Face of Fear schtuff
7TL, DR: Want to see my short 1890s alter-ego fight Jason Voorhees? Clicky and votey! https://faceofhorror.org/2022/ax-lizzie
Erm. Hey, Mehsters. I entered a haunt character into an online competition, you know, one of those things decided by votes. And I made the first cut and will make the second, and that has me thinking, should I broadcast this to more groups?
Like Mehtizens?
I feel a tad sheepish about this, because it’s a popularity contest, which has little to do with merit, but one part of the prize is a photo shoot with Kane Hodder (Many roles, but best known as Jason) and I am kinda enthralled with the idea of my haunt character, Ax Lizzie (Lizzie Borden reimagined) going up against a century-later monster. I think I am evenly ranked on merit, but on hilarity? Wee frumptress with a hook ax against a 1980s classic is bound to be funny. (I can take him.)
Anywho.
If you want to see the hilarity of a short, somewhat frumpy, middle aged 1890s spinster (possible lesbian, who knows?) going up against an iconic 1980’s monster? Well so do I! And you can vote here: https://faceofhorror.org/2022/ax-lizzie
Please don’t pay* money for votes, I feel that taints the process even more than the whole popularity thing and plus please don’t throw away your money, only 25% goes to their charity.
*If you’re a billionaire? Knock yourself out, I promise we’ll eat you last.
If you want more on the character, she has a FB page. Not very active in recent years (although I will always take ‘Dear Lizzie’ questions!), what with the apocalypse, but getting more so: https://www.facebook.com/AskLizzie
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Okay - I’m impressed by your photos! I voted; they’re not very accommodating if you’re not on Facebook though. I hope you win!
This is fascinating, from your Facebook page: https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/306-French-St_Fall-River_MA_02720_M35027-15033
@mossygreen, I know you like virtual real estate tours…
@Kyeh @mossygreen LOL, just this one. It was near and dear to Lizzie’s heart. If I had a few tens of millions of dollars, I’d consider buying Maplecroft. But it is, sadly, out of my reach.
(But not out of Lizzie’s, once she tactfully axed her parents for the money.)
Should I expand Ax Lizzie beyond Facebook? She’s also on Twitter, but for reasons she became my default profile, and largely about public/occ health.
@brainmist I meant that @mossygreen likes virtual house tours - she posted a couple of fascinating ones a while back. And Lizzie’s house is gorgeous and a bargain for the price compared to real estate prices where I live. And yes, I think Lizzy should have a presence on Instagram, especially since that’s the only site I’m on (not on Twitter or FB or TikTok.)
@Kyeh @mossygreen I have Instagram accounts, but haven’t done much, on account, I think of being more verbal than illustrative. But I could expand.
Laying low on account of COVID has an impact, I’m sure. But my unfogged brain is how I earn my/ my hounds’ livings, and also provide services for people who need my very specific knowledge.
I voted on Facebook. I rarely go there so they can spam all they want.
Voted, and I will every day. She’s scary as hell. Some of the other entries are just cute-creepy.
@kostia I agree. The current #1 must definitely be a popularity vote (all her schoolmates, maybe?) because she’s not impressive at all!
@kostia @Kyeh I’m OK if the current #1 beats me out… they aren’t bad, and certainly doing better makeup than I did at that age! Plus they’re hoping to fund a surgery, which I can get behind.
I really appreciate the support though. Heh, it’s funny, it is very much a popularity contest, so I debated… and then I thought “wait, I have people who like me!”
Loving this, good job! Would like to vote but am not on FB. Would you happen to know what info they’ll need to verify - I don’t mind spending a buck but am dependent on your reply…
@ladyhawke001 Honestly, I’d be leery of giving them a credit card. They seem legit, the charity they’re supporting seems legit and verified their support… but still.
I had some friends early in who tossed some cash at it too. Definitely don’t do that! Only 25% goes to the charity, and this thing goes on for WEEKS.
So thank you for the support, even if it’s in non-voting form! My spooky self appreciates just showing off my pics.
Did somebody say Face of Fear?
You might bump this every day or I’ll forget to vote.
Woohoo!!! (And bump!)
