Oh hey man! How come you're dressed like that?
Do ya dress like that everyday?
Aren't you a bit old to be dressing up?
Is it halloween?
Circus is in town isn't it?
Hoh, but anyway, you look great!
But uh, who're you supposed to be?
Oh I know, Sailor Moon right?
Ah no it's that whatchacallit.....Pokemon!
*groaning*
Now you're pretty likely to hear these questions from anybody that's not into pop culture or anime.
And a good majority of the time, people are just asking out of curiosity more than anything else.
Now me personally, I usually don't mind having a bit of a chat if they're polite about it,
but it can really make you just want to smack your head into a table
sometimes when they try to crack bad jokes,
think something is a bit easy, or even worse, they try to diss your waifus.
So, what other kind of things do cosplayers hear?
Ah no way, that's really cool! Did you buy it?
Oh you made it?? I didn't think boys knew how to sew!
Oh you made it?? No way, girls can't use tools like that!
Can you make me one?
Mate, can you do it for free?
*groaninggggggg*
Now asking if someone's bought something usually indicates one or two things:
They either think that what you're wearing is really cool,
and they want something similar or what you've got.
Or usually, they don't think that you made it yourself
and you're un (in) capable of making such a thing.
Firstly, there's absolutely NOTHING wrong with buying costumes.
Don't have access to a sewing machine, you don't know how to make something or
you just can't be bothered making it yourself, there's absolutely no problem.
Online shopping is seriously your best friend.
But when you work really hard on something and then someone comes up to you and says,
''Did you buy it???'' ''You know how to sew??'' ''You're capable??''
I've been working on this really hard, okay??
You know, someone comes up to you and they're like, ''Did you MAKE that???''
You're like, ''Phwawww, yeah of course I didn't make it...'' *modest modest modest*
Yes, I can make things! Yes, I could probably make you one too!
No, I won't do it for free!
It gets a little bit annoying sometimes. Of course you're gonna put on your angry face a little bit!
Hoooh, is that real?
Mate, is that a wig?
Aw can I touch it?
Hoooh, that bit there, I think it's a bit crooked ey?
Yeah I mean uh, why didn't you use foam?
I mean you coulda used worbla for that too hey?
Oh did you hot glue that together??
Hoh, did you know about doing it like this?
I mean it's a much better method y'know?
Yeah I would've done it like this hey.
*MORE GROANING*
Now as the old saying goes, ''If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all.''
Cosplayers but a LOT of time, money and effort into their creations,
and it can be a pretty big learning curve starting from scratch.
Sometimes things turn out great, sometimes they don't.
So unless someones actually ASKING for constructive criticism or advice,
it's NEVER usually a good time to pick at what someone's made.
I mean, it's like going:
Aw hey Billy! That's a great drawing!
Aw hey thanks man! I really worked hard on it, and y'know...
Hrrrrrr, but the face is just...a bit off. And how come you drew that bit like that hey?
Ah, well, it's not my best work, but I tried my best and i'm pretty proud of how it turned out.
So y'know, next time i'm gonna...
Aw mate, you should draw it this way instead y'know?
Look up a few tutorials on the things, draw it this way instead...
Y'know, it really helps. I mean, i've been drawing for a few years now
so I kinda know what i'm talking about on these parts here hey, and yeah...
Regardless of if they're wrong or right, noone likes a know-it-all.
And if someone actually DOES ask for advice, y'know, it's nice to be nice.
Are you a girl?
Are you a boy, mate?
Are you straight?
You all right mate?
Aw what do ya parents think of ya?
Aren't you a bit too young / old / skinny / big / asian for that character?
Now if you like wearing skirts as a dude, that's great!
If you like wearing suits as a girl, awesome!
And hey, if you like dancing in your fox costume, you rock it!
There's no such thing as too gay, too fat, too asian - whatever!
No matter what any friend, stranger or relative might say to you,
there's absolutely nothing wrong with cosplaying what YOU wanna do.
You love a series, you love a character so much that you wanna cosplay them,
you can do it, and there's absolutely no right or wrong way to do it.
You, should do, you.
Now if you're a cosplayer, you're more than likely to have heard at least one of these before in the past,
and you'd know how kind of unpleasant and
uncomfortable it can be to deal with these kinds of questions.
As you'd know better than anyone else, a lot of time, money and effort goes into
these costumes and unfortunately, love for cosplay is something only
a cosplayer would really understand.
So if you're a cosplayer: Don't be afraid to love what you love.
You're not alone.
And if you're not, well: Just keep in mind, we're all people,
and a little bit of encouragement can go a long way.
And for everyone: Just do your best to be great.
Just be nice to everyone, no matter who they are.
G'day fellas, how're you goin'?
Now if i've missed anything in this list, PLEASE write them in the comments below!
I had a REALLY hard time coming up with this list!
And I know can't have come across all of the questions that you guys have probably run into before.
It's been really great hearing some of the experiences that some of you guys have had,
and it's great just chatting with a bunch of different cosplayers from all over the world.
So let me know what you think! It's been bloody hot where i've been living,
i'm gonna keep trying to put something out regularly.
So hope you guys are gonna keep looking forward to it! Catch you again soon, bye!
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