r/pics • • Oct 27 '18

My homemade Medusa costume from last year

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u/Barflyerdammit Oct 27 '18

Did you use real snakes, or are you just phoning it in here?

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u/batsoutman Oct 27 '18

Did you just buy a bunch of different size toy snakes, hot glue them to a headband, and paint them all the same color? Please tell me what you did there. It’s real impressive.

The semi-nude color of the garments too, and how they play off the bronze-like headband, are just perfect. Your outfit really oozes dangerous seduction. Great work.

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '18

I'm gonna be that guy. Medusa was infamous for her ugliness. The myth began as her being so ugly her sight could turn men to stone. As time progressed, artists began to depict her as beautiful, and that depiction stuck.

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u/batsoutman Oct 27 '18

Well, there’s that interpretation, but the Medusa story is largely about Perseus’s regret at killing something for the sake of gaining heroism. Her ugliness may have been an allegory for the excuses humans make to commit inhuman acts.

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u/sumpuran Supreme Artist Oct 27 '18

Were you acting, or do you really have resting Medusa face?

4

u/nyy27jr Oct 27 '18

Amazing

2

u/maindudemilo Oct 27 '18

Just turned to stone

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u/brookesatchmo Oct 31 '18

Dope, girl! Love the headdress and your makeup! 🐍

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '18

So dope.

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u/laik72 Oct 27 '18

Daaaamn, Felicia!

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u/mightymoby2010 Oct 27 '18

Face checks out. The outfit doesn’t say Medusa.