/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

I'm scared as fuck to meet seagulls in real life for fear that they will tear my cosplays apart.

>>7666317
Same, though I'd try to keep in mind that attitude is important. Just 'cause someone doesn't like your cosplay doesn't mean they dislike you personally.

posted this at the very end of the last thread, so I'll post it again here.

I really wish I could be a pretty girl, but I'm also pretty happy being a boy.
I wish I could freely switch between the two

I'm getting a sugar daddy to cover wardrobe and travel/con expenses, and I can't even be arsed to care. My shit minimum wage job isn't enough to allow me to do the few things that make me genuinely happy, and I don't plan on mixing cosplay or lolita with the sexual side of it, so whatever.

You know how in every magical girl group, there's the cute main character, and then a side character who's more solemn or less adorable? [Madoka to Homura, Usagi to Neptune, etc]
I have the perfect face for the more serious magical girls.
But I'll always cosplay the cute ones.

>>7666339
I know that feel.

I just want a group of friends to hang out with while wearing seifuku. I'm not even in school anymore.

I feel like a huge weeb even though people that aren't even Japanese hang out in yukata in my area.

>>7666339
this anon here, >>7666359
I know that feel, but I don't feel like a pretty enough girl to wear a maid outfit or a seifuku. And even if people say "do whatever you want" I don't want to be "oh look at that guy crossdressing" I want to be a pretty girl in a pretty maid outfit or girl school uniform.

but I also really like my asian beard and have pretty maish features, so I don't want to fully commit to being a girl.

>>7666353
I don't know what to do with these feels

>>7666390
>>7666353
I totally read that wrong.
I'm a pretty girl who would have no problem being a boy at all.
I still share your feels.

>>7666339
I'm a boyish looking girl (straight body, no tits or ass) but my long hair and short height prevent me from looking masculine enough to pass. I think pretty boys are the best.

>>7666406
>I'm a pretty girl who would have no problem being a boy at all.
my jelly. all of it.

>tfw I'm a big pervert
>not unnattractive, I get hit on in and out of cosplay
>really want to get groped at a con because for some weird reason nerds around my age turn me on

fucking help me /cgl/ I'm what's wrong with the con community.
I don't sleep with anyone at cons or anything but damn the thought of getting groped at a con really is exciting

the hell is wrong with me

>>7666418
hnnnnggggg
same anon, why are girls who look like boys who look like girls so attractive?
so something something I like girls, but girls who look like pretty boys

>>7666390
Not OP but If you live in my area, you can still put on that school uniform and I think you'll be as kawaii as the guy in pic related. Hell, I'll invite you to hang out with my kogal group and eat crepes.

I also know how you feel. I'm a girl and sometimes I like putting on the school uniform and sometimes I just want to look handsome and put on a suit and tie. I never want to commit to being a guy, though.

>>7666433
Yeah, I'm not sure if I'm genuinely attracted to guys or just attracted to slightly more masculine/androgynous girls, since all of my serious boyfriends have been pretty boys.

>>7666435
I've seen this guy before and he was a really big factor in me realizing "man, I really want a seifuku"
but at the end of the day, all gender arguments aside, when you see him or see me, it's "this is a guy in a seifuku"
I want to be a pretty girl sometimes ]:

hmm and it's a longshot but what area do you live in? meeting your group and eating crepes sounds pretty bomb digity.

>>7666317
Sometimes I get nervous about going to conventions with other friends/acquaintances because I have the thought in the back of my head that they might annoy people I'd try talking to at conventions, or even the other way around. I guess it's not that nice to think but oh well.

I don't even cosplay or dress in lolita anymore. I just like the atmosphere of this board and the people in it.

>>7666451
I live in NYC. If you don't live around there, I'm still down for chatting on Skype. I'll message you in the morning because it's officially buttfuck hours of the night here.

I posted a bunch of con drama and dirt knowing somebody I hate would be blamed for it. It worked beautifully, he finally gave up and went away and everyone still thonks it was him regardless.

I make my boyfriend and I in couples dress up games a lot. I don't wanna show or tell him because I'm afraid he'll think it's weird '~'

I feel like I'm a pretty good lolita, I get my fair share of compliments when I'm out on my own and I know I'm not ugly, but all my friends are just so gorgeous and when I'm standing next to them in lolita I sometimes wonder why I even bother getting all dressed up when I'm still a 4.5 at best with makeup. I don't think it's my imagination either, because there's been times when I've been out with them and people have asked for pictures of my friend while totally ignoring me even though we're both dressed in lolita, albeit different styles. It's not that I particularly want to have my picture taken, but I guess that just stings. I feel like such a shitty person for being jealous of my friends, too, because they're such great people and I know they'd be really sad if they knew I felt this way.

>>7666317
I avoided going to the meet up at AX because I was nervous to meet you guys. You guys seem too cool.

I'm fat and I don't really feel the need to change. I like to eat, I don't like to exercise. I don't have any health issues; my heart and cholesterol are fine. I don't really get the whole fat hate thing that goes on here on cgl. It's not really any of your business what I do with my body, nor does it affect you.

What are seagulls, fluid druids, and semen demons?

>>7666521
gr8 b8 m8 i give it 8/8

>>7666526
actually not bait. is it that hard to believe?

>>7666521
>im fat and healthy
lol'd

I posted a ton of drama about my ex-local comm under a really really obvious trip so that they'd know it was me because I needed these people out of my life and a bunch of anons brought it up to one of the involved member's girlfriends and now he's no longer involved in the community and the girl he was shagging on the side is universally hated. Then I moved to the states.

Best decision I've made in a while.

I browse /fit/ quite often and used to be one of those guys who only posted here because it was a generally female board

However after actually reading some of the posts you've actually gotten me into cosplaying

I have the opportunity to move across the country and out of my mom's house with my best friend, which I so badly want to do because not only is the place I am now a conservative redneck shithole with a bankrupt economy, but also if I move out of my mom's house I can start making money the way I want to instead of being treated like shit for minimum wage at Starbucks. Also I have some medical problems that desperately need treatment but since Obamacare, my insurance is fucked all up and nobody will take it, or if they do they make me pay up front and file a claim with my insurance myself, and the copays are insane and it's a huge clusterfuck... and I can feel myself getting sicker, but my mom is already struggling to pay the bills, even with me helping out, and I'm terrified that if I move, not only will I be abandoning her like her own mother and sister, AND my brother and sister did, but she might lose her house.

My family is so shitty, my mom is the only one who has ever even tried to make sure I was okay. I have some mental problems, and one night when I was a kid I attempted suicide while my mom was at work, and my grandmother dragged me into her living room and called everyone over for a "prayer circle". I was literally crying for help and they just kept yelling bible shit at me. When my mom came home and found out she took me to the hospital and I spent the night in the ICU, then got transferred to a mental facility for a while and even though it was years ago, I know she's still in debt for it all and I feel so guilty about everything.

I'm stuck between being a fuckup in the middle of nowhere with no chance to survive and not wanting to abandon my mother (since she really has nobody else thanks to the rest of our family being selfish, delusional twats) and wanting to take a chance at improving my life, but every time I think about it I'm torn up with guilt. She's already told me she doesn't want me to go, but I'm almost 22...

>have fat con friend
>she's a total sweetheart
>a few years older than me, but she totally looks up to me
>asks me about lolita today
>know she'll never fit into brand but don't want to discourage her or hurt her feelings
>also know that even if she does manage to fit into brand, she'll give up after a month
>dont want her to waste money on a dress she wont fit in/wont use
>link her to oo jia and DOL
>mfw I recommended someone buy a replica

>>7666588
She's your mom. Of course she doesn't want to see you go - if you're her only non shitty child, she treasures you so much more than normal, and you being there is a help that reduces her stress.
However, for that reason as well, I'm sure deep down she wants you to go. All good parents want their child to succeed and become better than what they were - leave, be happy, be successful. She'll always be there when you need her so let her know you'll be there for her as well, just in spirit.
try to send her some money back asap when you've got a steady gig, in the meantime call her a lot to make sure she's okay.
It's hard to leave, but it's not healthy for you to stay there.

>>7666588
Family is most important. Couldnt you save for a car and get a job in a city ?

>>7666594
Why not recommend an indie or taobao brand? Those are cheap and a lot of them custom size.

>>7666594
or the indie brands that do custom sizing.

>>7666428
is it really that hard to get groped?
>gr8b8m8

>>7666512
I feel the same way with my comm. They always look great and some of them cosplay and/or model as well. They are really nice too and while I know that they don't really care too much about how people look, I can't help but be a bit jealous that they seem to be naturally cute and adorable and I am not.

It's okay though - I know that if I keep improving I can get there. Being kawaii-desu takes a lot of work.

>>7666750
apparently so. It wasn't even a cosplay tbh I just wore skimpy shit

>tfw not bait

I want to confess my love to another cosplayer, but it's someone cgl isn't that fond of... or at least one person isn't fond of and makes it quite known every thread they're posted in.

I always end up doing my male friends' makeup and wig touch ups in the hotel room before we leave to the con. This wouldn't be a problem, but it leaves me no time to get dressed and do my own makeup and make it down on time. It's happened on more than one occasion that I've missed panels/gatherings/meetups that I was looking forward to just to help them get their stuff done.
I don't mind helping (in fact, I find it nearly impossible to say no to my friends when they ask me for help), but I really wish they would be more considerate of me and wouldn't get passive aggressive when I attempt to (and end up saying "yes" because they guilt trip me) turn them down.
At the last con, me and a guy friend were left in the hotel room because I had to completely style his wig with limited tools and only a half hour to spend on it. Of course, it didn't come out how either of us wanted and we ended up missing the panel we were planning on going to (and the main reason I bought a badge). Also throughout the whole weekend, I was in between vomiting, due to antibiotics making me super nauseous. So I was being asked to do makeup and such while holding a bucket to my chest, in bed. Afterwards, our friend who made it to the panel (who was the other guy friend rooming with us) apologized to him because he missed out on a panel and gathering because he didn't make it out of the room on time. The panel and gathering that I was also looking forward to, but was stuck in the room helping everyone with their shit. And he only apologized to him.

This was more than a rant than a confession, but I just had to let this out.

I have a raging crush on Voldie even though she's gotten a bit pudgy and would sugar daddy her if given the chance

>>7666784
>>7666801
...Same anon?

>>7666805
no

>>7666782
get a bf or just ask someone. people will be happy to do it.

