my Biggest cosplay mistake (an elaborate requiem)

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    Listen. There is simply no succinct way to tell this tale. Living through the rise, heyday, and eventual fall of Overwatch over the last few years changed my brain chemistry- and while I want to just tell you The Fiesta Blend Story, I also simply MUST provide context, and also explain to you the unfathomable lengths I went to crafting an interactive gamified cosplay experience for 2017 con-goers. This remains one of the coolest dang things I have EVER done, and I hope you love this unabridged novel.
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Комментарии • 211

  • @heavy_yawns
    @heavy_yawns Год назад +434

    The fiesta blend slowly overwhelming the background! This video is so so well made. The pacing with your editing keeps everything on screen so engaging that even my short attention span didn't think to switch tabs before it was over

    • @HeyLizardLeigh
      @HeyLizardLeigh  Год назад +49

      aww thanks friend!!! getting the pacing right on this video was such a journey, also cleaning up all the blend HAHA

    • @TheGothicSunrise
      @TheGothicSunrise Год назад

      Came to say the same thing!

  • @StormDatIsApproaching
    @StormDatIsApproaching Год назад +299

    this wasn't just a cosplay story, it was a love letter, essay, full on statement on fandom, growth, finding new roots and going out in the world.
    Hope more people find it, because this was super high production and deserves every view

    • @SwedishSalmonbox
      @SwedishSalmonbox Год назад +16

      Yes!
      My friends have at times expressed shame for their teenage obsessions, but anything than brought happiness and didnt hurt people should be cherished, even if only as a memory. I have for example a lot of great Harry Potter convention memories, and i will cherish those even if i absolutly will not support any new merch, films or games.

    • @HeyLizardLeigh
      @HeyLizardLeigh  Год назад +26

      thank you so much for such a meaningful comment!! I really feel like I had lofty goals for what I wanted to do with this video and it truly means the world to hear it landed, so thank you from the bottom of my heart

  • @drownmeinthestars9545
    @drownmeinthestars9545 Год назад +101

    Fiesta blend is forever. Fiesta blend is eternal. Everything began with fiesta blend and it will end with fiesta blend. Our lives have no meaning without it, there is no purpose expect fiesta blend. Those who deny this will die in hopelessness. All is fiesta blend.

  • @inamelzvoice
    @inamelzvoice Год назад +81

    Damn I felt that video in my BONES. After loosing fandom after fandom because of creators turning their back on us (Disney, Marvel, Sherlock, HP, WoW, Game of Throne, Pokemon, and just recently DnD to only name a few) it is very interesting to see how different type of creative mind reflect on their time in the fandom they loved once. I never cosplayed, but I've put my heart and soul for years at a time into writing complex and compelling fanfictions, dealing with deadlines I would put on my shoulders just to make my readers happy, the same way you did with all those loot boxes... and yeah, I totally understand. The mixture of pride for doing something that made you feel so accomplished, yet the irks of knowing everything that it is now linked to that (the deceptions, the betrayals...) it's a very weird blend of emotions, and you captured it perfectly in that video. So glad I found your channel with your korok cosplay, and I can't wait to see the result of what you're working on right now!

    • @HeyLizardLeigh
      @HeyLizardLeigh  Год назад +16

      oh thank you so much for such a kind comment!! it's so true, I really feel like people who create their OWN works based on our fandoms have so much in common no matter what we make! it sucks being betrayed by the people who originally created the things we love, but sharing experiences with fellow fans makes it a lot better :)

  • @sweeetjuicetv
    @sweeetjuicetv Год назад +207

    the dread i felt when i heard “10 pounds” 😂😭 my gf bought us a 10 pound bag of polyfill for a plushie project we have planned, and we no longer have closet space 💀

    • @HeyLizardLeigh
      @HeyLizardLeigh  Год назад +44

      oh my god I can IMAGINE.... a less colorful behemoth than the blend, but a behemoth nonetheless!

    • @ScreamTelehead
      @ScreamTelehead Год назад +5

      I have the same box currently sitting in my basement, waiting

    • @thegrimmestreaper44
      @thegrimmestreaper44 Год назад +6

      I got one of those when I was 7 and I still use it to this day. It's not even halfway gone and it's been a long time

  • @vinnm4516
    @vinnm4516 Год назад +115

    The first tiny hint of the fiesta blend had me cackling. This is such a wonderful look back at that brief, incredible moment where Overwatch really was doing something new and exciting, it really changed how I viewed games and I met so many cool people doing amazing things in the fandom.

