/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

[Anonymous No.8525700]

When are people too old for cosplay?

[Anonymous No.8525705]

When they start picking characters that they are clearly too old for. It's fine to cosplay til you're old and gray but no one wants to see a 50something year old cosplaying a teenager unless you're going for a joke cosplay like your picture. Get older, cosplay older characters.

[Anonymous No.8525708]

>>8525700
anyone over 23. No, I'm not trolling, I'm serious. They should focus on their lives and starting families.

[Anonymous No.8525709]

>>8525705
I wouldn't even want to see 40 year olds in cosplay really.

[Anonymous No.8525718]

When I see an older woman trying to pander to the masses for her withering cam whoring business I cringe. It's just now how I figured most cosplay idols would end up.

[Anonymous No.8525722]

>>8525718
That design is really stupid-looking

[Anonymous No.8525728]

>>8525700
never. i recently saw a granny in a wheelchair cosplaying from star wars and it was the coolest shit.

[Anonymous No.8525732]

>>8525709
I picked an arbitrary age but if they're 40 and pick something suitable for a 40 year old then that's fine.

[Anonymous No.8525740]

>>8525700
30. Late 20's is pushing it.

>>8525708
>They should focus on starting families.
Why?

[Anonymous No.8525745]

>>8525708
not everyone wants a family/children

[Anonymous No.8525752]

As long as they can pull it off and look the age.
if a 60 year old man wants to cosplay as Ben Kenobi, that's great!

>>8525708
>They should focus on their lives and starting families
>23
>Right out of college
Are you against having fun?

[Anonymous No.8525770]

>>8525700
We're all dying, some of us faster than others. Who cares if some oldfag is dressing up like a cartoon character? Not me.

[Anonymous No.8525771]

>>8525770
Your time has come oldfag.

[Anonymous No.8525773]

>>8525708
I think you can "focus on your live" in many ways which exclude families and shockingly might even include hobbies such as cosplay.

[Anonymous No.8525774]

>>8525705
I can't wait until I'm old and can do old people costumes, I'm going to look frigging adorable. Posting some old people I've seen at cons.

[Anonymous No.8525777]

[Anonymous No.8525782]

>>8525771
It really has.

[Anonymous No.8525785]

I miss my nan

[Anonymous No.8525788]

>>8525777
Holy shit she looks like the kindest lady ever

[Anonymous No.8525800]

>>8525708
Even people with families can still cosplay and have fun.

[Anonymous No.8525804]

>>8525708
and people at 23 shouldn't even be worrying about starting families (not including people who don't even want children)

[Anonymous No.8525810]

>>8525788
She really was. She was with her son and he seemed a little pissed she was getting more attention than him lmao. But she was very sweet and friendly.

[Anonymous No.8525814]

>>8525708
23 is WAAAAAY too early to be starting a family. Wait till your late 20s, minimum.

[Anonymous No.8525847]

>>8525700
When they stop having fun with it.

[Anonymous No.8525866]

>>8525800
Even racist old me can't hate on that family.

[Anonymous No.8525891]

>>8525708
I'm 29 and still cosplaying. and I don't want to have a family.
you sound very young.

[Anonymous No.8525893]

>>8525700
never. you're never too old to have a hobby.
also that woman from op picture is wonderful

[Anonymous No.8525898]

>>8525708
I'm sure once you turn 23, anon, you will have everything together in your life and will want screaming children sucking your money and time dry.

Also,
>Believing anyone over the age of 23 gives a shit what anon on /cgl/ think.

[Anonymous No.8525916]

>>8525708
>21 century
>starting a family
no.

[Anonymous No.8525941]

>>8525700
Why is this even a question?

[Anonymous No.8525947]

whenever they have kids.
or whenever theyre 25+ years and has no career but puts "cosplay" as a priority rather than getting their life together and posts sob stories of how
no job , might not go to a con , type of bull shit

[Anonymous No.8525979]

Holy shit everything about this thread. No fun allowed etc.

[Anonymous No.8525989]

>>8525708
4chan is 18+.

