civvies!

in which Sakuya explains the rainbow gradient on her costume in the newest game

little black dress, mk n+1

impractical elegance

semi-modern Flan

some vampires will bite personal style

I really like this alternate Flan outfit

high school Sakuya does the shopping

Butler Sakuya strikes back

... kind of a sexy maid Strider thing going on here?

who among us has NOT done the gardening this way

I kind of want Meiling to dress like this all the time (except when she's gardening)

Patchy Venezian style

this could almost just be an OWaW illustration

miko in spaaace

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>civvies!
>

Half of them are late for school.

>impractical elegance
>

Practicality doesn't seem to be at the top of the list for Remilia's fanciest outfits in general. That's an intense amount of lace though.

>some vampires will bite personal style
>

She does pull it off well. I'd love to see Marisa's reaction to it.

>I really like this alternate Flan outfit
>

That is a nice one. An update and then spin on her traditional outfit, plus buckles because why not.

>... kind of a sexy maid Strider thing going on here?
>

So did someone introduce her to the bloody card, or is she just about to make a purchase in a very extra manner?

>I kind of want Meiling to dress like this all the time (except when she's gardening)
>

Seems like a semi-formal sort of outfit. Not full wedding/meeting royalty attire, but definitely some extra fancy sprinkled on top.

>this could almost just be an OWaW illustration
>

...is she using some huge anti-materiel rifle as her broom? And did she swipe it off of Lynne?

>miko in spaaace
>

You'd think she'd be happier about it, but her expression makes it seem like she's there because Marisa lost a bet and somehow she had to pay for it.

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>>civvies!
>>
>Half of them are late for school.

I like how they made Reimu the hall monitor. I find myself doubting the Wonderful Class Rep of Paradise would give one-tenth of one damn if her classmates are running late. :)

>>some vampires will bite personal style >
>She does pull it off well. I'd love to see Marisa's reaction to it.

There are a lot of fan works in which Marisa and Flandre are pals because of the way the extra stage in EoSD plays out--Flan views their epic boss battle as the most fun play session she ever had, and since Marisa didn't die, that makes her the best play date ever. Sometimes Marisa find that very awkward, but in other interpretations she's down with it, and the resulting relationship is super-cute. (There are echoes of that in her early interactions with G after the Night of a Thousand Daggers.) I like that dynamic enough that I'm slightly sad they've never even met in GG, although I'm sure that day is coming.

>>I really like this alternate Flan outfit
>
>That is a nice one. An update and then spin on her traditional outfit,
>plus buckles because why not.

It's always time for buckles!

>>... kind of a sexy maid Strider thing going on here?
>
>So did someone introduce her to the bloody card, or is she just about
>to make a purchase in a very extra manner?

Well, closer examination shows that the card is a Joker and seems to be made of metal, so I'm going to guess the former, although in some places it could conceivably be both.

>>this could almost just be an OWaW illustration
>
>...is she using some huge anti-materiel rifle as her broom?

She does indeed appear to be.

>>miko in spaaace
>
>You'd think she'd be happier about it, but her expression makes it
>seem like she's there because Marisa lost a bet and somehow she had to
>pay for it.

I think she just gets grumpy any time she has to cover up her shoulders. It makes her feel claustrophobic.

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The rifle as broom thing maaay be a callback to Shuumatsu no Izetta, who does the same thing... pretty much throughout the series.

> this could almost just be an OWaW illustration

It's a popular idea apparently. Or you can just cut to the chase. (Both items are Strike Witches level of NSFW)

Bonus pic: A sniper team of Shanghai Dolls, because Alice is from the "never give a sucker an even break" school of dueling.

"This is probably a stupid question, but . . ."

>Bonus pic: A sniper team of
>Shanghai Dolls, because Alice
>is from the "never give a sucker an even break" school of dueling.

That's neat, although I would have given Spotter Shanghai a weapon.

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>>Bonus pic: A sniper team of
>>Shanghai Dolls, because Alice
>>is from the "never give a sucker an even break" school of dueling.
>
>That's neat, although I would have given Spotter Shanghai a weapon.

I’m assuming it’s that gun next to her on the floor while she’s using the binoculars.

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>>>Bonus pic: A sniper team of
>>>Shanghai Dolls, because Alice
>>>is from the "never give a sucker an even break" school of dueling.
>>
>>That's neat, although I would have given Spotter Shanghai a weapon.
>
>I’m assuming it’s that gun next to her on the floor while she’s
>using the binoculars.

