Longest Night Costume

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So, it seems there is going to be a Longest Night ball at Lunacon this year, thanks to Jacqueline Carey being the GoH.

Which means I _have_ to costume. Which surprises me a little, as there's a certain car crash feeling I also have about the Kushiel books and possibly their fans. But, there's also a real beauty in them, and a ferocity, that I find meaningful and fun.

My current ideas are:

- Mara. Not Phedre as Mara. Just Mara. I love the story. And it speaks to my inner Snape. And it would be easy to do. (and yes, I'll have a marque as Patty and I are going to play with a lot of henna -- again, not Phedre's). Downside? People will make assumptions about me that I'm not going to enjoy fielding.

- Someone from House Shahrizai. The black and gold brocade would be fun (more work for me) and people won't fuck with me.

- A Cassaline. Easy. But not showy. People won't fuck with me at least, but it seems lame to assemble all that weaponry to then peace tie it all and have to be dour all night besides.

I am, if you didn't know, very sensitive about people touching me without my leave. I'm also very sensitive about submission being grounds to condescend to people. I'm also very sensitive to the "you have sex, so why won't you fuck me" anger, and it's all stuff I see in the geek community, and worry strongly will be out in force at this year's Lunacon.

Thoughts?

Comments

Re: forgive typos, hands broken today

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Lunacon is a weird con. In that it is both very cool and very lame at the same time. Last year it was really nice, but it's still a con where those who view these things as a meat market consider the pickings slim and desperate, and yet people are always picking rather furiously. It can stay above it easily, but I've had to glare at a hand on my shoulder really viciously more than once, and I think with Carey as a GoH people will be on their worst behavior, instead of their best (*insert my lamentations for the species here*).