    • @HeyLizardLeigh
      @HeyLizardLeigh  Год назад +12

      Overwatch TRULY changed the landscape, I genuinely think that the first two years of that game it belongs in hall of fame one of the best games of all time territory. Thanks for watching!!

  • @theriolaizer
    @theriolaizer Год назад +37

    Tracer’s reveal as a lesbian had a really big impact on me, also being absolutely obsessed with overwatch at the time, since in 2016 I was 12 and realised like literally a month or 2 earlier that I was a lesbian myself. I feel like that reveal very much solidified why representation is important in media, and the character of tracer became a core part of me for many years after

  • @BrigitV618
    @BrigitV618 Год назад +61

    i think my favorite thing about this video was just watching the amount of fiesta blend in the background slowly grow with every cut 😆

    • @HeyLizardLeigh
      @HeyLizardLeigh  Год назад +9

      I truly will need to make a short or something with behind the scenes because it was SUCHHH a process hahaha!

    • @jubeebea
      @jubeebea Год назад +1

      @@HeyLizardLeigh YES😂

  • @NamiSparrow
    @NamiSparrow Год назад +41

    This video is PERFECTION. And for those who doubt the persistence of the fiesta blend, I found some in my home in the year of our lord 2022. I have no doubt I’ll find more this year 😂😂😂 also i was fully cackling over you telling this story. Iconic. Amazing. I am so glad the world knows of your 10 lbs of crinkle cut paper sins. Overwatch is dead and I mourn her deeply, but Fiesta Blend Is Eternal. The “dead to me” random list increases but the friendships, love, and memories are eternal ❤ And I’m assuming you’re still cleaning fiesta blend from your set now ahahhahahah

    • @HeyLizardLeigh
      @HeyLizardLeigh  Год назад +6

      Righttt like I love looking back and thinking of all the relationships that've lasted years and years beyond my love of a show or game!! and I am SO VERY GLAD that the fiesta blend lives on across so many locations HAHA 💜💜💜

  • @GinnyDi
    @GinnyDi Год назад +8

    This is an EXCELLENT video essay, 10/10, would fiesta blend again

  • @wintrygarden
    @wintrygarden Год назад +38

    the blEND ABIDES no but seriously this is such a great way to not only tell your story with this great cosplay and how it traveled with you, but also how this fandom traveled with you. the way you portrayed the space in your life that overwatch filled and what happened to that shape over time, and the game that filled it, and the critique of the game and the support and the community ... idk it's just GOOD VIDEO. you are so good at telling stories, leigh.

    • @HeyLizardLeigh
      @HeyLizardLeigh  Год назад +1

      ;; thank you for such a kind comment friend!!! I appreciate you!!!

  • @Otomatonom
    @Otomatonom Год назад +24

    this was the cathartic memorial for Overwatch I never knew I needed, thank you

    • @HeyLizardLeigh
      @HeyLizardLeigh  Год назад +4

      tbh it was wildly cathartic to make, i am SO glad to share

  • @honeybeesloth
    @honeybeesloth Год назад +17

    Oh gosh. You'll be finding that fiesta blend in that room for months/years from now... It's still hilarious to watch it grow, though.

    • @HeyLizardLeigh
      @HeyLizardLeigh  Год назад +7

      I honestly think that I will find the last of the fiesta blend when I eventually move out LMFAO

    • @honeybeesloth
      @honeybeesloth Год назад +5

      @@HeyLizardLeigh my condolences to your sanity as you continue to be haunted by the fiesta blend lol

  • @fikanera838
    @fikanera838 Год назад +28

    Fiesta blend reminds me of a set of costumes I decorated with marabou feathers. Literally ten years later they were still peeking out under the skirting boards. Great story & fab costume! 🩷💛🩵

    • @HeyLizardLeigh
      @HeyLizardLeigh  Год назад +2

      Oh my gosh I can IMAGINE.......... and thank you!!

  • @carolinepoirier8243
    @carolinepoirier8243 Год назад +18

    I feel this so so deeply. Overwatch was a fandom of so many good memories, and to just watch it slowly deteriorate for all these years has been awful. Thank you for articulating my exact feelings and making this incredible love letter

  • @stagpie6449
    @stagpie6449 Год назад +9

    I didn't realise how deeply this story affected me until I found myself furiously writing and wax-sealing letters to hand to people in my Violet Evergarden cosplay for MCM London next May. Thankfully her outfit includes a little leather suitcase so I'll have enough room for them 😅

  • @empressstars6158
    @empressstars6158 Год назад +13

    Your commitment to the bit (and the cleanup!) is certainly worth a like! I experienced a similar scenario when buying fiber fill for plushies, so I definitely know how it goes.

