I’m up in Saratoga Springs, New York for World Fantasy. Lots of Australians here, which is fun, and assorted agents, authors, and editors.
So, did anyone see any interesting Halloween costumes out there? Either Westerfeldian characters or just cool? Send me any cool pictures for posting, or link to a Flickr stream in the comments if you want.
Let me open with Lauren from California as Shay ala Special Circumstances:
Very icy.
Update: My spam filter prevented a few of your pix from showing up. (Comments with more than one link go into moderation automatically.) But they’ve been released and are showing up now.
I’ll put together all the pictures into a post tomorrow, but it’s 3AM now and I must sleep!
November 2nd, 2007 02:30
Yay! First comment!
Icy “tattoo”. Luv it!
November 2nd, 2007 02:38
I’m the second comment! Fawesome! I’m thinkin now that I should have done a flash tattoo. Oh well. Looking forward to seeing you on the 9th! Adios!
November 2nd, 2007 03:31
Wish I had known you were coming up. I’m only a half hour from Saratoga. Could have come up for lunch!
Eric
November 2nd, 2007 03:45
kool … i was wondering how one would go about being a special… that is so sweet… i am comment number 4 so awsome that is a new record for me
November 2nd, 2007 05:17
i was melissa from midnighters for halloween—it came out great. i gotta look at my pictures again and ask my mom, but i’ll probably send some pics.
i got these great blind guy/junkie/photophobic sunglasses at target, and it was worth being blind without prescription glasses to look awesome.
plus i got a ur so 1159 shirt and wore black gloves and jeans and sneakers and a long sleeved red thermal under the t-shirt.
plus i made a bixby high school sweatshirt. i like bought a black pullover sweatshirt and printed out this great graphic i made for it. it was like red on top of the black and said Bixby High School, Bixby Oklahoma and had a thirteen-pointed star in the middle. hmmmm…..maybe i should send that in too. then it could be Wearable Extra’d. yes, that is SUCH a verb.
i know i talk about my costume too much. i’m pathetic like that. but no one around here got my costume, so there. i made a blue HELLO, MY NAME IS sticker and put Melissa and the mindcaster symbol on it, and wrote “Midnighters by Scott Westerfeld. Quit asking questions and go read it.” on the bottom.
waaay too long post. i’m gonna go now.
nice flash tattoos though.
November 2nd, 2007 05:30
okay, i’m back again with my crazy long posts.
but my french teacher was out today so we watched some movie on the lascaux caves and it reminded me SO MUCH of midnighters stuff. like prehistoric darkling-fighters and the lore and stuff, totally.
for instance—they described two animals that might have been “female lions”. SINCE WHEN DO THEY HAVE LIONS IN FRANCE? so not lions. such darklings. u know they are.
and they found a symbol that looked just like THE ROMAN NUMERAL FOR THIRTEEN! they even described it as that. come on. THIRTEEN. like XIII. (maybe. not good at numerals) u know that’s anti-darkling protection myths getting written there.
and, for my final proof i offer this creepy-ass picture. http://www.crystalinks.com/unicornlascaux.jpg
if that doesn’t say halfling, i don’t know what does.
alternatively, it is the CREEPIEST UNICORN IN THE HISTORY OF MANKIND. it’s apparently supposed to be a human too, somehow. *shiver*
this is why i like zombies better.
but isn’t that stuff all creepy? i mean, dude, i know midnighters *aren’t* real and all that stuff, but that’s pretty crazy. and also proof that i was reeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaally bored this morning.
November 2nd, 2007 05:39
none of my friends had cool costumes. i was surrounded by faerie wings hitting me in the face the whole day.
well, one of my friends made this really complex MasterChief armor, which was pretty fawesome.
but no one else did westerfeld costumes, sadly.
IF U’VE READ BLUE NOON, CLICK MY NAME!
