The Period Costume Meme

The Period Costume Meme

Picture your muse in petticoats. Or gauzy Grecian draperies. Or really tight pants and a frock coat. Or full Chinese court dress. Maybe you want them playacting, maybe you like the idea of some other character taking it all off them one layer at a time... maybe you just think it'd look good on them.

There are many reasons for a character to don period attire - a partial list is provided - and many, many eras to draw from.

Instructions

1. Post your character in the historical garb of your choice. Go ahead and get self-indulgent with the detailed description. Or just find an icon, I guess.
2. Indicate what scenario(s) you have in mind, whether you're open to wacky period mismatches, and any other prefs you may have.
3. Tag some folks and get your costume kink on.

( Tableaux )

<div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: serif; font-size: 13pt; color: #49371F; line-height: 1.5; text-align: justify; width: 550px; margin: auto;"> <img src="https://blacklisle.dreamwidth.org/file/4836.jpg" alt="Buckles, buttons, ruffles and lace!" title="Buckles, buttons, ruffles and lace!" style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 550px; border: 5px double peru; margin: auto;" /> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 10px; background: #f9ecd9; border: 5px double peru; padding: 2.5em; margin: 1em auto;"> <p style="font-size: 28pt; font-style: italic; border-bottom: 3px double tan; margin: 0 0 0.5em 0; text-align: center;">The Period Costume Meme</p> <p>Picture your muse in petticoats. Or gauzy Grecian draperies. Or really tight pants and a frock coat. Or full Chinese court dress. Maybe you want them playacting, maybe you like the idea of some other character taking it all off them one layer at a time... maybe you just think it'd look good on them. </p> <p>There are many reasons for a character to don period attire - a partial list is provided - and many, many eras to draw from.</p> <p style="font-size: 18pt; font-style: italic; border-bottom: 3px double tan; margin: 0 0 0.5em 0; text-align: center;">Instructions</p> <ol style="text-align: left; list-style-type: none !important;"> <li style="padding-bottom: 0.5em; text-indent: -1em;"><b style="font-style: italic; text-transform: uppercase; color: brown;">Post</b> your character in the historical garb of your choice. Go ahead and get self-indulgent with the detailed description. Or just find an icon, I guess.</li> <li style="padding-bottom: 0.5em; text-indent: -1em;"><b style="font-style: italic; text-transform: uppercase; color: brown;">Indicate</b> what scenario(s) you have in mind, whether you're open to wacky period mismatches, and any other prefs you may have.</li> <li style="padding-bottom: 0.5em; text-indent: -1em;"><b style="font-style: italic; text-transform: uppercase; color: brown;">Tag</b> some folks and get your costume kink on.</li> </ol> <center><cut text="Tableaux"></center><p style="font-size: 18pt; font-style: italic; border-bottom: 3px double tan; margin: 0 0 0.5em 0; text-align: center;">Scenarios</p> <ol style="text-align: left; list-style-type: none !important;"> <li style="padding-bottom: 0.5em; text-indent: -1em;"><b style="font-style: italic;">Period Drama</b> ➳ You're onstage or on screen, playing your part in a thrilling tale of days gone by. Just try not to piss off the wardrobe department. </li> <li style="padding-bottom: 0.5em; text-indent: -1em;"><b style="font-style: italic;">Living History</b> ➳ You're a reenactor, Renfaire performer, or other professional, and these duds are your uniform. How dedicated you are to your persona is up to you.</li> <li style="padding-bottom: 0.5em; text-indent: -1em;"><b style="font-style: italic;">Cosplayer</b> ➳ Your hobby is dressing up, whether it's for cons, LARPs, or just for fun, and NO, it's not a sex thing!</li> <li style="padding-bottom: 0.5em; text-indent: -1em;"><b style="font-style: italic;">Fancy Dress Ball</b> ➳ You're at a party. Costumes mandatory. Try to look like you're having fun. </li> <li style="padding-bottom: 0.5em; text-indent: -1em;"><b style="font-style: italic;">In Another Life</b> ➳ You wear these clothes like you were born to them... because, for the purposes of this meme, you were. Time to get your historical AU on.</li> <li style="padding-bottom: 0.5em; text-indent: -1em;"><b style="font-style: italic;">Back To The Future</b> ➳ You're a time traveller blending in. (Or failing to blend in? Sweetie, those panniers are so last century.)</li> <li style="padding-bottom: 0.5em; text-indent: -1em;"><b style="font-style: italic;">Laced/Unlaced</b> ➳ It's totally a sex thing. Mmmm... corsets, codpieces, maybe one of those saucy Minoan numbers...</li> <li style="padding-bottom: 0.5em; text-indent: -1em;"><b style="font-style: italic;">Homebrew</b> ➳ Roll your own pretext, I'm not the boss of you.</li> </ol> </cut> </div> </div>

