Episode #123: Feeney Talks with Stefania Sassano

Show Notes

#BeAGoodFriend and check out episode #123 of #FeeneyTalksWithFriends featuring Stefania Sassano. 

It was great to talk with my #friend, Stefania! 

Stefania is a Production Associate for Directline Media and a Cosplay Content Creator. 

We talked about:

Being a Content Creator (minute 1)

Cosplay (minute 3)

Creator Fund on TikTok (minute 5)

Being a YouTuber (minute 9)

Attending The University of New Haven (minute 10)

Acting (minute 15)

Stefania’s X-Men 97 shirt (minute 17)

Icon Series Airbnb (minute 19

Feeney’s AC Automotive shirt (minute 22)

Feeney’s dancing video (minute 25)

Stefania’s resume (minute 29)

Podcast sponsors (minute 34)

3 Keys (sponsored by West Hartford Lock) to being a Content Creator (minute 35)

“Rogue talks with Carol” TikTok video (minute 39)

Stefania’s favorite restaurant and 4 superhero guests (minute 42)

Content: First, Last, Best, Worst (minute 46)

Favorite Teacher in Rogue voice (minute 49)

Favorite moment with a friend in a British accent (minute 51)

Cosplay questions (minute 52)

Comic Cons (minute 55)

X-Men Trivia (minute 57)

Marvel movie quotes (minute 59)

Feeney dressed as Spiderman (minute 1.05)

Closing remarks (minute 1.06)

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Creators and Guests

Host

Eric Feeney

After teaching for nearly a decade at his alma mater in Waterbury, in 2014, Eric Feeney began teaching at Wolcott Elementary in West Hartford. Shortly following, Sam Sohn, the father of one of his students, passed away suddenly from a heart attack. He left behind four beautiful children and a loving wife, Nancy Wallace-Sohn. Eric saw first-hand the toll this took on the family as they navigated their way through this unthinkable tragedy. The following year, Rashad Collier Sr., another father of a student in Eric’s class, passed away in Hartford as a result of gun violence. Rashad left behind two fantastic children and a loving wife, Denise Villegas. The impact of these tragedies weighed on Eric and motivated him to build an organization that could provide assistance for similar situations. With that, Friends of Feeney was born. In 2019, Friends of Feeney Inc. became an official 501©(3) nonprofit organization, allowing more funds to be raised and expanding the range of services provided to children and families in need. Today, over a decade since Eric’s idea to build a community organization dedicated to supporting our friends in need, Friends of Feeney has burgeoned into a reputable and recognized organization capable of providing financial and resource support to numerous families and individuals across greater Hartford and beyond. Through this work, an incredible community of children and families has been recognized, who care for and appreciate each other’s kindness.

Producer

David Chmielewski

David started his video career in the early 1990s working on video crews as an independent contractor for such companies as Martha Stewart Living, IBM and Xerox. After graduating Southern Connecticut State University with the degree in Corporate Communications, David continued his video production career and accepted a position at WFSB in Hartford, CT. Within a few years the news and production studios became his charge and David designed, installed and maintained the televisions sets for the various programs at the station. At the end of 2013 David founded DirectLine Media, a video production company that specializes in creating memorable and compelling video content for businesses.

Editor

Stefania Sassano

Stefania's acting journey began as early as the fourth grade, where she took on the role of Scarlett O'Hara in a stage production of Gone With the Wind. This early experience sparked a lifelong passion for the arts. With a background in musical theater fueled by her love of music and singing, Stefania stepped into larger roles, such as Fraulein Kost in Cabaret during her sophomore year at the University of New Haven. This performance earned her a nomination for the prestigious Irene Ryan Acting Award at the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival—an honor she would receive again in her junior year.

What is Feeney Talks With Friends?

Eric Feeney talks with #friends! Eric is the founder of the nonprofit organization Friends of Feeney. Their mission is to help children and families who need assistance after heartbreak and tragedy. www.friendsoffeeney.com

All right, all right.

Feeney talks with friends, episode 123.

I got a great guest
here, Stefania Sassano.

How are you doing? I'm doing good.
How are you?

You may hear me
refer to Stefania during the podcast.

She is the production associate
for Direct Line Media.

But today she's our special guest.

How are you doing, Stefania? Doing
pretty good.

How are you?

It snowed where I was.

It's like all snow over there when I left.

And then I came up here
and there was nothing.

So I was like very shocked.

All right.

Because there's only southern.

Like you say, snow to a teacher. I'm like.

No school. Yeah. All right.

My name is Eric Feeney, founder
and president of Friends of Feeney.

Our mission is to help
children and families

that need assistance
after heartbreak or tragedy.

And I use this podcast.

Feeney talks with friends,
and I talk to wonderful guests

that are doing great things.

And Stefania, you are in.

You're your internet personality.

Yeah, I that's the first time
I was referenced as that.

Actually,
I've never heard that prior to this day.

We're dropping an exclusive here.

You're an actress.

You're a cosplayer.

You're a content
creator. Yeah. How's that?

Well, I
started with content creating all kind of.

I started with acting
because I did theater in college.

But then towards graduation or more

so like January of 2021 is
when I graduated in May.

I started to do content creating,

because I needed to figure out what to do
after college.

And I went through college
last two years at least with Covid.

So I didn't really have, like,
much experience

or an internship to really solidify
my career after college.

So I had, like, this, like, crazy

mental breakdown, and I was like,
I gotta, I gotta figure stuff out.

So eventually I was like an idea
in my head where I was like,

oh, maybe I could do some content creating
because I saw people doing a drink.

Covid and I, ever since I was a kid
who loves dressing up and doing theater.

So I was like, maybe I could do
some cosplay and see where that goes.

And that's how I got here.

Wow. No. It's great.

You have TikTok,
you have Instagram, you have Twitter.

How many followers do you.

I know how many followers. I looked it up.

Yeah.

How many followers do you have on TikTok?

I don't know if it's that, like 170.

172.6 thousand.

Yeah.

Thousand on TikTok is at least
the followers are greater

on there than on Instagram,
which I was surprised.

Instagram 137,000. Yeah.

Twitter 9000.

As expected. Right. Yeah.

TikTok pages. Hilarious.

And I mean not hilarious
but well put together.

Interesting.

Engaging.

You know you you cosplay. Yeah.

So to our listeners at home
what is cosplay.

So cosplaying is basically

it's it started in Japanese
culture cosplaying.

That's why you see a lot of like anime
cosplays is really where it started.

But it ventured off to like,

comic book cosplays and like, movie
cosplays.

Basically, you dress up as characters
from any pop culture thing,

whether it's film or comics or anime.

And there are comic conventions
that you can go to where you can dress

up and meet voice
actors or actors or comic book creators.

Either as the character or you can,

you know, just go in anything you want,

but it's, it's a safe space for people
to express themselves and dress up and,

not really, because it used to be where

you'd get bullied for stuff like this,
like years ago, and now it's become

so popular and just like a regular thing
that anybody does it.

Yeah.

Larp, live action role playing

kids would be in the park like sword
fighting and pretending to be like

a knight,

or on a mutant or an ogre and cosplaying.

That's what I thought of when I was a kid,
you know, 20, 40, 30.

A long time ago anyway.

But now it's more developed
into creating content

because you have a lot of cool videos.

Rogue is rogue, your your favorite show
you go to.

So Rogue is Marvel, so you'll have a rogue
talking to another character.

But you're playing both characters.
Yeah, right.

