/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>8108815

Get a browser that syncs your bookmarks, bro.

>Make a post in fb sales clearly marked with WTB and Want To Buy
>"Hurrdurr how much is it?"
>Every fucking time

>>8108832
One of the devices is my bf's pc and one is my work pc and I can't really chose a browser on either of them.
Also, why should I bother if lacemarket has a favourite option?

Why can't people just enjoy a show for the sake of the show?

Why do people NEED for there to be a romantic subplot? Does every single story need to have romance in it? Why can't action and adventure be that? JUST ACTION AND ADVENTURE. Can it, just, not keep their attention if there isn't romance? And why do they always become rabid shippers who'll bite your head clean off your shoulders if you don't feel their pairing, even the most ridiculous crack pairings?

Fucking. Legend of Zelda series on Netflix rumors and I'm over here blabbing about "monsters and dungeons and lore oh my" and everyone else is "OMG there better be lesbians or I'm dropping the series forever!"

> posts WTB post
> someone comments on it
> "@friend anon you should totally get this!!!1"
> friend anon: "yassss i should!!"
> someone else: "i'm selling this in a colorway that you don't even want!!1"
> friend anon: "OOOOOHHHH HOW MucH?????"
> entire fucking comments thread derails like a freak train accident

>>8110075
This. Oh god this.

>People who bash you for not shipping characters you cosplay or characters in a series
>People who cosplay a million versions of the same character from the same series and none of them look different
>People who don't bother to cosplay unknown characters from the same series, i.e. Fire Emblem, Pokemon, Persona, SMT, etc.
>Flavor of the month anime cosplayed by hambeasts and whore girls
>Girls begging for guys to cosplay as their yaoi boys or ships
>Girls who bitch at you for not shipping or thinking that there is romance in any manga/video game/anime
>Tumblr bitches who complain about you at anime cons
>Hetalia level autism at photoshoots.
>Guys who bitch about a character 'isn't top tier !' that you cosplay like you care.

God dammit I don't give a fuck about waifu wars, or if you have a boner for Billy Bob Gary Stu, or who is fucking who. I just want to cosplay and talk with people who like it without the stupid drama.

What I hate is on sales posts with cheap items I always get: "Can you do a payment plan on this?!" Or people who say they want something and then never respond ever again. Like it is always the cheaper items like 40usd I get this on. God dammit it makes me mad.

>>8110075
At least people aren't saying Link is canon trans because "they never said they weren't" anymore.

>>8110348
Yes. Yes. Yes.

It's shit like what you said that has made me not even want to do cons anymore and just spend my money on Magic, Pathfinder, and getting my life back on track.

Hell I'm only doing like....3 cons this year because of bullshit like that.

>>8110652
>At least people aren't saying Link is canon trans because "they never said they weren't" anymore.

I've never heard anyone try and make that argument, and knowing that there are people out in this wide world who do makes me want to roll my eyes so hard they fall outta my head.

Maybe I'm just lucky and stay out of those parts of the internet.

>>8110075
Also hi, Warden.

>>8110075
Just out of curiousity, did you ever cosplay the warden? (the warden is my fetish)

When people cosplay a character that has a different color than their own, abd they don't even try to sport a damned wig....or even if they do get a wig, it's not even in the right color.

>Follows a black cosplayer with natural hair
>Cool
>Decides to use natural hair for a Rocy cosplay
>Styles it sort of off, but close
>Can't tell if it's Roxy hair if it weren't for the clothes, and foe her telling you
>Months later she wants to cosplay Sailor Moon
>Yaaay nostalgia
>Buys a long wig
>In black
Why?

>>8110668
>>At least people aren't saying Link is canon trans because "they never said they weren't" anymore.
>I've never heard anyone try and make that argument, and knowing that there are people out in this wide world who do makes me want to roll my eyes so hard they fall outta my head.

Welcome to any tumblr fandom. The bigger the fandom the bigger the chance this will be spread like cancer.
>"Character X never said they WEREN'T trans/nonbinary/aromantic/genderqueer!"
>"so in my headcanon they are totes asexual panromantic nonbinary!!11"
>"IF U DISAGREE YOU ARE CISSEXIST SCUM"
>"IF YOU DISAGREE YOU ARE TRANSPHOBIC"
>mfw

And this is only a tiny bit of the ture madness one has to expect.
Ah, bad flashbacks to the SnK Hanji-discussion or the neverending Sailor Uranus debate.

> FB cosplay group
> "recommend me a cosmaker that's good and cheap"
> peple ask how much is "cheap"
> "under 100usd"

God, please stop asking for cheap cosmakers, it never looks good.

>>8110725
I dunno anon, I'd rather see a black sailor moon with black hair than blonde. I don't know about the other character though.

>>8110668
Back then it was:
>But *main character of shounen series* never showed any romantic interest in somebody, you can't know he ISN'T gay!

Now it is:
>But *some character, f.e. elsa* never showed romantic interest, you don't know if he/she ISN'T asexual!!!

Yes, everything is possible, but I assume a male shounen-series mangaka won't be so revolutionary and make significant male characters gay.

>people not taking piercings out for cosplay or "fancy" lolita eg at a tea party or meetup
i get buying a bunch of retainers at once can be a little daunting price wise (hell i just dropped £30 on retainers and spare parts alone) but its fucking worth it to not have metal blobs distracting from your costume.

and its not hard. it takes me less than 5 minutes to change my 8 piercings from metal jewellery to retainers before i do my makeup.

>see also: not covering tattoos with makeup or a bodysuit if its really dense/spread/uncovered

>>8110936
Woops, I was on my phone. I meant Roxy from Homestuck. I mean, if that certain blonde doesn't suite you, can't you simply change the tone a bit? I mean, a different shade of blonde shouldn't stop people from recognizing you as that character?

When I watch a wardrobe video, I actually see what pieces people have in their wardrobe. I don't want to see people throwing their shit everywhere and prancing about like a "kawaii purincessu~~~~" the entire video.

When people only ever consider cosplaying the main characters of a game and never a common enemy. You know, the enemies you end up seeing and fighting for a majority of the game. Even worse is when people only do the protagonist. Even elite enemies would be preferable.

There's even more variation in mooks too. Nobody judges you as harshly because while a main character has one unique look you have to fit well to do a good cosplay, enemies can be more flexible.

>Be black cosplayer
>"Oh anon you should cosplay [insert black character]!"
>Cosplay as non-black character
> "xD are you doing the black version of the character?!"

I cannot stand people who say this shit me when I'm at cons or when I'm brainstorming for a cosplay to do. Every time someone makes these comments towards me I have to hold back the urge to tell them to go fuck off or slap them in the mouth. Don't any of them realize they're doing cosplays of characters that aren't even their race? I don't even make it a subject of me being black when I cosplay but everyone else has to fucking force it. I do cosplays of black characters but I always treat it the same as any other non-black character I do.

>>8110923
>SnK Hanji-discussion
What was said?

>>8108815
Use "Pocket"!

>>8111446
IIRC when things were just starting to become massively popular there was an interview thing going around with the author where the asker said they couldn't tell whether Hange was a man or a woman. The author messed with them by not confirming either (but he was really just playing around which pissed off the fanbase when they found out lol), that made a really large amount of people think Hange was non-binary or whatever.

Then later the official localizer I think said that Hange was canonically gender-neutral or something which made the arguments erupt again. Luckily it's all died down alongside most of its popularity among that crowd.

But really there's a hell of a lot of projecting onto characters on tumblr, like there are SO MANY transwhoever, nbwhoever irls anything not cis unless they're 'transphobic' characters which nets them cishetcharacter urls. Even when it's literally impossible for them to be asexual or trans, they INSIST that they're right and you're trash for not sharing their headcanons.

And we're not even getting into the fictionkin people who believe they ARE the characters which is a whole 'nother bag of crazy...

