/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>7256040
Practicality dictates even if woman took to the battlefield their weapons and especially the armor would look a lot like the men's.

>Be LARPer
>Go to reasonably good American game, nothing like the European ones, but still fun.
>Play giant tarantula person, full bodysuit, homemade latex mask with inserted eye lenses, everything.
>Eating my dinner in character with my Dark Elf squire brother
>New player walks over
>Morbidly obese in a 'lolita dress'
>HI, ARE YOU A FURRY?
>....No?
>WHY ARE YOU A SPIDER? IS IT YOUR SOUL ANIMAL?
>I really like doing intricate and complicated costuming. Plus, spiders are cool.
>YOU SOUND LIKE A FURRY. DO YOU LIKE ANNAMAE?
>I don't really- can you get back into character? We were kinda in the middle of something.
>I'M A NEKO. THAT MEANS I'M A CATGIRL.
> Squire brother looks like he's been shot in the face.
>I'VE ALWAYS KNOWN I WAS A CATGIRL. I GO TO FURCON EVERY YEAR, YOU SHOULD GO TOO.
>I'm not-
>NYA! NYA! SEE? IT'S BECAUSE I'M AN OTHERKIN.
>Squire brother mutters "omfg" under his breath and facepalms.

Please, I just want to stay in character ;_; this is the kind of nonsense I see on /cgl/ about larps all the time.

Luckily she got carded shortly thereafter for being out of character and cheating on her hit points.

Oh I have lots of pictures.. we just finished up a 5 weekend fair in Florida with lots of fighting.