/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

I'm always very disappointed when people flaunt replicas in general Lolita groups for posting coordinates. How gauche, stay in the replica groups with your fugly cheap fakes, please.

>>7995039
Dresses or replica anything?

>>7995041
Print replicas or things with logos. Blatant rip offs and bootlegs.

I've been telling people who post their WTB dresses that I have the dress they're looking for and then never respond.

There's a new girl in our comm. She posts constantly, her face is really obnoxious, bad makeup, and her coords are just gross. In her other pics she clearly never knew how to dress herself to begin with. She tries entirely too hard. She's given me this phobia of going out in lolita because I'm literally afraid of being seen with her/what if I look that bad. I hope she loses interest and goes away.

>>7995163
Well, well...that's quite devilish. Did Santa already forget you that you'd want to do that to someone?

I'm not really jelly per se. There's a girl in my comm who I like and get along great with. But a few of her coords have been a bit of a miss (like posted to ita threads BtB tier misses). She's one of those people who tends to throw a lot of brand together and not really wear flattering things.
I'm only rustled because recently one of her frumpy outfits got more likes on facebook than me, and the reason for that is because she had a clearer shot of her outfit. My outfit was objectively better but the picture I took of it was more blurry and I fucking goofed by ODing it with filters, and it's too late to post a more toned down one now. And I've been so busy/unmotivated lately that I haven't gotten dressed again to take a better pic with my real camera. Fuck, I'm so mad at myself.

On taking pictures of hot girls in revealing outfits

>Seen as a creep if you want to take a picture with such a cosplayer
>Seen as judgmental and problematic if you avoid them for this reason

I think I finally might have lost my cosplay drive. I have 2015 cosplay plans but havent been excited about making stuff like I usually am. Its suddenly more of a chore. Making cute clothes and stuff for my baby niece is more fun than dresses ill wear once. I'm also upset I made group plans with friends when I would rather sell in artist alley and profit from cons. I think this is just a normal part of becoming an adult but I'm disappointed this happened before I made a costume I could genuinely look back on and say I was 100% proud of.

I want to find Venus and Margret at a convention so I can shove Venus aside and go "THE Margret Palermo!? I'm such a fan, you should make youtube videos of your own, you'd be a hit!"

That way
>Margret will endlessly rub this in to Venus
>Margret will make a youtube channel which will be beautiful


someone do this for me, please.

>another year has gone by
>another year I haven't started my cosplay/Lolita career

I have friends who cosplay but I always shy away from joining them in the groups.

>Not getting anything for Christmas as usual
>Can't get another job after being fired from previous job because I was sick too much
>Jelly of 40+ year old uncle who received $1000 from dead uncle's bonds and is going to spend it on booze and hookers while I have to spend it on rent and bills because roommate fucked up.
>Can't buy shit for myself with the money because I have to pay the whole rent which is $750
>Jelly of other uncle who gave his shitty bitchy daughter $200 from said for-mention check but can't pay me back $50 after pouring beer on my laptop fan.
>Only thing I want to do is go to one anime con per year
>Roommate bitches that going to cons are a waste of time and I should do something adult like...drinking.

>>7996438
All the recent AP releases did not tempt you into it? Wow.

I wanna tell some of my cosplay friends they might wanna consider transitioning into cosplaying older characters because their age is starting to show and they can't pull off teenagers anymore.

i'm friends with a really popular cosplayer, and i'm so jealous about how cute they are and how well liked they are. But then I check CGL and whenever they're posted on here they're usually shat on by anons, so it makes me feel better. They're tumblr tier crap anyway.

>>7996453
LOl how old are your friends and who do they cosplay?

>>7995045
Nah, it applies to everything. In particular, replica bags are just as bad and ruin the outfit, they're so tacky and obviously fake.

>>7995163
are you the one who did that with the Meta OP in the current thread? I've been waiting for an anon to get back at me, religiously checking email, getting hopes up, etc

either way that's really fucked up, please stop

>>7996450
I haven't been lucky in the job department so all the new releases just taunt me.

>>7996464
30 and whatever trendy animu coming out because they wanna be 'first'. I probably wouldn't have a problem if they still didn't act like teenagers and make snarky comments about ppl who cos the same thing as them. It's like Christ girls you are 30. Time to drop the cosplay drama. Also your crows feet don't make ur costumes any better... So I wouldn't throw stones.

I can't take anyone seriously anymore when they use the words "tacky" and "skimpy" to describe an outfit. I can literally point out who goes on /cgl/ irl because they use these two words.

>>7996422
Oh god I feel the same way too, anon. For the past couple of years I've never worn a costume that I was proud of cause I always procrastinate until the very end and it ends up looking really bad. Many of my friends want to do groups, but I feel like quitting my cosplay times to get started in doing artist alley and selling my art, cause I feel I have more of a passion for that.

>>7996470
It happened to me too, posted a WTB in the BST thread.
>refreshing page every second
>its been a week
>checking email constantly

>>7995163
That's fucking sick

>>7996478
So 30 year olds doing Attack on Titan, One piece, Naruto, Tokyo ghoul, Hetalia, and HomestruckDoctorwhosupernaturalsherlock whatever?

>>7996484
Most bitchy southern women use those words, haha!

I haven't cosplayed in over a year and haven't ever gotten into lolita because I'm too poor to afford any of it. (Thanks college.)

I really want to get into jfashion... But I wear jeans and hoodies all the time; I don't know where to start.

>>7996465
I'd rather see a knock off plain star or heart bag or even a cheaper print tote than someone dragging along their crappy everyday MK though.

>>7995041
Because it is inconvenient for them to take a stand on replica shoes, so they still proudly wear their bodyline tea parties and rocking horses while raging at the evil replica-chans.

All while not knowing that about a third of their "mundane" clothes were actually a form of a designer knock-off at some point in time.

>>7996492

Only anime. They aren't into western stuff only from glorious Nippon.

Tea parties. I don't know what it is about them, but they're like converse in that they turn your feet into clown feet and it's not flattering if you don't have tiny, dainty feet.

>>7996462
What's funny is that I'm friends with a cosplayer who is hot/sexy and does really damn good cosplays (I don't cosplay, I'm into lolita) and I was baffled that she didn't have like a Facebook fan page and attempt to promote herself any. If anything, she kinda downplays her awesome pictures. I guess it was just the high school loser mentality left in me, because I got on cgl and realized exactly why she avoids attention. I love you guys, but y'all bitches be cray.

>>7996517
You see, the thing about that is you can't copy right a design because it's too utilitarian. Imagine having to pay a company every time you make a sleeve, another company any time you make a collar, another one for corset lacing, etc., it would be ridiculous and fashion would never get anywhere. "Replica" shoes and bags are completely fine because you can't stop people from shaping bags into generic shapes such as hearts and stars, and you can't stop people from adding straps and bows to shoes because that's what the majority of shoes have, especially in lolita. Prints, on the other hand, are illegal because because it's art and considered intellectual property.

So yeah, there's nothing wrong with knock-offs unless they start adding art and logos onto it.