Second in group now.
/giphy bump
/giphy bump bump
/giphy bumpity bump
@Kyeh I’m glad my facebook account is good for something.
/giphy bump-in-the-night
Well, that’s unique - a knitted gargoyle!
@Kyeh Adorable!
/giphy bump bump
YAY!
@sammydog01 Oh wow!
@Kyeh @sammydog01 Unfortunately just now second.
@Kidsandliz @sammydog01 Yeah, she’s been going back and forth between 1st & 2nd so it’s okay for now as long as she stays in the top 3 for this round, I guess.
STILL IN FIRST.
@sammydog01 WOOHOO!
Wow, it’s really close - she was 2nd when I went in to vote just now, and 1st after I did.
@Kyeh Good gravy! Thank goodness for my wonky Meh community!
Still 1st - and less than 24 hours to go!
Oh no … I just saw she’s down to 2nd again.
@Kyeh Is it time to throw a few dollars at it? It’s a charity after all.
@sammydog01 I might have to try that - waiting till nearer the end, though.
@Brainmist Can you tell how close you are?
@sammydog01 I know I’ve been in the top 2 for my group (which was something like 98 people). But I don’t know how many groups there are. I do know some much more well known people are competing in this… but some have been knocked out already! That came as a surprise. One is a fabulous cosplayer with a solid following, and she got bumped this week.
I think it helps that a few local haunts are friendly with me, and also that Ax Lizzie, while somewhat dormant these past few years, with a character change and COVID, has some followers.
I would discourage folks from paying for votes. I think next round weeds down to 2, and I think I have a solid chance of making it… but in the end, it’s unlikely, given the competition, that I’ll win (especially if people in other groups have paying backers). The charity only gets 25%, and I can think of a lot more important things in most people’s lives to use that money for. And the person I’m currently competing against for 1st seems pretty young…which likely means fewer friends with free cash. So that just seems…I dunno. Generationally unfair?
Now, if I make it to the final? I may be less noble…
But for now, I’m good with competing just on my general willingness to badger people for votes.
@brainmist Twenty-five percent? That’s really low, thanks for pointing it out.
@sammydog01 No worries. I had some friends contribute early in, before I staked this all out? And honestly, please don’t. There are so many people in more desperate need.
Shares are free, though. I have connections to connections to connections, and I have no problem asking folks for free votes.
And I’m considering offering tarot reads (non magical, but pretty darn good) to offset those who’ve already contributed. I feel a tad guilty for having set people up to invest. I want this to be purely opt in.
@sammydog01
OKAY! Another 6-day round…
@Kyeh, I just realized you’ve been bumping the heck out of this (notifications go to one of many e-mails). Thank you.
It really warms my cold, dead heart.
And @Sammydog01, thank you for the support! Meh is a weird, weird, lovable bunch of weirdos, which is almost certainly why I’m here.
If by some miracle I do actually end up squaring off against Hodder, imma send you two signed, bloodstained prints. Remind me though because my mind is a sieve these days.
I do plan to upgrade from the hatchet.
With that bottom one.
@brainmist Woohoo! You would just make so much worthier an opponent than any of the others. I see you’ve updated your profile pic to a new even scarier image!!!
@Kyeh I have a lot of pics, but that water reflection is so cool! (Most people don’t realize, but it’s actually inverted; the water reflection is the top one, my actual self is the reverse. We had a professional photog that day but that shot from a friend was so amazing!)
oooh, also, folks? I uploaded a bunch more pictures. I was a bit stingy before, but I figured I’d be weeded out early. Anywho, checkit! (Fun fact: the ability to hyperextend your jaw, while likely tied to generally uncomfortable overall hyperextension, is incredibly effective for haunting. It’s like humans innately calculate how much of them you’d be able to bite off.)
https://faceofhorror.org/2022/ax-lizzie
@brainmist ULP. Yeah, that’s an extremely frightening little gallery!
@Kyeh I included some friendlier shots! No teeth showing! Heh.
