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  All right! New project time. The problem with cosplay is that, more often than not, there are not a dearth of ideas to do.  I'm no exception. Link, blue mage, Flammie, Knight Gundam,  Anbo-jyutsu martial artist , etc. ...  I have an interesting idea for a white mage,  but I don't think the world is ready for that.     All of varying levels of difficulty and, uh, expense (one of those is a full fursuit, for crissakes). But it feels like there's maybe one a bit more obvious that should be done first. And maybe a bit more do-able than some of the others listed.   At some point you may have said to yourself "ahh, they made a red mage costume. They must main that in XIV." And that would make a lot of sense. You would also be wrong.   No, I main Summoner. Rest assured, I can feel your disappointment from here. But I don't care. I think they're cool.    They're also definitely not something you see all that often. Not that this should n...

 Time to back up and explain things. Fair warning in case you didn't parse it from last time: I'm going to be talking about being trans. While I try to keep it light-hearted and very generalized, it does involve me speaking frankly about things like growing up closeted, etc. So if those things are an issue for you--for one, I'm sorry--but also you may want to skip over this entry.   (Also, not going to pretend any of this is particularly well-written.)  Leftover drawing provided for buffer space.    On some level I don't know where to start with this. Growing up in the mid-80s I was always very aware that I was extremely boyish. I was also aware that this was a marked disappointment to my parents, who had already gone through one tomboy kid and really wanted me to be this frilly super-effeminate girl with blonde curls.    They did not get that. They got the kid that played with robots, rooted around in the woods, and had zero interest in taking care of...