So sometimes I'll have both cosplay,
sometimes I won't,

and I'll just like kind of finesse it
where I'll be like,

I'll just put the name of the character,
at least if I don't have the costume.

But most of the time I try to do
characters I have the costumes for,

so that way it's like cool or funny or,
you know, interesting.

So I'm interested.

I know a lot of people listening are to

what does a content creator
how does how do you acquire funds?

How do you get paid?

How well does it pay?

Where's the pay? Come in
with the content creator.

So, with TikTok they have what's called,

Oh, I forgot the name for.

Basically, TikTok pays you, creative fun.

That's what it is.

So they have this creator fund
where you can sign up for it.

I think you have to meet
certain requirements.

And based on your,

views or like, engagement
you get on your videos, they have to be

at least a minute long for TikTok,
for Instagram, it can be any, amount.

But it depends on how well,
your videos interacted.

And based off that,
they'll give you, like, a rate

and they'll do that per

the rate per view,
I believe it is on the video.

So you can make

a lot of people make like

thousands of dollars on TikTok
if they have like a great amount

of following and, are consistent with
their videos and have great engagement.

You can make thousands or like
there are people that make millions

sometimes, but that could be throughout
TikTok and Instagram.

You know, between

both of those with Instagram,
they have what's called like bonus reels.

So or like it doesn't do reels anymore.

It does like post as well.
But reels do better.

So it could be any length of video
that you post

and that's based off of also engagement
I think more so views and engagement.

And then based off that you get paid.

It's not you have to be pretty

I guess consistent with your work.

Because you
sometimes can make and it's only monthly,

so you get paid out monthly
so you can make like maybe

a thousand bucks one month and then like
just 500 the next, or like less.

So it depends. It's not a lot of pay.

Like if you have
a great amount of following

and you have like brand sponsorships,
that's also another way to get paid.

Then you can make this
like a living kind of work life for you.

But brand versus a.

Question I've got a brand deals.

Brand is
where like you can make good money

because they usually pay
instead of like paying their employees

or whatever,
which, you know, sucks for like,

social media people that they hire
that cost a lot more.

They look out for content creators
and influencers and, ask them to do

like ads or reels, and they'll pay them
whatever fee they have.

Sometimes it's cheaper than like, hiring,
you know, somebody for the business.

Some like professional, I guess. Well.

How well have you been paid
if you want to give us a range.

What video?

I mean, a couple of your videos.

Your X-Men intro.

Do not

listeners out there, if the X-Men 97
intro comes on, you never skip it.

Never say never. No.

One of the best intros of all time.

And you have a great video on that
which has 2.4 million views.

Yeah.

So I'm guessing that got paid.

Yeah. So a video like that,

I don't remember
how much I got paid for that, but it was

I know one month
I got paid like over $700.

And I posted it was a few videos

that like got a couple million,

or maybe like
I think it was one of those videos, like,

I like over a million
and then a few that got like thousands.

So you keep hitting like the million spot,
then you're going to be getting paid

like, well, every month.

But yeah, that's pretty
that's about the amount.

Or maybe

if so, I guess if somebody

because I've seen people get like
millions of views on videos and then

their page is probably like more popular,
more engagement

toward it, and they get paid a lot more.

It just depends on the rates,
because everyone's rate is different

based on the engagement
on TikTok, at least.

I know it's funny that I'm a teacher,
so I've been teaching for 21 years.

Last year was the first time in my

whole career is like,
what do you want to be when you grow up?

A kid, said YouTuber in third grade.

And I was like, wow,

so it's out there like, yeah,
YouTube is a profession in a career now.

Yeah. What you're doing was like,

I would have to say agree
because YouTube, being a

YouTuber was a huge thing in
like when YouTube came out.

That's when it really all started,
because I've been seeing, I,

I have friends that grew up
watching people on YouTube,

and I've grown up
watching people on YouTube

that were very popular in the early
to like mid 2000

to like 20 tens, but now like you don't
see them as much anymore.

People, other people have taken over.

But being a YouTuber has been a thing
for years now isn't like just now.

I think that has morphed
into being an influencer.

Yeah, content creator right? YouTuber.

Same thing. Pretty much.

You know, Jake Paul started off a YouTuber
and now he's a boxer.

Yeah.

He's Kim
Kardashian's obvious an influencer.

Yeah.

I think her TikTok
and Instagram pays are pretty well.

Yeah.

Who's the who's got the best TikTok page?

Who gets paid the most from their TikTok
to, you know, like, do you have a content

creator that, you know, like,
oh, Zach King, he's like a magician.

You ever see him? Sounds familiar,
but I don't think I've seen his videos.

It's I'm on like a different algorithm
on TikTok than like others might be.

Everyone's is custom to them basically.

So you're getting all cosplay Marvel.

I get a lot of like comic book
Marvel stuff.

Yeah. Oh,
interesting. Or like movie stuff to

nice.

Yeah. You went to University of New Haven.

I went to, I went to Southern
Connecticut State University in New Haven.

Yeah. So shout out to New Haven.

Did you have a favorite pizza spot?

I didn't really go out for pizza
when I was in college over there.

But we, my family and I would go to like
Modern Pizza or Pepe's between those two.

But it wasn't like constant that
I would go with my friends or anything.

And then you got your,

communications and and theater?

Yeah. I majored in communications,

concentrating in film production,
then minored in theater.

I wanted to do
so I went is undecided in college?

Actually, in high school,
I told my guidance counselor

I was scouting these schools
for, like, music programs.

And I told my guidance counselor, like,
because I went to U and H,

at least to scout it
because of their music program.

And it was very good.

And they went to, like, Tennessee
and stuff for their internship. And,

I told my guidance

counselor in school,
I was like, I want to study music.

And then when I sent that,
she kind of gave me this, like, look like,

I don't know if that's something
you should do.

And I'm like, well, I mean, I took classes
for it, but and I was naive.

I was listening to my guidance counselor.
Right.

They were no best for me.

And she said,
why don't you go as undecided?

I was like, okay.

So I went as undecided and
then I was like, I don't know what to do.

Maybe I was interested in architecture.

And so I was like,
let me take an architectural design class.

And then I really wanted to do theater
because I did theater

my last year of high school,
even though I've always wanted to do it.

I was always very a shy kid, though.

So I didn't do it till my senior year.

And then I took the class,

the architectural class,
and I was doing theater at the same time.

And then I found out
I really wanted to minor in theater.

And then when I found out
what the credit requirements were for,

architectural design,
it was too much where I couldn't

do a minor for, like, free
or like part of the, tuition.

I don't have to pay extra for it,
and I don't want to pay extra.

Yeah. So, and that meant a lot more time.

You have yet to devote a lot more time
to architecture

than, like, anything else, basically,
because I think it was a five year,

major instead of a four year.

So I was like,
I talked to my best friend one day.

I was like, I don't know what to do.

Like, I don't know if I should stick
with theater or stick with this.

And, we were talking about
because I loved film.

I grew up, you know, watching films
with my family and my brother really

got me into all of that, into comic books
as well, into Marvel and DC.

So she was like, why don't you, like,
study film?

And then minor in theater? Because those
really go really well together.

And I was like, that's a good idea.

So I decided to do that.

And it was funny because I had already
told the architectural design,

teacher or head of the department
that I was going to major in architecture.

And one day, like, came in
and he had my paper ready and signed.

I was like, actually,
I'm not going to do this anymore.

And you can like, just see in his face
that he was like kind of disappointed.

I was like, yeah, because
I was really good at at that class.

Like, I my sketches were not bad.

