My husband and I are going to a Halloween event at a local amusement park (Knoebel’s) and they’re having a costume parade. He’s a librarian, Library1900 here on the Dope, and is going as Conan the Librarian. I want to have a librarian-themed costume, too. I know that Marian the Librarian is a well-known song, but would anybody know who she is on sight? So I’m asking you Dopers for suggestions. The event is in 2 weeks. Thanks!
Totally unrelated except for the name, but Marion is the name of a hedgehog in a set of two books that a lot of libraries have - about taking care of library books and not plagarizing.
Marionis here. Maybe you could put soft spikes on a brown hoodie, draw whiskers and a dark nose-tip on your face, and wear a “Marion” nametag, and have an i-pod with a speaker playing the song on a loop?
If you don’t mind crossdressing, and have the body shape and facial structure for it, you could put on a suit and vest and wire-rimmed glasses and go as Giles.
Make a book costume? Or, if you’re into Discworld, an Orangatan costume?
Conan the Librarian would be accompanied by Read Sonja, obvs.
You could try for Maid Marian the Librarian, but everybody would just assume you were a cross-dressing Robin Hood or Peter Pan with a book, and that makes no sense at all.
For Mardi Gras I once wore red tights, painted my upper body and face red, and tinted my hair red. It wasn’t really supposed to be anything in particular, but when people asked, I said I was Well Read.
I’m jealous. I have family in the Elysburg/Shamokin area and love Knoebels. Be sure and have some pierogies, birch beer, and a pickle on a stick for me!
She could make up a mask that looks like a book that’s spread open. When people ask what she is, she can say, “Well, my face is an open book.”
Great ideas so far, thanks! If I could sew, I’d be a little better off. We’re both Discworld fans, so we thought of the Librarian right away but that would be way too elaborate a costume for my meager capabilities. I don’t have the body to rock a chainmail bikini, but I’m liking the “Read Sonja” idea. How about if I combine two suggestions by wearing a red wig, painting my face red and wearing an all red barbarian kind of outfit. I can be “Well-Read Sonja.”
I think Conan the Librarian would carry a sword that when pulled, drops a flag reading SHHHHHHH!