The Cross-Canon Meme

Literally the only rule: tag anyone BUT canonmates.

Seriously, that's it. Your flimsy pretexts are as follows; pick one and go after that delicious crack!threading. Just do it.

Option One: The Portal Looks like you're not in Kansas anymore, Dorothy. Your character has arrived in a strange new world, among strange new people. Maybe they touched something they shouldn't?

Option Two: The Fusion Don't want to bother with culture shock? AU your character into another's milieu, or maybe it's the best of both worlds. Your vampire is now a Starfleet ensign, your bronzerider is now a Mr. Darcy clone, whatever.

Option Three: The Pocket Dimension Milliways. Callahan's Crosstime Saloon. The Wood Between the Worlds. Both characters have found their way into some kind of liminal universe where this kind of thing just happens.

<div style="width: 500px; margin: auto; padding: 15px; background-color: #fff; color: #000;"> <center><img src='https://blacklisle.dreamwidth.org/file/3423.gif' style='width: 447px; height: 70px; margin: auto;' alt='' title='' /></center> <p style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 120%; color: #009; text-align: center;">Literally the only rule: tag anyone BUT canonmates.</p> <p style="text-align: center;">Seriously, that's it. Your flimsy pretexts are as follows; pick one and go after that delicious crack!threading. <em>Just do it.</em></p> <p><b><i>Option One:</i> The Portal</b> <span style="display:block;margin-left:1.5em;">Looks like you're not in Kansas anymore, Dorothy. Your character has arrived in a strange new world, among strange new people. Maybe they touched something they shouldn't?</span> <p><b><i>Option Two:</i> The Fusion</b> <span style="display:block;margin-left:1.5em;">Don't want to bother with culture shock? AU your character into another's milieu, or maybe it's the best of both worlds. Your vampire is now a Starfleet ensign, your bronzerider is now a Mr. Darcy clone, whatever.</span> <p><b><i>Option Three:</i> The Pocket Dimension</b> <span style="display:block;margin-left:1.5em;">Milliways. Callahan's Crosstime Saloon. The Wood Between the Worlds. Both characters have found their way into some kind of liminal universe where this kind of thing just happens.</span> </div>

The Sugar Meme

Honey, you don't have to worry about a thing. Somebody's going to take good care of you. Whether that means providing a comfy place to stay and three square meals, showering you with roses and pearls and champagne, or taking you to bed and doing it just the way you like it... or maybe all three? Whatever you need, whatever you want, it's yours tonight. This isn't a transaction: All they want is to make you happy, and all you have to do in return is relax and enjoy it to the full.

Comment with your character and any wishes/preferences, then sit back and let somebody spoil them. Or tag some other character who needs some lovin'.

<div style="width: 550px; margin: auto; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; text-align: justify; padding-bottom: 2em;"> <img src='https://blacklisle.dreamwidth.org/file/4388.png' alt='SUGAR: the "spoil me silly" meme' title='SUGAR: the "spoil me silly" meme' /> <p>Honey, you don't have to worry about a thing. Somebody's going to take good care of you. Whether that means providing a comfy place to stay and three square meals, showering you with roses and pearls and champagne, or taking you to bed and doing it just the way you like it... or maybe all three? Whatever you need, whatever you want, it's yours tonight. This isn't a transaction: All they want is to make you happy, and all you have to do in return is relax and enjoy it to the full. <p>Comment with your character and any wishes/preferences, then sit back and let somebody spoil them. Or tag some other character who needs some lovin'. </div>