So we have a work conference in a couple of weeks, it’s for one night only somewhere on the Central Coast. The cut is that the dinner that night is themed.
Say it with me in a bogan accent… THOIME.
Superheroes. I was excited at first.
Cool. I like superheroes.
Until I did a bit of research.
At first I was thinking Poison Ivy, but she is a supervillainess apparently. And I just don’t know if the horns are me.
Maybe they are Flame horns?
So then I thought… “hmmm… self, who do we like? We like Drew! Hmm. Yes! We shall be Sugar from Batman Forever! YES!”
So I googled the images, you know, to see what I could wear as a costume.
Ah. No. It is a work event after all. And I really don’t think I could pull that off (so to speak)
Ok… Wonder Woman! even though I am devastated not to have my long, dark Wonder Woman hairs right now, but I could still do it! I LOVE Wonder Woman… but… let’s face it…
I do not have the body to be Wonder Woman.
Also, I need a wax.
Barbarella?
*sigh*… no.
So I googled Superheroines, after a while of perusing that list I realised that there are some common themes amongst female Superheroes.
They all have massive norks, REALLY tight or just no clothes, and lots of big massive hairs.
I can’t BE a superhero!
I really don’t want to go now 
** and Shoo’s not going so I don’t want to go.
I had this discussion once with a female friend who i dragged to the comic book shop with me years back. She got pretty miffed at the images of the ladies in the comics, saying “real women don’t look like that”. I tactfully pointed out that real men do not possess anything remotely the physique of a Superman or a Batman on average, and we generally don’t wear those skimpy skin tight speedo-esque outfits either. I always wanted to dress as Spider-man as he’s my fav, but good god, no one ever needs to see that.
You could make up your own superhero. That can be pretty fun.
I’m in the same boat LaLa, I’ve been to a Superhero themed party before and I managed to pull off Batgirl (have a look at my Facebook pics) but can you even imagine how many Batgirls there are going to be there? And every superheroine wears LYCRA for crying out loud. And if they don’t wear lycra they wear leather, and the costume shops substitute lycra into the costume anyway coz who is gonna run around a bloody party in leather all night (or pay to maintain it lol). *sigh* I dunno what to do eithers…
PS. We had a few folks that made up their own superheros at aforementioned party but at a work do I dunno… :-S
If you make up a superhero that is somehow related to something everyone can relate to at work, it could be gold. Like “the bad cafeteria food phantom” or “the dirty bathroom avenger” or “the empty paper bin executioner” (those are specific to my work, maybe). You could turn it into something hilarious and topical, and be the hit of the party.
If you ever saw the movie “Mystery Men”, you’ll know what i mean…
What pricks! Lycra is the nastiest invention for 99% of the population to try to pull off….. And that 1% ought to be poked in the eyes with a rusty fork! Good luck love, I’ll be pondering your dilemma….. Hmmm….. x
Oh man! I thought I had commented on this days ago! All the female superheroes are so sexualized. Although I know you are a sexy beast, I don’t think that’s the image you want to convey at a work party.
So, I got nothin’ for ya.
do you reckon the chicks from Charlie’s Angels would work? Because then all you have to do is flick your hair out, glossy up your lips and pop on a set of false eyelashes. Maybe say “good morning charlie” a lot.
either that or tie a piece of fabric around your neck for a cape and call yourself ‘SuperLaLa’
So who’d you go as?