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What to wear, what to wear. I like doing the con costume thing. Can't think of anything for Eastercon. Not really sure what people go for. Next convention after that is Discworld. We've got a while until that, but it seems like a good time to think about costume.
My criteria for costumes tend to be based on time available, money available, originality, and what I actually already have in my wardrobe. And what may woo the ladies, of course, but I don't think I'll have a lot of luck there... So, I have lots of time, and can plenty of spare cash. My wardrobe contains quite a lot from various fancy dress parties over the years, but I don't think lightsabres or rocket packs are going to quite be appropriate, and neither is the psi-cop costume. Cloaks, contact lenses (wolf, Green, Purple, but I'm tempted to get some more), fangs, leather gloves, and a labcoat are all available. Would really like to reuse those gloves.
Not going to do Librarian or Death. They both fail on the originality test.
I could easily be a vampire - and Discworld has plenty of them. Otto is pretty funky. I keep doing the vampire thing though. Could also be Igor. All seems a little tooo obvious though. An elf from Lords and Ladies would be cool, but I don't think people would get it. An original parody of a fantasy character would be cool, and I'm sure perfectly appropriate. My mind's a blank here.
What could come in handy is Wikipedia covering geeky things like Discworld character lists in way too much detail.
My criteria for costumes tend to be based on time available, money available, originality, and what I actually already have in my wardrobe. And what may woo the ladies, of course, but I don't think I'll have a lot of luck there... So, I have lots of time, and can plenty of spare cash. My wardrobe contains quite a lot from various fancy dress parties over the years, but I don't think lightsabres or rocket packs are going to quite be appropriate, and neither is the psi-cop costume. Cloaks, contact lenses (wolf, Green, Purple, but I'm tempted to get some more), fangs, leather gloves, and a labcoat are all available. Would really like to reuse those gloves.
Not going to do Librarian or Death. They both fail on the originality test.
I could easily be a vampire - and Discworld has plenty of them. Otto is pretty funky. I keep doing the vampire thing though. Could also be Igor. All seems a little tooo obvious though. An elf from Lords and Ladies would be cool, but I don't think people would get it. An original parody of a fantasy character would be cool, and I'm sure perfectly appropriate. My mind's a blank here.
What could come in handy is Wikipedia covering geeky things like Discworld character lists in way too much detail.
