Fandom Pride Parade: Saturday Afternoon

[myownface]

The day started with a rainbow. Not that there had been any rain last night, really. The island, noticing the handwavy posters up around town, had figured it wanted to contribute to the spirit of the whole thing, and slapping a big, bright rainbow into the sky had seemed like the obvious way to do it. By around noon, it was clear that the rainbow was going to be sticking around, too, less a meteorological phenominon and more a banner painted across the sky. Down below, little flowers had popped up overnight in bright colours, some mimicking the rainbow up above, some in other configurations; pink-purple-blue, blue-pink-white-pink-blue, black-grey-white-purple, yellow-white-purple-black, and so on. The flowers, fortunately, were there to be pretty, with no other weird effects on the island's populace.

Though, really, if presenting a bouquet of them to one's favourite person ended well for somebody, the island wasn't going to complain, either.

The parade itself was to start on the Causeway, a good gathering point for Fandomites in the past, and a fairly central location on the island. From there it would follow Griffin Lane to Galactica Drive, Serendipity Place, Godiva Street, back onto Serendipity and following it until it turned into Loon and Loon turned into Chimera. Then one final turn onto Apocalypse before ending up at the Park, where people were welcome to sit and mingle to their hearts' content.

The weather was nice, making liars out of the meteorologists in favour of shunting clouds aside for sunshine and a pleasant breeze. A perfect day for a parade!

[OOC: Open! Welcome to Fandom Pride!]

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Before the Parade: Mingle on the Causeway!

[myownface]

Gather together, show off your signs or do finishing touches on your make-up or what-have-you!

Re: Before the Parade: Mingle on the Causeway!

[myownface]

Look, Sparkle was here. Of course Sparkle was here. Sparkle had heard about the event and had proceeded to spend the rest of the week freaking out about what to wear to the thing. Hell, he was still working on his make-up as he sat on the Causeway, and he'd ordered in an assortment of Mardi Gras beads and various flags for basically any orientation or gender identity that he could find one for.

Every now and again he would pause in perfecting his eyeliner in order to flail at a random passer-by and then shove a handful of beads and the selection of flags at them, in case they wanted to take one, themself.

Re: Before the Parade: Mingle on the Causeway!

[sharp_man]

Hannibal smiled at him. "You seem very prepared."

Re: Before the Parade: Mingle on the Causeway!

[myownface]

"I mean, it's Pride," Sparkle laughed. "I've been waiting basically my whole life to be able to attend one of these things."

Re: Before the Parade: Mingle on the Causeway!

[sharp_man]

"I'm very pleased you'll be able to, then," Hannibal said. "Would you like a meat or fruit pie, or would that disturb your makeup?" he teased.

Re: Before the Parade: Mingle on the Causeway!

[furnaceface]

Jono was still kind of feeling weirdly out of place, here. Even though he was married to a man. Even though it was an event that he'd personally put some effort into organizing. He'd always sort of been on the outskirts of every community he was technically a part of, though, and after some looking around the internet (don't tell Hannibal), he'd kind of found a place to belong in that 'not feeling queer enough' was apparently something that wasn't uncommon among people who identified as LGBT+.

It had been weirdly heartening for him, being able to just look and find people who had that same problem. Sort of the opposite to his weird outsider feeling as a mutant, where he was fairly obviously 'mutant enough' to get, you know, shot at, and he didn't exactly have many places to turn to in order to ask if that feeling was normal.

Identity and community were both weird and wonderful, maddening things.

In any case, he was here today with his flames out, a flag in shades of pink, yellow, and blue worn over his shoulders like a cape, and a sign that he'd made last night that said, in matching colours, I Am Myself Enough.

It was an affirmation on several levels, with him. And even if people happened to not get it, it was good enough for him.

Re: Before the Parade: Mingle on the Causeway!

[sharp_man]

"You are always yourself enough," Hannibal assured him, kissing the side of his head.

Re: Before the Parade: Mingle on the Causeway!

[furnaceface]

//Haven't always been,// Jono pointed out, meeting that kiss with a fond eyeroll. //It's not a bad affirmation all the same, though.//

Re: Before the Parade: Mingle on the Causeway!

[sharp_man]

"True. But these days, I'll never let you be any less," Hannibal promised. "And I'm pleased to see you being open about many things." He ran a hand through Jono's flames.

Re: Before the Parade: Mingle on the Causeway!

[rebelseekspizza]

Dante wasn't freaking out, or feeling weird, or any of it. Nah: Pride on island had seemed like a fantastic chance for a loud, middle-finger up kinda party. He showed up in jeans, a long red coat with some black straps and no shirt, colorful trails of Ada's homemade glitter heading down from right under his chin to his chest.

He had his guitar slung over his back too. "Bring on the drinks."

Re: Before the Parade: Mingle on the Causeway!

[sharp_man]

Hannibal was here, dressed in a decent but casual summer suit and a hat, no rainbows in sight. He didn't actually have any to wear.

