OUAT and OUATIW

WHY DO I KEEP WATCHING THESE SHOWS?!?!?!?!?

Yes, that did require all capital letters.  And I am seriously pissed off at OUAT right now.  I think the only reason I keep watching is for the actor that plays Hook.  He's so damn sexy.  But anyway.

Now, before I say this next bit I want to say that I have absolutely no problems with minority actors and actresses if they fit into the part that is being played.  I have no problem with people of other races at all whatsoever.  Now, that being said.

Why did they make Repunzel black?  It's a German story!  And to have Charming be the one to rescue her?  What the fuck?!  I mean, seriously?

And now lets get into the fact that the Wicked Witch of the West is not only named Zelena, but she's Regina's older sister?  What have those writers been smoking?!  I really want to know!


Alright, so now we get to OUATIW.   There are some things about this show that are making me mad and some things about this show that are making me happy.  Let's go with the mad first.

WHY IS THE JABERWOCKY A WOMAN?!?!?!?  That makes me mad, it really does.  That means that the worst, most cruel, most horrible creature in Wonderland is a woman.  What does that say, exactly?  Some people will see her as an awesome, strong female character.  I do not.  Maybe that's just me.

Another thing that is making me mad?  Will Scarlet was dating Anastasia and became the knave of hearts.  Now, I knew that Anastasia was a name that I should remember in the Disney world but I really didn't realize that they were going to make her one of Cinderella's step sisters and that THAT would be the connection to OUAT.  Ugh.  Anyway.

The thing that's making me happy is the whole situation with Amara.  How they tied that all together is awesome.  That she wanted to get the three genies and change the laws of magic because those three genies were her three sons and she wanted to free them from their curse.  That just makes a lot of sense now.  I actually like that bit.  And I like that Cyrus wasn't always such a nice guy.  He's not this perfect, amazing man.  That makes me happy too.

That pretty much sums up my feelings on those two shows right now.  Though I have to say that Snow and Charming are pissing me off and making me want to strangle them both.  They're whiny and annoying and just need to get over themselves already.  They irritate me.

That is all.

Prop making

I've been doing a lot of prop making for my cosplaying.  I have a total of 5 props that I have made, only one with the help of my dad.  The rest I've actually made on my own.  I'm going to outline my most recent one here in this post.  What is it you ask?  Why, it's Captain America's shield.  I made it rather cheaply, to be honest.  I used foam board and acrylic paint that only cost 37 cents a bottle.  That kind of thing.  I've got pictures of the whole process.  

This is what I used to outline the shield.  They are inexpensive wire wreath frames and some foam circles that I got at Michael's.  I think they added up to about $20 total.  And the foam board was $8 because I had to get the one that was actually a display board.  I did it this way because I tried to make my own compass with string and a pencil and it failed miserably.  

Drawing the star in the middle was kind of hard and required a little bit of mathing.  Well, it wasn't that hard but it did require mathing and my brain is only good at money math, not this kind of math.  But I got it figured out. 

I meant to take a picture with just the white paint but didn't get around to it.  I used the white paint for three reasons.  One, as you can see, the paint is a different shade of white from the poster board.  Two, I thought it would look weird if only part of the board was painted.  And three, I needed to cover up some pencil lines.  

Here you have the shield with the first coat of the red paint. 

This is the shield completely painted and ready to cut out.  I had to put SEVERAL coats of the red and had to do a lot of touching up with the paint because I kept going over lines and things like that.  

Then I had to cut the shield out.  This was a bitch, I will tell you.  Cutting foam board with a pocket knife is a real pain in the ass.  Cutting it with anything is a pain in the ass.  After I cut it out, I sanded the edges down the best that I could and then painted them red as well.  

Then I covered the shield with a clear lacquer to help protect it.  As I said, the acrylic paint I used was pretty cheap and it could flake off very easily.  And it also got very dirty very easily.  So I coated it with lacquer and don't really have to worry about that anymore.  

Finally I put the elastic straps on the back.  This one was trial and error on how to attach them.  I tried craft glue and staples and the first time it seemed to go okay, but then I found out I didn't put enough glue because the staples popped right out and the elastic came off.  The second time, though, I put more glue and more staples and they stayed just fine when I gave the glue ample amount of time to dry.  

I have also made a blaster and lightsaber for my Jedi costume, a martini to go along with my Howard Stark costume, and a goblet to go along with my Lady Christina costume.  Getting all of this to Dragon Con is going to be interesting for sure.  

Technology

So I have this trend that's been going on in my life that was broken by the existence of MP3s.  I bought my first CD before I had anything to play it on.  Bought my first DVD before I had anything to play it on.  Bought my first blu-ray before I had anything to play it on.  But my first MP3 was on my computer and therefore, was playable as soon as I got it.  Ah the joys of technology.

