Post those seagull feels.My cosplay friend is 23 but looks about 12. We like to tease her, saying that all of her fans are pedos. Well, we might stop now... Her Discord mod didn't show up to Dragoncon. Guess what he was arrested for?And my Etsy order from the UK cancelled.Previous:>>10941913
>>10973740>I have never looked him up, I just hope to run into his booth at a con sometime. I don't think he even remembered me or the fee, but I still want to do it.very romantic, but its been over a decade, he could be dead. You should look for him.
I quit cosplay after granny died
I need to be less of a sperg at cons I love cosplaying but I never expect to get asked for pictures or people will talk to me so I never know what to do or how to react, so when it does happen I stand awkwardly
I told my parents that mildew took 3 of my wigs and they asked "Who's Mildew?"
>>10960148This
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.
What was your first cosplay? >did a closet cosplay from a hotline miami mod maybe 26 people played>most work I did was dyeing a stupid hat
>>10841915I tried doing Crockett from Miami Vice but everyone asked me if I was Nick from L4D2, so after the second person I became Nick from L4D2.
My first was Kaiji, I had a thrift store jacket with paper patches stuck on, a shitty wig, and the ear drill.I've since updated it to a nicer more accurate jacket with custom patches. Still like to wear it as a more casual walking about cosplay, since most of my projects now are bulky and elaborate (currently working on a rx-78-2)
>>10841915A terrible Chat Noir.
>>10913693>I nicknamed it the boiler suitMaybe Milo can fix ya
>>10968225There's been a time or two I've been adopted by Kreigers and Armageddon Steel legionaries. Derping around making gas mask noises is pretty great.>>10972272Milo could, but I would rather have Audrey working on me.
The signups have finally opened, for this year's /cgl/ Secret Santa event!>Rules, Hints, FAQ and More:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Od4uaaOZpm276bd2Sp9xDBL3ZK363eQ1V_4oHZ_l-xQ/>Sign-up Form:https://forms.gle/Wqn7aDGaGNgUdinX7Please don't hesitate to ask if you got any questions! You may use the thread, or the following email:secretseagullsanta@gmail.comSome important dates:>Signup deadline:October 22ndComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
If anyone is interested in doing a Secret Santa (or any sort of gift exchange) with /cgl/ users again this year, or any year in the future, please send me an email! secretseagullsanta@gmail.comI'll need to know if there's any interest, and I can also send an email as a reminder when Christmas is getting closer. It'll probably be done a bit differently from previous years, more suiting the small number of people, but if there's anyone left who still wants to do gift exchanges, I'll help make it possible.Also, if anyone has anything they want done in regards to the 2025 event, please email me about that as well.
>>10970286Doesn't seem like the community is there for these anymore. Very little excitement or hype chatter, and very few posts of gifts. It would be better off it was put to bed if there weren't enough people with their hearts in it.
>>10970368I agree, but even if only 2 people remain who want to exchange gifts, I'd help them connect. Even if it ends up being done in a way that doesn't resemble past events at all, maybe it'd all be done by email. And I don't think any new thread will be created, but if there's any desire to share things with /cgl/ this thread could stay up.But from the looks of it, the event seems to not have much of a future. I was thinking if anything could be done for people to go back and look at old memories, when new threads will no longer be made for the event each year. There probably would not be much interest even in that though to be quite honest.
Is this the last thread
>>10970377>I was thinking if anything could be done for people to go back and look at old memoriesFor what it's worth I for one would really love that, I've fallen out of J-Fash over the years so I haven't been participating or coming to this site much but curling up with a hot cocoa or a peppermint latte to read this thread every year and see all the excited posts is still a big part of how I get into the holiday spirit. It's crazy to think that it's been a decade since Uncle Travis, but if nothing else I'm really grateful for the work all the organizers have put in over the years to make this possible.
Any style suggestions or new releases you're looking forward to?
pretty nice black and white colorway
I like the new LL releases, generally. Does anyone have any tips for getting "back into" jirai? I started my wardrobe in 2021 so I have some older items but I couldn't buy any more for like the last 2 years and I'd like to change my wardrobe to be a little less neanderthal jirai but it's been so long idk where to start anymore
>>10969692i suggest to check second hand websites because you can find some pretty good cheap stuff on there. interacting with lots of jirai content has helped me improve a lot too!
i was told losing weight would bring down my bust but it only went down by 2cm despite losing 15kgs, is it worth binding to fit into brands like secret honey? i want SO BADLY to wear their pink pinstripe and black setups but my bust is like almost 20cm bigger than their max
Why do you think so many woman cosplay as bunnies. To be honest it’s starting to feel repetitive.
