BIG GAY ALLSKATE: Pride Edition!

[picked_on_you]

Well, will you look at who landed tonight?

That's no DJ... but he might just blow your minds.

And as he saunters through the bar, guitar slung over his back, it seems he's brought all the sparkle and stardust in the galaxy with him: suddenly, there's glitter in the air and rainbow bunting draped on every spare surface. Even Tonks' yellow bra, hung somewhere over the bar, has somehow received a temporary multi-coloured makeover, while Bar has started giving out tiny striped pins (and bigger flags) with certain patrons' orders... if they'd like them.

Speaking of patrons... is it the narration, or are there an awful lot of new faces in here all of a sudden?

The Starman props himself up at the bar, one foot comfortably resting on a barstool, and begins to play guitar.

Let all the children boogie, indeed.

[OOC: Welcome to the Queerest All-Skate Of Them All!
All welcome - yes, that means all. Whether they're retired, deleted, AU, original or already being played by someone else, bring 'em in! Just like Pride itself, Bar's makeovers and/or flag/badge-giving is ICly opt-in only - she won't out anybody without their consent.

Usual all-skate rules apply:
1. Everyone's stressed out of their mind right now, so have fun!
2. Communication is key.
3. Gratuitous behaviour (either of a violent or sexual nature) will not be tolerated in the bar proper. Take that to an OOM, and then Content Warning the hell out of it before you link it.
4. What happens in the All-Skate, stays in the All-Skates! Unless, that is, it happens between approved game characters and all muns agree.
5. However, players are welcome to assume that the glittery rainbow makeover applies to the Bar 'proper' as well, if they want to. If they would prefer it didn't, also cool.
6. Please don't be a dick.
7. The Gay Agenda is minded to permit allies to this All-Skate! So long as they don't mind being covered in glitter...
8. HAPPY PRIDE, YOU BEAUTIFUL QUEER PEOPLE!]

Comments

[yinyangwizard]

Abe no Seimei finds that his jacket is suddenly sequined and multicolored, which was definitely not the case before. A transformation of a similar nature seems to have affected other things.

Having been here for so long, he takes it all in stride, gets some rainbow-colored origami paper from the bar, and starts folding things.

[queen_father]

"Nice," a thick Australian accent remarks from behind. The newcomer's wearing an emerald green sequined dress, though whether Bar added the sequins or not is anyone's guess.

"You know a buncha different shapes? I could never even get the crane to come out right."

Hawkeye Pierce | M*A*S*H

[benjaminfranklin]

Hawkeye has a gin in his hand, glitter in his hair and a pink, yellow and blue flag draped over his shoulders like a cape. He doesn't entirely understand what's going on, but he thinks he likes it.

He's always been one for a good party and this already seems like it might be one of the better ones, he just needs to clarify a few details - or not, he might just enjoy it. Mostly he wants to see if there's any familiar faces here this evening, so he takes a stroll around the bar to see who he can find, happy to say hello to anybody who catches his eye.

Re: Hawkeye Pierce | M*A*S*H

[the_cupbearer]

"I see the glitter is far-flung this year," Ganymede comments idly, glad enough that his is only in his drink. He's sitting crossways in a chair with his own rainbow-striped flag tucked under his knees.

"Unless you're the one who started it?"

Sara Lance | Arrow/Legends of Tomorrow

[strongerthanyouknow]

“Why didn’t anyone tell me you knew how to throw a party?”

Sara is all wide smile, her lightning-blue eyes hidden behind huge heart-shaped rainbow sunglasses. Her tank top has become a tie-dye, and while her black skinny jeans and combat boots have remained black, they also have rainbow accents. Little stars and hearts, patches and stickers everywhere.

Not to mention the glitter speckling all her skin and hair.
Which also seems to be floating in her drink.

“I could get to like this.”

Re: Sara Lance | Arrow/Legends of Tomorrow

[magic_by_accident]

"Fashionable as always, Captain Lance," John says as he lounges at the bar.

His clothes are unchanged, except for the pin at his lapel.

Jean Grey || Marvel 616 Current

[heartofthedream]

If anything, the party Jean finds herself in suddenly reminds her of home. The one on Krakoa at least (not the one on the moon). With a lot fewer power displays and far stricter public dress coding, but no less enthusiasm thrumming through the music or the crowd surging around her.

Jean had made it to the bar, where she’d been given a mug of tea, beside a large folded up flag in the colors of light green, dark green, light blue, and dark blue, with an interlinked white heart and infinity sign in the middle. She'd made a curiously confused expression, when it popped up, but now she’s sipping her tea and quietly reading the piece of paper Bar had, on second thought, made appear on top of the flag, too.