TLDR: Hange's gender used to a big subject, and tumblr is crazy, absolutely crazy.

>>8110668
eeeeeeyyy Boris <3

>>8110695
I did, but I admittedly did a subpar job. The experience was rather miserable as well (you can thank bad shoes and the Lorax fandom for that). I still enjoy the show and love the character, but the chances of me cosplaying him again are slim unfortunately.

>>8110923
>>"Character X never said they WEREN'T trans/nonbinary/aromantic/genderqueer!"
>>"so in my headcanon they are totes asexual panromantic nonbinary!!11"
>>"IF U DISAGREE YOU ARE CISSEXIST SCUM"
>>"IF YOU DISAGREE YOU ARE TRANSPHOBIC"

This shit makes me rage so hard. I feel like it was so easy to just huff about whether a character was gay or not. Now we have all these new pronouns and terms and orientations that just muddles everything. I don't even know what half of them mean.

>>8111373
Ugh, that's so shitty, Anon. I hate it when people bitch about black cosplayers dressing up as a non-black character. I mean, it's not like you've got a great pool of black characters to choose from to begin with, and most of the ones I can think of are gangster/Black Panther stereotypes.
I don't understand why people can't just let other people cosplay and keep their mouths shut.

>>8111640
>chances of me cosplaying him again are slim unfortunately.

>Have this one shit ass cosplay who copies everything I do
> At first she waited a few weeks after I did it to do it
>Then it turned into a week
>Now the evening of the event I do, she's doing crap costests of the same charatcer

A few people have noticed, but no one calls her up on shit. She's not hot, not skilled with craft but people fucking kiss her feet for her shitty work. It's embarrassing to be copied by a talented bint.

>>8111297
Because they want to be special and have attention anon!

>>8111373
That's so shitty anon. Sorry.

>>8111276
best wardrobe videos then?

>>8108815
When people are dishonest

Don't say you'll talk to or hang out with anyone on your cosplay page then end up being cold and unwelcoming to people at cons, just be honest

>>8109028
>Make a post in fb sales clearly marked with DT and Direct Trade
>"How much will you sell it for?"
>EVERY TIME

>>8112013
Lovely Lor's and Miss Lillith's, both 2015. They showed each of their main pieces one at a time, gave the names of each piece, and also showed their blouses, shoes, and accessories. No BS. Meanwhile, Girly Hoot's wardrobe video was made up of 90% footage of her eating fucking macaroons and 10% fondling her burando while it was still hanging in her closet.

>>8111924
I'm slowly getting over it since most of them aren't too bright or have a clue as to how it feels anyway. I could make them feel like shit too and tell them to limit their pool of cosplays because of their body shape or height since big details like that are so important to them but I'm not like that. There are some black characters I'll cosplay because I actually like them rather than because I can pull them off decently. I actually lean a lot closer to doing masked and fully armored cosplays because I like how enigmatic and spooky the characters are behind them.

Also something that'll be grinding my gears next con:
>Getting caught up in #28daysofblackcosplay

It's much assured that someone will snap a photo of me and put the fucking hashtag next to it. I didn't enter this fucking hobby to get that type of attention. I just wanna be appreciated for cosplaying and not doing it because of my race.

Fattychans/hambeasts with unshirred brand and/or hilariously small dresses in their wishlists, especially when they play dumb or swim deep in denial once you point out the measurements. Additionally when said fattychan sees you wearing a dress at a meet, bombards you with questions about how much it cost/how it fits/the sizing and then immediately puts it in their wishlist after the meetup.

>mfw you will never be able to fit into any of those
>mfw even if you could fit you have no money

So much unabashedly petty rage in my veins.

>>8110936
i agree with this

>>8112126
This! I barely caught a glimpse at her dresses. I had to pause and guess at what print's were there. It's just such a waste of time, I didn't really care about her before. After that though, I can see why people don't like her.

>>8112139

playing the devil's advocate here - if they are planning to lose weight, they might want to buy them as motivation or because some dresses are hard to get, or because they have no money and by the time they will be able to afford it they will be slimmer.

>be ambiguously asian
>weeaboos have swarmed me at school and conventions because they think i'm japanese
>tell them im filipino and suddenly im worth less than the sweat that rolls off their triple chins

i'm glad they're leaving me alone now but i'm somehow labeled as a fake asian and a wannabe? i don't understand how literal weeaboos (99.9% white), people who want to be japanese so bad, can call other asians "fake" and "wannabes"

my friends from singapore and taiwan also experienced this

>>8112387
Because Filipinos are bottom-tier Asians.

>>8112387

See >>8112394

>>8112394
and? i still don't get weeaboos calling other asians fake just for not being north east asian

>>8112404

Because you literally are fake asians.

>>8112404
The thing is that it's not just weeaboo-exclusive; it's common knowledge.

>>8112406
>>8112408
i just don't understand this mentality, asia is full of so many different cultures and countries, it's not just korea and japan and china...

>>8112416

Yeah but the others are shit.

This whole "I need x but it has to be cheap!!! Low budget!!!" shit. I get not everyone can afford cosplay but damn... If you're that tight on money should you really be spending it on cosplay? Or at least pick a character you can afford to cosplay, or save up so you can get something of good quality. I keep seeing people going for characters like Asuna for example for under $100 and it's like... Honey no.

Also I've seen so many people suggesting cheap, $5 amazon wigs or Chinese eBay crap and it just makes me want to scalp my eyes out.

All these people openly admitting to wanting to cut corners (I saw someone today asking how to make a cosplay without sewing... Using hot glue!?) and save money are literally turning me away from the hobby so quickly.

>>8112416
If you go technical, 'Asian' includes India and Russia. But when people say 'Asian', they tend to be referring to a certain set of characteristics. That Filipinos don't have. Would you call Mexican people 'American'?

>>8112419
>>8112424
i guess i just don't get the western definition, i attended secondary school in the philippines and that's just not what i was taught in school for the asian definition. when you say "asian" in the philippines, we think about it in regions (south, south east, central, north east). i'm not trying to be japanese or korean but i still think south east asians are still asian, and india influenced a big part of asian culture in general so india is definitely counted

as for calling mexican people american, no, i wouldn't think of them as american if i still lived in the philippines, but now i know being american can encompass lots of different races, the term "american" seems more like nationality now instead of racial

>>8112435

This isn't the western definition.

Literally everyone thinks you're a fake Asian. This includes the Eastern Asians.

>>8112441
too bad i guess because we are still in the asian continent? i don't understand this rigid definition of "asian"

>>8112416
Seriously. When Westerners says Asian, they're most likely refer to East Asian which is ridiculous. Like you said, we are very diverse culturally. Not every Asian use chopstick or have fair skin like ignorant Westerners like to believe.

>>8112458
Pretty sure that anon is a troll or have a narrow view of what Asian supposed to be.

>>8112463
>>8112463

Nope, just speaking the truth.

Your Taiwanese friends are probably laughing behind your back.

>>8112471
Then you must have awful Chinese.. I mean, Taiwanese friends.

>>8112463
>>8112471
Other anon; I'm south-east Asian. Not a 'true' Asian either, but at least I look the part of one a la chopstick and fair skin. When people say Asian, they mean East Asian. When people say American, they mean North American. Everyone else is used with more specific adjectives.

>>8112387
>be korean-american male
>go to an anime convention not on either coast
>get glomped
>politely ask her to stop
>ignore me and ask, "Are you Japanese?"
>"No, I'm Korean."
>replys, "EVEN BETTER!!" glomps harder

oh k-pop, what hath thou wrought

>>8112484
well if ive learned anything from this thread, claim to be from the Philippines

>>8112484
Lel, I feel you bro. I was hanging with this Korean dude last year (exchange student), and man, was the 'oppa!'ing intense.

