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Time for the next upwards gear-shift in my involvement in Marvel comics fandom. It's usually a toss-up between writing fanfic or making costumes. Right now I have costumes on the brain from working in the theater. So.
Allow me to preface with: I would never, ever attempt to actually make/wear one of the superhero uniforms. Ack. They're entertaining on the page where they belong, but with the exception of Spiderman, I don't think there's even been a film version of any comic book ever that has managed to make spandex bodysuits not look retarded. And don't get me started on the leather. X-Men did it well enough, but the Daredevil costume is just... what was that thing, I don't even. :/ The closest I will come to touching the uniforms is just putting certain logos on t-shirts.
Ok. Now I am stuck, because the bottom line is that the vast majority of comic book women suck pretty hard, and the ones who don't, don't usually fall into the range of types I can successfully costume as. And some of the ones who do fall in my range aren't characters I would be caught dead pretending to be (*coughphoenixcough*). In civvies, a lot of them don't have anything distinguishing about them except specifics about facial structure and hair, neither of which I can imitate. (New costuming ultimatum: the hair never changes. I dyed it once, that shit is not happening again.)
So literally the only thing I can come up with is that if I cut my hair short again and straightened it I could be lawyer!Matt Murdock. It would be funny to get a red t-shirt with the DD logo on it and wear a white shirt with the top buttons open. Maybe a full suit, maybe just shirt and slacks; sunglasses, red hair, white cane. LOL. And, you know, the personality before he became a complete asshat.
Otherwise, I'd need to partner up or group up to make any comic costume make sense. I refuse to be Jean Grey or Black Widow, and the only other major redhead I can think of is Pepper Potts, which would be AWESOME but I'd really need a Tony Stark with me. Well, there's Mary Jane, but she needs a Peter Parker and even together they aren't so recognizable, just average-looking people in street clothes. I could probably get away with some brunette characters, but again, as far as people I like... Jessica Jones needs a Luke Cage, and Kitty Pryde needs a Logan or a Piotr or something. A Runaways group would be fun, but I'm pretty much limited to Gert. And that involves purple hair... but oh, Gert is awesome. I'd make that sacrifice.
It just occurred to me that Lizzie would make the most fantastic Emma Frost. Whoa.
In summary, who wants to be Tony to my Pepper? Or other Runaways to my Gert? Or other X-Men to my Kitty Pryde, if I got a shoulder-Lockheed to carry with me? Huh, huh, you know you want to. :D
homework, pssshh.
-rave
ETA: Yep, Iron Man and Captain America are totally gay for each other. And sometimes, I think the artists really don't realize what their drawings really look like. (Also, Alternate Universe girl!Tony and Steve got married. AU reflections of truth in our reality, yo!)
Allow me to preface with: I would never, ever attempt to actually make/wear one of the superhero uniforms. Ack. They're entertaining on the page where they belong, but with the exception of Spiderman, I don't think there's even been a film version of any comic book ever that has managed to make spandex bodysuits not look retarded. And don't get me started on the leather. X-Men did it well enough, but the Daredevil costume is just... what was that thing, I don't even. :/ The closest I will come to touching the uniforms is just putting certain logos on t-shirts.
Ok. Now I am stuck, because the bottom line is that the vast majority of comic book women suck pretty hard, and the ones who don't, don't usually fall into the range of types I can successfully costume as. And some of the ones who do fall in my range aren't characters I would be caught dead pretending to be (*coughphoenixcough*). In civvies, a lot of them don't have anything distinguishing about them except specifics about facial structure and hair, neither of which I can imitate. (New costuming ultimatum: the hair never changes. I dyed it once, that shit is not happening again.)
So literally the only thing I can come up with is that if I cut my hair short again and straightened it I could be lawyer!Matt Murdock. It would be funny to get a red t-shirt with the DD logo on it and wear a white shirt with the top buttons open. Maybe a full suit, maybe just shirt and slacks; sunglasses, red hair, white cane. LOL. And, you know, the personality before he became a complete asshat.
Otherwise, I'd need to partner up or group up to make any comic costume make sense. I refuse to be Jean Grey or Black Widow, and the only other major redhead I can think of is Pepper Potts, which would be AWESOME but I'd really need a Tony Stark with me. Well, there's Mary Jane, but she needs a Peter Parker and even together they aren't so recognizable, just average-looking people in street clothes. I could probably get away with some brunette characters, but again, as far as people I like... Jessica Jones needs a Luke Cage, and Kitty Pryde needs a Logan or a Piotr or something. A Runaways group would be fun, but I'm pretty much limited to Gert. And that involves purple hair... but oh, Gert is awesome. I'd make that sacrifice.
It just occurred to me that Lizzie would make the most fantastic Emma Frost. Whoa.
In summary, who wants to be Tony to my Pepper? Or other Runaways to my Gert? Or other X-Men to my Kitty Pryde, if I got a shoulder-Lockheed to carry with me? Huh, huh, you know you want to. :D
homework, pssshh.
-rave
ETA: Yep, Iron Man and Captain America are totally gay for each other. And sometimes, I think the artists really don't realize what their drawings really look like. (Also, Alternate Universe girl!Tony and Steve got married. AU reflections of truth in our reality, yo!)