>>10969985I thought men where supposed to be dove themed.
>>10970827They are
>>10969229Because it's fun, it's hot, get's good attention, and is easy. Boom.
>saw a bunny Lumine cosplayer at a local con last year>besides a photo, I didn't get anything moreFeels bad
>>10972514This, also long history of playboy bunnies and the idea that bunnies have a lot of sex to have a lot of babies. The rapid breeding of rabbits is true, the sex part much less so.
Guys, how old is too old?Like, I am an oldfag in his mid 40s. Used to be very involved in the con scene back in the 90s and early 00s. I am currently on a very nostalgic mood about those days of yore, and planning to visit a few of the big cons to see how's the fandom nowadays. Would I be, as you youngsters say, cringe? Worse, would other congoers immediately assume I am a creepy pedophile? I don't really want to ruin some kids con experience like that.Two things, I would be attending alone because the few con buddies from back then that I still keep in contact, are too jaded and busy to give a shit. Also, I am considering if it is a good idea to go cosplaying as an old timer character.
>>10970864>Seething pedosProjection
I think 23
>>10936085I know I'm replying to a really old post but it's hilarious how warped their perception of age is. I'm fat (38 pants) and my hairline is thinning and I still constantly get "wtf I thought you were like 27" from the zoomettes at work when they find out I'm a month away from 40.
>>10969296This. Cons mid 30's is actually ideal
>>10973598K
I'm too old to understand this subculture please enlighten melike how do you feel when you larp as an anime character makes you feel like
>>10969683probably left for other sites that aren't filled with photos of softcore porn
>>10969683I know where but I can't tell, or else the coomers will follow
>>10969685No where exists
>>10895583>like anime>want to be involved in the community and meet other anime fans>walking around a convention not in costume just feels like a missed opportunity, every time I do it I think "I should've cosplayed here"I'm not even like a serious cosplayer, but I want to express my love for my favorite animu and a t-shirt with the logo doesn't cut it
The more thrifted things I cut up, shape, embroider, paint, add beads to, and form into the love letter creation from my favorite stories, the more my creative mana grows.>>10896142Apology NOT accepted.
Just wanted to share the cosplays I completed last year
>>10969751I will trust everyhting this person says
She was very sweet, she gave me a hug after we met
>>10969751same, she is absolutely so rude. maybe it's because i met her when she wasn't working at a booth and I'm another cosplayer but it's been years since I met such a stuck-up person.
God I wish they didn't remove IP count
>>10973493boner status?
>be non black person (not white) doing cosplay>high expectations to be accurate with correct wig for contests and photoshoots>be black>no need to use wig or accurate cosplay. it's called ethnic wigs instead
>>10972542Non-American here. What's going to happen?
>>10972550Dreamcon is a pro, majority black convention. Basically, all the niggas of the cosplay community come together in Houston to celebrate cosplay in the american african way as this thread highlights in detail. Karmelo was a black boy who went to a white neighborhood's track meet, went over to another team's tent to taunt them despite not suppose to be at the meet at all, didnt move when the team told him to move repeatedly. So when the team captain, a white boy, came over to move him, Karmelo took out a knife from his book bag and stabbed him to death.He got sentenced for 35 years for murder. The black community is saying it was self defense. Everyone else with common sense see it for what it is. Dreamcon is going to be chanting his name that weekend like the hooligans they are.
>>10972542>>10972550>>10972561Black umamusumers bouta rise up, boy did a Rice Shower "Black Assassin" and will get prison time for it.
This weekend is Dreamcon. Oh boy.
>>10973540And (You) won't be there because (You) don't go to any conventions ever
Films/tv shows that are based on cosplay/con culture or at least reference it in some way.I felt that 2Kawaii4Comfort was (for better or worse) the most accurate description of going to a small con and having a bad time at it. It's a shame it ended on a cliffhanger.
>>10972149What all happened? I wasn't able to go to Momo con this year and was bummed I couldn't see the panel.
