Me & Storyboards…

I have so many carrots. For my house warming party tomorrow, I’m going to make carrot soup, carrot cake, and cut some carrot sticks, and I’ll still probably have over half of the carrots left. Heeeeeeelp meeeeeeee.

imagine your icon tucking you into bed and reading to you

such a classic kim-ron moment, probably my fave line from the live-action movie

The response was utter insane. In a good way! We had 18 (including myself) total, forming a Conga type line, snaking ourselves through the con floor. We even had people leading us shouting, “Make ways for the queen!” It was surreal. We had such an amazing time. Plus all the photos we posed for the crowds were astonishing as well.

The most interesting stories we definitely the responses we were getting from the crowds. Multiple people bowed for us, several people were just amazed at the shear size of the parade. Plus our two bearded handmaidens in the back of our line were getting lots of attention.

I decided on the decoy dress first. I really wanted to create it. That certain dress has a bit of a challenge to it and I knew I needed something fresh for Star Wars celebration in Chicago. But as I thought about it more, I thought it would be fun to make a group out of it! I had a couple of friends waiting to do something big for SWCC and boom, flamemaiden army 2019 was born! That dress has always been a favorite of mine plus the handmaidens. It felt like the perfect time to cosplay these magnificent ladies from Phantom Menace. PLUS we then figured out that it would the 20th anniversary of the film too. PERFECTION!

My outfit was put together pretty organically. There was a lot of experimenting with polyester velvet fabric manipulation with a heat gun. I used some cheap Halloween spider webbing decor I found from Joann’s plus lovely silk dupoini from Silk Baron. It was all over the place. The handmaidens also creates some of their gowns. It’s a tough look especially with trying to achieve the flame ombré. They did such a wonderful job. Also others purchased some from eBay then altered and weathered to their style. The amount of craftsmanship these creators put into their gowns either bought or made was incredible.

Getting recognized was the icing on the cake. The best part of the day was just being a part of this group. I’m honored to be their Sabé. It was an amazing day.

—-  JediManda

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The Map

The execution

The rebellion

I keep drawing this night dad so here, another random illustrations but a story might be coming. :) The young girl with the stars is The map, the red little boy is The blood moon.

Most importantly: you’re stronger than you think.

I did some physical therapy for my wrist this year & I haven’t had pain in 3 months now! I thought I’d share some tips I learned. 

3 More Princess Tutu Head Cannons!

Cause what else am I supposed to do with my time?

1. The Final Heart Shard is not one of Mytho's emotions

Okay, this one will take a bit of backtracking.

In the story of the "Prinze und Raben" the knight is killed by the raven. When Fakir takes over the role of the knight, the events of the story are expected to be repeated; therefore, he is fated to die. Likewise, Princess Tutu confessed her love and vanished into a speck of light in the story, so when she shows up again, she is expected to repeat history.

You still with me? Okay good.

Fakir was told that he was the reincarnation of Mytho's protector, and that's how Drosselmeyer brought the role of the knight back into the story. But what about Tutu? Tutu vanished, but Drosselmeyer didn't try to convince Duck that she was a reincarnation. Instead, he gave a piece of Mytho's heart. Why?? Can a shard of emotion from the Prince turn her into a different person?

Maybe. But What if....Whaaat if, when Princess Tutu had confessed her love to Mytho in the story, he had absorbed her essence? What if Tutu had confessed on purpose so that she could give her power to Mytho? What if she became apart of his heart so that he could better fight against the Raven?

Also, remember that Mytho can only use his pink petal powers of awesomeness after Duck returns the final shard. The same powers that Tutu can be seen using in the first episode.

I propose that the heart shard Duck possesses can turn her into Princess Tutu because it was originally of Princess Tutu.

2. Rue doesn't know how to write.

(Whoops, Headlessknight totally debunked this one! Brought up the fact that Rue can be seen reading, and writes an essay so...my bad)

This one only really matters if you also subscribe to the head cannon that Fakir and Rue are siblings (and therefore Rue has story spinner abilities), which is explained and supported very well right here --->http://princesstutu.livejournal.com/209541.html

So! What do you do when you're trying to prevent your decedents from developing their reality warping writing powers and derailing your control over Kinkan town? Why, you traumatize one of them, and then (because you're a magnificently creative jerk) you prevent the other one from ever learning how to write in the first place!

Rue was kidnapped at a young age. Its highly unlikely that the Raven would have wanted to teach her how to read or write. In fact, the opposite is much more plausible. Preventing Rue from learning how to read and write would handicap her compared to the other children, and would undermine her self confidence. The Raven would likely use it as a way of holding power over Rue.

Even if she was taught how to write at Kinkan's school, she was primarily there for ballet, and I don't imagine any of her classes would foster the flames of creative writing. (Granted, I don't know this for sure... Can anyone elaborate on what the education of a dance academy in Germany would be like???)

3. Duck uses Fakir's hair as a nest/pillow.

Fakir's hair is super-duper fluffy; therefore, after the story has ended, Duck uses Fakir's hair as a nest and later pillow.

This head cannon has no rhyme or reason. I just like the idea of it.

 Anywho, Thanks Guys and TTFN til next time :)