Sexiest Podcast Character — Unscripted Bracket — Round 1
Who is sexier?
Tryst Valentine
Mini Smithson
Voting ended onOct 1, 2023
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Tryst Valentine (Campaign: Star Wars):
Hot shot pilot/smuggler that will hit on anything that moves, but the best possible version of that character in almost a satirical way while also being super genuine. Too sexy to be able to read, to stubborn to admit they can't.
Han Solo but worse! A very funny little scoundrel stuck with a clone trooper and a mercenary (by choice). Mostly spends his time flirting, but gets serious when he needs to.
Mini Smithson (Chapter and Multiverse):
Mini is an alien journalist who has come to Earth in order to write about humans' behaviours and habits. She is very sweet despite not understanding a lot of human culture and being very bad at hiding the fact that she's not from Earth, and she has iridescent hair. She loves selling shoes and she's also a superhero :D
Our adorable little alien friend! Mini was actually a lot of fun to make and definitely an experiment in her own way. (She was also a bit frustrating, as I accidentally dropped her first leg at the bus stop on my way to a baseball game and had to do another, only to find the first one when I went back later.) Like with Joseph, there are things I would do differently a second time, but I love her nevertheless.
Mini’s style is frequently described as “somehow it works” and I wanted to reflect that with the colors I picked for her outfit - and I think it did exactly what I wanted! I did Mini in a cotton yarn, rather than the acrylic I’m using for all the other blorbos, for two reasons. One is that, well, she’s an alien - it makes sense that she wouldn’t be made of the same stuff as her human friends. The second is that the yarn is a bit thinner than the acrylic despite being the same weight, so I was able to make her come out smaller than Joseph despite using (roughly) the exact same number of stitches. She varies from the base pattern as follows:
Shoes: I didn’t think to grab a color that would work for soles, so her shoes are the same color from top to bottom. I gave her high-tops, and I also made her legs just the slightest bit smaller, so:
R7 (right shoe): Ch 1, sc in first 7 st, inv dec 4 times, sl st in first sc (12 sc).
R7 (left shoe): Ch 1, inv dec 4 times, sc in next 7 st, sl st in first sc (12 sc).
R8 (both shoes): Ch 1, sc in each st around, sl st in first sc (12 sc).
Legs: I figure Mini wears no-show socks, or else she forgets them entirely because humans wear an unnecessary number of layers in her opinion and nobody even looks at your socks so why bother? (She does wear hover boots in costume, so probably they mostly don’t show.) I also only had two colors of yarn to work with for her outfit and I was not going back to the store that quickly, so I decided to put her in a 3/4 length leotard:
R9: Using skin color, ch 1, sc in back loop of each st around, sl st in first sc (12 sc).
R10-15: Ch 1, sc in each st around, sl st in first sc (12sc).
R16: Switch to outfit color. Ch 1, sc in front loop of each st around, sl st in first sc (12sc).
Continue pattern as normal.
Body: To get a place to attach the skirt later, work R38 in front loops of R37, then work R39 in the back loops of R38. Continue as normal. I used the same method to form the collar of Mini’s shirt as I did with Joseph’s.
Face: I used a DMC “Light Effects” floss for Mini’s eyes. I don’t recommend this. It’s a pain in the you-know-what to work with, but it gave the effect I wanted.
Hair: I probably made this more complicated than I needed to, but it worked. Starting with R58, I took the yarn I planned to use for hair and laid it across the stitches of the previous row, then worked the stitch over the hair yarn with the skin color. I then looped the yarn back up until it was the desired length, laid it over the foundation row, and stitched over it again, and so on around the back of the head. I did this for five rows before switching to the scalp method I used with Joseph; in Mini’s case, I continued with the “add one stitch to each side” until it came to a peak at R75. To make the ponytail, wrap yarn around a book, card, or fingers (depending on desired length) until it is desired thickness, tie together and slide off card. Cut other end of loops, then stitch to top of head. I tied it with a hairbow, but you can also use a rubber band or stitched circle as you prefer. Last step is to cut all the loops you stitched through the scalp for the bottom half to get the hair flowing.
Skirt: Using the skirt yarn (I used a ribbon yarn because I had it and liked it and thought Mini would wear it), join to front loop of st in R38. Ch 7. [YO 5 times, insert hook in next st, draw up loop, YO and draw through next 2 loops on hook 7 times] in each st around, sl st in top of ch (38 very long stitches).
* Note - you can make this stitch as big or as small as you want. You can also do several rounds of smaller stitches if you want. I was just being as simple as possible. If you’re doing a taller stitch, YO two fewer times than in your initial chain.
Arms: You might have noticed Mini’s hands are different than Joseph’s. This is because…
...they have magnets in them! Mini’s known for her “tight, squeezy hugs” and I wanted her to be able to give hugs as well as receive them.
Pattern is as follows:
R1: With skin color, 4sc in magic circle, join.
R2: Ch 1, 2 sc in each st around, sl st in first sc (8sc).
R3-4: Ch 1, sc in each st around, sl st in first sc (8sc).
Place magnet in center of palm between R3 and R4. (The way I stitched, it fit exactly.)
R5: Ch 1, inv dec 4 times around, sl st in first sc (4sc).
R6: Ch 1, sc in top of sts around, sl st in first sc (7sc).
R7-19: Ch 1, sc in each st around, sl st in first sc (7sc).
R20: Switch to leotard color. Ch 1, sc in front loop of each st around, sl st in first sc (7sc).
