Quick update because I haven’t updated in a while so here we go!

1.  We’ll be at Anime Central this weekend in artist alley with our crafts, our books, and cosplay stuffs.  I’ll post a map before the con  :)

2.  Two weeks after that we’ll be at Momocon in artist alley with our crafts, our books, and cosplay stuffs.  I’ll have a map posted closer to the con.

3.  The very next week we’ll be at Colossalcon in artist alley with our crafts, our books, and cosplay stuffs.  I’ll have a map posted closer to the con.  Also, on Saturday of Colossal, our plus size geeky dresses will be in the Colossalcon Artist Alley Fashion Show and we’ll be premiering some new dresses designed by me and the wifey, and made by the wifey.  I’ll be walking in the show in Wonder Woman and we have some amazing models walking in our stuff like Mario and Sonic themed dresses and such <3 <3 <3

So yeeeeeeeah this is why I haven’t updated in a while.  LIFE IS HECTIC AND GEEKY!

A collection of me, my cosplay, my make up, clothes, just snippets of 2014.

This year has been quite the adventure.  I traveled more than I ever have in my life.  I met so many amazing people.  I got my books and my crafts out there.  I spoke up more than I ever have before about a variety of topics.  It’s just been amazing.  

To be honest, I never, ever expected to have fans, or be asked to be a guest anywhere, or anything like that.  I never imagined having people who want to meet me, and who look up to me.  All of you are so incredible, and are so important to me.  Thank you all so much for supporting me and everything I do.  I love you all <3

And, as always, if you take any cosplay message from me, it’s this: to love your cosplay is to love yourself.  It’s so important to love yourself. There may be negative people out there, and what they say can, and does, hurt.  But don’t let them stop you.  Don’t let them keep you down. Don’t let them define who you are.  YOU define who you are.  You decide who you are.  You hold your life in your hands and you have the power to make the very best out of it. 

I believe in you :) Let’s have a great 2015!

krisrix:

ware-wa-nanji:

Okay, I just want to put this out there: I’ve seen several instances of this attitude that parts of the P4 fandom on Tumblr are somehow “closed off” or like an exclusive club or something, and it’s really not. I made the friends I have by going to cons or just interacting with people as much as I can through here, and part of it is just staying visible in the fandom space and continuing to talk to people like they’re people. I’m also a pretty shy person; there were moments when I was anxious while sending someone a message, but I sort of just powered through it, because in the end, they’re all just another fan of this game. Sometimes I ended up not clicking super well with someone, but that’s cool, I just watch their work/headcanons/contributions from afar and that’s pretty neat.

That said, I’ll admit to being lucky in terms of having a group near me that’s all into P4 to some degree or another, but that was either happy coincidence (they’d all played it by the time I met them) or our own influence (“Hey we’re getting into this game here play it”) so! Also, my Investigation Team group of friends is pretty scattered all over the country, not all of us are in immediate physical proximity; the closest one to us is sakura-ouji and he still lives an hour out. So a lot of us being together only really happens at cons, I guess?

I dunno, man! If you’re ever at Fanime, AX, or Katsu, that’s where we all tend to congregate. But don’t just sit back and feel bad, chat us up! I know Tumblr’s a pretty limited space for that kind of thing but I do notice repeat commenters/usernames/etc. and while I haven’t had time to reply to all my messages as quickly as I used to, I still try to respond to them.

Hell yeah! 8D I didn’t mean for it to sound too self-depreciating or anything like that - just that like, I find the hangouts that you guys have to be super rad, and I wish I was a part of ‘em! You guys seem like you have a blast, and I’d love to cosplay with you all one day - unfortunately, I’m on the east coast, so I don’t ever get to any west coast cons… So it’s like “MAN, lookit these cool peeps! I will just have to spoop on them from afar”. (But I do hope we could meet one day, :D That would be awesome!)

Like what you mentioned, it’s hard to start that initial conversation with new people, so I figured this was a good time to do so. 

SO HELLO, yes, I’m Kris, and I love P4, and I love all the stuff you and your friends post, and I think you’re all hella cool, : ) Thanks for all the content to laugh with and appreciate~

I wanna meet all of you, too!  Can I join the fun?  I live in the Midwest but we’re trying to go to all of the cons to promote our stuff  ;__;

SNAP WE’RE GOING TO TEXAS!!!  We got into San Japan *__*  

Achievement unlocked!  First corset is here!  I got it for cosplay purposes (which I’ll post more of on my page) but, tonight, was definitely for fun  ^^  I spent the whole time talking about my bewbs because that’s what I do.  