>>7996529
The toebox makes it look so fucking clunky. If it weren't for the shape, I'd buy it in a heartbeat

> paid full price for DD around 500$ 1 week ago to a seller on LM ( super good feedback )
> Is tuesday I m still waiting for the fucking tracking
> Look for her Facebook, she is full of updates of LOL screenshots
> I don't know what to do anons, is my Xmas dress

almost all the girls in my comm are really ugly

>>7996588
isn't that the story of our lives anon

>>7996527
>glorious Nippon

Oh god I pray I don't run into these people when I cosplay Sasaki Haise.

>>7996431
Anon, she has one

one very sad little canadian anon here... seeing my lolita wardrobe sitting untouched all winter just makes me so sad, but if I leave the house in anything less than a few million layers I'm just cold and miserable. Guess now's the time to buy, sell and make my wardrobe as cohesive and prepared for the warmer months as I can

My hand tremors are getting worse. Sewing was my go-to relaxation activity, but now I can barely do it because I have to concentrate so hard on not fucking up the stitches or putting a needle through my finger.
Now it takes months to make garments I used to make in 2 weeks, and I look too sick and shaky to cosplay from anything but horror games.
I feel like one of those idiots in an infomercial that can't do anything right. It's not a good feeling

>>7996630
Anon I think you should check that out.

>study hard for midterms, very little computer time
>feeling good, take exams
>3 days later
>find out some french bitch just got the super old dream dress ive been after for 2 years secondhand, in preferred colorway
>godmotherfuckingdamnit i leave for FIVE MINUTES

>>7996639
fucking french bitches. was it moitie?

Tired of seagulls asking stupid questions like "How can I ship a prop/weapon past customs," or "Is it a good idea to keep my contacts in all day," or "My package took X days it's taking too long I didn't get insurance I didn't think it would matter!"

>>7996752
nope
2002 AP

>>7995163
You are a terrible person and should feel bad.

>>7996623
Link

>>7996562
Post about how your dress isnt shipped on your wall and get her to look at your page somehow.

I don't have any money but I want to give people lots of presents.

Like I know this guy who is a mutual friend of my boyfriend's and me, and he lives alone away from his parents and I just want to send him a domino's gift card and some candy but I don't have any money to do it. ;_;

>>7996478
>tfw you're 29
>ftw you're cosplaying a trending animu because you like said treading animu
>tfw the character is a teenager

I'm doing Ass class and trying to cosplay the blue haired kid because I like his design and character. I know I'm too old I'm sorry.

>>7995163
Don't tell me you were in the dream dress thread too.

She's pretty popular but I don't like Jessie Pridemore and I don't think she fits any of the characters she cosplays. Her Madoka has nice construction, aside from the wig she just slapped on her straight from the bag, but that's one of the characters she really doesn't fit.

>> do couples cosplay
>> people compliment my girlfriend's cosplay all the time
>> I get nothing, not even harsh criticism

I hate my friends sometimes

>spent so much on burando I can't afford rent
>overdue by a week
>parents ask what I want for christmas
>don't want to ask for rent money for christmas and admit my shame
>lie and tell her there is a dress I want
>say I'll buy it using my own money because it's from a japanese website
>do the same with my aunt
>they send money
>manage to pay rent
>continue to wear dresses I'm apparently getting for christmas

>>7997823
Double fucking standards!

>>7996484
>tfw you've been saying tacky and skimpy your entire life
>tfw tacky is probably one of your fave words

Well, I guess I am a seagull, but I don't talk that way because of it. Oh well.

>>7997889
I think what bothers me most is the fact that there is so many words out there but seagulls only use tacky and skimpy to describe anything and everything. Your opinion on the outfit/etc is immediately invalid to me because of this.

I used to really admire a particular cosplayer/ con staff in the midwest community but lately she has become one of the worst people I know.

She keeps airing her dirty laundry about her husband (I feel so bad for the poor guy) and uploading ancient ( and might I say revealing) cosplay photos on facebook.

Then she gets really upset that people have been commenting on the photos or PMing her, implying they need to be corrected with a spray bottle. She didn't mind her international creepers on her cosplay page. If she didn't want attention, she should not have uploaded them. They are very VERY clearly old as hell and irrelevant.

I used to think she was a pretty decent cosplayer but looking back, she is flat out all talk. Some of her construction just is not what she makes it out to be.

I don't want to come to the meet if the furry is.

>>7997830
That's just smart, man. The dresses were a gift from the future.

>>7997903

Same but replace furry with old ita.

I don't like how deep my smile lines are when I smile and I'm reluctant to take/post pictures anymore because of them.

>>7997924
Anon are you me? I have the same issue. People think I'm an asshole/snob because I don't smile.

>>7997903
I so worry everytime that one of the more weeby of our comm is taking a furry with them. We already hadone show up, luckily without his suit on. You never know if they will put on ears, or tails of those terrible paws. I really can't stand them.

>>7996414
It's just different feminism ideologies clashing.
That's why slutwalks exist alongside those who want to ban lewd imagery.

There is this convention held in a (mainly black) city that has a new mascot each year.
each mascot so far has been white, and that annoys me way more than it should.

I feel a bit social justicey and awkward over the fact that I'm upset over it, but a new white mascot each year for a convention in a mainly black area is just a bit annoying. at least add a token black mascot, jeez.

>>7997924
I don't smile in pictures because if I smile with my teeth, my gums are super noticeable and smiling with a closed mouth makes me look suspicious and shifty.
Feeling you, unsmiling anon

>>7997984

I have this! It's known as a hypermobile upper lip and I'm currently considering surgery to fix mine.

>>7997791
probably, so fuck them. that's bad karma anyway though.

I'm incredibly irrationally jealous of a girl who's a good friend of my boyfriend. She nailed my dream cosplay, which I'm working on atm, but seeing hers demotivates me. I recently had a lengthy discussion with her while drunk and she's amazing. We share loads of opinions, especially on cosplay culture. She invited me to her place to work on cosplay together, but I'm too insecure to be her friend right now.

She's also the first person I've ever met IRL who also goes on cgl so I really hope she doesn't see this

There's a new girl in my comm and she's from another country.
She's also a capital catty cunt and I'm trying not to but now I have irrational contempt for people from the same country and always expect them to be mean for no reason, just because she is.

>>7997982
so a mascot of grape soda? Or a Kfc bucket will that satisfy your needs for a black mascot

>>7998009
You should get over being petty and be friends with her. It's like getting mad at a Japanese person for being better at you in fighting games because they got the game first. Not everyone is the same anon. Just cosplay what you like and what you can do with your body type.

>>7998017
Which country?

>>7998040
She's from Ireland.

All I've ever wanted was a lolita girlfriend. I'm too shy to approach anyone romantically so I'm "settling" for an unhappy heterosexual relationship.

>>7998042

What country are you from?

>>7998052
It's in Europe and it's not an English-speaking country. I don't think I should say more.

>>7998003
There is a surgery for this? I have the same thing I think, I'm all gums, so i try not to smile much.

Related
>get ripped on for not fixing disgusting giant crooked ass buck teeth
>get ripped on for wanting to fix/bleach cute Disney-white rabbit teeth
>stop smiling in photos
"Anon, you'd look so much cuter if you smiled!" No, fuck you. Let me pout and be an Amerifag.

