A Tribute ~

Heeey my little muffins ~
This post is going to be a tribute to a special person that I've looked up to since about 2 years ago now ~
Although it sounds pathetic as he's a youtuber, this man has been an inspiration and hero to me since I came across his channel. He began youtube on May 26th, 2012 and I absoloutely love him. He has many faithful subscribers, 1,604,215 to be exact and he is the most amazing person ever ~
No this man is not as popular as Pewdiepie, but he deserves to be, earning $207, 221.43 / £124121.91 for charity, safe to say he's an amazing man. This man is known as Markiplier, or as some know his real name, Mark Fishboch (Not sure if I spelt that right). But none the less he deserves to be recognised for the inspirational hero he is.
This is his channel; http://www.youtube.com/user/markiplierGAME/featured
This is his main channel and I really hope you guys check him out, I'm sure you'll enjoy the content he uts which soecialises in gaming and / or animations created by Lixan~ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAua9maY1vtNdBlYqnHRhwA
I just felt this was nessasary to show my thanks, Mark if you can see this, you're my inspiration. You're like my god, I swear, you always make me smile no matter how down I feel and I find that to be amazing, and I thank you so very much ~
~Cupcake

Acting Like Prussia ~

Okay, So I was requested by some friends (in my real life *le gasp*) to do a few tutorials on how to act like certain anime characters one may or may not look up to as a god. I thought that would be quite interesting and I haven't seen many of these kinds of tutorials. These tips can be used for simply cosplay, for fun, or for some people, to act that way in real life. Well fear not! Cupcake is here to help you act like whoever you want.

So today's tutorial will be on how to act like..you guessed it! The Awesome Prussia ~

Okay, so besides the whole dressing thing, which I may or may not have already publicly published yet . . . Prussia acts confident. Never say anything that will give yourself low self esteem.

Example ~

Friend: Hey (Name)! You look so awesome today ~

You: You think so? 'Cause I feel so fat  in this outfit . . .

WRONG! Someone compliments you, never say anything modest or something like the example. Build your confidence, someone says something like that to you, thank them or simply reply "Thank you / I know, the awesome me looks awesome in any outfit!" 

 . . . . . . . . that's most likely worded as he would say it too . . . but yeah, never say anything modest or anything that can lower your own self esteem or confidence.

Be awesome. I don't mean do things other people think are awesome, I mean do something you and / or Prussia would think is awesome. Dress in something you think looks awesome. Anyone comes up to you and says something nasty, go ballistic and rant on about how awesome you are and how they're nothing more than the dirt you wipe of your own shoes. Listen to music you find awesome and do things you think are awesome. If you think art is awesome, draw your wicw heart out :3

If you think listening to Avril Lavigne is awesome, do it. Prussia never lets anyone tell him what's awesome, he knows what's awesome, and that's him, the things HE does and the things HE likes.

Okay, this may sound awful, but to be and act like Prussia (this tip is probably mostly for cosplayers, not so much everyday life . . .) but his accent and / or laugh would be nessasary. The laugh and accent is key to a hetalia fan knowing who your acting like. ~

QUE TERRIBLE EXAMPLE ~

Friend: Sooo.....(name) . . . who exactly are you cosplaying...?

You: How dare you not recognize zhe awesome me!!

Friend: ..Ah . . . Prussia huh? =_=

Terrible example aside, this actually happened, so the German accent and his laugh would be key to being understood and/ or recognised much better. In real life, I'd say just leave your accent alone and laugh as you do . . . If you really want to then go ahead but it may seem strange to go from your natural laugh and accent to a sudden strong German accent and strange laugh . . . Just saying . . .

The German accent, or Prussia's accent, basically you need to adjust the way you say words.

Putting it simply ~

Accent ~

Okay, so putting this easy for you, Prussia has a stereotypical German accent, as does his little brother Ludwig. Or maybe that's how Germans speak . . . sounding weird now, I've never heard an actual German accent aside from Hetalia so they might actually talk like this, I don't know . . .

ANYWAY ~

Okay so for his accent, TH would be replaced with a D as the accent is hard. Each syllable is usually a harshly pronounced letter.

(Example ~ Sh, ee, s, ah are nice sounding letters
B, D, P, T are hard sounding letters)

Anyway . . .So . . .

TH = B

Example: Brother = BruDer

The Th = B can only be used with certain words. Every now and then you'll come across a word like Then, The, That and This. In this case the TH would be ZH. Zhe, Zhen, Zhat, Zhis. It all depends on the words, try using a mix of TH words in a paragraph and try to see whether you can pronounce 'zhe' words.

Rolling R's lightly make it sound more authentic and / or believable

W would usually be pronounced as a V, Example: "Vhat's wrong vis all of zhis?"

O is usually replaced with U, example: brUder

Okie dokie, I really hope this was helpful to any of you, I'm not quite sure how to do these kinds of tutorials, but if you enjoy them, then be sure to comment, request or email me ~

Cupcake ~

Looking Like L ~

Heey my little muffins ~

So, Being in Britain when you have an obsession with Japan culture and cosplay can be hard. I'm here to teach you all how to look like your favourite Japanese pop stars, idols, anime characters, vocaloids etc. But not look over the top and get made fun of for it.

I swear, British people can be mean when it comes to dying your hair green or wearing huge contact lenses because it seems weird or psycho to dress and/or look that way (personal experience there...)
This tutorial will be on how to look like the sweet toothed cutie, L or Ryuzaki from Death Note ~

Step one, Clothes. Ryuzaki doesn't dress up . . . he actually dresses down, if not casual. He wears nothing more than plain jeans and a plain shirt. So don't go overboard on layering your clothes or accessories. Again, notice his simple, yet cute, normal style. So, Skinny jeans could be optional if you really want to, but he mostly wears casual or boot cut jeans where these's a lot of leg room in the bottom, I also noticed his clothes are a little baggy so if you think that kind of style is suited for you then buy the next size up. By the way, it usually only suits slender people, baggier clothes can even make normal people look a little chubby . . . So yeah, either baggy or normal clothing, nothing fancy, if anything, go for casual or even dress down and don;'t accessories unless necessary (wedding ring maybe, treasured locket, something like that . . .) ~
Secondly, The hair. L tends to have his messy, almost bed-head style. (and according to this a guy a moustache heehee ~)

So boys, it's easy for you guys, just don't brush it thoroughly or effectively . . . maybe even at all . . . I have no idea how guys hair works heehee ^//^
But for girls, I'd say leave your hair natural, don't fuss over it. Don't curl it, don't straighten it, don't put it up . . . just leave it, brush it when you wake up and BAM! Done . . .teehee ~
Thirdly, Make up and skin. So Ryuzaki L has clear skin although he eats a whole lot of sugar to the point where i think his tea is gritty with it . . .ew . . .

anyway, use a light foundation and cover your face and partially down your neck to make it look normal. Apply a light layer of pale skin powder, and add an ivory or lighter shade of concealer over blemishes, wounds and such that you may or may not have on your face.
Okay so all I would say here would be to wear some grey or smokey eye liner just under your eye to symbolise bags of some kind . . . if you want to go as fancy as possible with this look, then add some mascara, it won't take away too much attention from what's under your eyes ^//^ ~
So here you have it, How to look like Ryuzaki L. I really hope you guys enjoyed this quickie.
If anyone has any requests, or recommendations then please email me or comment on my blog to say which character you'd love to look like. By the way, I'm sorry this took so long, I've been on a college trip to Cardiff, was so much fun but I'm back now and have many tutorials pending for you guys ^//^

~ Cucake