[Anonymous No.8526004]

At the end of the day you can have whatever opinion you like but people are gonna do whatever they want. And it's not really hurting anyone to see some Grandpa Joes or Ben Kenobis or Yubabas out there

[Anonymous No.8526006]

Never. What kind of stupid question is that?

The real question is when are people to young for cosplay?

[Anonymous No.8526010]

>>8526006
It all depends. In the last con I went, I saw clearly below 12 girls, doing Yotsuba and K-On girls and it was the most adorable thing.

[Anonymous No.8526019]

>>8525708
Most people only go to cons once or twice a year. Cons are basically vacations. Are people who have jobs and families not allowed to have vacations?

Also 23 is way too young to be having kids. Most 23-year-olds are still somewhat dependent on their own parents due to being fresh out of college and needing help to figure out the next step, and they likely don't make near enough money to support a child. If they want to cosplay on the side, that's fine. It's pretty easy to save up for cons and cosplay even if you have a full time job at a grocery store.

Something tells me you're underage and shouldn't be posting on this website.

[Anonymous No.8526021]

We should really start adding "when are you too old for lolita/cosplay" to the newfag bingo

[Anonymous No.8526296]

>>8525773
This

[Anonymous No.8526299]

>>8525777
Amazing!

[Anonymous No.8526305]

>>8525718
that cover art looks off.

[Anonymous No.8526351]

>>8526019
Nope, I'm 19. Been cosplaying since I was 13 and I already feel old and out of place. Playing dress up is for kids not for grown ups.

[Anonymous No.8526356]

>>8526351
You'll probably turn out to be one of those cranky middle-aged people who forgot what fun is after they turned 30.

I pity you, child.

[Anonymous No.8526376]

>>8526351
Have fun cleaning up after your screaming, shitting offspring while the rest of us in our early 20's are still having fun and enjoying our youth while we can.

[Anonymous No.8526380]

>>8525700
>>8525774
>>8525777
These are really cute.
1) They're covered and not inappropriate.
2) Sophie and the godmother are canonically old.
3) They look approachable and not like crusty old hags.


This rat >>8525718 is the nastiest thing in the thread as of now.

[Anonymous No.8526385]

>>8525718

[Anonymous No.8526388]

>>8525708
23 is when it gets good. You're out of the house, you're out of school, and you've got money for your expensive ass hobby.

[Anonymous No.8526397]

>>8526351
>mfw I'm 24 and work as a character designer and all of my bosses love that I'm a cosplayer cause it means I can design things that are accessible to make.

It's stupid to say that there's an age where it's 'too old' to cosplay because then where are all the good Joel (TLoU) and RIck (WD) cosplays gonna come from? There are literally characters from every age group.
Who gives a damn who cosplays what? it's a hobby. It's like saying 'oh you're too young to knit'. Maybe instead of trying to tell people older than you to figure their life out maybe you should figure out your's instead.

[Anonymous No.8526477]

>>8525708
I'm in my early 30s and now have enough knowledge and experience to make really good shit and so much disposable income I can do whatever I want when it comes to cosplay or fashion. Nobody who does what I do has kids before 30, and that's early. 35 is average.

[Anonymous No.8526484]

>>8526397
You're talking to a 19 year old, of course they have boxed worldviews. Those will change, quickly.

[Anonymous No.8526489]

>>8525700
Apparently never. How it seems to work to me is that you're either born too old to want to cosplay, or you never grow out of doing it.

[Anonymous No.8526493]

>>8526351
>>8525740
>>8525709
>>8525708
>ITT Young skanks be jelly that 30 y/o's are showing them up and desperately want to put an end to it.

[Anonymous No.8526500]

>>8526385
It's amazing how much younger she looks here. If she just wore natural-style makeup she'd be a lot prettier.

[Anonymous No.8526503]

>>8526397
>Rick cosplays
>not Lee or Kenny

You're breaking my heart anon

>>8526500
Seconding. I wouldn't even recognize her. That smile too, it seems so genuine on someone I'm used to only seeing painted.

[Anonymous No.8526519]

>>8525708
>They should focus on their lives and starting families.
>23
This is part of why most parents are such shit. People think the right time to have a family is straight out of college and hardly anyone who does this is actually ready, even if they think they are. I have so many friends who did this and not only did they have no time to enjoy life on their own, but they're awful parents because they have absolutely no idea what they're doing or real world experience. How the fuck can people expect to properly take care of kids when they haven't even had time to take care of themselves?

