Cosplayer, Disneybounder, slinger of ink and labels, affianced, level 40+

[arkadykoshka]

Oh hey. Life update since I feel like I’ve disappeared from the internet.

Moved from LA to Chicago a few years ago. Miss the sun and low humidity and my CA friends, don’t miss the traffic and $2000 studio apartments.

Bought a house which is a magical 1890s Victorian Barbie dream house with tin ceilings, a gothic parlor, a frog pond, a garage my fiancé could turn into a blacksmith forge, and no closet space. Promptly painted every single room bright jewel tone colors to make up for the 11 years I spent in apartments with white walls.

Got engaged to my now fiancé who surprised me while in Pirates of the Caribbean cosplay with swords he forged. We’re currently in the middle of planning our wedding at the Field Museum next year. Gonna get married under the spinosaurus! Gonna have cocktails with Sue!

Got really into dumb little watercolor paintings of my cats ( @pawtercolors ).

Got hardcore into gardening now that I have a yard. We have blackberries, raspberries, mulberries, and strawberries growing wildly, our cherry tree is popping off, and I’ve added in a pumpkin patch. I have about 30 pots scattered around the yard and spend an hour or 2 a day weeding, watering, and puttering.

My hair has gotten suuuuuuper long!

So basically, I’m thriving. But in the course of moving and leaving the best state to cosplay in and all my cosplay friends there, I’ve really pumped the breaks on the hobby. And when Twitter went down, I took that enforced hiatus to just get offline and touched grass so hard that a pumpkin patch sprouted up! It’s been really mentally healthy to just have some hobbies that aren’t so heavily tied to my physical appearance and don’t come with the feeling you have to constantly produce and post to be successful. I grew to loath the word “content” and it was kind of a relief to be freed from the urge to perform and produce. I still have a lot of my outfits and put something together a couple times a year and do some shoots, but between moving, larger life events, and other hobbies I’m just not much in the hardcore cosplay scene anymore. I’m too busy cuddling cats and lying among my sunflowers to stress over regularly maintaining social media. I’ll show up looking cute when I feel like showing up and looking cute! ☺️

[geeklyfanboying]

“You look…” Like a goddess of love and war and hope and ecstasy. Like a glimmering star that I have somehow been blessed to hold. Like the rest of my life. “…nice.” He wanted to kick himself.

@lady-lucrezia Asajj Ventress

@geeklyfanboying Quinlan Vos

[nickyflowers]

i bet there were guys in the 1800s who were super fucking Reddit about everything, but no one had the right word yet for why those guys were so annoying. so they just had to wonder

[doctorbluesmanreturns]

Der lästige Kavalier (The Annoying Gentleman), by Berthold Woltze, 1874.

[disgruntled-foreign-patriarch]

that is a "hello darkness my old friend" face if I ever saw one.

[safetynot9uaranteed]

Cybersmith off his shits

[marzipanandminutiae]

keep in mind also that this girl is

A. A teenager, since her hair is almost fully down (the longer skirt and her traveling alone make me think maybe 14-15), and

B. In mourning, as evidenced by her entirely matte and unornamented black dress, gloves, and hat

so this guy is pestering a young girl who's just lost someone close to her, in absence of clear social cues meant to convey exactly that

[shinyhappygoth]

I recently saw it pointed out elseTumblr that, a remarkably easy detail to miss, she is going for her hatpin. The clear social cues are about to escalate.

[lyricwritesprose]

I for one think that is very valid of her and that hatpinning That Guy should still be considered a socially acceptable and perhaps even laudable option.

[nudityandnerdery]

Back in the early 20th century, hatpins were a go-to self defense weapon for women- which, of course, meant that the government had to start regulating hatpins.

'The Hatpin Peril' Terrorized Men Who Couldn't Handle the 20th-Century Woman

To protect themselves from unwanted advances, city women wielded some sharp accessories

[ruporas]

we were brothers and we only had each other — [ id in alt ]

[irithyllians]

an older queen anora artwork I’m still happy with

[medievalreligiousfanatic]

[ursus-arctos-horribilis-chadder]

Foul beast ate that adventurer whole, RIP

[naniiebimworks]

Aziraphale and Crowley

Ineffable wives

[roseyxi]

Ough.......... Garrus............

[goth-queen]

[herpsandbirds]

Resplendent Quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno), male, family Trogonidae, order Trogoniformes, Costa Rica

photograph by Dick van Duijn

[thememedaddy]

[immortalbeingz]

Via:IG@miss_whitejuditart

[blignick]

[doggirlpaws]

When I see a video of a cat minding its own business with nothing else going on I unmute immediately cause I know that mf is about to make a funny noise

[tonysaintborgi]

pushed over by ghosts! sad

[pandabibble]

Congratulations to all AO3 users! Important Milestone reached!

Bookmark database overran!

[mydearestdarlingdead]

Dick looks like he is competing for gold at the Olympics and Tim looks like a six-year-old trying really hard at his first ever gymnastics class (He's pouting because they won't let him swing on the bars)

[geeklyfanboying]

"Good morning Night City'

Went to the Afterparty Cyberpunk 2077 Themed DJ Dance Night experience with friends. Strong drinks and ok DJs made for a fun night

Also that Taco vendor had some of the best pork belly tacos 😁

[geeklyfanboying]

Don't mind the shemagh, I was just testing things out but I have the very basic base for my Wasteland Weekend look

I'm going for more of a functional look vs aesthetic that folks tend to go. Also it's my first year so I can't compare myself with what other folks have and are wearing

Still... It's a good start. I'll do a better fit tomorrow