>>7666848
I've thought about that, how would I go about that?
it isn't groping If I ask someone to do it.
>tfw being groped in a con crowd by a bunch of different people is fantasy

dammit why

I don't like brolitas who can't pass or aren't mtf trans, I just equate them with fetish cross-dressers.
Our area is very straight-laced with a bunch of Protestant Christians and public cross-dressing is still a huge taboo. I don't want to deal with that attention publicly and be judged so I've turned down 2 brolitas when I was planning an event and did not invite them. I'm not the admin of our general comm and these weren't official comm meets. Sometimes I feel a little guilty for it but this is also why I won't take any admin position, because of this bias I have so I think that's fair, maybe.

>>7666859
maybe wander around with a 'grope me' sign stuck on your back. Kinda like how you see the 'kick me' signs,

>>7666903
end of the day, you need to do what is best for your comm in the eyes of general society. We're already dressed liked frilly freaks so adding cross-dressing into the mix doesn't bode well in my opinion.

You're on the straight-laced end of the deal, think about the girls in the San Francisco comm. They have the creeper Melissa, but they can't kick him out as the backlash from the gay/trans/whatever community could be very damaging.

I'm afraid of catching STDs at cons and have missed out on many chances of getting the sex

I wouldn't feel comfortable unless I put eight condoms on my dick, attach razors to it and lubricate my cock with strychnine

>>7666937
>what is best for your comm in the eyes of general society

Sorry, worded that badly, but what is best for your comm's general appearance in the eyes of a normal person

>>7666937
Thanks for that. I do feel guilty over it sometimes but not guilty enough to change it.

>>7666512
Ah, I feel the same.
I don't think I'm ugly, I have ok features but still can't make the best of it. Sometimes I think "Eh, what's the point when so and so are looking like goddess ?" but then I quickly dismiss it.

A lot of really pretty girls did work and tried a lot of things, you'll get there if you continue to dress up, experiment with make up and haircuts. I believe everyone can be stunning if they find out what works best for their features.

>>7666934
fuck no, most signs aren't allowed

Not sure if rant or a confession...
I hang out with a group of people who I get along with really well who are all into cosplay and such. One guy (I'll call him John) is part of the group whom I tolerate - he continuously spouts memes and is complete fedora tier. He's now got a girlfriend (I'll name her Mel) who is just like him (both aged 21). She moved from another town to be with him (I think they'd met once) and lived in a women's shelter because his dad refused to let her move in with them (she's practically a stranger and John whinged and complained to us that his father was a horrible person who made him depressed because he wouldn't pay for him to get his license and kept hounding him to get a job or start studying something). They eventually moved out together into their own place with donated furniture from begging on facebook community sales groups with stories like "We're young and poor, we don't have any money after rent and bond and we need a tv and couch" (legit asked for a tv). Mel wears skin tight shirts that she has to continuously adjust - if they cover her boobs, her belly is showing and she pulls the shirt down to cover her belly so her tits just about flop out. She cuts her greasy hair into bangs and is always constantly whinging about never having money. She is on centrelink and is always showing off her purchases of anime dvds, figurines, ect on facebook and then has the nerve to always say we (the group) are insensitive when we plan trips, outings, classes or even joining a gym because she "doesn't have the money" (why hello new iphone!). She recently went on the fb groups and asked for a cake to be donated to celebrate her birthday because she had "never celebrated a birthday before" and said she can only afford to pay $100. So fucking tacky. Bitch, you could get two decent mudcakes from the cheesecake for that much, what are you begging for!? She's just socially inappropriate.
1/2 cont.

>>7666975
So she's professed her love to everyone how she loves my lolita clothes and won't research the fashion, she just wants to buy my dresses off me. She got upset when I told her she wouldn't fit (I'm a size 8 - 10 and she's clearly above a size 16) and when she insisted she would just get someone to tailor them to fit and asked how much, she got offended when I told her the prices of my brand dresses ("$300 for a dress, are you serious!? Oh my god, you don't have to be fucking greedy! If you don't want me to be a lolita, you just have to fucking say so, you don't have to insult me because I don't have any money! No dress is worth that much!").
I'm a quiet, polite but generally always a nice person (until I get home and rant to my partner!) so I was really pissed off but still tried to kindly tell her about replicas and cheaper second-hand dresses but she just skipped off to squeal and kawaii over something else.
I've just had enough. Mel and John are just both fucking retarded and I hate having to put up with them in the group. Everyone else just feels guilty if they don't invite them. I'm happy to block them on facebook and not invite them to anything ever.

>>7666512
>>7666768
>>7666950

Also me...
SoCal comm, anyone? Anyone? Half the girls model whenever conventions come around, and are gorgeous with just a smattering of makeup... so jealous... I have to pile it on just to look OK. Never going to be a kawaii princess u_u

>>7666997
Misako wears 3 layers of foundation!

I confess that I'm a big slut at cons, just like the rest of you ugly cunts. All women are sluts and should be raped by a pack of niggers in Detroit.

Whores.

My first cosplay was as Hidan from Naruto I dyed my hair with spray on hair day bought a cloak from ebay had no scythe and my razor broke day of con so I went with a neckbeard too. Really hope I actually purged the internet of the photos that were taken of me.

>>7667005
bring it on

>>7666986
Be ready with a link to lolibrary and a statement about the importance of each Lolita finding their own unique style in case she focuses on you again. Otherwise the avoidance you are already doing seems best.

>>7667005
gr8 b8 m8

>staffing con
>Holding a big ass box in dealer's hall because of reasons, someone needed me to use it to carry shit
>Have to wait in this spot to pick up the shit I need to carry
>Have to take an explosive shit real bad
>No one's looking stand off to the side of one booth
>Put the box down
>Sit on it and pull my pants down slightly and cover it with my shirt so you couldn't even tell my pants were off
>Let that shit rip like a beyblade
>pull pants up
>close box
>hide it under the table of some dudes booth
>pretend like nothing ever happened

>>7667079
What con was this?

>>7667086
Fanime last year

>>7666986
Nah, fuck that shit. I had a similar couple in my life. After one idiotic interaction too many I deleted them off Facebook and refuse to have anything to do with them. Some people are just too draining to deal with.

>>7666794
Well, if you never say anything or stand up for yourself, it's all on you. You don't even have to be rude about it, just fucking express yourself. I hate how many women are just cowards and don't do that and then wonder why they get walked on or go unnoticed. And if you express yourself directly and not passive aggressively, then they're assholes. And if you want to put up with assholes, that's on you.

>>7667005
>>>/r9k/

I don't care about Reika at all and while I get the appeal I just don't find her that special.

Also I have the conflicting feeling of 'asian cosplayers are always better" even tho I know most of their pictures are shooped to death.

>>7666784
Who is it?

>>7666794
Your friends sound like inconsiderate turds, sorry. Can't you get dressed first, and then help them? If there's not enough time, tough luck for them. Friendship is no reason to let them walk all over you.

I can't stand those contests that involve voting for the best cosplayer or lolita. A friend of mine has this inflated ego ever since she became lolita famous and started begging me, after not talking to me for years for votes.

I really want to tell her that she's not special but she's gonna sic her crazed fans and friends on me.

part of why i got minor plastic surgery done is so that i can look better for cosplay (i was going to get it done regardless of cosplay, but i felt a sense of urgency because of cosplay). however, i've lost interest a little. i still watch a lot of anime, but cosplay seems less fun now. i'm starting to buy almost all the costumes that i wear, and i have gotten lazy about a lot of things.

I did closet cosplay once and was so ashamed I didn't go to a convention in 2 years.

>>7667409
that friend won't happen to cosplay too?

>>7666428
I feel you. Not just groped but I want guys to like oogle at me in a sexy cosplay and try and get with me.
>but tfw you're a chubby cosplayer who exudes too much confidence so boys tend to stay away from you

The noobs in my comm are driving me fucking nuts. It's my fault because I'm the admin for our group so I added them. I can't admit it to anyone and ruin my good reputation. I just needed a safe place to vent guys. This is the worst summer we've had in quite a few years.

>>7666428
I got groped a lot in my Powergirl costume at wondercon. The people that grope you aren't the shy beta nerds you want to be attracted to you, they're greasy douchebags that act like you're dressing up just for them and make stupid excuses when you call them on it. I like showing off my body in costumes, and it's really flattering when people are attracted to me, but those experiences made me never want to cosplay Powergirl ever again. It's fucking awful.

I myself am fat and I hate fat people. Like a lot. I keep trying to make excuses but they upset me and gross me out. No I'm not going to be nice to you for being incapable of doing something the rest of us are able to, when the thing that limits you is something of your own choosing. Don't get mad at me when I can go hiking or wear clothes by certain designers. It's not my fault you're that fat. I used to be hugely fat and toned down, and I'm still working. I'm just plus sized and hate myself, I can't imagine being a landwhale.

The worst is I come from tumblr where it's hugs and sunshine and smiles, and a good number of my friends are fat. If I said any of this shit to them I would be eaten alive.

Maybe literally.

>>7667486
Also because doing such a thing like groping in public is likely to get you arrested.

>>7667620
I was referring to boys hitting on me. It happens in everyday life too. I exude a lot of confidence and can be intimidating sometimes and on top of it, I'm chubby so the guys that would think I'm attractive are probably too scared to talk to me

>>7666512
we had a twinning meet up once and I happened to have the same dress as who I considered the prettiest girl in the community. I looked like some huge, ugly, unfit for leaving my room, in all the photos of us together.

Had a seagul gal I was super attracted to. Became friends. She didnt want tondate etc etc. I became content with the friendship.

Decided to loom for love elsewhere, found a cool, younger, short, pretty hispanic girl. Started talking, became serious. Start dating. Seagull sees a post on facebook about it, flip out on me with feminazi supremacy. Started getting harrased online and doxed over it. New gf wants sex everytime and I just want to play 2 player mario kart or whatever.

I'd still crawl through atomic fire to be with the seagull and ditch the gf in a flash. New gf is great but I just dont feel anywhere near the same as I did with the unrequited crush.

>>7667626
Well to the other girl who wants to get groped. Also I've never been to anything except Phoenix Comi-Con but no one's social there, I don't know about other cons.

