this might seem a very odd question, but have there ever been any flat chested (or near to) Christines?

operafantomet:

OK… I will not use photos or names to answer this question. Mainly because it’s a body thing which doesn’t matter to the role at all. 

But yes, there has been several. I’m inclined to say moreso than Christines with heavier chest. Partly because all actresses playing the role has been slim, and with that you seldom get a clevage of doom – with exceptions of course. 

In this matter it seems the casting people is wonderfully ignorant. Anyone can get a solid bust with the right padding and tailoring, while you can’t fake a fantastic voice. So Christines might not come in all sizes, shapes and colours, but they do come in most cup sizes… 

Casting choices can be very very warped. I speak this as an actress who only ever got roles thought “suitable” to blondes. So I started wearing wigs if I got recalls just to make the director remember these exist for a reason.

Also, chicken fillets. If you are auditioning get those clues that you can play the roles you want, and this is something I tended to forget myself! Subtle though. SHowing up in full costume can lead to ideas of being obsessed…

I do wear them under a great variety of my costumes:

~I’m a DD in my purple Twilek but no one can really tell because of the layers but it makes a big difference. That’s a set of D and C firm “enhancers.

~In the Satine costumes, I’m flat and pressed in because that’s the shape acheived in the originals.

~In Liara I also wear the  two sets (a D and C) and padded bra to be able to get that very distinct curve.

~I wear very thin one under my Slave Leia and Talon more for “eh oh” moments. Considering casting my own full covers in latex. Though I also have PlatSil and deadener etc so could possibly go to the point of making realisic falsies (because high grade ones are in the four figures.)

Also bust supporter are found through out western history.Ditto with hip enhancers. Can’t wait for them to come back!

bettiebloodshed:

onelovestheanswer:

THIS.

As someone who had to learn this lesson too damn soon, yeah…it is probably the hardest lesson I’ve ever learned. And one I’m still learning.

I got that about the age of 21. Though really I suppose I was released from the idea that by being good and kind and hard working that it would somehow protect me from having bad things happen. 

It’s possibly why i accept my disease and the words “it’s not fair” very rarely come even to the front of my brain let alone said. It’s pure dumb chance.

But when it comes to human behaviour that’s where I still have issue when there is no real cause but so much effect.

I’m sick of illness and disability being portrayed as “harder” on the family/friends/whatever than on the person experiencing them. I’m sick of shows using disability as a way to show OTHER characters’ emotional struggles and generosity.

(via hopeisreal42)

That said one of the better handled storylines on our local soap involved a character and her reactions/dealing with being diagnosed with MS and they did at least deal with the remission/relapse phases (which I am going to use for RA it’s the same thing but we get the “cutsey” flare). They did also deal with the impact on her work and how long you can push yourself due to unsaid pressure that you can’t show weakness in business.

I think she may have finally been written out? Shortie St watchers I missed why Sarah is no longer HoD. But it feels like a more natural timeframe than is normal in soaps: maybe a month of focus then it disappears or comes back years later as a plot point.

They don’t always get it right even in this story line but I felt my heart crack during the initial stages of her story. 

nihilistique:

ajacquelineofalltrades:

I’m not an artist, but I have more than a few friends who are, so I thought this might be a good thing to post. 

This applies to any artistic profession, including costuming.

Absolutely. In the same way you own your own stories by not relying on others (definitely not the media or others in a community).

nihilistique:

ajacquelineofalltrades:

I’m not an artist, but I have more than a few friends who are, so I thought this might be a good thing to post. 

This applies to any artistic profession, including costuming.

Absolutely. In the same way you own your own stories by not relying on others (definitely not the media or others in a community).

Passing on of items

So, the current health of bifurcated lower garments (pants) I am going to reduce my stash and my gear in order to transform my workroom in to a more friendly space for multiple people also so I can use the back half for photos.

So much I can pass on.…

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Passing on of items

So, the current health of bifurcated lower garments (pants) I am going to reduce my stash and my gear in order to transform my workroom in to a more friendly space for multiple people also so I can use the back half for photos.

So much I can pass on.…

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I'm going to PAX!

PAX Australia that is :) Further travel is unlikely for me given

So right now, Liara and Lizzie Shep will go, also Turian extras, no big props, but I have a game costume I’ve wanted to do for years and I know I can do it really well and if I make it my one…

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I'm going to PAX!

PAX Australia that is :) Further travel is unlikely for me given

So right now, Liara and Lizzie Shep will go, also Turian extras, no big props, but I have a game costume I’ve wanted to do for years and I know I can do it really well and if I make it my one…

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