Go on and throw away living for yourself at 23, in the mean time I'll enjoy conventions and not having crotch spawn glued to my tit all day.

Also, if you can't imagine someone cosplaying without it being their entire life to the point of having to sacrifice everything else, you are literally retarded.

[Anonymous No.8526539]

>>8526385
She looks like 15 years younger. I have never seen a pic of her without makeup taken past 2003, so I just assumed she looked even worse without it, but it's just such a huge improvement. Can someone alert her of this?

[Anonymous No.8526544]

>>8525708
Starting a family right out of college. OKAY. Anon. I'm not mormon.

[Anonymous No.8526559]

>>8525700
You know, some people just really like dressing up. I feel like a lot of people who love cosplay, love Halloween, and this is Halloween year round.
Hobbies you can be too old for..I can't think of any. Unless it's just bad for your health or you can't afford it. Or you're like preying on younger people.
If you're like 35 at a con, and you're there with your boyfriend or wife or whatever and you're cosplaying, but also just minding your own business..I see no problem?
I'm 21, I'm still cosplaying but I'm making less costumes and going to less cons, but I'm going to more expensive ones. It's like my once or twice a year vacation.

[Anonymous No.8526563]

>>8526397
Just want to say how jealous I am of your job, anon. Well done.

[Anonymous No.8526565]

>>8526493

Pretty much. Once you're in your mid 20s and beyond you actually have the time and disposable income to do some nice shit. If you "grow out of" something in your adult life you probably weren't that attached to it to begin with.

[Anonymous No.8526688]

Never too old to cosplay, just cosplay different things. Don't worry about 'age appropriate' until you actually look that age. A lot of 30 year olds I know look around 20 because no kids, keeping chill, good skincare, no smoking.

[Anonymous No.8526694]

Never too old bruh.

[Anonymous No.8526712]

i can't wait until i'm old enough to cosplay this motherfucker.

i mean, i can wait, but it's something to look forward to.

[Anonymous No.8526713]

when are people too young for their cosplays?

[Anonymous No.8526716]

>>8526713

[Anonymous No.8526719]

>>8526716

[Anonymous No.8526721]

>>8526713

[Anonymous No.8526728]

>>8526719
ned stark

[Anonymous No.8526729]

>>8526713
When they're not able to dress themselves. Parents who force their kids to cosplay are the worst.

[Anonymous No.8526730]

>>8526712
I would totally cosplay as Adama when I'm older if I wasn't asian :(

>tfw no strong asian male characters in BSG

[Anonymous No.8526961]

>>8526519
>crotch spawn glued to my tit
beautiful. thank you.

[Anonymous No.8527008]

>>8526730
i don't think being asian would be an issue. Olmos has an ambiguous look thanks to being half Mexican, and it's not like caucasians let their ethnicity stop them from cosplaying anime characters.

[Anonymous No.8527032]

I got married at 18, had my first kid at 20, the second at 23. I love my family, but I realize now that I wasn't ready for so much responsibility so early. Live your life before settling down. Be young, cosplay, explore, and have adventures! Because now I feel ancient, and I'm only 26. Don't do what I did.

[Anonymous No.8527066]

18 years old

[Anonymous No.8527087]

>>8525847
You get it.

[Anonymous No.8527127]

>>8526351
You're a fucking moron child

[Anonymous No.8527149]

>>8526351
Then why are you still here?

You can't say it's for lolita, because that's basically like dressing up in little girl clothes.

[Anonymous No.8527174]

>>8527149
probably a crossboarder only here for fap material, and upset that it's not all jailbait.

[Anonymous No.8527178]

ITT underage. Enjoy banking on your youth and wearing the shit I sell you in the beginners bracket.

[Anonymous No.8527185]

>>8527032
My best friend did exactly this, down to the ages and everything. We're a few years younger than you, and are very distant friends now.
I'll always feel a bit sad for her and wonder if she ever regrets it, even though she loves her family to death and always wanted to be a mom. She can't really do very many social/fun things, and I don't like to bring up my adventures or party stories to her anymore. It is what it is though.

