Pink Library #9: With the Blink of an Eye - The Life of Brian

This is a new story on Fictionmania I've really enjoyed recently.

Here's the link:

With the Blink of an Eye - The Life of Brian by Brittany Montgomery

This is the first part of the story and a second has just gone up today. It's a slow burn transformation featuring a man, bored of his life, who on his commute to work one day sees these carefree, preppy high-school girls and he find he cannot shake the image of a blonde girl winking at him and the wish that he had their lifestyle.

Over the course of the day at work he begins to think and act a little like them; spending all day on Lookbook and Pinterest searching out cute outfits and make-up tutorials. Steadily, his new habits take over. The second part "Dream a Little Dream of Me" sees this continue even into his dreams in which he finds himself as one of the girls (yet still looking like a man).

I'm following this avidly now so I'm looking forward to reading more from the author.

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The eagle-eyed among you will spot a fresh contact form to the left. Please feel free to put any comments and questions to me. I will try and answer on the blog.

I didn't mean for email to be a mandatory field, by the way, but I can't seem to change it.

Cosplay List

Since I've been thinking about it recently, here's a list of crossplays I'm thinking about:

• Cher (Clueless - yellow plaid suit)
• Amy Pond (Pirate outfit from The Curse of the Black Spot)
• Harley Quinn (Surely a must for most crossplayers. Not sure which version. Not the traditional one but perhaps Suicide Squad version)
• Scarlet Witch (Age of Ultron)
• Clara Oswald (Time of the Doctor - both outfits)
• Clara Oswald (Waitress outfit from Hell Bent)
• Clara Oswald (Asylum of the Daleks)
• Clara Oswald (Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS)
• Alex Drake (Ashes to Ashes)
• Buffy Summers (Prophecy Girl)
• Rose Tyler (1950s dress from The Idiots Lantern)
• Chiana (Farscape - more of a fantasy since all that body paint really isn't my style)
• Jennifer Walters AKA She Hulk (Business suit, green make-up. Again, fantasy)
• Peggy Carter (Perhaps army uniform or blue suit)
• Jubilee (I liked her look in X-Men: Apocalypse)
• Kaylee Frye (Firefly)

There are some more gender appropriate cosplays I've considered including: The Tenth Doctor and Castiel (Supernatural). 

The list will probably change as time goes on. 

Amy Returns 2

In the last couple of days I've posted some more pictures of myself in costume and I'm torn between liking them and wanting to curl up and die.

Overall though, the more I think about it, the more I enjoyed the experience and am filled with a renewed vigor for cosplay. I think if I want to do it properly then I'm going to have to up my game a bit more; toy around with make-up and different looks. Maybe some falsies too. Although my aim with crossdressing would be just to incorporate more feminine clothes into my regular wear, I've never wanted to be a full-on female impersonator until recently when I've been thinking about it a lot more. I guess to properly cosplay, to do it justice, I need to experiment a lot more at least to make up for my body shape failings. I have lost a lot of weight recently though and the idea is beginning to excite me.

I've been thinking of going to a dressing service again and maybe watching a few tutorials on make-up and gaffs and stuff. I'm full of ideas again and looking forward to cosplaying again.