>>8112139
I dodge these questions, Anon. I won't even tell them. It's rude to selfishly quiz someone on their clothes. You are not alone in these peeves. If it's unshirred, I just refer them to Lolibrary, if shirred and they ask me what the max measurement is, I can honestly can say 'I don't know' (because I don't stretch any of my shirred dresses out to their limit)...I don't say that last part though, just because I don't want to be rude back but I really don't like these kinds of questions.

>>8112504
When will fatties learn that if you have to ask what the max measurements are it won't fit.

>>8112504
I'm so glad someone shares my feelings about the whole 20 questions charade. There's one girl in my comm (17, dropped out of high school, wears ill-fitting replicas and badly-modded Bodyline, built like a linebacker with a beergut) who has literally thrown a foot-stamping, childish fit because I wouldn't disclose to her my exact bust/waist measurements. She then insisted I must be anorexic or bulimic in order to wear brand like I do.

I recently got one of her dream dresses myself, and wore it to a meet without knowing she'd be there. If I'd known I would've chosen something else to not seem like I was gloating/rubbing it in/whatever else she would project onto me, but she ended up trying to brush it off with "Oh it's not so great in person!" and "It looks so cheap - I bet the replica would be soooooo~ much better!"

>somehow did not slap her across the face
>bitch please learn manners before speaking to adults
>don't think I can't see you staring from across the room

>>8112387
Mmmm I have a few Filipino friends, and they've introduced me to the food from there. OMG, so good.

>>8112511
Ha! What a salty bitch. What dress, anon?

>>8110923
This so much with Sailor Uranus
omfg

>>8112529
Milky Planet. Not the most exciting thing but she's obsessed with that print. Every so often she'll post a Facebook status lamenting not being able to find the replicas she wants for a "decent price," by which she means "less than 100$ and exactly my size."

She is a constant source of entertainment for me, I have to admit.

>>8108815

Scrolling through YouTube happen across a random channel... Miranda something or other
Notice a few bodyline purses in the background...interested
Check out videos, chick's just getting into Lolita... Awesome!
Find first bodyline chord... not bad newbie San... not bad...
Check out rest of vid, love watching folks discovering the fashion etc etc
Make the damn mistake of looking through the comments.... a chunk of chick's 100 000 + subscriber base is looking their shit pervert you have changed!, other chunk is confused small set know what the fuck she's talking about.....

What pissed me off... people assuming she should give more than zero fucks about what they thought about "her new perverted lifestyle"

Welcome to the dark side newbie!

>>8112461
+1000000

>>8112635
Shit tier asian detected

>>8112461
>>8112480


As a SEA chinese who remembers when Australia tentatively hinted that it was such a close neighbour it should be an honorary Asian country, this entire viewpoint makes no sense whatsoever.

>>8112651
Shit stain anon detected.

>>8111942
Same situation here. To add insult to injury, it seems like she's picking the characters I love the most.

>>8112663

You're right, it doesn't.

Doesn't stop Asian racism from happening.

People grouping all Asians together because they are all so lovely together and should get along are laughable

>>8112673

They aren't even doing that, though. If I read the other two anons right, they seem to be saying you're "Asian" only if you're East Asian or Oriental-looking, even if you're technically from Asia? Meanwhile Oz is a non-Asian country that's very close neighbours to South East Asia, which in turn contains a lot of fake Asians because they aren't East Asians or Orientals, but hey this white country could be like an honorary Asian country and totally be bros with the South East Asian countries where the majority are fake Asians and a small sprinkling are not-fake Asians, right?

Confusing. So super confusing.

>>8112692
I'm this >>8112461 anon and you're correct. People in many Western countries usually refer to East Asian for Asian and ignoring other Asian ethnicities like Southeast Asian and South Asian. This kind of view really pissed me off.

Aaand on the other hand, in UK, Asian is mainly referred to South Asians (Indian, Pakistanis etc)

>>8112663

Australia is considered Asia Pacific,though.

>>8112861
>>8112867

Great. More confusion.

>>8112868
I'm guessing that you're not from Asia?

>>8112176
this. i was just a bit too big to fit into most brand but i bought my dream dress and totally disregarded measurements. it took 8 months until i was happy with my size but the dress was a big motivator for losing weight

>>8111211
Yeah, no...I've tried cosplaying as a blonde character before and being black, many shades of blonde dont look good or right with my tone, so I'd much rather do something like Sailor Moon with black hair that looks much nicer on me personally.

SJWs at cons

>>8112387
>>8112394
I happen to like Filipinos no lie.

>list dress in "mint condition"
>post pics of yourself wearing it and clearly stretching it out

This irks the shit out of me.

>>8114088

>people stretching out brand in general

I know at least two people in my comm who do this instead of trying to find something that fits. It's pretty gross.

>>8114088
>man the harpoons!

>>8113436
Stop lying.

>>8114211
Maybe she meant the biscuits

>>8114119
you're just mad some fat chick is ripping brand seams in grail prints, getting pit stains on it, getting her fat roll sweat and vaginal mucus mixture all up in the japanese cotton

while you open boxes that smell like china, and have to air out your bodyline to get the china-goods smell off of it

just mad because you feel entitiled to that shit because you look better naked..


u mad doe

>"friends" who ask you to do a character then rush to do the group without you and replace you with their BFF
>cosplayers who refuse to budge cosplay plans but expect you to drop yours for them at will
>making you feel bad for cosplaying with the same 3 people (protip: they're reliable and flexible)
>cosplayers who encourage you to cosplay with them; then when you question the progress they either "have no idea what you're talking about" or "they never committed" to it
>cosplayers who lie about making their outfits and then cry when they don't win
>cosplayers who try guilt trip judges to hand out more awards to people
>cosplayers who bitch out judges....to the other judges

>>8111373
>>8111924
This is why I decided to stick to nonhuman characters and eventually gave up cosplay altogether. Thankfully I have thick hair and haven't had too many comments about my skin apart from a handfull of n-bombs, what colors don't look good on me and complaints that I make it hard to take group photos...

>>8112137
Don't think about it in terms of asspats, rather a good example to other cosplayers.

>>8111211
Black girls look like shit 99.9% of the time with blonde hair.

>>8112484
Ugh, I feel ya
>be korean-american female
>meet random weebs at conventions
>"are you japanese or korean?"
>"I'm Korean"
>"UNNIIIII"
>"OMG what's your fav boy group~"
>"Do you know any kpop dances?!"
>"What's your favorite kdrama?!"

I actually don't have an interest in kdramas or kpop, and when I tell them that they always get really weirded out and don't know how to respond

>>8114256
Ahh, tfw you can just filter trip fags forever

Poorfags in lolita, esp poorfags who complain about being poor all the time and shit on people for having disposable incomes.

There's this one cunt who constantly complains about not being able to afford brand and looks down on me for being able to afford a brand dress every month.

What's even worse is that she complains about not having money when her parents are paying 100% of her tuition at a university that is roughly 10k per year. Bitch, at least you got tuition paid for you. If you want disposable income, ask your parents for more money or get a fucking job!

>>8110725
Black people look awful in 99% of blonde cosplay wigs. So honestly it's better that way.

>>8110923
To be fair sailor Uranus is canon lesbian. She passes as a dude, but I don't ever remember her trying to and it was just usagi and Venus being retards.

The harem of lolita fan girls that post the same E-famous lolita they are currently obsessed with on every thread.

Pic related, Fanny Rosie. The first time I saw her pic I thought she was stunningly beautiful and her co-ords were very interesting and well put together.

Now that her samefacing, same posing personage is being posted everywhere by her relentless fan girls I just cannot stand to see her anymore.

We get it. Your pretty. Your starting to appear like a attention whore.

>>8114490
>people still can't differentiate between your and you're

>[You're] starting to appear like a attention whore.
Are you an idiot? How would she be an attention whore if it's her fans who are posting her here? I don't understand your logic.