  • @EmissaryofWind
    @EmissaryofWind Год назад +13

    I once purchased 10 pounds of candy necklaces and they were actually not that much more expensive than your fiesta blend, certainly less expensive than the 2022 price. I ate all of them too, my dentist was not happy with me

    • @HeyLizardLeigh
      @HeyLizardLeigh  Год назад +3

      Bulk listings are a danger!! I love that though!

  • @viciousfrockery
    @viciousfrockery Год назад +14

    this video was a work of art and i will never not be jumpscared by the absolute poundage of fiesta blend. ive never once committed the poundage to memory. you could ask me tomorrow and i still wouldn't know. as far as i know it's infinite and that my friend is a-okay

    • @HeyLizardLeigh
      @HeyLizardLeigh  Год назад +5

      when I saw that box in the staples it may as well have been infinite....... I still can't believe they just THREW IT IN A DISINTEGRATING BOX with no other bounds of containment...

  • @Foxalicat
    @Foxalicat Год назад +9

    They did my boy Zenyatta so dirty. I still want to cosplay Zen even after kinda falling out of the fandom.

    • @HeyLizardLeigh
      @HeyLizardLeigh  Год назад +5

      tbQh Zen was the only one I felt genuinely devastated I'd accidentally forgotten when I tried to name all the heroes haha- and I feel that, I still almost bought Zarya merch at literally magfest just a few weeks ago! the love never dies!

  • @tooblue127
    @tooblue127 Год назад +14

    I really love your editing style!
    And how in a cut suddenly the blend of the paper was all behind you was great, but like I can not stop staring at the candle with the open flame. My anxiety is rising.

    • @HeyLizardLeigh
      @HeyLizardLeigh  Год назад +1

      thank you!! and HAHA felt, to be honest I have.... so much experience with the structural integrity of fiesta blend, it was deployed VERY sensibly around the jar candle so there was no risk of catastrophe

  • @princemarcreative
    @princemarcreative Год назад +6

    Thank you for touching on the multiple blizzard controversies, I honestly pushed off watching this video because i was worried it was going to be all sunshine and roses about blizzard. I REALLY LOVED your message in this video, because I also had such a great time with overwatch in 2017. Hell, the cowboy character was my comfort character, so all of that news broke me ya know.
    anyway, thank you for the great video.

    • @HeyLizardLeigh
      @HeyLizardLeigh  Год назад +2

      absoLUTEly!! I get that, it's so hard to revisit things you once loved when you don't any more, especially if you're not sure if the person talking about it is on the same page. the cowboy character was so so so good, and that news was so rough....

  • @GoblinGhouls
    @GoblinGhouls Год назад +6

    It's kinda a relief to know there's at least one other non-binary person out there who was figuring out their gender identity while looking at Zarya and thinking, "idk which I want more: to marry you or be just like you!" I was also really disappointed by her redesign.

  • @reizak8966
    @reizak8966 Год назад +5

    I'm in love with the original Zarya. What they did to her character is a travesty. Like Rise of Skywalker, GoT season 8, and Drakengard 2, I will pretend that Overwatch 2 doesn't exist.

  • @hoesstt
    @hoesstt Год назад +94

    Another great storytime! Honestly cant get over how clean that cosplay looks (especially that blessed zipper). Having the fiesta blend buildup was just the perfect detail, though how close it got to the candle did make me a little anxious.

    • @HeyLizardLeigh
      @HeyLizardLeigh  Год назад +18

      ahh thank you!! yeah making those embroidery panels so they lined up perfectly was such an accomplishment- and I hear ya, hahaha I was definitely keeping it pretty strategic near the candle and letting it just explode… everywhere else

  • @mainstaytv2929
    @mainstaytv2929 Год назад +7

    You could put a little baggie of fiesta blend in any send-out to your glorious kofi buyers as like in joke

  • @Orthus100
    @Orthus100 Год назад +5

    2017 Blizzcon was a good year. Too bad I never ran into you, I love little odds and ends like those loot boxes.

  • @abbyroy8430
    @abbyroy8430 Год назад +12

    You are a legend. Your filmmaking and storytelling abilities are incredible. 😭 And I can’t WAIT for the workroom video 😍

    • @HeyLizardLeigh
      @HeyLizardLeigh  Год назад +1

      I'm excited for it!! It'll definitely be a few weeks since I need to finish a whole other cosplay first, but it's been a long time coming and I'm hype!

