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Cocoa ([personal profile] momijizukamori) wrote2005-09-19 11:35 pm

The Grand Debate

So, among many other things I will blog about eventually (ie, tomorrow), I'm currently deciding which version of Sephiroth I want to do for my senior project before going wild buying and drafting stuff. It's down to Advent Children!Sephiroth and the default FF7 outfit.

Default FF7 has the advantage of not looking like a heroin addict and not having those weird and probably impossible to find buckles.

Advent Children has the advantage of not having leg-of-mutton sleeves (Dear Nomura, those haven't been in style since the 16th century) or crack-bangs, and shoulders that don't suffer from that CLAMP coat-hanger look.

Either way I get to make glove gaskets! Ah, crack FF designs are love.

Opinions from the masses?

[identity profile] thelastsong.livejournal.com 2005-09-19 08:39 pm (UTC)(link)
I'd say original!

[identity profile] grayhour.livejournal.com 2005-09-19 08:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Advent Children version, dear. Choosing this may give you more competition, too, but I feel it is the more interesting of the two. As for gaskets.. I will look at Sephiroth stuff later with you to give you a more informed opinion. ^^..

[identity profile] ripedecay.livejournal.com 2005-09-19 08:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Advent Children design. It looks much nicer and with your skills? You'll be the best damn AC!Sephiroth ever :E

[identity profile] sidecharacter.livejournal.com 2005-09-25 11:12 pm (UTC)(link)
I think AC!Sephiroth too.

I like his voice. XDD I have no good reason.

[identity profile] nerdraeg.livejournal.com 2005-09-26 02:04 am (UTC)(link)
Advent Children. *Nods.* Do us all proud by having eerily creepy face make-up and go around saying that ‘you will never be a memory’.

[identity profile] nerdraeg.livejournal.com 2005-09-26 05:48 am (UTC)(link)
Pfft-sssh! You don't need no stankin' Cloud! Okay... so maybe you do. But only for nifty poses and such. I would completly offer to go as your Cloud, if I didn't think that would be creepy. I am so torn for what Final Fantasy costume I wish to do for AB. ;_; It hurts.

But gooooo as AC Sephy. You will garner far more luff that way; and Sephiroth needs a hug.

[identity profile] nerdraeg.livejournal.com 2005-09-27 03:39 am (UTC)(link)
I meant creepy as in offering to be your Cloud when you don't really know me would be creepy of me towards you. Buuuut if you don't find it ebil- booo. Alright then. If you need a Cloud, I'm offering. ~_^

[identity profile] nerdraeg.livejournal.com 2005-09-27 09:42 am (UTC)(link)
Nope! Generally not a stalker, though I do have an unnatural obsession with ice cream. We did meet um... at some point in time. I think. Because your LJ name is written on the inside of one of my costumes. o_o;

[identity profile] nerdraeg.livejournal.com 2005-09-27 10:56 am (UTC)(link)
?!

Oh, ye of grand memory. Yep, that was it- I'm just an idiot. Must say... nothing feels so wonderful as peeling off three layers of vinyl that have been encasing you for an entire two days. NEVER make anything tight-fitting, full length, and vinyl and then decidedly wear it in August. Never.

[identity profile] nerdraeg.livejournal.com 2005-09-27 02:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Costumes are notoriously nix on the comfort. Which is why crack costumes are always nice to have in supply- thank the Gods for Yami no Matsuei. Who were you cosplaying back then, since I lack the brain cells to remember?

(Ne, actually, 'hakase' is translated to mean 'doctor'; or so I'm pretty sure. Doctor in the sense of an academic researcher; aka. when you get your PhD, you become a 'Doctor' of your study. Which would still prove your point. XD But, yeah- 'Kyoju' translates to 'Professor', not 'hakase'. *Nit Picks*)

[identity profile] nerdraeg.livejournal.com 2005-09-27 04:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Hehe, Tatsumi is going to be my crack costume this year, methinks. And ouch. While it depends greatly on which version of Seishirou you did, none of them are really summer-friendly, just different degrees of hellish. I did Subaru's shikifuku this year; huzzah for white fabric that breathes!


I completely support all forms of lazy. Kudos to your friend for even knowing what he was called period. She is thusly 'cool beans'.

as I continue to be spamtastic and add one miiiillion comments

[identity profile] nerdraeg.livejournal.com 2005-09-27 05:11 pm (UTC)(link)
The yukata is quite beautiful, and if I had better reference images, or more time, I'd endeavor for that one. Squee for yours, though! <3 I'm still trying to convince my friend she wants to do Watari, even though it's quite bland; she looks so the part. And oof... yes, you did have it bad. That's a whoooole lotta black, especially the shikifuku, which my poor Sei-chan complained of all Otakon long. Can't comment on the wedding kimonos as of yet; have that cosplay planned for next Otakon. Mm- fabric painting goodness.