They were really good.
They even on like the wall outside.

So I was
like, yeah, I'm not doing this anymore.

And then I decided to film in theater,
and I was happy that I did that

because I really focused,
at least towards the second

half of my college career on theater,
a lot more than film,

just because it was a lot more enjoyable
for me.

And also, I didn't know
as many people I'd studied film.

I didn't know
as many people in the department

or close with them
as I were with people in theater,

and I found myself
always hanging out in the theater,

even when I wasn't there for rehearsal.

Like, even if I was in the lobby,

just like working on homework or whatever,
I would always be there.

So I felt comfortable if used to be.

Yeah, I know Doctor Short.

In high school,

I took two drafting classes
and I'm like, architecture is very cool.

You know, you're the triangle
and the T square and being precise.

I really liked. It.

Yeah, I still have the supplies too.

I have like maybe a few of them.

I have my sketchbooks still,
and they're pretty cool.

I mean,
I sometimes I look through them like this

could have been a career
that I could done.

But it's funny because the, head of

the film department was like,
oh, you did architecture.

I was like, yeah, I did a class.

And he was like,

that's funny, because a lot of people,
or most of the time sometimes,

in the film industry,
there are people that will go into it

and then decide they want to like, work
in architecture from that.

And I was like,
oh, that's kind of interesting,

I guess, with like set building and stuff,
which is what I did in theater, too.

I helped, whenever I could
if I wasn't performing or rehearsing,

I was always like in the shop helping
with building the sets for the shows.

Nice.

So, yeah, you did a couples film.

And theater and university in New Haven.

Unh unh. Chargers.

Aren't you the Chargers? Yeah.

It's funny,
because there's also, New Hampshire.

That's confusing.

Yeah, but they have the right to say you
and we don't. You.

And we would always joke like, oh, no,
that's the good you in.

We were New Haven.

Whenever people like asked.

Winter's Tale, The Wolves, Mr.

Byrne, cabaret,
almost Maine, the chorus line.

Yeah, chorus line was my freshman year.

So that was like going into theater
my freshman year.

I was like,
still very nervous and scared, and

I my audition, like, I didn't think
I was going to make the cut,

but I did, but I made it as,
like one of the cut dancers.

So it's,

you know, chorus line is like, dancers
auditioning to be on a Chorus Line.

So there's like,
cut dancers at the beginning

that are only there for that,
and then they leave.

But my friends and I,
who were the cut dancers,

we stood behind the these panels on stage
that turned throughout the show.

So like we had stuff to do during it.

But that was basically my end
to the theater department,

because after getting this, like very,
very small part,

I became more comfortable with people
around me, which helped me get,

one of the supporting roles in cabaret,
which is like

my favorite show, one of my favorite shows
we did there, mice.

I did something rotten

just two years ago.

I, I had came out as an old lady
and I went

top ins, top ins for sale,
and it was a fundraiser.

It was collaboration with Summer Academy
in West Hartford.

My former student Penny was in it.

Her mom, Sarah, ran the show
and they put me in a little cameo.

It was really cool. So I like acting.

Yeah, it's it's fun.

It's it's, a way to kind of
get out of your comfort zone.

Yeah.

Even if it's like something small,

it's very easy
to just kind of lose yourself in it.

Cool shirt X-Men.

We're going to get into the X-Men.

Where'd you get the shirt?

Tell us about it. X-Men 97 on the side.

Oh, yeah.

Oh, yeah. Show that.

Why is that 97 on there?

Never skip the. Intro.

Never. Oh,
it's also like these coordinates on here.

I haven't looked them up yet,

but I think it's coordinates
to the X mansion in Westchester, New York.

I don't know if it's like the Airbnb
X mansion that I went to

or if it's like
just a random house that painted,

but I
have to look it up, I keep forgetting.

So did they send that because you're
a content creator and you're on attic?

They sent that to you, right? Yeah.

Did you have to talk about the shirt
and, like, do a little promo? No.

Just photos.

This was Team Liquid,

I believe.

Yeah.

Team liquid,
I actually my jacket too, is from,

them as well.

And also has the coordinates too.

But it's very comfortable and

I remember when I was like,
you have to pick them out.

I picked my own.

I was like, picking them out.
And I was like, this one's really cool.

And then we're like,
oh, it's out of stock.

You have to wait a while for.

I'm like, all right, I'll wait for it.

Because it was worth it.

Because it's like casual wear.

You can wear it out,

but it's also nerdy where it's like you,
you know, people won't think twice.

Actually, with us, the airport once.

And so was like, the security guy
was like, I really like your shirt.

I'm like, thank you.

You get it?

And tell us about the Airbnb.

Did you have to sign an NDA? I did. Yeah.

You told. Me that a couple podcasts
ago. Yeah.

So the this was in, I think, March.

I was reached out by someone for Airbnb
and I was like,

what could Airbnb want with me?

I don't do anything with that. And then,

after it was like

before I had the meeting, I was thinking
what they could possibly want.

And I remember
they did like these icon series houses

where they like, built Barbie's
dream House or a Shrek swamp.

And I was like, oh my God,
they're going to do the X mansion.

I know it.

And, I had the meeting and she was like,
so we're doing the X mansion.

And I'm like, yes.

And she showed me everything about it.

Well, like a little bit not to like,
spoil, but April, I think it was we me.

And like a group of people,
they had different groups, different days.

We got invited to go to the mansion and,
it was like, beautiful.

It's in Westchester, New York.

So where the mansion is supposed to be,
the property was huge.

And in front the driveway,
there's like two driveways to get in.

And you

drive, driving up this hill,
and then you turn the corner

and you can see a sentinel head
in front of the mansion.

So, you know, like the
the robots that are.

Yeah. Yeah.

So that was like
the first thing that caught my eye.

And then there was like the sign
that said Xavier School.

And then the mansion itself looked like

it was actually from the series,
which is really, really.

The series I know.

How about when Deadpool goes to visit?

Is that very similar
when he goes to get colossal?

That one's different.

That's like I would say like the
modernized version of, like the X mansion.

That's like the MCU Fox Universe mansion,
which is like

the it's like a castle, but it looks like
almost like a mansion castle.

This one is like a house.

And why do you think they had
you sign the NDA?

So we didn't tell anybody about it
because it a secret.

It's like a big secret because as soon
as it came out, it it got really hard.

You breaking the NDA right now? No.

Okay.

Now because the house is already out.

Oh, this is this is way before.

This is last year.

Yeah. So, Okay.

Did they ask for feedback
or a little survey or so?

We had to do content.

So I knew other people
that were in the group as well.

They're also other creators,
and it's a place where you could.

So it's an immersive experience.

I don't think it's open anymore.
They closed, I think, in October.

Brazilians certain amount of time
that was available.

But basically you can stay in the mansion,
but only one night.

But it's an immersive experience.

As soon as you like,
get out your car and walk up to the door.

There's people out there waiting for
you and like, they're all in character.

It's not the X-Men. It's themselves.

It's like, the people that work

for the X-Men, they're like,
all wearing uniforms and stuff.

And they have, like, classes,
and you walk in

and it's painted
like it's 2D animation, like the show.

Okay? It's so. So did.

You go in cosplay or did you go. To.

No, I went, I was myself,
but I did have like, rogue inspired look.

And my hair at the time was dyed
like hers.

So I just wore, like, my brown
jacket and, like,

how Rogue's colors would be very cool.

I also had the Danger Room, too,
where you could actually use some machines

and like little tiny balls
would, like shoot out.

