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Any seagulls going to ANYC? 30 days to go!
>>10974838ANYC in fall was subzero temps it was miserable
>>10974840bring gloves, dummy
>>10974841I cosplay so thats not an option
>>10974843change at the con center
>>10974838If the time of year was the only thing that made the con cool and unique, then it really wasn't all that cool and unique. Summer is con season, and if they are all similar than you can just go to one and call it good. I could not go to otacon or AX, but I can go to ANYC so that's the big con I will go to. It might have been more fun in fall because it was smaller, but just go to a smaller local con that is happening in the fall if that is what you want.
What are your rare, unconventional or unpopular opinions in lolita fashion? I don’t like when girls wear gold tea parties in coords that have no gold in them, I see this particularly in sweet lolita and it gives off the same vibe as when itas wear white blouses with dresses that have no white in them, it just ruins the coord. Pic unrelated.
>>10974662Nope, the "oldschool" that these fuckwits tend to buy is the same slop from 42lolita, but because it's black X white, pink X white or has no print, it just haaaaaas to be oldschool. They still stuff 14 petticoats underneath, or pendulum swing the opposite direction and walk around with frumpy deflated dresses because OlDsChOoL LoLiTa DiDn'T nEeD PeTtI
>>10974488I'm a brazilian and i agree. People in comms here post a lot of ugly, clearly cheap and bought off Shein or Ali replica coords. Of course there are also cuye ones, but Im so sick and tired of them pretending like it´s ok to wear these poor quality shit. Like, you're not fooling anyone. We can see how weird the seam finishing looks. It's fucking embarrassing. Like someone said before, just don't stick to the fashion if you can't afford it. Or same some money, for God's sake.
>>10974488>waah poor people deserve pretty dressesits true and that's why they shouldn't get shien shit
Anyone else is extremely scared of their local (national) comm because you've only ever interacted with the general english speaking online one?
I don't like the old school look that much. It's the most popular substyle right now, but apart from some Baby and Maxi pieces, I find most of these clothes god awful. I got in the fashion in the late 2010s and back then I already thought they looked soooo dated (and I wasn't even into OTT sweet/classic). I understand the nostalgic factor as I was a teenager in the early 2000s too. But for example, even if I feel nostalgic about some 2000s normie styles like many other people, it's not like I feel like wearing low rise jeans, high heels sneakers or whatever again bc to me they still look dated ASF. Yes, I know alternative fashion doesn't have to follow the same rules as normie fashion, still I can't help but feel that way.
Who’s going? Who’s excited? Cosplay lineups.This is my 4th year going solo so I hope to be able to organize a meetup this year or something. This con has otherwise been enjoyable every year.September 3rd - September 6th, Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus Ohio.
I'm going with my kid. This'll be our fourth year. Really good con, nice size, nice venue.
>>10974687agreed!
>>10974689Any specific panels or events you're hoping come back this year?
I'm also going solo again, organizing a meetup would be nice. I met one of you a couple years ago, a surprising amount of you guys go to this one it seems. I'm always kinda surprised at how fun Matsuri is, even solo, I swear I like it more than Colossal anymore.
What is the most ass backwards advice you've ever seen someone give a new or inexperienced Lolita? From encouraging buying on SHEIN to suggesting Argyle with a pin striped JSK and good ol' defending replicas, let's hear it'
>>10974734she didn't look as bad as some of these women do but imo tyler was even more annoying. never liked her sense of humor, by the end she was just another virtue signaling-dickriding-handmaiden who made a video about how males should totally wear beards with their coords, funneling more circus freak looking moids into the fashion. the mean-girl bully leftist supposed feminists make fun of women's face, makeup and bodies they don't like over the craziest nitpicks, then act like they don't see actual visual trainwrecks for what they are just because they identify with some kind of trannyism
>>10974726I remember many years ago seeing Lor at some SoCal meetups before she became an e-celeb and she looked normal and somewhat cute, I dunno wtf happened that she morphed into a turbo-ita with fugly drag makeup. I think being an e-celeb screws people up mentally, too many hours spent talking to themselves in front of a camera.
