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Two years ago, if you asked me or Ma if we'd be running a Friday The 13th themed cosplay stream, I would have laughed a very very hard laugh, but d'you know what.. We both love it and there's so many reasons why!😁
To start with, the people and friends you make on here, for me (Jason), was super unexpected! I mean, We just wanted to do well, get a good reaction and try to make the stream look good, but certain people liked what we did and came back again when we were next live to support us, so you got to know them that way and before you knew it, bang, you got an amazing community of friends on tiktok who can really pump you up, cheer you up and get you enjoying yourself, even on days when you may not be in a great mood! Shouts out to #Voorheesfam!
Draw from your interests!
Me and Ma have always loved to sing at Karaoke bars, listen to music, watch all kinds of Movies and TV shows and generally be into all forms of Entertainment so performing and making content, bringing in inspiration from our favourite Horror Characters, Comedy movies, Rock, Rap &Dance songs... Hell, our Favourite Cartoons- has made us both fall in love with doing our stream and making our content.. Its like you can really show your personality through the content you put out, which makes cosplay and social media, a perfect combination, What we mean by this is, well, there are so many Jason Voorhees & Michael Myers Cosplay Artists... LOADS! So what you need to do is try to add your own flavour.. Try to go off on your own tangent and DO NOT copy someone else who does the same character as you.. Instead, be inspired by them but try to carve out your own style! That was why me and Ma started to paint and design our own masks, so we could truly go for the look that we wanted. I do try to paint my masks to look like the ones Jason wears in the movies but I can control exactly how they look. Some i've done well, others not so well, but as an artist, I try to build up and build on until i'm happy with the end result.. Ma's blinged out masks are amazing and she's quite lucky in that she doesn't need to base the look on Pamela Voorhees' mask because Pamela doesn't wear one in the movies.. Ma also enjoys that she can represent the character of Pamela in different forms (Movie Pamela, Ghostly Pam, Headless Pam), being imaginative with it creating a vibe!
Anything different now?
One thing where our stream (or our attitudes) is different from 2 years ago, is that there has been a lot more experience in dealing with trolls.. This is the bad side of Tiktok (and social media).. Our advice is not to take too much notice of any hurtful comments and after you make friends with people you trust, see if they will moderate for you. This will help to keep the silly comments away. One thing I will tell you is that unfortunately, sometimes you fall out with friends you have made and they may hold a grudge. You are better to avoid these dramatic arguments and try your best to move on and always try to be positive and have that positive mindset. Negative mindset only attracts more negativity. We are all human and at times can get drawn in and it also depends on how you are feeling and what kind of mood you are in. Me and Pamela feel that in our experience, it's always when we've swapped numbers and start whatsapping people we've met on our lives is where it all goes t**s up! People like to get too personal, but forget that this amazing relationship started online and works really well the way it is. There are people who have great experiences when they meet up too though.. Each to their own.
Plans for the future?
Well, we want to keep doing what we do, but we want to grow it through our other socials and also, be more creative and try to be better, more professional! We don't take it all too seriously but at the same time it's good to get serious! If we've been doing it for 2 years, then should our vids be better now than then? YES! Are they? Not sure.. One can only try!
If you'd like to check out our other socials, please check out originaljasonandma.com where you will be able to connect with originalpamelavoorhees, originaljasonvoorhees and theclassicmichaelmyers!
Please look out for our Themed mask giveaways!
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