Normie Stories

[Anonymous No.8390888]

Share your stories of interacting with normalfags in your con city from the gawking confused onlookers to the poor shmucks who have to serve underaged overweight Hamsteaks McDonalds at 2am.

[Anonymous No.8390898]

Nothing but the usual "Is it Halloween?!" like oh, you're so clever. We've never heard that one before.

[Anonymous No.8390902]

>Last Fanime
>Monday and grabbing food before leaving town
>Stop at the Ben and Jerry's
>Chat with the only clerk while trying flavors super cool guy
>Music playing in the store switches to "Call me Call me" from the Cowboy Bebop OST"
>"Is this from the Bebop OST?"
>"You get 10% off!" says clerk

Fucking awesome

[Anonymous No.8390910]

>>8390898

This so much.

Although the stale joke thing has happened to me in other situations. I used to be a cashier at a grocery store, every time an item doesn't ring up the customer will say "Oh I guess it must be free then har har."

[Anonymous No.8390930]

All I can think of is a couple side comments.

>On sidewalk near con
>Group of scantily clad cosplayers going one way
>Group of normie gay guys going the other
>"OMG doesn't she know stocking garters are supposed to stay hidden?"

>"Are you like the furries?"

>"So you all really like Sailor Moon?"

>>8390902
San Jose is probably the best city I've experienced for welcoming congoers but I remember trying to find out where to keep my car for the weekend so I went and talked to the lady at the garage behind Psycho Donuts on Friday. I was asking the most basic questions and being super polite but I was getting a ton of:
>The city isn't liable if anything happens to your car
>You people are taking away spots from other tourists
>The hotel parking is expensive? You should have thought about that before staying there.
>Huge smile on her face this whole time

I really should have given her a piece of my mind because she immediately pegged me as one of those Fanime people and was determined to make sure I didn't use them. She was driving the liability part so hard that I thought she would personally take a bat to my car if I parked there. The convention center's parking got my business instead and were fine but I really should have gotten that lady's name so I could complain to someone. But fuck she already works at a parking garage I can't imagine I could make her life much worse.

[Anonymous No.8390969]

>Carpooling to an event in Seattle with friends
>Cosplaying vocaloid matryoshka
>All of us put on our makeup together, so we have bright colored wigs and face markings on
>Mostly just get stares from people in other cars
>Running slightly late, and feeling slightly because of the directions we got
>Finally see the street we need to get to
>Waiting for our right of way to drive and the car in the street is taking forever to move
>Look at it and realize they are stopped taking pictures of us
>These two middle aged chicks stopped their car in a busy intersection just to take a photo of us
I get we looked weird and all, but that was just plan stupid. I've had people stop me on the sidewalk asking for a picture from their car, but never had a person stop their car in the middle of the street to take a picture of me inside a car. It was really just weird

[Anonymous No.8390994]

> walking down the street in costume to get to parade route
> cosplay is kind of skimpy
> suddenly a cop car pulls over next to me
> shit. i'm about to get arrested for indecent exposure or some bullshit.
> lady cop hops out of the car, smiling and really excited because she loves the person i'm dressed as
> take selfie with cop lady

also a cop story...

> friend and I driving to convention in cosplay
> friend's costume consists of gore make-up on face, complete with peeling skin and blood
> friend is driving a bit too fast
> whoop whoop. cop appears and flags us to pull over.
> well shit.
> friend is panicking because she has never been pulled over before and finding all the right papers in the glove box is a nightmare
> roll down the window for the cop
> "what happened?"
> "I'M SO SORRY I WAS GOING TOO FAST AND-"
> "no, what happened to your face??"

[Anonymous No.8390999]

>cosplaying Cherry from Studio Killers at con
>short blue dress and mild cleavage
>friend is with me as Holo (the most modest outfit, haven't seen the series)
>waiting in line together
>anime con smartly booked same time as local bible-thumping convention
>three old black ladies peer in with giant eyes
>they approach my friend
>"oooh gurl are you a doggy or something? You're so cute! What are you doing all dressed up?"
>"my friend and I are here for an animation convention" gestures to me
>black ladies all openly sneer at me for a solid ten seconds, then walk away
>lol

[Anonymous No.8391017]

>>8390994
I was nervous when cop car pulled up in your first story but that ended so well! Who were you dressed as?