Robert Downey Jr and other celebrity husbands

Celebrity Husband/Wife: (n)  A person with which you have a fictional/fantasized marital relationship.

So that's what I mean by celebrity husbands.  Not men who are famous and happen to be married, but men who I have crushed over hard core for a very long time.

My very first celebrity husband was Richard Dean Anderson.  I mean, seriously, who wouldn't crush over MacGyver?  He was awesome.  And a total brain.  Action her.  And that hair.  Oh the hair.  That just made my life, really.  I was totally in love with him when I was like 8 years old.

My next celebrity husband will be a little bit of a shock because he's not really considered the hottest of the hot.  That would be Dwight Schultz.  I used to watch A-Team all the time and Murdock was my man.  I even wanted some black converse high tops just like his.  I liked them crazy, apparently.  He was on the adorable side of things, though.  

I think my next celebrity husband was Tom Selleck.  Magnum P.I. was one of my favorite shows and seeing him running around in those short shorts just made my heart all a flutter.  And this was back when I was supposed to think boys were yucky.  I never really went through that stage that I can recall.  And all of these various celebrity husbands are totally putting a date stamp right on my forehead.  lol.   Though I think I was more in love with Magnum's Ferrari than I was with him.  

Through the years my celebrity husbands changed.  As different people came into the acting world, began to get noticed, that kind of thing.  Though I think that my longest running celebrity marriage was a poly-amorous one.  This was my fake marriage to both Mark Hamill and Harrison Ford.  From the time I was about 10 until the time I was about 24, I was addicted and obsessed with Star Wars.  So, of course, I had to be in love with the two main characters of the movies, right?  And who wouldn't be?  They were good looking men.  It's almost impossible to find a picture of just Mark Hamill and Harrison Ford without Carrie Fisher being in it too.  

Now my celebrity husband tastes have taken a turn for the more comic book direction.  I actually have another poly-amorous fake marriage going on with Robert Downey Jr, Chris Evans, and Sebastian Stan. 

While my love for RDJ began back in the early 90's, I've been unable to officially call him a celebrity husband until recently.  2008 to be exact.  Iron Man just made me fall completely head over heels in love with him all over again.  And I know what you're thinking.  Captain America made me in love with Chris Evans and Sebastian Stan, right?  Well, you would be wrong on that account.  

What made me fall in love with Chris Evans was actually the movie What's Your Number?.  I only kind of liked him after Captain America.  Colin Shea really made me lose it for him.  He was so adorable and sweet, while being a total man whore.  It was impossible not to fall in love with him.  And let's not forget that he spends about 80% of the movie naked.  That was a major bonus right there.  

I fell in love with Sebastian Stan while he was on Once Upon A Time.  His character of Jefferson/Mad Hatter was awesome.  That is what brought my attention to him as an actor.  I remember watching it and thinking that he looked familiar and then looking him up and being like "OMG! That's the guy that played Bucky!" and my daughter was also amazed.  

Now, what does having a celebrity husband entail, you might ask?  Well, for me, that means tracking down and watching every single movie, TV show, and even commercial that they've been in that I can actually get my hands on and watching all of it.  Even the really bad ones.  And there have been some majorly bad ones.  Especially in Robert's career, though I offer him no offense in that statement.  I think the worst of the movies I watched for RDJ was one called In Dreams.  It was just bad.  And he had long, stringy red hair, which he really can't pull off.  It was one of those times I wish I could get my time back.  

I think for Chris Evans, the worst of his projects that I watched (so far) was Loss of a Teardrop Diamond.  Now, let me explain why I think this.  This movie is not bad.  The acting is good and the sets are great and the whole cast is just amazing.  With a glowing review like that, why do I call it the worst of Evans' movies (so far?).  Well, it's Tennessee Williams.  And while he is noted as one of the greatest play writes, I just think he is long winded and boring and slow.  But that's my personal opinion.  

The worst of the Sebastian Stan movies that I have seen would have to be Gone.  I did not like that movie at all.  It was completely unrealistic and Amanda Seyfreid wasn't that great.  Sebastian was the best actor in the movie and his acting wasn't even at its best in that one.  Just over all, not good.  The movie of his that surprised me, though, was The Covenant.  I went into this movie thinking it was going to be bad based on the premise.  And while I was partly true, and some of the acting really was horrible, over all it was a good movie.  Especially Sebastian.  He is surprisingly good at being evil.  It was great.  

So now you have a general idea of what it means to have a celebrity husband.  I have to say, though, that I've even had a celebrity wife at one point.  Her name is Natalie Dormer and she's awesome.  I would totally go gay for her.  And I would motorboat Kat Dennings if she was okay with it.  But that's beside the point.