/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

I am so jealous of everyone. If they get compliments I'm immediately jealous. I wish I had some of the talent some cosplayers have. I'm working to have better craftsman ship but it seems like some people are just able to pick this up and be great at it. I'm super jealous of that. I feel like I'm average at everything but I can never be good at anything. I wish I could just be happy for people when they have nice things.

I constantly shitpost one cosplay group here. Every time they're posted I make sure to drop multiple replies about how crappy they are and sometimes other anons join in with the roasting. They're popular enough that my posts aren't always tagged as vendetta and when they are I just samefag until the whiteknights give up.

I post on /cgl/.

My mom has made all of my cosplays.

I secretly judge anyone who talks too much about cosplay (re: rants, drama, etc) on their personal facebooks. I understand that issues and feelings can get really passionate, but there's no reason to feel angry or stressed out over a crafting/roleplaying hobby that's supposed to be fun, and arguably educational.

It's funny, but if someone were this irate and obsessed about stamp collecting or playing chess, there would be more than a few neurotic labels associated with that person. In cosplay though, it's pretty much accepted to be in some sort of constant distress either with oneself or with the community. It's odd.

I want to bang spoony

I give wig and sewing advice to anyone who needs help or asks thanks to years of research, but I've never actually made a cosplay.

>>8130944
Will you diddle with her frankenstein ears too?

I criticize pretty much every cosplayer I see at cons because I know I'm better than them.

>>8130936
I judge people who actively participate in con drama a whole lot.

I was so tired of making one Cosplay and wanted to finish it so badly that instead of sewing some of the hems I hot glued them.

>>8130952
All part of the package

I simultaneously feel bad and good when attending cons with my friend that is terrible at making cosplay.
>overweight SE asian
>always chooses really tiny, skinny characters
>sewing is a shit
>construction paper for accessories
>horrible procrastinator

On one hand, she looks like complete shit and it makes me look amazing by comparison. On the other hand, she looks like complete shit and it feels bad when no one wants to take her photo or even compliment her costume. I try to send her tutorials and encourage her to start early, but... yeah.

I hate feeling like I'm going to immediately be less valued as a cosplayer because I'm black. I feel like I need to make my cosplays look nicer and better than others because I'm not a super skinny white/Asian girl. I'm tall and shapely, but I make sure all of my cosplays nice, and I've even done commissions so I know my skills are on par with at least some better ones.

But I feel like even with being confident in my skills, I still won't amount to much because I'm a 175cm tall black girl with big hips.

The sad thing is I am very comfortable in my skin and I have fun at cons and cosplaying, but I end up not having a lot of pictures unless I ask a friend to take one for me. It makes me sad.

>>8130936
>>8131004
I fucking hate people who bitch all the time about con drama like it's the most important shit ever, especially when there are like 20 or so people bitching simultaneously about the same thing. It's so banal. I swear people only do it to try to make themselves look good.

>>8131124
That sucks, anon. The worst part is, I don't think your feelings are wrong. If you're cosplaying a white or Asian character then, while hopefully not common, there are some people that will probably think your cosplay is less because of it. Is it? No. But people are assholes. The flip side of this being even though there is a lack of darker skinned characters to choose from, your cosplays will immediately look better with as black girl doing them.

But on a less seriously note, if you're seriously that tall and shapely (NOT FAT), then any lady you're cosplaying as is going to look freaking hot. There are few things sexier than tall, curvy, black women.

>>8130909

No one is immediately great at something. Sometimes people have a knack for a particular talent but I doubt you saw the multiple failures that person went through to get to that point.

And if you really want to be happy for people, you have to start forcing yourself to be happy for someone. It's okay to still be a little jealous but you have no idea what someone went through to get to that point.

I don't cosplay.

I'm too scurred to cosplay because whenever I decide to I see shit on here about how they silently judge everyone they see at cons

I've been cosplaying for about 12 years now and I've only finished maybe 5 costumes. The truth is that I've started working on a lot then gotten figuratively killed by my anxiety/depression and then didn't finish it. Since I've done a lot of sewing that I just didn't finish, I've actually gotten a lot better at sewing and that's been making it even harder for me to finish projects because I have this knowledge after all these years as to what's proper to do, but I can't bring myself to go ahead and do things unless it's perfect and it makes me too anxious to do anything when I think about it. I've even gotten some simple projects together that were my own design so I didn't have to worry about perfect accuracy, but I still end up overthinking and doing this to myself. The last costume I finished was 2 or 3 years ago. I feel guilty about this fabric and these partially done projects just sitting around. I cosplay because I get excited and when I can get past this I really enjoy it, I wish my brain would just stop and let me enjoy my fucking hobbies. I have this same issue with another hobby, cooking, which I also do professionally as well. Fuck me.

I'm a broke and always on a low budget for cosplay, so I use cardboard and corrugated plastic boards for props.

I feel more enthusiastic about helping someone make their own cosplay than about making my own. I really want to learn how to sew my own but my depression has gotten me so demotivated from doing anything (including school work) that I get too lazy to do anything and end up buying my cosplays. I can't even be bothered to go to the fabric store and pick up stuff to practice with.

Not cosplay related by much but definitely convention related. I'm tired of bitches squeezing into shit that does not fit them. Look, I don't give a fuck if your dress or outfit is $20 or $400. The last convention I was at had fat girls everywhere.

Every other Lolita and con-goer wearing nerdy shit did not fit in their outfit. Hot Topic was meant for a narrower/teenage set of frames. Trying to fit your 200 pound bingo-wing hambeast self in a thin, spandex Large Sailormoon dress is not cute. Likewise, shirring was not meant to be warped and Angelic Pretty was never meant for chubby girls in Japan, let alone your corn fed ass. Wear something APPROPRIATE THAT FITS. I've seen plenty of rockabilly girls who were very fat but still managed to look good. It's really not hard guys.

The only reason I ever wish I were better known as a cosplayer is that I want to be able to do really nerdy stuff like cosplay musicals (yes, I got the idea from the infamous Nanjo Koji) or hold similar events to make other nerds happy and bring to life the characters I love. I wish I had friends I could discuss fandom, have sewing parties and organize skits with. I wish I knew someone who'd want to give the WCS prelims a try with me. I don't even want to win, I just think it's cool to get to meet up with so many cosplayers from all over the world.

tl;dr I just want good friends who are as creative as me to have fun and make other people smile...

>>8131415
>corn fed
top lel

I always get super excited and motivated for new projects but it becomes tedious midway through. I'm becoming less motivated to make my costumes and more tempted to just buy. I feel like my friends would hardcore judge me though since we're use to making all of our stuff.