November 2nd, 2007 05:55
ahh beast.
i trick or treated with this girl who ad red eyes..it was pretty interesting
November 2nd, 2007 06:05
Love the Shay-la. Whoever that was, icy-making. <3 <3
November 2nd, 2007 06:09
that is soooo cool!
I luuuv the flash tatoo
icy-making definatley!
November 2nd, 2007 06:38
None in our group actually went as Westerfeld costumes, but during the school day, my friend, Jess-la, and I drew the flash tattoos on our hands. (Jess-la had her whole arm done.) They both turned out amazingly!
But oh, love the flash tattoos on Lauren. <3
November 2nd, 2007 07:01
No, i didn’t but that tattoos awesome
Did she draw it herself?
Well if she did, i wish i had sweet skills like that.
November 2nd, 2007 07:12
That’s so cool.
I’ve wanted a hena flash tatto for the longest time on my hand or arm or something. HENA IS SO AWESOME!
November 2nd, 2007 07:28
omg!!!!! im meeting scott tonight in like 32 minutes!!!!!!
November 2nd, 2007 07:41
WOW! scott is/was in saratoga?!?!?! when?! where?! i’m only 25 minutes from saratoga springs! but according to the page everything’s sold out…oh well…no i’m not that calm DARN IT!!!!!
November 2nd, 2007 07:46
Nice costume. I really wish I had mad skills like that. (once again in full British-English speaking mode.
)
November 2nd, 2007 07:50
sweet flash tattoo!
November 2nd, 2007 07:50
but what are your opinions on that creepy unicorn, Crowd and Blogger??????
November 2nd, 2007 07:53
I will never be too old to go trick or treating. I dressed up as Nicky from the Jason Bourne films. I love those movies!
I wonder if Saratoga Springs is near where I live…. Are you going to be there much longer?
November 2nd, 2007 07:55
whoa
totally kick tatoo!! wish i had skills like that!!
totally freaky bout the cave, roman #s 4 13, picture of halfling, two female lionesses, and all that stuff….pretty kick!
-Riderchild-wa
November 2nd, 2007 07:56
i attempeted to be a midnighter see: http://a167.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/91/m_8c70ed78fa3b7ab09a25a501c0fa4ade.jpg
i really just looked like a goth kid with a stick some lady even said i didnt have a costume on even though i told her i did
scott-la you need to write some books so we dont just look like goth kids
November 2nd, 2007 08:02
why wont it let me post
November 2nd, 2007 08:26
niiiiiiiice
i wore a purple dress and purple eye make up with purple nail polish and i was…. WINCE Grimace’s (from McDonalds) fictional sister…!
i just wanted an excuse to wear my new dress…
November 2nd, 2007 08:40
whoa!! sweet!
November 2nd, 2007 08:43
I luv it!! that’s sooooo cool.
I was going to go as an extra and wear my I’m an extra shirt. And then I was going to make tinfoil and with eye liner put tattoos on the side of my face. And then, I couldn’t go trick or treating, so was on a skate board (hoverboard) passing out candy on my front lawn.
Kadie-Wa
November 2nd, 2007 08:53
that picture is so fool!
p.s. i got two more people to read uglies!
November 2nd, 2007 09:09
I am going to put my pics on later sooo…. you better look scott-la!
November 2nd, 2007 09:47
i know, is that not the freakiest french class movie EVER?
spread the word!
u should post more and respond to posts and stuff, scott-la. we’re bored. you know what’d be helpful? a fourth midnighters with darkling werewolves. that’d amuse us for AGES.
wat were u gonna make with tin foil, Kadie-Wa? like crash bracelets?