>>7667531
It's like that in my comm too. No, the comm page is not your personal diary. Stop.

i know this is probably a really generic confession but...

i wish i was skinny.

i've been bulimic for 11 years. my weight is in the normal range so i don't "look" eating disordered - nevermind my hair falling out, teeth crumbling, heart skipping beats and all that jazz. nevermind the fact that my stomach isn't used to digest things anymore so i just balloon up meal after meal after meal until i use laxatives or the fact that my knuckles/cuticles are bleeding constantly because of all the puking. i'm chubby, everything's fine, right?!

the weird thing is, lolita helped my recovery at first. poofy skirts, stomach and thighs are hidden because of higher waist, layers, nails, makeup, hair, nobody notices how "fat" you really are because everything else's kinda distracting from your body, right?

right. and then i started staring at other lolita's legs. legs. legs, legs, legs. humongous skirts and tiny, stickly legs underneath. and i noticed that whatever i tried to convince myself of wasn't true. i wasn't average or okay - i was fat. fat. fat. fat. the legs proved it.

now i have a full lolita wardrobe and am too scared to wear it because i'm afraid of people saying, "ah, she wants to distract from her fat body by wearing a skirt that's even wider as hert? hah. as if."

please tell me i'm not the only one. pleasepleaseplease. i don't even wanna hear i look fine (i know i'm not), i just want to know that someone else understands what i feel/think/see with my disordered eyes.

>>7667725
>wider as hert
* wider as her. ugh. sorry about that one.

>>7667725
Get a doctor, anon. A psychologist, a nutritionist and maybe a personal trainer though that doesn't count as doctor. You need all kinds of help. Take care of your disorder (and the subsequent issues) first, worry about lolita and cute clothes later.

>>7667735
i did. inpatient, outpatient, self-help groups and all that jazz. it helped at first but as soon as i'm on my own again, i slip. and then i start lying to my therapist because i don't want to look like a waste of time who makes mistakes and goes back to their old behaviors. since eleven goddamn years. recover, relapse, recover, relapse, recover, relapse.

sometimes i wish i developed anorexia instead. at least i would've looked as sick as i am today. bulimia's just hell. fat and sick and nobody cares because you're fat and therefore lazy and gorging yourself on fast food and candy all day.

i'm pathetic. sorry, i shouldn't even have posted this. ignore me.

Went to a local con a few weekends ago wearing an overdone costume I chose to hide my identity, took my new super hot gf with me. Alot of old friends talked to us at one point or another and didnt recognize me at all, couple were suspicious still but I acted in character, immitated my cosplay characters voice and made distance. I just saw pictures of us posted to the con's fb and am still laughing. Dont think they care anyways.

>>7667742
I had another set of issues, but I couldn't face therapy either. I only began to get better after I pulled away from the source of my self-loathing. If it's those pictures that get in your head, do try to stop looking. Recovery is slow and sucks, but you can do this, I believe in you!

>>7667751
thank you <3
the problem is - the source of my self-loathing is me. i'm only 20 now - i don't even know what triggered my 9-year-old self to make herself throw up? so what am i supposed to do? no psychiatrist, psychologist, therapist or doctor could ever give me an answer why i started throwing up in the first place, and i've asked dozens of times. they all said, "you need to work through the urge when it comes up." but how can i do that if i don't even know what the source of that urge IS?

one thing's the reason, another the trigger. as long as i don't know what the reason is, how can i know what's the trigger?

so confused, i'm sorry.

>>7667763
re-reading my own post, i actually think the reason is myself.

so i should remove myself from myself? how do i do that without killing myself? i wanna live, i just don't wanna be alive. kinda. does that make sense?

>>7667763
It's because modern therapy techniques treat the problem in the now, not needing to go back and dredge up the original cause. You may never know what made 9-yo you begin purging, you just need to discover what can help you stop it now.

>>7667763
Have you tried writing it down? It's fine if you lie to yourself about it at first and transfer all the blame to yourself (this road is way too familiar), but eventually, you'll see through all of it, when you read it later. Try to write down how you feel when something triggers you, how do you feel when you eat, when you look at the pictures of the skinny lolitas, when you look at the mirror and mostly, the things that you remember while all this happens. When something is this deep-rooted, it's not uncommon for us to block the source. But it will come to you eventually, if that's the case.

>>7667772
KILL YOURSELF, FAGGOT

>>7667701
OT but did you meet ceramic hat girl at PCC? I'm dying to know how she is irl compared to how she acts on fb

>>7667793

Bulimia anon inspired me to post my confession. I have a hardcore binge-drinking problem. I've been drinking over half of my life and it has ruined job opportunities and relationships and stood in the way of me furthering myself in any significant way. I have done and had done to me things too ugly to even think about. Goals are all obliterated by hangovers and follow-up binges. The cycle of recovery/relapse the other anon described really hit home. I've tried so many times to quit and stay quit that now I don't even believe myself when I say it anymore. On top of the blackouts, sickness, regrettable behavior, and the hell it wreaks on my body, I'm also grossly skinny-fat/chubby because of it. Dem booze calories. I'll be so good on my workout and dieting, get to a 110 pounds and like clockwork, as soon as I touch my goal I self-sabotage and I'm back up to 120-125. It's like that with everything I try to achieve in my life. I've started to feel like both a weak and bad person lately. Everyone I've talked to about it is like "pick yourself up by the boot straps" or "make better choices." They will never understand what it's like in my head. tfw female alcoholic drinking 40s of Olde E all day.

>>7666302
I'm cheating on my emotionally abusive husband with one of our con friends that lives far away.
I feel bad whenever my husband tries to go back to his old self
But at the same time if the guy I'm cheating on him with lived over here, I would have divorced my husband by now.
I'm not sure if the other guy is even really worth leaving my husband for, he just has the same fetishes that I do and if he didn't chances are I wouldn't actually give him the time of day.
I'm just generally an awful person

>>7667832
I'm not that educated about addictions or anything, but it sounds like you do good when you have goals set to distract you

Maybe make your weight a goal again, and then figure out what else you could do to distract yourself, or reign in enough control to see a doctor

>>7667848
>is in a shitty relationship that's difficult to get out of
>feels bad for cheating

Don't.
Even if the guy you are cheating with isn't your perfect dude, don't feel bad.

But don't wait around to see if your husband can figure his shit out and stop being a dick, leave now.

You don't need to have someone new lined up to leave

I love wearing lolita and it makes me so happy until I see myself in a mirror. I know I'll never be as cute or petite as a Japanese lolita (or some of the cuter European lolitas) and it makes me really upset.

Sometimes I want to give up the fashion because in those moments it makes me feel very ugly. But I love to look at my dresses.

>>7667809
Nope.

Also I didn't see the Jack Sparrow guy this year.

Scarcely seagull related but... I have this Charlie the Unicorn wallet I got at Hot Topic eons ago and I still use it. The wallet itself is one of those cheap soft plastic(?) pocket with a zipper and I like it, but the shame of having "I AM THE BANANA KING!" on it is great.

>>7666302
I want to buy the stupid doge op and wear it to a convention

It'd be beautiful

>Be into lolita at age of ~12
>Super ita sweet loli
>Grow out of it, realize how good it can look
>Realize I'll never be able to afford it or pull it off and give it up
>Now 18
>After years of staying away and viewing from afar I've fallen in love with old school sweet, old school, and classic/otome
>Still can't afford it
>Spend all day dreaming about Baby and Metamorphoses' cute dresses

I'm so shit at cosplay. I have great ideas, I just can't execute them too well. People say my cosplays are good and I get a good amount of photos taken at cons but I always think they're secretly going to make fun of me for it on the internet later. I did an "ok" Kuriyama Mirai this year at AX and a really bad Pokemon gijinka. I'll do better next time but it's just painful to realize that I have no business doing this kind of shit. At least I'm not overweight and can fit into most things..

>be that one friend who offers help with rides, money, wigs whatever
>friend takes advantage and do absolutely nothing to return the favor

i know i shouldnt be expecting anything in return but when they start expecting me to do everything and include them in everything, it pisses me off so fucking much. on another note

>talking to other friends at con
>same friend cuts in middle of conversation to introduce themselves
>mfw

dont use me as a stepping stool to up your popularity, start conversations somewhere else outside of mine. im 100% done helping you with your shit when you dont do anything to help anyone but yourself.

>>7666428
>>7667486
I'd grope you guys

>>7667575
I'd ask for permission before I groped you

>>7668524

You can't be perfect. No one can. If you're getting a good reception then you're obviously doing something right.

Don't quit, practice and improve your craft. Become the cosplayer you want to be!

>>7668543
>I'd ask for permission

I like you

In military, do airsoft. Not Marine, want MARPAT. Can't decide if risk of mast/a Marine's boot print in my colon is worth quality camo. And I'd probably wear it to cons, too. Wouldn't pretend to be marine, but can get brand new camp on base.

>>7668557
Same guy, camp is supposed to be camo*

>>7667079
but how did you wipe your butt

>>7667763
Stop repeating words over and over again, it's not cute, its stupid and annoying.

Okay, but other than that, you probably just care too much. I know people don't usually just get over things, but I got over my depression by thinking 'Sitting around moping doesn't do anything. Other people aren't going to help me. I have to be strong and get through this myself.' Try adopting a different mindset, is what I'm trying to say. Sorry if I'm not much of a help, but that's exactly how I got over my depression and social anxiety.

>>7668564
Do you really want an answer to that question? Do you really?

>be me during late 7th grade
>weaboo as fuck
>finds out mutual friend is into cosplay and ends up doing a cosplay meetup with them in major city I live near
>does last minute homestuck cosplay, shitty vriska with no wig, cardboard horns, my symbol taped onto my shirt and unsealed paint, acted like a weaboo piece of shit
>was super proud of it at the time
>wants to apologize to mutual friend now but hasn't talked to them in a few years and is too ashamed
>fml

>>7667205
Fucking this. I've had to do some zombie make up related stuff for others and i only do it one day. If they want to wear the cosplay for the rest of the weekend that's on them. I'm not sitting there for hours on end putting on their makeup. I'm all for helping other people out but there's a reason i ask people if they need something to get up early so i can get it done, if not they're shit outta luck. Sorry to sound like a total dick here. On the flipside i had a moment where i had to wear regular makeup and my friend helped me apply it initially. Not at con this was months prior. I didn't want to have the makeup thing fall on her since it's my costume, my responsibility. I practiced and did fine.