Now that the car accident buzz is wearing off I’m finally going through our stuff from Anime Milwaukee. Here are the crazy totals from my end of things:

Out of about 140 coasters there are 49 left.
Out of 13 clocks there are 3 left.
ALL Attack on Titan shields (big and small) are gone.
The two medium sized woodburnings I did (Harley and the Magician tarot) are gone.

The Sailor Moon mirror and Black Butler mirror survived so I’m going to save them for the Anime Detour art show. I think they’ll just be art show items until they sell since they’re so big ^^

Overall the convention was a ridiculous success and is actually holding the record as the convention where we sold the most stuff! All at the beginning of the year no less, it’s a good sign when the first con of the year breaks your personal record ^^

I’m making a list of things to remake for Anime Detour by series, but please feel free to let me know what other series I should make stuff for :) WE WILL ALSO HAVE BOOKS AT ANIME DETOUR! The print copy of our book is officially finalized, so we will have it at the con.

Meanwhile, on the convention side of things, we’re waiting to hear back from A-Kon and Geek.Kon so far. We’re going to register for San Japan, Otakon, AWA, and Nan Desu Kan as soon as their tables open. We didn’t make it into Collasalcon or Animenext, which is hopefully just a sign for us to get into A-Kon *fingers crossed*

Also, now that the wifey is officially cleared from the doctor, sewing is back in full effect. Neo Queen Serenity will still be done for Anime Detour! Also, Anime Detour will be having a plus sized cosplay panel that I will be on, where I will talk about the article I wrote and how frying chicken solves all problems ;)

Something I will never understand is this mindset to “stop whining.”  Like, if someone is making fun of you, aren’t you supposed to stand up for yourself? With the cosplay article and stuff I’ve been told a few times (very few) to “stop whining” because that just fuels the haters more.  Why is the expectation to just sit quietly, take in the nasty comments, and not say or do anything?  

Granted, I didn’t say anything directly to the person who hated on me, but I did, at least, do something.  There’s some people who just aren’t worth the effort because they’re literally just there to make you feel bad.  But I could at least, you know, respond in my own way.  I wrote an article and I fried some chicken.  I said some stuff to show that, you know, this kind of thing happens, but that shouldn’t stop you from going out there and being you.  How is that “whining” at all?  I’ve been told to “own up to my fat” and like, I never once said that I didn’t?  I know what I am, and I flat out said that.    

Also, telling someone not to complain and whine isn’t helpful.  Everyone reacts differently to things.  Such nasty comments don’t bother me because I already have been called a bunch of names growing up, but there’s people who aren’t like me.  There’s people who are affected by words, and you telling them to “stop whining” isn’t going to solve anything.  They’re not going to magically be like, “Yeah, you’re right, I’m fat I should be proud.”  I wasn’t like that before.  It’s not like I was magically some woman who fried chicken in the face of my haters, no.  It takes time to gain confidence, and there’s nothing wrong with it taking time.  It’s not o.k. to look down on a plus sized person who gets upset about being called names.  How is that going to help them?  “Just shut up and laugh it off,” how is that encouraging at all?  That’s just going to make someone feel worse, because not only are they suddenly “a fat whale” according to some asshole, but according to you they cry too much. According to you they’re just looking for sympathy and need to suck it up and move on.  But, not everyone can move on, and you’re not going to help by trying to shove them forward.    

You don’t fix a negative with a negative.

Should you be ashamed of who you are?  No, of course not, you should love yourself.  But the way you get someone to feel that love is by encouragement, and frankly, being called a cry baby isn’t encouraging.  That article wasn’t looking for sympathy, at no point was I like, “I got made fun of whoa is me,” it was flat out, “Hey I got made fun of, it happens, but that shouldn’t stop you from doing what you love.  There are a lot of people out there who will love what you do, so go out there and be you.”  I mean for fuck’s sake, I fried chicken over it.  I don’t need sympathy, and I’m not whining.  I’m speaking my mind and telling others to not be afraid to cosplay because some asshole wants to call them names.  But, at the same time, if it takes someone a minute to be at the level of confidence you want them to be at, then please, give them a minute.  Eventually, they’ll be able to “laugh it off” and enjoy how wonderful they are, but if they can’t do that right this second, that’s fine too.

Yeeeeeeeeeeeees.

I thought this would be fun to answer, since I got a lot of new followers (I see that 800, christ on a pogo stick) and all  :)  Feel free to answer these too, if you want.