November 2nd, 2007 09:47
wow Lauren looks way cool and feirce!!!! my Halloween was cool. and i saw a lot of neat-o custumes. one of my friends dressed up as Optimus Prime and then my other friend dressed up as Tally and the cool thing was she made this hover board. its was cool. and then her boyfriend dressed up as David lol!!! <3 <3 <3
November 2nd, 2007 09:48
but unfortunately i didnt bring my camera =[[
November 2nd, 2007 09:49
I love the Uglies series it was awsome you Rock my sox off I love your books !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
November 2nd, 2007 09:52
I was going to be a peep but my mom wasn’t in the halloween spirt this year. So i went as Wednesday Adams. It was pretty awesome.
You were in Saratoga? Grrr I was up there a couple weeks ago.
o well, maybe next time.
November 2nd, 2007 10:07
I keep telling my friend (who is reading her first Scott-book ) That I hate her because she gets to read the Uglies series for the first time…. Sure, I could read it again — and I will— but I already know what has happened
– It is so envy-making
November 2nd, 2007 10:16
i went as a special!!!!!!
it took me 3 hours at the mall to find the right tattos
BUT I FOUND THEM
HAPPY-MAKING
but now there gone
oh
sad-making
but they where totally ICY
HAPPY-MAKING
okay im done with my spasm
November 2nd, 2007 10:36
Oh darn…I drove through Saratoga today! Boo!
November 2nd, 2007 10:43
omgsh!!! that is so0o0o0o0o co0ol! i wanna go as a special next year!!! make a flash tatto and everything. no, maybe a pretty, and make crash bracelets, too… like the idea, serafina zane, or kadie, whoever came up with it.
haven’t blogged in FOREVER.
yeah, i DEFINATELY want to go as a pretty next year! don’t know how i’ll actually manage the “pretty” part of it, but it’ll be fun anyways!!!!
l8r.. jackie-wa
November 2nd, 2007 10:44
FLAWSEM!!! definately going as a pretty!
November 2nd, 2007 10:51
OMG I JUST FINISED TOUCHING DARKNESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OMG I WAS SOOOOOO GOOD
I CAN NOIT WAIT FOR THE NEXT ONE !!!!!!!!!!!!
November 2nd, 2007 10:51
HOW DO U GO AS A PRETTY
November 2nd, 2007 10:55
LAST NIGHT WAS GREAT I GOT SOOO MANY BUTTERFINGERS
WHICH IS LIKE THE BEST CANDY IN THE ENTIRE WORLD 
November 2nd, 2007 10:58
My friend Jamie and I went as Special Circumstances. She used some old uggs and wrapped duct tape around them, while I coiled my hair with duct tape. I did our makeup from the cover of Specials. She has pictures so I’ll probably post a link later tonight. =D It was awesome; everyone just thought we were space kids though, lol.
November 2nd, 2007 11:12
that sucks
^_^
i looked sooo bad i was a 50′s girl
i will be dess next year
that will be soooo cool
don’t you all agree
OMG
bran-la u can be melissa
that would be great
November 2nd, 2007 11:30
last night we saw 15 year olds smoking and drinking they were very creepy some goth people were sitting on a curb todaly wasted that was not all these kids i know tried to give their number to my “boy friend” (he is a guy that is my friend) she is a slut (she is she didn’t even know them i bet she gave her number to at least 20 guys most of them were like hi) other than all the creeps it was a good night
WAIT
MY “boy friend’s” dad said that nop one can eat any cany before he looked to se if it had poisen in it
as you can see way over protective he was grilling one of my other friends about grammer he is way nutz
November 2nd, 2007 11:53
i got no school tomorrow
i am soooo happy
November 2nd, 2007 11:58
I was Shay, too for Halloween.
But when I read, I remembered it saying her flash tattoo was a nest of snakes coiling around each other. (TOTALLY icy)…so…that’s what I drew. On my face. Except I was rushed, so there’s only one snake. :[
I’m going to try to put a link in here…
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w56/headork/contests/DSCN2935.jpg
If that doesn’t work, here’s another one…
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w56/headork/contests/SHAY.jpg
It was pretty cool. Everyone thought my face looked fawesome.
