A quick and dirty guide to Comic-Con@Home 2020

Not even a pandemic can keep nerds from being, well, super nerdy. Although conventions around the globe have been canceled and postponed, the world-famous Comic-Con International (AKA SDCC) is coming right to your living room this week from tomorrow, July 22, through Sunday, July 26. Oh, and did we mention that since it’s not taking place in San Diego, everyone can enjoy the content regardless of badge status?

The Collective Crew hasn’t missed SDCC since we were blessed with press badges back in 2015, and we aren’t about to stop now. Keep reading for the scoop on what to expect from this year’s Comic-Con@Home!

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Fanfic Wednesday: “One Summer”

by The Collected Mutineer “One Summer“ by missclairebelle Pairing: Jamie Fraser/Claire Beauchamp Word Count: 69,575 Author’s Summary: A […]

The Mutineer’s Top 5 Tracks from “Outlander”

by The Collected Mutineer I love to write about music. In fact, my very first post for The […]

Casting Men in Romantic Roles

The cast list was released last fall for the upcoming Netflix adaptation of the young adult fantasy series Shadow and Bone. The casting revealed Jessie Mei Li as Alina Starkov, and Ben Barnes as her manipulative antagonist and love interest General Kirigan, also known as the Darkling. Alina is meant to be around seventeen, while Ben Barnes is 38.

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Anime Los Angeles 2020: Artist Alley Spotlight on Elaine Ho

by The Collected Mutineer If you know anything about The Collective, then you know that the majority of […]

Inspiring Female Photographers at #AnimeLosAngeles2020

Aside from this blog, Chris Evan’s dog, and Cate Blanchett, my greatest love is probably cosplay. I love designing, I love creating, and I love collaborating with artists who share passions similar to mine. I’ve learned a lot about the community over the past few years, and I’ve learned that one of the most important relationships/connections that a cosplayer can foster is the one between photographer and cosplayer (you can read my post detailing the intricacies of this relationship here).

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The Collective’s Favorites From 2019

It’s the end of another year, and it’s also the end of some pretty big pop culture phenomenons. We here at the Collective have rounded up a few of our favorite things from 2019, just because we’re a little nostalgic and maybe not quite ready to move into 2020.