I know, I was being unkindly facetious. The L85A1 has a certain... reputation. :)

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I really don't see why people dislike it, the L85A1 is a perfectly serviceable bayonet extender.

"This is probably a stupid question, but . . ."

>I know, I was being unkindly facetious. The
>L85A1 has a certain... reputation.
>:)

The video is unavailable. What was it?

>The video is unavailable. What was it?

It's a Forgotten Weapons video about the L85A1. The link was bad, I don't know why. It should work now.

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Patchy in casual dress, looking cute.

>Patchy in casual dress, looking cute.

Speaking of Patchy looking cute, everyone has their usual clothes in this one, but still.

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Here we have a very pretty Remilia dressed a bit like a Final Fantasy White Mage.

Remilia memes her frustrations in Patchy's direction.

Small meets tall, vampire edition.

There's a lot to like about this Remilia, from the tie to the suspenders to the proper hair color. The not entirely loli proportions and predatory facial expression don't hurt either.

Here's Flandre from the same set looking even more predatory.

And on the other end of the spectrum, here's Flandre enjoying a hearty laugh, though some might still consider the amount of fang on display predatory anyway. She's also indulging in some seriously wicked nails and potential frill overdose.

Another Flandre making an irresistible request while seemingly channeling a bit of Clara Valac from Welcome to Demon School, Iruma-kun!

One last Flandre, this time being playful in maid mode.

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>Here we have a very pretty Remilia dressed a bit like a
>Final Fantasy White Mage.

Oh, that's her costume from Tōhō Kōrindō, aka Curiosities of Lotus Asia, which is a... short story anthology? I think?... written by ZUN (but illustrated by someone else). Even if it wasn't tagged, the weird hat is a dead giveaway. I'm not sure if her look in that series is a deliberate Final Fantasy reference, but I wouldn't put it past them. :)

>Small meets tall, vampire edition.

Whut th' heck?

>There's a lot to like about this Remilia,
>from the tie to the suspenders to the proper hair color. The not entirely loli proportions and
>predatory facial expression don't hurt either.

Yes indeed. That's more or less what my mental image of our version looks like (she's also heavily informed by this artist's version, but just so you're warned, I had to go four pages back in a {character name|artist name} search to find one that was SFW; asutora's Remi and her husband do a very, very great deal of shagging).

>Here's Flandre from the same set looking even more predatory.

Flan's not bad, she's just drawn that way. :)

>And on the other end of the spectrum, here's
>Flandre enjoying a hearty laugh, though some might still consider the amount of fang on display
>predatory anyway. She's also indulging in some seriously wicked nails
>and potential frill overdose.

The nails and the frills share the trait of looking cool but being really impractical, although I could see the former as some sort of numinous-corpus battle mod. Molly Millions fingertip razors, only magical.

>Another Flandre making an irresistible request while seemingly channeling a bit of Clara Valac
>from Welcome to Demon School, Iruma-kun!

Possibly also Asashimo, although she's usually drawn with the matching bottom teeth showing (since the impression she's meant to give is of a shark). Either way, as you say, an undeniable request.

>One last Flandre, this time
>being playful in maid mode.

I could see her amusing herself by pretending to be a maid while some visitor she doesn't approve of is in the house, for example so as to play the "Oh! I'm so sorry, Monsieur, how clumsy of me" card in such a way that Remilia can't scold her for it without giving the impression that she's rough on the servants. :)

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>>Small meets tall, vampire edition.
>
>Whut th' heck?

The exceptionally tall drink of water is the Lady Alcina Dimitrescu, one of the bosses from Resident Evil Village (aka RE8). Her appearance is the result of the standard RE-verse "insane meddling into those dark places of science that man was never meant to tread." In this case it left her as a 9'6" tall "vampire" due to the combination of a hereditary blood disorder and the experiments of a stereotypical "insane cult leader."

>In this case it left her as a 9'6" tall "vampire" due to the
>combination of a hereditary blood disorder and the experiments of a
>stereotypical "insane cult leader."

I feel like the scale is still a little off. Even if she is nearly 10 feet tall, Remilia would be, like, three feet tall.

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>I feel like the scale is still a little off. Even if she is
>nearly 10 feet tall, Remilia would be, like, three feet tall.

Yeah, this is probably closer to the proper scale.

The three on the left are Alcina's "daughters," a trio young women once brought to the castle as slav...er, "servents," then revived through a variant of the earlier dark experiments that turned them into sentient clouds of vampiric flies.

Remember when the RE series was just about zombies?

looks like somebody missed the "no trespassing" sign

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>looks like somebody missed the "no trespassing" sign
>

They're just giving someone a friendly hello. Look at Remilia conjuring a little rainbow while Flandre shows off her prized magic item. And they both have such pretty smiles.