Jen sounds like a Deity. I have Vishal, who's my FF7 Tasty Bits dealer; if you need to know the symbolism of Cloud's latest '...' he'll somehow cook something up for you. Fangirls, by the by, rawk hard XD What would us lesser groupies do without them, their plethora of facts, and illegal copies of stuff? (Ultimania Omega? Explain, explain!)

Trend Setting; LJ- it's the new AIM!

[identity profile] nerdraeg.livejournal.com 2005-09-27 05:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Ahh yes XD Three cheers for 'omgmakingshitup' when you can't see it in the reference images. -- That. Is. Such. LOVE. The fact that you did the entire piece traditionally is some word that doesn't exist, but may be a close relative of 'superfantasimic'. Guh, I may need to steal you if ever I have zee technical questions on the Subaru garb. Cosplay is the uber painful in during the creation process; but it's all worth it once you get layer upon layer of detailed, obsessive-compulsive eye candy madness on, and go parade about in it in public.

Doujin is the true mark of the fangirl. Have you ever come across that fabulous man who sells the Doujinshi at cons, and assaults all crossplayers, claiming they have 'not had their proper daily dose of yaoi, and need more man-love in their lives'? XD He is spiffing.

FF7 Bible. Yum. If you need help with the translations, just feel free to ask here. =D As long as you have a scanner, I can be your Matron of Paraphrasation.

New Seph Icon = Angular Prettiness.

Then we're hip to the groove, main man.

[identity profile] nerdraeg.livejournal.com 2005-09-28 07:15 am (UTC)(link)
Ah. So, liberties must be taken then, and it's understood as a hypothesis, as opposed to guesswork. You still reign as leading Muse of Detail. Aww, I'm coo'- that makes me fuzzy. The Cosplay.com folk I've met (a la AIM) are generally very prolific and ask well-though out questions; it's the people who start threads that have been answered time and time again that get irksome, and cause multiple face spasms.

Gasp and shockers! Don't be silly! How dare you INSINUATE that people buy doujinshi to read it! It is of course only bought so as to stare at the pretty pictures, and contemplate what it would be like to worship at the artist's feet. XD I think I translated a Marauder!Era Harry Potter one from cover to cover once... stories > smut, by *far*. (PS- Anything with Remus Lupin is love.) A friend of mine bought me a very lovely YnM one... sadly, I have no X/TB crack in my collection, so I'll just be jealous of yours. (Turning eighteen soon? =D)

Yesa. Just toss something at my head (and by that I mean IM/Email/comment) if you need more final fantasy goodness uncovered.

Yes, by George, he is.

...I am going to murder Cloud's gloves.

Speechless... I win! =P

[identity profile] nerdraeg.livejournal.com 2005-09-28 08:54 am (UTC)(link)
Ack. x_x That's when filters come in handy...

If I can't figure it out/am too lazy to figure it out, I just guess based on facial expression. That leaves a lot of room for interpretation... one day, Sirius might be saying "OMGWTF that was MY pie!" and the next it could be "For the last time, no! I will not wear that skirt, it makes me look fat!" // Mandrake, which is where I got all my stock of doujin when I visited Japan, had a huge X collection. But I was too poor for it, hee. No TB though. My soul cries. ;-; (Yay! Congratulations! You can now get lung cancer, vote for people who aren’t bush, and get slightly homoerotic porn! ...It feels just like being 17, only slightly less prudent.)

I just discovered Cloud's gloves have mini Fenrir-heads on them. X_X Pfshph?! Character designs hurt the laws of physics and rationality.

Can it be a lifetime supply of shampoo? With Fresh, Morning Mist scent?

[identity profile] nerdraeg.livejournal.com 2005-09-28 01:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Seishirou as a Salior Senshi > Sirius in a Skirt. Now that's my kind of math. The U.S., admittedly, is not the best place to harbor secret crushes on anime characters, but we might be runner-up for Fangirl Capital of the World. (Oh, the forms. I forgot that that bit; yes, there's something marvelous about getting to perfect your signature on very official looking pages, rather then a doodle pad.)

And yet, somehow Sephiroth, even with the offensive sleeves and murderous shoulders, still managed to go above and beyond the laws of badass, creating a new level of 'cool' all his own. He is the a la mode of villainy, that others can only aspire to.

I think we have a deal.

[identity profile] nerdraeg.livejournal.com 2005-09-28 05:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Lucky ducklings in Asia, then. (Always a plus, yessiry.)

Kefka wasn't too bad, and I was fond of Kuja purely for his Lestat-complex and no other reason. But yes. Obviously, other villians are forced to flee in phear of being crushed when compared with Sephy.

Re: Exeeellent.

