/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

My first con was three years ago so I'm relatively new to the scene and I'm a poorfag who doesn't live especially close to any cons so I don't get to go to many each year but my first con was honestly one of the if not the singular best experience of my life, I was so nervous in the weeks leading up to it because I was working on my first cosplay and I didn't know exactly what to expect since the only things I had to base what a con was like was hearsay and convention music videos i was obsessed with back in like 2009 and I thought it might not live up to my expectations. I ended up going in a shitty AoT cosplay with an untrimmed wig, bad makeup and all but people still recognized me and asked for my picture. I was so surprised with how friendly everyone was and how positive the environment felt. I was so enchanted by everything that I ended up missing the events that I had originally chosen to go to the con for. I look forward to every con so much even if there aren't any guests or panels I'm interested in because I love the feeling.

I think that with every community there's always going to be a positive side and a negative side and there's no real way to escape that so you have to make an effort to appreciate the positive side and do what you can to improve the negative side in addition to keeping it as something that will effect you minimally, if that makes sense? I love cosplaying and I love conventions so it always makes me sad when people leave the community or anything, especially when it's based on things that don't directly effect the person, like glamour models for example.

I'm sorry this was very long and rambly but I hope my points come across.

>>8968947
I think most people in the cosplay community are pretty cool with crossplay. I think the best way to make friend might just be to go to cons. I've met all of my cosplay friends from cons just by hanging around and taking pictures p much. If you don't have a tumblr/instagram or somewhere where you can post yourself afterwards tagged with the con so people who you met can talk to you make sure you try to talk with people and exchange contact info. Some people will just take your picture and then leave and try to contact you later so if they can't you just need to feel it out p much.