[Anonymous No.8527197]

Never, seriously. Are you going to really tell old people to stop cosplaying, when they are largely the reason that cosplay is still around today? Go to a costume-con or worldcon and get educated on the talented older people who made the hobby what it is, and still continue to make gorgeous costumes.

[Anonymous No.8527222]

>>8526351
Maybe you shouldn't be friends with children. There are plenty of older cosplayers haha

[Anonymous No.8527225]

>>8527185
On the upside, it means her kids will be out of the house when she's 40, and if she has her shit together and a decent salary 40 is quite young for enjoying oneself with disposable income and no kids. While I never would have had a baby before 30 under any circumstances, I do think being over 50 when the kid moves out and the child having fewer years with grandparents (my mom's awesome) are downsides.

[Anonymous No.8527241]

I personally think you should reconsider if you are cosplaying a character >15 years younger than you are without aging the ensemble up to match. The reverse of that age gap is also iffy but weathering skin/eyes with makeup and prosthetics is already common enough to get by. These are all assuming the character ages at the pace of normal humans.

And those are just personal nitpicks, no one can stop you from cosplaying at any age, so why should you stop unless you want to?

[Anonymous No.8527246]

You're never too old to cosplay in general but that doesn't mean there aren't circumstances where you'll stand out and look weird if you're older. Generally if you're alone and old you're going to look weird - same with older people who are trying to cosplay the ~super kawaii~ teenage characters and end up looking haggard.

Cosplay something age-appropriate, though, and people will love you. I fucking love seeing older people in cosplay, provided they're cosplaying older characters.

[Anonymous No.8527697]

>>8526729
Does putting your infant in a dinosaur costume or a fuzzy bear costume count as forcing them?

[Anonymous No.8527734]

>>8526351
You are a kid. You have a lot of growing up and learning to do. Thinking you know better than your elders because you're of legal adulthood is a sure sign of being a child.

Enjoying and being passionate about a hobby that gives you joy and excitement is ageless. Whether it be making and wearing silly costumes or scrapbooking or whatever us "grown ups" are supposed to be doing with our spare time between increasing the world's population, consuming resources, and paying taxes.

Sooner or later old age is going to slap you in the face and you would've wished you'd done all those things when you were young. Young meaning before your body starts giving out not some arbitrary number you think is to old to do things.

If cosplay no longer suits you, find another hobby. But for many of us, we've been enjoying this scene for a very long time: much longer than you, and I know people who have been into this since you were in diapers.

[Anonymous No.8527739]

when they tire of it.

[Anonymous No.8527756]

>>8527246
Most older cosplayers creep me out, but when they go all-out, it's beautiful to behold.

[Anonymous No.8527776]

>>8527756
>'go all out'
> commercial halloween costume

If that guy's "older," then pretty much everyone who actually "goes all out" is older. The people who invest serious time and money in Halo armor or screen accurate Batman costumes or whatever are rarely under 30 and many are middle-age-ish. Seems like a lot of people in this thread are 19-year-olds who are barely aware that non-anime cons exist.

[Anonymous No.8527795]

>>8527776
Well said. I think you can become too old for anime conventions. Sci-fi/pop culture conventions are more all-ages. You will meet all kinds of people there. It's interesting because many of the older cosplayers have years and years of skill and make their own amazing stuff.

I think cosplay is fine at any age. It really depends on the person and how well they've aged.

[Anonymous No.8527843]

As far as age ranges go, it all depends on what you wear, and what you do. If you are early 20s and dress as the youngish characters and act silly and do dumb things, that is fine. You can't do the same in your early 30s, but that doesn't mean you can still attend cons and have fun, you just have to adjust your cosplays and the way you present yourself more appropriately.
I know some people who are in their 50s, and still go to cons and still dress up, but they are not wearing Sailor Moon outfits and going to the raves. They are going as the older, dignified characters and presenting themselves that way. Then there are the "con moms and dads" who go with their kids, and dress with them and have a great time. And then there are the ones who are retired, but have been going to cons for years and know the ins and outs better than most, and help to run the cons.
There is no age limit on cosplaying or going to cons, you just have to be aware of what is considered to be socially appropriate for your age.