Where some folks might have had beads or things to pass out, Hannibal had food. Fruit and meat hand-pies, things that didn't require silverware or sitting down.

He was ready for this.

Re: Before the Parade: Mingle on the Causeway!

[geniuswithasmartphone]

Hardison showed up rocking out with the bi and poly pride. Eliot had stayed up late working on craft projects with Kathy or something and now Hardison had multiple little knotwork accessories announcing. He was shirtless because Pride, dammit, and sign that said 'I refuse to be invisible.'

Hmm. Could he make Eliot make him a flower crown out of those pink, purple, and blue flowers?

Re: Before the Parade: Mingle on the Causeway!

[vdistinctive]

"I mean, I know what the sign means and all." Eliot said, tipping his hat and leaning into Hardison's space. "But anyone who wouldn't notice you is a damn idiot."

Re: Before the Parade: Mingle on the Causeway!

[geniuswithasmartphone]

Hardison slid his arms around his boyfriend and pulled him in closer. "How 'bout folks who notice me but still play hard to get for seven years?" he teased. "Nice hat."

Re: Before the Parade: Mingle on the Causeway!

[vdistinctive]

"They're worth the effort," Eliot said. "Clearly. And I'm tellin' Trudy you said that. I be she can find another one just like it for you."

Re: Before the Parade: Mingle on the Causeway!

[whoisalicewhite]

Parker was wearing all the colors and all the feathers. Because why not? Yeah, it would be pretty difficult to miss her.

"Thank you for being shirtless," she said to Hardison, very seriously.

Re: Before the Parade: Mingle on the Causeway!

[geniuswithasmartphone]

Privately, Hardison was taking bets on how soon he'd end up wearing the headdress when it became too hot or heavy for Parker to wear.

"For you, mama, anytime," he said, winking at her. "Though I gave some thought to your flag dress instead."

Re: Before the Parade: Mingle on the Causeway!

[whoisalicewhite]

He probably wasn't wrong about that. And wouldn't he look awesome with it, all bare-chested with feathers?

"You could have pulled it off," Parker said consideringly, straightening her head-dress. "But I like this better. You have great legs but your chest is even nicer."

Re: Before the Parade: Mingle on the Causeway!

[vdistinctive]

Eliot's sister had sent him a rainbow cowboy hat, and he was wearing the crap out of it, today. He had several small braids in the underlayer of his hair, decorated in beads in both bi and poly colors, and he had a number of friendship bracelets from last night's crafting session on both wrists.

Otherwise, he was dressed just like he would be any other day. And grumbling about sun exposure and staying hydrated the way he would any other day.

A healthy Pride is a happy Pride!

Re: Before the Parade: Mingle on the Causeway!

[sharp_man]

Hannibal chuckled and nodded at the hat. "You are certainly festive today."

He had little room to talk; his own purple linen suit and indigo hat with a sunset-colored band and pocket square might be fairly normal (by his standards), but Sparkle had insisted upon him wearing eyeliner, too.

Re: Before the Parade: Mingle on the Causeway!

[vdistinctive]

Eliot adjusted the hat with a smirk. "Apparently my nephew picked it out." Johnny had said maybe four words to Eliot since he'd met the kid a few years ago, but apparently Uncle Eliot had made an impression! "Plus, it's the one time Hardison and Parker won't be fussin' at me about wearing a cowboy hat."

He liked cowboy hats. Was just his damn luck to fall in love with a couple yankees who couldn't appreciate it.

Re: Before the Parade: Mingle on the Causeway!

[whoisalicewhite]

Parker's outfit was... a lot. A lot a lot. But hey, Pride was something she could feel like a part of, and that was a good enough reason to dress up.

Plus sunblock, because she was a pale milk-colored person.

"I brought a water bottle," she told Eliot. "You can borrow mine if you need to stay hydrated."

Re: Before the Parade: Mingle on the Causeway!

[vdistinctive]

That was cute, Parker, really. "I got my own, darlin'. But I appreciate it. You can help me convince our boy there that he has to drink water and not just soda."

He reached up and gave one of the feathers a gentle tug. "You're gonna put us all to shame out here."

Re: Before the Parade: Mingle on the Causeway!

[merchant_of_miracles]

Listen, the Merchant of Miracles really didn't know anything about this world's holidays, but there were a lot of them, and that he liked, and, really, how could anyone be against a celebration like this? And, yes, it might be a bit crass, but how could he pass up an advertising opportunity? If anything, it would be nice to have the cart rolling again, even if just for a little parade.

So he and the 'unicorns' (with fancy new sparkly horns, of course!) were there, and he'd decorated his cart to suit the occasion (with its new Turtle & Canary sign, too!), doing some last minute checks on the wheels, because they had a bad habit of popping off at the most inopportune moments.

Re: Before the Parade: Mingle on the Causeway!

[not_every_mage]

Anders didn't have a sign, but he was wearing his bi pride shirt from DC as he ran up to join the group. (He figured it counted as fashionably late.)

Really, who could resist a parade?