Kairillia Cosplay

The chronicles of a Canadian cosplayer.

[ohmydisney]

we all know two addresses

1. our own address

2. P Sherman 42 Wallaby Way Sydney

[kairillia]

Actually, I'm more likely to remember 221B Baker Street, London, England

[avelera]

But have you considered: Thorin might be nearsighted?

Case in point:

Exhibit 2

“It cannot be.”aka Doesn’t actually recognize Azog until he starts talking…

This needs no explanation:

*BOOM*

Exhibit 3:

Not subtitled, but Thorin shouts for Kili when actually Fili is the one who was almost crushed >.< 

Exhibit 4

Not pictured because I couldn’t find a gif, but Thorin prompting Balin to lead them out of Rivendell because he “can see knows these paths”

Exhibit 5 

Cut off Azog’s arm, was probably aiming for something slightly more fatal, couldn’t tell he was alive when dragged back inside Moria…

Exhibit 6

WHERE’S BILBO?

(”I have no idea because I can’t see for shit.”)

Conclusion:

Since wearing glass in front of your eyes is slightly more of a liability for a fighter than people’s faces being slightly blurry, I’m just gonna throw this out there as a possible explanation for fandom to run with ;)

[avelera]

Ok but I think this is my favorite post of mine that’s done well because

1) it give a humorous explanation for Thorin’s random moments of fail that’s cracky and funny

2) it actually kinda makes sense and it gives Thorin a minor (or not so minor for his life and world) disability that he works around and actually kinda explains said moments of fail realistically and honestly guys the more I think about it and replay the movies in my head the fewer contradictions I can find for this headcanon???

[withywindlesdaughter]

There is a fanfic in here somewhere 

[guylty]

Convincing arguments!

[clematis70]

Thorin has suddenly become more human and more pleasant (short-sighted person speaking here)

[gwengrimm]

@ymrtumbler

[ymrtumbler-blog]

I love this. Thanks for the tap, @gwengrimm!

[heirsfthemountainhall]

You are not wrong OP, Thorin IS nearsighted.  In the book, it was even canon:

“How far away do you think it is?”  asked Thorin, for by now they knew Bilbo had the sharpest eyes among them.   “Not far at all.  I shouldn’t think above twelve yards.” “Twelve yards!  I should have thought it was thirty at least, but my eyes don’t see as well as they used a hundred years ago-”  (From the chapter, ‘Flies and Spiders’ of The Hobbit, by JRR Tolkien )

Thorin isn’t just slightly nearsighted either, he thought a large object at across-the-street distance was three-quarters of the length of a football field away.   By modern standards he would be legally, coke-bottle-glasses-or-we-don’t-let-you-drive, blind.

In the movie Thorin’s nearsightedness is never actually stated, but I love the clever ways in which they worked it into the acting (as avelera highlighted very well), and also into the costume and set design (implying that Dwarves tend to be nearsighted in general):  Dwarven ornamentation is always three-dimensional, be it stamped leather, cut runes, thickly-embroidered brocade, or cast-metal beads.  There are no purely painted or smooth-inlaid designs anywhere that would require sight, let alone 20/20 vision.  

Dwarven cities too, are violently three-dimensional and ornamented with a lot of straight-lined geometry and gigantic statues.  Perhaps most telling of all, the terrifyingly high stone bridges found in both Erebor AND Moria are treated as perfectly ordinary sidewalks… which would make sense for a race that couldn’t even SEE the ground below.

As for Thorin’s precision-jump in the forges…

Brass ones.  Solid fucking brass ones.

[mcnuts]

SEADWELLER FIN TUTORIAL

alright–ive finally gotten to it!!!!!!!

today, we will be making

cute fins!!!!!!!!!!! (that cutie is neonnebulosa ))

first– materials. you will need:

a large white(optional but easier) foam sheet, i use the medium thickness foam sheets

glue gun w glue

scissors

a pencil

string

a needle

a thin, wire headband.

and paint!

(jewelry is optional as well!!))

OKAY FIRST OFF

BAM theres your foam sheet. now fold that son of a bitch.

good, now draw your fins!

then follow your child like instincts and cut them out so you have two of each.

like so

try to cut as evenly and cleanly as possible.

now fold them and line them up in the ordered desired. then take your string and thread and start  sewing them together– this is just to keep them together better! its TECHNICALLY not needed but definitely safer. try keeping the strands off to the side,  itll be easier for later.

now take your glue and glue where they connect. youre gonna have to hold it in place for a bit

weeeeeeeeeeeeeee

now take your thin wire headband

and you are going to have to take a tooth pick or a thick needle to make a hole for the wire to go through to make it easier, but you need to force the wire through the area that they all join– not close to the edge but tucked as close to the fins as possible. then hot glue the edge of the fin to the headband to keep it up and perky!

aw ye

NOT DONE YET

paint those suckers grey

add markings and whatever else

add jewelry

and put them on a cute friend.

[not-a-comedian]

[itsamemariko-blog]

BUGS BUNNY

YOU HAVE

NO RIGHT

TO MAKE THAT FACE

[kairillia]

No, he really does. I mean. That colour? On Daffy? Bugs knows his shoes.

[ganbattesewing]

How to Sew an Embroidered Eyelet by Professor Pincushion

Link: https://youtu.be/fVu7-CmEhr0

[avataraang]

[untame]

gwendoline christie behind the scene of star wars: the force awakens. ( x )

[hannahvardit]

aunt may does right by her nephew. 

[wackd-archive]

oh my god this is adorable

[clauderains]

[rembrandtswife]

This is the attitude that every creative artist needs to take.

[kryptaria]

When you’re wondering if you have the guts to post that new fanfic or to send your manuscript to a publisher, remember this.