I did my friend’s face like the cover of Specials, but I couldn’t get a picture.
November 2nd, 2007 12:52
i was a special yay me….. no body knew who i was ill email scott pictures
November 2nd, 2007 13:01
i went as tally and made my friends and parents refer to me as tally-wa. if they called me tracy, i wouldn’t respond, but it took all day to get used to it. i have this totally fawesome pic of my special tattoos that i drew myself, even though i can’t draw for crap!! i was amazed at myself for doing so good!!! scott, how am i supposed to send the pic to you? oh, wait!! i think i know how…maybe… i’ll try it when i download my camera.
for my costume i had a long-sleeved plain black shirt, REALLY long black pants, and chunky high heeled boots. the pants were so long that they were going over the heel of my boot!! which is like, 3 inches high!!! btw, trick or treating in heels, not fun. especially on smushy grass when you can’t see, because you’re not wearing your glasses!
after trick or treating with two of my friends and one of my friend’s little sisters (she’s so cute!!!!), we went back to her house and played with my other friend’s wii. the wii is totally fawesome!!!! i lost bad on tennis, but it’s so fun!!!! anyway, enough with my insanely long comment. really talkitive today. even though i’m half asleep right now, and have been all day. cya, my peeps!!!
November 2nd, 2007 13:25
steph-la, did you like the ending, were she shows beth him.
November 2nd, 2007 13:34
haha i was such a nerd i didnt tell anyone what my costume was until halloween i told my mom i needed a stick, silver spraypaint, and black paint she looked at me funny and somelady said i wasnt wearing a coustume even though i told her i was
i was attempting to be a midnighter:
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l141/bba80/midnight003.jpg
it was hard to see with sunglasses on and someone asked me if i would have to use the stick i i told them i hope not they had no clue what it ment
November 2nd, 2007 13:36
if only i could have died my anoying blond hair black im starting to think im going to go emo to bad i dress to fit into a croud…
November 2nd, 2007 13:50
Na…. I don’t like it when people dye their hair black. It depends…. if you do — please– don’t be one of thoes people who wait like 6 monthes to dye their hair again.
Tacky—
I dyed my hair red— like it—
— just my prefrence.
As long as you like it– that is all that matters.
November 2nd, 2007 14:28
Unfortunately at nineteen (almost 20) you can no longer really get away with trick-or-treating. Which sucks, since when is anyone really EVER too old for free candy and costumes?
But before the Halloween party I was going to go to got canceled, I had planned on being a Special Circumstance. I designed a shirt that said “We are Special Circumstances” and even practiced my cool Special makeup. But alas, the party was kicked. Supposed it wasn’t meant to be. For this year, anyway.
November 2nd, 2007 14:38
THAT IS OK I SOO FEEL FOR U
)
BY THE WAY HADDY-LA YOU LOOK LIKE A MIDNIGHTER (ANY ONE IN PERTICULAR?)
BRAN-LA I LOVED THE ENDING READ THE THIRD ONE FAST OK I CANT WAIT TO READ IT
BRAN-LA WHAT DO U SAY ABOUT U BEING MWLISSA AND ME BEING DESS THAT WOULD OUN ALL THE OTHER COSTUMES
U R NEVER TOO OLD TO GET FREE CANDY
ME AND MY FRIENDS WANT TO NEVER STOP TRICK-OR-TREATING
(OK I KNOW THAT IT IS SUPPOSTED TO BE MY FRIENDS AND I BUT I DON’T CARE
November 2nd, 2007 14:51
man i wanted to be 50 is that a multiple of 13 (i know that it is not but i want it to be)
)
now every time that i see something about 13 i will freak out
that is my new lucky number
(bran-la that is gabrelles lucky number but i am stealing it is that ok( i know that i missed spelled her name but u know who i am talking about right?)) omg that was a a () inside of a () (i know that it is a parenthases but i did not want to spell it worng but i already said it) i9 love () i will now referr parenthaes to ()
get it got it good (i love to say that
r my postes too long?