>>7668569
yes

>>7667620
>groping in public
>likely to get you arressted
unless you have a male by you that can vouch "yes I saw this and it wasn't cool"
the police will just blame it on you, esp if you're wearing a skimpy cosplay

>>7668545
>actual inspiring words from 4chan

Wow th-thank you anon! I know I didn't do too well this year, but I guess it IS better than people who get NO pictures whatsoever. I'll use what I learned this year to make next year fucking fabulous. Hopefully I can pull it off this time!

>>7667409

I had the same happen to me! I swear it had been like two years since our last FB conversation, which had only lasted like 4 messages between us, even then.

>>7667467
Yeah, she does cosplay. I remember that everyone in my comm kept sharing her unflattering cosplay from Katsu and I really wanted to point out something wrong with her makeup.

>>7669632
She didn't even ask how I was doing either. The conversation went like "Hi, vote for me, it'll mean a lot to me."

>>7668543
thanks anon

At meetups I'm super quiet and limit my social interations except with very specific people and my outfits are generic and I stay out of photos on purpose. On the internet I'm a huge dramamongerer and can get pretty mean, usually anonymously or using a cover. I wonder how many people know, if anyone? I have so much juice on people that I'd like to share here but can't because they were told to me in private conversation.

Speaking of juice on people, I miss Chinese Gossip, where did she go, does she still post sometimes? Her threads were fun.

>>7669675
I just saw a post by her the other day. She's not gone. She gets banned for a while sometimes but always returns.

>>7669669
You'd be fun if you could share some gossip, otherwise your post is just a tease, lol.

>>7668581
>7th grade
>Homestuck cosplay
I smell an underage b&.

>>7666794
So you went to a con even though you were sick and knew you were sick? That bit's your fault. The rest is your friends being bints though.

>>7666794
LOL I CANT SAY NO
WHY DO THEY EXPECT ME TO DO STUFF WHEN I SAY YES?
I MIGHT SAY YES, BUT I MIGHT BE THINKING NO
CANT YOU SEE THAT?
HOW INCONSIDERATE OF YOU NOT BEING ABLE TO READ MY MIND
:S

>>7669677
Why does she get banned? She's funny!

>>7666476
man I got banned for that first post ]:
I mean I brought it up because I want to be able to cosplay female characters, but I guess my gender issues aren't inherently cosplay related.

but I'm living in Georgia. I'm actually planning on taking a road trip up to the city at the end of the summer. Maybe we can meet then. But yes, I'm down to skype

>>7666940
I'm afraid of catching STDs in general. It's especially scary considering you don't normally display symptoms until it's already shot to hell.

just don't pork people at con

>>7666859
post pictures of yourself on shady forums and boards asking people to grope you. You won't know who's gonna do it or not because you won't know who you asked.
While we all pray things won't end up like they did on that Japanese subway.

however, this whole thing seems really potentially unsafe. unless you're in Georgia. I'll totally grope you.

>>7667620
>>7668664
that's some dumb ass logic.

Nobody's going to do anything unless the groped reports it/speaks out. And even if a bystander calls you one of the involved out, if the groped just goes "nah it's cool. I don't feel violated nor harassed" then everybody goes on with their lives.
What the fuck kind of distorted views do you have on the world?

My girlfriend hasn't been able to satisfy me for a while, so I cheated on her and she never found out.

I'm honestly thinking of doing it again.

>>7666302
I would like to just stare at all of you at your meetups and pick out the ones who think their the ones running the place.

I just got an incredibly paying job that wants me full time, and I'll be making around $800+ per paycheck (compared to my $350 paycheck from my previous job).

...And I want to blow it all on lolita and seeing my friends at cons. My rent isn't super expensive so it leaves quite a bit of spending money for me.
/cgl/ how do I be financially responsible ;_;

>>7671012
Remember 50 - 30 - 20 anon:
50% to savings, thirty for expenses, 20 for fun money. If you don't have very many living expenses you can mess with that number, but saving has to trump burando unfortunately. You don't want to have to sell all your new stuff if something happens and you dont have any savings!

>>7668941
Glad to hear that you'll keep at it.

Dropped my email if you ever need more encouragement or a friend :]

I'm usually an over-planner.
>BTSSB is opening a store in nyc on the 19th
>they announced this like a month ago
>For some reason I don't plan my coordinate
>I usually do this shit months in advance I don't wear lolita very often
>Its 10 days out and I am trying to through things together
>I want to wear BTSSB/AaTP
>Turns out I have gained a bit of weight on vacation and MSND does not fit me how I like
>Oh ok then my other dresses by them
>They all only match with ivory
>all of my summer/ short sleeve things are fucking white
>Screaming
>trying to get a hold of a ivory cardigan of some sort
>IW says they can't get it to me
>E-mailed my usual SS
>still no response
Gah fuck it, fuck everything I should just not eat for a weak or wear AP

>>7671047
Anon you're taking this super seriously but I really want to see your coord now since you think it through to this extent.
I haven't planned my coord yet either but most of the people I know that are going will be in otome due to heat.

>>7670714
If you keep doing it she'll likely find out. Why doesn't she satisfy you?

>>7671055
Its kind of ridiculous, I dress really plain and simple... I just really fucking need my whites to match, you know?

I hate going to Cons with other people, I want to go alone. I want to stay in a hotel alone, I want to be free to talk to whoever I want, meet new people and not have to worry if they will like my friends too, or if my friends will like them. I want to do crazy things and not be judged or have to maintain my character to the people who already know me. I want to head bang at concerts I want to flirt with girls, I want to look through the yuri section. I want to spend forever looking at the Lolita dresses, I want to eat whenever I want, I want to go to wherever I want. and do whatever I want and I don't want anyone I know to ever know about it.


Don't want to hurt my friends feelings by telling them I don't want to go with them, we go to the same con every year together, don't want to hurt my boyfriends feelings by telling him to stay the fuck home because he doesn't like anime anyways so I feel obligated to pay for his ticket and just ends up being a moody unhappy brat when he goes with me, because he is bored/tired and uncomfortable and I end up having to try to cheer him up the whole day and its emotionally exhausting. But he wants to go with every year.

(but cons are in LA and the car is not too stable, and it would be stupid to go without the buddy system)

>>7667742
You're not pathetic, anon. Everyone with an ED feels the same as you. Relapses are common, and someone in psychology will not judge you for it. They had to get a doctorate to treat you. They know how EDs work.

No one ever completely recovers from an ED in my opinion. I fight mine every day, and if I'm not conscious of it I slip up and go back to disordered habits.

If you're slipping, get help. There's no way around it. We have a disease, so we have to fight it. I believe in you anon. You can do it.

>>7671088
Do you have one friend that you don't mind? Maybe just go with them instead of roughing it alone?
Also stop paying for your bf ticket. If he wants to be there he can pay his own way. You shouldn't have to be spending your energy making someone happy who doesn't want to be there. That's stupid.

What fully shirred JSK always remind me of...

>>7670686
I was wondering where you went. Anyways, if you're still around, I dropped my throwaway.

>>7670714
Why not just break up with your girlfriend?

I'm a dude and I wanna cosplay female characters because I like the characters. Unfortunately I have no clue if i can pass and I'm afraid of getting beat up or something.

I want to hug and feel up guys and be confident about myself, but I don't want to be potentially labeled as a weird creepy pervert. Hopefully I turn out cute when I lose weight so I can do that and not make guys uncomfortable.

>have self harmed for years
>january, decide to attempt recovery
>has been going pretty well so far
>feelsgood.jpg
>want to take next step and wear bikini top and skirt to the beach
>scars don't give off the vibes of being inflicted by girl who wants attention, so that's a good thing, right?
>nope, they make me look like i'm batshit insane and belong in an asylum instead
>don't know whether to go through with it or not
>i just want to be able to wear cute skirts and crop tops and sleeveless dresses again

what do seagulls

>>7672002
You should probably ask first, too.
>>7672031
I think showing off scars in public kind of shows that they - and you - are healing, and you're confident enough to accept that it's in your past. I have surgical scars but I don't show them off in summer just yet because they haven't fully faded and I don't want them to get sunburned.

>>7672066
Of course, I just realized I should have specified that as well because there are people who touch without asking.

>>7672031
First off, congratulations on recovering even a bit. I was the same and self-concious for a while but I still did it anyway. Most people won't ask and the don't care. Friends you meet, will, of course but just say "don't worry about it" and they'll understand and drop it. There's nothing to be ashamed about. As long as it is in the past and you are getting better, just enjoy what you're doing now and don't be afraid to expose skin. If you really are worried about it in a more formal setting like a dinner, you can try to cover it up but, really, majority of people don't really care about it

>>7672031
Mine are constantly visible on my wrists. Sometimes people will stare but I've only had a couple of people ask me about them. I said "they were cuts but they are healed now." And smile. When I decided to quit constantly wearing gloves, long sleeves, armwarmers etc, I had to rehearse it a bit to stay calm and composed. I'm so glad you stopped!

How many cosplays would you make for a friend before you charge? I have one friend who accidentally takes advantage of me because she's just now really learning to sew (whereas I've been at it since 07) and I usually just offer to help so she can look good when cosplaying with me. But recently I'll offer to "help" in things she can't do and she'll find more things for me to sew or ask me to do far more when it's crunch time. And last con, it got to the point where I pull numerous 3-hours-of-sleep nights before a con just trying to get her stuff and mine finished.

But I've known her since middle school so I hate having to ask for money. But I can't keep doing this for free.

>>7672104
You're just enabling her. When she complains about not getting a full costume or majority of one costume in time, just apologize and say "maybe next con." or mention that you have a lot of work still left to do and it might deter her. If you want to charge her, at least ask for the material money and put at least some labor charge on it. Or just give her the stuff she needs (patterns, instructions) and let her figure it out. If she just started sewing and wants to learn, she has to do it herself

how the fuck is /cgl/'s janitor so retarded
my post was deleted probably because it wasn't about anything cosplay/lolita related but there are tons of posts about eating disorders, relationships and whatever in this thread and apparently those are okay?

>>7668537
I bet that nigga ain't cgl

Everyone I met in AX who goes to /cgl/ is surprisingly classy. Almost as good as /a/ meet ups.

I have this sax Karami JSK. I don't usually wear sweet. It doesn't match in with my wardrobe well. The matching giant headbow is way out of my wearable league. It doesn't even fit properly on my bust and looks wonky with pretty much all my blouses.

But I love it. I love wearing it so much.

>>7672243
Hi there!

