/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

get ready for a tale of weaboo love in smalltown USA.

>me and gf only weebs in town
>spend our spare time obsessively reading manga scans online and sharing them via AOL
>finding "raws" with fan translations typed out on a separate webpage
>hours trying to match the translation to the raw scan
>hours downloading anime eps, FMVs, and jrock songs/PVs because youtube wasn't a thing yet
>doing visual kei makeup for halloween and getting laughed at by our friends
>buying hot topic shit but hating the store for getting rid of all the cool stuff after we got money
>wearing all black to church
>carrying Hot Topic dolls around, giving them Japanese names
>stripey arm warmers, stripey shirts, stripey socks, bondage pants
>letting my gf tell me what i could and couldn't listen to
>some vkei bands were "hers" and she would show me videos but if i liked them she would get mad and possessive
>same with anime
>share shit i love with her, she mocks it
>oh well
>dye each other's hair bright colors (from Hot Topic) and LARP being our own visual kei band
>also LARP fan versions of animu and vidya characters
>in character 90% of the time, laugh when people call us by our real names
>2spoopy4u photoshoots in graveyards
>proud to be "real goths" unlike the mallgoth losers our age
>write sad edgy lyrics but struggle to put them to music
>get english to japanese dictionary to write lyrics in japanese to distract ourselves from our lack of musical skill
>incorporate Japanese words and phrases from the book, anime, and jrock into our conversation
>"Watashi wa ima les miserable"
>"Aishiteru, baka-chan"
>proud that literally no one understsands us
>construct DIY bondage gear for our LARP sessions
>nervously begin having sex in-character
>continue enthusiastically until we escape small town religious hellhole
>grow up fast in the real world
>break up

>tfw the love of your life treated you like property but made you feel more alive and creative than anyone else has