I love Halloween...

[amanuensis1]

You know what would be the coolest Halloween costume? You go as Janet from the "Tam Lin" ballad--since the key action takes place on Halloween--and you dress in a bodice-y gown but you dress pregnant and go carrying a stuffed dummy that's this sewn-together combo of lion/dragon/python/man, and make a point of not putting the dummy down all evening.

Damn, I'll never get that together by Monday.

Comments

[ellid.livejournal.com]

Not a chance...but maybe carry around a few stuffed toys and look spacey? It might just work...

[ohruby.livejournal.com]

That seriously would be freakin' awesome.

[jacquez.livejournal.com]

AWESOME.

[melata-fic.livejournal.com]

*giggles a lot* Best costume I've heard of.

[revena.livejournal.com]

1) That would be AWESOME
and
2) Why not? Go to Target or WalMart or something, buy some cheap plush animals, get out the scissors and thread... It could totally work.

Okay, I'm a Tam Lin fanatic

[atalantapendrag.livejournal.com]

That would be cool like a very cool thing. (Did I mention I collect recordings of various versions of Tam Lin? If there's one you need I can probably YSI it to you.)

Don't forget the green mantle, and a blonde wig if possible. And two roses (fake?) in your hair!

Hey! You could use the fake pregnobelly as a place to carry all the critters you aren't currently using!

[tekalynn.livejournal.com]

ROTFL!

That's just brilliant. Have you ever read...uh, memory's failing, but if I'm right...Pamela Dean's _Tam Lin_?

[laurelwood.livejournal.com]

It always hurts a little to discover yet another gap in my education, but I've had a fun time researching the whys and wherefores of this Tam Lin ballad, and have even downloaded myself a version of it off iTunes.

Great costume idea! But yeah, kinda hard to whip up by Monday.

[paper-tzipporah.livejournal.com]

OMG AMAZING. I now wish I hadn't promised to be the Dorothy in a Wizard of Oz group, because this costume sounds easier than finding a Dorothy dress at the last minute.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_hannelore/]

Yes! Every Halloween I want to go somewhere/do something where I can dress up as the best thing ever. :)

For some bizarre reason, this reminds me that I had a fantastic idea for people dressing up for the GoF premiere. Everyone dresses in the frilly gown or bad tux of their dreams in honor of the movie's Yule Ball...

[vass]

and make a point of not putting the dummy down all evening.

...even when someone sets it on fire.

He turns into a burning brand at one point, I thought.

*seconds the recommendation of pameladean's Tam Lin. Published by Tor. Set in a liberal arts college. It's stuffed with quotation and allusion - if you're the Dorothy L. Sayers type, you'll probably like this too. It's one of my two favourite books ever.

[mereol.livejournal.com]

I'm already pregnant. You make the dummy and I'll do it. Will even take pictures and spam fandom with them.

[cathybites.livejournal.com]

I'm totally stealing this idea for next Halloween. :P

[http://users.livejournal.com/rantipole_/]

Damn, I'll never get that together by Monday.

*sporfles tea*
*laughing for real*

(...or if you could just get your favorite person to dress in a lion/dragon/python/man costume, and then make a point of not letting go of him/her all evening...)