  • @lexwhy554
    @lexwhy554 Год назад +5

    I met you 43 minutes ago and I have made three fiesta blend jokes ever since and I'm afraid it's not gonna stop anytime soon

  • @merrymarigoldgold
    @merrymarigoldgold Год назад +10

    i'm glad that the convention side of this story ended up going well! i never got into overwatch personally, but i feel for all the fans who felt let down as the years went on. also wow that's a lot of fiesta blend LOL

  • @screamingintotheabyss8458
    @screamingintotheabyss8458 Год назад +8

    Ok…a way to use the rest of the fiesta blend….Fiesta blend. Themed. Cosplay. 🤔 haha
    Loved seeing it slowly take over the background. And, as others have said, what a great eulogy to such an important time in your life. Really enjoyed this video. 🙂

    • @HeyLizardLeigh
      @HeyLizardLeigh  Год назад +6

      I have TRULY been considering a fiesta blend themed look, I think the possibilities are endless LOL. thanks for watching!!

  • @pavarottiaardvark3431
    @pavarottiaardvark3431 Год назад +9

    The "personal journey and cosplay" combination format is really good.

    • @HeyLizardLeigh
      @HeyLizardLeigh  Год назад +2

      I’m hoping to make lots more of em!! thanks for watching!

  • @werelemur1138
    @werelemur1138 Год назад +3

    The last shot was like a horror movie. This is how humanity ends: devoured by an encroaching pile of pansexual-colored crinkle paper.

  • @melodyofamaya5418
    @melodyofamaya5418 Год назад +3

    1. You are amazing
    2. I love the game idea and interactive part of your cosplay
    3. OMG on the Fiesta paper
    4. I LOVE how you keep adding the paper all over your office. LOL Blessed Be ♥

  • @toughtink
    @toughtink Год назад +2

    this video was a lovely summation of the full overwatch saga as well as capturing some of my favorite parts of pre-covid cosplay: the interaction! it's not that it's not still there, but i do feel like that element of cosplay's gone down since then. also, glad to see another person who wasn't really a fps person until overwatch who also kinda dropped it after they instituted the role selection. i miss the early days of it where you'd end up with a full team of torbjorns or all reapers and one lucio! it was fun and silly!! the roles made everything more Serious and Competitive which i was specifically avoiding by never doing their actual official competitive mode. i'm just a silly little guy here to have a silly little time. :(

  • @faitparchristine
    @faitparchristine Год назад +5

    The background slowly changing is *chef's kiss 😗👌

  • @lelalu101
    @lelalu101 Год назад +3

    FIESTA BLEND TIME! 10 seconds in and OMG I CAN"T WAIT FOR THE BEAUTIFUL RETELLING

  • @MusyVideos
    @MusyVideos Год назад +3

    Blizzard’s treatment of BlitzChung was the ending of my love for them and for WoW, a game and community I’d been deep into for years. I mean, much like described here I’d been losing touch with the game as it was treading water a lot in 2019, but I figured something would change to bring me back in. But then it really crystallised that they did not care about even people who had put the most time and emotion into their communities, and the only thing I could do in response was cancel my sub. And then I never opened Battlenet again (2020 killed my love of gaming in the end, it was much harder to enjoy being inside on the computer when it was suddenly all I could do). I still have a deep affection for my memories of Azeroth, but my story and my time within it is over.

    • @HeyLizardLeigh
      @HeyLizardLeigh  Год назад +3

      I feel this!! It's hard to leave behind all that time in such a great community, even if you know that time is over... And it really is such a shame seeing Blizzard turn into such a bad guy in the industry :C very here to treasure the memories though!

  • @annabellagaleski1449
    @annabellagaleski1449 Год назад +4

    I clicked for fiesta blend. What I got was such a well put and succinct mirror of my own feelings and grief for the game that defined so much of my teen years. I cried while watching this video and I think you discussed really well how the changes to the game just left it feeling vacuous, and how a game that was once so full of life and lore just became a hollow shell of what it once was. I also now want to make my own Ozymandias of a cosplay, I've always wanted to but now I'm wanting to even more, and am actually planning one now. Amazing video, very well put. I also loved the background gag of more and more fiesta blend, it got a good laugh out of me even when I was tearing up. Thank you for making this video :)