You seem to have made a bit of a mistake in your post. Luckily, the users of 4chan are always willing to help you clear this problem right up! You appear to have used a tripcode when posting, but your identity has nothing at all to do with the conversation! Whoops! You should always remember to stop using your tripcode when the thread it was used for is gone, unless another one is started! Posting with a tripcode when it isn't necessary is poor form. You should always try to post anonymously, unless your identity is absolutely vital to the post that you're making!

Now, there's no need to thank me - I'm just doing my bit to help you get used to the anonymous image-board culture!

>>7672255
Oh honey you on the wrong board.

>>7671991
>Beating up a dude in a dress

Why would that even be a thing?

>>7672107
Well, we already worked it out that she'll buy materials (and we'll go fabric shopping together so we pick things easy for me to work with), and sometimes she'll come over when I'm putting together her pieces.

She knows how to make a few things now, and recently she cut out her own pieces... but then her mom sewed something together and when her mom stopped, she brought it to me.

...I'm enabling her horribly, aren't I. Ugh, I'm such a pushover, but I just like looking good with a pretty friend next to me. Maybe next con I'll give her more stuff to put together herself, at least to learn more.

>>7671969
I was still lurking, just couldn't post.

hmm so how should we do this?

There's this dumb bitch I know who, on top of being a huge bitch, claims that she's 1/4 Japanese when she's obviously a white weeaboo. She claims she's adopted which is why her parents supposedly don't look Japanese, and because I had never seen what her parents look like I decided to shift into major creeper mode.

I stalked her Facebook and, despite her not being friends with her parents, I FOUND THEM through looking at her mutual friends and they look exactly like her, so there's no way she could be adopted. Not only that, but neither of them are Japanese. They're both white as paper.

I feel like such a creep.

>>7673007
I used to know this crazy girl in junior high that keeps claiming that her grandmother was Japanese. She was actually telling the truth and the rest of her family looks like stale end pieces of white bread.

As for Facebook investigations, I'm guilty of that too. I don't think it's creepy when you're trying to uncover a lie or something.

>>7672986
My friend, I think that anon put their email up for you.

>>7673019
Yeah sometimes it can be hard to tell if somebody is truly mixed, though I have a couple of friends (sisters) who are 1/4 Japanese and I could tell they were part Asian the moment I first saw them. The thing that was a major red flag though in this situation is that she lied about being adopted, so she was obviously trying to hide something. Plus she fits the stereotypes of a typical weeaboo, complete with broken Japanese and a Naruto headband.

Her mother looks kind of Native American almost, but definitely not Asian.

>>7673019
dang, took me a minute even after you pointed that out.
thanks, anon

>>7673007
I'm 1/4th Japanese, but my mother actually looks it but my father's swedish blood made me into a tall lanky white girl. I do have some features though, and many of my friends notice them. I also don't go around telling everyone that I'm 1/4th unless they ask or it comes up in conversation.

Talking to lolitas about it is the worst though. My grandma got me into it since she would bring me magazines from Japan (including GLBs) when I was younger so she pretty much got me into it. Telling people that is...awkward since they fear weebs like nothing else.

In the past few months, I've been hooking up with a sugar daddy.
I've never felt so relaxed in my life. It's such a privilege to not have to worry every single day about money, to be able to afford brand, or go out to eat, or buy groceries for my housemates.
I know that my comm would ostracize me completely if they knew.
But also part of the appeal is the fact that they would never, ever suspect me in a million years. I come across as very level-headed and straight-laced; definitely not the kind of person you'd expect to see with that kind of arrangement.
No regrets. it sounds incredibly materialistic, but money really does change everything.

>tfw want to cosplay skinny (or at least lean) characters
>tfw unathletic chubby
At least I'm not landwhale status, but I'm still chubby (fat??) enough to not be able to parade around in revealing outfits and look good.

>>7673112
You're living the dream, you motherfucker, you.

>>7673007
>>7673019
>>7673056
>>7673112
>be hafu
>look completely white
>ppl probably just think I'm a weeb faking it
>japanese mom doesn't know any japanese; was told she was hawaiian because she grew up in post WW2/vietnam war in super racist/segregated city
>okay.jpeg

>>7673112
How did you meet your sugardaddy? I've always wondered how that worked.

>>7673112
You go, anon.
I tried to get an SD for a while but I had to stop because my job started sucking up all of my time. I'm gonna start up again when I have some more time off to set up a new profile on some sites.

>>7673284
>be not Asian at all
>people keep thinking you're at least 1/2 Chinese or Korean
>people assume you're some sort of fetishist weeb trying to look aszn even when you're not in j-fashion

>>7673289
Not OP, but most people just join a website meant for finding SDs. If you're even mildly good-looking, you'll have guys messaging you right away and then you can talk to them and decide if you're interested.

>>7673325
That's so odd. I would have thought it was someone that they knew, and it just kind of came up. Internet dating is shady, let alone trying to contract out something like a sugardaddy agreement. That's some scary shit.

>>7669888
Got carsick mixed with my antibiotics. Technically, wasn't "sick", but was still blowing chunks due to nausea.
I admit that I'm at fault for not saying no and taking care of my own stuff, so there's that. I've been struggling with changing that recently and they know that. They just forget it once we're at a con and they need their stuff done.

>>7669884
Isn't that the majority of /cgl/?

>>7671991

>>7667531
Caps?

>>7667725
Please get help anon. 11 years is far to long to have to struggle with this.

>>7673495
If it makes you feel better I'm a NEET virgin who spends most of their time on the computer and will probably an hero.
Go see a doctor.

>>7667725
You're not alone, anon. Please get help, I know it's difficult with the ED mindset, but recovery is possible.

>>7667079
Oh my God, that's fucking gold.
Somebody actually ended up with a box of shit.
Jesus, that sounds like a fucking nightmare Anon.

>AX 2014
>JNIG attended
>She's selling pics of her super sonico cosplay, overly whitewashed and shooped
>only people who bought them were fedorafags and neckbeards
>every time I walked by someone with these posters I would say "shit taste", "them tits be fake" or something to the extent
>neckbeards looking around wondering who said that

I'm autismal as fuck but their confused faces were gold

>>7673619
Thats like twice as autistic. Let them wallow in their thirst anon. Its called the salt of the earth for a reason.

I've been having seizures I think. Just little ones, i suddenly feel really cold and my body does this big shiver thing. Sometimes I make noises like barking or a yell. And sometimes my heart squeezes and feels really funny, kind of like my chest is going to collapse. This feeling has been getting worse recently. I've been having panic attacks a lot as well. I'm scared something bad is happening to me. I don't know what to do. Every time I go to the doctor for something wrong with me they find nothing so it's pointless for me to go yet again. Im scared there is something mentally wrong with me - I've wanted to call one of those help lines but I'm scared of phones and my parents are always home anyway so I cant do it.

>>7673649
That could be an extension of the panic attacks. An actual seizure you wouldnt be conscious for

>>7673649
I've had seizures before, and yeah, you're unconscious for them. It just feels like you got dizzy and passed out, but when you wake up, everyone is really freaked out.
What you're having sounds like a really severe form of the anxiety attacks I get. So yeah, they're probably just strong panic attacks. You'd be better off seeing a therapist or some mental health specialist.

>>7673619
She looks like a deformed and bleached alien in this photo but if neckbeards want a blown up poster of it then ok.

>>7672740
Why wouldn't it be?

>Dressed as World's Best Dad
>See really ugly, slightly pudgy Rei
>Dumbfounded by the monstrosity in front of me
>Ugly Rei approaches
>Get handed something similar to pic related
>Coldly regard it
>Retrieve Sharpie from pocket
>Sign it "G. Ikari"
>Hand it back to ugly Rei

>>7673800
Which one did she hand you?

I've been binge exercising recently (around 5-6 hours per day compared to my usual 1-2) because I have a convention in 6 weeks which I want to wear Kagamine Rin to. My family's pretty worried about me but I can't stop because I have to be perfect otherwise I'll let myself down by looking bad as one of my favorite characters.

>>7673808
Something similar to the yellow. It was less of a grading system and more of a business card, I didn't read the whole thing but the gist was "I have the right to dress any way I want without being judged or stared at".

No idea why she picked Rei, I guess there aren't any shit hideous girls in their early 20s in Eva (I went with Gendo because I grow a creepy beard very easily).

>>7666541
Tenleid next time you confess, don't make it so obvious

>>7673275
the only thing that kind of blows is that he's got a wife, so there's a certain level of subterfuge involved. i kind of feel bad for her, their relationship must be totally shot.
in some ways it feels weird to be 'the other woman' but at the same time, I'm not in a relationship & don't feel much responsibility for his decisions.

>>7673289
it was through an internet site. we never would have met through normal circumstances, he's a politician from the rich end of town & i'm a minimum wage slave living in hoodlum territory.
We meet up at an apartment in the city about once a week to get lunch together, I'll smoke him out, we watch a movie or listen to music or shoot the shit until he has to go back to work & he gives me around $100 an hour.

>>7673290
it's become lucrative enough for me that I told my job i have a side gig as a personal assistant, they give me a day off every week and I make more then than from my actual paycheck.

>>7673332
it's only been a bad experience one time. i always meet up in public with these folks, preferably on a lunch date, so if they're creeps then they've got to get past my bullshit detectors before they can kill me, violate the body & dump it in a ditch.
the only time things got kind of weird was when one guy tried to 'walk me back to my car'. he totally thought we were about to have sex in the backseat. i told him that i was on my period & gave him a lot of excuses along the lines of 'next time ;) ;)' but really i got the fuck out of dodge & never contacted the dude again because i thought that situation was a bad indicator of what he expected.

>>7673824
Haha, you should have pulled the whole card crusher move.

I've been a huge lolita admirer and have wanted to join for the longest time ever. Now that I have the finances, I've seriously looked into it.
I'm terrified of f sized dresses. I'm not a landwhale, but I would like to lose 20lbs. I find a sweet indie dress in medium and buy it.
I finally got the dress in the mail yesterday and I tried it on. The dress fits, but it doesn't look right. My tits are too big and my waist is too small for dress. I don't look modest, I look fucking stupid. The OP is way too low on my chest and the sleeves are way too puffy. I look like I was hired to serving candy themed beers at Oktoberfest. I'm a plus sized ita. FML

>>7673493
>I'm the admin
>can't admit it to anyone and ruin my good reputation

Wouldn't that just reveal who anon is? Unless they have a ton of mods? Though I think any comm that's on the larger side has to deal with this type of thing around this time of year. I know we are. Hurry up fall, and put these itas and noobs back into school!