[identity profile] nerdraeg.livejournal.com 2005-09-28 06:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Australia I couldn't find a durned thing, though didn't make it so far as New Zealand (and, admittedly, wasn't on the hunt for Doujinshi). So I'll just have to trust you on that one.

Clowns, despite what any dare devils may say, are indeed the apex of 'creepy in a bad way'. The face paint, the gross hair, the grinning, and the total visual rape of their outfits is overbearing, and ought to be avoided. //End Rant. Seymour, let's just say was Sephiroth Clone #21. XD He escaped, and co-starred in his own game, with Cloud rip-off, Tidus. And by Cloud rip-off, I mean the hair alone. If Tidus is what Cloud would have been like with lines, I'm glade Strife was the Trowa Barton of FF7.

Taking advantage of the sleepy... I challange you to a Re-Match!

[identity profile] nerdraeg.livejournal.com 2005-09-28 06:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Nosey: Like what?

No! No, I haven't, and my soul breaks a little bit each time people bring up a book I haven't read. Especially this one, because I've been asked that before. Worth getting, much? - Probably Vincent, since the day before the filming of KH, Cloud seemed to have slept in. When he dressed for work, still in a sleepy daze, he accidentally slung on Vincent’s Torn Cape (c) and metal arm of oddness instead of his own garb, then made his way to the KH set. Evidence? I think so.

Sora is, by far, the biggest loser (maybe second to Zell) that Final Fantasy has ever created. XD I love him too, aside from his giant yellow shoes. Those are weapons, I tell ya.

Gasp! Where is your chivalry?! I'll notify Lancelot about this, I swear it!

[identity profile] nerdraeg.livejournal.com 2005-09-29 03:40 am (UTC)(link)
FMA <3 Al is the cutest hunk of junk around.

Burn Victim Cloud; sounds like a very estranged addition to the Barbie line. (They actually make a Burn Victim Anakin doll via Star Wars... it's disturbing and crispy.) Oooh yes. XD Riku is definitely what happened when Seph and Cloud had too much time on their hands during the making of FF8.

But if he grows up to be *not* a giant loser... that would be sad.

His hair, like his shoes, is also a weapon.

But isn't it the law that evil bastards lose eventually? You just wait until disc 4.

[identity profile] nerdraeg.livejournal.com 2005-09-29 04:35 am (UTC)(link)
No, no... you don't wish to see it. It looks like someone took a GI Joe and baked it at 350 degrees F. That's if we're saying Cloud helped to spawn both. Vincent might just be A-sexual.

In that case, he's forgiven.

A tad more painful though, I'd wager. Might also muss his style. He'd need to use Kwik-Seal... on his head.

Pish-Tosh! Your Icon says it all!

[identity profile] nerdraeg.livejournal.com 2005-09-29 07:25 pm (UTC)(link)
XD;; Indeed you must.

...I am dead. That killed me. ^^; Aww, Vince is delicate, fragile, and lovely, like a wee flower! Or is it just his aftershave that smells of lillies?

And beat up by Sora too, might I add =P

[identity profile] nerdraeg.livejournal.com 2005-09-29 07:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, white lillies maybe; the scent of fresh graveyard flowers. He does have that nifty coffin bed thing going on. (XD Ah. So his cape is how he spawns! So... then if Sora is VincentxCloud... Cloud + Doom Cape = OTP? <_<)

Was that in his official contract?

[identity profile] nerdraeg.livejournal.com 2005-09-29 08:30 pm (UTC)(link)
...I bet he owns that sight, after having sold off the rights to Hot Topic to the GAP. (Cloud is popular in KH. He gets snuggled by Vincent-spawn, contractually owned by Sephiroth, and heck, even Hades is interested. ...It's probably all because of the size of buster sword. And by that of course I mean, anyone who has arm muscles enough to lug that thing around must be a physically fit individual.)

Well, I'm sure employee #226 didn't want to be the one to tell Seph "Uh, about the Cloud thing, no."

[identity profile] nerdraeg.livejournal.com 2005-09-29 08:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Maybe a second cousin, then? (No. Tseng and Rufus kinda pfft'd at death. ...As did Sephiroth, just a bit. Poor Hojo got the short end of the stick. And Zack is only half-dead; his ghost still watches over Cloud. On the field of battle. During his daily angst sessions. So why not in the shower, too?)

XD Special is good...

[identity profile] seracy.livejournal.com 2005-09-26 04:34 pm (UTC)(link)
I was your tree...

I can be your cloud too...

[identity profile] seracy.livejournal.com 2005-09-26 04:35 pm (UTC)(link)
wait.

I thought you meant cloud as in the fluffy thing.

But you meant cloud the character.

Don't ask why I thought you were talking about the fluffy kind...

[identity profile] seracy.livejournal.com 2005-09-26 04:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Advent Children!