R21-25: Ch 1, sc in each st, around, sl st in first sc (7sc). Fasten off, leaving long tail for sewing.
I didn’t stuff Mini’s arms, partly because they were so skinny it made it awkward and partly because I wanted them to be extra floppy for extra huggability. Before I stitched them on, I made sure the hands would stick together the way I wanted them to - stacking on top of each other like she’s lacing them together rather than palm to palm like a prayer.
[ID: Digital art of 4 full body drawings of the main cast of Chapter and Multiverse: Masks. From left to right is Mini, Adeeb, Morgan, and Joseph all dressed in their hero costumes. The background is a purple gradient with several light purple patterns scattered around. End ID.]
(Extended ID + close ups + helmet-less Joseph under the cut!)
Congrats to the cast of Chapter and Multiverse for finishing their Masks campaign!! Here is my lineup of our heroes in their costumes!! :D
[ID: Two digital drawings of Adeeb. Adeeb is a tall Muslim man with brown skin and short dark hair and a goatee. He is wearing a long black and gray shirt, a blue turban, a red scarf, and black pants and dress shoes. He is standing with his arms raised, long white ribbons wrapped around his palms and hanging down around him. He is wearing a thin pointed mask and is smiling with a confident expression.
The second image is the same as the first, but without the white ribbons in his hands. End ID]
[ID: Two digital drawings of Mini and Morgan.
Mini is a short chubby tan-skinned woman with long black iridescent hair held in a high ponytail. She wears a form fitting purple suit with several yellow and orange starburst patterns. She wears big white space gloves and boots, a work apron with the words ‘The Shoe Space’ written on it with a small shooting star logo, and a bright orange starburst shaped mask. Her outfit has several neon pink and blue accents. She is skipping forward with a hand on her hip and another holding up a small laser gun. She winks and sticks out her tongue playfully. There are two small pink cartoon-y alien antennas sticking out from the top of her head.
Morgan is a tall muscular white woman with long red hair, green eyes and freckles on her face and shoulders. She is wearing a dark green tank top with a bright green vine pattern and brown cargo pants. She wears a red jacket tied around her waist and red high top sneakers, as well as a pair of dark fingerless gloves and a bright red bandana mask across her face. She has a tattoo band on her shoulder of a Celtic knot. She is posed facing the side, looking down with a slight grimace. One hand is at her side holding a long wooden quarterstaff and the other is raised in a fist. End ID]
[ID: Two digital drawings of Joseph. Joseph is a short white man wearing a helmet that covers his face. The helmet has a black visor, a gray stripe down the center, and two small cameras sticking out on either side of the face with a small red recording light in the corners. All of his clothes, jacket, pants, boots, belts, and gloves, are shades of black and dark gray. He wears a large cape that bundles at his shoulders and ends at his knees. One hand is resting at his neck on his cape, the other held down holding a small sickle weapon with a chain attached and looped around his arm.
The second image is the same as the first, but with his helmet taken off. He has chin-length black hair and black eyes. He glares down with an annoyed look on his face. End ID]
I decided to make myself some CMV stickers and I'm so happy with them!
You can download them here Or feel free to dm me & I'll print and mail you them (possibly with a lil bonus *wink wonk*)
[ID: 3 sets of digital busts. The first set is of Blodeuwedd Morgan, Mini Smithson, Joseph Teller from Chapter and Multiverse. Morgan is a white women with long brown hair, Her arms and shoulders have Celtic love spoon tattoos across them. She is wearing a white tank top with blue straps and she is holding a rose in her left hand. Mini is a pale women with iridescent blue-black hair in twin buns, her hands are up in excitement and she is wearing a pink floral long sleeve shirt. Joseph is a tall white man with brown hair and gray eyes, he is wearing a plain black long sleeve shirt. The second set is of Adeeb Bin Yeslam, the Eternal Tavern Keeper, and the Turban from Chapter and Multiverse. Adeeb is a brown skinned man with dark stubble and brown eyes. He is wearing a brown cat cardigan with his arms full of pink and blue cloth. The Eternal Tavern Keeper is a brown skinned man with black hair and beard. He is wearing a creme button up underneath a red silk suit vest, a towel is draped over his right arm. The Turban is a brown skinned man with dark stubble, he is wearing blue turban with a red scarf over a black shirt, his arms are covered in white ribbons. The third is of Zenith, Solartrix, and Spihon from Chapter and Multiverse. Zenith is a tall white man with brown hair, he is wearing a plain black suit and a black domino mask. Siphon is a white women with long brown hair, Her arms and shoulders have Celtic love spoon tattoos across them. She is wearing a brown Kevlar tank top, and a green domino mask, she has a wilted flower in her hand. Solartrix is a pale women with iridescent blue-black hair in twin buns, a light gray shirt over a blue dress and iridescent suit, she is holding a laser gun in her left hand./ End ID]
[Description: Painting of Mini and Morgan from CMV. They're dancing- Morgan holds Mini's waist, while Mini hovers slightly off the ground, their arms over Morgan's shoulders. Mini's black hair has highlights of pink, blue, and yellow and she's wearing a black dress with a rainbow skirt. Morgan is wearing a suit with a green waistcoat and shoes with the same rainbow pattern on them. Her hair is shaved at the sides. The sketchbook has been covered with fairy lights.]
showing up late to the event I organised but look I have gay people looking fancy!!
posting this for the CMV sendoff, if you haven't already check out this delightful podcast, it's brought me much joy and the characters are darlings ❤️❤️❤️
