You Are My Sweetest Downfall: TEST YOUR KEYBOARD
THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPS OVER THE LAZY DOG.
Hahahaha. Programmers typing ftw.
does imagine count bc if yes i’m my imagine character :’)
if not i’m kazuya
im my imagine character and i dont know what vitality is and im going to die
or im ephraim and i can only use lances ow :(
I’m… Luke fon Fabre.
Still not sure if want.
I am Ness.
OH NOES GIGYAS
Alucard.
Castlevania: SOTN.
I’ll survive.
Roland from Borderlands
DOVAHKIIN. I DON’T KNOW, SORTA REALLY FUCKED.
I’m uh. A shirtless Angel from Dance Central 2.
All the bitches, and none of the deaths, fuck yes.
TOYOTOMI HIDEYOSHI, FUCK YEAH!!!
Haman Karn, piloting Unicorn. disregard females, acquire currency :3
Lu Bu from Dynasty Warriors 7? GUESS I AM FUCKING FINE.
(Source: forthehive)
So, I was thinking to myself on how fast I had made both Celebi and the Little this time around. This means I am getting faster at my work, so I was curiously thinking of how quickly I am getting at working on cosplay…. So I decided to make a timeline based on when I posted my first WIP, and my final ‘ready to go’ or debut picture.
This….. math kinda surprises me.
Celebi WIP - The Wig
HEY. HEY GUYS.
I started working on this last night but continued and FINISHED IT. JUST IN TIME. I JUST HAVE WORK IN 5 HOURS YALL.
It also fits like a fucking glove.
Sneak photo attacks by Demonic DJ Kitty >3
You know, I’ve come to an obvious little conclusion about most of the people in the world. It is a subtle, growing thing that has been crawling up the back of my mind and lingered like a tumor on the back of my brain.
People are tools.
That’s right folks, people are tools. And just to let you know somewhere in the middle of this rant there is a SURPRISE for you in the form of enlightenment!
So the first place I’ve noticed this lately is in the cosplay community- or whatever the fuck they want to be called anymore. For all the times I have heard ‘this is cosplay’ or ‘this isn’t cosplay’, or ‘cosplay can’t be defined’, I really think that we just need to get rid of the title all together. Seriously. If we can’t figure out at all what the fuck it means, then the word itself is meaningless. The point of having a word that categorizes a group of something is that part ‘of something’ that they are categorized in.
Everyone in the cosplay community wants to be a special snowflake. I’ve come to the conclusion that no one wants to cosplay out of the love of the character anymore, they just want to have the most wankers throwing love on their cosplay page. And I mean wankers -literally- guys. The love for the character is completely lost in the want for attention, and wanting to be the most popular or the most loved person. Anyone who says they don’t cosplay for pictures is full of shit. Any hetalia girl that does a country and says that she dresses up for not-yaoi is a cunt. And I think that Homestuck cosplayers in general (or people with face paint from all of the blathering I’ve heard about them ‘not being cosplayers’) are just suffering from mass hysteria, and possibly lead poisoning from the face paint they all use.
People who don’t sew their own costumes aren’t as good as cosplayers who do so, so people who buy their costumes should stop complaining that they don’t get ‘awarded’ for their fine work of pretty much being a living mannequin. You know how often I get to read up the people whining about the ‘ohhhhh its unfair that only people who made their costumes get to compete.’ Thats right. Because its a -craftsmanship- contest, not a look alike contest. Masquerade is good for a look alike contest, but not craftsmanship. It’s also a competition so you do have to set the bar high so that everyone and their mom get to waste the judges time and have them stuck in a room for 24 hours judging if this character that they don’t know is accurate to the personality of someone. I feel the same way about people who say they ‘know food’ and yet refuse to learn to cook.
People who complain or feel depressed that someone else cosplayed their favorite character should be ashamed of themselves. You should be happy that your character is so well loved and not be sad that someone ‘did better than you’, so grow the fuck up.
The entire thing with weight and height and gender in the cosplay community also drives me up the fucking wall. I’m not saying that it’s bad if you’re not the perfect body type for that character or the wrong skin color, the entire debate in general is just mind boggling. And I love it when those people who claim ‘Oh, love in cosplay is most important’ are the first people to pick and choose cosplays that aretechnicallymore accurate than the person who is smaller/taller/thicker/thinner/brighter/darker/ect than the original character. It’s also dumb to think that you should be allowed to be just as popular as the boobie cosplayers because you are a good craftsmanship/person/cosplayer/ect. Western Society dictates that the more skin and curves you have as a woman, the sexier and more appealing you are. And if you aren’t chilled like a sculptured god, you aren’t as appealing either. The same fucking rules apply in cosplay.
I am now seven paragraphs down and I have assumed already that most people haven’t read this far. If you know me personality or watch my blog you may have realized that something is off. Yes folks, I’m trolling- thats why it says ‘I’m trolling’ in the tags. Most of the points I’m pulling off is from the complaints I see on cosplayer confessions and using them as a baseline to make a false rant and rise emotions to see if people actually read long items like this. Consider it an experiment. If you decide to reblog this, please put a smiley face (be creative!) on your reblog to see if your followers read everything that you write when you post. Do not write a reply your thoughts or opinions on it at all, just a smiley face. If you don’t, you get an F.