>>7998060

Yes! Do some googling, it's a pretty simple surgery, and not too expensive as far as cosmetic surgery goes.

>>7998044
>tfw you want a brolita bf.

>>7998060
Don't people realize how much it cost to fix teeth, especially if things happen and they get messed up?

>tfw you have to have all of your wisdom teeth pulled out because the gums grew over one of the back ones.

Dear crazy bitch in my lolita community: Stop. Just stop.

I was willing to give you a second chance when you turned every conversation at one meet into a discussion about how you're asexual, but the recent incident of you loudly announcing to an entire city center (and a gaggle of virgin new community members) about how you scam men online for money is more than enough. Also, your coordinates are hideous. Stop trying to pass your shitty cosplay wigs and spray painted shoes off as passable items to wear to an upscale meetup.

>You're embarrassing to be seen with in public
>Please just get the fuck out
>Signed, everyone

>>7996492
There is nothing wrong with One Piece and plenty of characters that are old they could cosplay. Please refrain from lumping it in with Naruto...

>>7998058
>tfw I feel like this could be me
I haven't said anything to my comm or gone to any meetups, though. ;_;

>>7998084
Put me out of my misery, is it Italy? I mean, I only made one post and I don't feel like it could have been outrageously offensive, but I'm paranoid now.

>>7998087
Nope, not Italy. Breathe easy anon.

>>7998082
I never said nothing was wrong with it anon but it's been going on forever, it's popular, and a majority of the people who get into the fandom just cosplay Law/Robin/Nami/Zoro instead of older characters or more original ones. Read the original post.

>>7998089
What did you post to get so scared, though?

>>7998095
Nothing, just an intro post, I'm just a ridiculously paranoid person.

>>7998100
Also Ireland's a small country with a small comm and I thought I knew all the lolitas there, and I didn't know of anyone else who'd moved to another country.

>>7998103
Well, whoever she is, she's giving you a bad name.
I don't want to be a bitch and think all Irish people are abrasive and mean, but I feel bad because now whenever I meet another Irish person I'll probably be really standoffish and serious from the start, and I don't want to be like that to anyone.

>>7998108
I'm sorry to hear about that, anon. I promise we're generally alright people! I think. Out of curiosity, is she an ita or actually well-dressed? Not that it matters a whole lot if she's a cunt anyway.

>>7998124
She looks okay, not really an ita but not amazing either.

we have so many newfags who can't dress themselves crying about distance for meets (45 minutes to an hour) and then cost of said meets, that it almost makes me want to quit as mod and wipe my hands of the fashion.

>>7998130
Ah okay, fair enough. Well, in any case, I hope you can try and put her aside as an isolated case. I know it's kind of hard to do, but I think it's always best to be friendly to people until they give you a reason not to be, otherwise your pre-conceived notions can end up being a self-fulfilling prophecy. It's funny, though, since I've been here I've been really worried about how I'm coming across to people, because I wouldn't want to give them a bad impression of Irish people.

>>7998081
hahahah i think i know you and you're in my comm. tea meetup that was a couple weeks ago? crazy bitch was wearing the jelly print?

I'm not a member of a real comm. The internet community is all I can take of you fuckers.

>>7998158
YES. Oh my god, she's so fucking infuriating and embarrassing at the same time.

>>7998063
>tfw that's worse than settling for my unhappy heterosexual relationship.

>>7998165
I hear that.

>>7998032
I'm jealous of her for other reasons, but all jealousy is irrational and you are right. I just think I need to be happier with myself first and get over my insecurities before I can feel comfortable around her

>>7998169
on the one hand, she's new, on the other hand, all of her friends have been in the fashion for fucking years, so she should know better about how to dress.

>>7998185
That's the sprite anon and good luck to you!

Now if she was a bitch then yeah go right ahead.

>>7998151
But that's just it, I'm not a native here either. I came up to her to talk to her because we were both expats so we could share experiences, and I try to be friendly and not present my country in bad light. But she just said how the people from my country are horrible and she hates them, "nothing against you personally though haha" (there's a large number of them in Ireland, apparently). Next meet she just ignored me and pretended not to hear when I asked her something.
That, combined with regularly being stuck 15 mins on the airport being interrogated while everyone else is allowed to just buzz through made me really wary of people from other countries. I'm a white European without a criminal record, so by all accounts that should not be happening for any other reason than me being from where I am.
I really want to feel normal about it but it's just tiring at this point. I'm hurt because I'd never say I hate anyone from any country, least of all Ireland.

>>7998190
I'm okay with giving new people room to grow for the most part, but it's that combined with her mouth that makes me want her to fucking get out and not come back. Every time she talks I literally have to stop myself from cringing outwardly. I understand that she's friends with several girls, but, fuck. Can't one of them talk to her about how to act in public places or around people who don't know her? It's humiliating.

>2006
>7th owner
>almost $90
>shit would be $30 in Japan

Friends, I give you the western Lolita market.

>>7998194

Poland?

>>7998201
Romania.

>>7998196
Do tell, for us outsiders.

>>7996624
Another Canadian here and I brave the cold anyway. Thermal tights, long jackets, and boots are your friend anon.

>>7998204
Tell what? Sorry, I'm being particularly dense tonight apparently.

>>7998198
>perfect for it's age
The fuck is that supposed to mean?

>>7998135
I share your feels man. So tired of people bitching and complaining of a half hour drive when I drive up to 2 1/2 hours away to attend meets, because as a mod, I feel like I should be supporting everyones meetups, and not just the ones run by the older girls who live close by.

That, and the "$20?! that's too expensive!" Sorry, but i'm not hosting an ILD meetup at fucking mcDonalds

>>7998194
I'm guessing somewhere in Eastern Europe from that? But I know a load of Eastern Europeans in Ireland and I have had literally one negative experience. If they're horrible to her it's because she's an all-around cunt. How can you even say that to someone and expect them not to take it personally, though? I did have one person here go "Haha, I hear Irish women are really ugly-looking, no offense!" to me, and I took that personally enough (though I didn't let on, of course). Like... how are you supposed to take that? I can't imagine she was very well-liked in Ireland, either. Was she in a comm in Ireland, do you know? Sorry for being nosy, I'm just super curious, it's such a small scene that it's surprising to hear about someone I don't know.

>>7998202
Ah, Romania. Yeah, a lot of Irish people are pretty racist against Romanians (though Italy takes it to new and exciting levels, I must say, to the point where a Romanian girl on my course decided not to go on Erasmus there because she was afraid she'd be beaten), but every Romanian I've met has actually been lovely.

>>7998198
Pretty accurate. That "7th owner" part made me cringe and almost all of my closet is secondhand burando too

>>7998208
Drink a coffee, anon.
Deets on the girl you're discussing.

What'd she do? What'd she say?
My curiosity is getting the better of me.

>>7998219
The trouble comes from people not knowing the difference between Romanians and Romanian gypsies, whom we aren't all that fond of ourselves.