>>8131415
I can only afford one con a year and it's filled with these people, a lot of them middle aged.
I remember a couple years back there was an obese woman walking around having teenagers take her photo for her, fat sagging out of a bargain bin wonder woman costume and the next day one of those awful mock sailor uniform shirts.
Some people just don't know when to quit.

I want to get a boob job and be a famous tit cosplayer and be invited to things as a guest

>>8130135
I recently finished my first cosplay.... Two weeks afterwards I got sick and now I'm partially incontinent. I have to wear a special diaper and take medication, and I'll possibly graduate to catherer if it keeps getting worse.

I can't wear it, hell, I can barely leave the house because people might stare at me. I'm so fucking scared of pissing myself in public I'm scared of doing literally anything.

Not exactly a cosplay confession but I'm so fucking sad when I see it now.......

>>8131753
Wow Anon, that's awful. I'm sorry to hear that,

>>8131648
I feel you, I'm the only cosplayer in my group of friends and I just want to have sewing parties (and NOT work days where I end up doing all the the work for the casuals), enter competitions with and cosplay from the same things.

>also I have a long-time, unrequited crush on my best friend, who is in a relationship and I was so afraid of ruining our friendship that I never told them.

>>8131753
Is this a permanent issue? If so, what the hell happened?

>>8131793
Thanks.

>>8131853
Yep. Permanent.
It's something I've always had hidden in my genes, but only surfaced now. Has other consequences, but this is the one that I am ashamed of.

I had sex a few times with a good friend of mine. Word got out. She was playing it off like it never happened. Avoids me at all costs. She also tries to get other mutual friends to avoid me. Recently, she has spread around a rumor that I raped her or wouldn't take no for an answer. She was the one to came to me for sex. I just was a booty call and didn't care.

I get upset when other people cosplay something that I want to cosplay before I get to it.

>>8131867
Why is she so ashamed of it? Was she cheating or something? Do you have a bad rep? She sounds nasty and she shouldn't do things if they're going to bother her so much later.

>>8131886
I think it is because she looks easy ya know, the whole sleeping around thing.

There's a lot of people from my community being posted (in bad cosplay threads nonetheless) and it's making me wonder who else is posting on /cgl/. I'm hoping it's the community's "leader," but she seems too nice to do something like that.

Shout out to my friend who's also suspecting it's the comm leader and who doesn't mind being a seagull with me.

>mfw we find out it was the comm leader, I'm so ready.

I really want to do a slutty cosplay
I've only done cosplays where I'm completely covered. I'm talking klk or ME!ME!ME here
I know my mom would flip, but I wanna do it

>>8131648
I want to be a well-known cosplayer for the same reason. I have a cosplay group already and they're great but they're not as hardcore into the hobby as I am. I want to find more people to cosplay with who are really focused on craftsmanship.
But my ultimate silly dream is to form a cosplay a capella group and sing animu songs at cons.

>>8132192
>mfw dragged my little sister into cosplay and she's becoming as hardcore as me and she loves stage performances
we have yet to enter contests but I'm super excited

>>8130135
I've never attempted cosplaying due to being worried what the normies would think of me.

>>8132226
None of my normie friends know that I cosplay, it's actually pretty easy to hide! I say you should give it a shot. Just keep your nerd life and normal life separate. :)

I instantly favor a cosplayer who made their costume over someone who bought or commissioned it, even if the made one doesn't look as good.

>>8132239
I have no secrets between and my friends, more so worried about the transit between my home and a con.

>>8132265
Don't go or come back in your cosplay? Wear normal clothes and change there. You can get by with a large bag/backpack or small suitcase.

>>8132284
This. And anyway, you don't have to lie to your friends. Just don't bring it up or shove it in their faces, and they probably won't ask.

I have never made any of my cosplays, or ever plan to. at most I will make light up accessories.
People assume I made my own cosplays so much that I eventually just grew tired of correcting them.

>>8132226
Honestly it's coming into the mainstream enough that if you frame it well, most people will think it's cool. Of course it's 100% more legit in the eyes of normies if 1) you make all your own shit and 2) you're actually good at it.

>>8131154
Thanks, anon. It kind of sucks but that's how it is. I'm more attached to male characters, but... I think once I firm up my stomach a bit more, I might do a female in something tighter. I'm usually just guys in neat costumes or layers; it's easier for me.

I don't like typecasting myself, but... I really do want to cosplay That One Chick With The Fro From The Moped And White Girl Run Away show... (Atsuko). I think it'd be fun, and I'd probably pull it off well...

I have a friend who makes her own cosplay, which is good, but she never finishes raw edges. Just construction stitching. and some hems. Fraying seams all over inside, not even zigzagged.

Maybe it's irrational that it makes me so mad, but like just about literally every book I've ever read said you need to finish your seams.

I'm not sure if she finishes seams for her commission work and just doesn't give a shit for her own stuff (that she's usually spending at least Friday night of the con working on).

3 kinds of cosplayers: the pretty ones, the talented ones, and the potatoes

trying desperately not to potato

>>8132420
I do this.
If it's on the inside it doesn't really matter, plus it's a waste of thread (besides I use fray check)

But yeah, if it's going to be bought then it should have the extra hem care but for personal use, it's alright IMO.

>>8131124
Shit. me too anon.
I always feel the need to go the extra effort when I'm cosplaying a non-darkskinned character

"simple cosplay?" NO
we need light up headphones, moving props, sound effects! the works!

I still don't get as much attention as white cosplayers

I am literally incapable of making normal friends. I honestly can't be bothered to be interested in friendship with someone if they don't at least watch anime. Normal people are just so...boring. I'm not interested in any of that normal people stuff like fashion or celebrity gossip.

>>8131211
god, this so much.

also i'm really broke so i feel like if i go with cheaper alternatives in cosplay, people will see and make fun of me for being broke.

>>8132603
Oh my god anon are you me?

>>8132420
Insides aren't a big deal imo, hems should always be done though.

>>8131124
I hate people like you who just can't wait to play the race card. I'm sure your just a delusional uggu ham planet. Please stay on tumblr with your own kind.

I started crossplaying after a nasty breakup, and the first thing that happened was people assumed I was gay, and that shit bothers me to no end. Now though I get compliments on what I do but I'm such an insecure little shit half the time I worry people are talking about me behind my back and that fucks with me even more. Hell I only started to doing because I wanted to do something different after rotting in my relationship, and now I don't know how to deal with the small notice it has got me recently.

TLDR: I'm a little shit who is scared to accept compliments

>>8132619
um what, they have a legitimate concern, it's not even an opinion. It's a sad fucking fact. -a short thin white girl

I desperately want to do a couple cosplay.