[Anonymous No.8527968]

>>8526351
>Playing dress up is for kids not for grown ups

LOL. 19 is grown up. Cute. You sound soooo boring. "I'm 19 now. Gotta think about investing in stocks and starting a college fund for my children."

[Anonymous No.8528013]

Okay all of you saying people older than x can't cosplay, please, come back to us when you pass that age and still, with no surprise, enjoy a hobby because hobbies aren't defined by age.

[Anonymous No.8528188]

>>8526351
I'm only a year older than you, but really? You think at 19-23 years old you're suddenly a wise old adult who has figured it all out and is mature enough to handle raising kids? I still feel like a kid myself, I couldn't imagine getting married and starting a family in 3 short years.

And what would you consider an "age-appropriate" hobby for people our age? Are we too old for video games and cartoons too? What a sad and boring life you must lead.

One piece of advice I can give you is to never have the "I'm too old for this and that" mentality. Age is just a number, and we are only put on this Earth for a short amount of time so why end all fun and stop doing things we enjoy just because we're getting older...If it's not socially acceptable it's one thing, but hobbies like cosplay have no set age where you have to give it up. Dressing up is for little kids? Tell us that again once they start replacing adult actors with 10-year-olds in movies and plays because "adults can't wear costumes". To be honest you sound way more immature than the people you're trying to put down.

[Anonymous No.8528199]

>>8528013
Most hobbies aren't directly linked to your physical appearance. The ultimate goal you're trying to achieve is to look good while portraying a character. Pretty much everyone here has been on a bad cosplay/cringe thread and have negative thoughts when they see an an overweight cosplayer or someone with a poorly made costume or someone who is just plain ugly. Unless you plan on cod playing older characters, you'll just be as terrible and cringe worthy as these people.

[Anonymous No.8528205]

>>8525728
This

[Anonymous No.8528793]

I think all the cosplayers that have been around for years and are in their 30's need to stop.

[Anonymous No.8528816]

For a man: 40

For a woman: 25

[Anonymous No.8528883]

I don't think there is a specific age where you need to stop cosplaying. Only stop if you lose interest.

But one thing I hate are nobodies in their mid-20's and 30's who are desperately promoting themselves all over the internet and trying to make a career out of cosplay. Please, bitch. It's just a hobby. And if you were anything special, people would come to you.

[Anonymous No.8528920]

let's look at the ages of actors current popular culture movies

Scarlett Johansson
>30
Chris Pratt
>36
Chris Evans
>34
Robert Downey Jr.
>50
Chris Hemsworth
>31
Elizabeth Olsen
>26
Evangeline Lilly
>36

something like that. anyone under 25 can go suck a tit.

[Anonymous No.8529636]

Granny Peko. This is AFTER she is shooped.

[Anonymous No.8529681]

Why do so many people in this thread seem to think that life and fun suddenly stops because you have kids. You don't suddenly change into a different person. You're still going to enjoy the things you enjoy and you'll still have time for them too provided you're not a complete idiot with your life choices.

[Anonymous No.8529722]

>>8529681
Because kids are parasites that eat life and fun.

[Anonymous No.8529733]

>>8528920
>comparing the top 1% of the human race attractive enough to make a career as an actor to a bunch of nobody 30 - 40 year olds
And LeBron James is only 30 years old. I bet I could totally try out for the NBA right guys?

[Anonymous No.8529738]

>>8529733
What are you, 16? How did you miss the point by so wide a margin?

[Anonymous No.8529740]

>>8527795
>too old for anime conventions

The thing is, the reason it seems okay for older people to be at sci-fi and fantasy conventions is because they've been going on for a lot longer. Gaming and comics even more so.

What we're seeing is the natural growth of the first community of the US to grow up with the anime craze all their life. The people who came home and turned on DBZ and Sailor Moon after school are now in their late 20's and early 30's. The people who loved Voltron and the other first big Japanese animations to cross the pawn are in their 40s. If they still love these things, and grew to love the newer animes/mangas as well, their going to anime convention will simply become more and more the norm.