>>7998231
I understand, but we have our own version of them in Ireland, and we get upset when English people conflate Irish Traveller stereotypes with non-Traveller Irish people, so we should really know better.

>>7998223
Ah, sorry. Too much alcohol tonight, so I'll probably regret dropping this much info tomorrow. But this girl, jesus. I can't fucking stand it anymore.

First time I met her she completely weirded me out by bringing up her asexuality into every other sentence out of her mouth. Like, we'd be talking about buying presents for peoples birthdays (or something, I don't remember) and she'd be all "I'm dating myself and give myself presents instead, you know, since I'm asexual!" or other bullshit. Super sparkly snowflake. Her outfit hadn't come in the mail in time, so she wore some cosplay to the meetup. Like, shitty piss blonde wig and go-go boots.
Next meetup is at a really upscale hotel, it's a catered pre-paid event. Snowflake shows up what looks to be an okay coordinate (KL jellyfish, with the same shitty wig, but at least there's hair accessories this time)... until I notice her shoes. They're fucking dance shoes spray painted gold, and the gold is flaking off. "They're from a cosplay, I don't feel like getting other shoes, since these work for both [cosplay and lolita] and they're comfortable". She's also wearing opaque white dance tights that have super obvious discoloration from wear, also from cosplay.

>>7998260
Cont.

After the tea we go to a winter festival a few blocks away. The town square is bustling with people. Apparently Snowflake's car has broken down and she's waiting for a jump. We all decide to wait with her. She proceeds to tell us (and the whole fucking town, and our newbies who were previously talking about how being stared at by passers by was scaring them and making them uncomfortable), VERY loudly, about how she's been "-scamming money out of guys online". Her own words. She's been hawking foot fetish photos and other porno type shit to desperate pervs online to make ends meet, which is why she could afford to come to the meetup.
Meanwhile, people are staring and the newbies look like they want to fucking die and or/run away from freak show we've unleashed on them. And I'm contemplating murder and desperately trying to divert the conversation.
>this girls is just so goddamn enraging to be around

>>7998235
Yeah, that was part of what made me kind of upset too.
Usually people who are treated similarly (other eastern Europeans, especially Hungarians and everyone from the Balkans) are really kind to us, so I guess I kind of expected the same from her. And I don't know whether she was in a comm there or not, sorry.

It's kind of unnerving because you never know whether people are genuinely nice to you or going "oh god, not another one" in their head.

It pisses me off when people wear a good cosplay and then wear something like high heel boots or gogo boots.

>>7998270
I sort of feel the same way when I'm talking to Australians, since basically all our trash moved over there (judging by the people I know who've gone, at least) and a lot of them seem to be making idiots of themselves. I'd like to think most people are being genuinely nice, though.
In Ireland I think it's mainly older people (especially from the country) and really, really uneducated people who have bigoted attitudes like that, so it's surprising and disappointing to hear about someone who's most likely in their 20s at the oldest and presumably educated enough to know better.

>>7998212

>>7998303
A Finnish girl once told me about how they got the exact same treatment before, how there was even a saying "a Finn again" when someone who was Finnish did something stupid and got arrested (which apparently happened often). We ended up talking about you guys as well, you were the example of how people change their opinions about immigrants over time and how all the other ones are forgotten when there's someone new.
It isn't even as bad as it used to be, in the 90s and early 00s we were lumped in with Slavs as the "troublesome immigrants" of the time, but now the attention seems to be going to muh terrorists and generally any Muslim excluding Bosnians (although to be fair Islam is a minority even there and they're mostly non-practicing).

>>7998269
This is fucking fascinating

>>7998044
Saaame.

>>7998321
I really should delete this. Now I feel bad for posting it. I'm not usually this type of person, but she made me feel so uncomfortable.

>>7998318
Actually, speaking of terrorists, another thing I think is really hypocritical is when Irish people act like all Muslims are terrorists (although to be fair, anti-Muslim sentiments aren't nearly as strong as they would be in, say, the UK, and we REALLY got on board with the whole Pro-Palestine movement, I guess a lot of people feel we're similar to them). It's like they forget that we were the terrorists as recently as the 90s. Hell, we still have terrorists, or at least, the North does, it's just the Muslims have stolen the limelight now.

>>7998336
>>7998318
I feel you both.
>tfw we were also the terrorists in the 90s
>tfw we're now a meme thanks to it and the same people who used to tell us to kill ourselves now call us bros for killing all those Muslims
I don't know how to feel about this
it was even a similar revenge-massacre scenario like the IRA have done

>>7998213
i just like watching the same girls who cry about "$40 for tea?!" proceed to get drunk on club drinks (ie costly) or buy awful-looking wigs/contacts for that price, but then have no other pieces to go with it. like, where are your priorities?

>>7998260
they weren't even dance tights, they were thigh highs that kept rolling down.

The SF comm is finally blossoming after we threw out the bad apples (we could still use some cleaning but whatev)

I can't help but side eye a few of the new members for their dysfunctional behavior and questionable taste in fashion. I feel bad for judging them before getting to know them but it's so hard to stop gravitating from the better dressed newbies and avoiding the itas.

This is why I love /cgl/.

>>7998368
>lel
I'm trying to think of other stuff she's done at other meets, but I think I've blocked most of it. She's just so fucking socially awkward.

>>7998020
bait quality is poor

Anons complaining about their lives on 4chan...

>>7998082
They're old people in Naruto....?

>>7998523
>please be bait.

>>7998333
oh it's not that bad don't worry

>>7998091
To be honest One Piece cosplay is so uncommon (besides Luffy) these days that just seeing the main characters is kinda refreshing

>>7996492
>30 year olds doing One piece
Robin, Hancock, Franky... lots of characters are older in One Piece

>>7998544
>implying that I was talking about 30 year olds shouldn't do One Piece.

I was talking about anon's com doing what was popular.

>>7998541
That's weird I see more JUMP series than any other cosplay series, including One Piece. I was hoping that Naruto would die down and World Trigger take over. I think Ass Class is going to be the next hot thing and Boku no Hero.

In September I got a lift to an event about 2 hours away and back from a girl in my comm. I offered to pay her back or make a bank transfer for the gas money but she said I could pay her back at the next meet but due to school and stuff I haven't been able to attend another meet and I also won't be able to for a while, at least until February. Should I send her a message again or just wait until I see her at a meet and pay for her food or something. I have no idea how much gas is since I don't have a car... I just don't want her to think I'm a freeloader.

>>7998679
Explain her the situation by message, and offer her a refound or to pay for her lunch. It'll look friendly and caring at the same time, and maybe you'll become friends.

I know it's terrible but I secretly love the fact that most of the cosplayers of my former community have gotten fat and I've gotten thinner (I used to be a chubster)
I know....I'm bitter and awful

>>7996549
What of the case of say, Vivienne Westwood Anglomania Wing Platforms

No print or artwork, just a platform shape with Hermes' shoe wings. Muh Plastic maybe?

>>7998736
Were those people flashy jerks of any kind or did you just have a resentment for the beauty they could display while you had to feel insecure participating in the same activity?

>>7996624
>wearing winter boots with lolita
It's nice not destroying my shoes and socks, it's terrible looking hideous.