God fucking damnit. I just want to be cute with someone cute while dressed up as our favorite characters.

im really into cosplay, and i love doing costumes with my best friend.
But im fat, and shes skinny and even tho im more into cosplay than her, her costumes always look better because she has more access to more stuff and im really fucking jealous/

I'm bothered with my serious procrastination and computer addiction. Even if the con is like a week away, I still can't leave the computer: "I'm just going to watch this one stupid video, and read this one article, and browse /cgl/... but only for a bit! After that I'm gonna work on those cosplays!" And after 5 hours, I still haven't done anything to finish my costume(s). It's so frustrating to not get costumes done and bail out of groups because of my own laziness, but I just can't stop myself! The more I'm stressed out, the more I avoid those responsibilities. It seems so hopeless to get out of this vicious cycle, but I still don't want to believe that it's impossible for me to correct my ways.

>>8132619
Hey, how about you just go fuck yourself?

Sincerely,
A tiny white girl

>>8131124
Is this you by chance?

>>8132357
I've kinda been in the same boat since nearly all my past cosplays have been male. I generally just like the male characters more and I haven't felt comfortable enough with my body to do the sexy female characters that I like. I have been working out a lot though, so that's looking to change this year. Best of luck to you in your exercise pursuit as well.

If you're interested in a badass, black, female character in non-revealing clothing, then I suggest checking out Y: The Last Man. Her name's agent 355 and she doles out more ass kicking than any other character in the series. Plus they're awesome comics.

Also, I was trying to figure out what character you were referring to and this is where google brought me: http://javdict.tv/runaway-girl-flying-debut-of-similar-previous-atsuko-give-up-school-at-18-years-old/

>>8132577
It's shit that it's 2015 and this is still a common sentiment. If helps at all, the only good thing about this is that racial judgments are generally seen as taboo and that sort of behavior is on the decline. I highly doubt things will get to a point of true equality in our lifetimes, however, we are moving closer to that instead of farther away.

On another note, movable props are frigging boss. It's shit you feel you must overcompensate your cosplays just because of your skin color. But it is totally awesome you are able craft an elaborate costume with special effects.

My ex is attractive and does good cosplays. When we were together I was so intimidated by her ex before me that I didn't want to do couple cosplays, because they had had a little following and I'm not really very pretty.

Now we've broken up I regret not having done an awesome couple cosplay with her. Just really want a hot girlfriend to do cute cosplays with, even though I feel uglier than ever thanks to the break up.

>Her new GF lives in another country so at least I don't see them both looking gorgeous at cons here.
Small silver linings I suppose.

>>8132845
Try cold turkey? It was a really weird experience having no internet or even just no 4Chan. The amount of time you suddenly have and how active you have to get is astounding.

>>8132814
I know that feel so hard. It took two years to convince my boyfriend to cosplay with me. And we can only do characters that he absolutely wants to and/or think he could pull off well. Which is tricky since he's Native and, unless he absolutely loves the character, doesn't think he can do white guys. Thankfully we have generally the same interests so we can couples that we both want to do. I just don't think he'll ever want to do Otakon and Emma with me (even though we have the exact bodies for them) cause he says no one will recognize his cosplay since he isn't white. I don't want to make him uncomfortable and so we've just found other characters to do.

I'm working on my first cosplay in years. And I'm terrified that it won't turn out amazing. When it comes to crafting things I become a perfectionist so I've set high expectations for myself.

The only thing that helps is that this character is barely cosplayed (from what I've seen) and most of the attempts are terrible so there isn't much to compete with.

>>8132868
If he's worried he might not be recognized, then is there a distinctive prop or anything that character has? Because a good prop can help others think, "oh, you must be that character, cool".

>>8132852
In my dreams, anon. In my dreams.

>>8132619
Anon, you're cute. I don't even go on tumblr except to reblog all my yaois and dokidokis.

But for real tho you're dumb. I'm not even talking about using my race as a reason to win awards or any sort of shit, but you can't really argue that were I the same height/weight and white or Asian I'd be found prettier as a cosplayer. I'm not ashamed of who I am and I never will be, nor do I think I'll be handed things (nor do I want to be???) Just because I'm black. I like being black, I like being me, and I don't want any perks just for being so. I just wish I didn'tget seen as nothing or less than what I am because of my race, that's all.

I don't even tell my friends this unless they ask. These are just my anon opinions.

>>8132803
>>8132847
Thank you.

>>8132999
I suppose there's Emma's parrot but that about it for props. The character's design is really simple so he said he doesn't just want to look like the Indian in the labcoat. I understand though and like I said we've found other things to do. He's really pumped for Raiden from Rising, Kai from Lexx, and The Prince from Prince of Persia.

>>8132559
>>8132612

I figured it might be kind of irrational. And at least shit is hemmed. I guess I just kind of see it as an extension of "these are regular clothes to the character, and they should be finished like regular clothes.

>>8132868
I know Miles/Olivier is a reasonable idea. Another is Soma/Shio from God Eater Burst but they're more friends I believe than the former

>>8132577
I kind of have trouble understanding that. I only cosplay characters which look like me, or if I crossplay will bind and use make-up for making me look more like a man and like the character, so I don't understand why you will cosplay characters with a different skin color than yours without using anything for changing your skin color.

>>8133152
>Miles/Olivier
Please do it, anon. I miss FMA so fucking much.

>>8131866
I remember crying the day I got head gear. This is like that feeling x1000 I would imagine. I'm so sorry about that. What a lifestyle change.

Maybe you can find someone you trust and do a private shoot in your cosplay, so you don't have to wear it for too long, or do some indoor studio shots? Seems like you can at least get some nice photos even if you can't wear it in public...

>>8132634
People are gonna do that shit, no matter what. My girlfriend does my makeup for me when I crossplay and people still call me a faggot.

It's hard not to listen, but it's the only way you'll ever have fun.

Total bitch opinion but I really judge some of my friends when they are late 20s like me and still do stupid shit like make posts on FB wishing characters happy birthday or happy valentines day. They even get dressed up in their costumes and take pictures for it to post. That shit was cute/funny when we were teens or if you do it once as a joke but ever month? Now it just highlights that your almost 30 and alone.

>>8133158
Switching from male to female or female to male (from a costuming perspective) is generally pretty easy. Girl? Bind boobs and contour makeup. Boy? Fake boobs and feminine makeup. Of course this can get more challenging if we start getting into hips, body hair, revealing outfits, and if the person doesn't look particularly androgynous to begin with. But, the point is that this is a pretty common practice and (so long as you don't botch it horribly) no one really gives a shit if that Levi is just a bit too curvy or if that Ryuko is just a little too muscular.

