Fandom Pride Parade, Saturday Afternoon

[myownface]

There was a tradition on Fandom Island, for Pride. The island herself upheld it every year thus far, making a beautiful rainbow arc across the sky for the whole of the weekend. This year was no different; a rainbow, in full colour, reached up and stretched itself clear across the sky, and as it did so, a brilliant blue crept across the sky with it, and then down, until the blue touched the tips of the trees and green started to spread out, as well.

By the time the rainbow had finished his arc across the sky, the entire island was in beautiful, vibrant colour again, just in time for the parade.

Like last year, the parade itself was to start on the Causeway, follow Griffin Lane to Galactica Drive, Serendipity Place, Godiva Street, back onto Serendipity until it turned into Loon, then Chimera. Then one final turn onto Apocalypse before ending up at the Park, where there would be a picnic shortly after!

The weather was great, the island was bright, and there was no small amount of Pride today! Time for a parade!

[OOC: Open Post, Open 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]

If anybody needed Sparkle, he was quietly hyperventilating. He'd managed to do a lot of organizing on a little notice, and he swore to god he'd kick Starsmore in the shin the next time he saw him for just dumping this in his lap the way he had. He understood trauma, fine, but gawd, give a guy some notice.

... That said, he was here, with his backpack over his shoulder stuffed full of assorted Pride flags for anyone who might want to wear their colours like a cape today. And an emergency make-up kit in case anybody wanted some touchups, too.

Re: Before the Parade: Mingle on the Causeway!

[sharp_man]

Hannibal finished up all the food he could beforehand, then showed up on the causeway.

He was wearing a light blue linen suit with a subtle green plaid, and a discreet pink, yellow, and blue ribbon pinned to the lapel.

The ribbon he didn't mind; the pin was quite a concession.

He nodded and smiled at Sparkle. "Please don't kick the shins of the messenger."

Re: Before the Parade: Mingle on the Causeway!

[hernando_fuentes]

Hernando showed up at - what he'd thought - was an early hour. He was quietly amused that Sparkle was both hyperventilating and being very hyper-productive for all random last minute things.

He seemed distracted. What a perfect time for his boyfriend to sneak up on him to steal a kiss.

Incoming, Sparkle.

Re: Before the Parade: Mingle on the Causeway!

[unusual_sith]

Lana was a bit bewildered about this whole thing, but all right, she might as well march. She didn't have a flag or anything, and she probably looked a little lost, but she was here!

Re: Before the Parade: Mingle on the Causeway!

[rebelseekspizza]

So Dante had almost not shown up. But Pride was almost tradition now, wasn't it? Tradition-to-be?

Whatever, he was there, hair dyed fire-hydrant red, wearing a black leather coat with too many straps and buckles and a lot of violently red details, jeans, and no shirt.

Someone had to bring the drama around here.

Re: Before the Parade: Mingle on the Causeway!

[spin_kick_snap]

"I say, next year, you go for tiny shorts or something, the kind that show off half your ass," Kathy said, wearing a skirt short enough to do just that if she bent over too far.

Best.

"And fishnets," she added with a smirk.

Re: Before the Parade: Mingle on the Causeway!

[biotic_psychotic]

Jack had taught a section about the Stonewall riots so she knew more about the history of Pride on Earth than she actually wanted to know. Wasn't expecting that kind of disharmony here. Was paranoid enough to keep a wary eye out for it anyway.

She'd dragged Kaidan. Almost literally when he'd put up some sort of mumbled idiot protest about not being sure he belonged there. She'd used logic against him. His friend was organizing it. His other friends would be there. Whether or not he was feeling any sort of goddamn way, he wanted to support his friends, right? That, plus the threat of tying a feather boa around his neck until he dropped and dragging him bodily down the road, had gotten him dressed and walking alongside her of his own volition.

Jack gave Sparkle a sunny wave when she saw him.

Re: Before the Parade: Mingle on the Causeway!

[spectre_alenko]

Kaidan was there in all his awkwardness. He'd spent last Pride in another state, having a very long conversation with a friend that hadn't really given him any answers and left a whole lot more questions in its wake. He'd had an identity and now he didn't feel like he really did anymore. It left him feeling out of place here where identities were being celebrated.

Jack wasn't wrong about supporting his friends, so he was here for that reason, even if he didn't feel like he had a right to any other reason. But his dog tags, the one with his name and the battle-scarred black-banded one, they were outside his t-shirt today. The people who mattered would know what that meant.

And right now.. right now, he just didn't give one single solitary fuck about the opinion of anyone but the people who'd get it.

Which, if he'd thought about it a little more outside his own spiral, he'd have noticed was appropriate for Pride also.

Re: Before the Parade: Mingle on the Causeway!

[firstofitskind]

Okay, Liam was... Liam was planning to watch, rather than march, actually, but seeing as he lived pretty near the causeway, he figured he could go out and say hi to people first, before the parade itself actually got started.

Pride Parade: March!

[myownface]

For those who would like to participate in the parade itself! Feel free to just step in to march along, no need to sign up anywhere or anything of the sort!

Re: Pride Parade: March!

[myownface]

Sparkle was reasonably certain enough that the situation in the park was in order enough for him to join the parade itself, trailing a rainbow flag and, yes, pulling sparklers from his pocket to light and wave around for the march.