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Here we have a somewhat aged up Remilia in a very snug dress and rather nice hat. Extra credit for correct hair color too.

Meanwhile this is a more typically aged Remilia in what appears to be a very Summer sort of fancy dress, with a bow in place of a proper hat. Also correct hair color though.

This variation of Remilia decided to suit up, and take up dramatic smoking apparently.

Here is another Remilia wearing a somewhat more modernized variation of what looks like a potential Xmas outfit to me.

Rounding out this post's Remilia section we have a black outfit with parasol, gloves, capelet, and thigh highs that are bound to turn a few heads.

The caption on this leads me to believe that Flandre is simply mugging for the camera in high Halloween spirits, and not, you know, about to beat and/or eat someone. One can hope anyway.

This is a much more subdued Flandre who went so far into fancy she even decorated her wing crystals.

Here is another fancy frilly Flandre, though she seems much happier this time around at least.

Shifting gears a bit, Marisa found a new coat, and either a lot of glitter or a spell to make it look that way. We can hope, for all concerned, that is it the latter.

Lastly, in a two for one shot we have a rather more martial than normal Marisa and Alice, perhaps attending some function where dress uniforms are required. Or they just wanted to make an impression.

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Bleegh typos...

>Here we have a somewhat aged up Remilia
>in a very snug dress and rather nice hat. Extra credit for correct hair color too.

She looks like she's going for that "1930s Shanghai torch singer" look (à la Temple of Doom).

>Meanwhile this is a more typically aged Remilia in
>what appears to be a very Summar sort of fancy dress, with a bow in place of a proper hat. Also
>correct hair color though.

I think I'd have made her lace gloves white (they look a little odd being the only thing about the outfit in black), but otherwise it's quite nice.

>This variation of Remilia decided
>to suit up, and take up dramatic smoking apparently.

Patchy would not appreciate that.

>Rounding out this post's Remilia section we have
>a black outfit with parasol, gloves, capelet, and thigh highs that are bound to turn a few heads.

Certain individuals would also appreciate the strappy heels.

>The caption on this leads me to believe that
>Flandre is simply mugging for the camera in high Halloween spirits, and not, you know, about to
>beat and/or eat someone. One can hope anyway.

I think the outcome depends on whether candy changes hands. It must be admitted that "trick or treat" takes on a certain edge with Flan.

>This is a much more subdued Flandre
>who went so far into fancy she even decorated her wing crystals.

This version looks like she could reach all of them, but I like the image of her drawing up a design and then recruiting someone (maybe Sakuya, maybe Meiling) to spend a while meticulously bending gold wire and doing up the ones that are too close to her back for her to do herself.

>Here is another fancy frilly Flandre, though she seems much happier this time around at least.

That dress is the clothing equivalent of a New England coastline: looks compact, but if flattened out, would actually be hundreds of miles long. :)

>Shifting gears a bit, Marisa >found a new coat, and either a lot of glitter or a spell to make it [BR>>look that way]. We can hope, for all concerned, that is it the latter.

It's a spell--you can tell because it's had the side effect of making her eyes match the color of the "stars". :)

>Lastly, in a two for one shot
>we have a rather more martial than normal Marisa and Alice, perhaps attending some function where
>dress uniforms are required. Or they just wanted to make an
>impression.

Alice's uniform looks more Gallian than Britannian, but I do endorse the notion that Marisa hasn't worn hers in so long she can't remember how the necktie works and requires assistance. :)

Meanwhile:

"If you'd like to be considered for membership in the household, leave your CV with Sakuya and we'll see if we can find a place for you. I'm sure she wouldn't mind having an assistant maid or two to help her look after us."

fluffy parka... no pants

one possible explanation for why Reimu seemed to know how to handle herself in a swordfight

they say the ideal height difference is 10 centimeters (ca. 4 inches), but I'm not convinced

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>fluffy parka... no pants

This is what happens when you let her hang out with witches. Or naturists. One of those.

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FiMFiction.net: we might accept blatant porn involving the cast of My Little Pony but as God is my witness we have standards.

I suppose Remi would be more of a mod than a rocker

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In stuff I threw at Gryphon in Twitter:
Banhammer

Menacing Slav Squat, Flan

Adorable instead

Began, flan wars had

regular outfit, but faaaaaancy

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That is a -nice- pic. Love the art style, especially the detail on the wing crystals.

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>regular outfit, but faaaaaancy
>

Flandre makes the jump from 720p to 4k.