[Anonymous No.8529742]

>>8527222
With that mentality they probably don't have friends at all.

[Anonymous No.8529761]

>>8529733
Are you seriously implying that Robert Downey Jr is an accurate representative of the average 50 year old? Celebrities have an army of personal trainers and all the time in the world to stay in shape. Not to mention access to whatever plastic surgery they want on a whim. And a make up team for films/photo shoots. Are you really going to compare that to something like a 30 year old working class mother of two?

[Anonymous No.8529784]

>>8529761
He looks like a typical 50-year-old to me, one that dyes his hair and takes care of his skin.

Then again I might be biased because I grew up in a wealthy white neighborhood where all my parents' friends could afford botox and chemical peels.

[Anonymous No.8529994]

>>8526503
>no Lee or Kenny
It's okay anon, maybe one day.

[Anonymous No.8530016]

bleh

[Anonymous No.8530208]

>>8529740
No, most of us in the 30+ age range who were big anime fans in the 90s/early 2000s have stopped going to anime cons. Unlike sci-fi, it is a demographic that many people still age out of and has been overwhelmingly teen/20-something for more than a decade. I attended my last anime con at 25, and I was starting to feel old for the crowd. I have a few friends who kept going into their 30s and early 40s, but they're the minority. The rest of us are all still fannish but have moved on to things like Dragon Con and live action/comic book/historical costuming.

[Anonymous No.8530428]

>>8525708
No.

[Anonymous No.8530431]

>>8530208
Sounds like that's your own problem.

[Anonymous No.8530561]

Older people shouldn't cosplay younger characters.

[Anonymous No.8530572]

>>8529742
With that logic I'm surprised you strung together a coherent sentence. If you feel old and out of place you need friends your age. There are plenty of older cosplayers.

[Anonymous No.8530610]

>>8530561
None photoshoped pictures always surprise me.

[Anonymous No.8530926]

>>8530431
Waning interest in anime and anime cons with age is very common. It's not a "problem," it's a side effect of so much anime being made with teenage protagonists.

[Anonymous No.8530941]

>>8530572
I'm saying they sound like a dull, boring person who wouldn't have any friends, not that they shouldn't have them. Did you not read my sentence correctly?

[Anonymous No.8531203]

>>8525700
Old people cosplaying young people = Blech
Old people cosplaying old people = fucking adorable
Young people shouldn't cosplay old people either unless you look older/have nice makeup skills

[Anonymous No.8531467]

>>8529636

Oh gods those fucking eye bags

[Anonymous No.8531485]

>>8528199
No shit Sherlock. The point is you can still cosplay and enjoy things as you get older you just can't do teen characters obviously. All the people in this thread acting like there's no characters at all for 25+ to cosplay I swear to god. I want to see people cosplay for their age. I don't want to see children cosplaying adults or adults cosplaying children.

[Anonymous No.8531728]

>>8529636

that's not even the right kind of bodysock reeeee

[Anonymous No.8531760]

>>8531485
>I don't want to see children cosplaying adults

But that's the actual cutest thing.

[Anonymous No.8531770]

>>8525700
i'd say past 25

it's just awkward when old people dress up, they should stay at home

[Anon's Sister !uCdS.UkXqM No.8531805]

>>8531770
Bait harder.

>>8531760
I think they're referring to 12-14 year olds trying to pull off Black Widow or Solid Snake. Just a guess though. I do agree seeing older people attempt cute little kids can look bleh. See nearly every Steven cosplayer walking around with party city afros and their adult lard sloshing around.

[Anonymous No.8531891]

[Anonymous No.8531898]

If they're having fun, let them do it. It's not like it's harming anyone.

>Captcha: Select all the wheelchairs

[Anonymous No.8531902]

Why is everyone so anti baby? You'll be crying in your bombshell bras and short skirts when I'm getting 10 times the attention for adorable mother child couple costumes.

[Anonymous No.8531961]

>>8531902
I'm pretty sure most people here aren't "anti-baby". Just disagreeing with dumbass anon who thinks everyone should stop their hobby and start having kids at 23.