Re: Jean Grey || Marvel 616 Current

[element_wizard]

When Alec meanders in he can sense the Bar's suggestion and he holds up a finger. "If you please, no." It's not that he's against pride... he just dislikes other people screwing around with himself. He has enough trouble keeping himself in a particular shape he didn't need others to try and change him. Even if it's just clothes.

He drops into a seat next to Jean and gives her a curious head tilt.

[phantasmal_resplendent]

Lup may not recognize the event itself, but she knows the colors of the flags.

She saunters in, with a huge smile, wearing sequined jeans and a tank top with the trans pride flag colors.

Any excuse to party is a good one, but this one is a pretty damn good one.

Time to hit the bar!

[princeinexile]

Zuko does not have any flags pinned or rainbows on because he is arguably straight (and whether that's true or not, Zuko hasn't really had time to ponder his sexual identity, being far too busy rebuilding a country) but he is trying to figure out why people do.

Also, what the fuck is up with the glitter?

"Lup-- Lup, what the hell is this?" She seems to be having a good time, so best ask, right?

[the_cupbearer]

Well.

It's not the first time Ganymede has had his clothes and/or appearance changed when he walked into the bar. So now he's wearing jeans that might as well have been painted on, with the pride flag striped on them quite liberally, and handprints on his ass. (He supposes that's tame, given the amount of sequins he's seeing on everyone else.) His shirt is more or less untouched, a black tank with hearts all over it. His hair is at least normal, still stacked in the braids that keep most of it out of his way, but there's the added bonus of rainbow feathers attached to the bands.

"Can I at least have a drink that doesn't glitter?"

(Turns out no, no he can't.)

[wayward_sun]

"And you come with instructions," Lucifer says loudly and cheerfully, as he suddenly appears next to Ganymede.

His get-up looks much as it always does, although the suit does shimmer in dark rainbow colours.
(Snake like)

He is on his whatever drink and is clearly enjoying himself.

Jo Harvelle | Supernatural | CRAU +10

[tobeclosetohim]

Jo’s not sure how she feels about this. The whole ‘the door keeps opening here, but only takes her back where she was,’ instead of actually letting her see home. If home. If she --

At least the drinks are always good, and the music, tonight, live and not too shabby, itself. If it makes her a little maudlin, know what this holiday is and what it should make her think about, regardless of it not touching her face? Well, pour one out for all the fools left behind each time the multiverse bounced her on to yet another new universe;

( And the girl who carried them with her in each bone )

Jo raps her knuckles on the maple baby. “Just a beer.”

It appears, and she's halfway to having it pressed to her lips,
when a small rainbow pin appears where the bottle had been, too. “Cute.”

billy kaplan | marvel comics | (deleted)

[fanboyascended]

It's been many, many years both in the bar and out since Billy last found a door, and he almost doesn't notice this one at all. It's easy enough - all you have to do is stumble from Pride: NYC, to Pride: The End of the Universe after one too many drag brunch mimosas. Under the circumstances, a guy can hardly be blamed for taking a while to notice that some of the clientele is a little different even to a guy wearing a rainbow cape and self-supplied magic glitter.

"-Oh, wow." Is it really...? After all this time? He's floating by the time he makes it to the bar, both from happiness and a hatred of crowds, but he touches down delicately on a stool and drops into a cross-legged sit as he runs a hand across the bartop. "Hello, you."

For the rest of the evening Billy can be found drinking at the bar, dancing, and eventually having a slightly wobbly seat on one of the couches where he will be offering to make wishes come true.

Re: billy kaplan | marvel comics | (deleted)

[raptorcanaria]

"Hello, stranger!"

It's been - what, ten? Fifteen years? Dinah is blonde now without the need for a wig, and mixing her fishnets up with denim dungarees and a blue, pink and purple bandana in her hair.

And she's beaming at Billy from the other side of the bar, weaving her way through the crowds expertly to make her way over.

Tick "Mitzi Del Bra" Bellrose | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

[queen_father]

Tick's already in a frock and heels, wig and makeup boxes in hand, as he pushes the door to the bar open with his hip and hollers over his shoulder, not paying any attention to where he's going or where he just wound up.

"Fer Gawd's sakes, Felicia, just pick a bloody wig and jam it on, it ain't like any of 'em make you look less like a drowned poodle! Heh heh!"

His nasal, teasing snicker fades as he gets his first good look at the Bar and realizes what's going on. Shock and dismay at the fact that this isn't the Alice Springs dressing room transition to a curious sort of awe. He's not from a time and place where being this blatantly open and proud are widely accepted, after all.