to be fair though what Lolita influencer wouldn't be annoying af to other Lolitas since their appeal is largely to newbies wanting to learn about the fashion, seasoned Lolitas don't really need "What I Would Have Done Differently If I Started Out In Lolita Now" videos
Telling newbie that lolita can be "affordable". I know it comes from a place of good faith, and bc we don't want the community to die out, but let's be real. In the state lolita is atm, the only "affordable" lolita is whether low to mid quality Taobao (which is still ugly), low quality handmade, or just low quality anything. I don't even want to recommend Taobao to anyone even tho that's what I bought the most when I was starting PRECISELY bc I saw how mediocre it looks compared to the brand I got later - I mean even the most expensive C-lolita 99% of times still looks tacky ASF, is made in fabrics that are annoying to wear, and has that weird construction that would make it "fine" to wear even without a petti (tho it wouldn't be considered lolita anymore)While I'm still pissed at the scalped prices on the second hand market, I still see a lot of pieces that are sold at an acceptable price. However I want the newcomers to understand that it's a hobby that WILL get expensive if you're really serious about it and don't just want to look like a cosplaying clown. People will call us classiest for that opinion, and that's fine. Lolita shouldn't be for people who aren't willing to spend the $ to look good
>>10974751>oh the troons!!!!
WHO IS YOUR OSHIWHO ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THE MOSTWHAT SONGS ARE YOU LISTENING TO
>>10974761all they care about is sugarcoating and kissing each other’s mediocre asses
>>10974761I think that is changing slowly. There have been a few alt-themed idols popping up in the last few years here, and trad groups with more professional looking costumes with covers of songs outside of LL and Vocaloid. I'm looking forward to where the local comm goes.
>>10974832There's potential, but in order for them to actually be good, they need to focus on craft more than anything. Many kaogai idols care more about if so and so gives them attention on social media in hopes it'll get them a live gig rather than if their actual idol work (music, performances, photoshoots) can stand on its own.
>>10974789bingo. the dub anime comparison is hilariously accurate!
>>10974832Name,names or it’s just another group you’re talking about everyone says all the time. To “watch”
>Animaga - did you enjoy the idols?>A-MUSE announced as guests at Animayhem Brisbane>Upcoming lives: Neonism and Patopi bar concept, Azusa grad, SeiPro two-man, Himizu one-man. Which one are you looking forward to?>What idols have you been listening to recently?
>>10974717Yeah I've seen Finny pop up as well. Interested in seeing how they progress, they seem to be targeting Eurobeat stuff as well, maybe they've seen Sunny or something at a show once. Tho, Euro is still popular.>>10974721What's going on?
>>10974733Not sure if it's what >>10974721 is talking about but someone did recently tweet alluding to power abuse by a manager in the community.
>>10974737i think whoever made that post probably has insider info. a lot of the stuff that has happened has been in private. a few people got banned from certain events for things they’ve done and im not commenting on if specific cases were deserved or not but they seem to be really buckling down on it>>10974733she seems cool, she seems to mainly site stuff like touhou eurobeat and initial-d for her eurobeat inspo (judging by posts + music she uses on her stories) so idk if she even knows about sunny. idk tho sunny seems to be getting way more popular lately
>>10974737>Not sure if it's what >>10974721 is talking about but someone did recently tweet alluding to power abuse by a manager in the community.There aren't a lot of managers in the community so it could only really allude to one or two.>>10974749Touhou euro is goated and under-appreciated, initial D is over-represented thoguh I think
>>10974321You may still catch her if you ever hitup a Sydney sex expo show. Now that she's doing game dev it's much less chance of spicy posts
This is the best Canadian convention. Who is going tomorrow?
>>10974144Anyone got the swimsuit competition pics?
I went! Had a fantastic time. Had a wedding to go to so only Sunday. Man it’s so cool to come back after 7 years of no Cons and to see so many familiar faces! It’s like the same cohort I went as a teenager with but now we’re all 25-30
Oh god there is WAY to much animethon staff that have discord mod disease
>>10974660Ew discord. Only for stealing photos. Going dressed as Golden Boy today. Fer sure going to the after party tonight too
Anyone here going to SFU summer fest?
