/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>9009905 and other panic-struck seagulls:
We will have booze.
Do what you can; fun will be had.
And remember, half-assed cosplay don't look good.

>Be last year at Metro
>Dressed as Pokemon Trainer Red
>Having a great time, lots of compliments from people
>Go out to get food around 6
>Obviously, plenty of people had already gone out in their cosplays, so normies are used to it
>Assume there won't be any trouble as I'm ordering my food
>Right after I order, older man asks me if I'm part of the con
>"Oh, yeah!"
>He gives me a weird look. "Why are you dressed as a kid?"
>Goes off on how it's cool seeing adults in awesome costumes, but weird seeing them dressed up in "kiddie" outfits
>Vaguely implies I'm some kind of pedophile