{"id":8456,"date":"2014-12-15T09:00:20","date_gmt":"2014-12-15T14:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jennytrout.com\/?p=8456"},"modified":"2014-12-13T18:32:38","modified_gmt":"2014-12-13T23:32:38","slug":"samantha-goes-cosplaying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/?p=8456","title":{"rendered":"Samantha Goes Cosplaying"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For weeks, Bronywn Green has been telling me, &#8220;I wish I could tell you about your Christmas present, because you&#8217;re going to love it!&#8221; She also said stuff like, &#8220;Do you have any yarn left over from your\u00a0<em>Doctor Who<\/em> scarf?&#8221; and &#8220;You know that jacket you wore for your steampunk Doctor costume?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Well, this past Saturday, I found out what was up.<\/p>\n<p>Some of you may remember my American Girl doll, Samantha, who was <a href=\"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/?p=7777\">gifted to me by a magic candy lady.<\/a> The doll has become my unofficial mascot among my friends. <a href=\"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/?p=7784\">They even made a movie trailer about her.<\/a>\u00a0She came with me to Authors After Dark in Charlotte, where I wore my steampunk 4th Doctor genderswap cosplay:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG956317-e1418513200940.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8457 \" src=\"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG956317-e1418513200940-190x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"295\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG956317-e1418513200940-190x300.jpg 190w, https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG956317-e1418513200940-648x1024.jpg 648w, https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG956317-e1418513200940.jpg 712w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 295px) 100vw, 295px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So, Bronwyn (being how she is) made an exact replica of my costume for Samantha, right down to 10&#8217;s sneakers. She even hand-sculpted a replica of River Song&#8217;s sonic to go with it:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_20141213_153729616.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-8458\" src=\"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_20141213_153729616-168x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20141213_153729616\" width=\"266\" height=\"475\" \/><\/a>I wish I had a better quality picture, but I guess life isn&#8217;t fair. However, I assure you, it is exactly like my costume, in every way.<\/p>\n<p>The very best gifts are heartfelt, obsessive, and bordering on disturbed. Now, whenever I cosplay as the steampunk 4th lady Doctor, I have to bring Samantha with me.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For weeks, Bronywn Green has been telling me, &#8220;I wish I could tell you about your Christmas present, because you&#8217;re going to love it!&#8221; She&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/?p=8456\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Samantha Goes Cosplaying<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8456"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8456"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8456\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8459,"href":"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8456\/revisions\/8459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}