Trap HereI'm planing on cosplaying Goth 2B soon and I'm looking for shiny boots similar to the ones on the pic on the right, that are in a mans size. I also want to find better fake boobs than the ones i currently use. Preferably latex without being too huge, I don't want to look like an obvious troon or those shitty crossplayers. Make up will be done by my gf.
>>10974821pleasers are made to a much better quality across the board so it's worth it, especially if you're on your feet all day for a con or something, but several of the heavily discounted ones can be comparable depending on the specifics of the shoe.i've had like a 50% success rate (out of 6, I think?) but those were when I knew I was gambling on something that might be lower qualityhave funthe tights are something i usually recommend first for leotards and bunny type stuff but I thought I'd spin out the other ideas I had seen too since they help for some body types
>>10974641Flat chastity cage.
>>10974822i just tried the leotard with the tights i use for my maid costume and it works great, thanks. Still, at cons I will wear the skirt over it just to be save.Speaking of bunny outfits, can you reccomend a site?
>>10974824not really, the best fitting I've seen has been either custom (local, not ordered, even if I know there are makers for that) or found in the ass end of somewhere while looking for another thing.the best fabric appearance you might expect at the lowest price range is probably some kind of poly plush-velvet since the other cheap ones will suck way morealso depends on whether you want the bust to actually fit flat normally vs filling it in trappily since the cup will generally misbehave even if it's taped or strapped, seamed or not10 second booru grab to illustrate the point, glory to the people's republic of china>>10974823coward
>>10974827Heels will never defeat me. I'm looking to fill out the clevage though since I'm planning on getting a fake torso.
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>>10974793I don't think sot. check'd fucktons of ai gens in 4chins>>10974792like a wise man once said>"I almost know that girl"
>>10974799the lady with the black bag has a low poly face and the booth she's standing in front of is filled with fever dream art
>>10974801idk pham, something tells me it is phone ai filter rather than an ai gen, I could be wrong, but I don't think so
>>10974816This. AI is taking over editing and is still really bad sadly. It's a real photo (I've seen her before) that's been overly touched.
>>10974819Some phones do it automatically
( posted on b yesterday ) my asuka cosplay arrived ! so did my haruhi cosplay, but its too small and the seller is refusing to accept an exchange >:I guess itll do for photos and videos but i dont think i can wear it to cons
>>10970780You make a genuinely cute Asuka. Congrats.
>>10970780Nice try, but that's not an Asuka cosplay. That's Rei's outfit with Asuka's wig.
>>10970780Cute
>>10970780Post more pictures I can masturbate to please.
>>10972503she posted on /b/, but did she post on /cgl/? probably not
Post EGL Coords you like, or Lolita Coords that you find stylish. Not limited to any specific substyle or category. Gothic, Classic, Sweet, Old-school, the world is your oyster!>Lolita Resources/Siteshttps://lolibrary.org/https://lolitafashion.fandom.com/wiki/Mainhttps://www.closetchildonlineshop.com/https://lolitasewingpatterns.storenvy.com/https://www.wunderwelt.jp/enhttps://angelicpretty-paris.com/gb/https://store.babyssb.co.jp/enhttps://shop.baby-aatp.com/collections/alice-and-the-pirateshttps://metamorphose.gr.jp/enhttps://egl.livejournal.com/https://egl-comm-sales.livejournal.com/https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://behind-the-bows.livejournal.com/
>>10974814niiiice
5 months of the old thread and not much has happened.Summer cons have been and gone and once again everything is fundamentally different. I don’t think we’llGo back to pre lockdown glory.Ho hum.Theres a few more bits and pieces before con season is over but I cba looking them up this time.
