/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

Need a few more details before answering:
What type of relationship do you have with them? (If any at all.)
Do they know it's you in the picture?

>>6917524
Oh, and is it a good costume?

>>6917524
>>6917530
It's your latest costume. And you're familiar with them, but they aren't exactly your friends (or enemies for that matter).

>mfw this has happened before

Kyle is that you?

"Yo gurls, watcha lookin' at?"

>>6917560
Story?

>>6917598
Not that interesting sadly, I ran into a coworker at a convention, he took my photo (last minute Wind Whistler cosplay to match my sisters Fizzy gijinka) and posted it on facebook. More coworkers saw it but it only had a few comments and only 2 brought it up at work.

I actually had this happen to me recently. I put up a really cute cosplay that made me look like I was a flight stewardess but the top was showing my belly and the skirt was short. I had many positive comments on it so I put it up on my facebook. I come to work and one guy says 'nice pictures, anon.' I tell him thanks but suddenly everyone around him wants to see what he's talking about. It becomes awkward because everyone around him is a bunch of guys and they all get really close to the monitor saying 'that's nice, that's nice!' I eventually get the hell out of the room because it ends up being too creepy for me.

>>6917560
All I can think of when someone says Kyle is that Loki douche.

Ask who the sexy motherfucker in the picture is.

Kidding, I'm too much of a social fucktard to laugh it off, I'd probably assume they all hated me and would sulk somewhere.

>don't cosplay anymore
>haven't cosplayed in almost 10 years, before everyone has a digital camera age
>be confused as fuck, wonder how they found photos of it, probably laugh with them because wow how'd they find it really

>>6917643
Sage for no relevant content, but stewardess!Yoko?

I'm kind of a bitch so I would right them up for doing non-work related things using company property.
But seriously, what I do in my free time is none of there business and if they think they can make me feel bad about it they have another thing coming.
Only personal shit I talk to my coworkers about is cats.
We can surprising talk forever about cats.

Shuffle away and never speak to them again.

The only pictures of my last cosplay(s) either make me look like a stoned hooker or my nose looks so huge and accentuated.

>>6917723
*write
*their
*think
*surprisingly

I'm sorry, I had to

My co-workers know what I do in my spare time and I always ask if the want to see pics of my latest 'dress up'. They always say yes and we spend morning tea giggling and laughing and I tell them about the experience. They think it's a bit weird but it makes for interesting office conversation.

>>6917710
Yep.

My reaction would depend on which costume it was, but my very latest cosplay involved a lot of boob and leg. I'm naturally hourglass to begin with, on top of which I worked hard to get myself into shape as well as practicing makeup just to make sure it looked right when I wore it.

If I caught colleagues having a laugh over it, I'd just stroll up behind them, call 'em out on being jealous fatties/flatties and go laugh alone with salad.

captcha: champion. I'm in an arrogant mood tonight, I guess.

>>6917511

Say "Oh hey, that's me!"

No fucks given. I like cosplaying and if I was scared of people laughing at me I wouldn't put my pics online or wear them out anywhere.

I've had something like this happen and I was cool with it.

I was old enough to have conversation skills to explain myself and I happened to be wearing some regular clothing I made that day. So I just said, yeah it's fun to make whatever you want, see this skirt and scarf? Made it a month ago. I can have whatever I want. If I see it in a magazine for $300? Nope, made it for $35.

When you put it in terms normal people can understand they end up admiring you.

If they question why would anyone dress up like a cartoon I point out that regular clothing can be very staid and I am artistic obviously, so it give me an outlet to make something out of the ordinary and push my limit.

When I talk to children that wonder why all these adults are walking around in costume I ask them have they "ever seen a pretty dress on TV that they really wished they could have?" They always say YEAH! and then I say that's what we are doing. We saw a really cool thing on TV and then we decided to make it.
After that kids understand.

"never"

I'm a teacher for children and my work found out about my cosplaying casually after a coworker I'm close with mentioned about some cosplay progress photos once.