[niiix-archive]

I live my life according to the Gospel of Craig Ferguson ♥

[erebusodora-deactivated20190104]

AMEN.

[theslaybymic]

This is what Native American fashion looks like without the cultural appropriation

Follow @this-is-life-actually

[littleredqueen]

shit’s so prettyyyyyyy

[medievalpoc]

What It’s Really Like to Work in Hollywood*

(*If you’re not a straight white man.)

The statistics are unequivocal: Women and minorities are vastly underrepresented in front of and behind the camera. Here, 27 industry players reveal the stories behind the numbers — their personal experiences of not feeling seen, heard or accepted, and how they pushed forward. In Hollywood, exclusion goes far beyond #OscarsSoWhite. (Interviews have been edited and condensed.) By Melena Ryzik

[image:a headshot of Wendell Pierce next to a quote that reads “A casting head said: “I couldn’t put you in a Shakespeare movie. They didn’t have black people then.” Wendell Pierce“

I came across this article in my Twitter feed this morning, and I highly recommend checking it out. Stories like this are a big part of why I do what I do; for example, linking people to primary documents that demonstrate there was a large Black British population during Shakespeare’s “Then”.

[project-radfem-deactivated20160]

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This is a door security bar. Now, it’s pretty obvious how it works, but let me explain anyway. When you are in your home/apartment, you brace this between the floor and the doorknob, (like you see them do with chairs in movies?) You secure it in place and when secured, the door is almost impossible to open, and basically impossible to kick open. 

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I love you guys, and I want you safe. Please, consider getting this. Stay safe!

[345678uyftdhjk]

I need this. My paranoia needs this.

[ninten1-deactivated20170407]

We own one of these things, and god, THIS IS NO EXAGGERATION. With one of these, the door is damn near impossible to move from the outside.

[cosmic-noir]

Awesome!

[kairillia]

I own one of these. I can attest to it both working super well, and being really easy to put in place. Even though it’s really unlikely that it’ll ever be necessary where I live now, I still have it by the door.

[bentsage]

European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, the first Italian woman in space, took a moment to celebrate Captain Janeway at around 250 miles above Earth. (CNET) (twitter)

i bet someone else has already posted this by now but i thought it was really cool bc now we officially have had a cosplay selfie in space lmao

also apparently this marks the first time a star trek uniform’s actually been worn in space i heard??? which is also awesome

[rainbowbarnacle]

[lilium-in-blue]

She did it again today! Also, in the picture she’s drinking coffee brewed with an espresso machine specifically engineered to work on the International Space Station - the ISSpresso (made in Italy!).

[prokopetz]

The most amusing thing about this is that, at current launch prices, it costs in the neighbourhood of $4000 per pound to send stuff to the International Space Station. Eyeballing that uniform’s weight at about two pounds, this means that before Ms. Cristoforetti could take cosplay selfies on the ISS, she first had to propose to her nation’s space agency, with a straight face, that they should approve an extra eight grand to send that uniform up there with her in the first place - and that they agreed that this was, in fact, an appropriate use of their funding.

Neeeeeeeerds.

[tockthewatchdog-deactivated2020]

MY PEOPLE 

[sourcedumal]

This is awesome.

[happymelonlemonade]

So still wanna kill me?

[candywhisperer-deactivated20190]

Holyshitsnacks

[notanicedragon]

[truebluemeandyou]

notanicedragon:

The double knitting technique is great. It has a light side, and a dark side, it binds the scarf together… you can see where I’m going with this can’t you. I only found out about double knitting this past summer and got monumentally carried away. This Star Wars Scarf is just one of the results.

Click on the knitting charts for full sized images. They are worked in order bottom to top.

[retired-cxh]

@sublimesublemon I dunno if you’ve seen this but <3

[kairillia]

I can’t knit, but I bet I could cross stitch this!

[glassescat]

OK SO I WAS AT THE FABRIC STORE AND I WALKED BY SOME MEMORIAL DAY THEMED FABRIC AND 

WHAT THE HELL IS THIS

WHY ARE THE ABS SO DETAILED AND NOT THE FACE WHAT

OMFG LINCOLN LOOKS LIKE EDWARD CULLEN WITH A BEARD I CAN’T DEAL WITH THIS SHIT

[westerninfluence]

I HAVE A DRESS MADE OUT OF THIS FABRIC AND I GOT TO BE IN A PARADE BECAUSE OF IT

[picklesandwine]

This is the Alexander Henry Pin-Up collection - and they are all fucking amazing!

[banananutcraycray]

OKAY I WORK IN A FABRIC STORE AND ONE TIME THIS LITTLE OLD LADY CAME UP TO ME AND SLAMMED THE INDEPENDENCE DAY ONE DOWN ON THE COUNTER AND SAID, “THIS. THIS IS WHAT OUR COUNTRY NEEDS.”

[tardisinthetimewarp]

I had an older man come into the fabric store that I used to work in and dropped 3 bolts of the firefighter one on my counter and said, “I need this. I don’t know what I’m gonna do with it, but I need it.” a man behind him then yelled, “Pyjamas!” and the first man said, “My husband recommends pyjamas.” 

[pixelreblags]

omfg

[kairillia]

I don’t know how, I don’t know where, but I will find this fabric.

[sheaantoinette]

@kairillia saw this fabric at joanns once. i had to do a double take since the stores here seem rather… conservative? homely…? but anyways i would check there if you have one in your town

[kairillia]

@sheaantoinette  Unfortunately, I live in Canada, but I’m keeping my eyes peeled!

[kairillia]

What should have happened

Darth Vader: A sister... if you will not turn to the dark side then perhaps she will.

Luke: It's Leia.

Darth Vader: Oh fuck, nevermind.