>>7997786
iktfw, buddy. I took up handwriting and calligraphy so I could handwrite letters as cheap gifts.

Of course now I'm spending more on pens/fancy paper than I would like, but you can learn from my mistakes and stop at just one!

>>7998198
How do you even track 7 owners?

I am an older cosplayer and I feel all out of place at cons now. I'm a good 15 yrs older than the average congoer.

I usually feel awkward about this but have switched over to pompously saying in my head "Bitch I know sewing techniques you've never heard of and I do them well. Don't even try to look at me weird cause I am older. You can't see my talent cause you don't know what you are looking at."

And sure enough, when asked about my costumes it's always, "Where did you buy that? No, you did not make that....it looks finished...."

I will always feel bad for thinking that way but it's the only way I can feel not awkward.

>>8000128
Curious but how old are you?

I like to start drama on cgl.
No fucking regrets.

>>7998736
Naw anon its not terrible. I know lots of people who were thin because of their metabolisms and genetics fatten up as they are getting older because as it turns out you shouldn't just fill your body with crap. If they arent smart enough to take care of themselves as they age then that is their own fault.

I'm totally jelly. A girl in our comm is from an insanely rich family. She doesn't have to work, pay bills, do anything. Has endless free time to dress up half assedly, go places, take photos and subsequently clog up feeds. Definitely seems a nice person, but a) cannot coord for shit b) fat, and c) as hideous as the rest of them. Then again I'm just mad and jelly cuz I have to pay bills and support myself.

>>8000153
One of the goals on my bucket list to punch someone who goes on /cgl/. I don't even know why, it's such an odd desire but I want to do it so badly. I'm going to befriend someone at the /cgl/ meetup at AX, walk somewhere with them alone, then sucker punch them from behind and hope it knocks them out. I've been going to a boxing gym for 6 hours/week for the past 8 months for this purpose.

I also enjoy starting drama on cgl.

>>8000232
>>8000153

You two should go to jail if you are serious. Just Saiyan.

I recently got a friend into lolita, on accident. And I'm completely regretting it, she's very man-ish, and never wears make up at all, and doesn't want to wear it with lolita (it's too expensive she says). She pretty much copied my lolita tumblr url as well and messages me dozens of times daily, asking what she should coord her dress with. I've linked her to several lolita websites so she can learn for herself, but it's hopeless.

>>8000270

> not knowing basic knowledge of law
> says "just saiyan"

Go back to reddit.

>>8000232

Not even being sarcastic, I am amazed at your dedication to this. I hope your /cgl/ dreams are fulfilled anon (and that the other seagull is not too badly injured either)

I know, I'm really wishy washy.

>>7998853
Well this one girl was pretty bitchy to me so I think it's pretty funny that she's gotten bigger but insists on cosplaying skimpy stuff. There's another girl that got bigger too, she was always very nice so I feel kind of sad for her, I really hope she gets back on track.
It's probably my insecurity too, not gonna lie about that.

>>8000226
Yeaahh it's kind of fun to see that happen to really vain people.

>>7996517

Eh, not that anon but I don't approve of any kind of replica. Rocking horse shoes are one of those things where the ballet ones are a replica but if it's a design that VW never made, all it shares is the sole shape, then it's not really a replica.

As for my mundane clothes, I wear almost entirely shitty jeans t-shirts so I think I'm okay.

>
>miss alarm
>will be late for meetup
>would be rude to arrive late
>consider not going
>go anyway
>feel embarrassed in coord on metro
>rehearse reasons as to why i'm late
>arrive 45 minutes after scheduled start
>first one there
>seriously?

the above is false, i am not even a lolita. here's my true confession, i wanted a long post so only the invested would read it.

i'm frustrated with the amount of trolling /cgl/ gets and tired of reading the bullshit that keeps me off other boards. i've always felt annoyance for /cgl/ regulars who stir shit unnecessarily but these guys are beneath contempt because they come from the outside and their reasons for "invading the girl board" are dumb.

i'm mad at the regulars who keep falling for bait. if someone is arguing using awkward buzzwords or inflammatory language, stop talking to them. they are not real people with real ideas, they are trolls.

I wish I had girlfriend that was into cosplay.

Probably doesn't help that I'm a shy virgin guy and everyone here thinks Japanese culture is weird

>>7997830
Bad financial decisions, clever solution. Pat yourself on the back for a minute.

>>7997895
What's wrong with tacky? I see people using it to describe outfits all the time in non-cgl context

>>7996414
>problematic

You're in too deep.

>>7996449

That is some cheap ass rent. Try London

I found a girl from my city through her location field on the egl comm sales. She runs the local comm, and I've been kind of stalking her social media for the past week or so, looking for more members, where they went, etc. I'm not even trying to creep on her, I'm just shy and very anxious when it comes to meeting new people, so I want to collect some information before I decide to go to meetups, but I still feel so guilty doing it.

I'm so mad at cosplayers from my fandom, they're constantly bothering actors from the fandom with their cosplay pictures.. just why would you do that? It's so annoying, they're tweeting to their kids, telling them 'your daddy needs to see this!!', bother the actors with progress shots and constantly ask if they like the costume.. just why do they need the approval of actors, who probably can't even tell if you made the whole thing or got it on ebay?

>mom having mid life crisis and rediscovering herself, including her personal style
>trying to help guide her
>but someone else done goofed

Not joking. I will find you. I'm not taking the blame for this one, I may have started ita, but I know my style and I have never worn anything even remotely close to what I saw and would never lead my mom into thinking it was okay for her to wear. Trench coats, hot pink, adventure time, Tripp, band t's! I'm trying to help my mom rediscover herself at Nordstroms and someone helped her discover hot topic instead, I'm crying.

>>8000907
>one-upmanship about who's getting fucked more in housing costs

>>7996501
I'm like that too, but I finally talked to my mom about how i really wanted a dress, and now I got a real dress for christmas! Even though I'll still wear jeans and other boring clothes every day, it feels very good to own this beautiful piece!
Ask for a dress for Christmas or your birthday! better late than never!

>>7996869
I don't think seagulls usually ask these kinds of questions, anon. People visiting the board from elsewhere do.

>>8000681
Well, good job to you on getting in better shape!

I hope you begin to feel wonderful about yourself.

>>8000270
>starting drama
>Jail worthy.
Excuse me, what?

>>8001392
I think anon made a typo and was talking about that one anon who wanted to meet someone here solely to punch them.

>>8001419
>You two should go jail.
And she quoted my post and the one connected to mine.
I don't see how it can be any typo.
Not mad or anything, just legit wondering why I deserve jail time for starting delicious drama.

>>8000232
Thanks for reminding me the reason why I don't go to meet ups.

>>8001441
>She

Hahaha.

It was a mistake get over it. I was talking about the faggot >>8000232

>>8001458
I was just wondering, geez Louise.
So sour, son.