    • @HeyLizardLeigh
      @HeyLizardLeigh  Год назад +3

      the fiesta blend draws you in and then never lets you go :) but seriously, thank you so much for such a thoughtful and kind comment!!!!!!!!!!! i'm SO glad this video connected with you, that was truly my goal because I know so many people had similar experiences with this game. I truly hope you end up making something great, and sorry my comment responses are so late!! 💜

  • @yubyubcommander
    @yubyubcommander Год назад +6

    As a longtime WoW player, the Blizzard shade is so perfect 😂😭

    • @HeyLizardLeigh
      @HeyLizardLeigh  Год назад +6

      yuppp! it’s really so deserved haha, can’t talk about the positive memories without some dunking

  • @laceinari9609
    @laceinari9609 11 месяцев назад +2

    WHEN YOU SAID 10lbs i about died this is so funny lol. i love your storys your amazing!

  • @Spiritleaf
    @Spiritleaf 10 месяцев назад +4

    The gradual growth of the fiesta blend killed me.

  • @AshLG
    @AshLG Год назад +1

    Me: hahahaha who would let a bag of scraps overwhelm their entire life
    The bin of miniscule fabric scraps in my workroom: 8DDD

  • @susancharlton8598
    @susancharlton8598 7 месяцев назад +2

    I know I'm late to the party, but I love this video so much. I feel it on a personal level too. One year for AKon in Dallas, a group of friends and I invented an entire anime and cosplayed characters from it. It was so much time and effort, just because I wanted to see how many people would claim they had heard of it and they thought my costume looked familiar (4 of them).
    I think our attachment to memories like this are in part linked to how much effort we put in. And how much fiesta blend still haunts our lives.

  • @niccyknickers
    @niccyknickers Год назад +4

    this was such a lovely and wholesome story!!! thank you for sharing it with us. th video was fantastic, as well as the EPIC COSPLAY!!

  • @thorunns.craftstudio
    @thorunns.craftstudio 6 месяцев назад +2

    I love the increased fiesta blend as the video progressed. Tho I will say how close it got to the candle made me nervous...but still hilarious 😂

  • @fikanera838
    @fikanera838 Год назад +2

    I've done some similar things, & also feel the need to take responsibility for my errors in judgement! I can't afford to support you financially right now, but love rewatching all your videos, so hope that helps.

    • @HeyLizardLeigh
      @HeyLizardLeigh  Год назад +1

      that's a-okay!! and thank you for watching! :D

  • @mx.yesterday3443
    @mx.yesterday3443 Год назад +4

    I think the fiesta blends will outlives all.

  • @magnoliaalchemist
    @magnoliaalchemist Год назад +3

    This is such a good video! I was never into Overwatch but the MCU was my life so listening to your experiences was pretty relatable lol. I absolutely love the way you edit your videos and the concepts and designs you come up with for your cosplays are so inspirational!

    • @HeyLizardLeigh
      @HeyLizardLeigh  Год назад +2

      Oh my gosh I sure could make a whole other video like this about the mcu man, talk about another beloved universe that I just... have very mixed feelings on now!! and thank you so much, I'm glad to have you here watching! :D

  • @TemTelevision
    @TemTelevision Год назад +3

    The fiesta blend slowly encroaching on the background was quite literally terrifying

  • @aDoylible
    @aDoylible Год назад +3

    So I've watched this video twice now, once as I was editing and then I had Allen watch it with me. We were both were big Overwatch fans and so this hit home in many ways. Although Allen did say if we left NYC in April without a cup of Fiesita Blend then it was all for naught. xD You're killing it, Lizard.

    • @HeyLizardLeigh
      @HeyLizardLeigh  Год назад +1

      I'm catching up on youtube comments and just want to formally note that we WILL make this happen HAHA

  • @akanamilas
    @akanamilas 4 месяца назад +1

    god i havent interacted w overwatch in like years now and i did not expect to feel like Grief seeing old overwatch, NEVER DID I THINK I WOULD MISS VOLSKAYA GOD

  • @jubeebea
    @jubeebea Год назад +4

    I never played Overwatch and I’m not very big on video games at all but I do love cosplay and creating things. You are such a fun person and I absolutely LOVE your content. Can’t wait to see more :) also thank you for making me smile and giggle over the fiesta blend. I needed that 😂

  • @samanthamoreno8653
    @samanthamoreno8653 Год назад +4

    I know literally next to nothing about Overwatch but this video was so entertaining! I loved learning about your process and all the thought you put into that cosplay! I understand being completely obsessed with something so this video definitely hit home for me. Also, how long did it take you to clean up the fiesta blend lol 😂