And, we did like an exercise
to is all an immersive experience.

And they had an arcade, an arcade,
it had jubilee's room,

and she had her room is the coolest.

She had, a game, like Marvel X-Men game.

Where you, able to take. Pictures. Yeah.

Yeah, I could throw some pictures up
some. Pictures on the pod.

Check them out.

You're gonna be popping on the screen
right now.

Well, awesome. Sure.

I just want to mind talking
about my shirt.

AC automotive gave me this.

My good friend Aldo. Great friend Aldo.

What I was going to say.

He has donated four years in a row.

So it's a AC automotive.

It's on New Britain Avenue.

They fix cars and they collect a scrap
metal throughout the year,

and they add it up, and then they
bring it back every year and,

recycle it or whatever.

They get paid for it,
and they donate it to friends of Fini.

So thank you, Aldo
and all of our friends at AC automotive.

You're an amazing group.

Great business cares about the community.

They had a Christmas party
over at the Berlin Truck Bar.

Awesome spot.

They had like ten corn holes.

Bar like you said, arcade. So.

And he gave me this shirt. L.L.
bean shirt. Pretty nice, right?

I don't yeah, I like L.L.Bean.

I, I kind of splurged one year
to get the moccasins because they're, my

I think my brother said that if they like
d fluff, they'll re fluff them for you.

Yeah. And I was like, oh, that's worth.

They had a lifetime
guarantee return policy L.L.

bean. Really. So people would bring

use the school bags a backpack

maybe like but
but the arm strap would rip a little bit.

They bring it back and return
and get a new one.

I think they. Stopped that actually.

When I went to get my moccasins,
they said the same thing that like

if they, I guess,
if the lining ripped apart, whatever,

they would replace them or something,
something like that.

Well thanks again Aldo, because this is my
first ever L.L.Bean shirt.

So although, again, New Britain Avenue,
Thank you.

Four years in a row.

It was awesome. So thank you.

Maybe I'll share that with them
to check them out.

Aldo AC Automotive Aldo Carducci,
his dad, started

and then Aldo ran
the West Hartford one has his brother Guy

ran the number and one
unfortunately Guy passed away last year.

So thinking a

guy, we had a moment of silence for him
at the Christmas party.

I did a dance and

we has celebrity

Dancing With the Stars,
which was sponsored by Lyons Auto,

which is down the street
from AC automotive.

But we
and they honored Guy as in memory of God.

And I want oh yeah. You said that.

I want the dance. So what did you win

a trophy? Oh, okay.

Bragging rights because I beat Victor
from NBT Bank and I beat the mayor.

And I beat Dennis house
and Ronnie New in from Wycombe in John.

But it was a good time.

We raised money. It's the.

It was at the JCC through Tom Hickey and

2020 media.

But friends of Feeney won.

Best of it was the best of awards.

So we won best nonprofit
three years in a row.

And this year we collaborated with Arthur
Murray's Dance and we did a dance.

So I dance with Julie, Julie Rivera
shout out to my dance partner Zula.

She works at Juniper Home Care.

That's also on New Bern Avenue, up
the street from AC automotive.

So it goes juniper AC
automotive, Lyons auto, my three people,

and we we practiced.

I couldn't even clap on beat.

It was like.

And then we did like one two step.

That was day one
just to do one little tango.

And then we did a whole minute
and a half routine.

I put that up there.

And you have some in the video. Yeah.

Oh, check out my dance skills.

Leave a comment in the YouTube page
or on the Spotify, Instagram.

I did dance as a kid. Yeah, yeah.

Never like ballroom or anything.

It was more like I started ballet
when I was probably four years old.

And then I did tap and then jazz,
and then when I got older,

I started to do hip hop,
like in middle school.

And then I stopped
because I, I didn't like how,

like they were not teaching,
but I just didn't like the choreography.

And my friends
and I started our own, like, dance

group is three of us in middle school.

And we did the talent show.

I can't find the video.

We don't know where the video is for it.

We did town show twice.

But the second year, I think it was
our eighth grade was like a best one.

And then we

actually, in high school
started a dance team.

I doubt it still exists today,
but I think it was our senior year.

We started it and we got to do pep rallies
and stuff, and people loved it so much.

But I don't think it exists.

I know that you are a Chicago dance
audition workshop.

Jazz and funk. Yeah.

Anything.

Broadway dance, swing dance.

Chorus line dance. Yeah.

So that was at,

Cassie,
which is the Kennedy Center American

College Theater Festival,
and it was my sophomore year.

That was my first time going,
and I got nominated for cabaret

for the Irene
Ryan Acting Award, and, for that award.

Yes, compete for it.

And that's what they do, this festival.

And, there's a musical theater one,
there's the acting one,

and then there's also like workshops
you could do.

And that's where I did all those dance
workshops. And I auditioned for,

this Broadway
boot camp that was in Florida.

And I got in, and I couldn't,

I didn't want to, like, pay for it
because it was, like,

five grand, I think for the summer.

And I was already paying,
going to pay five grand for,

my internship for the Cannes
Film Festival in the spring.

And I was like,
yeah, I have to decline this.

Yeah. Which sucked
because I really wanted to go.

My friend went and she said
she had a great time, and then I ended up

not going to Cannes because, the

I guess secretary messed up her paperwork
for, like, travel or something.

I don't know,
we just get the paperwork for it.

It's terrible.

Yeah, yeah,
I tried to go to Cannes three times.

The second time I was all set to go.

Paid,

and I got my passport to.

Had to redo it.

And then Covid happened.

Yeah. So.

And that was, I came back,
that was my second year at CCaC.

I was nominated again for an award
and competed for it.

And then when we came back from that,
because it was like the end of February

or something, we came back from that.

We had a week of school
and then everything was shut down,

and then they canceled all travel
and stuff.

So I was like,
I guess I'm not going to France.

And then the next year
or two, my senior year,

they said we could try and get
like a small group to go.

And I was like, oh, that's cool.

So I can graduate on the red carpet
because that's what I was going to be

seniors graduating, and we were going
during the time graduation.

And then they said, actually,
no, we're not doing that

because it's like, okay,
I guess I'm not going to France at all.

I was so I'm kind of still am salty
about that to this day.

Sounds like it. Yeah.

Well three it's like three strikes.
You're out. Basically. Yeah.

Like once I get it twice. Okay.

But three. That hurts. Yeah.

I was going to.

Well, our internship was supposed
to be with Paramount, so.

But because we

had a deal with Paramount,
I guess for the students. So.

Yeah. Very cool.

No, it says no accents.

You can do a German accent.
Southern accent.

New York accent. What's up? British.

That's like the professional way of
I forgot what it means.

So I probably learned that. I didn't know.

And can you, can you really do

softball, volleyball, soccer,
billiards, ice skating?

Cartwheel, handstand.

Backstep.

Basic stage combat?

Yeah. Come on.

Like you really trying to be a marvel.

You want to be.

I mean, I did take boxing classes,
so what about

I was after the fact of my stage combat,
but crying actually.

Yeah.

X-Men 97, episode five reaction on TikTok.

Did you cry in command?

You're crying.

Is that fake? Well, wait,
which one was that?

Was that the one in cosplay? I was like.

Yeah, you're in cosplay.
You're at the tissue.

You kind of like X-Men 90.

This is I'm not crying.

But oh, was my reaction for oh reaction.

Oh that was those are real really.

Episode five was like devastating.

If you know you know. Spoiler. Tell us.

Well I mean it's
been it's been two years now.

