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[ cosplay ] I got my dumb Dualscar pants in the mail today!
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They are ENTIRELY too big, but I expected that since there were only two sizes available at the site I shopped at.
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(and the only alternative was to buy online at HotTopic and I was afraid the only size available THERE would be to small)
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These I can take in.
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...I just have to figure out how taking pants in works!
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(but hey, only black with purple pinstripe fabric in bottom weight I could find, and it's in a pants-like shape already, so hey! It's a good start.)
shitty goth dad
I usually fit pants along the side seams with back darts as necessary
shitty goth dad
though if there are pockets and you want to continue to have pockets, you'd have to take them off and move them
BestWorstBro⟴
Yeah, I've been pinning to the side seams thus far
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(and noted on the pockets)
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...oh, the pockets have jean grommets
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well, that'll make things interesting. |D
shitty goth dad
ahaha XD
shitty goth dad
well, if they're not MASSIVELY too big you might be able to take them in and just make the pockets narrower, but if it's a lot, you'll end up with an opening that's too small to be useful :|a
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I don't actually mind rendering the pockets useless, since I'll probably be carrying my stuff in a hip satchel or some such.
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And AHA, I found a fix to the baggy ass problem. Taking it up in the inseam/crotch area helps there
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(I mean, granted, I know they're guy jeans, but I'd still like some fittedness)
shitty goth dad
heh
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if/when I get around to Garfit, we will have to take photos. SO MANY PHOTOS
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OH MY GOSH
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I NEVER EVEN REALIZED
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Hell yes, this will be REQUIRED
shitty goth dad
bonus points if we can convince Theresa to join us and make pouty Eridan faces the whole time
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OH MY GOD
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That would be amazing.
shitty goth dad
She makes the best pouty Eridan faces
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SHE REALLY DOES
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Which reminds me
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I need to ask Re about the Eridan and Cronus pictures she took of us
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Theresa was making the most disgusted faces, it was great.
shitty goth dad
idk where she is with photos, I sent her an e-mail like two weeks ago about the Rose photos she got of me in September and have no reply
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(mostly because those are the only photos I have of that Rose outfit)
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Oooh
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Good luck getting the pictures!
shitty goth dad
so idek v
v If she shows up at the AB staff meeting (unlikely, I think) next week I will ask
v If she shows up at the AB staff meeting (unlikely, I think) next week I will ask
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I'll admit, I've not asked about the pics after the fact, and I keep forgetting, so that's partially on me
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But yeah, good luck asking after them if you do run into her!
shitty goth dad
ahaha, I had some stress dream last night I lost my temper and said something that pissed off her and Scone
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some how Matt is the most approachable of that group despite being like twice the size of everyone else
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and a Gamzee cosplayer
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XD
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They're all pretty chill, but yeah, Matt's a super cool guy.
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I kept running into him all of D*Con and just waving hi.
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And also hanging out in his room taking advantage of the air conditioner while waiting for my friend who was his roomie to show. X)
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(also, I'm sorry about the stress dream, those are never fun)
shitty goth dad
yeah Matt is pretty chill and I am not terrified to bug him about shit
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he's an AB exec, too
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Oh, cool!
shitty goth dad
yup
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Re and Scone are staff, though I have no idea what Scone does because I don't know what her 'real' name is
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Ahhhhh
shitty goth dad
(Regan is one of the two mascots)
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I think JJ was going to apply to be staff but she's not listed on the directory yet
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I remember! She was dressed at as said mascot to work a booth when I was at Otakon... 2013?
shitty goth dad
yeah, I think she's done it a few years now?
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/nod/ makes sense
shitty goth dad
idk I have like an eight-year gap in Anime Boston knowledge because I was in Vancouver
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That makes sense. |D Hard to keep up with stateside events from a country away.
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too busy going 
at Vancouver con backstage drama
at Vancouver con backstage drama
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XD
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I take it there was a lot?
shitty goth dad
less than some cons, I think, but some
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mostly because basically every anime con is run by nerds, most of whom have poor social skills and half of whom are on petty power-trips
BestWorstBro⟴
Yeeeaaaaah, that makes all kinds of sense.
shitty goth dad
like, this is a very true set of statementss
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(and ime even cons that look magnificently run to attendees have at least one set of people getting into screaming matches behind the scenes)
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Ah yes, the good ol' geek social fallacies
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And oh, I believe it.
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You can't have a huge, group of people from all different backgrounds running something
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and not have things get crazy at some points
shitty goth dad
yeah
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HA, I have extracted two of the grommets
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...I will probably leave all the others in, tho, because getting these out left little holes
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which isn't a problem since the reason I took them out was they would be getting in the way of the new seam.
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But. For the pocket grommets, I think I will leave those in.
shitty goth dad
yeah, grommets are usually punched through
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I more or less have the inseam the way I like it! Just a little bit more adjustment in the crotch area and that should be fine.
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(thank you, tutorial that suggested I trace a pair of already fitting jeans)
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Pinning around the outer thighs and hips was fine, but once it got to the inner area, wearing and pinning was a bit more unwieldy. 8')
shitty goth dad
shitty goth dad
yeah, I'm going to have a friend help me with my pattern - I have enough experience I can do it on myself but it's a pain
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yeeeaaah
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And two pairs of hands are always better than one when it comes to cosplay
shitty goth dad
Yes. That or a dressform, but you can't fit pants on those
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...Man, talk about things I should have asked for for Christmas
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Dressforms are great and I've wanted one for a year and yet I KEEP FORGETTING this fact
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But yes, they are a touch irrelevant for pants. X)
shitty goth dad
Andy and I just finished our great dressform swap XD
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I had one that came from a yardsale and was too small for me
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and she had one her brother had bought for her on super-deep clearance at a store he worked at that was too big for her
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Oooooooh! How perfect!
shitty goth dad
yep XD