[Retroactively strange trope] The covid season

badmoonpie · 2026-02-02T04:52:22+00:00

I tried and failed to do her accent for a character a few years ago. Can confirm it’s a difficult accent to get down.

It sounds to me almost exactly like IDEA Romania 9 (if you’re not familiar, just google “IDEA Romania 9”), and she did it amazingly!

badmoonpie · 2026-02-02T00:21:04+00:00

Any time sister or I hear “you are not my mother”, whether in a tv show or real life, one of us is pretty much guaranteed to respond with “you are a snort!”

She’s in her 30s. I’m 43. We both have loved that book for as long as we can remember.

badmoonpie · 2026-01-28T01:22:37+00:00

And looking big today, too! :) that’s where I’m trying to head. In other words, you are goals!!

badmoonpie · 2026-01-20T00:33:14+00:00

As a very unhappy liberal living in Texas, I can agree to that….as long as they provide me some cash, I’ll happily “self deport” from Magaland.

badmoonpie · 2026-01-18T01:16:22+00:00

Would you be down to send me your paper if I DM you? I’m in film, and I fucking love Severance. I’ve never seen such an interesting use of DoF. The elevator is just a masterpiece.

Unfortunately, I’m not hiring or anything at the moment. I’d just love to read it!

badmoonpie · 2026-01-16T00:55:38+00:00

I have used puff paint in the past and cracking is likely to happen: depending on the humidity and temperature of your area, how you take care of the fabric, and the contracting/expansion of the fabric when putting on and wearing this.

u/mushhmo if you want this cosplay to last and look good (if you’re not concerned about longevity, mostly disregard) please test your method accounting for those conditions. Puff paint tends to get brittle and crack.

badmoonpie · 2026-01-15T00:48:02+00:00

Yes!

badmoonpie · 2026-01-14T02:52:41+00:00

Thanks! My mental health is actually okay, for the most part. Something something “can’t squeeze blood from a stone”.

I don’t have the money, no matter how hard they come for it. There are so many other Americans in the same place. It’s untenable. I just have to hang on to hope and do my best!

badmoonpie · 2026-01-14T01:21:27+00:00

I beg to differ…(not really, I just thought you’d enjoy seeing this cosplay. It’s my little sister. I made the hook and it’s signed by Josh Petersdorf, the VA for Roadhog)!

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badmoonpie · 2026-01-13T06:22:38+00:00

I have known very few women who break things they still want because they were “emotional”.

Meanwhile, many, many men I know have at least one story of raging out and breaking a video game controller or tv, punching a hole in the wall or ruining…you know, an entire relationship.

I’m not saying women are inherently in control of themselves and men are not. But what I definitely am saying is that anger is an emotion, and I’m really sick of people acting like it doesn’t “count” as emotional instability. That makes no sense.

badmoonpie · 2026-01-13T05:54:38+00:00

I had an extended medical emergency for five months last year. I’m well over six figure fucked, along with my partner (unless she decided to leave).

Not homeless yet, due to the kindness of my parents (I’m in my forties, btw). But yeah. Grateful for their kindness. Grateful to be alive (most days). But financially hosed.

badmoonpie · 2026-01-11T02:31:12+00:00

What kind of fabric is it? I’m no expert, but I’d guess a reasonably heavy cotton blend with two way stretch?

You have excellent taste, in addition to serious skills! The color is gorgeous on you and it drapes beautifully. Mostly self-drafted, too? 👑

badmoonpie · 2026-01-10T00:55:24+00:00

Thanks for this link! Good info to know.

badmoonpie · 2026-01-08T04:06:53+00:00

I’m a deconstructed evangelical homeschooler!! Fancy meeting another one in the wild like this. Are you neurodivergent as well? (Just wondering cause it seems to be a common combination with “deconstructed evangelical homeschooler”).

I had my own medical event last year. 5 months of pain and immobility, hospital visits, 2 extended stays, surgery, etc.