>>7673821
As long as you do it short term and watch your hydration, rest and nutrition, it's likely to be ok. Not the smartest thing but not really dangerous. Regular maintenance is just easier and less stressful than this though so once you peak, don't let it go, go back to your regular routine and it will balance out. And you'll stay in great shape for photos and your next con too.

>>7673960
Get indie things custom made, it will look better. Though if you have big boobs and a small waist it will rarely look as good as straighter waist and small chest. You could try a minimizes bra or bind. Some designs also minimize that though, study up and read lots of reviews. It sometimes takes testing a few dresses to hit your style stride.

I feel absolutely no compassion or sympathy towards people who blow all their money on luxury items (like video games and expensive articles of clothing) and then bitch about not being able to cosplay.

People who then decide to ask for charity or to borrow things are even worse. Learn to budget and decide what you really want to be spending your money on.

Same thing goes for people who go to more than two cons a year and then whine about how they need donations to pay their fucking bills.

>>7673931
Surely nothing sexual goes on between you and your clients, right?

>>7673784

It would be like a pro team beating a high school team.

Or like beating up a woman, where is the glory in fighting someone that has no chance?

It's lose/lose, you beat him up and you just beat up a skinny dude dressed like a woman. If he catches you with a lucky hit, then you just got beat up by a skinny dude dressed like a woman.

I think cgl is going to hate me but,
>would like to gain weight to be healthier
>don't know how
Suggestions for gaining weight from healthy food appreciated. I dropped due to getting sick and want to get back to my normal weight.

>tfw man-faced hambeasts keep telling you about their plans to cosplay little bishi boys or elvish men
>tfw the ground shakes from the impending trainwreck

>>7673990
I know this feel pretty well. I have friends who buy new phones and video game stuff all the time and then cringe when a coat they want for cosplay is $50.

I really don't care what they spend their money on, but it does drive me nuts to hear them whine about it.

>>7666317
I just didn't like it when someone reposted a cgl group photo with ratings on who they would f*ck. too creepy! no cgl meets for me ever.

I'm really disinterested in hanging out with my local Lolita community. Of the few I met they all seem kind of...whack. Like we'd have nothing in common aside from liking Lolita. Plus, I really don't want to be seen in public with them.

Captcha: common sorytfo

>>7674161
This is more common than you might think...

I've wanted to do a Bane cosplay for a while, don't know if I can quite pull it off

(venom injection unit still a work in progress)

I really want to whiten my skin. To the point where I'm obsessed with it and I use 4 whitening treatments a day. I stay out of the sun, exfoliate like crazy, and I'm still not happy with my results.

>>7674219

You couldn't be much worse than this guy.

Start lifting

I have a huge crush on a friend that I room with at cons, but I am already in a serious long term relationship. I have never and would never cheat on my partner but I catch myself thinking of this friend all the time. It makes me smile when I talk to him and he just makes me really happy to be around. It doesn't help that he is cute as fuck with the ideal body type and he cosplays. I love my SO, and don't want to leave him. This crush shit just makes things miserable for me.

I used to counterfeit convention passes, because it was fun and easy to do.

Now I don't even bother. Sigh. I grew up.

>>7674054
But people are power hungry dicks and like to beat up people they know they think they can beat. I feel that if I crossplayed I would be "asking for it".

I'm honestly glad all this dashcon drama is going on right now while the con closest to me is happening. I've looked through the FB pics and posts and from what it seems like I'm not missing out on anything I haven't seen before or on anything I want(ed) to see.

All of the dangans are bad eBay costumes/wigs and once again there is 0 lolita to be found. This year looks hambeast-ier than normal and all of the creepy Hetalia fans have split off into Dmmd, Homestuck, or SnK. I think if I ever get back into cosplay/j fashion I'll be doing it solo.

>>7675324

We can hang out, I'll fight them for you.

I feel like if there was anywhere that would be accepting though, it would be a con.

Also, you could probably take the average neckbeard.

>>tfw want to crossplay Marisa Kirasame so badly
>>tfw none of my friends are into cosplay and are mostly normalfags
>>tfw my girlfriend would definitely think it was weird
>>tfw I just want to be an ordinary black magician
>>tfw I'm 6'2" and not at all feminine

I guess I could just be one of those hilariously masculine Touhou crossplays everyone always sees, but it still makes me sad that I can never be the little grill.

>>7676168
Ehh what about outside of the con, though? Just random people you see on the street that'd try beating you up.

When I first became interested in lolita and cosplay and shit I somehow convinced myself you weren't allowed to do it if you were fat. Like, you'd get banned from conventions and meetups if you were deemed to fat.

I don't know why I was so fucking stupid, I was probably just being a self deprecating little shit, but now I just lurk and stare jealously at the chubby girls who weren't as fucking dumb as me.

>>7675324
I see cross players who don't pass getting scornful looks and whispers and they get laughed at. That's about it.

>>7677737
Fattys can do Lolita and cosplay but many of them do get shit about it. Especially Lolitas. Neither hobby is very accepting if you are big.

My body dysmorphia is so bad I consider myself to be fat unless I have a visible six pack

and the more fit I get the more I want to chase short qt chubby girls

My body dysmorphia is so bad I consider myself to be fat unless I have a visible six pack

and the more fit I get the more I want to chase cosplaying chubby girls

>tfw touhou crossplay
I wish someone could teach me how to makeup.

I'm too manly and look bad in frilly outfits.
;_;

>>7677664

Doesn't matter, I couldn't just let someone beat my bro up.

>>7674242
Thanks to my horribly racist Asian family, I've been doing tons of whitening treatments a day, including those pearl and glutathione pills. I've seen some results but my family still makes fun of me because I'm the darkest.

It's gotten so bad that I've quit competitive swimming after 6 years. I also lash out at anybody that assumes I speak Spanish because I have the complexion of a freshly cooked pancake.

>>7677968
>quit competitive swimming after 6 years
I hope you didn't love the sport or weren't so good at it if you quit for that reason

>>7668557

Just tell them their camo pattern is best for hunting innawoods, or something. An Army guy admitting Marines do something better? Shit, they might give you a medal.

What cosplay would you use it for?

Last year I told a friend that if anyone got "cosplay famous" in our local community, I'd want it to be her because she's a lovely person and it wouldn't go to her head.
It happened, and it went straight to her head and now she's so desperate for attention it's actually really sad to watch, and hard to be around her. So much regret.

>>7677968
Whats swimming got to do with pale skin? Can't you swim inside?

I wish I didn't have to hide my power level from my gf as much as I do. She knows I love "nerd culture" but can't be bothered to attend a con with me.

Meh, life isn't perfect. You'll always have one hobby your significant other doesn't enjoy.

>>7678686
no 11b would ever say that UCP is a good camouflage. okay, it blends into couches and the occasional really rocky hill well, but that's it. that's why you have multicam everywhere when deployed and why they're going to scorpion (multicam's predecessor, already military owned and they don't want to pay crye to use multicam)

marpat is lightyears ahead of UCP. it's also based off of cadpat (with help from canada).

>>7668557
no one gives a shit when it comes to airsoft. you've probably seen the people you're playing with. they're using everyfuckingthing possible and some have sunk hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars into buying gear with active use camo patterns. now, if you were to walk around the street with it on, yeah, maybe you'd get some people on your ass.

what branch are you anyway?

>>7681935
If she's like me then she loves her nerd guy but just doesn't want to be around a hotel full of them, haha! Nerdy chicks are also sometimes pretty condescending to those girls who aren't too so that might be another reason. I encourage my boo in his nerdy hobbies and friendships but he also understands why I'm not that eager to be involved.

>>7671088
IMO, go with friends you hardly talk to. That way when you suddenly find something you're interested in you don't have to explain/invite. So much easier then going with close friends.

>>7682091
At least this one will ride with me and play video games. Last gf hated motorcycles AND gaming (which are like the only two ways I like to spend my time relaxing)

Im worried a lot about my lolita gf for she rarely eats healthy. Normally I dont really care since it's her body (she isnt fat), but if im going to have babies with her, Im worried if they will get the right nutrition while shes pregnant.

I love outfits with a bunch of different shades of the same color
different shades of blues, purples, pinks

I think its just really adorable

>>7673296
Are you me, anon? I'm about as white as you could possibly get (I'm mostly of Scottish, English and Canadian heritage), but I have really small almond eyes that look somewhat Asian, even more so when I smile, and a round-ass face. I've had people mistake me for part Asian more than once, and it's embarrassing. I'm always afraid that people will think that I try to make myself look this way on purpose to be ~~kawaii Japanese desu~~, especially since I'm so heavily into j-fash, but it's really just my weirdo face. I'd much rather look like a stereotypical pretty white girl...

My friend constantly posts obese models and camwhores on tumblr and instagram and over time, it made me feel uncomfortable and nauseous. I filtered him out because I don't want to be a dick and unfollow him.

I really hate when I look up sewing tips or information, and I end up on the blog of some 30-year old fat white woman.
I mean, usually they're pretty knowledgeable and the tutorials are helpful, but something about the person running it just pisses me off.
I'm not talking about a specific person, by the way, I just run into a lot of fat middle-aged white women who really like sewing.

>>7682820
Wow, you're not worried about her future health and possibly getting sick in old age? She's probably going to break up with you anyway, you don't sound like much of a winner, so I wouldn't worry about it.

>>7683665
The mommybloggers piss me off more.

Not that the two are in any way mutually exclusive.

>>7683746
>>7683665
Oh god, this pisses me off too. It happens to me a lot with recipes. I hate finding some cute new website that looks like it has some really delicious stuff, but then all they ever write about is what it's like to be a stay at home mom and pinterest crafts for their stupid crotchdroppings. I get irrationally angry about this.

>>7683665
>>7683746
Both of these piss me off but it's not as bad as teenagers on youtube. I can't get through one video without long drone out "uuuuuuhhhhhhhhh"s and repetitive sentences.

I'm getting sick of seeing mostly average unknown female cosplayers who want to be hugely popular in the cosplay world go down the route of making their own Facebook fan page to selling prints of their mediocre 'sexy' shit to their budding fan-base full of thirsty otakus who are desperate for some T&A. Just stop it already.

>>7682893
You're obviously not as white as you think if people mistake you for another race you stupid fuck.