At first when a parent overheard, they were ultra curious, but they all reacted surprisingly positive. My work is pretty supportive of my efforts, usually asking about my latest projects and interested in the convention experiences.

I don't cosplay scantily clad characters and mostly make cute, conservative designs by personality choice, so I think that's why they don't have a problem with it and see it as a positive hobby. I could see if they found me wearing something a bit darker or scantily, it would be a probable issue in my profession. The kids really like hearing about the superhero cosplays recently, or video games, and then entry anime like Sailor Moon and Pokemon.

I worked a temporary job in an office a few years ago doing general admin assistant work and everybody loved me. My boss told me that "we're really going to miss you," reminded me that they have full time positions available, gave me her card and everything. (I was working this job because I normally work full-time during the construction season.)

Shortly before I left I took some (pre-scheduled a couple months in advance) time off to go to Acen and sent links to the Flickr gallery of all my photos to some coworkers who'd expressed interest.

A year or two later, they won't return my calls and all my applications get passed over. I can't help but imagine they think I'm some kind of weirdo.

Well to be fair, the most widely-circulated picture of my latest costume involve a giant blue horse dildo, so I can't exactly blame them.

>>6918001
You warm my heart

"Awwww FUCK"

>implying this hasn't happened
>implying they haven't told me introduced me to other websites I was on without knowing

>>6918081
>implying they haven't told me introduced me to other websites I was on without knowing

My latest co-workers know and don't care. To my dislike, they think it's cute.

>>6918103
Yeah I had started typing something else, realize it didn't make sense then backtracked to type over it....didn't backtrack enough.

>tfw no one of them will be my gf

>>6918119
You don't want a gf, man.
When you have a gf and you fail at something you have her to comfort you, so it's okay
But when you don't and you fail you must face it, and it fucking sucks
So you start failing less, thus, improving yourself
Enjoy tfwnogf, it's a good feel.

>>6918131
Spoken like a true virgin who's been friend-zoned so long they've convinced themselves it's a good thing.

when my workmates found they all made fun of me, they're 'jocky' kind of people. Then they found my cosplay page on facebook and said sorry for laughing at me and that I'm actually pretty good at it and now they always ask what I'm making next. I guess some people just have no idea what cosplay is really like until they see it.

>>6918136
klol

>>6918119
What if there was, like, a perfect* girlfriend material girl (like she is a mpdg, is cute and looks like a little child and all that shit you love, etc...) waiting for you, BUT you'd have to give up Dota for her, or even worse, transition to LoL.

Would you do that, for her?

>>6918156
By the description you gave of the said female, obviously not, because I'm not into child. I'm into /fit/ girls, so that's pretty much pole opposite.

>>6918164
Jeez, can't you take a joke?

Fine, so what I said >>6918156 here, except instead of being cute and looking like a little girl she looks like fucking Caster Semenya or w/e.

Just fill her appearance in with your imagination.

Now, answer to question, plz.
Would you?

That's the thing I'm afraid of when it comes to cosplaying. I get embarrassed and spill spaghetti easily. It's not just coworkers but I'm afraid of family members judging me which is why I beg my friends not to tag my pictures on Facebook. I'm jealous of my friends who are able to do this without caring what others think. It doesn't help that my older brother can openly tell them that he's going to a con and they're fine with it. Meanwhile if it's me, they tell me that I'm too old for this. I end up saying that I'm staying at a hotel near the beach for 3 days whenever I go to the local con.

>>6918174
I don't get it, if you're "too old" there's no need to keep your parents posted of your affairs

>>6917555
>>6917555
>>6917555
Answers pls.

>>6918169
Human beings are more important than videogames. I would say ultimately yes, but I don't see how I would be "required" to quit DotA. I can play LoL, it just feels like playing a game for retards. I'm used to use all my gaming capabilities for all sort of mechanics, my knowledge etc.

So, yes, I'd play LoL a little with my gf, but I don't see a reason/scenario where I have to totally stop DotA, or if she tells me she's nuts and a totalitarian, which means I wouldn't be with her in the first place... because it's a fucking videogame.