"Faaaaaahk, did I die and go to gay queen heaven or what?"

Re: Tick "Mitzi Del Bra" Bellrose | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

[wolfhookandfang]

There's at least one young man staring at him, but that young man is dressed like a collection of rags went through a tie-dye tornado and wound up at Claire's Jewelry, so it's hard to think he's staring out of homophobia.

"Is...festival?" Razor says, with halting words. The way his head tilts in confusion very much reminds one of a dog. Festival seems to be the human word for 'doing weird, loud, and colorful things for no reason'.

Jesper Fahey | Shadow and Bone/Grishaverse

[just_ask]

There's no way he's in Ketterdam anymore.

As riotously colourful as some parts of the city can be, especially the casinos and pleasure houses, this is... something different entirely. Admittedly, it's also very obviously not the back room of the Crow club he'd been trying to enter, which definitely helps him figure it out.

Still, he didn't have anything pressing to attend to and this place looks like a party, so he saunters up to the bar without a care in the world.

Re: Jesper Fahey | Shadow and Bone/Grishaverse

[yinyangwizard]

Seimei, wearing his Bar-provided colorful sequined jacket and by now slightly tipsy, appears somewhere in the general vicinity of Jesper’s elbow, rainbow origami paper in hand.

“Now, what sort of animal for you?” he says. “A cat, I think. But a big cat or a small one?”

Spot Conlon | Newsies

[brooklynishere]

Spot comes from a time well before Pride was ever a thing, a time when being himself meant clandestine glances, back-alley meet ups and hoping to god you never got caught or arrested just for loving somebody.

Clearly the bar, or some other higher power, has decided he ought to get to experience the simple joy of celebrating who you are, so even while he's casting a dubious eye over the sheer amount of glitter in the room, he also finds his red suspenders have, upon entering, changed to a bright rainbow hue. He hasn't noticed yet, but he's also got rainbows painted on both his cheeks.

He's not entirely sure what to make of any of it.

Re: Spot Conlon | Newsies

[jabbathehutt]

Ezra, meanwhile, comes from a time and a Galaxy where hiding who he is means not using the Force in front of stormtroopers, and while who you might love and how is more of an issue nearer the Core, it's not really a problem on Lothal.

Which means he's also not sure what to make of all this. But Bar gave him a Stormtrooper helmet painted in a rainbow so vibrant that Sabine would be impressed.

He's not wearing it. He's sitting on a barstool admiring it when Spot comes in, so he holds it up for inspection and grins.

"Nice suspenders."

[zenigatcha]

And then there was Tom of Finland.

Rather, there as Zenigata-- big, broad shouldered, deep-chested -- whos clothing swapped out almost nothing but leather in a parody of a police uniform. Apparently, kink discourse will definitely be around at Pride at Milliways, though Zengiata doesn't look to be talking about it. He gives a little sigh, and then shrugs and heads to find himself a drink and hopefully avoid the glitter.

In his back pocket, a kerchief from the bi pride flag announces itself with bright colors from his otherwise monochrome ensemble.

[lupintrois]

Lupin's gone full back the other way. Sort of. Full face makeup, blonde wig, and a cute red minidress over legs that clearly haven't seen a razor in months if not years. It's drag but it's not the sort of full-on disguise drag where he's trying to actually impersonate someone.

A manicured hand goes to steal that kerchief, and give his leather clad butt a squeeze in trade.

Tatsu | Way of the Househusband

[immortal_tatsu]

The Shiba Inu on his apron has been bedazzled and the hankerchief tying back his hair is rainbow patterned, but other than that Tatsu's main contribution to Pride is the tray of goods sitting on the card table in front of him.

Rainbow sushi rolls.

Pride flag cupcakes

Unicorn macarons

Trans raviolis, somehow.

He looks sternly at those who pass by him, as if they've disappointed him by not trying these delicious pride treats. Tatsu doesn't exactly understand this whole Pride thing but he wants to be supportive, and also these are Instagrammable as fuck.

[strongerthanyouknow]

"These look divine." Sara doesn't even trouble herself with the stern look. She's managed stern-faced judgement in a crap ton of faces, and she's too delighted and high on the whole run of this delightful madness the bar has exploded into. "What's best?"

And how terrible is it she just wants to steal one of everything ever?

Razor | Genshin Impact

[wolfhookandfang]

Is this a Windblume thing again?