>>7996462
are you me anon? ex friends with a cosplayer who is popular on tumblr. it's really only for their pretty face cause their "cosplays" are just wig+whatever fucking clothes they have lying around. If they have anything resembling a costume they've either: bought it, had it made, or borrowed it from a friend. Not that you'd be able to tell since they like to pretend they made it and don't credit others for their work. They have never made a cosplay by themselves. And yet they've got thousands of little fangirls fawning over them and their shit gets thousands of notes. That shit pisses me off something fierce

Still it makes me laugh when they have aspirations like 'professional cosplayer'. And the fact that cgl shits on them every so often makes me happy. might just have a vendetta.....

I quit cosplay a couple of years ago because I had other really important commitments and they were affecting the quality of my costumes because I didn't have the time to work on them.

Now I'm getting back into the hobby, and I have loads of plans for elaborate costumes I thought I could handle now that I'm an adult and have the money and time to spare.

But I think I've lost my touch. I finished my first costume this weekend and although it held together, it was absolutely not up to my standards. I feel so discouraged, like I'm going to end up on one of the cringe threads if I continue with my other plans. I just don't know what to do. I want to go back to being good at things.

>>8002047
Who are they, anon?

>>7996438
You can do it anon! If you're nervous about your sewing ability, you should ask your friends to help you out! If you live nearby, maybe you could even sew together?

>>7996484
Or... they might just be gay? Or over 50? Or gay and over 50?

>>8002089
or a furry

>>8002077
tumblr user criedwolves

>>7996630
Aww :( I'm sorry anon, I hope you feel better soon! I get hand tremors too, but they're not quite that bad yet. Definitely see a doctor if you haven't already, I'm sure there's some way they can help! :) x

i'm so tired of newbie cosplayers from tumblr not listening to advice because working is too hard or that method is too expensive.

i'm sorry, but cosplay isn't easy or cheap to start. dropping $100 on a cosplay isn't uncommon even after you have most basic supplies, plus you have crafting supplies to buy, and you have techniques to master, and so on.

if you don't want help, don't ask for it then make up excuses why you can't take any of the advice. just throw on your unstyled ebay wig and tshirt and take your bathroom selfies and stop acting like you're taking cosplay seriously when you aren't.

>>8002169
>tumblr

Well that's your problem there.

>>8002259

i usually don't know they're tumblr kids until after offering real help.

one actually shot down my advice, a nicely worded "you literally cannot achieve this style with a $6 ebay wig", with "well, i just bought it, so i'm going to make this my headcanon."

after asking for wig advice.

it's at that point that i get frustrated and give up.

>>8001329
thanks anon, you're too kind

Confession: I am really fucking ugly. I wish I could participate in more of my comm's events but I really don't want my picture taken. I don't want my photo to end up here or anywhere else so a bunch of anons can circle jerk over how hideous and underweight I am. I already know. Lolita makes me feel pretty and cute even if I can only wear it alone.

>>8002101
Ooooh man, I know about them, they were (?) dating a friend of mine that they met over Tumblr. I didn't actually know anything about them, just that they were constantly shouting over Facebook about how they were such CUTE GAY BOYS for each other, over and over, to the point where it was almost all I ever saw on my feed. Ugh. It's interesting to hear new drams, though.

>>8002537
Anon, I'm sure you don't look as bad as you feel. Plus, a lot of being attractive isn't purely genetic. As long as you're clean and put-together, I'm sure you'll look at least decent.

>>8002067
I have the same problem. I didn't have a job for 2 years and learned to make fairly ok cosplay. I started to work and took a break until I had the time and money to start up again. Now I am trying to make a costume, that back then, should have been simple but it just keeps coming out like shit.

I can only hope I get back into it and remember how to make things.

>>7998081
We have a few obnoxious, bad-dressed bitches in my comm too and I wish it was more socially acceptable to ostracize them until they get their shit together. Newbies and itas are always crying about how elitist the lolita community is but imo we're not nearly elitist enough.

>>8002537
You aren't alone, anon. I never take photos of myself and avoid meetups for the same reason. I know I'm not pretty but I still worry about getting hate over my appearance. At least with lolita, I can feel pretty in my head.

Sigh, I went from being able to afford brand regularly to barely being able to pay a dress every few months.

Long term boyfriend had a sort of midlife crisis and dumped me, leaving me the flat to deal with (moving is way too expensive at this point and my family is hundreds of miles away). So I have just enough to pay the rent and bills and food but can't really spend on anything else, so lolita is out of the question for now.

After a few weeks he now wants to move back and my brand whore self is screaming to get him back just so I could go shopping again. I can't differentiate if I'd genuinely want him back or if it's just my venal side influencing me. As if it isn't hard enough as it is, between chosing to take back the guy who hurt me needlessly or trying to find a better boyfriend (when most of the guys just seem awful)

I used to display when I was younger, got utterly destroyed by classmates when they found out, aka chubby kid get bullied. A few friends were cool but I stopped.

Puberty slaps me with its hard, erect penis, I become good looking, start lifting and become pretty damn charming.

Problem is that due to fitness and not being a king of autism, most (male) cosplayers get jelly and call me fake because I go gym.

Mfw cosplayers are worse than non cosplayers because they're cripplingly insecure

>>8002679

Used to cosplay* Using phone on the way to work.

>>8002650
Are you me, anon?
I don't know if cameras show you how you really look like or not (lord I hope not), but I always end up having these really odd proportions in each photo and it looks so devastating.
Only recently have I come to terms with my appearance, and now I can actually look into the mirror and go "hmm, could be worse I suppose" but in every single god damn photo one of my eyes looks visibly bigger than the other, my nose is curved to one side and I have a long face with grandma cheeks while irl I have a roundish pancake face.

I really, really hope that the camera lies more than the mirror.

>>8002696
That's cause you don't truly look like what you see in your mirror. Faces are not 100% symmetricals and we're used to see our own face in the mirror while others (and photos) see us the correct way. I always drew myself with my bangs to the wrong side and when I tried to correct my drawing it felt strange already so it's normal you pick up on the differences on pictures and think you look weird.

Also there's angles and light too, it makes a huge difference when you ask someone tall or small to take a pic so I guess try to find your best angle and position yourself in front of the camera.

I also hate when people take pictures of me rather than selfies because I never see what I look like and 9 times out of 10 I look like crap with a terrible smile.

>>8002702
>tfw I'm a hideous craythur from the fiery depths of hell
should have known

>>8002677
It doesn't sound like you really want to get back with the guy nor does it sound like he deserves it.

Why don't you look for a roomate? This way you can split the rent and other expenses, be able to buy more burando and can look for a nice boyfriend that you actually like.

>>8002696
Most people have asymmetrical faces, perfect symmetry is rare. My nose is slightly crooked and so is my jaw, I will be getting braces and I asked my orthodontist if it will at least make my jaw straight. She told me maybe or maybe not and that most people have asymmetrical faces.

A mirror shows a symmetrically flipped version of you and your brain is used to that. Our photos show us somewhat of how really look and we aren't used to it. Photos can also look more distorted depending on lens quality, lighting, etc.

I actually noticed my crooked nose through photos and it turns out I have a deviated septum, you might have the same.