Also to answer the thread, never cosplayed, will do of doto, if someone sees it I'll be like fuck yeah.

>>6918188
>I would say ultimately yes
You're a horrible person.

Men who change their moral integrity to appease women are scum of Earth.

>>6918188
I wish someone makes a continuation of the comic, where lone druid rapes her with his bear-huge dick, god just thinking about it made me stiff as a rock

>>6918188
Wait, of Lone Druid?

tfw favorite hero from allstar is TA
tfw i'm a horrible TA now an i don't even know what happened

>>6918191
Did you rad more than 10 words? I said I wouldn't quit DotA. I said I would be willing to play LoL again to please her.

>>6918192
http://www.dota2wiki.com/images/b/ba/Lone_druid_move_13.mp3

I don't think sillabear likes people enough to do this.

>>6918203
>sillabear

Why must I keep on using the HoN equivalent... I'm such a bad person.

>>6918203
Anyone willing to play LoL for any reason is worse than Hitler in my book.

>>6918206
It's a videogame.

>>6918211
That's what the Jews said too.

>>6918217
Why did I laugh so much

Gush about how much fun the convention was. Rave about the awesome people I met. Stare them straight in the fucking eye while I'm yammering away and dare them to judge me out loud. I'm not outwardly weeabish and really social, and most of the students on campus feel the need to at least maintain a facade of open-mindedness, so I don't think it's be a huge deal. I'd be a little embarrassed of my most recent costume though, because it was fairly revealing.

>>6918270
Do share

i mentioned a convention, my boss ended up googling my name, finding my deviantart ( i need to get my real name off that thing...) and praising me for a while about how great it was. awkward but sort of cool i guess. now he's constantly asking me questions about how things are with my boyfriend, which makes me wish he would go back to asking about my cosplay because it's sort of starting to weird me out. I work with a lot of older ladies who know i sew and want to see photos.

>>6918276
You mean the costume? Azula's party outfit from "The Beach" episode. Not terrible, but much less than I'd ever normally wear, obviously.

>people looking at laptops/using the internet
>in some shifty ass chemical factory

Cool then, I'm just gonna stand over here while you guys potentially get some sort of horrible accident occur from being distracted in the most dangerous place possible.

I'd fuck them

>>6920230

Post a fucking picture.

>>6920529
No fuck you I won't.

>>6920546
pretty please

>>6920952
I'll call the cops...!

>>6922454
n-no.. p-please
a-are you an archaeologist?
pls respond

I already waver back and forth between "cool a chance to talk about what I like," and "ugh I don't wanna," because it's impossible to have the conversation without 5545 Q&A's to establish context. My coworkers are nice but non geeky, so any single little thing needs the back story. "Con" means "robbery" to them, for instance.

Which is particularly ridiculous because we're in San D Fucking Eigo.

>>6922598
>deigo

Had this situation happen actually.
>Take some time off of work.
>They know I work as a martial arts teacher on the side so I just say I'm running a test that weekend (of the con).
>Come back
>They are all sitting around the computer clicking away.
>My armor has been plastered all over face book by my friends who tagged me, and I forgot my boss is a friend on it.

Typical normalfag reactions like, "Wow! how did you do it?", and "Do you run around in the woods and pretend tobe an elf with magic?". But I explained I build armor as a hobby and like to show it off at conventions sometimes. As soon as I mentioned "and sometimes people pay big money for this stuff" they stopped being awkward and thought of me as some entrepreneur.

So all in all, it wasnt a big deal because I didnt make it a big deal. We all sat around looking at galleries of other cosplays from the con. Honestly everyone. normalfag or not, likes it but they are afraid of being judged.

Happened to me, everyone was wondered and found it amazing.

It was much worse when my university colleagues found a video of me tripping on acid.

This thread makes me glad I have the tag approval setting on my facebook page

>>6922617
>As soon as I mentioned "and sometimes people pay big money for this stuff" they stopped being awkward and thought of me as some entrepreneur.
Bingooooo.

