/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>6907773

>>6892157

I'm not entirely convinced it's completely grown up, I just think, for me, being an old Hetafag, I'm more in the background. Both because of my age and how long I've been into Hetalia, I just can't connect with these tweens. I feel there's a fundamental difference in the way they approach fandom (I believe it's this generation that's responsible for shift from ANIME cons to anime cons with non-anime things).

And I used to not be so quiet. It's not like I HIDE loving Hetalia, I've just learned it's not worth getting into it with someone because they are always going to "win" the argument. I know there has been a backlash against Hetalia for a while, but I was starting to think we were fully over it now that Homestuck was the next big thing, and especially now that even Homestuck fans are moving on to other shows (I thought it might be Dangan Ronpa, but I saw a shitton of OFF at A-kon).

I think it's a combo of us not having a lot of official updates (even if the comic is serialized), a large chunk of the fandom having moved on, and some of us just getting older. I still see the same problems with the weeby fans we've had for years, they're just not SOLELY Hetalia fans anymore. I definitely notice less Hetalia cosplayers (specifically at mid size and smaller cons, at larger cons there are still enough to look "big" even if numbers are down).

But I'm kind of glad. I'm a little disappointed Hetalia doesn't get the love it used to, but maybe the parts of fandom that invaded with the anime have moved on and we've weathered the storm? I feel like we as a fandom are internally over everything, but the outside fandom community still sees us as a cancer. I really thought we were done with this Hetalia hate, but I've had more people shit on my love of Hetalia NOW than I did 2-3 years ago when the fandom initially went down the drain.

>>6653642
This is the only Norway I've come across. Pretty popular so I'm guessing you've seen it before, sorry. Maybe check some cosplay blogs out and bring back what you find?

>>6582206
Sure, I need some for my Hetalia cosplay folder.
This is the only one I have.

>>6554345

I'd really rather not have my picture on here; but here's some quality Nordics to make up for it. Don't have any bad hetalia cosplay saved unfortunately.