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With A Smile and a Song--An Interview with Snow Cosplayer Malerie McDonald

30/4/2016

With a Smile and a Song--An Interview with Snow Cosplayer Malerie McDonald
by Teresa Martin (@Teresa__Martin)

1. When did you first become a fan of Once Upon a Time? What is your "story" in becoming a Oncer?

I actually didn't start watching it until Season One was all done and on Netflix. My sister was watching it and telling me I NEEDED to watch this show, that it was right up my alley. So one Saturday I wasn't working and had pretty much a free day. I sat there and watched the pilot then the next and then the next! Next thing I knew I was watching the finale at around 3 a.m. I just couldn't stop watching! So I would say I became a fan instantly after watching all of Season One in a day lol.

2. How did you first start cosplaying?

I have always been a fan of dressing up and actually have been pretty fortunate that I get to do that as my second job on the weekends. About ten years ago I got hired as a Princess for parties. I did multiple princesses where I would attend the party dressed as them dancing and singing their songs. But my most requested one was Snow. When I got pregnant I decided to just focus on face painting and became a professional face painter. Later, I came back to the Princess Scene and did face painting and dressed up as Snow White on the weekends. The first con I attended was Regal Con and I was a volunteer. When I went to the volunteers meeting I was late, so I snuck into the back seat. Later when we were asked to introduce ourselves, Leah, who was in charge of the meeting, said "Ok your turn. The girl who looks exactly like Mary Margaret sitting over there" (which if I can backstory a little, it wasn't uncommon for me to hear that--the first time I heard I resembled Ginnifer Goodwin was my senior year of High School when Mona Lisa Smile came out. One of my friends told me she had found my Doppelgänger) Back to the cosplaying, after the meeting I was talking to the other volunteers and they told me it would be awesome to see me cosplay as Mary Margaret so I figured ... How hard could this be? I'll just bring my little collar top with me and change into it later. Everyone loved it, and when I wasn't running around doing my job at the con I stopped for some pics. That's how I met Reini Side in her amazing purple gown cosplay.

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Pixie Dust Never Lies: Cosplay and Second Chances with Reini Side

18/4/2016

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Pixie Dust Never Lies: Cosplay and Second Chances with Reini Side
Fan Interview by Teresa Martin

1. When did you first become a fan of Once Upon a Time? What is your "story" in becoming a Oncer?

I first became a Oncer in 2014 when my husband was dying from aggressive brain cancer. The stress and strain of acting as full time caregiver while working full time and single parenting a toddler was so extreme, I begged God to get me through it all somehow, and Once Upon a Time fell in my lap. It became my much needed escape, and I managed to find an hour a night to shut the world out and get lost in the story of hope that Once gave. I found an immediate connection with Regina, as our stories soon became similar….we both lost the love of our lives, they died in our arms, we were both single parents, and we both found the strength to survive and eventually allow good to win in us. (That and my name Reini is a derivative of the name Regina, LOL.)

2. How did you first start cosplaying as The Evil Queen?

In December 2014, I heard about an upcoming Once Upon a Time convention called RegalCon, and I knew I had to go - it was the opportunity to come full circle with one of the big things that got me through a critical time. As I processed attending, I thought "Why not go as the queen for a day?" My mother is a very talented seamstress and was on board for creating one of the Evil Queen's dresses. We set to work on a four month project and finished the queen's iconic stand-up collar gown two days before the convention. I entered as the Queen and was well received - the Evil Queen cosplaying snowballed from there!

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Official OUAT Evil Queen Costume

1/8/2015

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Sometimes you just want to play the bad girl. The really powerful, really wicked bad girl. The kind of bad girl who will wipe out a village at the bat of an eye to get what she wants. Queen Regina is about as nasty as it gets, and the Once Upon A Time Evil Queen Costume For Women is perfect for playing up your bad side while looking really, really good doing it.
Includes: A black dress with gold trim, a purple jacket with collar, and a clutch that resembles a spell book.

Material: 100% Polyester

This is an officially licensed Once Upon a Time costume

Available for Pre-Order at Buy Costumes

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OUAF Interview A Fan: Tom Abaud

5/7/2015

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Teresa: When did you first become a fan of Once Upon a Time?

Tom: The Season One was good, but I really became a fan when the character of Captain Hook came on. I loved to discover a new story about this character and the interpretation by Colin O’Donoghue is just perfect. I think that he worked a lot to propose a Hook version that we had never seen before.

Teresa: When did you realize you looked like Hook?

Tom: I didn’t realize I looked like him, but my friends told me that we looked a lot alike.

Teresa: How did you first start cosplaying as Hook?

Tom: After my friends told me I looked like Hook, I decided to try to do the makeup and did my first photoshoot. It started that way. I put my first picture on your website. Xivents saw it and contacted me for the Fairy Tales 2. All began thanks to you.

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OUAF at Dragon Con 2014

2/9/2014

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With A Smile and a Song--An Interview with Snow Cosplayer Malerie McDonald

With a Smile and a Song--An Interview with Snow Cosplayer Malerie McDonald
by Teresa Martin (@Teresa__Martin)

Pixie Dust Never Lies: Cosplay and Second Chances with Reini Side

Official OUAT Evil Queen Costume

OUAF Interview A Fan: Tom Abaud

OUAF at Dragon Con 2014

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With A Smile and a Song--An Interview with Snow Cosplayer Malerie McDonald

​With a Smile and a Song--An Interview with Snow Cosplayer Malerie McDonald​by Teresa Martin (@Teresa__Martin)​

Pixie Dust Never Lies: Cosplay and Second Chances with Reini Side

Official OUAT Evil Queen Costume

OUAF Interview A Fan: Tom Abaud

OUAF at Dragon Con 2014

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With a Smile and a Song--An Interview with Snow Cosplayer Malerie McDonald
by Teresa Martin (@Teresa__Martin)