The tassels hanging down his back are in rainbow patterns and the bone necklace around his neck is a sort of tacky colorful Mardi Gras plastic now. Also, Razor finds that the ends of his pale hair have been dyed multicolored, as if he'd rolled around in several berry patches sequentially. It makes his nose wrinkle in confusion, but it's not...unappealing.

He finds a chair to sit in (human style, he does know that much) and listens, head cocked in puzzlement, to the music.

[vexingmesmer]

Pride? You rang?

Vex is coming from one loud, musical party to another. Hot pants and a leather harness leave absolutely nothing to imagination, and Vex is just fine with that. Three swipes of paint on each cheek -- the green, white, and lavender on one cheek, and pink, purple and blue on the other, with a rainbow flag cape attached to his harness.

He is covered in glitter. It's in his hair, it's on his skin, it's going to be on anyone he talks to if he so much as breathes near them. He is not sorry about this at all, and leaves a trail of fabulous sparkles behind him wherever he goes.

[galen_erso]

There's a very scruffy and drab fellow trying to get past him with two large drinks, and when he does, he's 100% more colourful than he used to be, thanks to Vex's sparkles.

[thesecondjade]

Party? Rock n' Roll? No. Hard no.

Unaware that there are little rainbow ribbons hanging off his belt, Lan Zhan greets the noise and party with a wrinkled nose and downturned lips. This is not his idea of a good time. He get food -- and is gifted with a book on the history of Pride in modern America.

He finds the only quiet corner of the bar, settles in and eats, before he sinks into his book and says nothing at all to anyone. Not that he's adverse to company, but he's just not into bars, boozing, or loud parties.

[little_pieces_of_time]

Max is... easily overwhelmed in crowds, especially when there's a lot of noise. Even though this is... important noise. She knows, even if most of the time it is beyond her to be so bold. She is still more comfortable at the edges, hiding behind her camera, but is quietly delighted by the photos she is getting of folks enjoying themselves, being themselves.

At some point, she finds herself near where Lan Wangji has settled. The rainbow ribbons look especially fitting, bright and bold amid all the white cloth. Max hesitates interrupting, but then, she hesitates at most things. She had hesitated even affixing the world's tiniest pin to her shirt, striped in blue, purple and pink.

"Um, excuse me, Lan Wangji," she hazards. "May I take your photo?"

[weird_cop]

Kevin doesn't really do Pride.

Joe does Pride. Joe is fully into the it's a protest AND ALSO it's a party side, and gets full rainbow dungas, glitter in his beard, are-you-sure-I-can't-borrow-your-truncheon-Kev queer as fuck at Pride (which is in September in London). And Kevin goes along for the ride, because he loves Joe.

But Kevin doesn't really do Pride. This is partly because he was as closeted as you can possibly be while undercover in Toshack's organisation, partly because if you put him in rainbow dungarees he looks even more like a kid's TV presenter, but mostly because he believes, as does Joe when you get down to it, that there should be No Cops At Pride.

And Kevin can't stop being a cop, anymore than he can stop being gay.

So he's got his "Some people are gay get over it" T-shirt on, his cleanest blue jeans, and a little rainbow flag to go with his pint of (heh) London Pride, and he's sitting comfortably at a table, reading a book (A Little Gold Book of Ghastly Stuff.)

What he's really doing is trying to work up the courage to go and talk to Ziggy Stardust.

[immortal_tatsu]

A guy who looks for all the world like a hitman, complete with aviator sunglasses and a scar that runs down across his eye, swaggers up to the table and puts a small plate of adorable little rainbow unicorn macarons down in front of him.

"Free sample!" he declares loudly, as if he's just declared war upon Kevin's entire clan. "Enjoy!"

[wayward_sun]

Lucifer steps through the door as some of the glitter settles on his face.

His suit stays but it's now festively sequinned with dark rainbow colours.

"Oh, party," he says, approvingly, as he dances through the crowd, grabbing a colourful drink on the way.

He's got even more of a Smokey eye than usual and he's definitely ready to let his freak flag fly. Granted, he always is.

[vexingmesmer]

"Oh, Luci, darling, look at you!" Vex, trailing glitter (did he rub himself with a pixie potion, the sparkles just seem to keep coming.) He isn't wearing too much more than when Lucifer saw him last, but he's still just as happy to see the Devil. "Stately but still stunning. Happy pride."

[magic_by_accident]

John normally avoids glitter.

But... Pride.

He does not brush the glitter from his hair and shoulders as he walks to the Bar. He orders a drink, and gives a shout of laughter when along with his whiskey he's given a pink, blue, and lavender pin.

He fastens it to his lapel, and salutes the Bar with his drink.

Pride.