[Anonymous No.8531972]

>>8525708
How to troll successfully 2k15
>post shitstorm-tier bait
>add "I'm not trolling"
>wait for seagulls to bite
>???
>PROFIT

3/10 made me answer

[Anonymous No.8531979]

>>8530208
>most of us

You don't speak for me or my friends. Though, in fairness, we just run the cons now rather than just attending them.

[Anonymous No.8531982]

>>8526721
kek

[Anonymous No.8531995]

>>8531902
Having the freedom and money to do whatever I want whenever I want without children > getting more attention at a convention because I dressed my kid up like a prop to match.
Not anti-babies for others, do you, but it's a choice I'd never make.

[Anonymous No.8532204]

>>8531961
I'm pretty sure referring to them as crotch spawns isn't a term of endearment...

[Anonymous No.8532215]

>>8531979
"most" and "all" are different words with different meanings. Funny how that works.

[Anonymous No.8532319]

>>8530926
Then watch anime made for adults that have adult MCs. Since most anime fans are teenagers and most of the really popular shows appeal to teenagers, you just have to step outside the box and look around a bit. The shows you'll enjoy most likely won't be the ones that weeaboos are peeing their pants over, but make it about what you enjoy personally instead of just going with what's popular.

[Anonymous No.8532377]

>>8532204
But that's what they are?

[Anonymous No.8532385]

>>8532215
Funny how you know most people don't go, when you don't go yourself.

[Anonymous No.8532399]

>>8525700

when the conventions stop being fun to go to and plan for

[Anonymous No.8532743]

>>8532377

[Anonymous No.8533079]

>>8530941
Oh I somehow thought you were buttmad OP don't mind me
I agree though. If someone is looking for the negative in everything like they are of course that's all they will find. I'm gonna continue enjoying my hobby regardless.

[Anonymous No.8533114]

>>8525700
When they don't enjoy it anymore. It's happening to me.

[Anonymous No.8533118]

If you have to ask if you're too old to do something, then you're too old to do it.

[Anonymous No.8533444]

>>8532319
...Yeah, obviously. This is not news. I still watch a small amount of anime that actually fits my story/character preferences, but my interest level is not nearly high enough and I don't like nearly enough titles to invest the time or money in going to anime cons. I also read maybe 2 or 3 sci-fi novels a year. I'm not going to Worldcon, either.

[Anonymous No.8533872]

>>8533079
It's ok anon. I figured you must be on the Western hemisphere because I tend to misread posts when I'm awake early in the morning as well.

[Anonymous No.8534366]

>>8526305
Holy shit, her boobs are smaller in the artwork.

[Anonymous No.8534388]

Some day I'll be able to cosplay as my favorite character from a book that's not canon anymore and no one will remember

[Anonymous No.8534406]

>>8525847
Yes.

[Anonymous No.8534448]

I'm all for cosplaying until you die, but if you're an older non-Asian woman, you should never cosplay teenage idol girls because that shit is just embarrassing.

[Anonymous No.8534515]

>>8533872
My sleep schedule is thoroughly fucked from working a night job. Not that I didn't have insomnia before but lol
At least it gives me money to enjoy the hobby like these whiny children don't get

[Anonymous No.8534531]

>>8525700
>When are people too old to cosplay?
>implying there is an appropriate age range where
cosplayers aren't considered fucking weirdos anyway

There are appropriate ages for appropriate things people "ought to do". Cosplay is not one of those things you ought to do, at a certain age, it's a fucking hobby that inherently has a place for all tiers of age and craftsmanship, a hobby that some people like and some people don't, usually people considered a little weird anyway.

Just be weird, Christ.

[Anonymous No.8534559]

>>8534448
So you are basicly saying Yaya's shitty cosplays of teenage characters are good?

ha

ha

[Anonymous No.8534598]

>>8534559

Not that anon, but there are always exceptions to the rule, but honestly, I don't think Yaya looks old, she's just fug. See pic related. The white girl looks old yeah, but it's not the other three Asian girls with her look any better.

But I think their point is most older Caucasian women don't age very gracefully, and very few keep up a youthful appearance. It just looks off when you're trying to cosplay a 15 year old and you're very clearly 30.