    • @HeyLizardLeigh
      @HeyLizardLeigh  Год назад +2

      this makes me so so glad!! I definitely wanted to have enough info so that it’d still be fun to watch for people who hadn’t played. and oh man, I tried to clean it up right away, but I am STILL finding blend places LOL

  • @charlotteroberts
    @charlotteroberts 9 месяцев назад +1

    I keep coming back to this video and decided to have a think why... it's just so comforting. Truly like a friend (who's fab at telling stories) recounting this tale in the most captivating way for my silly little brain.
    So much so I've added this to my "Eventime" (sleepy/relaxy/comfy) playlist.
    This is high, high praise, Lizard. Well bloody done!
    Also.. all Hail Fiesta Blend

  • @Leopardfoot01
    @Leopardfoot01 Год назад +4

    This is a cinematic masterpiece

  • @KadeKuro
    @KadeKuro Год назад +2

    you could definitely convert the fiesta blend to recycled paper to doodle on

  • @dalefreund
    @dalefreund 4 месяца назад +1

    When I heard ten pounds I froze for a second and just stared at my phone (I put your videos on in the background when I crochet

  • @ladykitzcosplay
    @ladykitzcosplay 7 месяцев назад +1

    HEYYY I'm the DVA standing next to you in the group shoot! :D I received one of your fiesta blend loot boxes at DragonCon that year. This was a trip down memory lane learning about the history of the boxes. That Overwatch meet up at DragonCon an absolute blast - meet ups are not like they were back then. So much fun! I still have my Overwatch at Dragoncon shirt.:)

  • @lavendermenace8078
    @lavendermenace8078 Год назад +1

    18:52 omg yuri on ice is still my favourite cozy anime. I rewatch it every winter. Seeing that you have a original sketch of victor is killing me that’s so fucking cool💍🐶🐯🍛⛸🥇❄️🏳️‍🌈

  • @jenniferredd1430
    @jenniferredd1430 Год назад +1

    I am so much like you on how much I loved Overwatch, rest in peace Mercy. I hate how they killed it, OW was my first real videogame, started playing in 2015, stopped 2 days after they forced us over to OW2.

  • @pagodrink
    @pagodrink Год назад +8

    this story was a wild ride from start to finish, thank you for sharing

    • @HeyLizardLeigh
      @HeyLizardLeigh  Год назад +4

      thank YOU for watching the absolute rollercoaster

  • @Matty002
    @Matty002 13 дней назад +1

    as someone who feels creativity stunted for reasons, i think cosplaying as the lootbox itself is cool outside of the box thinking already, but interpreting it as a cigarette girl is a stroke of genius

  • @roseallai
    @roseallai Год назад +1

    Hey so I just found your channel and I’m amazed at the quality of the content. Please keep it up
    Also you’re giving me the good energy to finish my projects lmao

  • @equiz9235
    @equiz9235 11 месяцев назад +1

    Hi hi hi this video is so good and the amount of fiesta blend is truly magically, just like an experience with fandom. It's been a while since the vid came out but i am sure you still have the stuff so an idea for what you could do with (some) of it is making paper? those colours would look sick as paper if the dye stayed intact :^D

  • @quinzequinze
    @quinzequinze 6 месяцев назад +1

    Oh my god. I used to live in a town in France that had a prelenten Carnival celebration that involved a confetti fight in the town square. They used recycled paper confetti and by the end of the day you would be up to your hips in the stuff. It took years for me to stop finding bits of it around. Now I live in New Orleans and I have the issue that I will always have at least a little glitter on me no matter what I do. So in some ways I feel you 😂
    All hail the fiesta blend!

  • @_amyplify
    @_amyplify 3 месяца назад +1

    Me, a handmade paper enthusiast - omg the paper that repulped fiesta blend would make 🤤

  • @crazydo1phin11
    @crazydo1phin11 Год назад +2

    great video! i hope the clearup for all that fiesta blend went well because it makes me slightly insane to look at and think about pulling bits of fiesta blend out of that thread pegboard

    • @HeyLizardLeigh
      @HeyLizardLeigh  Год назад +1

      thank you!! man I cleaned it up right away but still ended up finding little bits for weeks after LOL

  • @yasharose6
    @yasharose6 Год назад +1

    I started playing when the switch first came out. I loved the game and still do just, it’s not the same as it was and I miss the old charm. Loot box’s were my favorite thing that they chose to take away

