Morgiana and Cassim cosplays from Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic

Morgiana Cassim Magi

Morgiana and Cassim cosplay

Morgiana from Magi

Cassim from Magi

Morgiana from Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic

Morgiana - Magi

Morgiana cosplay

Morgiana Labyrinth cosplay

Cassim from Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic

Morgiana and Cassim from Magi

Morgiana and Cassim Labyrinth of Magic

Morgiana and Cassim from Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic cosplay

Morgiana from Magi

Morgiana is a member of the Fanalis, a warrior race known for their strength, and a former slave, freed by the death of her former master. Because Aladdin and Alibaba had a hand in her freedom, she feels a strong sense of attachment to them. When given the chance to choose the base for a support weapon, she chooses her manacles because she said they're filled with the kindness from her most important people. She seems to be really tough, but can be very insecure about being useless and a burden due to years of brainwashing as a slave, which leads her further to dedicating herself to Aladdin and Alibaba. She's generally a very quiet person.

Siddershow Cosplay decided to cosplay her because she's so quiet and sweet, but then when she gets angry and stomps her feet she ends up breaking the ground! So it's kind of a similar situation to Aladdin in that she's really kind and sweet, but has this amazing strength. Morgiana wears it more openly than Aladdin does though, because it is part of her heritage and she looks like other Fanalis. "The fact that she's so physically strong and yet so sweet is a great juxtaposition that I love."

This costume was probably the easiest one Siddershow ever made: "The entire costume is made out of a heavy linen to be period accurate. Since Morgiana is poor, she wears clothes that are kind of torn. Because of this I made the decision not to hem anything. All I did was make a basic, formless frock. Out of the same linen, I made the long sash that goes around her waist. I probably made it in an hour, to be honest. Her pendant was made from model magic. The wig was probably the most labor intensive part of this cosplay, but all I had to do was cut it and make a small pigtail. I'm currently making her manacles/bracers now and those are being made out of fun foam placed on cuff bracelets with contact cement, and detailing hot glued on. They will eventually be spray painted silver, have red gems put on them, and chains attached."

Here's a gif of Morgiana being adorable and stomping the ground:

Animaged GIF of Morgiana stomping

Cassim from Magi

On Sunday, Blackmageeljin was Cassim, again from Magi. He's an impoverished young man who wants to overthrow his country's corrupt government at any and all cost. He grew up in the slums and was Alibaba's best childhood friend. Growing up where he did made him manipulative and cunning. He formed a group of thieves, and they were eventually used, very willingly, in a plot to overthrow the government using magically enhanced weapons. This plotline ended in a way so poignantly tragic that it's still being referenced nearly 100 chapters later, and the fans still get really emotional over it.

Cassim is very much the anti-hero, which is what drew Blackmageeljin to cosplay him. All of the logic he uses makes a lot of sense, even if it's morally ambiguous and ends up leaning towards the wrong side of that fine line. Blackmageeljin also enjoys causing the fans inordinate amounts of pain and emotional trauma, and Cassim really represents that for the Magi fandom on multiple levels; one being his tumultuous relationship with Alibaba and the other being the ultimate conclusion to his storyline.

This costume was a very easy one to make, actually finished in two and a half hours and in one sitting. First off were the harem pants; three out of six yards of fabric were dedicated solely to the pants. Next, was a simple tunic that is just a piece fabric sewn together at the sides and a hole cut into the top. The rest of the fabric was used in making the long sash that Cassim has wrapped around his body. Like Morgiana, because Cassim is very poor, Blackmageeljin felt that he didn't need any hems which is mostly why this costume didn't take long at all. The wig for Cassim was bought on ebay already dreaded and all she really had to do for it was style the dreads up to look like Cassim's hair. She carries around a cigar as a prop because when Cassim is lounging around, he's usually smoking one.

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