November 2nd, 2007 14:54
i qm serious how do u be a prety for halloween
so confuse-making
it is giving me a head ach (oops i mis spelled that but i am too lazy to fix it)
November 2nd, 2007 14:56
GTG
(i lovve the smilies)
Steph-la
over+out
(i love flyboy)
November 2nd, 2007 15:11
my locker numbers r 38-8-44
they add up to (drumroll please)
90
it is al most a multiple of 13 the nearest multiple of 13 is, 91
November 2nd, 2007 15:24
yay!
haha.
that’s me!
thanks for the praise and stuff.
November 2nd, 2007 15:33
Btw, I love your makeup for Shay, Lauren!
November 2nd, 2007 15:34
Jamie, the blonde, is Shay, and I’m Tally, the Brunette as Specials! It was so fun doing the makeup and costumes. Hope the links work!
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2099/1820401687_54e240387b.jpg?v=1193977363
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2141/1820392243_bd6868cc71.jpg?v=1193977402
November 2nd, 2007 18:07
Coloriiifiiic, wow, I love the picture! There’s something very creepy about the lighting that really brings out the snakes and your eyes! (and are they flash tattoos on your arms? o__o creepy-making!)
November 2nd, 2007 21:54
nice! those last ones really look like the cover. and i like whoever had the snakes, thier hands looked really cool.
once i get around to downloading my melissa pictures and cropping them right, i will probably post some.
November 2nd, 2007 23:57
nana- great pics. i was going to go as tally but i didnt have enough time to put together a costume. *sadness*
November 3rd, 2007 00:13
I was a Special Cutter. Here are some loverly pics of me!
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r225/true-midnight/special4.jpg
Arm tatoos
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r225/true-midnight/special3.jpg
Tatoos on the right side of my face
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r225/true-midnight/special2.jpg
Fake cuts. I mean, I was a cutter after all.
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r225/true-midnight/special1.jpg
And the icy tatoos on the left side of my face.
November 3rd, 2007 00:31
that is ok what were nu insteed
November 3rd, 2007 00:33
next year i will go as dess
caue she is my fave
November 3rd, 2007 01:21
i am back
no one is posting
gtg byby
i love google earth HEART HEART
STEPH-LA OVER+OUT
November 3rd, 2007 03:38
why is no one posting o du all of u have school i don’t have any school
three day weekend
it is 11:25 right now
dido
that is my fave word
i am soo random and fergalicious too lazy to spell it right
is that spelt right?
man i can’t spell worth nothin
well i am offialy bord
for once in my life that is nothing to read
wait i do have something to read it is a margret peterson haddix book she is my second fave author after scott-la
i am rereading the secont midnighters book
it is called touchin darkness
for all of u who do not know
after i read the third midnighters i will then read peeps and so yesterday
i have heard that the clique books r good r they good cause i know that some people r saying that reading those books r a toatal wast of time mostly u serafina zane
so my random/stupid/wierd/very long posts r a wast r thay not people
WHAT DO U ALL THINK ABOUT ME BEING DESS FOR HALLOWEEN NEXT YEAR GUYS
oops did not mean for that to be in caps sorry guys
gtg
steph-la over+out
November 3rd, 2007 03:41
also sweet tats/special costume the cuts r soo cool how did u do them
November 3rd, 2007 03:42
Okay, when u were up at 3 am did u mean tomorrow as in today or tomorrow as in tomorrow???
November 3rd, 2007 03:53
yessss post 70
r u talking 2 me
November 3rd, 2007 03:54
gtg byby my peeps
STEPH-LA OVER+OUT
November 3rd, 2007 05:04
no scott said that in his update..