If you think that it is OK for a female to crossplay, but not for a male to do it, something is wrong with you. You have double standards and should check your choices. If you want to be accepted in this community, you have to accept all of us! Even the crazy Homestuck people.
People in this community are just really oversensitive, but I think most of all naive and immature. They jump to conclusion too quickly, are two faced, and most of the time want to be loving and sincere to others but are just as quick to backtalk people. Fandoms rise and fall through the cosplay community as representative by their fans, friends are made through the similarity of fandoms and then blown up in drama because they realize that they conflict terribly other than their one simple likeness between them. The drama is -no- different than high school and will probably be the reason why I drop out of the game. I love my hobby a lot and I love getting my photo taken but by god, there are some stupid fucking people that go to cons and post on the internet and then are blatantly surprised when they don’t hide behind anonymous that they are getting attacked for being a tool.
cuttlemesoftly asked: I was being a creep, and looking through tags with ab12 on them, and I saw your little cosplay. I just wanted you to know that I completely agree with what you said about it (costume contest) being unorganized, and stupid and the lot. I just wanted to know that I share your pain as the whole things was a complete waste of 6 precious hours.
I don’t think stalking a tag on Tumblr is creepy, haha, pretty sure its the norm!
Luckily I had sent an email, as well as my two friends who were the Vice-chair and Masquerade head of another con, and our complaints were well received by chair and Programming head. So hopefully over the years it will get better. In the meanwhile it’s almost an 8 hr drive for me, so I will most likely not be going back.
But thank you! We can all sob painfully together!!!!
Celebi WIP - The Wig
So working on the wig tonight. Tomorrow is finishing time with it :)
Since I am putting a cone over the back to help with the curve I ripped out all of the wefts. The issue there is that the backing will just go willy nilly without those support strands. So I put in new layers of ribbon just to get it held. I have most of it hand stitched back on, but some ends must be done. THe good news is that it fits :)
Tomorrow I finish sewing, then sew the cone on, and then the fun part of gluing all the hair back! And then making a nice lil hair line and dying it ^.^ ONE MORE DAY TO GO
*Scratches head*
…. cosplayers who aren’t in character are not cosplayers, they are people in costume. Like, literally by definition, you have to be ACTING as the character to be a ‘costume player’, aka cosplay.
Sorry, I’m just wanting to clarify what you mean when you say that if you don’t act like the character you’re dressed as you’re not a cosplayer? Exactly what, in your opinion, constitutes acting in-character? Personally, I never act in-character, and only change my posture and expression for photos, not out on the actual show floor. Being in character has always made me uncomfortable as has being around cosplayers who overtly act in-character, so that’s why I don’t do it. I’m just curious as to where you’d draw the line between cosplayer and costumer on this.
Elaboration time: The idea of cosplay isn’t simply to just wear a costume. It is, by definition, “is a type of performance art in which participants don costumes and accessories to represent a specific character or idea. Cosplayers often interact to create a subculture centred around role play. A broader use of the term “cosplay” applies to any costumed role play in venues apart from the stage, regardless of the cultural context.” Basically, the costume playing is what makes cosplay.
Generally, I don’t care if someone is in or out of character at all. The enjoyment of craftsmanship and being recognized as the character I think is the best part of dressing up. But I know a lot of people who feel awkward trying to capture the, going to call it ‘emotional essence’ of the character or trying to represent them. Just having a head scratch.
(Source: cosplayer-confessions)
Celebi Beta - ‘The Green Fairy’
Let us call this Beta testing for this cosplay at Steam Punk World Fair. Decided to wear some of it to sort of get a feel before Anime North how its all going to hold together. I was -very glad- I did because there were some failures in boning and me realizing how light my ballet shoes are and my need for some other flats for walking.
Multiple times I was asked if I was the green Fairy XD I might buy another wig like this one to wear a simple nice one instead of the full on Celebi
*Scratches head*
…. cosplayers who aren’t in character are not cosplayers, they are people in costume. Like, literally by definition, you have to be ACTING as the character to be a ‘costume player’, aka cosplay.
(Source: cosplayer-confessions)
SO. As a joke with a friend I started playing with the song Call Me Maybe and writing lyrics inspired by Dynasty Warriors 7- specifically Lu Bu. It grew more inspired so I wrote the entire song XD I may be singing this when I finish my cosplay, hahaha.
Enjoy:
Celebi WIP - Panties, Stockings and Garter Belt
I swear that this is not an anime talking about :3
FINISHED MY FIRST GARTER BELT annnnd SOME PANTIES.
Couldn’t find the right color of panties I wanted that fitted, so fuck that I made my own. A little ghetto adn I didn’t have the right thread and no elastic, but they fit fiiiiine. Garter belt is also fun as hell, even though its COVERED IN CAT FUR.
Last piece to sew is the sheer shirt, finishing that tonight. Will not have the wig styled at all before Steam Punk World Fair, but I will have it done before leaving for Toronto.
The Big: WIP
The sleeve!! i finally figured it out!! XDDD i cant tall you how many time i sewed...
Shiva de Final Fantasy X
HOLY—-