I am fortunate to live in a community where showing up at a grocery in full haunt gear in April gets no more than a friendly inquiry. A few weeks ago, a random (young, kinda tiny) Michael Meyers showed up to buy chips at Aldi (regional grocery/impulse buy chain) and everyone just admired his dedication to the bit. Our haunters regularly go from haunting to bars/ 24 hour groceries/ fast food without changing, and, except for that ridiculous clown scare a few years back, people roll with it.
@brainmist Fun!
@Kyeh It’s a lot of why I stay, even as my state becomes more hostile. There’s so much good here.
/giphy ker-bump
OK, folks, if I can get back to first by end of day tomorrow, I’m moving into a new competition against 1st placers in their small groups! Where I will almost certainly not progress, but hey, being #1 in my group would still be pretty sweet!
So mash that (free) vote button! Unless you’re a billionaire, in which case I would be OK with paid votes. Face of Horror
And if you want to pass this to friends, here’s my public FB page for Ax Lizzie: Ax Lizzie
Oh my. I truly love your dedication to this, @kyeh and @sammydog1. Um.
I always knew my chances were slim, without a stronger online presence (and a few people I know who had that presence are already out).
But I am truly flattered and humbled by your support.
Can I send you each a character photo? Printed and signed, possible with a teensy bit of blood. You let me know if one tickles your fancy. I’m just so flattered you tried so hard.
@brainmist I would love a photo, your favorite would be great! I’ll find a frame and everything.
Looks like your opponents are picking up votes on the buy one get one free sale. Bummer. I love your work.
@brainmist @sammydog01
Well, HELL!
I wish you weren’t in 3rd. Maybe someone will pull you out at the last minute???
But in any case, bravo, well done! And I’d love to have a photo too!
@Kyeh @sammydog01 It’s a tad disappointing (1st place is…well, kinda bland), but oh well. I can’t imagine I’d have progressed in the next round, since that’s all the top placers in each little group.
If it were on merit, this person would still be in the competition: https://faceofhorror.org/2022/christina-finnigan
And they got voted off the island a while ago.
But thank you both! We tried, and 3rd isn’t too meh!
OK, mah babbelehs, I have many faves. Which photo would you like? And it’s fine to say ’ none’, goodness knows my walls are already plastered.
@brainmist Also whisper me some addies.
@brainmist Sorry! I’ve been meaning to go in and choose a photo but then today when I finally tried they had the “Wait for results” page up and wouldn’t show me anything else. I took a look at your Facebook page but not being on FB myself couldn’t browse around too much. So just waiting till I can view your gallery.
@Kyeh I wonder if I can way back them up?
@brainmist They’re up again! Ironically, I decided my favorite is the full-face picture with the skull make-up that you posted in the “Show Yourselves” thread.
@Kyeh This probably won’t look good past a 5x7; it was a not great camera phone in dim lighting (which I think adds to the aesthetic, but will make it pixelated).
@brainmist Hmmm. What’s your favorite of the images in your gallery?
@Kyeh I really love the water reflexion. It was such a perfect mirror-like surface.
I do love this, because it was a local artist’s interpretation of a look, and she captured it so well!
@Kyeh I have the original, framed. Artist is a good friend, and we love each other’s outputs.
Here’s the photo:
@brainmist A really great portrait!
But I still like that first one I mentioned the best - it looks kind of haunting, in both senses of the word. Could I just have a 5x7?
@Kyeh Absolutely. I’m very proud of this one. Skull face isn’t easy!
@brainmist Yay! So I take it this is your job, to play a number of different characters at a haunted house?
@Kyeh Side vocation. Haunting is like community theatre or burlesque: it doesn’t pay the bills, but it feeds the soul.
The last couple of years, I’ve taken a break, due to COVID. But that hasn’t stopped me being a haunter. (and yes, I have your addy.)
Oooh, didn’t post this! ![enter image description here][1]
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@brainmist Also, what was this supposed to be? It’s still not posted!
@brainmist @Kyeh I wondered that too.
Hm. Crap. Now I’m not sure.
So a few of these are low-res; 5x7 seems like the best option.
Order is in; I can look into frames but I think you may want to group?
@brainmist
No frame necessary. Thanks!
@Kyeh No worries! As soon as I pick up, I have a copy shots headed your way, including the skull paint.