Last year, I wrote about what characters I wanted to cosplay. My list was way too ambitious, but I liked having a plan of which characters I wanted to cosplay in the future. It helped set me up for success especially when the convention season began. I will make this an annual post at the end of each year where I list out characters I want to cosplay. I will keep this list shorter and only add 3 – 5 characters max. This way, I can plan out last-minute cosplays that pop up and won’t feel limited to only this list.

To start, here are all the characters I had on last year’s list:

• Liliana Vess – Magic: The Gathering
• Meren of Clan Nel Toth – Magic: The Gathering
• Keyleth – Critical Role
• Imogen Temult – Critical Role
• Scarlet Witch – Marvel
• Kraven – Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
• Doctor Aphra – Star Wars
• Padme – Star Wars
• Nightsister – Star Wars

I did complete a few of these most notably Keyleth and Padme. For Liliana and Meren, these would be fun cosplays but are a lower priority for me since I’m more of a casual Magic: player. I didn’t make Scarlet Witch or Kraven. I feel like I haven’t done a comic cosplay in a while. I always cosplay Harley Quinn and will probably cosplay Harley every year because I love her as a character. I’d like to go back to doing superhero cosplays since I did a lot of superhero cosplays when I first started cosplaying. Cosplaying as a Nightsister would be neat, but then I’d have to learn how to do body paint and I’m not sure I’m committed to doing that next year, but who knows.

Here are the cosplays I want to complete for next year:

• Moonshine Cybin – Not Another DnD Podcast
• Vexhalia – Critical Role
• Imogen Temult – Critical Role
• Zatanna – Zatanna & The Ripper

The first character on this list is Moonshine Cybin from Not Another DnD Podcast. I love NADDPOD and I don’t see many NADDPOD cosplays out there. For Moonshine, her look should be easy. I’d wear overalls, green tights, and a white short-sleeved crop top. There’s a lot of fan art out there, so I want to choose a photo and then create my cosplay from there.

I wanted to cosplay as Vexhalia this year, but there’s much to consider. There’s her bow and quiver which I don’t see any way to buy without spending hundreds of dollars. On top of that, which look would I cosplay? Do I go with her look from the Amazon series? or do I pick a piece of fan art and go from there? I think this cosplay will be expensive no matter what and I’d rather buy one piece of the cosplay at a time instead of paying hundreds of dollars at once.

For Imogen, I’m keeping her on this list because I think she will be an easier cosplay to create. It’s more gathering all the clothing items and then a purple wig. The final cosplay I have is Zatanna from the WEBTOON series Zatanna & The Ripper. I loved this webcomic and I liked Zatanna’s look. It’s cute, but not too over the top. I have a dark blue cloak that would work perfectly for this and it gives me another excuse to wear it.

I think having four characters on this list is plenty. Knowing me, I will come up with something on the fly like I always do. In the next week or so, I’m going to do more of a formal plan as to which conventions I plan on attending next year and that will help me figure out what cosplays I will create. This was a great cosplay year for me and I want to keep that momentum going in 2025.