/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>at convention dressed as Mary Read/James Kidd Asscreed 4
>go to AC meetup; meet some really amazing people and a few 'interesting' folk
>small group of guys in eBay costumes believed they were actually Assassins and referred to each other in line with their cosplays, huddling together outside of photo ring aiming cameras at the ladies there
> ohnope.jpeg try to avoid their eye, unfortunately I'm the only Mary there.
>"O eemmmm geeeee, James why do you have tits?" (insert horrible accented drunk slurring here)
>Aw shite
>I was already posing with other Kenways and an Anne; they come up very close and ask for Anne and I to pose sexily.
>Anne and I decline. "WHY NOT ITS CANON?!?"
>Anne, my boyfriend (dressed as Malik) and I escape. They follow us around the con (Anne came with us for safety since her friends were at a panel) taking pictures of us while they think we aren't looking.
>W take a break in a hallway and have lunch; AssWeebs decide it's okay to sit with us.
>Proceed to loudly 'converse' about AC ships/theories/etc end up arguing very loudly.
>Suddenly the inevitable happens, AssWeebs notice the Assassin logo tattoos that my boyfriend and I have on our ring fingers
>ASSWEEB EXPLOSION
>Suddenly, touchy feely, chubby, foul smelling Assweebs grab my boyfriends' and my arm trying to get a better look at our tattoos.
>We shove them off and tell them to not follow us anymore, we tell them they can't just grab/touch people, etc.
>Assweebs get offended, saying that we aren't real Assassins like them and that we are bakas
>All three of us nope out of there real hard; Assweebs end up shadowing us for the rest of the convention.
>We ended hearing that they got removed from the con for harassing other AC cosplayers and grabbed a Harlequin's boob

Let's see:
>Cosplay: James Kidd AC4, Galadriel (White Council), maybe Extremis Pepper Potts, at least these are the ones I'm working on and or editing....all depends on what friends are bringing.
>Best: holy shit there are some damn good cosplayers who don't mind freaking out with you about sewing/crafting techniques. Pretty good panels and entertainment, damn like all the cosplay people I know are here. Bad: FUCK I LOOKED AWAY FOR ONE SECOND AND MY FRIENDS/GROUP IS GONE. Overwhelming crowds. Sometimes creepy 'camera men and women'. Weeaboos, weeaboos fucking everywhere....

On board with the hugging/personal space issue.
>Wearing Galadriel (White Council) asked for hugs and permission to touch the dress/train.
>Politely declined hugs, patiently allowed other light costume appraisals.
>Refused hugs from anyone in body paint, super heavy makeup, spray color hair. etc.
>Hugged anyway, gray body paint stains on the sleeves now.
But truly, that's alright. I didn't swath myself in ridiculous amounts of chiffon, spend two weeks making, four days hand beading, and two seasons of Law and Order: SVU later to have you stain my gown. Thanks