November 3rd, 2007 05:14
dess would be a great costume, but i dunno what u would do for that.
and i’m….well sort of a bloody hypocrite cuz like i’ve sorta never read the clique books. so i don’t know. however, i’m also totally preachy, so go read one of the million books i’ve recc’d on here before. maybe i’ll post my many books that changed my life with thier awesomeness list again.
whoa. icy fake cuts, tara-wa. nice tattoos too
November 3rd, 2007 05:22
Definitly wishing I’d have thought of going as a special…I really didn’t have time to think about Halloween costumes…two tests the day before sent me rushing to Halloween USA the day before halloween…being a special wouldnt have been that hard either…although slightly scary-making for my boyfriend whom I went trick-or-treating with…i think the cape i had on scared him enough…oh well, if he can’t handle it its not my fault. Lauren’s flash tatoo is pretty awesome though. halloween ’07 definitly totally bubbly.
November 3rd, 2007 05:42
yeah i’m reeeeaaally bored so i’ll post my awesome books list.
i apologize in advance for overlong post.
BOOKS ALL U SHOULD READ BECAUSE THEY’RE AWESOME OR EVEN THE ONES THAT AREN’T PERFECTLY AWESOME TOTALLY CHANGED MY LIFE AND WERE FAWESOME SO YEAH. longest list title ever.
***disclaimer—not all YA bks! some of them might be sorta bad and stuff, like with drugs and violence and that sort of things. and i’m not putting scott-la’s books on here because i’m assuming you’ve read them.***
city of bones by cassandra clare.
tithe/ironside by holly black
the water mirror/stone light by kai meyer
the morganville vampires series by rachel caine
the haunting of alaziabel cray by chris wooding
beautiful city of the dead by somebody
the wereling trilogy by stephen cole
neverwhere by neil gaiman
homefree by nina wright
ummm….that’s like it for now i guess. i might be annoying and write more later. i’m crazy with my book-lists. this is just my quasi-obscure favorites list.
November 4th, 2007 02:15
Have you ever read — A Certain Slant of Light ???
— good book (although my friend dissagrees )
November 4th, 2007 09:39
no….i almost did once. but then i didn’t.
yes, i know. that’s the best story ever. i love reccomendations for obscure fantasy stuff!!! please anyone who feels like it!!! contemperary urban YA fantasy, i need more of you!!!! maybe it’d help if i took out a few of the adjectives in my genre classification. i’m actually really picky when it comes to books. and i’m ALL OUT OF THINGS TO READ!!!! quick, recc me before my head explodes!
November 6th, 2007 13:37
I am in awe of that tattoo. I have no artistic abilities whatsoever.
November 7th, 2007 07:31
hey nona. lovedddd the tattoos they
were spectacular! i am in love with
these books (:
November 9th, 2007 18:03
whoo knows where i can get temp. tattoos like a special?!? or how to be a pretty. it would be totally happy-making if someome could tell me
November 11th, 2007 18:21
Oh, Scott. I would have gone, if only I could. And even then I don’t think I could have dressed up as one of your amazing characters. I’d go as Shay if I had the time and the Sharpies for it, and if I thought I could even slightly bear semblance to her incredible icy-ness (Zane and Shay have always been my favorite characters.), but alas.
I already had a wig.
The world is a sad place, no? But being L from Death Note was so much fun. And no, I never thought I’d call cross-dressing fun. But it was.
Hope your Halloween was great, Scott. Sorry to keep bugging you like this. Don’t go all Kira on me. xDD See Death Note on Wikipedia if you’re lost.
November 12th, 2007 11:28
funny, in the pic with the smokies, the girl all the way on the right, her board looks exactly how i pictured it.. except in my idea it was black
November 12th, 2007 11:30
erm, sorry, i meant to post that comment on the Many Specials…
December 4th, 2007 02:12
tomarrow is my 12th birthday!
should be very kick!
p.s. scott please e-mail me at:
pepper1228@hotmsil.com
p.s.s. I am almost done with the extras!!!
I am a uglies fan!!!