I mean I was 19.
97. Right. Almost a year. Yeah.

Notice from the new show.

Oh. The remake.

Yeah.

Yeah. It's been like just under a year.

All right, tell.

Us what's since the show. So, five.

And then can you,
if you can cry in command,

tell us about it
and give us a little couple of tears?

I've.

If you can.

I have to be, like, in a serious situation
for me to cry on command.

Command? Yeah.

I mean, if but if it's like two of like,
a goofy moment.

I don't think I could do that with the.

Okay, but tell us.

But episode five, who does?

Gambit dies.

Yeah. Oh, yeah. Spoiler.

If you haven't seen it by now, I mean.

Because Gambit dies,

like in the comic book and in 90.

So in 97.

So two in Will he dies in the comics?

Yeah.

Okay.

Oh, you know what?

I don't I don't think he actually died
in the comics.

I can't recall, but,

I know why he died in the show, and, why?

Like how he's going to come back,

and it's based off of the early 2000,
I think was early 2000.

Run of X-Men,
where he dies and, and not dies.

He, becomes Apocalypse's

Horseman of Death and, Yeah. So.

But I reckon I'll wreck, I guarantee.

Give me your best.

Give me your best.

My impression of Gambit.

Oh, no, that's that's, You can't.

Gambit. Gambit, Cajun.

Cajun is very, very wrong.

T no, this thing. No, no.

Cajun. Not southern.

I know Cajun. Is that the word southern?

But I know for a fact.

Gambit line is, I guarantee.

No. Come on now, let's Google that.

We gotta look that guarantee.
I've never heard of that.

Maybe that's the old school original one.

I looked this up.

I've never heard
that. You've never. Heard.

Damn it, say that. No.

Oh my goodness.

He even did it.

And I think he did it in Deadpool.

So I'm just going to call it.

Yeah. If you want to.

You saw Deadpool right? The new one.

That was awesome. When he came out.

His Cajun accent is like pretty close
authentic Cajun accent.

Like,
that's what it sounds like sometimes.

Hard to understand, most times
hard to understand.

Yeah.

Who was that? That was.

Channing Tatum. Yes.

Wesley Snipes blade intro was really slow
mo with the goatee, which was cool.

How they came in was very cool.

As soon as I saw the card
thrown into frame, I was like, I, I,

my brother was sitting to the right of me
and I just started, like, punching him.

So excited.
He's it's coming, it's coming. Yeah.

I didn't know it's going to happen either.

It's crazy.

They kept it a secret.

I don't know, it's going to look it up,

but I put in Gambit guarantee. But

oh maybe.

Maybe Gambit says guarantee.

But I can't believe Gambit die.

Spoiler. That's,
I guess your episode five.

But he's coming back. Don't worry.

Just as a horseman of death.

So I won't be a good guy. But,

That's a spoiler for the second season.

But if you know, you know the comics.

Man, I'm here with Stefania Fasano
and internet

personality
and product production associate.

I can't read today

product. So we're going to do three keys.

Okay.

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What are three keys that make you great?

I'll let you choose.

You want to talk about being a production
associate or internet personality?

I would use,

content creator instead of internet
personality.

All right.

Content creator, what are three keys
that make you a great content creator?

So one of them,
which I've kind of been lacking in lately,

but should be a great key,
is, consistency.

So if you're consistent with your work,
then,

your videos, even if they do like
not as well as you think.

The consistency is what matters the most.

You just be posting like two times a day,

or like it has to be a lot,
which is crazy for you

to get great engagement, but eventually,
if you're consistent with it,

it'll all pay off in the end
is what that's how I view it as.

A second one.

Having a creative mind helps a lot.

So if you come from a creative field

or if you have something you're passionate
about, having a passion is very big.

Then it'll help you kind of steer
your way through

content creating
and looking at other people as like,

influences for
what kind of you want to do,

because that's how I basically started.

I saw something that I was interested in
or really good at

or passionate about,
and I decided to make content about it.

And then over the years,
because I started this

like four years ago
now, three, three years ago now. 425.

Yeah. Almost four.

And my stuff has changed over the years.

So I started with cosplaying
and then I got into like the comic stuff,

and then I started doing a little bit
of film stuff, and now I'm doing like

kind of a mix of all of it,
but also mostly I kind of ventured

more towards like stuff
that's coming out from like Marvel

and whatnot, just because a lot of things
are coming out this year for Marvel.

Like Fantastic Four is a big one.

And then a third one,

a third key.

I guess

a third key would be like networking
or like,

networking is huge,
but especially with content creating,

having mutuals online
and like commenting on those stuff

and being friendly with them.

Of course, like

because you want that friendship,
but also it's great to know people,

because one day they could think of
you and be like,

hey, maybe you'd be interested
in being part of this

or coming with me to this event
like I have a lot of people

that are like that
I have become good friends with,

and I've gotten invited to an event, and
I was like, this person would love this.

Let me see
if they'd be interested in going.

So there's like the benefit in that,
but also because, like,

you really want to make friends
and mutuals

and then when you go to Comic-Con,
you finally meet them in person.

And it's like a great, fun time. So cool.

Yeah, you just inspired me.

I don't do enough

commenting on other people's posts
from the friends of any account.

Other nonprofits are other organizations
that are doing great things,

but that'll lead and build
friendship and build that network.

Yeah, like I've gotten asked
to be part of a lot of things.

I'm going to take care of that.

Yeah. You're building your network.

You're building
that discourse back and forth.

They'll leave a comment on you.

You'll leave a comment on them.

Consistency, creative mind and networking.

I love the three keys.
That was really good.

And I'm going to start doing that.

Yeah,
you just opened my eyes to something new.

Well you're welcome
because I like the twice a day.

We were at the point
we did twice a day. Yeah.

But we try to do a little something
in the morning or something after.

Before school or after school. Yeah.

That's how I started.

I was posting like,

well, it was like Tuesdays and Thursdays.

I started doing
like three times those days.

And then I started to do, like a couple
a day,

maybe leaving, like, the weekends open.

But I was always constantly posting,
and I was always up till like 3 a.m.

just making content.

And I would be so exhausted, like,
that's how much hard work I put into it.

And then over the years,
it kind of like slowed down for me.

I kind of started realizing, like, okay,
I was crazy, but I got to myself.

I got myself to this point.

Now maybe I can start,
like slowing down a bit.

But now I need to, like, pick back up
where I left off.

No, your videos look like
they take some time. Yeah.

Number one, you got to get in costume.

Yeah. Two, you got the back and forth.

There's

so much involved. How much?

How much time would one video take,
say the,

rogue talks with Carol back and forth.

How long did that take to create
and get out?

So getting, like,

all ready for one take
probably took about, like

half hour to 45 minutes

and then the next take
would be like about the same.

Oh yeah.

Because you have to know
what you're going to say back and forth.

Right?

Because you had to do this whole part
on this side. Yeah.

Dressed. Yeah.

So this part, I think I.

Like the dress and go, okay.

I don't go like back and forth
and no particular side.

You cut.

All the parts is rogue.

Over here. Yeah. And Carol. Yeah.

Who is Carol, by the way? I'm sorry.

So Carol Danvers is Captain Marvel.

Gotcha. Gotcha. She.

If you want to know a little about

how the relationship is
and why I do both their characters,

sometimes it's because, In Rogue's
first appearance, Avengers Annual ten,

rogue absorbs.

At the time, she was Miss Marvel.

Carol Danvers.

She the her powers absorption.

So she can only skin to skin contact.