[Anonymous No.8534620]

>>8534448
I think they look really good

[Anonymous No.8534672]

>>8534448
I think there's just a big variety of face types here. Most anime characters are like 14-17, dumbass. Your waifu animu idols are a special case that can't be cosplayed.

[Anonymous No.8534843]

>>8530016
Well when you smoke crack you usually don't age gracefully...

[Anonymous No.8535706]

>>8534559
She looks better than the 6-foot white women in that pic.

Most of Yaya's haggardness is really due to her makeup choices. Naturally she looks pretty young.

[Anonymous No.8535709]

>>8534672
Which one of them is you?

[Anonymous No.8535723]

>>8534448
All I wanna know is how they didn't get frostbite being close to half naked outside in the middle of winter.

[Anonymous No.8535747]

>>8534620
same, some of them have unfortunate faces but if you wanted to illustrate "old white women shouldn't cosplay my delicious aidorus" you really could have done a lot better.

[Anonymous No.8535926]

>>8534448
The only ugly ones are Ichigokitty and the man standing next to her. Everyone else is fine.

[Anonymous No.8536181]

>>8531891
Oh goddamnit he's adorable.

[Anonymous No.8536195]

>>8535926

The Azusa or the Yayoi? They're the two worst looking in the group imo.

[Anonymous No.8536264]

>>8536195
There's only one person in that photo that looks like a literal drag queen.

[Anonymous No.8536807]

>>8525785
My nan died of cancer last Christmas. Hope you're okay, anon.

[Anonymous No.8537987]

>>8525708
>I'm not trolling,

[Anonymous No.8538475]

>>8525804
>>8525814
>>8525891
>>8526019

good goyim destroy the white birth rate

[Anonymous No.8538719]

>>8538475
Why hello there uncle /pol

[Anonymous No.8538741]

>>8529784
You answered your own question

[Anonymous No.8539406]

>>8525777
I would fuck her

[Anonymous No.8539434]

>>8536181
I recognize that nun.
Someone's been to /d/ recently.

[Anonymous No.8539463]

For women
Teens for young characters-unless you're stacked.
Late 20s for highschool characters
Mid 30s-mother characters or badass females if you still looking good
40-60s No
60+ cute old people characters. I love seeing older people cosplaying cute old people. It may be because I grew up around my grandma and great aunts but I adore little old ladies being adorable.
Men- eh I don't really care

[Anonymous No.8539464]

>>8525708
Fuck families, all this disposable income and no womb tomb to tie me down? ALL THE CONS, ALL THE COSPLAYS ERRYDAY

[Anonymous No.8539838]

I can't even go to cons any more because of this shit, god forbid I actually dress up.

I have to wait another 3 more years till I can take a nephew so this goddamm judgement field doesn't hit me. That will make me 41.

My boss still doesn't get how I survive professional cons so well.

[Anonymous No.8540042]

>>8539838
Haters gonna hate, just ignore em and have fun.

[Anonymous No.8541672]

>>8525804
Did you get pregnant at 16 and got married at 18, anon? You must have baby fever

[Anonymous No.8541728]

>finally have the money to really start cosplaying
>too old for cute characters now

fuck everything

[Anonymous No.8545191]

>>8525700
A 30 yr old cosplaying a character at least 10 years younger than herself. Depending, naturally, on your source of info.

[Anonymous No.8546997]

>>8526010
That's so cute! The first con I went to I saw 15 year olds doing some really revealing cosplays and I got so creeped out.

[Anonymous No.8547007]

>>8526559
That's how I'm treating it now. I'm bored of local cons so intead of making costumes for every small local con, I'm saving money and making bigger and better costumes for bigger and better cons.

That being said I'm not much of a con person, I enjoy making costumes and sets for the costumes etc and taking pictures with them.

>not social enough

[Anonymous No.8550726]

>>8525708

>They should focus on their lives and starting families

m-muh societal expectations

[Anonymous No.8550743]

>>8541728
I went to my first convention when I was 22. I wish I would've known about them years earlier...

[Anonymous No.8550767]

>>8550743
The younger you are when you start going to conventions the more embarrassing, awful memories you have of being an unrelenting weeaboo. These memories never go away.