>>8114490
> blames fangirls for samefacing Fanny Rosie
> calls Fanny Rosie "attention whore"

?????????

>>8114490
>Your pretty.
>co-ords

Cosplayers and photographers not understanding their rights to photos, or how courts work.

>>8114490
I think you're mixing up her and her fans although she probably is a pretty annoying person judging from the way she presents herself.

>Come across someone who cosplays from the same obscure series as you and lives around the same area
>Oh boy! I'm so excited, I wonder if I should contact her! I'll look up her social media account so I can get in touch.
>Find out that she is the biggest, loudest and most aggressive SJW ever and has the worst case of white guilt
>Back off
>this is why we can't have nice things

>>8110652
Eh, that was horrible. I've seen some ridiculous "Stahp making heterosexuality/cisgender the norm if the character doesn't explicitly state their gender/sexuality they're nonbinary/trans/snowflakesexual !!!" posts floating around my tumblr feed now and it drives me mad because every time I see them I'm only thinking about how naive and stupid you have to be to make that kind of statement. Like 90% of the world consists of heterosexual cisgenders so I think it's only fair to assume the same rule applies to the fictional world created by these people unless explicitly stated otherwise.

>>8114429
On another note I think it's funny how many of those tumblrinas make Hotaru auto-lesbian because her 'parents' are lesbians and how often Chibiusa is lesbian, too.

>cosplayer says "guess who I'm cosplaying as
>tell them I don't know
>"come on guess"
>tell them I still don't know
>they get mad at me for not knowing
>"I'm an original character"

Seriously does this happen to anyone else because this has happened to me at least three times

>>8114914
I have a friend who cosplays her own characters and she doesn't even pull that shit

Stupid buyers really grind my gears.
Didn't happen to me personally but I cringe when I read this:

>negative feedback: "she sent it and everything was alright, BUT SHE DIDN'T GIVE ME FEEDBACK"
>"How long will it take?"-"Idk, about 2 weeks, depens on your customs and such."-" No, but will it arrive before my meet-up??"
>"My package is stuck in customs! I didn't know I had to pay such high fees! You have to compansate me! :'("
>also US sellers. "Sorry I don't ship internationally, it's too expensive."- "B-but I know! You don't even know if I'll buy it!!"

>>8114970
Really the not shipping internationally stems from a) not knowing the price and then eating the extra expense b) stating the price and having buyers whine about it.
It cost me about $20 to ship two GLB magazines and some hair bows to the UK. I'm sure if it had been a buyer they would have balked

>>8114354
You need to dump some of these friends.

>>8115035
There's a reason I cosplay with the same 3 people now. I actually said flat out to not ask me to join any groups in future. Haven't spoken since.

>>8110075
>"OMG there better be lesbians or I'm dropping the series forever!"
>family friendly game of thrones
>mfw nothing of value was lost

>>8115004

Not from the US but filling customs forms is a bitch, good god. Specially since you are selling more than one thing, since it's broke down by items then you have to write down the total... and my local posts office demands that you take the packages open and seal them there to make sure it's nothing ilegal.

>>8108815
>I'm sooper pail
>like really pail guys
>omg people think I'm a ghost from how PAIL I am
>ew stop discriminating, I can't help that I'm really really ridiculously PAIL
>ew all those ni- err, other girls are so pretty with their tans but I'll be laughing last when I'm still PAIL and beautiful at 50 and they shrivel up and die of sun exposure!
>I know that I'm the 100000000000th person to ask this question, but I'm so discriminated against because I'm so PAIL they don't make any makeup for my skin tone ;_;
Please fuck off back to r/MUA

Lolita "designers".

They go on and on about their lolita "label" and act like elitest cunts because they are a "designer" for a "label" but all they've ever made is some fugly flower crowns or something.

You don't have any talent as a designer until you prove it, and until that time comes stop wasting mine and other peoples time by shamlessly self promoting your crap on every single fucking page looking for assphats.

>>8115073
Fuck you, really fuck you anon, you're just jelly of fair skin and just have no idea.

It's no fucking fun when people tell you you're supposed to tan and dislike your own skin because
>"omg who would WANT to look like that? She has to have some special skin issues or else she would tan if she could!"
or if your own loving mother after years still tells you
>"Why don't you tan, you won't look so sick!".
and you can't go to work without make-up without your coworkers mentioning that you look sick.
And and not to mention the bullying you get for being "paprika-cheese", because every little pimple will shine on your transparent skin like a big warning sign.
Of course everyone forgets being pale means being transparent and not super-duper white so your face is basically just a bunch of dark rings under eyes, little veins and other spots.
And yes, there are basically no fucking make-up products for me. I can use exactly one concealer and one foundation and that's all.
But of course pale people mustn't complain because "white privilege" and "but asians looove fair skin!!"

Just fuck you anon.

>>8115102
>jelly
This is my skin tone by the by.

It's not that fucking hard to find products for your skintone, many are even advertised everywhere, especially in my country. And don't give me that shite, it's fair obvious you're just looking for an excuse to feel like a victim. Maybe quit being offended for every damn comment your parents and coworkers make and stop expecting people to walk on eggshells around you like.
But please, tell me all about how it's the end of the bloody world because oh no, I've a spot on my face and dark circles!
So do I dear, so does everyone. It's called being human. Time to grow up now and stop pretending the world's done us a disservice because we grew up with one skin tone over another. Everyone gets bullied for something, I got bullied for my hair colour just as much as that one kid who got bullied for being Canadian, and my mother made just as many offhanded comments about so many things.

For the record, you CAN go to work without makeup. No-one's stopping you. You just refuse to do so because you're afraid of other people's reactions. However, those reactions won't change if you cake on makeup and foundation and manically reapply.

>>8115132
First of all I won't let you invalidate my experiences just because "ugh toughen up sissy", if my skintone is an object to hate my whole life I can complain all I want, it's not like I run around telling people how miserable I am. Just because your soulless heart isn't offended doesn't mean I can't. And how nice of your country to cater to your skin tone, mine doesn't.
Do you tell black people to not get offended over skin comments, too?
Do you tell people who get bullied to suck it up, too?
Well then why don't you go fuck yourself, because noone cares about your opinion.

>>8114628
deets pls

>>8114677
I dunno about that 90% Hetero statistic, I always thought it was more like 50% heterosexual, 25% bi, 25% homosexual? But I think the 90% cisgender thing is about right.

>>8115173
Your statistics gotta be made up by tumblr.

>>8115175
I'm just doing rough counts based on people I know in real life.

>>8115144
maybe step away from the keyboard for a minute and give your poor fee-fees some time to recover

>>8115144
Are you seriously comparing your problems to what black people face, while managing to sound like a whiny tumblrina at the same time?
Evidently, you care about my opinion, seeing as you wrote me a novel up there chiding me for it. I'm allowed to rant about what I want in a rant thread, now run along to your hugbox and complain about how those nasty tan people are making you use the pale people toilets and shop in Pale-Mart.

>>8115179
Your circle of friends is not an accurate representative of society at large.

>>8115186
Not just my circle of friends, neighbours, coworkers, friends of friends.

It's indicative of the society in the city I live in, which isn't even that progressive.

>>8115186
Neither is a 90% heterosexuality rate m8

cathy cat grinds my fucking gears

>>8115183
Black people have a whole different kind of problem bc of racism but they ALSO get mean skin comments and nobody would tell them to suck it up since everybody gets that this is hateful, but when you're pale mean comments suddenly aren't mean and you have to suck it up. That's what I'm comparing.
I'm allowed to rant about fuckers all I want as well. You just make me mad and I have hated my skin color long enough to rant about stupid cunts like you on an anon board.
>>8115182
I really should, this whole thing angered me more than it should've. No 4chan for me for a while.

>>8115196
So you counted for every straight person you know you know a gay or bi person?