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Fantastically Fancy

>Flantastically Flancy

Fixed.

partygoers

(Machine translation is the usual mess, but the commentary says something along the lines of, "Shanghai, 1884. A bloody and magical demon city. A vampire lady invited to a night party, and a pretty Chinese person to escort her.")

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casual ReiMari

>casual ReiMari

I'm pretty sure that's Alice, but the outfits are cute. :)

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fancied up a bit (I particularly like Flan's waistcoat/bolero jacket combo)

sailor dress Flan (no wings, oddly enough)

hoodie

first day of school (Sakuya can't handle it)

little black (or... dark green?) dress, mk XIV

infiltrating DSM

"Sakuya, fetch me my fighting trousers"

Sakuya-approved!

classic jacket

speaking of trousers...

koa variations

unexpected shorts

Alice back when she and Marisa first met

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>fancied up a bit (I particularly like Flan's waistcoat/bolero jacket combo)
>

That is a good look, though Flandre herself seems less than thrilled. That might have to do with whatever the dialog is though.

>sailor dress Flan (no wings, oddly enough)
>

No Prize: Either tucked into the dress, or hidden with stealth magic to avoid freaking the mundanes.

>first day of school (Sakuya can't handle it)
>

Now I'm curious if cuteness induced nosebleeds are a trope I've someone how missed, though if any quantity of cuteness was going to cause one it'd be that picture.

>little black (or... dark green?) dress, mk XIV
>

I think black with some odd lighting effects. Definitely a nice dress regardless, and I love the touch of "it isn't Remilia without headwear of -some- kind."

>"Sakuya, fetch me my fighting trousers"
>

The outfit puts me in mind of someone fencing (maybe I play too much Red Mage in FFXIV,) which then makes me wonder if one can fence with a spear?

>Sakuya-approved!
>

Meiling... less so. But I agree with Sakuya.

>koa variations
>

A lot of artists don't make adorable Koa, I'd say this image is proof they should do so more often.

>unexpected shorts
>

They would be exceedingly practical for someone who spends as much time as Marisa does riding a broom. The top meanwhile has my brain screaming 'alchemist' which I don't think we've seen Marisa approach 'on screen' but isn't out of the question.

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>>fancied up a bit (I particularly like Flan's waistcoat/bolero jacket combo)
>>
>
>That is a good look, though Flandre herself seems less than thrilled.
>That might have to do with whatever the dialog is though.

That artist's Flan is a massive siscon, so she's probably just dumbstruck with desire.

>>first day of school (Sakuya can't handle it)
>>
>
>Now I'm curious if cuteness induced nosebleeds are a trope I've
>someone how missed, though if any quantity of cuteness was going to
>cause one it'd be that picture.

It's more often associated with reactions to "sexy" than "cute", but the latter is not unheard-of. (And, of course, things being what they are, some artists' Sakuyas are Like That. No context for this one.)

>>little black (or... dark green?) dress, mk XIV
>>
>
>I think black with some odd lighting effects. Definitely a nice dress
>regardless, and I love the touch of "it isn't Remilia without headwear
>of -some- kind."

I associate that kind of headband more with Alice, but Remi does wear it well. :)

>>koa variations
>>
>
>A lot of artists don't make adorable Koa, I'd say this image is proof
>they should do so more often.

Adorable Koa, you say?

>>unexpected shorts
>>
>
>They would be exceedingly practical for someone who spends as much
>time as Marisa does riding a broom. The top meanwhile has my brain
>screaming 'alchemist' which I don't think we've seen Marisa approach
>'on screen' but isn't out of the question.

Some versions are, either as part of a broad-spectrum interest in matters magical, or occasionally to make up for her spell list being short because she's an Ordinary Human. Ties in with her interest in mycology a lot of the time, too.

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Mokou on the basketball court

>Mokou on the basketball court

I can't decide whether I love or hate the fact that virtually all of the replies are just variations on OH SHE BALLIN.

Ah, the Internet.

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Remi adventurer stylee

scarlet devil

Rem(i) and the Holograms

that's not her shirt

Flandre Scarlet: The Rock 'n Roll Years

casual Flan

the gun seems frankly unnecessary

domestic Marisa

Marisa in traditional Alsatian folk costume. why? why not?*

Reimu wants to hit them with her sword

General Hakurei**

put me in, coach

Zuikakurei Reimu

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https://twitter.com/loewens_share/status/1554126677898321922?t=q007Rbep8m00j445Px7yFg&s=19

Not exactly fashion but cute happy dancing Marisa and Alice?