And, if she holds you long enough,
she can either put you in a coma

or kill you, and steal your powers
permanently.

Which is what she did with Carol Danvers.

She put her in a coma and stole her flight
and strength and invulnerability.

Permanently.

So they did. That's why.

Rogue. Yes.

And so she was her first appearance.

She was a villain because she was part
of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants.

Her parents were a mystique and destiny.

Mystique?

Yeah.

So she was raised by those to,
when she was a kid

because she ran away from home.

I don't know how she was,
but she was very young, and,

they raised her to

to be a villain and go after Carol and.

Yeah.

And then they meet again
later in the comics,

and they fight it
out, and rogue gets punched.

And this is when she becomes,
like, a hero.

Because then she leaves
the Brotherhood and,

after realizing that she needs help
with her powers and controlling them.

And like she.

Because when she absorbs somebody,

especially like Carol permanently,
her psyche is also

in her hand, like Carol's in her head.

So there will be times
where Carol will try and, like,

push forward
and try to go over Rogue's body.

So this happens with, like,
anybody she could absorb,

she also takes on physical traits.

Sometimes it's like if she absorbs
mystique, she will turn blue as well.

Oh, yeah.

Mystique is the one who goes through
walls.

No, she can shapeshift.

Oh. Kitty Pryde.

Played by

John Stamos, his old wife.

I forgot her name. In the movie.

And the original. Yeah. X-Men movie.

Rebecca romaine. Stamos. Yeah.

Okay. Gotcha.

All right. We do.

Favorite restaurant?

What's your favorite restaurant?

I don't really go out.

But I would say I love getting pizza, so.

All right, it's very hard to choose
peppers and modern between those two.

I've had modern more often
than peppers, though.

So you have modern and you could eat with.

For superheroes, we usually do dinner
guests, but today's topic all superheroes.

I've got four superheroes
who you win. Why?

I mean, I have to put rogue.

Is one of them. New that. She's obvious.

Here's what we're going to flash
a picture of you in rogue.

Boom.

Yeah. Me as rogue or you as rogue. Okay.

Who? Hasbro.

How's playing? Hello? Yeah.

Word of the day.

Oh, Spider-Man.

Spider-Man? Yeah.

Absolutely. Spider-Man.

Because Spider-Man pizza,

they go all together.

With great power comes.

Great responsibility, which is not
the original quote from the comics.

That's not how it goes in the comics.

Oh, yeah. You did that.

Well, it was like shorter.

It was like shorter.

Kind of how they did it in the movies
with great power must also come.

Great responsibility. Like,
I think that's how it said whatever.

Oh, yeah. Yeah.

Which is like, I don't know,
that was like a little nerd comment.

So rogue Spider-Man,

Have you ever cosplayed as Spider-Man?

Spider. Gwen. Okay,

flash picture of you cosplaying?

Yeah. Spider woman or spider girl? No.

I I've wanted to do Spider Woman, but,
she's not like, a priority on the list

at the moment.

I don't want to leave it to just
Marvel characters.

I mean,

one of my my first favorite Marvel
character, actually, was Loki.

Boys of Loki.

So rogue spider man, Loki, and.

Flash. Picture of you and Loki.

Yeah.

And, maybe I'll throw in a DC character.

This is very difficult.

I like it.

See, I mean, I could do Supergirl
because I cosplayed Supergirl.

Supergirl got very popular
for me, last year, but,

As in you cosplaying as her.

Not popular,
but as, like, as the flash version.

The flash movie version.
She's in the flash.

Yeah, you'll be right. Yeah.

Sasha. Yeah. That's the actress. Yeah.

Which I loved her as Supergirl on.

I wish we got more of her,
but not like that.

DC's over.

So. Okay.

So rogue. Spider-Man.

Loki and.

This is very, very difficult.

Well, here's some people
I saw you dressed as Supergirl.

Rogue, black cat.

Harley Quinn,

Disney characters, Disney princesses.

Mega. Yeah.

Star Wars
characters and Marvel characters.

Yeah.

So just give me some hints.

This fourth one stumped.
She stumped everybody.

Yeah, I there's so many great people.

I would choose.

I would choose Harley Quinn.

Okay. She. You know why?

Because

I feel like some crazy things might be.

Interesting for conversation.

Yeah. Interesting conversation.

Also like, she's a very,

like, you wouldn't

picture her with this group of people,

so I would throw Harley Quinn in there
as, like, kind of a wild card.

Nice.

So we got rogue, Spider-Man.

Loki, Harley. Quinn. Yes.

Very nice, I like it.

All right.

Your TikTok videos or your content
that you've created your content.

You created new game,
your first content piece.

And we got it.

All right.

We got cutting down on time.

So we got first and next.

I would do like a minute
on each your first content piece,

your last content piece,
your best content piece

and your worst content piece.

I don't remember the very first one
that I did, but I do remember one

where I basically was dressed as rogue,
and it was like this trend where,

I said I it was a comment about like,

the rogue in the Fox movies and basically
like how bad of a version she was.

I was like, when, when the producers,
whatever, make your character look,

like awful compared to,
like, where you actually are or whatever.

And that one was my first.

That was the first video
that really blew up my page.

And I got like a lot of followers
from that,

first class.

Yep. The last video that I did,

what was the last video that I did?

I feel like look that up.

Well, the last video that I personally did

myself was a recap of my 2024,
which is like every event

and stuff that I went to
and my Comic-Con experiences and all that.

And then my best video,
I think was the X-Men

97 intro with the 2.7 million views.

Oh no, it wasn't.

It was a video
that got like a lot more views.

Actually,
it got like 8 million. Whoa. Nice.

Actually, I kind of went through this
and there is one of my best videos,

even though it wasn't
personally done by me,

it was by Marvel Social
and your Comic-Con in 2023.

It was me just as rogue.

And somebody dresses Gambit who's
really rude to his six foot eight huge.

And we did a video with Marvel Social

and that video got,
I think, 11 million views, on their page.

So I'm going to count that one as my best.

Yeah, because I wasn't it wasn't my video
personally, but I was in it.

And then my worst video.

I would say my worst videos were ones

where I probably, like, just

talked about

my collections of things in my,

comics.

Sometimes those videos and do as well.

So there were times where the videos
where I like gave tours of my office,

and those weren't really that interesting.

Those were bad ones
compared to other ones.

The video was really like,
talk to me in character.

Oh, sure, I had a character.

Oh, shake my hand. And yeah,
that was the first time I did that.

I did that at Rhode Island Comic-Con.

Because I was like,
this is such a genius thing

to do for a rogue, especially
with no glove on. That was a whole point.

That you

heard it here first, last, best, worst

TikTok videos.

Oh, she's been in a video that's 11
million, and your own one has 2 million.

Yeah.

All right, this next question,
can you answer in character.

Though? What character?

What your let's do rogue.

Okay I'm going to but I'm going to ask
Stefania who her favorite teacher is.

So but talk as your rogue.

My favorite teacher

I have to answer as rogue.

Yeah. Oh shoot.

Come on, you. Can do this. Well,
your third grade teacher.

Yeah.

Okay.

You're really putting me on the spot.

You like it? Come on. It's good.

Well, I would say my favorite teacher

was probably my third grade teacher, Mr.

Messina.

I can't really do the accent right now
because I'm, like, in the state of mind,

or it's like I'm trying to do it.

I would

say my favorite teacher
when I was a kid was Mr.

Massena, because he was real cool.

And he,

I had him for a second grade,
but also for third grade,

because we loved him so much that
we all want him in third grade as well.