>>8115202
No, but 50/50 hetero/LGBQ is way off. I live in a pretty liberal city, and I would say a good 75-80% of the people I know well enough to know their orientations are straight.

>>8115196

That's still a small sample size, and without the hard facts to back your anon anecdotal evidence, I find your 50/50 ratio a bit hard to believe.

>>8115160

Anon probably doesn't like the way she poses and shit. Apparently she's quite nice IRL and while people are sick of her being posted, I haven't heard shit on her, which says something.

>>8115245
Yeah, if she were a shitty person we'd have heard about it by now, god knows there's been girls smeared on here for basically nothing. I know some people get salty that she doesn't really consider herself lolita anymore, but that's basically it.

>>8115144
>I won't let you invalidate my experiences

Go back to tumblr.

>>8115173
It is a lot smaller than that. Around 3% of Americans identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, or otherwise queer.

Google that shit, mate

People who spend all this time on their cosplay and don't wear an ounce of makeup.
Why. Makeup can make the entire thing so much better.

>>8115317
The worst is how insulted people get when you suggest it to them, like they assume you're calling them ugly. You could be the most gorgeous person in the world, but if you're wearing an elaborate cosplay with absolutely no makeup, you are going to look off.

>>8115183
They've got some sweet deals at Pale-Mart.

>>8115173
Dude, what? Google any country's statistics and heterosexuals make up for like 97% of the population. If you have homosexual fantasies like a lot of women fantasize about sex with another woman, it doesn't necessarily count as being bi/homosexual. Just like rape fantasies don't mean you actually want to get raped.

>>8115317
This. I hate it when a well made costume is ruined by a pasty face with no makeup at all. And when you try to give them tips how to do a good makeup routine for their costume, they make a fuss and whine about how makeup is fake and you can't assume everyone wants to do it and it's expensive and blah blah blah. Gurl your face is a part of the costume just like the wig and the clothes and unless you're autistic as fuck, it's the first thing you're going to look at. So why not complete the costume? You bothered to learn to sew and put money on those materials, so I'm sure you can damn well get some foundation and mascara and check out a couple of tutorials.

>>8115179
You do realize that LGBT people tend to flock together because they're a minority group with a similar life style? This is why stuff like naive posts on tumblr piss me off, they look at their circle of friends and assume the world is just like their small comfort zone and start spreading it as a fact. I've seen people do the "transgenders are like 25% of all people!!!11" jig when scientific studies estimate the number to be around 0.1%. Legitimate gender dysphoria is not the same as late teens going through their transtrender phase or people who have major mental issues with themselves for other reasons than their gender, but blame it to escape their problems.

>>8115656
> LGBT people tend to flock together
Yup. I guess the gaydar does exist then?

>>8115144
Wow, you dumb piece of shit. It's a rant thread. And I'm tan, and always have problems of my veins showing through my skin, and being told to put on blush because I look sick. It's not that big of a deal to cry about.

>>8115073
pale, ffs.

>>8115144
Holy shit. I'm very pale as well. It's no big fucking deal. I get those backhanded comments sometimes. I come from a country where everyone is tanning so I can stick out like a sore thumb. Despite all that, pale skin can be very beautiful and a nice feature... any nice skin is!

You remind me of my friend who thinks she's ugly because she's not tanned... are you fucking kidding me?

>>8117278
I think that was misspelled on purpose

>people just listing "offbrand" rather than the actual brand/store name of the product

Just because it isn't a lolita brand doesn't mean it doesn't HAVE a brand, and I fucking want to know where you got it.

I found a pic of a coord from about a year ago with an amazing pair of shoes just listed as "offbrand'. The poster was inactive so I couldn't ask them. Finally tracked down the shoes to a mid-sized Western brand. ffs.

>>8115004
I'm a US postal worker and shipping international makes me insanely nervous. A big thing about US sellers not wanting to ship internationally is that NONE of the security that foreign posts offer is there. There is no tracking for international packages at all, except the GXE service, which starts at about $65 for document envelopes. Got a couple dresses to ship? GXE could run you up to $300 in shipping alone, if the weight is high enough.

You can't get intl. delivery confirmation, restricted amounts of insurance at a high price, and a bunch of other BS. So if you're a US seller and something goes wrong due to the post, you can't prove anything about it and will 100% of the time be fucked left and right out of your money.

>>8115144
I want to like, say something to try and show you how dense your pissy little head is, but holy fuck, I can't even take you seriously.

U PORR LITTLE SNO ANGEL :(((

>>8115208
Are you like 14 or something? Because I can't see any actual adult being as delusional as you are. Plus, your mood swings are adorable; 4chan just eats that shit up, bby <3

Stay mad.

>>8115073
I literally got cancer reading this.

What the fuck is it suppose to be? Bad bait or something that >>8115102 fell for?

>>8119192
Pretty sure it's both and that's so fucking funny.

>>8118881

Thanks for saying, actually. I always wondered if I should put down western brands, or if that seems pretentious as all fuck. I think being on /cgl/ at the time when everyone was shitting on someone who was proud of wearing anthropologie (anthropologie being a shitty brand nonwithstanding) made me a little paranoid about doing that.

>>8112387
>than the sweat that rolls off their triple chins
CANT EVEN

>>8122883
It's one thing to brag about it, but it's a completely different thing to cite it when you post coord pics. It's not bragging, it is just listing what you're wearing. People list their bodyline all the time, why not western brands?

>>8119192
If you've been frequenting literally any recent makeup thread you'd know.

>>8115144
Because racism against black people is only based off skin
luckily we have internet,You can easily find your own click on the internet that praises light milky skin.or just leave your country if its that important to keep the skin tone you have.

>>8122937
this, and all the waaah muh products crap is pointless because you can order everything online nowadays and read the reviews

>>8113348
You can eat a whole dick right now

>>8115460
On Monday they have 20% off on Mayo and mild ketchup

>>8114490
I can't take her seriously because in the UK 'Fanny' means vagina.

>>8122989

wow i dint no dat b4 tanks dis is so new info

Seriously. The entire internet knows. You aren't holding onto some secret British dirty word.

>>8122991
Chill Anon. It's okay to read the same information more than once.

>>8122991
CRUMPETS POSTBOX FAGS TROUSERS ABLOOABLOOABLOO

>>8122996

I'm mildly annoyed because it's not even a British only word. Hell, the Dragonball dub used it.

It's like saying "screw is funny because it's slang for having intercourse." Uh. Kay.

>>8123000

And here I thought I was mad.

Makeup videos where the girl tugs at her eye to high heaven to put eyeliner/eyeshadow on. Every lolita transformation video I've seen does this and I fear for their delicate eyelids.

Cosplayers with bullshit egos like this.
When they say things like this every on other 'big' photo they post. I understand being confident in your work but jfc there is a line that gets crossed when you assume your picture will break the god damned internet.
Yes I mad.

>>8126149
but anon it's obviously so omg good that no one will be able to comprehend it's greatness properly that the entire e-universe will crumble under it's majesty! seriously though, it is annoying, don't feel too bad, but people who write stuff like that tend to actually be really low self-esteem on the inside. she just wants validation.

>>8115132
Different anon but I've scoured Sephora, all big local department stores and drug stores for the lightest foundation shades an all that 'ivory' and 'alabaster' shit still looks like I smeared fake tan on my face. I'm currently only managing to not look like shit in pictures by importing bb cream from Korea and mixing it with overpriced pure white foundation. It's not a problem I'd ever compare to racism but it's still quite fucking annoying and I'll vent about it if I want to. If it weren't for other palefags in /cgl/ makeup threads I would never have known about Missha, so thank you, fellow whiny palefags!

Jealous cosplay photographer boyfriends. Cosplayers, lose them. You're dressing up and hitting a con. Don't let these fucktards cock block you from shoots if they can't handle other people wanting to shoot you. Had enough of these twats this weekend at Katsu

People who constantly complain about their financial situation and how they can't afford to fix their car/eat decently/pay for their meds/etc yet they always have money for cons and cosplay.

