pockysquirrel: (delphine!)
Okay so a few days back I was puttering about Twitter with the idea of putting out a mass email for people who might want to accompany me on some nerdy tourist shenanigans for a day or two immediately before (or possibly after) next year's PMC. Well, long story short, there were a lot of responses, I decided I didn't want to eff around with multiple email addresses, and I decided to put it here instead.

At this point, obviously, nothing is set in stone. I'm roughly 90% sure, finances permitting, that I'll be tacking an extra 1-2 days onto my PMC trip for the purposes of doing stuff in California beyond just "Arrive, recover from jet lag, do con stuff forever, go home." Obviously I would really like some form of company for this. But I see it less as a case of "Let's get a big group together and Plan All The Things" because I hate having to coordinate people. HATE. It's more like "I wanna do X, Y, and possibly Z stuff, feel free to come with me if you're around and interested."

Possible stuff I would be doing with this time includes:

- Notorious Ameritoku site pilgrimage. I wanna go to the Command Center. I wanna take cosplay pictures at the Command Center. I would also not say no to a trip to the temple from VR Troopers. Bring your own vest.

- Beach trip. I want to splash around in the Pacific Ocean because I never have before. (Also POSSIBLY cosplay photos as Delphine, particularly if a Command Center trip falls through.)

- Random LA area touristy stuff IDK.

- If David Yost announces another pre-PMC Hiking With Fans expedition, I'm going. End of discussion. Don't care if other plans were made or not. My Billy fandom trumps literally everything.

And stuff that will be required in order to make any combination of the above events possible:

- Hotel space. Because the hotel(s) for PMC are stupid expensive when not at con rate and I doubt I could tack additional days onto my reservation at this point anyway, the plan would be to reserve a much cheaper room elsewhere and 'move in' to con space on (IIRC, Bats correct me if I'm wrong) Thursday night.

- Transportation. Guys, I have SUPER BAD driving anxiety. While I theoretically could rent a car and tool myself around the greater Los Angeles area, I REALLY do not want to. So if you're driving to the con or renting a car, and you're willing to have a Pocky in your passenger seat, you will be my hero. Also I will totally chip in for gas and/or car rental expenses. Failing that...IDEK anything about public transit in the LA area, but I'm willing to try. :P

So TLDR, nothing is set in stone as yet, this is basically me just shouting my thoughts into the void as usual for the sake of gauging interest. Hit me with a comment or tweet at me if you want in. Let's go have adventures together.
pockysquirrel: (facepalm)
So Dreamwidth not only ATE my letter, it also deleted the placeholder post said letter was attached to. I'm reposting in the hope that you'll be able to find it, and apologize for the inconvenience. :P

Let's try this again, shall we? )
pockysquirrel: (delphine!)
BEHOLD, LIKE A COSPLAYING PHOENIX I ARISE FROM THE ASHES OF FAILURE AND ACHIEVE...VICTORY!











Congratulations, Pocky! It's a head!

This morning, in a last-minute surge of motivation, I went to Michael's, bought a whole bunch of new crap, and then spent all afternoon assembling it into this. No more molding. Fuck molding. This was BUILT, out of craft foam, Model Magic, and a mutilated baseball cap.  I've accomplished more on this costume today than I have in the past three months. I'm not going to say it's perfect, because it's not. The proportions are off and it's rougher than I'd like. But it's SOMETHING. And right now that something is drying in preparation for paint and detailing. 

Meanwhile, for the first time since I started work on this godforsaken thing, I got to work on something OTHER than the stupid head:



Here is a brooch-thing. It wasn't a seashell after all. I might never have known WHAT it was, were it not for [personal profile] tptigger and her shiny screencaps. Right now it needs baking, painting, and a pin back.



Seashell belt. I could weep for joy.

I'm not out of the woods yet. The head still needs a lot of work, and I've not even started the tunic yet. But there's hope, dammit, and there wasn't much of that before. 
pockysquirrel: (dice dice baby)
 ...Would any of y'all from the PR fandom be interested in an online-based, PR-themed, D&D-style roleplaying campaign?

Basically I had planned to run a one-off session of this at Couchcon, but that ended up falling through because reasons. And of course, me being the person that I am, the storyline from that session has evolved into a full-fledged plot bunny that won't leave me alone.  