>>10974740>frog chudi'm a frog chad desu>cosplay, community vibes, shopping, or just a hugi'm trying to get into cosplaying more and maybe speak to some cool peeps. hugs would be nice too. >what kind of cons do you want to got to?anime & vidya related cons
>>10974744>>10974782sorry forgot to incllude the post anon
>>10974782>>10974783there's like MCM and smaller cons if you like anime and vidya, vexpo is soon if you like vtubers, you could try those anime league ones if you want a smaller con but they're kinda mid
>>10974782>i'm a frog chad desusure you arehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QzbJZqQgb8> i'm trying to get into cosplaying more and maybe speak to some cool peeps. smaller community cons with a planned itinerary vs the bazaars are usually easier to meet people but you can check for fan meetups or things scheduled around any particular game, anime or interests you havei think mcm might list fan meetups on their official schedule>hugs would be nice too. *hugs you*
sorry frens i go to bed early>>10974788>MCM and smaller cons if you like anime and vidyawas thinking of going to the london & bham MCM but ... l-london is scary and birmignham is really late into the year. there's a dreamhack con though which sounds alright. i hope other anons go tho>anime league ones if you want a smaller con but they're kinda midseem kinda overpriced... and nervewracking>>10974791>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QzbJZqQgb8wtf how did you know this was my favourite song? stalker... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8Kyi0WNg40&list=PLdhuSw9rkHgRhu-PqqvNzAmw0sXt0paOv&index=70>smaller community cons with a planned itinerarytru but i feel like there's a lot of pressure to .. talk to people... big cons are more my style >i think mcm might list fan meetups on their official schedulekek i remember checking them but i forgot to go last timeComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
have you ever found the pics of you cosplaying that you posted online or that somebody else took posted on a pornographic site?
Can't say I would be too upset if it was on e-hentai because that became an archive for nearly everything now.
>>10969344>lovebombing for months fails>silent treatment for months failswhat am I doing wrong guys? I'm literally following every abuse and manipulation guide online, and it isn't working
>>10973935It's time to send penis pictures, anon
>>10973943I asked first
>>10968292I'm always reluctant to ask for pictures because I don't want them to think I'll jerk off to it. Which I don't intend to do.
I never went to these as I wasn't old enough but I've heard that conventions used to be more fun. Actual nerds going there having a good time.No social media attention whores trying to get cloutNot overly woke and annoying bullshit shoved down your throatJust nerds nerdin' out
>>10973632Bigger crowds and influencers don't make a convention better, anon.
This entire thread piles on loaded premises, one after the other, and most are none the wiser. Ignore the chronology. Maybe you know the entire history of your local convention for 25 years, front to back. You can speak about your experiences as objectively as possible, it still doesn't mean that's gonna register in the same way for someone else. There are people who think you're a ""normie"" if your MAL profile has under 5000 ratings, but a ""normie"" to someone else could be "Oh he hasn't even seen JJK." And then there's the matter of what TYPE of conventions you're talking about, what you're even looking for. Speaking for myself anyway, a truly great one has to be in a single central location and have a high percentage of people who will start a conversation about whatever random nonsense is on their mind, probably because we're both hiding flasks. That won't comport to either the extreme fandom enthusiast who thinks it's only about the media itself. It won't comport to the family who treats it like an outing to the mall and sees high turnout as the marker of qualityI guess the skinny here is: it's what you make it. Unless it's some corpo trash, there's no real fun to be had there.
>why isn't the subculture I enjoyed still a thing?
>>10926084I mostly go nowadays to drink or to help out with my sister's booth, but the big difference I see is that everyone's autistic and scared of their own shadow. No one associates outside of preplanned discord groups or small chat about cosplays. Havent crashed a good room party in a very long time Way less thirst traps, and they werent constantly shilling their socials. Fujoshis have kind of been normalized, which sucks because I used to have talking to them when they were outliers.They dont feel fun anymore, maybe thats just because I got older>t. ancientfag that partied with moot at ACEN
>>10926091>watching animeI went to my first weeb con past 2010, but man they had a thick tv showing the entirity of Ginga Densetsu Weedo in a corner and I sat down just as the first episode was starting and enjoyed it + sunk cost fallacy'd myself into just binging the entire thing in a single day. Then they had a cinema showing Mushishi, and I fell in love after half an episode, it remains a comfort show to this day. >>10926153>no fat girlsI was genuinely stalked around the convention (main reason I haven't been to a con for a long time .. though I will attend one next week!), who wore a sweaty, slightly greasy/stained onepiece and would try to "glomp me" very much against my wishes whenever she spotted me.