I understand that cons can be a nice getaway for some people but jeez, it's pathetic how much some people prioritize them. Someone on my facebook just posted pictures from their trip to Katsucon when just a few weeks ago, they were crying about how they don't have a job and can't afford necessities anymore (and we're from Canada).

>>8114970
Pretty sure you can get that negative feedback removed, that's nasty.

>>8126206
>>8122947
it's called googling and makeupalley

>>8112139
Actually it depends. I'm about 30 lbs away from fitting in a dress I bought when I was a hambeast. It should take about 5 months until I fit in it. It's a good inspiration especially if your mind doesn't relate your body image to your actual size. I do agree the relentless questions and unrealistic aims is a bit dumb though.

>>8112387
If you're male I could see why. Almost all of the Fillipino males I know are complete man children who expect mommy to take care of everything. Somehow the women are the opposite.

Just because you're Asian doesn't mean you could be any less of a weeaboo. "fake" or "wannabe" accusations are a bit much though.

>>8126925
>Almost all of the Fillipino males I know are complete man children who expect mommy to take care of everything.
no lies detected, captain

>>8115073

>mfw the irony of the filename

When folks do not fucking wear wigs. Wigs a big deal for me.

General hug box of the community. Stop with the gold star for everyone shit.

>twf no one seems to know the meaning of protip

>>8112663
Australia's culture is much more like a blend of UK/US though, it's nothing like any of the Asian nations and not even really like any of the small Pacific Island - if anything it should be grouped with New Zealand.

>Cosplayers calling friends with cell phones 'photo-shoots'
>Cosplayers calling meet-ups 'photo-shoots'

I know people who do this constantly. They say, "I have to put on X cosplay, I have a shoot at noon!" I get excited for them and ask who the photographer is. "Oh, it's my gf" or "It's the DC meet-up".

Don't try and trick people into thinking you scored a legitimate photo-shoots.

>>8126745
Fucking this. I'm not rich myself which is why I don't make as many cosplays as I'd want to and don't go to conventions that I can't afford etc. so it pisses me off that I have a couple of friends who are poor as fuck yet spend all their money on cosplays, conventions, expensive figures, eating out etc. They could whine about not having enough money for decent food and the next second talk about this super expensive $100 figure they just ~had to have~ or how they spent the last of their money on their next cosplay project. How can adult people be like this?

When cosplayers use the same hooker eye makeup for every damn character. Regardless of whether it fits.

I can't believe people are still wearing flower crowns with their fucking cosplays.

>>8119100
Not op but you sound like you're a cunt irl

I sold an item on Lacemarket to a girl that was the only bidder. After she won, I sent her a message saying "Hi, you won, ect ect, let me know your location so I can quote you on shipping" because she hadn't commented or anything. A week later I sent her a reminder message. It's been another week and I haven't heard from her at all. If I leave her with negative feedback, am I able to re-list my item?

>>8127293
>go to meet
>where they shoot photos
Idk why you mad but promptly sweep the sand out of your vag

>>8126299
Ohhhhhhh wow, thanks for reminding me what grinds my gears.
>BF is great guy but doesn't cosplay
>Don't mind, he doesn't need to
>He gets mad when I pose with other male cosplayers (actually male or crossdressing, doesn't matter)
>Tells me I should stop posing with them
>I'm not making out with them, 90% of the time we don't even touch and when we do it's fight or bff poses
>He's really upset
>Tell him that if he cosplayed with me, I might not have to pose with other people
>Says he'll cosplay with me if I make the costume
>(Oh for the love of…) Ok, fine, whatever
>He rejects every cosplay couple idea I have
>Complain to parents about it one day
>They take his side because I'm "cheating" on him with the other cosplayers
>Continued to take photos with others because fuck you all

He's gotten over that, thankfully.

>>8110725
She's right you're wrong.
Actual Ascetics/NOT looking like total shit > Accuracy

>Split wigs
>People who assume BabyMetal is lolita
>young lolitas still in that loud "ZOMGIMSORANDOMSPORKS" phase

>>8128011
The fuck that shit ever came from?

>>8128570
Tumblr, sadly.

>>8128528
>Ascetic
I think you mean aesthetic. Ascetic means severe self-discipline and usually has religious connotations. Aesthetics means looks.

>>8128409
Parents like that enable their kids to end up being abusers. I'm not saying that your guy's behavior was anywhere near abusive (sounds like normal annoying jealousy), but I'm sure people that would lean towards ending up that way aren't helped by being told it's okay to isolate their significant other from other people of the sex they're attracted to and having their exaggerations given credence and support.

>>8128752
Not shocked. What is it for? Fandom shit? Special snowflake bullshit?

>>8128982
I think it either stemmed from the Supernatural fags, the Sherlock fags, or the SnK fags.

>>8129001
More like 1D if you really want to go back to the very beginning.

> SnK
> Are you new.

>have a different opinion from a male on the internet
>"you sound fat lol"

I don't know what it is. its their throw away insult every time.

am I pissed because I'm not fat?
am I pissed because they always recycle the same insult over and over again and think they've won an argument?
I don't know.

I'd be less irritated if they actually tried to make a decent argument.

i'd choose dissagreeing on the internet with the sandiest of cgl cunts than some random internet neckbeard that plays "lol you're prob fat" like a broken record player anyway.

What are your thoughts

>inb4 you sound fat our any variation of this

>>8129212
It's probably fatties projecting and throwing out things that have hurt them. How can somebody sounds fat unless they're talking about something relating to their appearance or diet? Do fat people have their own special brand of anger or hate that leaks into non-fat topics?

>>8122915
Late reply but I haven't so I'm laughing my ass off because it sounds like bad bait.

>>8129212
Hell fucking yes this.
Backwashed shit arguments of any kind piss me off so much, same with cutesy insult terminology. It's like, stop being a lazy fuck and think of something original you lazy piece of shit.

I hate Disney cosplay with all my heart and I'm sick of seeing it all the time at conventions. I guess people do it to be "quirky" or some shit. I hate Disney characters and consider them to be one-dimensional, boring and unrelatable, the designs are ugly as fuck and I consider Disney to be for children, autistic people and self-ironic hipsters. Maybe a few of the princesses I can understand but overall Disney cosplay fucking pisses me off and I'd give anything to ban them from conventions.

>>8129545
and when you get booty blasted they're like
"oh it must upset you because its true :^)"

>>8129226
It leaks out because there's too much fat.

>>8112663
Pretty sure it's just economically though

>>8115132
Different anon, but it's so tiring hearing people ask if I'm okay all the time because I have a pale complexion. I am not even sickly white, but bare minimum BB cream and blush every day.

>this wristcuff
>IT'S BACK

>>8130523
who the fuck would want just one wristcuff

People like this. You could try losing weight instead, you fat cow.

>>8130741
Don't be silly, that takes effort.

People who you pretty much have nothing in common with wanting to be friends/hang out just because we're both Lolitas. ("both")

>ooh what's your Facebook, I'll add you
>where do you live?
>our comms should join together because Lolitas should all support each other and be lovelies!

Fuck off with your bullshit and learn how humans work. Some of us are private, and trust me, if my comm had ever wanted to merge with yours, we would have done it by now.

>>8127155
Like this?

>>8130741
Is that wall of text all she posted?
Like, no measurements, height, bodyshape, picture of her, anything that would be useful for advice?? How does she expect anyone to help with this little information?

What bothers me more is the "Booho I have zero idea how to dress, help me to completly dress myself!!" Bitch please, this is a fashion hobby. Sure I understand wanting advice but I HATE people who just post stuff like this and expect everyone else to coe up with outfits and ideas for them.

>>8115073
So true and the resulting butthurt has proven it well.