None of this is true for when trying to look like a different race. Ethnicity is more than just skin color. There's also the size and shape of one's forehead, eyes, eyelids, nose, mouth, cheeks, and chin to consider. Sure, someone could cover their whole body in light brown, peachy paint for a cosplay (cause that's the only way to seriously look lighter), however, their features will typically not match. Then you're stuck as the weird Anglo-skinned chick with black features. Furthermore, it's not the same as painting yourself green or blue or whatever because for those it's understood that it's fake and will never look natural. If going from black to white, one is trying to look natural and have the makeup look like their real, actual skin. That's not easy to do with bodypaint. Which therefore, makes their "white skin" look fake. If you want a great example of some racebending, check out Cloud Atlas. That's a mega million dollar film and even there some of the racial makeup on the actors doesn't always hide their actual race (Doona Bae cannot pass as a 17th century white lady at all).

part 1

>>8133335
And then there's the implication of what it means to try to "hide" or "change" your race. In America, there's a huge social stigma about it and rightfully so. We've treated non-whites, even other whites (Irish, Polish, German, etc.), like shit or worse for centuries. While things have improved greatly over time, they are far from perfect. So even if the person doing the cosplay is totally cool with “whitefacing,” others seeing said person might not be. Whites or other non-blacks might be offended, blacks might look down on them thinking the cosplayer is “ashamed” of their skintone, and even others might simply ask “why not just be a black Madoka?” I would argue that this person would actually be judged harsher if she wore white makeup instead of simply using her own body.

I hate when fat girls with boobs cosplay ultra skinny characters with boobs. You can put your boobs on display as much as you want but you still look like you ate all the characters.

It drives me nuts that a pretty, thin girl wearing a bought costume gets way more attention than someone who worked their ass off on a costume but isn't as pretty. Basically, that people care more about the person wearing the costume than the costume itself.

>>8130976

>>8133152
Thanks for the recommendations! For some reason reason I've been able to find a bunch of stuff with white guy/dark chick, but not the other way around. And it's just fine if they're not a couple so long as they interact in some manner (the pair I really want to do with him is actually bro and sis).

>>8133448
you could also try soma and allelujah from gundam 00

>>8133255
ya its something Ive been coming to terms with an just accept the things I love it also doesnt help that I am overweight but at least I am working out 5 days a week and pushing myself harder to get into sape

I got into cosplay in the very early 2000s. I was in middle school at the time and had a depressive, controlling mother who wouldn't let me go to cons let alone leave the house so I could only admire pictures of cosplayers online and put together shitty closet cosplays at home. I stuck with it for years, building lists of characters I loved and wanted to cosplay. When I finally got out I thought I was going to pursue my dreams and make so many great cosplays. I researched methods, had a whole notebook of elaborate write-ups on how I'd make certain costumes. I came to cgl because of my interests and in a matter of 2 years, /cgl/ completely obliterated my dream.

Cgl is rife with insecurity where people hate themselves so much they need to nitpick others to feel better about themselves, sometimes even causing the people they target to develop the same mentality. A lot of seagulls scoff at cosplayers for getting plastic surgery, but likewise a lot of them (maybe not the same people) will meticulously pick apart every physical trait from minor stomach flab to basically any nose that doesn't look tiny and Asian.

Cgl continuously rants about people ruining the hobby with things like attention whoring and while yeah. there's a handful of faux-cosplayers who use the hobby for personal gain, I just feel like its kind of silly to bitch about someone taking the "fandom" aspect out of the hobby all the while all the focus cosplayers put on said bitching is doing the exact same thing.

I don't want to be in a hobby where people are so petty, contradictory, and goddamn mental, even if they are just a vocal minority.

It doesn't really matter to me anymore anyway. While I'd love to be able to make intricate armour costumes and step in the shoes of some of the characters I idolized while growing up, I'm in my mid twenties now and I've developed bigger, more long term dreams so cosplay would have just been an expensive distraction.

>>8134060
>letting cgl ruin a hobby for you
maybe you shouldn't be here.

>>8132862
>On another note, movable props are frigging boss. It's shit you feel you must overcompensate your cosplays just because of your skin color. But it is totally awesome you are able craft an elaborate costume with special effects.

Thanks anon.
I made miku way back when with lightup headphones and armbands.

Someone wanted to buy the miku skirt and shirt from me for $70 and I said yes because the character didn't suit me.
HOWEVER she stole the armband and headphones when she came to my house to pick it up.

She was a 15 year old white girl with big boobs, and debuted at a local convention without a wig and the light up parts.
still got more attention than I ever did while wearing the full set. It pains me to this day.


I took that as a sign to stop cosplaying lighter skinned characters. But not every show has darker characters so its hard to find characters that suit me.


Sorry for blogging on 4chins

I have a lot of friends that are cosplay popular and people kiss their asses, but they're not really that good. They make some good stuff, but mainly they just make a lot of so-so stuff and cause a lot of drama. Most of the time I'm happy making a few good costumes a year and getting a couple compliments, but sometimes I want to be as popular as them, so I think maybe if I start a little drama or make many lackluster costumes I could get some attention too.

>>8131124

That might actually be a regional thing. Here on the Mid-Atlantic coast, I've noticed that "racebent" cosplays tend to be given more praise and attention than others simply because they're rare and "progressive".

>>8132803
>-a fat white sjw
Fixed

>>8133047
> You're dumb tho
> tho
Maybe if nignogs learned to use proper English they wouldn't be seen as the black trash they are

I expressed some opinions about someone in my local comn on here now they're convinced there is a racist/awful person in their midst. The witch hunt begins but sadly the true witch is the girl I posted about and she's using my post to further her vendetta against anyone who doesn't agree with her sjw ideals.

> tfw my post wasn't even racist
> tfw they're so convinced it's one of their own but in truth I'm just a lurker
> tfw hypocrites call me out for being honest anon bur the witch openly treats people like shit to their face for no reason but to make herself feel good/be center of attention

I feel like I can't cosplay as white characters because I'm brown. I'm Mexican and naturally brown all year round, even a shade or two darker during summer even though I stay inside a lot.

I try really really hard to cosplay brown-only characters and I've noticed that unless it's winter and i look more white or I cosplay a canonically brown/slightly tan person, I get more praise for it. Fucking sucks. I just want to be white like all of the other amazing cosplayers.

>>8134601
>>8134609
Samefag

>>8134764
I personally find it weird when a white person wants to cosplay a darker character
its like ??? you have like tons of other characters that suit you, like, thousands. why are you choosing the brown one???

In the end people do what they want but it still confuses me.

I like when I'm in a cosplay and make new cosplay friends and we start calling each other by the names of our characters instead of our real names.

I've added my cosplay friends on facebook a long time ago so I know their full names, but we still manage to call each other by the name of who we cosplayed and I think it's cute since we only see each other at cons. And it's mostly because we group cosplay the same characters in alternate costumes, etc.