  • @baralinni79
    @baralinni79 Год назад +1

    Fellow 💖Zarya💖 lover here, you get an automatic Cool Person pass, never have I followed a youtuber this fast! 💪 Started playing OW bcs a friend said "let me show you the lesbian dream" and she was Correct! 🥰🥰🥰 And YESSSS, THE 🙏🙏🙏DEADLIFT🙏🙏🙏 My description of Zarya was always and still is "Life goals and Wife goals" 💖💖💖
    OOOH THEY DID HER SO DIRTY IN OW2. They babyfied her face, they shrivelled up her wrists, they put her in LONG hair 😭😭😭 O how I doth mourn for my beautiful lesbian wife, light of my heart, love of my life 😭😭😭
    I couldn't play a lot bcs I had an old computer and not much time, so I was super sad to see them announce the shutdown since I felt like I'd barely gotten anything out of the game in the years I had it :/ I always wanted to cosplay Zarya but I had no time or funds for a big project like that, and now I think I'm too torn to put as much love into it as she deserves 😭
    And I'm Certain I saw this cosplay of yours on the internet back in the day, me and my friends who got me into OW thought it was (ノ◕ヮ◕)ノ*:Amazing! 💖・゚✧
    (Sry this is all over the place, I kept adding to it throughout the video, I share a lot of your feelings and opinions 🤜🤛)

    • @HeyLizardLeigh
      @HeyLizardLeigh  Год назад +1

      Zarya was EVERYTHING to me!! I still kind of want to make the itabag for her I always dreamed of, despite my obviously complicated feelings haha. thanks so much for watching!!

  • @saradeemon
    @saradeemon Год назад +2

    This was so cute and made me see the light in what has turned so dark.
    Thanks! 🖤

  • @jubeebea
    @jubeebea Год назад +2

    FIESTA BLEND EVERYWHERE!!!!!!🎉🎉🎉

  • @angellin7602
    @angellin7602 Год назад +2

    Fiesta blend is everything. Fiesta blend is all consuming. All seeing. All being. Till I am now part of the fiesta blend. We all are part of the fiesta blend. We ARE fiesta blend.
    ...........
    Great video btw :)💜

  • @taylorblanchett7528
    @taylorblanchett7528 Год назад +1

    I really want blizzard to see this video tbh, I had a very similar overwatch experience to you and I want them to know the love they lost

  • @maef7026
    @maef7026 10 месяцев назад +1

    When it comes to Sherlock and how disappointing it was, I still remember the sense of community I felt when I was waiting to watch it with my friends, so just because a show turns out to be sh*t, that doesn't erase the happy memories that you built with people because of it. :)

  • @soelmokona1
    @soelmokona1 Год назад +2

    first of all very lovely video. i very much noticed the fiesta blend slowly infesting the room. im very curious...how much of this you have left after all this time? also the clean up must have been a fun time afterwards

    • @HeyLizardLeigh
      @HeyLizardLeigh  Год назад +2

      not counting what I've got used in other props like the charlotte familiars, this was definitely most of the fiesta blend That Remains. and honestly I should release the bts from this video because it was.......... the cleanup was unreal LOL. thanks so much for watching!!

  • @Luboffin
    @Luboffin Год назад +1

    This was an absolute delight to watch. I know nothing about Overwatch but was riveted the entire time. Bravo!

    • @HeyLizardLeigh
      @HeyLizardLeigh  Год назад +1

      I'm SO glad!!! I really wanted to make sure that the video would still be fun to watch even for people that never got into the game back then! :D

  • @jubeebea
    @jubeebea Год назад +2

    Are there ever times you’re really into a character or a fandom of sorts and really want to do a cosplay for it and decide not to because you’re worried how someone would react, like if it’s not something popular or liked by many people? …or do you just go for it anyways?

    • @HeyLizardLeigh
      @HeyLizardLeigh  Год назад +2

      I think it depends on the situation, but generally I think it's always a great idea to build a community of friends who support your creative projects!

  • @KarinVoll
    @KarinVoll 2 месяца назад +1

    fiesta blend is Lizard's glitter

  • @gordwu9182
    @gordwu9182 День назад

    Thank you for sharing your experience with your once beloved franchise. You are not alone with mourning the loss, as a once thriving game. As a shared gaming and cosplay community, we all felt the pain. Also my anxiety was slowly rising as the fiesta blend grew closer to the open flame LOL. Keep being awesome and sharing your experiences.

