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…Aya Tsuji is a minor character in Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure. She appears in two arcs of the fourth part, Diamond is Unbreakable. She is the manager and aesthetician at the Cinderella beauty salon. Yukako Yamagishi visits the salon, hoping to change her look to impress Koichi Hirose. Aya uses her Stand, Cinderella, to enhance Yukako’s appearance. This same ability helps Yoshikage Kira change his face to avoid being identified….

Prince Charming is the antagonist of the second Shrek movie. Unlike the Cinderella fairytale, he has malevolent intentions. He ventures to the tower where Princess Fiona had been imprisoned, but instead he finds the Big Bad Wolf sleeping in her bed. The wolf explains Shrek rescued and married her already. Prince Charming tricks her into thinking he’s Shrek, having been turned human from a potion, and almost gets away with it. However it’s reveale…

…In Into the Woods, this take on Little Red Riding Hood (Lilla Crawford) crosses paths with the Wolf as usual, but also characters from other fairy tales including Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk, and Rapunzel….

…h her Stand, Love Deluxe. With this Stand, she can wield her long, flowing hair as a weapon. Although Yukako realizes the error of her ways, she still loves Koichi. She goes to the Cinderella salon to get a makeover to impress him. When it goes wrong, Koichi comes to her defense, and the two become a couple for real….

…from the Broadway hit, Hadestown. The evil stepsisters and stepmother from Cinderella: Anastasia, Lady Tremaine, and Drizella (plus their cat, Lucifer). Darla (@kai.esh_black) from the DC movie Shazam! Check out our Shazam (Billy Batson) costume guide. Him (@thephantomb) from The Powerpuff Girls. Check out our costume guides for the other characters, including the Powerpuff Girls, Blisstina, and Ms Bellum. Mrs. Lovett (@emmajiqrubini) and Sweeney…

…hey recall: “I was still on the high of #28DaysofBlackCosplay and Brandy’s Cinderella streaming and thought, ‘I need more of this feeling.’ I felt hopeful and dreamy looking at these images.” They were particularly inspired by Kenji K’s Instagram. The official Instagram, Black Fae Day Official, and its bio states: “We want to show that Black/BIPOC need more representation in fantasy. We’re out here and we’re magical.” This year, the event was also…