To carry this off, I'm going to need 5-6 people who have the following:
- A general desire to RP as an OC Power Ranger
- Access to a chat program on the order of Google Hangouts or Skype
- Dice if you choose to, but an online dice-roller will also do the job
- Ability to be online for a few hours on a pre-determined evening roughly 2-3 times per month

And if you're thinking to yourself "I've never played a tabletop RPG before and I've heard they're hard", fear not. My platform of choice is Dungeon World, which is the single greatest RPG for people who don't know how to do RPGs that I've ever encountered. It is super user-friendly and requires WAY less math and bullshit than D&D or Pathfinder tend to. 

And also I've never DMed before so you can rest assured I'll be fucking up at least as often as you do. Probably more. 

(And for those of you already involved in Bouken!Pathfinder...this might be a cool thing to do on off weeks? Think about it.)


pockysquirrel: (delphine!)
 Ah, spring. When a young nerd's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of cosplay. Con season is upon us, and the eternal question looms...what to WEAR?!

As many of you are aware, I am something of a novice cosplayer. I tend to veer toward things that require...well...minimal effort. Every once in awhile I get it in my head to do something more complicated. And I inevitably get intimidated and give up. I don't want to do that this time, so I'm making these posts in part for accountability and in part because I'm shamelessly seeking cheerleaders. If successful, the result will be showing up to Morphicon in August, the single most badass cosplay I have ever done. 

The HBIC herself, Delphine.

This is a character that means the world to me, and who I find is sorely underappreciated. I hope to do her justice.

Right now, the plan is to get the hard part out of the way first.  I'll be casting a latex mask using the process outlined in this tutorial. Stay tuned. :)
pockysquirrel: (facepalm)
It's been less than 2 days since the episode aired, and you're looking at the proud mama of the fandom's very first Orion fic. So...yay, me? I guess?

(And it's not on AO3 either because there's no Orion tag yet and IDK how to make one. Herp a derp.)

Title: Aliens
Fandom: Power Rangers: Super Megaforce
Pairings/Characters: Troy, Orion. Shippy if you squint at it. 
Rating: G-ish.
Summary: Orion is literally alone in the world. Troy feels like he is, but that's nothing new.
Notes: Troy being in foster care has been my headcanon ever since Gosei mentioned him having faced adversity and then completely failed to elaborate. This is just the first time I've managed to actually write something about it. Expect more at some point. 

And he wonders, sometimes, what it says about him that he feels more kinship with a robot and an alien than he has with any human he's ever met. )
pockysquirrel: (the puffin ships it)
 Augh, the posting streak is over! Sadness. :( :( Alas, I've spent the bulk of the past week with the Inexplicably Persistent Headache of Doom leaving me without the brain capacity to do much more than work, sleep, and browse Tumblr like a zombie. Fortunately, I'm feeling a tad bit more functional this evening, and that means I owe [personal profile] punkpinkpower a post on...

THE WORST PAIRING EVER! )
pockysquirrel: (Default)
 So, [personal profile] tsukino_akume requested a general headcanon ramble post. Which...normally would not be that much of a problem, except for the fact that I've already covered a lot of my major headcanons in other posts this month. Oops? So I'm just going to go ahead and post some random bits and pieces here, and if anyone's curious about my thoughts on anything else, feel free to ask in the comments. 

Some of this might also have been posted about in other places before )

Tomorrow's post is on the train wreck pairing that is Ji and Jayden's dad, as requested by [personal profile] punkpinkpower . And Day 14's post will be on Transformers vs. sentient Zords, as requested by [personal profile] angel_negra , whose thought process gets two thumbs up. 
pockysquirrel: (flail like a flaily thing)
 OK, I had better apologize in advance for this post, because I have been drinking wine out of my Autobot Pimp Cup for the past few hours, and this post may not make complete sense. But it's Saturday night and I'm bored on the internet, and I realized there were things that needed posting about that were not meme related, so. Yeah.

Point the First - Alpha fics, yatta! Oh my god, you guys, there was SO MUCH good stuff written for this fest this year, I can't even. I still need to go back through and kudos-review all the things. 