OP, I'm a bitch so I'm going to try and answer brutally but honestly.

>inb4 "you're a bitch!", I already know that

My friends and I all stay away from what I'll call my college's "comm": the anime club, manga club, Homestucks, video game club, SJW gamer girls who never shut up about being oppressed in fandom and actually enjoy it. There are furries, otherkin, and Whovians in it too, but there are also Lolitas.

One of them wears Milanoo. She buys the cheapest shit around and claims the only difference between her and idols is Photoshop, not the fact she's wear polyester monstrosities on her 250lb poorly postured frame. She also wears Hot Topic lolita and claims to be a "brolita" because she wants to be called Matt Smith after her factive (think otherkin/headmates, but about real people). She didn't actually choose Matt Smith but someone fandom similar. Her coords? Tights, Hot Topic petticoat skirt, t-shirt, Milanoo accessories.

The next wears Bodyline, claims it's brand, doesn't like answering respectfully framed questions about Lolita to anybody, and is an SJW who claims expensive Lolita is classist (even though she spends a fuckton on makeup). She wears a bob with bangs and stripper shoes (like, stiletto thigh highs) with her Lolita. Wears Lolita 24/7, including to class and to work and to the gym (she wears her "Lolita" shoes there). Lots of Hot Topic "Goth" stuff.

The final is actually a good Lolita but a Homestuck and has shitty cosplays, but good Lolita coords. If it wasn't for her shitty friends, I would be friends with her.

I guess the "honorary" Lolita is someone who does closet cosplays but considers them legit, has caused drama in their own fandom and fanatically tries to get people to join it, spouts memes everywhere, and claims to have invented a few (awkward when KYM says otherwise). Her art is all tracer stuff.

>>6924073

The second and fourth brag about being posted to /cgl/ but never mention the context. Pretty sure it's for being ita as fuck and having shit cosplays, respectively.

Anyways, my friends and I have tumblrs but we stay away from the more crazy fandom stuff. Our stuff is mostly hobby related, lifestyle related, stuff like tutorials, normal people food and beverage, cool imports from /jp/, and figures. IRL, we wear normalfag clothes. We're not /fa/ but we don't wear /cgl/ everywhere.

We don't post OC and we don't try and get many followers, so our follower counts are pretty low! If somebody follows us, we usually check it out, and sometimes, it's one of the college comm kids.

And yeah, we do laugh at them. We talk about them in the dining hall if they're wearing something especially horrendous, the same way we talk about shitty cosplay and Lolita we see linked on /cgl/ (like that Chicago balloon dress monster).

We don't like Homestuck but can respect good cosplay, just not the shitty closet-tier cosplays they wear daily.
We don't like shitty Lolita.
We find the drama they get involved in to be high-fucking-larious because they're just as spaghetti-tastic in classes.

>>6924078

But, we don't hate /cgl/ related things by the nature of them being cosplay or Lolita. We just don't like weebs and people that can't conceal their power levels, and people that are basically bronies: people who have no identity or skills so latch onto something like MLP or gaming or anything for identity.

It's sad and pathetic. I've had people from that comm tell me that "someone like me" wouldn't be interested in anime club when I was a freshman, been called effectively an "evil prep", and then, on the flipside, been asked about local nightclubs and good parties and how to meet guys.

If people are laughing at your cosplay, either:

- You had it fucking coming by not concealing your power levels.
- You had it coming by being an asswipe.

There are cosplayers at my college that do stunning jobs but save their cosplays for cons instead of just slapping together clothing that kinda matches in color and cut and calling it cosplay.

There are Lolitas that actually put effort into their coords but do it at cons instead.

There are people into nerdy shit that aren't douches about it and who won't press the topic if somebody prefers not to talk about it.

They're not the ones we make fun of.

You only get made fun of if it's shitty, if you don't already contain your power levels, or if you're an asshole.

>>6917511
"Yeah I wear it", then tell them a bit about it.
I don't hide the fact I wear this stuff, so I wouldn't really care.