  • @AlleyDreamer
    @AlleyDreamer Год назад +1

    This was such a cool story omg

  • @strawhatsmanager
    @strawhatsmanager 16 дней назад

    “mercy- i missed pharah, oh i missed genji” SHISJS that’s how i know you were REALLY in the ow 💀

  • @lilpetz500
    @lilpetz500 4 месяца назад

    Thankyou so much for this entire thing. I had such a similar love for Overwatch and fallout from it, but sadly without quite diving into all the cosplay potential because materials are expensive outside of the US 😅
    I'm currently in the process of making my own overly ambitious interactive cosplay; I was joking about Hatsune Miku performing at my birthday party...and I'm going to do everything in my power, for Miku herself to be there (as me, Im the Miku), complete with lightsticks with custom artwork wrapped around to hand out and everything. And I managed to find a secondhand Jynx wig that I could maybe transform, so hopefully it will all happen!!

  • @sweetnayru
    @sweetnayru Год назад +1

    you are great at storytelling, loved watching this even though i never got into overwatch! XD

  • @Mandrake_root
    @Mandrake_root Год назад

    It's so funny listening to this video in the background because every time I look at the screen there's so much more fiesta blend

  • @ace.of.space.
    @ace.of.space. 10 месяцев назад

    wow i have never felt so seen in terms of my experience with overwatch... i too had never played FPS games and really enjoyed it for a period of time and lost interest around the same time for similar reasons. what a journey you have been through with fiesta blend.

  • @Tati1701
    @Tati1701 10 месяцев назад

    This was just _so_ good to watch! I had my own trip down memory lane with bulk orders that followed us for so many years 🥲
    Many said it here, but the video was just amazing. Love the commitment! The editing! The intertwined story! The pace! Well done 🎉❤
    One of the best finds on yt ❤

  • @blaake7892
    @blaake7892 3 дня назад

    i wish i could say i wouldn't make this mistake but i know i would buy that fiesta blend at that price

  • @aubigney
    @aubigney 11 дней назад

    your enthusiasm for cosplay makes me want to cosplay!

  • @NicoleHelenaCates
    @NicoleHelenaCates 4 месяца назад

    I am also in the camp of "flared pants are back in style so what do I know."
    I recently discovered your channel and I'm having a great time binging your channel

  • @rattyeely
    @rattyeely 3 месяца назад

    35:21 "I know that you got excited because you thought of a pun that involved objectifying someone, but you sound like a serial killer" that quote weirdly applies to a lot of things

  • @hakichan94
    @hakichan94 Год назад +1

    Really enjoyed the video. I’m not into shooters so I didn’t know the original Overwatch was dead, that’s a shame.
    Also, you have my admiration to the devotion to the fiesta blend. I don’t think it’s on the same level as glitter, but you’ll definitely be finding bits and pieces around after this video.

    • @HeyLizardLeigh
      @HeyLizardLeigh  Год назад +1

      Literally just last night I was jumpscared by some on the shelf, it's truly here forever!! thanks for watching!

  • @Zeldur
    @Zeldur Год назад

    This is my first video I've seen of yours. 1- Now I kinda feel sad for missing all of overwatch since I don't care for fpses. 2- MAN that wand seller does sound awesome. And yes, screw terfs. Buy all fandom stuff from indie creators until that ahole no longer gets any money :). 3- An idea for the fiesta mix... Have you made a to scale version of a dress form? You could use the crinkle paper as a core and do something softer on the outside?

  • @PandaMuki
    @PandaMuki 10 месяцев назад

    This is what makes the cosplay community so amazing, people like you who spend so much time and effort to create a great experience for people in the fandom you love ❤ This was so heartwarming (and a little sad, rip Overwatch)

  • @fikanera838
    @fikanera838 5 месяцев назад

    I love your storytelling so much. I think I watched this video about four times! 🎊

  • @amandajones8841
    @amandajones8841 2 месяца назад

    The thing about cosplaying a Loot Box Girl while not being a girl is that you're not exactly a loot box either, so what's the problem?

  • @camillasaietz4856
    @camillasaietz4856 Месяц назад

    You talking about 2017 like it's forever ago makes me feel old af.

  • @spo0kykatt_334
    @spo0kykatt_334 2 месяца назад

    rip overwatch it was also the first fps game I played I got it on Christmas and left Christmas dinner early T~T

  • @tesshissa
    @tesshissa 4 месяца назад

    okay but that candle makin' me real nervous next to that fiesta blend tower

  • @lilacangelblue2404
    @lilacangelblue2404 2 месяца назад

    The clair de lune with the Fiesta blend was bizarrely beautiful to me 😢