#enterthemoonlightgate

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[irkimatsu]

enterthemoonlightgate replied to your post: “enterthemoonlightgate replied to your post “I’d still love to cosplay...”:

Ahah, I more meant, "few people are assholes about it"

Yeah, I know. And my statement stands. They have no right to be, it’s my costume. =P I can see it not being acceptable in a contest or something, but if I’m just walking the halls...?

I once cosplayed Maka from Soul Eater and took heat for not having blonde hair (wasn’t in the mood to wear a wig in August) or a scythe (expensive prop I’d have to lug around). Not from a contest, but from someone in line with me at McDonald’s. So I’m aware of assholery. Doesn’t mean I think they’re right. ...sometimes. Hopefully I’d be in a confident mood in a mythical land where I can pull this off, I guess?

(Hm, I wonder if I’d do the scythe with magical Ichi... price isn’t a matter in Fantasy Land, and damn it, that thing’s cool...)

[irkimatsu]

enterthemoonlightgate replied to your post “I’d still love to cosplay as Magical NEET Ichi… but the dress has...”

Modesty mods are acceptable!!

They’d better be, it’s my costume. =P Ah well, it’s a moot point, since I’d have to either:

1) Learn how to craft such a complicated dress and accessories (not likely with my motor skills, “iron tree symbol onto hoodie” seems to be the extent of my talent)

2) win an absurd amount of money and find someone who would be willing to craft such a complicated dress and accessories based on five small pictures all from the same angle. Also I’m fat

But it’s a nice little dream. In Fantasy Land where I can do whatever I want, I totally cosplay Magical NEET Ichi. No one recognizes who I’m even supposed to be and I’m quite all right with that

[irkimatsu]

enterthemoonlightgate replied to your post: “I mused about this on a sideblog, but I wonder if it’d be worth musing...”:

I do them. I get a few bites but not many, but I also refuse to underprice myself. I charge $15 per 500 words, which is well below the industry standard of $50 per 500, but most writers do nobody favours and charge around $5 for 1000 words so I constantly get told I'm "too much", so. But that's my experience.

You’re one of the only people I’ve ever seen offer writing commissions; otherwise, I’m not sure I’d know if people took them at all. In general, art seems to get more reception than writing. (That’s not just me being bitter about my own reception on my work; I’ve found tons of nice fics in my years with barely any attention. When’s the last time you saw a fanfic on here with tens of thousands of notes, when art for the same fandom can gain notes quickly enough to break the sound barrier? And I can’t say I don’t understand why, because I’m guilty of it myself; art can be consumed and appreciated quickly. Fics... if I don’t have the time and energy to read them right when I see them, they’ll sadly end up buried. So I’m not taking it personally. It’s just... tangent.)

Pricing is a big issue that I’d struggle with if I did this, maybe big enough to prevent me entirely... on one hand, I have no living expenses; I live rent-free with family in exchange for housework and good college grades. So it isn’t like I’d have to choose a price that’ll help me pay my bills. But you’re right, charging too low because it’s “just a hobby” for me does no favors to those who need to make a living... but then I get that little bug in my brain of “Are you even good enough to charge anywhere close to industry price?”

I do admit, I don’t really have enough to backup any sort of “right” to offer commissions, and there’s not much of a market for it anyway, it seems. Like I said. Pipe dream. But maybe it’d be nice, in a world where I could pull it off. Eh.

Moot point, college owns my soul until the end of 2018, I’ve barely written for myself in months, I can’t make promises to other people

[irkimatsu]

enterthemoonlightgate replied to your post: “random mutual here but i just wanted you to know that i enjoy your...”:

Man I'm not even a fan of the series and I like hearing your stuff

You’re another one that creative compliments mean a lot from. Thank you. <3

[princeoftheironfist]

Updating a certain Muscle Clown Dad and his Cute Tiny Clown Wife for 2k17.

[irkimatsu]

enterthemoonlightgate replied to your photo “I have a problem (An adorable problem)”

someone hit up the artist alley

How does one not hit up the Artist Alley at a con =P

My only disappointment was that I didn’t get a poster. There weren’t a lot of Matsu posters in the first place - the fandom is admittedly losing momentum, not surprising when the main show ended back in spring and we have no idea if we’re ever getting more - and I only found one that I was kind of sort of considering. I decided that if I made it back to the Alley on Saturday and still liked it, I’d get it, but I never did go back. Ah well, I got my pin, and I applied the stickers to my laptop this morning. I’m happy.

[selancastsvalor]

enterthemoonlightgate replied to your post: i get really skeptical whenever someone talks...

yeah I was thinking this earlier with that Flip Flappers post that’s been going around, I am more interested in it now than I was but the moe style’s making me a little skeeved I admit

on one hand i accept that some writers are going to accept the moe moe thing in order to get their production companies to give gay stories the green light, but on the other hand i’m skeeved out by it and even more skeeved out that the larger anime community acts like this is somehow not only okay but is something to be praised