[zenigatcha]

"John! Afternoon. You look mercifully less changed," Zenigata says from down the bar, who is... definitely sporting the leather daddy look for pride. It creaks when he moves. "How's things been treating you on the other side of the door?"

[starrydome]

So.

The Laws and Customs is pretty specific about marriage and not in a particular progressive way.

Elrond is a loremaster. But he had also lived a long life. He has travelled. And he knows that one thing is the way things are supposed to be and another is - often - how they are.

He also truly believes that the music of the world is - at its core - love.

Which is to say that he does not know why everything is bedecked in rainbows and glitter, including the hem of his robe (it looks like thousands of handsewn glass beads), but he is wise and kind as summer, also when it comes to this.

[immortal_tatsu]

Tatsu honestly doesn't know who all these people are. He assumes this is one of those pop-up bar things that happen around any given holiday, and since it's Pride of course it'll be a Pride pop up bar. He's a man of great pride himself, isn't he? Pride in yourself is good. Tatsu has his own pride, as a man and as a househusband.

Now this guy? This level of fancy, with such a pricy robe and such ornate beads, walking with such calm into the chaos? Definitely some kind of oyabun of the homo-rengo. "Sir! Sir! Come here, come try this!" he calls out as Elrond passes by, gesturing to the colorful foods he's offering on his card table.

[questionslinger]

When Eddie strides into the bar, his traditionally green ensemble shifts. The question marks that scatter over his suit coat are now brilliantly rainbow, while his tie pin is a question mark that blue, purple and pink. It's a look, that's for damn sure.

Glitter spilling from the brim of his derby, Eddie taps it off on some unsuspecting patron who needs more glitter than he does (Eddie is already flashy, thanks) and replaces it. He strides in, gets a cocktail as fruity as he is, and leans back against the bar and appreciates the collection of amazingly queer people.

Eddie might appreciate that so many of them are hot. The question is, how many are single and DTF? It couldn't hurt to indulge, just a little, right?

[immortal_tatsu]

This one's not single, but he is hot. If you're into that sort of thing. He's also declaring "FREE SAMPLE" at the top of his lungs and slamming an adorable unicorn macaron down in front on him on the bar.

[outoftheunderworld]

The new girl is not changed. Bar knows better than to give sudden changes to one's person when one deals with sensory processing issues and is only just coming into a place where her body and her consent is being respected by those around her. So Ami, dressed in her school uniform and carrying a tablet under one arm, find a quiet place in the bar to observe the festivities.

"Underworld, search 'Pride Month,'" she murmurs to the open air. In response, the strange earring on her ear flashes red, and then continues to flicker for a time, giving her the AR overlay that only she can see to help process all that she's seeing, from flag meanings to historical tidbits to put things into context.

[little_pieces_of_time]

There's a girl, or a small young woman, roving the edges of the festivities with an old fashioned camera. She is dressed in t-shirt, thin hoodie, jeans and sneakers, and is periodically depositing the instamatic photos she takes into a pocket of her messenger bag. Max has picked up some contact glitter (none can truly escape) and affixed to her shirt is the world's tiniest pin in pink, purple and blue.

Seeking the next shot brings her near where Ami has settled, and she gives the other girl a hesitant smile and a light, "Happy Pride!"

[dipdyed_robes]

Tan Fang saunters in, jade chopsticks at the ready, when he is surprised by a gust of rainbow-coloured glitter that settles all over his dip-dyed robes.

"Huh!" he says, startled. "What is this about?"

He looks at the nearest person for support.

Age 18

[balancingminds]

Charles was one his way to find Raven, they had plans to go out tonight when he opened the door to Milliways instead and stared. His black turtleneck changes to a loose blue button-down with bi-flags hidden under the buttons and pockets. As he makes his way to the counter, he keeps turning, all of this is hidden away and dangerous in his New York. His shields are up but he's enjoying listening to all the thoughts and ends up blushing a little by the time he reaches the counter.

[bigarmy_strangepants]

Here's a big scruffy guy with beard, tattoos and his hair in a long braid down his back (sides shaved, though). "I need a drink; this seems tto be a party," he declares to the bar at large.

From closer up, you will see that there's some glitter in his beard already.

[wayward_sun]

Now that is a look. Lucifer approves.

"You do and it is," he says, loudly enough for it to carry over the din.

"Beware of the orange shots unless you really like cough syrup."

He is wearing a three piece suit that glitters with just a hint of dark rainbow colours.

His dark hair is a little tousled by now because - hey party! but his stubble is as on point as ever.

And his smile is bright and friendly.

"I don't think I've seen you before?"