>>8002696
Follow the advice in >>8002702, Anon!
You are probably nowhere near as ugly as you think. But the longer you stare at a mirror or unflattering picture of yourself the more you can convince your mind you look ugly.
I'm not the prettiest girl either, and I'm okay with that. I work extra hard on my coords and grew out my hair to make up for the fact that my face isn't beautiful. Have a few tips:
>maybe grow out your hair; it helped me with my confidence to have something pretty that people will often compliment me on

-learn how to use make up!! This can change so much about your appareance

-learn what angle and posing flatters you. Take a million selfies with auto timer until you found out what poses you like, what angle flatters your face. This can make so much difference and will make you feel more comfortable if a picture gets taken at a meet up. I always end up doing the same 3 poses but who cares, they make me look good.

-Just push every negative thought aside. I usually avoid staring into the mirror for too long and I don't allow myself to endlessly pity or hate myself for my appareance anymore.

-people probably won't care as much as you do or think they do. Sure, we're all sandy bitches here but irl no one give two fucks about you or your incredibly small nitpicks, trust me.

I believe in you Anon! Please don't let such insecurities control your life.

>>8002717
Another thing is to not compare ourselves to other people, that can also distort our self- image.

>>8002720
>Another thing is to not compare ourselves to other people, that can also distort our self- image.
Yes, this so much.

Especially applies to people you see on the internet. Why do you think many Lolitas look so good? Because angles, lightning, make up, often a bit of Photoshop too. I myself am no exception. But many people seem to forget that.

>>8002650
>>8002696
I just cover my face with a sticker, problem solved.

>>8002706
>Craythur
I think I know who you are, and you are NOT hiddy.
Love,
Your Manjawed Pal.

>>8002728
Same here. I pretty much give up on trying to have a nice face in photos, it's much easier just to cover it up.

>>8002729
I have been sitting here for ten minutes trying to suss who this Manjawed is and whether I have actually seen any Indian people around, until I figured it out. kek

>>8002738
Knew I should've hyphenated that, soz.

>>8002741
Nah it's all right, I haven't slept in a day now so it's to be expected.

>>8002709
Yeah I know, it's really complicated because he managed to break all the trust I had for him. After all these years I guess you get a bit bored of your partner and it was working because I loved him. Now that he tries to come back it's even more boring than dates with new guys because he doesn't attract me that much (he's not hideous but I got used to his face I guess) and I already know everything about him.
Plus all of my friends' boyfriends are quite lame so I don't know if I'll find a better guy than this one. Although he says he'll try to seduce me again and change but I also got a taste of fake promises.

Also thank for the advices but I already looked at a lot of options and basically keeping the whole thing is less expensive. I can't bring roomates because I only got one bedroom and animals in the livingroom (I'd rather skip on the burando than sleep on the couch and let a stranger sleep on my 500€+ bed). Even tried to see if I could sell that huge ass bed for two smaller bed + mattress but that'd be more expensive and the big mattress would be hardcore to resell since stupid ex made a stain on it before leaving.

>>8002717
Pretty much everybody got the potential to be downright beautiful. Most ugly girls I see are either overweight (let's face it, it rarely suits someone, even though I won't think someone is ugly because they're chubby), have a terrible haircut (or just unstyled hairs basically), are dressed frumpy and got a fucking bad posture.

I'm not even at a stade where I think I'm pretty everyday but from what I gathered mostly you'll look pretty just by having a clear skin, properly pluck/wax hairs and especially your eyebrows (you can't believe how much they change your look). Have a hairstyle that suits your face. Not one you think looks good on someone you admire. You'll have to try and test different hairstyles and colors and if you're too tired to do your hairs every morning, find an easy hairstyle like a messy bun or a bread, whatever.

Also like anon said, being confident makes you legit prettier. For example I was slightly overweight when I was younger and I'd have a bad posture because I was too conscious of my tummy. Standing straight made me look actually a bit thinner but I had to accept to stop hiding my bellyfat.

Aaaaand finally don't fucking photoshop your face. I swear. I did that once and when I compared the original pic to the perfect one, holy shit, I felt bad. Photoshop away your zits, your redness, some annoying hairs whatever but unless you want to be depressed don't change your features (nose, bones, eyes) because you can't rationalise that you'll ever look like that without surgery.
Unless they're crazy, those living dolls and tumblrinas that photoshop the fuck out of their face must feel terribad.

>>8002702
Can the same concept be applied to bodies..? I also feel really ugly, but I also look incredibly fat in mirrors and in photos. I've been working out and losing so much weight (I'm 157cm 43kg now, from 57kg) and I'm still so fucking unhappy with how I look. It doesn't look like I have a defined waist line, even though there's 24cm difference between my waist and my bust line, and 30.5cm between my waist and my hips. I don't know what I'm doing wrong.

>>7996588
I have the opposite. Almost of of the girls in my community are really cute and attractive and it makes me feel super self conscious.

>>7995038
I'm addicted to shoplifting.
In that time of the year i just can't stop and stole everything kawaii i see and stuff it into my bloomers or if it's accessories i put them in my wallet in the secret pouch or once again in my bloomer. I don't steal too much but i'm addicted and it's terrible i feel terrible

>>8002966
How have you not been caught?
Bloomers are awkward as hell to get to, most don't have pockets, and the elastic at the bottom isn't strong enough to endure much weight.

Also, bad idea shoplifting in conspicuous clothing.

You sound like a moron.

>>8002968
Mang i shoplift in otome no one thinks i got bloomies under that cute ass dress.
I look super kawaii dolly innocent so most of the time i just look like a cute and sweet little girl.

>>8002968
Also yes i'm such a moron that i've never been caught.
But that is not the problem i really need to stop doing that bullshit

I'm losing my job (goodbye federal funding), and I had to sell 80% of my Lolita wardrobe to get through Nov-Dec. and buy Christmas presents for my family. I have to survive off 500$ from my last paycheck and whatever I can make from my handmade shop until I can pick up a new contract somewhere. I see all of my FB friends buying new releases and pretty things, and it literally makes me sad. Not jealous, I'm happy for them...but sad, because I am too broke for the first time in a long time to even pick up a new skirt secondhand, and I don't know when I'll be able to do so again.

>>8000943
I wanna know what fandom this is. That sounds so embarrassing lol.

>>7998042
Irish lolitas all need to go home

>>7998087
I want to move to Italy, what's the comm like?

>>7998194
Are you Romanian? That happens to me too, and I got asked if i'm a 'gyppo' at a meetup.

>>8002968
If you're so very conspicuous, no-one ever suspects.

>>8002915
That sounds more like a perception issue on your own part, there's no way you're looking chubby at 43kg, especially if you've been working out (i.e., you're not skinny-fat).

>>8003078
I don't get it, I'm dirty blonde for fuck sake. I doubt I'd get mistaken for a gypsy but some people have asked me if I was or if I had "cigany" in my family.
I don't look brown, I don't have black hair what do you fucking think?
Same thing happened to my twin brother and some had even said "oh by the way did you know Octavian's a gypsy?"
Jesus...

>>8003070
Fuk u, I'll go where I want. Although I did just go home.

>>8003074
I haven't been to a meetup yet, but everyone on the comm page seems pretty nice, and there are definitely some really excellent lolitas there. I can only speak for the North, though. Most of the meets seem to be either in Milan or Padova.