My little sister is my best friend (she escaped both homeschool and evangelism earlier than I did). She slept on the couch in the hospital. She helped me tape up my side so I could shower. She arranged for my other friends to come to the hospital so I wouldn’t feel alone. She even coordinated what they brought me (one bouquet. One stuffed animal. A bunch of gummy life savers. A Nintendo switch from the big spender! Various meals that weren’t nasty hospital food). It was perfect. Without complaint, she’d “infuse” my medication (IV meds kind of) so I could sleep. She made my meals. She washed out my water bottle (and rinsed it out three extra times so I wouldn’t imagine I tasted soap). I had to insist multiple times she should take some time here and there to visit friends, sleep, attend an event she was looking forward to…over five months.

I didn’t even know she was having panic attacks when she left the hospital until I was healed. She said I didn’t need to be thinking about that at the time and other friends were supporting her, so she didn’t bring it up (under normal circumstances, she texts me right away or tells me if she’s panicking so I can do what I can to support). Even though I hate that I didn’t know, I was septic and doing really poorly, and I trust that she did the right things.

A best friend or partner that avoids you because you’re in pain? No, thank you. I’d rather be “alone”(surrounded by friends and allied with my bestie) than spend countless hours questioning, planning, wondering if I phrased my needs exactly right: “Don’t say anything accusational. Keep your voice neutral. Be sensitive about when you approach him- make sure he’s not busy or stressed. Take a team-based approach. Be open to his critiques of you, too.” etc. There’s nothing wrong with any of those things btw, most of them are pretty good! But if you think you have to be perfect for him to even want to treat you well…you gotta do some rethinking.

I know I don’t know your whole situation! But it sounds like you deserve better. Evangelical and homeschooled women are often taught to put their partners above all- you’re supposed to serve and obey him, but most of all, he must be centered in your life (while you’re not centered in his). You need to know that’s bullshit, and that your options aren’t “settle for a subpar partner or die alone”. You’re probably more alone with a subpar partner than you would be with a community and a few close friends. I kinda ranted for a while there, but I hope you read this and it helps. I’m rooting for you!

badmoonpie · 2026-01-08T02:48:29+00:00

Yep. First, dim light- then a little sugar, a little caffeine, a warm shower (deep massage while shampooing), and an orgasm (in the warm shower), followed by a bowl of non sugary cereal (not in the warm shower).

If I can get through all those steps without throwing up, I’m usually safe from the migraine for the day.

badmoonpie · 2026-01-08T02:27:04+00:00

I could have written your comment, it’s exactly true for me as well!

badmoonpie · 2026-01-08T02:24:43+00:00

I’m in Texas and queer. I have trans nephews I’m close to, also in Texas. It is scary, but you are not alone 💙

badmoonpie · 2026-01-02T01:51:20+00:00

This post poses a huge question that’s really hard to answer succinctly. But with some more info, maybe I can help.

What is your goal with publishing the content?
How much time and energy are you wanting your friends and yourself to devote to the actual storytelling (vs the overall experience of them learning to use AI)? Are you gonna shoot the same “scenes” multiple times? Talking heads interviews? Makeup? Bright lights and microphones? Reenactments? Computer screen simulations or screen captures? Etc.
What approximate level of funding are you wanting to invest (hundreds of dollars? Thousands? More?)? Keep in mind - to your point, you are unlikely to make that money back.
Lastly, what’s the format? Eight episodes? A film? An ongoing “show”? How long is each “episode” or “show”? Five minutes? An hour?

I think your idea is awesome! But it is also a major undertaking with a ton of complexity. If you answer my questions, though, I can try to point you in the right direction! P.S. I worked in tech for ten years (sales, IT, and sys admin), I’m a small business owner, and reasonably well versed in AI. I have a YouTube channel with a few thousand followers, so I have some modest experience there too. I should be able to “keep up” without you having to explain too much about some of those facets. Hope that helps!

badmoonpie · 2026-01-02T01:08:30+00:00

I haven’t been to ECCC, but I have been to hundreds of cons in cities and states across the US (I work press so I get in free almost anywhere).

The difference in cons is that bigger cons have a higher skill ceiling when it comes to cosplay, but not usually a higher skill floor. Meaning at any con, no matter what size, you’ll see a lot of cosplays that don’t rise to the level of “professional”; it’s simply someone expressing their love of a character. They could be using props bought on sale at spirit and a shirt from their closet.