>>8134779
Yes, this. So much. It really irritates me.

There are SO. MANY. characters out there suited for you specifically.

It's just irritating to me. It's like they aren't happy with all of the representation and choices they're given.

And i don't care if black/brown people cosplay white characters because of the overwhelming white character pooulation, but I also feel like I can't cosplay a white character because I'm a hypocrite when it comes to me.

>>8133235
>head gear
I just googled that and it looks like some meddevil torture shit.. people actually wear those? I thought it was some obscure american cartoon reference? Surely there is no dental problem horrific enough to deserve such a hideous solution? Ehhk, I feel for you.

I've never cosplayed before and its very intimidating i'm also a poorfag and in general anime seems to hate anyone who's Scottish, Irish or inbetween.


Other than that, I think I am doing pretty good!

>>8130931

That is nothing to be ashamed of anon. Parents who get involved in their children's hobbies (without commandeering them) are awesome.

>starting putting on muscle and getting /fit/
>want to do some cool heroic character cosplay with my gf
>im hairy like a baboon and have sensitive baby bitch skin that makes shaving or waxing a living nightmare
>my gf is overweight and trying super hard to slim down but won't make her goal weight before its time for our next con

Both of us are like an oroborous of self loathing right now.

I had a group of friends that I cosplayed with, even lived with a couple of them, then the ~queen bee~ of the group who was probably my closest friend (for some fucking reason idk) decided she didn't want me around anymore so now they all ignore me and we don't talk. This basically left me with almost no friends at university, made my MH much worse and almost cost me my degree.

I've since told multiple people about the times she's cheated on her girlfriend and lied about it / confided in me for "support".

I also get really smug when their cosplays look like shit (pretty much always)

I'm not into LARP, but I get turned out by all the general nerdiness and costuming in the /cgl/ LARP thread.
Sorry, not sorry.

>>8136144
*turned on

Damn, it's late.

I'm starting to dislike cosplay. And why is that?

Because a bunch of wannabe cheerleaders escalated into a level of fame that is just disgusting to watch.

I can't stand famous cosplayers anymore. They are just ruining the hobby. Because most of the time, cosplayers like Yaya, Nigri and etc only cosplay for attention and know NOTHING about the character. I feel even more disgusted that most of the photographers/videographers are even more fame hungry and will only take pictures or film these super cosfamous people.

Its really unfair that someone spends months crafting their costume only to be completely ignored because the self-proclaimed "ambassadors" appeared in that convention.

They should just disappear and leave the hobby to REAL fans.

>>8136547
You know. I do think they do know their characters. And I don't think anyone likes to be tested on their interests on the spot by neckbeards.
ALSO. I've met hella cosplayers, not even good, who cosplay from stuff just cause it's popular. So it isn't just these "famous" people. It's like annoying weebs too.

>>8136555
Oh, I don't think they know.

Besides, the real problem is the insane amount of white knighting and double standards. Ordinary cosplayers, like you and me, are judged, scrutinized and analyzed on everything. Our hard work is judged and compared unfairly to these cosfamous people, and we are always deemed "inferior" even if our costume is better.

Basically, ordinary cosplayers have to prove themselves all the time, when a famous cosplayer can pretty much shit on their fans and no one will care.

I moved to my city a few years ago. After I attended a few cons, I made a friend. I liked her a lot and we grew closer each passing day...or so I tought. Turns out that, after we went to a con with the same costume, she never wanted to look at my face again. She said that I knew I would look "better than her" do I did it on purpouse.

I also found out that she secretly rejoiced every time something wrong happened with my life.

Wtf people

>>8136574
Some people are absolutely toxic and thrive on hating others because they hate themselves so much that they need constant affirmation that they're better than others. People suck. I'm sorry your first friend experience had to turn out like that anon. Hopefully you find some new awesome friends instead. Where did you move to anyhow? Just wondering if you go to any cons near me. I'm in norcal.

Part of the reason I'm dating my current boyfriendis just so that I have somebody to do cute couple cosplays with.

>>8132864

I'm on the opposite boat as you. Heres my confession. I hate couple cosplays now. Unless you're a great friend and wants to do it for fun with no real feelings then awesome let's do it. Unless I'm obsessed with a couple I will never couple cosplay again. When I was dating my ex of 4 years we had a little following because we couple cosplayed at every con we went to together. I started to hate it. Despise it, and here's why. I wanted to hang out with my friends at cons but my ex would whine how "..but we are here together, and I will look stupid alone..!" Or "But I'm not friends with anyone so I only have you..!" It started to drive me mad. The first time I ever said I wanted to do wear a different cosplay than her, by myself, she flipped. "I hate wearing a cosplay that doesn't match yours! I will look stupid being alone for pictures!" After the break up I've never been happier to do different cosplays than my other friends. Group cosplays are still fun however.

>>8136574
Damn that's awful but this video pretty much explains why she was so toxic like that
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfW8deSlsiA

I hope you find better friends anon but at least /cgl/ is here for you

>>8136603
Not everybody gets that crazy about couple cosplays, though. Whenever I've done it with my husband we usually end up going our separate ways for awhile during the con to do our own things and it's no big deal. It was funny once when I came over to where we were meeting for a photoshoot and he waved me over to where some girl was talking to him. As soon as he did she rushed to say bye and ran off.
>Ha, she was totally hitting on you, wasn't she? I scared her off.
>Yeah, she was.
>That's cute.

>>8134609
Oh? Je suis 'black trash' quand je parle deux langues? Désolée, mais tu es con. Et tu dois utilises le mot approprié ou fermes ta bouche. Go all out. Nigger or nothing; get out with your nignog eggnog urbandictionary nonsnse.

>>8132845
I know this feel
>Hey I should go work on my cosplay!
>NOPE GO SIT ON 4CHAN FOR 8 HOURS INSTEAD

>>8131014
you monster

>>8130952

My ears are the fucking shit.

ENJOY YOUR PEASANT EARS GOYS HAHAHA

*disappears into a cloud of smoke*

I only go to most conventions as an excuse to travel and explore new cities. It sucks living in a boring Midwest city full of crime and niggas.

Also, i just go to conventions mainly to party , shoot the shit with outta town friends, and network. The only time I go to panels if they're industry or guest related and if the panel is 18+ and anti-weeaboo.

Very rarely, I wish I was white, Asian, or at least light skin so I don't have to deal with racist weeabs and otaku going "YOU CAN'T COSPLAY AS X BECAUSE YOU ARE BLACK!!!" And these kids wonder why they get bullied by all the mean black kids at their school.

I laugh at those who take cosplay so seriously. I truly believe you're pitiful if you are so uptight about playing dress up,

The community needs to grow a pair of balls, build a stronger backbone and stop with this tumblr sugarcoat hugbox bullshit. People cosplays are gonna be shit. Stop with the "OMG YOUR COSPLAY IS AMAZING " faggotry when you know some folks cosplay are shit.