>>8128409
Ugh my ex was like thise, except he literally flipped his shit at me during AX last year when an in-character Marshall Lee or whatever from adventure time sang to me. Glad to see he's getting over his issues anon, there's hope.

>>8130727
As far as I know, no one. But she keeps relisting it. Over and over. She's been relisting it for months at the same price.

People offer you any shit if you post a WTB
>[WTB] blue short sleeved blouse
>people offer you a blue long sleeved blouse and a pink short sleeved blouse

Do you even read for what I asked? Is it so hard to understand that I'm not interested in anything other than what I asked for?
There is a fucking reason why I specify my wtb like this. I don't want your shit just the thing I'm asking for.
(no I'm not looking for a blue short sleeved blouse, that was theorethical)

When friends/family who aren't into cosplay offer you shitty advice or tell you how to/how they'd do it

>"Just buy this fabric anon, no one will mind if its not exactly the right colour"
>"Why don't you just wear one of the halloween costumes, they look just fine"
>"It's just a costume, can't you just wear something out of your closet that's kind of similar"
>"You shouldn't pay that much for a wig, I've seen them in the costume shop for £7"
>"The con's three months away, you don't need to start working on it so early"
>"You don't need makeup, your dressing as a boy"
>"Why can't you dress up as a girl, you are one, your boobs will be really obvious"

For fucks sake, if I followed your advice I'd literally be going in normalfag clothes and a party city wig like a total mong

Btw, the aforementioned are genuine quotes made by my cousin while she was at my house this morning, and I was going through my materials checklist. Though, my favourite part of the whole conversation with her was when she said

>"You can't dress up as him anyway, he's wearing all that armour.There aren't any shops that sell metal trousers"

>>8131434
>She's been relisting it for months at the same price.

LM needs to implement an auto-lowering policy on relists like EGL does.

>>8130450

someone's parents couldn't afford disneyland

>>8133618
>"Just buy this fabric anon, no one will mind if its not exactly the right colour"
>"The con's three months away, you don't need to start working on it so early"
I feel these ones.
Also.
> Cosplay is a waste of time and money!!1!
Before proceeding to take a zillion pictures of me when I finish my costume. I don't know how to feel about their bipolarity on my hobby choice...

>Was practicing at my parents' home for a cosplay skit
>Big, two person Entei costume
>Brought it to every practice in whatever state of completion it was in
>Usually looks like crap
>Mom is delighted to see our costumes, asked to take pictures one week
>Sure, that's fine
>Eventually finished the costume, turned out a bit flat-faced, not great but not terrible
>Brought completed costume to practice, mom takes more pictures
>Asks me what I'm cosplaying, says she's gonna put a picture in the family X-mas letter.
>I'm a bit hesitant because the letter goes out to pretty much everyone my mom has ever met, but I'm fairly happy with the costume and it's a Pokémon, not side character B from obscure anime Z, so it's somewhat recognizable
>Mom uses pictures of half-completed costume (which looks like a roadkill squirrel with the mange) instead of pictures of the finished version, captions with something like "Jacuzzi as an Entei from Pokémon!"
>NO NO NO PLEASE USE A PICTURE OF THE FINAL VERSION
>"Oh Jacuzzi, don't complain, no one knows what it's supposed to be anyway"
>YOU JUST TOLD THEM
>…I was treated like a special snowflake that year when my relatives got together because of my "special costume"

>get asked to make many different cosplays or pieces of cosplays for friends
>only take on what i feel i can handle
>friends: "Come hang out with us"
>me: "Sorry can't right now, I want to finish your stuff"
>friends: "Oh anon you have 3 months to finish it.:

Not trying to sound like an asshole friend at all but i absolutely refuse to procrastinate. I like to be prompt. I still hang out with my friends but if they have things that need to be altered/fixed or wigs that need to be styled, it's getting done asap. I work full time plus babysit so i want to make sure that i don't put things off until later. I've had my husband ask to hang out all the time and i apologized to him for not being able to hang out as often. I also staff for a local convention in about a month so i'm running a very tight schedule.

>>8110348
>People who don't bother to cosplay unknown characters from the same series,
I'd add to this people who don't bother cosplaying anything but the most current popular shows, especially if that show has a history

There are going to be a million kill la kill cosplays at every con, it's like turning up to a party in the same dress as everyone else

>>8122984
Mad fatty spotted

>>8112125
that gif is perfect, where is it from?

>>8128409
This struggle is real. I'm to the point where I might just stop cosplaying if it means having a stable home again. I can't work on anything without him taking it as a personal attack. Now he wants us both to quit fb, conventions and conversing with the comm all together. Despite that being how we first met.

>>8129545
>>8130462
>>8129212
Dudes call girls fat landwhale fujoshis
Girls call dudes basement-dwelling virgin neckbeard betas
welcome to the internet

>friends who nitpick tiny things about your costumes
>they buy theirs
>act like they are super skilled and knowledgeable about cosplay because they altered something one time.

>>8139658
Guy sounds controlling. Ditch him before he pushes you more

>>8139658
> bf trying to isolate you from others and not caring about your hobby
> still stays with him even though he sounds like a whiny and controlling bitch

why

>>8139781
>>8139783
We've been together for 8 years so there's too much history to throw away over cosplay.
>I try to tell myself.

>>8140007
8 years and he still treats you like garbage?
Dump the shit out of him. You will know a whole new world of joy being by yourself

>>8140007
It sounds like he's the one trying to throw away all your history over cosplay.

>>8140007
man, are you married? If you've been dating for 8 years, and he hasn't chilled about the cosplay shit, then I think you need to rethink the relationship. there's some obvious trust issues and shit going on.

>>8136948
How new are you?

>>8140012
>>8140014
>>8140018
That many responses in that short of time. Gonna go crawl in a hole and rethink my life choices now.

>>8108815
I understand that some people are not happy with how certain things are going within their respective communities but what REALLY GRINDS MY GEARS Is when people think that the community AS A WHOLE has gone down hill when they're forgetting the fact that sooooo many other people make up the cosplay community. There are those who cosplay because it's just fun to pretend being someone else, there are those who love making their costumes by hand, those who love learning and increasing their skill in the cosplay craft, and those who want to be popular, gain fame, or acknowledgement by their looks or skill.

ALL OF THOSE THINGS MAKE UP THIS COMMUNITY! Are there drama people? What community doesn't have them? Are there people who make trouble? What community doesn't have them!! But they are a small fraction of the vastly large global community that is cosplay and to watch people cast aside what brought them here at one point or another is frustrating and saddening to me.

THAT GRINDS MY GEARS!

>>8111373
The actual worst thing ever. The number of times I've been asked to do this, has been met with an equal number of times I've said "Fuck you, that's racist." and only once did I actually do the costume because I wanted to be that character anyway and I kept the type casting remark to myself.

>>8140007
Been together with my bf for 9 years. If he pulled that shit on me, he's the one I'd break ties with. I love him to death but it would disgust me if he were to expect that I ditch my friends and passion only because he decided to be a dick about it.

If he doesn't want to hang out with those people or go to cons, you can't force him to do so. And the same goes for him: if you want to go to conventions and hang out with your comm, he has no right to deny you that.

>>8111516
What does tumblr do with the characters who are actually trans? Just ignore them?

>>8136948
Kamikaze Girls, the movie
>>8140023
Maybe they're a cosplayer. I don't recognize some well known anime references myself.

>>8140368
Yep. I've also seen people say shit like "they're not really trans, they didn't choose to be trans, they author forced them to!" as if they were real people.

>>8140368
Yeah. I rarely ever even see manga with transgender characters brought up on lgbt graphic novel/literature recommendation lists either.

>>8140043
Did it seriously took you a few anonymous comments to realize how bad you were in denial?

>>8140421
>"they're not really trans, they didn't choose to be trans, author forced them to be!!!!!"

Wat.

>>8140466
I hate to see them look at something like Stop!! Hibari-kun!