I applied to the local lolita comm's facebook group weeks ago and messaged the admins. Haven't heard anything back. I just want some people to discuss coords and new release with, but the obvious carelessness is turning me off trying.

I used to be friends with this guy, my close friend group essentially got him into cosplay. We helped him with everything because he couldn't sew, I even made nice gifs for his cosplay ask blog for him.

Now he never really credited us but I didn't think much of it until he started getting really popular. He started getting questions about making cosplay and he just sort of bullshit answers out of his ass. Still I tolerated it.

We had a bit if a falling out around last Feb due to him being super self centered and me going through a depressive episode and being unable to manage with him constantly flaunting in my face.

Then, he decides last minute to go to an out of town con. He doesn't have the cosplay he wants for the con so he asks me for mine. I don't want to give it to him but I know if I don't he'll start whining about me on his blog so I lend it to him. I haven't seen this cosplay since. He never credited me for making it.

Even worse, this isn't the only time. Another cosplay I made for a mutual friend ended up not only in his hands but he answered questions about making it! Knowing full well that I had made it.

tl;dr: famous cosplayer got popular taking credit for work I did for him and now doesn't even acknowledge my existence

All the people I've met who like the same anime as I do are tumblr SJWs, fujoshi shippers, otherkin/fictionkin, bad cosplayers or just insane.

>>8003210
Sorry for your shit taste, anon.

>>8003216
I don't think it's bad. It's actually a series that didn't get recognized by that many people until recently. The author does have a tendency to include trans etc. themes in his works so it's not really surprising, but it kind of bothers me that the fanbase seems to be full tumblr these days.

>>8003226
anon, I'm here.
Let's be friends.

Oh and I wish tumblr never discovered Haikyuu and Yowamushi Pedal either. But I guess there's a price to pay when you like a series with lot of male characters. I just wish there could be some other kind of discussion than who fucks who.

>>8003197
Assuming you and your friends are no longer making costumes for him he'll have to find some other way to get them. Either he will try to sew himself and fail, buy online and get caught out, or commission someone and get called out by them. It will bite him in the ass anon, don't worry about that.

>>8003226
Togashi and Naoko are such a mangaka power couple, I love how both of them have never been afraid to include people that don't fit into the usual molds in their manga. Now if only Togashi could resolve his health issues...

>>8003226
Oh god, is it? I'm making a Hisoka cosplay myself, and while I guess I've seen a few "if you like Hisoka you're a TERRIBLE PERSON" posts my little fandom corner just sort of giggles at them. I don't know what the greater fandom is like though.

>>8003337
Oh no, we don't even talk to him anymore. Unfortunately he's so insanely popular that now he's got sponsors to send him shit and everyone who follows him is completely ignorant of his shit personality.

>have immigrant parents
>childhood deprived of Christmases
>tell bf that I would be happy with dollar-store shit as long as I have tons of things to unwrap
>he tells me he will get some for my stocking
>also says I'll get something all the way from Japan
>my excitement
>I just can't even

>>8003146
Is Southern Italians really as bad as people say they are?

>>8003617
Like, lolita-wise? I don't know, I've never been further south than Bologna. But I've met a few southerners and they've been really nice. It's poorer down there for sure, but it doesn't mean people are bad.

>>8003450
Hisoka gives me all the ladyboners, so I guess I'm a terrible person. I just wish he wouldn't get boners over 12+ year olds.

I still get emails from Milanoo from when I was a newb and made an account...

>>8000153
I love starting drama on /cgl/ too. I don't do it on the threads like contacts, feels, or help but the stupid ones. Almost always they take the bait.

>I don't do this in real life but it feels so good to do it online.

>Make sword prop for cosplay
>Everyone amazed at how great and smooth it looks
>Tells everyone how hard it was to make it
>Everyone loves me for it

>3D file uploaded into bock 3D milling machine at university's 3D Engineering Fabrication and Machining Lab (that I work at)
>15 mins to make 3D file
>1 hour for machine to cut it out for me

>People commission props from me now (UNPAINTED)
>Charge people $200+
>Materials only cost $15 at most for pvc blocks (research student discount-- prof knows about it)
>Only spends 2 hours at most making them

NO ONE KNOWS

>>8003028
The Hobbit. Thorin's actor, Richard Armitage, even proclaimed that he's freaked out by crossplaying girls sticking beards to their faces and everyone in the fandom knows it, but still there are a buttload of cosplayers thinking their cosuplay is so special that actors and Jackson need to see it.
I get the worst secondhand embarrassment about those cosplayers.

There is just something about the way she's holding this gun that is jingling my bells in ways it shouldn't. The entire photo feels ruined because of it.

>>8004932
I don't see anything wrong but I'm sure there's some resident autistics that're going to cry muh trigger discipline any second now

I'm getting tired of the friends I have, as miserable as it sounds, I want new ones that won't make me feel like shit about myself. They've helped me through a lot but I need people I can truly be myself around. Esp at cons, they're always so negative about everything. I just want to have fun.

>>8004848

Oh shit I know who you are

>>8004939
it's a fake gun and she's posing as if she's taking aim on something
If she didn't have her finger on the trigger, it'd be wrong

>>8004932

Besides the obvious "trigger discipline" people complain about there's also the fact that her arms look like they're fully extended/locked instead of being slightly bent. Her posture doesn't help either but that's just being nit-picky. However, she does look like she's taking aim at something so the trigger discipline thing doesn't really count in this regard.

I highly doubt she regularly goes shooting guns but whatever. Props to her for cupping her other hand though, most don't do that.

There is this girl in our cosplay community, that asks questions of how to make every single piece of her cosplay every other day. She has done a pretty crappy ice dress Elsa and is now making coronation Elsa, and I am just so tired of seeing her asking questions about fucking everything!

She asks questions about what materials you can see in other cosplayers photos, questions about what exact color her fabric should be (and when you link her websites with fabric in the closest color, she bitch about it not being accurate enough) and she posts progress pictures in the FB group whenever she has made anything new on her cosplay (she has a facebook page but since she doesn't get any likes there she posts it in the FB group too)

And then she tries to have a Q&A on her FB page about cosplay, and gets mad when there is nobody who wants to ask her questions. (Why would anyone want to ask you questions about cosplay when YOU have to ask for help for every single thing you do). She also posts tutorials of stuff she have only made once (like gloves). Most recently she asked for advice on how to open up a page for people to donate money for her cosplays. She wants to do this thing where you can hire a Disney Princess cosplayer to events and such, and then she "HAD to have money to buy super expensive fabric for her Elsa cape" and got pissy when people adviced her not to ask for donations.

>>8002915
>I'm 157cm 43kg now
You are not fat, anon, more like drifting into extremely underweight. My best friend is shorter than you, weighs the same and she's all bones.

Take it from someone who's 162cm and 49kg. When I was 46kg I looked like death and I was the only one that didn't notice because when I looked in the mirror I still thought I was fat.

>>8004848
I have a feeling I know who you are too.
Eh well if people are willing to pay the price and the product is good then good for you I guess. Most don't have the access to the works so yeah.