Sci-Fi conventions are better than anime cons.

I want to be cosfamous but don't tell anyone because I don't want to be judged because it will probably never happen. I'm overweight and trying to lose weight but it's so hard. Also I self post in here hoping for compliments because I'm more afraid of trolls on deviantart than I am 4chan. Also I can't wait for 28 days of black cosplay to be over. So stupid.

>>8137446
>i just go to conventions mainly to party

Is it true that at conventions there's a rave where everyone gets laid?

(ive never been to one before)

>>8137425

wtf is that shoop?

I'm fairly sure the reason my friends keep cancelling going to cons with me is because they hate me.

>>8137280

>>8137465
No. It's all make believe and fairy tale, like the Illuminati, Big Foot and Shin Megami Tensei x Fire Emblem.

I never had a problem with cosfamous people until NMJ came along. I feel like when she tried to claim the other hot cosfamous people as her "wives" and jnig as her "husband" she made them a clique and now it's hard to even become friends with them. Now they all got this mentality that they're above you. Bitch you only modify bras and panties. At least jessica can sew.

>>8137483
>SMTxFE

Bro that's not even funny. They talked about it last year.

>>8137545
>Le cancelled face

>>8137545
Must be fun to have hope.

>>8137280
>tu dois utilises
>fermes ta bouche

So you're shit at both English and French. Wow.

>>8132192
I'm sort of the same about the singing thing. Being a Vocaloid fan, I've always wanted to find other people who sing really well to do performances with in Vocaloid cosplay. But alas, only one of my Vocaloid friends sings and she lives far away. Maybe I'll put out a call for it one day.

>>8132619
Yeah sorry, but she has a real life problem here. I've seen it EVERYWHERE that people will say things like "awww her cosplay is nice, its a shame she's black" which is incredibly fucking awful to say, but it's all too common. A black friend of mine has this problem all the time. Someone actually had the nerve to call him "burnt *insert char. name*".

>>8132845
Yes, hello me. Shit, this cycle is hard to break, I've been trying for years.

>inb4 not hard enough

>>8136035

Chest hair is manly though, be Zangief or some shit.

>>8137446
>boring Midwest city full of crime and niggas

Chicago or St. Louis?

im tired of trannies in cosplay.
I'll see a cute guy, and think fuck yeah i want some of that then i figure out they have a vag. what the fuck, i want to shoot them all.

>>8138931
It's not their fault you're so butthurt about your sexuality.

>>8138958
i want a dick, not a chick who wants to be a boy

>>8138931
I'm the same, but the opposite because I'm a guy.

>>8138931
you sound pleasant

>>8139038
im sorry but im not a fucking dyke.

>>8139040
Well it sure sounds like you're attracted to effeminate men, cunt.

>>8139060
oh no, i pissed off the tranny! go back to your tumblr hugbox.
its amazing what some makeup contouring can do. sorry that i dont want your shitty little shrimpdick :)

>>8139060
Except i'm female, and don't have your fucked up gender issues. Just saying what everyone else is thinking without resorting to your tumblr buzzwords.

>>8139063
Except i'm female, and don't have your fucked up gender issues. Just saying what everyone else is thinking without resorting to your tumblr buzzwords.

I'm getting sick of being a cosplayer because no one ever pays attention to me. Like I am the friend in the background.

Sick of it though because while I'm not fat. I am not a skinny little girl in a revealing cosplay. I get shoved to the background in my fancy detailed ballgowns because I'm not a stick with fake boobs.

>>8139070
>gender issues
what the fuck i dont have issues. its them.
sorry that i dont want a wannabe boy with a cunt.

you people fuckin sicken me and you have no souls

last time i went to a convention i almost killed myself on the way home it was such a failure at existing and living my life if it werent for my few friends being there id have been over a bridge on the way home i even picked out the song i wanted to sing as i fell to my death for the low price of 75 bucks and the priceless anguish of the cheap sex pickup lives you cosplayers live i was the real heather mason that day

im so serious die in fires thats all that runs through my head and all i plan to do when i have to be seen with you fuckin people in public and i know the horrors yall put everyone else through

>>8135776
What I don't get is why you people constantly put white people in the same box you hate being put into. If they like the black character in the show, just like you like one of the white characters in the show, why the fuck can't you guys just cosplay whatever the fuck you want to and stop worrying so much about what other people say? If crossplayers can do it, so can you.

with u ppl and ur views yall should just hollow out ur asses and make the longest human centipede ever with em cuz thats what u deserve u think ur opinions matter to everywhere and everyone fact is the fact that thats even a movie is the fact of ur fukkin lifes worth and anything else you like fuckin draining the system with every step u keep taking

On the topic of couple cosplays:

My new/soon-to-be gf (what what what) has essentially the exact same characters as my ex did. It is kind of unsettling and even if I really want to couple cosplay with her, I really don't want to look like I'm just trying to replace my ex with her. My ex and I still have a good relationship, and there's a few shoots we've still to do, but that only makes it more awkward for me to talk cosplay with my new girl. I don't know. What's worse is that my ex is a better cosplayer too.

>>8132420
Not all fabric needs to be finished on the inside to avoid fraying. Stuff that does it really bad I will fray check but I don't do it normally because it doesn't bother me otherwise and I don't have a serger so I'm just zigzag stitching anyway.

>>8138931
>>8139040
>>8139063
>>8139081
>>8139095
>>8139105
>>8139121
>>8139206

>>8139133
Holy shit yes I agree with you so much.

>>8134779
>you have like tons of other characters that suit you, like, thousands. why are you choosing the brown one???
Because sometimes white people think black characters are awesome? Most people cosplay characters that they like/relate to.... are you seriously buttmad about this?

>>8135776
>I can't cosplay a white character because I'm a hypocrite
So stop pitching such a fit when someone likes a character with a different skin tone, and then you won't feel like one. And then you both can cosplay the people you like and get on with your lives....? I really don't understand what the issue here is if the other cosplayer isn't darkening their skin while dressing up as the character.

>>8137793
you're cute anon, go die c:

>literally anyone can cosplay anything ever
>someone cosplaying something does not take away your ability to cosplay it
> a white person cosplaying a brown person = they're stealing that character from us????????????????

>People who constantly bitch about how cosplay has to be 1:1 with perfectionist standards (same body type, same face type, same eye type, same eye color in real life, same weight, same height, so on and so on) but don't apply said standards to themselves.

Seriously fuck off.