This one girl in my comm is constantly changing her cosplay plans for the upcoming con. She 'announces' her revised lineup every week.

I bought a gorgeous Alice and the Pirates dress, it fits me fine and it looks good on my figure, but my face is so fucking hideous that I know I'm never going to be able to wear it or really ever do lolita at all because I'm so disgustingly ugly.

At least I have a beautiful dress to hang up in my closet and look at, and something to sell for fast money if I ever find myself in financial trouble.

>>7684762
You should dress up anyways, you may feel pretty when you are all made up. Take cute pics and if you really cant stand your face, block it out when you post them.

>>7684791
I wish that wearing dust masks like pic related wasn't a total faux pas for lolita, since it would solve my entire problem. In Japan they're common enough for commuters and the general public that it wouldn't be an issue, but in America they just look too weird and stand out too much.

my significant other is a huge furry and i didnt know until months after we started dating. they want me to fuck them with all these crazy animal dildos and im just like...what

>>7684372
>>7682893

Could be native American blood, I'm super pale but I know it's in the family and though my cousins got the darker skin I got slightly slanty eyes

>>7673296
This. This so much. I'm really really white, but because of wherever the hell in Poland my mom's family is from (she was the first in her family to marry outside of Polish blood, so I'm the first generation of "not 100% Polish" and my family kind of hates me, but that's unrelated) I have some yellow-ish undertones that, big surprise, I find only Korean BB creams match. That and some crazy Polish/German/Italian mix going on gave me a very strange bone structure and people always tell me I have, "asian proportions". It drives me crazy.

I always deny that I'm asian, but people always side eye me, "You sure, anon-chan? Cuz you use those asian cosmetics." It's extremely frustrating. A weeb back in HS followed me around once for a solid 3 months before I snapped and cursed her out. She followed me constantly asking if I was Korean or Japanese. We were in the musical together, so she saw my makeup and then she became even MORE convinced and told the whole school. No one else really cared, like, "Oh, I thought she was but I didn't want to ask cuz that'd be racist." was the main opinion, but it was still very embarrassing.

Sorry if my grammar is absolutely terrible, but I'm tired and angry.

>>7684915

It's possible that anon has some native blood. I'm native myself, and though I have really pale skin due to shunning the daystar, it's olive toned enough, and with my high cheekbones, dark hair and slanty eyes people keep giving me that confused look and asking where I'm from. Then they look even more confused when I tell them "Grand River".

>>7666317
i have the same problem, just cause when was younger and just started cosplay i got teared apart on cgl (before i ever knew what cgl was ) for my 2nd cosplay. I felt really bad cause i also had a bad attitude about some things cosplay related at the time. thank god i actually pulled my self together but i am still horrified of ever being posted here of meeting up with cgl people ever.

>>7677814
there are constant beauty/makeup threads on /cgl/
what is your excuse for asking for the help available so easily?

I have a fellow Korean friend who tells everyone she's Japanese for attention. She's also pretty good at convincing people since she's nearly fluent in the language and has been to the country a couple times so she can answer questions accurately.

She begs me not to tell anyone the truth and I don't, but something about it bothers me because she acts like being Korean isn't good or kawaii enough and it almost seems like she's ashamed of it. She even said she likes it when weebs are jealous of her. I still love her to pieces and wouldn't spill her secret though, I just get a bit annoyed.

>>7685028
bruh she probably feels really bad about it too - she sounds like she kinds of hates herself. keep up being a good friend, anon

I haven't eaten anything since Friday.

Well, it's more like I haven't eaten anything on Saturday, half a sandwich on Sunday and a small McDonald's fries today. So I'm not starving myself. But I've been through this for a short while before: the anorexia and bulimia, I mean. I know it's bad. I just.. don't feel like I deserve food. Besides some personal shit going down, I just don't feel like I should eat. I know that every time I eat, I just end up feeling bad that I ate this and that because I'm overweight so might as well just drink water.
I know all these /fit/ people and other anons will hate me and call me retarded for doing this but I just.. would rather not eat

>>7677814
>>7684977
The makeup/beauty threads here are largely just product recommendations for low end and Asian beauty products and the makeup advice is 99% for teen girls. This isn't going to help a cross playing brah.

Look on YouTube for toned down drag tutorials for basic contouring and beard hiding. THEN add cosplay makeup skills for the character. Petrilude is good.

>>7685028
but korea/being korean is the new "cool" thing, pretending to be japanese is so 2003

>>7684752
Where are you from, anon? I've got someone in mine doing the same thing and I just want to smack her.

>>7685048
Yeah, I know that feeling.
It's kind of an up and down thing with me, though.
No matter how fat you are, you deserve to be loved.

My boyfriend unironically uses "trolling" in casual conversations.
As in
>I totally trolled this guy today
>nah babe i'm just trolling you
etc. It drives me crazy every time he says it, I've told him that it makes him sound like a fucking sperglord, especially since he'll use it in front of people that aren't really big internet users. Shit's embarrassing. every time he says it I want to strangle him, which may seem like an overreaction, but I'm tired of hearing him say it and sound stupid despite being a generally smart dude.

I wish I had a lolita girlfriend.

I would buy her all the burando she wanted, take her on cute dates and encourage to her lolita lifestyle

I sometimes hurt myself when I'm mad at myself or I have failed at something. Nothing too bad, usually I just slap myself or whatever.

I don't like always being reminded at every single waking moment of my failures.

I assfucked a fat lolita at Dragoncon, she smelled like rotten eggs. When I got to my hotel room i cried in the bathroom.

>>7674219
BANE?

>>7685523
Bane

>>7685093
NZ

>>7685586
I knew it! Then we're talking about the same person. You're not alone, dude, I really wish she'd shut the fuck up.

>>7684752
she's such a fake ass kisser jfc

>>7685547
Are you a big guy?

>>7673284
>also hafu
>speak japanese fluently but english is better
>look mostly white
>first day of class, introduce myself in english
>im boring af so my personal factoid is being half
>girl comes up to me after class, completely serious
>"I THINK YOUR ENGLISH IS VERY GOOD, DO YOU UNDERSTAND????"
>excuse me?
>"well you're japanese so I thought you wouldn't speak english"
>mfw

Tired of attention whoring drama causing morons in the UK cosplay comm. Specifically in the Final Fantasy and Zelda groups, they're all the bloody same especially one known girl who everyone seems to lap up to with ass kisses despite she's actually a cunt IRL to anyone that isn't her actual friend.

>>7685609
She really really is.

>>7685588
Me too anon, she thinks she's all that now that she's a 'qualified seamstress'. Girl just stop.

>>7686829
>qualified seamstress
Anyone "qualified" wouldn't have to ask the fb group stupid, easily googled questions every time they attempt anything

>>7668506
Of course you couldn't afford it at 12. 12 year olds can't work. Basically, you mean your parents couldn't afford it, which is normal.

Get a job. Pretty much all lolitas have obs and buy their own shit. Only a very small minority have rich parents or sugar daddies.

>>7668581
>underage plz GTFO

these boards aren't for your kind, you have 4-5 years of waiting

>>7668506
It's called a fucking job

>>7685913
>says mfw
>has no face

>>7677968
are you fucking peach girl

choose toji btw

>>7687859
Hurr durr what do you mean I can't see knits on a sewing machine.

>>7687928
i fucked up

>>7677968
that sounds really shitty
i wish we could trade skin colours because i'd kill for a tan

>>7677968
Jeez, I'm from an Asian family and my mom complains that I'm too WHITE every time I come home for summer.

>Guy friend of a friend is an ugly Asian who always cosplays bishounen characters
>Plays himself up on having fangirls and how much of a bishounen he is
>Friend encourages this type of behaviour because "omggg it's an ACTUAL guy cosplaying a guy"
This also goes to any awful Free cosplayer and mentality of some bad male cosplay in general. It pisses me off because I feel like it undermines the efforts of a lot of good female crossplayers. Also there's nothing more awful than seeing your kuudere husbando being horribly cosplayed by an obnoxious egotistical twat.

>>7685123
That's kind of hard to believe when everyone shit's on fatties for even attempting to be a lolita/cosplay.
>>7685048
Just work on staying away from those fries and find a love for fruit/veggies- you already know it's better than starving yourself. Maybe one day you'll wake up, see the results, and finally feel like you're worth it. The way you're going about it, though, will only keep you miserable.

As a guy, I wish I were Asian, so I could cosplay better. ;_; Having to throw 5 lbs of makeup over my beard shadow feels bad.

>>7689489
I feel bad for you... but can you do it well/does it look believable, and if so, can you share tips? I'm not a guy but I have to learn how to do this, since I'm generally the one doing my boyfriend's cosplay makeup.

>>7689502
I only go to local conventions, so I generally just pay someone to do it for me.

I usually just shave as close as possible (with the grain, then against the grain) with a fresh blade, then cake on foundation.

I think it depends on the type of beard, though. I know a lot of drag queens have to use red/orange lipstick to neutralize the blue in their beard, but I don't really have any blueness.

Probably better off googling drag tutorials.

I worked with a tumblr SJW until last week. I've been itching to tell the story but I don't want her to catch wind and get shit for it.

There was a centipede in my bathroom last night so I pissed in my kitchen trash can.

>>7689585
Do tell anon!

Critique does not mean an attack on a person's character, and so long as the intent is not malicious, it's usually not an attack. It's just that: critique. It means the outfit could be better in some ways but that does not necessarily put down the outfit as it is.

I feel like many cosplayers nowadays don't understand this.

>>7689641
I don't blame you one bit

>>7689804

Oh my god this. Also that critique's help you improve. Telling you the cut of a dress could be better COULD prevent you from looking at every photo of yourself from a con and going "I hate myself, I hate these pictures, I look terrible".

And honestly if the color of a wig doesn't look good on me, please tell me before I go to a con and look like a pale ass zombie with neon hair.

>>7689585
STORY TIME

>>7689585
Please tell, sjw stories are funny af

>I am constantly butthurt about Jnig and Yaya having a career from this hobby.
>I love the drama on cgl and how we can call out everyones littlest flaws here. It makes me happy to shitpost about girls in my cosplay comm, and seeing others fuel the fire is just so horribly awesome.
>I follow all the worst cosplayers i can on fb for laughs and self esteem boosts. Its wonderful.
> Me and my 10/10 cosplay partner constantly are looking for girls wearing the same cosplays as us- just to see if we looked hotter/better.
>tfw you feel like a 4/10 next to 10/10 cosplay partner
>tfw you used to be called 10/10, but then got chubby

I have alot of issues, cgl.

i'm a normalfag

>>7673437
T-THANK YOU! Q~Q

I dislike that there's so much fat hatred and cattiness in this community. It really discourages a lot of talented people (fat or not) to get out there and cosplay. Like in this thread, there are many anons who are very self-conscious about their weight, and I'd bet 10 dollars a good majority of it stems from the fear of rejection or punishment by their peers (or /cgl/, for that matter).