He still had his bag-o-flags on him, if anybody needed any. They were for handing out, after all.

Re: Pride Parade: March!

[sir_zapsalot]

Somewhere out on the edge of the island, shortly before the parade, a single bolt of lightning came down out of the otherwise clear sky.

And now, flying just over the parade route in a bright red one-piece suit with a glowing yellow lightning bolt on his chest and an incredibly flamboyant white half-cape with gold trim, was a big, musclebound guy sporting an eager grin and waving down at people with all the enthusiasm in the world. You know, when he wasn't providing a little show of lightning sparking from his hands in time with the music.

Look, he hadn't spent that much time with the Justice League yet, but even just living at the Vasquez house had taught him that a good superhero showed up to support the community. (You couldn't share a room with Freddy Freeman and not come away with a couple hundred, usually pretty solid, impressions of what a good superhero should do.) Besides, he was pretty sure Wonder Woman would be disappointed in him if he didn't, and do you think Billy wanted to be on the receiving end of one of her disappointed looks?

Nope. So here he was, happy to lend his support, and he figured now was as good a time to make his first appearance on the island as any, really.

[[And of course, feel free to make up whatever names you want for the as-yet-unnamed caped guy, and the fact that it's Billy is unknown and NFB, please!]]

Re: Pride Parade: March!

[notallbluemonks]

Yeah, yeah, so while Beau was into the whole concept behind Pride and everything, she wasn't exactly the most community-oriented person in the world so her actually being in the parade was never a foregone conclusion.

But this was a totally new experience for her and not one she'd ever be likely to have back in the Dwendalian Empire (was there stuff like this over in Tal'Dorei or Issylra or Marquet, or even just on the Menagerie Coast? She had no idea), so she was going to godsdamn enjoy it.

Besides. Spite was one hell of a motivator, and it would piss her father right the hell off to know she was doing this, so in the end the decision had been a no-brainer. Was her being gay just one of the reasons she was a disappointment to her parents? Yeah, and it might be forever before she ever managed to shed all the baggage of her parental issues, but this was one part of herself she was never going to apologize for, and for today at least she was going to own this shit in the most visible way possible. So suck it, Dad, Beau was all up in this parade with a giant lesbian flag draped over her shoulders because when the fandom gives you fanart you use it.

Re: Pride Parade: March!

[solarhippie]

Much like last year, Karolina wasn't so much marching as she was just floating along about a foot above the ground while she glowed in all her pastel glory.

Her tank top also had a glittery rainbow on it. Just in case the lightshow somehow wasn't enough.

Along the Parade Route!

[myownface]

For those who would rather watch than march, there's plenty of parade route to do so from. Maybe not so much in the way of sidewalk once the streets are actually full of people, but Fandomites are creative and they'll figure it out if they want to.

Re: Along the Parade Route!

[what_the_shock]

Miguel didn't really have a reason to march, but he was all about support, so he showed up to cheer them on.

Re: Along the Parade Route!

[justice_undone]

Breq understood the importance of the event, but she felt it would be strange to participate herself. Here she was though, leaning against a building, and trying to remember to look happy.

Re: Along the Parade Route!

[suitably_heroic]

Atton was, as per usual, here to support Sparkle. By standing by the roadside looking like his sarcastic self.

He was going to give Sparkle a thumbs-up when he passed, though. There was that.

Re: Along the Parade Route!

[special_rabbit]

Who didn't love a good parade? Especially since Diaz has (oh-so-conveniently) explained to her that, yeah, it was about so much more than the mushy stuff, Amaya was definitely there to show her support...even if she definitely had absolutely no inclination to jump in and participate more actively herself.

Although the whole thing just got her to thinking about checking in to see just how Kyle and Larry had been getting on these days...

Re: Along the Parade Route!

[howareyanow]

Now, Wayne wasn't about to switch out his usually specific-color-centric flannel for a rainbow one or anything, and he fully intended to stubbornly foist any efforts that may be made toward him with regards to any flag waving, but he believed in showing his support for a good cause, and he especially believed in tradition, and so he was definitely there to do just that.

Nice thing about parades, too. You could show your support while still havin' a smoke.

Re: Along the Parade Route!

[in_sidon_we_trust]

There was an event, and there was a parade, so you had better believe that there was a Zora prince finding a good spot where he could heartily cheer on anyone who may be participating.

And, hey, if anyone needed a boost to see anything better, he was excellent for that, as well!

Re: Along the Parade Route!

[heroic_jawline]

Steve was always going to opt out of being in a parade if given the choice, but he was enthusiastically waving from the sidelines with Patriot (in his extremely cute rainbow scarf), who was barking and sniffing and eating All the Things.

Re: Along the Parade Route!

[following_my_fishie]

Delirium had little idea what was going on but there was a parade and there were rainbows and ribbons everywhere! All sorts of ribbons in all sorts of spectrums and she was a little awed by how many different combinations there were.

Delighted by this, she began popping little prismatic rainbows into the air. As they floated up and over the people, the light shining through them refracted the colors of the ribbons. There were so many ribbons, it was going to take awhile for her to make a rainbow for every one of them.

It kept her pleasantly occupied and out of people's way. Barnabas approved.

OOC!

[myownface]

I'll be making another post for the picnic, so I left off the usual 'mingle at the park' thread here this year!

Poke me here if you need anything!