And after he came to our pool party
at the end of the year,

and he hung out with us and he was always
real nice and I'll never forget him.

That was the worst accent.

And I mean, I was the worst.

I could do better,
I promise. I was really good.

And then you were put on the spot. Yeah.
All right.

How about another character?

What are the character has an accent.

I mean, I don't know,

I've never done a British character.

Oh, how about let's pick a language?

A language?

German rap, southern or New York?

You got a choice.

This is like Jimmy Fallon. Spin the wheel.

Ding ding ding. Ding ding ding
ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding.

All right British accent.

So British accent
comes from being a fan of One Direction.

Really? Yeah.

Yeah, that's all right.

With a British accent. Accent.

Tell us about your favorite moment
with a friend

because this is friends.

Afeni, in our mottos, be a good friend.

Be a good friend.

My favorite moment with a friend

has to be.

Has to be.

Probably
when we went to see One Direction.

And so I'm gonna say bring one direction
into this, while doing a British accent.

So, this was in 2014.

This is the first time
we have so One Direction together.

And it was the stadium tour where we are,
and, the band

Five sauce,
five seconds of summer opened up for them.

And it's kind of like a bragging thing,
because there are a lot of people nowadays

that are like, oh, I wish I was a teenager
when I went to see One Direction

and saw five slots open for them in those,
and I was like, I am really aging me.

So yeah,

I would say, I would say that was
that was the best.

All right. Cool.

One direction
with friends in a British accent.

I love it.

All right, so we got the boom boom boom.

Are you ready for some trivia?

Oh, God. Yes.

Oh, actually, first,
some cosplay questions, sir.

Fire away

cosplay questions.

How long have you been cosplaying?

Five years. Four years?

What kind of cosplayer
do you consider yourself?

Probably Marvel mostly.

Why do you cosplay?

Because I love dressing up.

What would you tell
someone who hated cosplay?

That it's fun
and you should give it a try.

Are your cosplay costumes
homemade or bought?

Half and half.

I make props mostly
with, like, foam and, a 3D printer.

Nice.

Oh, let's list some of your
cosplay costumes because you have a bunch.

Yeah.

So I have rogue.

I've done Dazzler,
I've done, Harlequin black, spider.

Gwen Mega from Hercules.

I've done a Winter
soldier cosplay as well.

Like, I actually built the arm for it too.

It's, The metal arm.

Yeah, I built it with Bucky. Yeah. Bucky.

And then
I also built Loki's horns as well.

That was my first ever prop making thing.

They look not as great, though.

Ray from Star Wars.

I though her staff,

those are the ones that are, like,
top of my head that have come out

that I've done very cool.

How about rogue?

Was that purchased?

That was purchased? Yeah.

How much do you mind me asking?

It was just over 100.

I would say, but I it was, pieces
that I took from like, different.

So I bought, a nicer suit,

but it was custom fit,
and it actually didn't custom fit me.

Like, if something was wrong with it.

But I kept the jacket from that, and I
just used it with the old suit that I had.

How about Supergirl?

How much was that one?

Supergirl I forgot to list Supergirl.

Supergirl. That was like.

Well,
those are two fit. Maybe, like 70 bucks.

Oh, those are your two favorites.

I would say
Supergirl has become one of my favorites

recently because of how popular
she's become with me at least.

Because every there was a post that I did

where people thought
I was actually the actress,

in The Flash movie
because it was like a mirror picture.

I know if you saw that one,
it was a mirror picture,

and I was on location
for like a photo shoot,

and it got like 90,000 likes on it,

and people were like, oh my God,
I thought, this is actually Sasha.

She's like, I thought, this is a picture
from because I posted on a year

anniversary of the movie coming out,
that's why. Oh, smart.

Well played timing. Good timing. Yeah.

What's your most expensive costume?

With the amount of,

like, effort I put into my rogue cosplay,
I would probably say rogue

is the most expensive
because I've even bought boots for her.

Two the custom suit wasn't cheap
and that ended up not fitting.

Which sucked.

And then the boots that I bought
were like $60 themselves,

and then I stopped using them
because they're very uncomfortable.

So in total, I think that's the most
I've spent, which is crazy.

And then what was your first convention?
Last convention.

First convention was terrific.

Con and Mohegan Sun.

And that which is actually where I bought
my first throw comic

because somebody I was dressed as rogue,
somebody like rogue.

And I turned around and they were like,
we have your comic, I bought it.

They're so great timing.

And the last convention
I went to was Rhode Island

Comic-Con in November,
and I was a guest there.

And when's your next convention?

That's.

I'm not sure of yet.

It's still up in the air.

I was supposed to go to Emerald City in
Seattle, which I went to a few years ago.

But I don't know about that yet.

Based on Wizard of Oz.

Is that why it's Emerald City?

Oh, no, no, no, I know, I,

but I have a possibility

of going to San Diego Comic-Con,
which is like the big, big one officially.

I know I will be on new Comic-Con again,
because

that one I've been going to last years,
and that's easy for me to get into.

Would you do contacts or no?

Are you can't do wear contacts
or no contacts when you cosplay?

I tried, contacts, but you have to really,
like, train yourself to wear them.

But it's not like I can't wear them.

I just have to practice a lot. More wigs
or no wigs.

Wigs? Yeah.

Boom.
These are questions from the cosplay.

I actually I sprayed my hair black
for Rhode Island

Comic-Con for Supergirl
because I didn't want to wear a wig.

And you're so awesome.

Do do, Photoshop or not?

Photoshop.

Sometimes I do Photoshop, depending
on, like, if I wanted to look a certain.

Way and do prefer videos or photography.

I kind of prefer photography, actually.

All right, that's cosplay questions.

I would do a quick
Marvel question. Trivia.

Now we're in the trivia game park.

All right.

What genre is X-Men 97 series?

Comedy. Drama. Animation. Documentary.

Animation two. Easy.

Who created X-Men 97 series?

Oh! Bow. Tomorrow. All right.

The newest one, right? Yeah, yeah.

When did the X-Men 97 series premiere?

The newest one? Yep.

Last year. Last March.

March 20th, 2024.

Oh, yeah.

Where is the X-Men series set.

In Westchester, New York

or New York City? Whichever.

Who is the leader in X-Men and X-Men 97?

Cyclops supposed to be the leader.

What's his real name?

Scott Summers.

What's storm's real name?

Ororo Monroe.

What's Wolverine's real name? Logan.

I don't remember his last name, actually.

Oh, God.

Yeah. James. James Howlett.

Howlett. James Howlett. Yeah.

He goes by two names.

What is the original series
that X-Men 97 is a revival of.

X-Men The Animated Series. Very good.

Who's the head writer
for the first two seasons of X-Men 97?

Jane, Julia and, the League.

It's Julia, and.

This is Beau.

Oh, for the original
show or for the newest one

for the.

I think it's X-Men 9797. His email.

Well, okay,
I thought you meant the original series.

Sorry.

Who's the supervising
director of X-Men 97?

Is it J. It's the jackass arena.

Yeah, yeah.

You're good.

Oh. Jackass arena. No, we're we're.

Is that the guy you met?

One of the guys I met at the premiere.

But I'm.

I'm mutuals with a lot of the people
from X-Men 97.

And, like, the voice actors to true.

Mutuals, like mutual friends.

Yeah, like Instagram.

And I've also, like, met them at cons.

I've met them a few times.
They're always so great to talk to.

Well,
what's the country of origin in X-Men 97?