>>8140496
I'm serious. One of my friends has this tumblr trash friend who uses that to justify why canon cis people should be trans. They treat the characters like real fucking people.

>>8140496
>Stop!! Hibari-Kun!
The only people I've found on tumblr who post stuff from that series are the ones who are into nineties/eighties manga. I don't think I've seen any posts discussing the characters either, same with stuff like Here is Greenwood. But I don't think I follow enough people into sjw stuff to get into that other side.

>>8140504
Every time I come here I end up being reminded how stupid tumblr trash is.

>>8140511
I'm into nineties/eighties manga more so than most of the modern series (I'm hooked on Tokyo ghoul/Ass class sadly.) I just can't understand or wrap my brain around why anyone in their right mind would make a character into something they are not outside of fanfiction?

>>8108815
>my friend says I'm not a real cosplayer because I'm not a pro and only cosplay at cons
>mfw they don't even cosplay themselves, they just like to talk shit and look pretentious
>I even told them that most people who are into cosplay don't have this opinion, and they just replied that they knew more "more sophisticated and intelligent" people who obviously know more than me

>they also refer to themselves as an otaku and call me a weeaboo almost 24/7
>it didn't bother me at first because I thought they were just kidding, but recently I've come to the realization that they aren't and even told them to knock it off
>mfw they tell me that they "watch more anime faster than you" as if that gives them the right to be a rude ass, it's especially infuriating because even though we've seen close to the same amount of shows, they don't retain any information about what they watch (characters/show titles/plotlines) and don't comprehend the more difficult things and are always asking me to explain something or for help in general
Like idk. I realize how much of an angry nerd that makes me sound like, but I know a lot about anime and I take pride in that, since it's my favorite hobby. I hide my powerlevel and act like a normal person in public, so to be compared to a run of the mill weeb is just really insulting. Especially when the person calling you one calls you a "baka" while doing so most of the time.

I just got into a fight with them about the first one a few minutes ago actually. Goddamn, and to think I actually was head over heels with them at one point.

>>8140665
Just pop in to say that I love Yuureitou.

>>8140964
just fucking break it off
make sure and let them know you're not good enough to hang with them, either

>>8140964
Make better friends.

>>8140985
>>8140994
I would, but honestly making friends is really hard for me to do since I seem to creep a lot of people out. I don't understand what went wrong with this one, but things never used to be like this between us. They were never this pretentious or mean, and I don't know what I did to make them treat me like this. I don't have many friends, so I really treasure the ones I do have, and mean things they say really get to me. I want things to go back to normal between us, and I'm trying to salvage our friendship the best I can, but they just lash out at me and bring me down over everything, no matter how small it is.

I feel like this post is better suited for /adv/, but that place never works right with appchan on. I've been trying to make new friends at cons and on tumblr, but it's much easier said than done.

>>8141031
>I would, but honestly making friends is really hard for me to do since I seem to creep a lot of people out

Honestly anon you don't need this loser or friends. If you must have friends they will come to you or go to panels and mingle. Talk to people in the same fandom or wearing your cosplay. If it hits off cool. If it doesn't it doesn't. Also try to talk with people you room up with. You may be surprise and find out you have similar interests and connect.

Also I love your icon. I'm the only person who watches that show and even have a Beezy plush.

>>8140983
Same anon. Trying to buy all of the tanks in Japanese for my support. Too bad it's ending at chapter 80.

>What grinds my gears is stuff like this end early but shit like Bleach lasted for how long at the bottom without getting axed?

>>8141060
Hm okay. I mostly room with a few of the friends I do have, but they aren't in any fandoms with me. I'll try the fandom thing at the next con I go to then, since I plan on doing a more mainstream series. The last one I did was Kaiji, and there aren't that many people who are familiar with FKMT things where I'm from.

Also if you have my tumblr, feel free to send me a message anytime. I do like meeting new people, especially if you like YYA. I'd really love to know where you got your plushie too, since I try to collect all the merch of him I can.

>make first ever sale on LM, yay!
>say in terms of sale that payment must be made before 3 days after invoicing, unless you ask otherwise
>buyer says she needs to transfer money into her PP account and will pay in a couple of days
>hit 3 day mark and no payment
>well, hey, okay, send a reminder
>hit 7 day mark and no payment
>well, uh, not so okay, send a reminder and a PM
>now at 14 day mark, send another reminder and a PM stating that if payment is not made by the end of the day, they're going to be receiving negative feedback and missing out on the purchase

Fucking hell. I thought it was going so smoothly compared to all the horror stories and bam. She disappeared.

>captcha: DRATS

... you said it, captcha.

Jessica Nigri.

>>8113348
This. Also,

>attractive female dresses up as shameless fan-service girl/intentionally oversexualized character
>gets immediately frustrated when male react in any manner that could be even remotely sexual

Like, I get not wanting to be touched and shit, but you open yourself up to that kind of attention, especially from really die-hard fanboys. It's practically wish-fulfillment right there.

Also, I don't much care for heavy people in revealing costumes. My body's far from sculpted, but I choose my costumes accordingly. It's not that hard

>people who buy their cosplays all their time and act like they're the paragon of cosplay

I have several of these in my country and they're this plague that just won't go away. One of them goes so far as to host workshops to cosplay, and it's like 'bitch you literally buy your shit from ebay.'

>>8141615
Oh my fuck, so much this.

>Anime convention in a primarily black area
>area is so black I've heard people call it "africa"
>each year they give the con a new mascot
>Mascot has always been white

>>8141656
>anime convention mascot
>white

Besides it's probably the organizers.

>>8141708
each year they choose someone as a mascot.
5 years going, no black one. But I shouldn't really be suprised

>>8141768
Care to name drop the con?

>>8108815
The special snowflake-(young) anime fans who think they're somehow "weeb anime trash" for doing things any other fan of a series would do, like buying figurines and other merchandise of different series, cosplaying lots of characters from the said series etc. etc. Especially when they latch on something generally unknow, it gets on my nerves with the constant "WAAAAAH WHY DOES NOBODY LOVE THIS SERIES LIKE I DOOOOOO??"-wailing on Facebook. And the worst part is when they get into a more known series later than everyone else but still start to mimic the elitist part of the fandom ("hmmmph people who like this anime but haven't read the manga completely should just kill themselves ^__^").

I hope it's just a phase, especially with teenagers who have lots of older friends from cons. They tend to do this a lot to fit in and sound more mature.

Why are we now busting on "co-ords"? I'm just wondering. I remember not too long ago people were throwing a fit over it being "co-ords" and not "coords"

>mfw bitching over petty things will always be in
>mfw I love bitching about petty things too

>>8144375
Really? I've always known it as "coords" and never the other way around. It's short for "coordinate" after all... where does the hyphen come from?

>>8144383
I suppose it came from people internally pronouncing "coords" as... well... cords/chords. I personally pronounce it ko-ords, since I can be a bit of a pronunciation stickler.

You don't want to see me go off when people pronounce zoology as "zoo-ology" DO YOU SEE A THIRD FUCKING O, FAGGOT? IT'S "ZO-OLOGY". Oops there I go again.

>>8144393
Haha, I kinda get that, but man the hyphen just looks so... unappealing. I can see people hyphenating it when they're explaining the pronunciation, but when it's always there I can't help but imagine people saying KOOOH-AWRDS in a really exaggerated voice, lol.

>>8135696
To be fair, a lot of people who do this are kids like 13-16 and these are introductory series for them, so they aren't familiar enough with older series so they're just gonna cosplay what they know.

When you've had a sales post up for a long time and finally someone comments, only to be never heard from again.

When taobao brands do preorders or limited time releases that coincide with the CNY.

>>8145056
Going through that shit right now anon.

>>8144908
That feel. There doesn't seem to be an alternative way to hear from the seller on LM either.

>>8145069
Me too. What you looking to get?