Themed co-ed bachelorette party

[lethearen]

A friend of mine is getting married next month, and her bach party is at the end of this one. For some reason, they decided yesterday that it was going to be a fancy-dress party, where everyone was to arrive garbed as their favourite god or goddess. Extra points for cross dressing. Whatever the "points" are for They left the terms open to pretty broad interpretation, including "modern" versions of gods, and including demigods.

I'm thinking of going as Cu Chulainn, son of Lugh (the Irish god of somethinarather), set in a fictionalised Romantic period. I chose this for three reasons:

#1 It gives me a good excuse to wear the kilt, which #2 I already own all the gear for, thus don't have to purchase/rent/scrounge anything. And #3, I have familial ties to the Hound of Culann. Well, not really. But he was adopted by Fergus mac Roich, and I'm a Ferguson, so that means we're practically clansmen, right? There was a #4, but I forget it.

I know that someone will probably disapprove of "costumizing" the kilt. But hey, I was going to wear it anyway before it become a themed party. I'll just wear a Jacobite shirt with it instead of a button-down. Don't you roll your eyes at me *hehe*

Oh, I know there are plenty of problems with it. CC is Irish (though in the stories Fergus was an exiled Scot), and "the Irish didn't wear kilts". Even if they did, they would have been solid colours. Even if that weren't the case, CC lived before clan tartans became established.

All in good fun I plan to thoroughly enjoy myself nonetheless.

[Colonel MacNeal]

Donar - the celtic thunder god - would also be a good choice. (he is very similar to Thor) It will also give you an excuse to carry a sledgehammer.

[lethearen]

Great, now i have Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer" running through my head...

hehe I'll look Donar up. Thanks

[beloitpiper]

I always thought of the Hound as more like this:



Sorry, I just love that image. Have a great time!

[lethearen]

Oooo great pic. Unfortuantely I don't have the bod to wear tight leather pants and no shirt

[Wompet]

Go with the kilt and sledge hammer, then.
Oh, and Greg - nice picture of great-great-granpaw Wompet there.

[Freelancer]

Dude, bet you'll be the best of the bunch!

beloitpiper, that picture rocks!

[Highlander31]

I'd go with the kilt and sledgehammer.

[Rex_Tremende]

I don't know. Wouldn't it be more fun to put on a second pair of arms and wrap yourself up in a sari and go as Lakshmi, the goddess of good fortune?

Regards,
Rex.