>>8140319
Agreed. It is exactly why I don't cosplay anymore. I really am a stickler for accuracy and I don't feel I portrayed the looks of the characters I did. When I was younger, cosplay was fun just being the characters I enjoyed. Now investing so much time and money into it. I want it to be the very best it can be.

>>8140335
My face doesn't fit most anime character because it's round and the universal shapes are heart and square in manga/anime/video games. To make it worse I have that sleepy eye look too (like I have downs or some crap,) and I'm black so I'm at the point that I don't give a fuck and just cosplay who I like but still try to make sure the wig looks on point, I have the weapon or props of the character, etc.

>>8131124
Where are your pics?..

For... cosplay advice porpuses

One of the major reasons I cosplay is for sexual attention. I really enjoy it.

>>8130909
I'm the same and I keep blaming myself for it, I'd really like to be genuily happy for others and not only pretending to be. But if I see even one better cosplayer than me I feel like that means that me and my costume are needles. And I'm just a average cosplayer so I feel unnecessary at every con.

>>8140301
This this this.

>cosplay is for everyone!
>white person cosplays Korra
>um you literally have thousands of white characters why do you have to take this from us?
>calm the fuck down you can still cosplay her; there's no rule that you suddenly can't cosplay a character that someone else has cosplayed before

>>8139505
wasnt me too way to ruin my posts, all y'all are good for

>>8131415
I fucking love these people. I was ugly for a good portion of my life. Then I became pretty. I'm still a little nervous about my looks, though, but these girls make me look like a goddess in comparison. Bring on the fatties.

everything u people touch turns to shit then u wear shit and live shit

>>8140319
Same. I hate hypocrites.

>>8140370
Sarcastic response: on the internet.
Serious response: I don't like selfposting on 4chan. Last time I did I was told black people shouldn't cosplay from the series I cosplayed from, so I don't bother anymore.

>>8133271
Holy shit are you talking about Ichigo Kitty

>>8140378
Minorities of a country often think about there race more than whites. Races is usually used to restrict in a negative way by people of that race. Black cosplayers may feel they can only cosplay dark characters yet fully accept it. The other half some may feel totally different. Every other person has a totally different feeling toward this issue , down back to the days of "Proudasiancosplayer" times( for lack of better wording).

>>8140624
This has nothing to do with bitchy white tumblr idiots speaking for the black community saying that white people should be stuck in their own little box since that's what they 'force on others'.

This view of race relations is poison and all it's going to do is swap the minority and majority privilege in the end, making it no better than it was before.

>>8140640
I wouldn't even acknowledge them.There's very rare cases that would be acceptable(human rights).
Also Its probably saying something If the race your speaking of isn't hyping the issue up as much as you are.

>>8140488
Andrea IchigoKitty? If so, I'm curious.

I keep going to conventions but I still can't make any real friends. I love cosplaying but it gets really lonely when it's the next con morning and I realize again that all the people I talked to while drunk the night before aren't going to hit me up the next day. So I end up going to panels and walking around a lot, alone. I see all kinds of people hanging out together and it hurts.

I used to be in a community for a certain game but I had to move across the country for a job, and I knew they didn't really like me anyway. I found another community for the same game here but it's not the same at all and I don't feel like trying again. I want to give up so badly but I know I'll never forgive myself if I do. It's my only real chance to make a friend, and I love cosplaying way too much to just stop.

>>8133271
That's not a bitch opinion, that's you being a full out cunt and need to slash your wrists for trying to wreck someone's fun that you are not even related to.

I have made and re-made the same cosplay six times over three years and I scrap the whole thing and start fresh because I'm overly critical of myself and anything I produce. I don't have a lot of tools or materials to experiment with, so I always squeeze my fabric etc. for everything it's worth. I just fuck something up drastically and can't deal.

>>8141006

>>8133271
it was barely sane at any age but yeah i agree with you im surrounded by cancerous pointless ppl like this all they do is talk shit on top of it

>>8139304
Uh, meet and greet time?
>on this episode of good idea, bad idea

>>8139792
I honestly have no idea what you're saying? It's okay for people to whiten up but not okay for people to darken up? I'm not pitching a fit when someone likes a character of a different skin tone? I'm saying that there's an abundance of white characters white people get and brown people have no one so they're forced to go whitey if they want to look just like the character and that seeps into real life of "oh my god when I'm white I'm pretty."

>>8140378
They CAN it's just that they have so many others they can choose from. So many others.

>Got into this browser game last month
>One character wears a tattered rag as a hood
>Another wears a black face mask and carries around a fox
>I wish I had more people to talk about this game with at the same time, I don't want idiots shitting up the fandom with their headcanon and racebending cosplays.
>Too late.
> See idiots wearing Kaneki masks cosplaying the fox character.
> Person wearing bedsheet tied around their neck with a t-shirt and jeans. "Casual hood character cosplay."


I want to meet the part of this fandom that aren't idiots or shotacons.

I suck at cosplay, and I don't feel worthy of posting on the same board as the rest of you

>>8142784
then you must be really awful, because 90% of self-identified seagulls are sub-shit-tier
>kek

>>8137280
Look out we got a badass google translator in here

>>8137457
>Preach

Do you at least have a 8/10 face?

> Only got into cosplay to obtain a cute Asian boy
> Didn't get one ;_;

Always wanted to cosplay, never tried.

I started cosplaying in 2003, when I was 22. I was considered ancient at the time, and was older than most people at anime cons. I have forever been on the old crotchety cusp of barely acceptable for the age of good-looking cosplay.

In the early 00s cosplaying was childish and meant to be put away for college. There were many fights (even still but not as common) that college was time to grow up and start thinking about a real job.

Slowly, as the convention scene has aged, the "rules" have relaxed to involve college as an acceptable age, and now even somewhat beyond college if you have a disposable income.

It still fucking sucks to see so many comments like "they're so fucking old they're 25 get a life", on the other hand it's good to know many of the greats are 30 now and still looking good.

And yes, I'm a 33 year old bitching on 4chan. This obviously hasn't deterred me from enjoying cosplay, it's just a gripe. 4ever2old

>>8147065
oldfags are the backbone of 4chan
and life
ps i am 29 cheers

>>8130909
jealousy is an horrible feel. It's hard to be happy when you always have to compare yourself to people who are better than you.
But it's curable as long as your acknowledge it's not good for you.

>>8130135
I sometimes go look at cospages from my country and just cringe over how bad their english is or how bad the quality of their photos is.
Especially this one girl who acts like she has /so/ many fans but actually most of them are from L4L as far as I know.
> started doing commissions but her cosplay quality is just.. no.
> Copies cosplans from famous cosplayers even though she said she would stop doing it.
> copies the makeup or concept from Lightning cosplays faun designs right after she finished it
> keeps saying stuff like "you can always find me and maybe get a picture with me"
> lied about winning contest prizes to be a judge at a foreign convention
> got busted
> got removed from the cosplay guest list
> kek

>>8132420
I just cut the edges with serrated cisors.
Is it that bad ?