The US? Easy.

How many parts does
the first season of X-Men 97 series have

parts?

Oh, episodes? Yeah, there's nine episodes.

Ten, ten, ten episodes.

All right, now we're doing movie quotes.

Marvel character quotes.

Oh, boy, is it like Marvel or just X-Men?

I think they're all MCU.

Okay.

I choose to run toward my problems,
not away from them, because that

that's what heroes do.

Oh, on

when I, I don't know, Thor thought,

oh, you're about to say heroes
do I think, oh.

I can't control their fear.

Only mine.

Hulk.

The Hulk.

No. Oh, God.

Wanda

Elizabeth. Olsen. No.

My brother would be very good at this.

He's very good at quotes.

It's not enough to be against something

you have to be against
for something better.

These are tough.

These are very tough.

This is Captain America, Tony Stark.

You know, I was thinking Iron Man,
and then I was like, oh, no, cap.

I'd rather be
a good man than a great king.

Is this Black Panther?

For this part of the journey is the end.

Part of the journey is.

Oh, my God, these are tough.
These are very tough.

These are like quotes
and nobody remembers.

Right? These are.

It's not like the super.

The Spider-Man one that I said earlier.

Oh, boy.

Oh I got, I nothing got.

You know when you say hey
he'll go right over his head.

He goes, nothing goes over my head.

My reflexes are too fast.

I would catch it. Drax. Yeah.

That was so easy.

That was a good one.

That's a very Drax quote.

Oh, okay.

Love is a dagger.

It is a weapon to be wielded
far and away or up close.

You can see yourself in it.

It's beautiful. Until it makes you bleed.

Someone
you're gonna have dinner with as Loki.

Yeah. Okay.

When you said dagger,
I was like, yeah, that makes sense.

Oh, it's from the Loki series.

He says it.

It's from the Loki series? Yep.

What'd you think about that
Loki series is great.

I think Loki is my favorite, series
that they've done.

Yeah. And then WandaVision. WandaVision?

Yeah, I stopped,
I couldn't watch the moon one.

Moon Knight, Moon. Knight.

I didn't watch She-Hulk.

You got a pretty good She-Hulk.

You didn't mention She-Hulk.

I know I forgot about.

She did that at D23 a few years ago.

She. Had off the guns to.

You were like She-Hulk.

Which someone else is? She-Hulk.

Oh, that's something I was Gomorrah.

Oh, that's right now. I was Gamora then.

But my friends are like, you actually got
buff last time we saw you.

We need to do She-Hulk again.

I was like, okay, I'll do it
because I've been going to the gym.

That was so funny.

I love you, 3000.

That's Tony Stark.

Better get that one.

Or Morgan Stark
because Morgan says that as well.

His daughter on a train.

Part of the journey. But, but boom, boom.

Let's see a lot of Tony Stark,
a lot of Thor.

Who's the ancient one?

Oh, in Doctor.

Strange. Yeah.

Oh, okay.

Another dinner guest of yours.

Okay. No man could win every battle.

But no man should fall without struggle.

No man can win every battle.

But no man could fall without struggle.

I feel like Loki wouldn't say those.

Spider-Man. Let's say that.

Yeah, Spider-Man. Very good.

Oh, but what is grief if not love?

Persevering vision.

Oh you're good. Okay, okay.

That one's a memorable quote. Oh, yeah.

Shoot.

I could talk to you forever.

There's a lot of stuff
that that can be brought up.

I could just talk about.
How do people reach out to you?

Or if you aren't, they
how do they find you on TikTok?

If you want to share your,
your Instagram or your email.

So my email is linked usually to my bio.

So just my socials, would be easier.

So on Instagram you can find me at
Stefania, underscore Sassano or on TikTok

and just TikTok really or at YouTube

as well is at Stefania Susana
because I do YouTube sometimes as well.

That one's very hard
to be consistent with very, very hard.

I know I noticed that too,
because we have so many platforms

and it's like
you got to put each one up every time.

So this time I hope that doesn't pick up.

That was out

and pretty embarrassing.

But yeah.

Hey, so how's your podcast flush?

Be a good friend.

I mean, this is Stefania. Susana.

She is a content creator.

She has 176, 72,000 people, 1000. 72.

Point six.

Oh. Sorry. Okay. What was I going to do?

Hold on.

I just had under 76 earlier.

176, oh eight, 173 of you.

Round source.

Like thousands of followers
between then and now, coming.

On the friends podcast, they're like,
oh boy, are we going to get some clips?

Are you going to share some clips
on your page from our podcast?

I mean, I could like, usually what I do
with my, podcasts, I'll like post story,

stories on my thing consistently.

So yes. Yes.

Because I notice, like with stories,
there's a lot more people that

tend to view stories.

Or they're easier to access view
instead of like posting.

Sometimes posts aren't like
they're all over the place, not like,

oh, this was recently posted.

It comes up on your timeline because
the timeline doesn't do that anymore.

Instagram used to do that
where it's like it was in order

of what came first posted.

All right.

If you're listeners out there,
do you have any questions for Stefania?

She's going to be with us
next podcast too.

She is the production associate
for Direct Line Media.

I'm so happy that she was here.

We got to learn behind the camera.

She stepped in front of the camera
as our content creator.

She doesn't like internet personality,
but I love it.

I want to be an internet personality.

I've gotten celebrity as well a lot.

I'm like, I don't think
I'm quite there yet, but multiple times.

Cosplayer.

Cosplayer.

Cosplay. I'm going to start cosplaying.

When's the one at the casino?
I want to go to that one.

In July.

They usually do it.

How about
I dressed up as Spiderman at camp

for a parade and snuck up on the kids?

That costume is.

You gotta be pretty confident
to wear that.

That costume. There's,

You learn from a lot of other
Spider-Man cosplayers

what to wear with the suit.

Yeah.

I wore it to my friend's
birthday for his kid.

I snuck on the kids.

Yeah, I went change,
snuck up. John. Script.

His son in, had a birthday script.

I showed up with the kids.

The kids were like,
they start chasing me around.

I'm chasing them. Yeah.

And then, like,
I dipped away, but, like, you know,

you're a full suit.

Yeah.

So definitely motivated.

I'm like, all right, maybe

we should, to do a couple more push ups
and some more set ups here.

Teeny mix in a salad, buddy.

Yeah, there's a lot of costumes.
Just spandex in here.

Like, okay,
I have to do something about this, so.

Yeah.
But it was so great to talk with you.

We'll talk more again
if you have any questions.

She'll be here next
episode. We'll shoot her the mic.

She sits right over there today.

She's sitting right here. Stefania.

You can find her on TikTok, Instagram,

YouTubes, Twitters, all the good stuff.

Any closing remarks?

I guess
for people that want to like do cosplay

or content creating out there,

just to just do it,
I mean, there's no other advice I can give

because I kind of I went I got to a low
point to get to a good point.

So yeah, someone said,

do it
even if you get no likes or something.

Yeah. It's like,
just do you're passionate.

Passionate about it. You love what you do.

You enjoy it.

I mean, you're getting free swag.

That's a perk.

It's I mean, sometimes you're
getting a check once in a while.

Yeah. It has to be consistent.

Sometimes not consistent with brand deals,
but once you get there, you know,

you're in.

It's got to be where.

Where am I got to be consistent,

creative and networking.

Yeah. Three keys.

But again Stefania, thank you again.

On three will say be a good friend okay.

123 be a good friend.

Say it is rogue.

Okay.

Be good friend. Sugar.