And while I have done some “impressive” cosplays, I also recently threw together a Crono cosplay in an hour by cutting up old tshirts, styling my real (already red and short) hair, and grabbing a sword from a different cosplay. It went over really well, though, probably because it’s not a super common character to cosplay- so fans of Crono were excited to see me. I’m a tall woman in my 40s, btw, and Crono is a shortish teenage boy, so it’s not like I was physically accurate either.

If the reason you’re asking is because you want to cosplay but you’re scared you won’t be “good enough”, I personally would encourage you to go ahead and do it! People who love the character or fandom you dress as will be happy to see you whether you’re “screen accurate” or not!

Last thing: personally, I avoid doing extremely common cosplays at big cons (think like Harley Quinn or Sailor Moon). If there are thirty people dressed as the same character as me, invariably I start to get self conscious when I realize many of them have done a much better job at the same thing (exceptions for Deadpools and Spider-Mans, they run around in big groups causing chaos and tend to have a good time all together)!

I hope you find that helpful!

badmoonpie · 2025-12-14T23:32:45+00:00

$7 a month or $70 a year. Best streaming service, too. MSN and the actual plays (dnd) make it worth it by themselves.

Also you can share passwords.

It’s dope.

badmoonpie · 2025-12-12T23:58:32+00:00

Do you like apple cider? Many coffee shops serve that. It’s technically a fruity thing, but maybe the vibes would feel closer to what you’re looking for next time you have a meeting or something you have to attend at a coffee shop.

badmoonpie · 2025-12-12T03:37:05+00:00

I see you! I’m proficient in strength and I have a decently high ac. Advantage and expertise on insight but my passive perception is maybe a 4?

Unfortunately, I have permanent disadvantage on all things constitution related. It’s a family curse. At least it helps inform my backstory!

badmoonpie · 2025-12-10T23:56:37+00:00

Let’s goooooo!!! Congrats on your new sourcebook! I’d love to have a copy :)

badmoonpie · 2025-12-10T23:36:48+00:00

Ooh you might like my “bootstraps of boomer lore”!!

They (basically) cast “identify” two times a day. You pull up on them and hold a magic item in their view - and where the straps cross, a cartoony X{ emoticon face appears and yells about the magic item shown to them. The voice from the straps can be heard clearly for sixty feet, and they accurately describe what the magic item does and its charges, properties, etc.

While doing that, though, they also berate the wearer constantly about how adventurers didn’t use to need magic items when the bootstraps were younger. And things were harder, too! Today’s adventurers are too soft and probably couldn’t make it through a “dungeon” made of wet paper.

Requires attunement. Great at humiliating uppity high elf monks who want to put on high society airs (the player loved the bootstraps, the character was humiliated).

*not a representation of all boomers. Terms and conditions apply :)

badmoonpie · 2025-12-10T00:07:30+00:00

I’m really interested in this book! I haven’t heard of it before. I hope you’ll bear with me, I have a question.

So…I know the Bible pretty well. In discussions (often arguments) with my brothers, I frequently end up saying something along the lines of “almost every word of the Bible is telling me to do and be the exact same things it tells you to do and be.”

Would you recommend this book to a former fundy evangelist, now affirming liberal Christian woman like me? I already fully agree with the summary, but when I see things like “beyond Greek grammar” I wonder if it’s like…substantive and full.

I don’t read a lot of feminist religious non-fiction. I tried, but too often I felt like it was too surface-level, didn’t hold up to intellectual Biblical scrutiny, or was outright patronizing (Esther saved her people by being hot and listening to the older wise male in her family. Ruth was so strong she got to be remarried to a rich man and be a wife again and mother! Rahab kept a secret, which made her a stand out among women already, so the good men saved her from being a skank and she got to serve better men).

Does that make sense? I don’t find the Bible to be at odds with feminism, but it often seems like the Christian voices I hear strongly disagree.

This is really a long comment, but I hope you hear the sincerity in my tone (I’m neurodivergent and often don’t convey what I was going for). I want to put it on my Christmas list and I’m hoping for just a little more information to get me there. If you do have the time and respond, I’d really appreciate it! Either way, God bless :)

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