There is nothing that can be done about it, but it really makes me sad to see it happen very frequently.

I want to go plain clothes my next con just so I can have functional bags, comfortable shoes, not carry props around, and focus more on friends and panels. But I'm a selfish little cunt and I'm worried not getting any attention will make me depressed.

>>7689663
>>7689859
>>7689868
Well, here it goes.

Here's some uninteresting backstory
>Small tea parlor job
>Hire new chick and she seemed sane at first
>That's how it all starts, don't remind me
>Someone talks about how they're worried about their friend who broke up recently and started to sleep around to forget
>Suddenly new girl starts spouting SLUT SHAMING bullshit
>Topic changes to kind of girls everyone is into
>DATS RACIST!!!!

Now, here's where everything starts to get interesting. We get this rather annoying, entitled bitch that's going through mid-life crisis. We're going to call her "Leatherman" because after the amount of fake tanning she does, that's what she looks like. Everyone here tries to deal with her without snapping.

>Leatherman is sitting down, is shoving cakes down her throat
>She talks about fat people
>SJW hears but I didn't
>I ask her to retrieve Leatherman's empty plates
>Three seconds later I hear something breaking
>SJW is screaming about FAT SHAMINNNGGGGGGG!!!
>Leatherman is screaming at her back
>Jesus Christ, there's no manager around
>Watch in horror as everyone tries to separate them
>Everyone working that day gets blamed to letting SJW go out of control
>SJW quits and tells our boss that he's a piece of shit for letting people like that be our customer.

Does anyone else worry that they're too old to cosplay? ;_; I'm 24 and I'm afraid of everyone looking at me like I'm a 30 year old man cosplaying some bishounen

>>7690218
My god, anon. That sounds really awful but at the same time I'm sad that I've never had a chance to witness something like this.

Was she white?

>>7690227
I'm on the same page as you. I'm 21 and I've only recently started within the past year. Time seems to be going by so fast and I'm not even at an intermediate level in terms of sewing, yet there are so many young characters with complicated designs that I'd kill to cosplay perfectly.

But there are awesome older characters (notably vidya) that need some love.

>>7690227
>tfw turning 22 soon and still get mistaken for 16

nah

>>7690251
>tfw awesome older characters are always buff dudes or if they're females, extreme milfs
What am I going to do when I'm an old hag

>>7690257
pics or it didn't happen

>>7690251

I wanted to do that this year, but I'm too short for all of them. I look too old to do teenage boy, but too young/short to do older man. It's hard D:

>>7690241
Yeah, pretty much.

>>7690270
How tall are you?

Also height is probably the least important factor in cosplaying, at least IMO. There are average height/short girls cosplaying Amazon characters like Samus all the time, I don't see why it should be any different for a man.

>>7690259
Plastic surgery.

>>7690259
Didn't stop Yaya

I was originally going to post this as a secret but I decided to just put it here instead, so sorry about the picture format.

>>7666497
Jesus anon. Im right there with you. I finally showed him my tomodachi life though.
he did the same thing in his

Just fucking pissed. That I am bad at dropping people out of my life.

Frustrated a 'friend' is being a total dick bag now that she made a cosplay page. Which is always clamoring for "thoughts" and "opinions". When I offer up advice or thoughts, she completely flat out ignores it all.
ugh.

anyways my day was actually pretty great.

>>7690325

Rare dress, no payment? Keep that shit, if she wants it back she'll tell you. If she wants money she'll tell you. It's not like she can wear it.

>>7666497
I do that all the time! My bf thinks its funny, he even made one his fb profile picture.

I don't know your situation, but if you can easily joke with one another, It should not be a big deal.

Anorexic anon here. It's been a few more days but I feel like I've slowly eaten a little more than 4 days ago when I've been trying to avoid being found out by my parents. I've been lying saying I've been eating out instead when they asked what I want for dinner or give me things to eat. I feel so nauseous after eating anything I have been eating though. I don't think my friends have found out yet but I know they'll notice once another friend hang out day will come along. I lost almost 10lbs already in the past week. I want to tell someone but i don't want them to force me to eat and I'll end up vomiting it up. It's just a waste of food

>>7690227
Same, I am 25.
I use to be in the scene, got busy with school.
Now that I have more time I really want to get back into it.
But I feel like I am to old and I would not be able to pull off the characters I want to.

>>7690356
It really depends. Some people look more like they're 30 when they're 25, others still look like teenagers.

Just cosplay age appropriate characters

>>7690355
You probably need to go to a doctor. Depending on how long you've been doing it, your body needs to re-adjust to normal amounts of food. A nutritionist and doctor are generally required, especially since it's likely doing it wrong might make you take steps back.

>>7671088
I know this could seem backwards anon, but I would totally go with you. I have the same feeling and I finally get to go alone to pax in january alone. God, no bf, no friends, no family. Just me, doing what I want, when I want, with who I want, and how long I want.

>>7690337
You really think so? I feel bad, but at the same time I don't... She told me about when she bought it, she just sort of batted her eyes and her dad bought it for her. Which happens for basically all her dresses. Her dad's going to buy her Twinkle Doll off mbok, just because she was like, "Daaaaaddy I waaaaant it."
Keep in mind she's like, 350 pounds, but she's super nice which is why we're friends. Just a little too old to be mooching off her parents like this.

>>7690372
I just realized she has time to tell me about fucking Twinkle Doll but not invoice me. Maybe she does deserve it.

>>7690362
Yeah idk anymore.

The problem for myself, face looks older but forever have the body of a 12yr old.
I guess there is one character similar to my age and body-type I could try.

>>7690392

Same problem. I wanted to do characters with the lower half of their face covered, but it's too hard to find one with an outfit that isn't too bulky.

One of my closest friends is going to a really big formal event in 'casual steampunk' and I'm really scared to tell her to wear something else because she just spent $375 on an outfit that doesn't even vaguely look steampunk.

I feel horrible but slapping on a top hat, goggles and a pocket watch doesn't equal proper steampunk.

>>7677789
>and the more fit I get the more I want to chase cosplaying chubby girls

Ain't nothing wrong with that. Do you date/fuck people based on whether or not others will approve of them, or do you do it because you want to date/fuck them? Hint: there's only one right choice.

Lolitas,Bronies,and Homestucks i absolutely hate with a passion

>>7685446
But no fatties amirite?

>>7690743
then you're on the wrong board motherfucker

>>7666317
Same except that I am a guy and I am scared that you will treat me different. Not all guys want to fuck. I just want to discuss pretty loli dresses and cosplay

Guys, this has been bugging me for a while.

I used to cosplay for fun, and back in the day I was well known in my local community. However, since I got more into cosplay and researched it more, I noticed a lot of people on the internet nitpick over small details and are overly harsh about it.

I'm really quite insecure about my teeth (I have a big-ish overbite) and just my appearance in general, and have since been so self conscious that I've dropped out of the community all together and not cosplayed in over a year. I'd love to take it up again (I have heaps of cosplays sitting in my closet - most of which I've made but never worn) but I'm just too overly critical of myself and my appearance. In the last year or so, I've also gained about 12 pounds, so I worry my costumes won't fit as well/look as good they used to.

Part of me wants to just do it and fuck what anyone else thinks, but the other part of me knows I might not be able to deal with potential harsh criticism of my appearance.

Does anyone else feel this way/has experienced this and has any suggestions? If you have an overbite, whats the best way to get around it in photos/cosplays? What do you think when you see a cosplayer with large teeth - does it ruin the cosplay? I this all sounds stupid, I'd just appreciate any thoughts or opinions.

I'm terrified to put myself out there, but at the same time I want to do what I love and show off the costumes I worked so damn hard to create. Part of me wants to do cosplays that hide my teeth, but the other part of me thinks I should be confident in myself and fuck what people thinks because no one is perfect.

TL;DR: I'm overly self conscious about my overbite to the point of stopping cosplaying all together.

I'm finding it quite hard to articulate my point here, so sorry if I sound like a whinger haha.

>>7690111
that's sickeningly adorable

The whole cosplay deviants thing makes me so angry. Why should those dumpy sluts get more notoriety than someone who makes genuinely good stuff just because they are nude? Making pinkie pie and innocent stuff like that lewd is sickening to me. I get it if it's in the character's ways to probably pose that way. It's even worse that boner robin runs it and is surrounded by all of the used panties and nude photos of his cosplay broads. It's like he won. I don't like that.

I'm a somewhat average, on the fit side, girl who is extremely unphotogenic and awful at doing poses.
Last time I saw photos of myself taken at a con, I actually burst into tears over how awful I looked. Since then I've done what I could to not stick out in cosplays.
I put some effort into looking ok while having a mediocre or obscure costume that nobody would want to take photos of. I love wearing costumes and at cons I feel out of place NOT cosplaying, but the aftermath of seeing myself on the internet makes me want to hide under a blanket.

The last time I crossplayed, I was asked by a well known photographer in my country if I wanted to do a photoshoot with him. First time ever dealing with a "real" photographer. He instructed me on poses and gave me advice such as "standing like that is very feminine so don't do that".
Even though people tell me I can pull off guys as well as girls, I haven't crossplayed since cause I'm so awkward and anxious about being told how to look in front of the camera.

It's Pixyteri tiers of sadness, but usually I'll only put cosplay photos up that my tripod-chan took for me since they're the only ones I'm comfortable with.

>>7689947
>I love the drama on cgl
This.
I have so much rage and jealousy contained, and I don't have too many friends that would understand those feels towards people who are successful in my hobby that I sometimes take too seriously. 4chan is just a place for me to go to that I can let it rip like a giant rage fart. The community has some good people too when you don't want the drama.

i dont think i'll ever be good enough to make my own cosplay and i feel so bad about buying them even though i never take credit

I envy all of my comm friends for how talented they are and being able to afford expensive gear because of having well-paid jobs.
Not cool.

>>7690105

So stop being fat?