>>10863223I'm surprised no one mentioned Fame-ish yet. It was by voice actor Jeff Nimoy (Tentomon, Wolfwood) who felt like he'll always live in the shadow of Leonard Nimoy (to get it out of the way, he doesn't resent him but is tired of the jokes because people found out they're cousins).Someone uploaded the whole thing.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqxrwsWHSoY
We got a trailer for the 2Kawaii4Comfort anime! I'm digging the style they decided to go with.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZS14NEutqg
>>10973473>>10970496Got to meet the creator as well as Toki-chan's actor during AX, got my badge signed by them too lol, that was pretty cool.
>>10863227Honestly if this movie didn't have the stupid demon in it and was just about LARPer interpersonal drama I think it would have been a better movie>>10899436Basically like this movie
hihihi /cgl/, just here to get some thoughts down ^-^im waiting for a haruhi cosplay to arrive, but im kinda worried i wont look as cute as the other cosplayers i see on tiktok and elsewhere on the net. im sure this is a common thought, but its a big one nonetheless. i guess it sorta leans into my sense of imposter syndrome - i dont think confidence suits me at all. i think that the second someone looks at me in cosplay theyll know im faking something.when it all arrives i may post some pics here so yall can lmk what u think ^p^any thoughts or similar experiences ?
>>10972276weak ass reply
>>10972323any reason you deleted this post originally and then came back a day later to post the exact same thing?
>>10972098>HarubinKEK! I'm surprised whoever was giving this out did not get sued and raped in court by Kadokawa.
>>10972507If I remember right, it was drawn by schoolchildren who liked Haruhi and was probably not worth their time.
>>10972510Honestly, that's probably why Kadokawa didn't sue. Then again, Japanese entertainment companies go after almost anyone no matter what their age is.
Any good Latex / Vinil / Tight and shiny cosplays?
I like gooning to this, don't know it is cosplay tho
>>10973071Anyone know who she is?
>>10973071shiiieeeet
>>10973071Who is that?
>>10973108>>10973349lolyomie on ig
Why is there such a stigma against girls who cosplay for money? As someone who has never had a girlfriend, being able to send money to cute girls who cosplay as the characters that I love is one of the only things in my life that makes me feel like I have a purpose. From patreon to onlyfans, it's on of my biggest joys and motivations in my life. One day I hope I can give money to a cosplayer at a con in real life and not just through the internet.
If they actually cosplay and come have fun at cons? You do you, even if I find it odd.If they just wear a wig and do porn? Fuck off, go get blacked or some shit hoe. My only other issue is if they go to cons explicitly to just get risque pics in the general area for their OF. Go rent a studio, hotel, airbnb, whatever. Why do that shit at a con? People paying to have a good time arent your backdrop and dont consent to it, its awkward as hell having someone find you in the background of some whore's smut.
>>10868287Would 3 let me kiss her feet, tights and nylon gloves for $5 instead? So horny and lonely.
>>10925901Lying gay man
>>10872877Boob grabs would likely fall under prostitution laws. You can't even touch strippers in the US, though you can in French Canada. The jurisprudence carve-out for the kinks is obviously a violation of the spirit of the law.
>>10971052Thats a shame
>Anime Expo registrations opened today>no threadsDead Board? Did you guys manage to book any hotel rooms before they sold out? My friends and I managed to snag 2 at the Westin and 1 at the AC.
>>10973679In what way? ALA is pretty big but a little less corporate. Anime Impulse is smaller and is around three times a year in different California cities.
>>10973686>In what way?massive crowds attracting business interest, big stars, production staff, merch, and concerts. i'm the type that would fly to japan for anime japan to get that type of fix more than once a year.
>>10973679America is not Japan and our country is significantly more spread out. You aren't going to get AX attendance multiple times a year because people outside of the West Coast just can't afford to make it a multiple time trip. That's why it's better for their to be big cons throughout the country
>>10973695ax is like 95%+ locals attending. whenever it's asked in a panel if someone traveled from outside california less than that reply. people across america aren't even traveling regardless. 120k might not be possible but something like 100k certainly is. anyway the first anyc numbers were abysmal in comparison, like 20k with huge guests and industry support. smaller than ALA. so it's certainly not a inclusiveness to the US issue >That's why it's better for their to be big cons throughout the countryyou can have your small local cons, but i would like for another of southern california's cons to turn big. i don't think these things are mutually exclusive.
There was a Nami cosplayer at the Day 3 One Piece gathering with oil slathered on her tits. Anyone know who she was?