I don't feel like investing in a serger yet.

>>8133158
I 'm more bothered with crossplay.
No matter how well you make up, your fat woman ass is going to ruin it all.

Unless you're one of those rare extremelly skinny girl with a narrow hipbone.

Don't ruin my husbandos.

I cosplay heavily armored characters cause I don't want to be "recognized" for my huge tits. I cover them up as much as I can, cause I constantly see some cos comm friends complain about girls with big tits getting all the attention. FML

I'm pretty good at making costumes (and nice enough to look at), but because I tend to cosplay characters from lesser known shows/games/whatnot, I hardly ever get recognition for my work, and it pisses me off that I let it bother me so much.

>>8147123
Pinking shears are an acceptable way to clean up edges. It's the quickest way and I really don't frown on it for your own garments.

If you really want your stuff to last past 4-10 wearings and washings though you can finish them with french seams, double seams, or one of the other multitudes of ways.

>>8147209
>I hardly ever get recognition for my work, and it pisses me off that I let it bother me so much.

Know that feel anon.
I generally stick to my skintone for cosplay as I think it really looks neat when I match. But that relegates me to few known characters so I miss out on all the recognition.

But I recommend doing one character a year that's popular. That way when you do a great job people get to know you and then when you show up as something else they recognize you and look up the rest of your good work.

>>8147131
>your fat woman ass is going to ruin it all.

I always feel a little bad for crosplayers with hips and thighs they can't conceal.

But then I see girls with narrow bodies not even trying when they could be so good.

That ticks me off.

>>8147192
naw, if you got it, flaunt it. Don't feel bad about your body.

Girls with small tits that get plastic or wear 3 push up bras are trying to be something they're not, and that's what people hate.

If you're blessed, you will NOT get the same hate that those girls do. Weird but true.

>>8147033
You should try!

confession: my closest cosplay/lolita friends are ugly.

They're all okay girls, and I'm no beauty queen, but I'm always expecting our group photos to get posted and dragged, especially since I've found that I'm more honest about the limitations of my skills than they are.

Then there are the ones I live with
>beg their parents for grocery money/money for stuff for the house
>pocket it while I buy everything for the house with my school loan money
>take their hard earned cash and throw it around at swap meets
>beg me for food because they "can't afford groceries
the fact that they're 90 pounds heavier than me and can't even wear the brand they buy is my secret consolation. I feel awful for being content in their misfortune, but scrubbing the bathroom and sweeping cat hair is easier when I feel like Cinderella compared to the ones I'm picking up after.

>>8147242
>But I recommend doing one character a year that's popular.
That would be pretty sweet, actually. I've just found that my taste is so damn weird (I swear I don't WANT to be a special snowflake hipster, it just happens) that I rarely like the more popular shows, let alone the costume designs in them. Guess I'll just have to scour through some of the current popular things to see if there's anything I could consider doing.

>>8147316
>are trying to be something they're not
that's such a stupid reason
nobody hates people who dye their hair
nobody hates people who wear contact lenses to correct their eyesight
nobody hates people who get their cleft palate fixed
nobody hates people who acquire a different citizenship
nobody hates girls who wear makeup
the reason people hate them is because they think with their dick

>>8131648
I'm pretty sure there are forums and social media to meet up with like-minded cosplayers. There's only on WCS Prelim left, and I think the registration for it is still open. Jump on Facebook or something and ask around. Cosplay partners don't just "appear." Quit bitching and get stitching.

>>8137446
>ore new cities. It sucks living in a boring Midwest city full of crime and niggas.
I assumed Chicago or Detroit.

>>8139031
Seconded.

>>8139070
I agree. Outside of cosplay I want to know what I'm looking at.

I have a family member who recently got into cosplay. I love her to death but when it comes to cosplay she makes me want to blow my brains out. Like most of us (I assume), being the black sheep in the family I was overjoyed to hear her wanting to cosplay. I told her I'd love to help her and give her tips if she ever needed it. I think she's only come to me twice, and it was always a last resort ("I need advice for a cosplay I need TONIGHT!"). She never took the little advice she would ask from me, when she puts stuff together herself it looks terrible, and when I try to give constructive criticism she reacts like I'm attacking her. The worst part is that she's hot and been modeling since high school so she has fanboys that whiteknight the shit out of her cosplays, so she's convinced she's killing it.

I hate wigs more than anything.

>>8137577
>>8137587

Iate reply but I clearly remember them talking about it after they revealed that Nintendo Toad game/Splatoon in an article. It wasn't on the official show because Nintendo. They haven't talked about it since then though.

I don't know how to feel. I want to cosplay, but ive never really gotten into anime/comics or many videogames.. or anything that "cosplay" revolves around. I'm mostly interested in crafting and construction of costumes, and when I see a character with a neat outfit I just want to build it. I don't wanna be one of those girls who cosplays characters they know nothing about/aren't interested in. I know how much seagulls hate that.. I would hate it too.

On the other hand I've always wanted to experience a con. Never been to one, of course. And I'm a normie who doesn't have any friends who are interested in these sorts of things. Wish I could find like.. a weeb mentor..

>>8154046

> see character your like
> read the wiki
> profit

seriously, it's only annoying if you pretend to be a fan/being an attentionwhore. If someone asks just say "I'm not a fan of (work) but I like (character)'s design" and you are good to go.

>>8154079
Thank you for the advice anon. It just makes me feel so guilty though. Even if everyone knew I only did it for the craftsmanship, I feel like I'd still be unwelcome. I'm afraid of being automatically lumped in with shitty attention whores.

>>8154088
Most 4chan reactions are intense versions of everyone else's reactions. Someone on 4chan says you cosplaying a character you don't know means you're an attention-whoring slut, a non-channer will say they don't like it but don't really care.

I have cosplayed characters I know nothing about just because their outfits are awesome. Of course I look them up and learn about them, but that doesnt mean I have to play the game or watch the show they are from.

>>8136035
What about a hair removal cream?
Some of the new Nair stuff is a lot less harsh, maybe you can get a small sample and test it out?

>>8130135
i glued a lot of one of my cosplays last year because i ran out of time before the con.

>>8154249
Shiro Cosplay?

>>8136035
Get sugaring done 3 days before the con, then stay at home for the rest until the con, to make sure your skin recovers.

>>8154207
Nair is terrible for body hair, especially if you're dark haired. It always leaves stubble.

I buy the cosplay online to use as a base and then modify it to make it look better.

>>8147107
Deets?
This sounds interesting. I always have a good laugh at cosplayers who lie for fame.