I wrote One of Their Own for [personal profile] thesecondbatgirl because we're ridiculous people. It's rare that I say this, given that my self-esteem is generally less than stellar, but I am actually proud of this fic. And hey, if I had to watch the same three episodes of Goseiger on repeat for the sake of writing it, it was still a worthwhile venture. 

I received TWO fics, woohoo!

First, Mistel Me What You're Thinking by Revieloutionne who...I don't THINK has a DW otherwise I'd be linking him right now? IDK. This is one of those wonderful situations in which I prompt the thing, I don't expect anyone will actually write the thing, someone DOES write the thing, and it's WAY BETTER THAN I EXPECTED IT TO BE. Seriously, I can't say enough good things about this fic. It has it all. Gia and Jake having an awesome bromance! Prank wars! Troy backstory! Troy having an angst! How often does a fic inspire both laughter and wibbling? I rec the FUCK out of this fic, it is AWESOME. 

And second, Something Fishy This Way Comes by [personal profile] queenriley , in which so many of my favorite things happen, let me count the ways. 1, Billy showing up in seasons where he ought not be. 2, there is FINALLY FIC ABOUT BOTH BILLY AND ANTONIO BEING AFRAID OF FISH, 3, he still makes Antonio eat sushi but he is SO MUCH NICER about it than Ji was in canon, 4, Billy totally knows what motivates Antonio and tells him to DO IT FOR JAYDEN. I am so happy this fic is a thing. 

And even though these were not fics for me, I'd be remiss if I didn't give a bonus rec to Private Lessons by [personal profile] tptigger , which is the Rocky and Justin friendship backstory I've always wanted but was too lazy to write myself, and The Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship by [personal profile] queenriley , which is far and away THE BEST social worker!Rocky fic I have ever read. 

I swear, this fest gets better every year. <3

Point the second, I have plane tickets now, so I am officially going to visit [personal profile] thesecondbatgirl for couchcon again! Huzzah! I can't wait for another extended weekend of hanging out with awesome fandom people, watching ridiculous amounts of toku, writing fic and making my liver hate me. <3 <3 <3
pockysquirrel: (hair envy)
 [personal profile] thesecondbatgirl requested a post on the best and worst mentors of PR.

This is going to be a train wreck )

Tomorrow's post will be a general headcanon ramble as requested by [personal profile] tsukino_akume . Which...I have a lot of headcanon. And I have already posted about a lot of my headcanon this month. So if there's any specific fandoms/characters/things you'd like to see me opine about, feel free to let me know. And Day 13's post is on THE PAIRING THAT DARES NOT SPEAK ITS NAME, AKA Ji and Jayden's dad, as requested by [personal profile] punkpinkpower , which is only fitting since that pairing is her fault in the first place. 

Also, I am in need of 9 more topics if I'm going to make this a complete month of spamming you all with meme posts. Let's keep the streak alive!
pockysquirrel: (rocky rules)
 [personal profile] rivulet027 asked me to ramble about why Rocky is awesome and my headcanon for him.

Granted~! )Tomorrow's post will be about a favorite story or song from my childhood and what it means to me now, as requested by [personal profile] punkpinkpower . And Day 11 will be the best and worst of PR mentors, as requested by [personal profile] thesecondbatgirl .
pockysquirrel: (flail like a flaily thing)
 [personal profile] thesecondbatgirl requested a post about color theory. 

Ho boy, time to open the can )Tomorrow's post will be on why Rocky is awesome and Rocky-related headcanon as requested by [personal profile] rivulet027 . And for Day 10, [personal profile] punkpinkpower asked that I post about a favorite story or song from childhood and what it means to me now. 
pockysquirrel: (fucking fish)
 How did I go an entire year on DW without my "marry a fish" icon?!

Anyhoot, [personal profile] rivulet027 requested that I write about why Billy is my favorite, and my headcanon pertaining to him. And by a wonderful bit of serendipity, it is also David Yost's birthday!

This deserves celebrating! )And we're back on schedule! Tomorrow's post will be on color theory as requested by [personal profile] thesecondbatgirl . And Day 9's post will be on why Rocky is awesome and my headcanon pertaining to him, as requested by [personal profile] rivulet027 .

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