First anime:  Vampire Hunter D (and back then we called it Jap-animation or Japan-imation)

First anime series:  Dragon Ball (back then they only aired six episodes)

First anime you realized you shouldn’t be watching because your parents would flip out:  Wicked City

First anime series you realized was edited:  Sailor Moon, thanks to a Suncoast employee breaking it down for me (aka: “OMG THEY ALL DIE?!”  and also “OMFG THEY AREN’T COUSINS?!  Well… o.k. actually I figured that wasn’t the case but still…)

First fandom:  Gundam Wing, also know as how I discovered yaoi, how I discovered fanfiction (which I had already been writing I just didn’t realize it had a name), my first introduction to roleplaying and how I met my wifey

First OTP:  Online: Heero and Duo (1x2).  In my ratty notebook:  Vegeta and Bulma.  

Honorable mentions:  Harley and Ivy, Gambit and Rogue, Robin and Batgirl, Aladdin and Jasmine, Belle and Beast, Liu Kang and Kitana, Zack and Kelly from Saved by the Bell (shut up I was really young), Tommy and Trini (because I didn’t like Kimberly and thought Trini was cooler), Buster and Babs Bunny (no relationship), Sonic and Sally.  I’m probably missing some

First yaoi pairing (canon):  Yuki and Shuichi from Gravitation.  Also, Gravitation was my first canon yaoi anime that I watched.

First yuri pairing (canon):  Uranus and Neptune from Sailor Moon, once I realized it

First hentai:  Does Wicked City count?  Otherwise, the answer is Bible Black, thanks to a random search engine on my college campus

First anime to make you cry:  Ai no Kusabi

First tragic pairing:  Seishiro and Subaru, god, even now they are my top angsty pairing

First really cracky anime:  Excel Saga

First anime that disappointed you:  Tenchi Muyo, because I really liked the OVA but I didn’t like the series as much

First time you didn’t like a dub:  The new DBZ dub, at first, after FUNimation got it.  It had been several years, I’ll never forget, because it originally ended up Goku arriving to Namek but then played reruns over and over again.  Then, years later, it picked up where it left off on Cartoon Network.  It threw me off because all of the voices were different.  At the time, I didn’t understand that there were different studios and things like that.  I adjusted to the new dub eventually.

Honorable mention:  Same thing happened with Sailor Moon, they got new voices and I didn’t like them at all at first.

First anime you didn’t know was an anime:  Speed Racer

First video game:  Super Mario Brothers (NES)

First mature rated video game:  Mortal Kombat (before ESRB existed)

First game you saw with nudity:  Doom and the strip club, courtesy of my dad, not even kidding

First video game that made you feel like you weren’t a "real” girl:  Virtua Fighter at the arcade.  I went to play against a boy to impress him.  I beat him and he walked away, pissed at me.  I didn’t realize I was doing something wrong and that girls didn’t play video games.

First game where you stopped giving a fuck about your girl bits:  Killer Instinct.  I brought it to school on a day we were having a party and I beat the crap out of my entire class with a smirk on my face.

First game where “oh my, I’ve never play video games before, tee hee”: Marvel vs. Capcom 2, after my high school prom, with my hair and nails done and all.

First game where your girlness was blatantly picked at:  Soul Calibur 2 at Anime Central one year, I was in like and they kept skipping me, thinking that I wasn’t playing.  I beat the crap out of my opponent with Talim.  No regrets.

First game to scare the crap out of you:  Nightmare on Elm Street on the NES (I’m so lame)

First game where you completed everything like a nutcase:  Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

First cheap boss who took way too long to beat:  M. Bison in Street Fighter 2 on had mode.  Also, Shao Kahn from Mortal Kombat 2.  Fuck them both – if you could even get to Shao Kahn because Kintaro was a dickhead.  Also, Robot Sonic/Final boss in Sonic 2, because you got no coins  >.<

First time you learned that leveling up has to be done or else:  Final Fantasy 7.  I jumped into the crater unprepared.  I regret everything, but somehow I did manage to beat it.

Quickest game you beat:  Kingdom Hearst in 2 days, I did not sleep.  I’m not counting fighting games because, yeah…

Game you put the most hours into:  Persona 4.  Well over 100.

First game to make you sad or cry:  Final Fantasy X

Most addicting game:  The Katamari series

First handheld:  The Game Gear

Most underrated series:  Guilty Gear, it really needs more love

I redid my blog!  My icon is no longer Naoto Shirogane.  I know, I know, it’s hard to tell the difference me and an awesome Japanese detective who can summon a persona, but the truth is out there now.  

I am not Naoto Shirogane.  Sarah Fong is  ^^

My background is the ridiculously awesome Princess Peach fanart that huggboos did for me.  It’s really, really cute  *__*  She takes commissions, apparently, and her art is really good.  I can’t believe she just did this art for me  <3