[Anonymous No.8391022]

I've posted this before but oh well
>attend lolita meetup at botanical gardens
>gardens are doing a beautiful exhibit of the 12 Days of Christmas
>standing by the entrance waiting for everyone to arrive
>people walk up and stand in front of our group, looking at us expectantly
>"um... Can I help you?"
>"well are you gonna sing or something?"
>they thought we were carolers paid by the gardens
>despite everyone in the group wearing vastly different looks from solid black to pastel vomit to granny florals and looking totally uncoordinated?

[Anonymous No.8391045]

>>8391022
I feel for you, anon. That's a special brand of people right there.

[Anonymous No.8391067]

>>8390930
>>You people are taking away spots from other tourists
>implying other tourists are more entitled to those spots for some reason

Ugh.

[Anonymous No.8391069]

>Dressed as Hanna from Kuroshitsuji walking to con
>Get pulled aside by concerned-pta-parent looking woman
>"Anon do your parents know you're dressed like this? Isn't it a bit much?"

[Anonymous No.8391080]

>>8390910
>"Oh I guess it must be free then har har."
Both my dads say this all the frikin time

[Anonymous No.8391103]

Katsucon
>Sitting at the Beldevere with two friends in pretty average (not revealing, not spectacularly impressive) cosplay; well-dressed man in suit offers to pay our tab if he can take a picture with us.

MME:
>picking up chapstick at the CVS in the con center. One normalfag in line is asking the cashier what's going on. An older security guard behind him starts excitedly explaining it and Youmacon, incredibly proud of how much Youmacon has grown.

[Anonymous No.8391122]

>>8391022
do you live in victoria?

[Anonymous No.8391253]

>>8391069
Why are PTA moms always so judgmental? Its like the CEO of JC Penny is whispering in their ear to go say rude shit to every girl they come across. If I were in your spot, anon, I'm not sure I would've been able to hold back going fucking berserk on that woman.

[Anon's Sister !uCdS.UkXqM No.8391260]

I only go to Acen thus far, but I've gotten positive reception by people in between travels or at the hotel for business no matter who I cosplay. Still, weapons spook the locals and it's hilarious seeing their expressions.

Was cosplaying Quiet (MGSV) while at a pizza place with a group of friends and holding my sniper rifle prop while waiting on order. Police show up awhile later. I know I'm doing nothing wrong so I ignore them. The police take their own orders while acting natural. So I give the gun to a friend before going back outside to convenience store.

Come back and friend tells me the police confronted him and claimed I was scaring the locals. Why they didn't tell me while I was there, I don't know.

[Anonymous No.8391268]

>>8391069
Of anyone said that to me I would just say my parents are dead and walk away

[Anonymous No.8391271]

We do a Publix trek every year at one convention and we always get honked at.

[Anonymous No.8391276]

My mom gave me a speech about how she prefers this to taking drugs or getting pregnant as she drove me and a friend to a convention.

[Anonymous No.8391282]

>>8391260
You remember when the normal people stopped in their cars and just stared for minutes? And how some kids took pictures/honked their horns?

Good times. You're going next year too?

[Anonymous No.8391285]

So, what do you guys use as euphemism for anime conventions when talking to normies? Animation convention? Japanese culture convention? Just convention?

[Anonymous No.8391290]

Had to take a rest stop at a McDonalds for Megacon last year, friend is the only one of us cosplaying (as Dio Brando from JJBA, cracked dinosaur face and all). She apparently got called Lady Gaga by some old lady.

>>8391285
I just say 'anime convention'.

[Anonymous No.8391299]

>>8391285
I usually say something like "Nerd convention" because it's easier to say that than have to explain anime, and if they press about it I'll say the name of the convention and say something like "It's like Comic-con" and they usually get it.

[Anonymous No.8391317]

>>8391285
Japanese animation convention or Japanese Comic-Con since even normal people usually know what Comic-Con is.

[Anonymous No.8391349]

>>8391285
>Cartoon convention
>video game convention
>comic con

[Anon's Sister !uCdS.UkXqM No.8391358]

>>8391285
I just say convention. When people ask for what, I say for shows like what they show on Cartoon Network. The people that ask usually have kids so they understand.

>>8391282
This was my 3rd year, but the people in the area drive so fast I swear they're intentionally trying to hit someone. And I am.

[Anonymous No.8391425]

>>8391276
>implying they're mutually exclusive at all

[Anonymous No.8391439]

>>8390969
my blood pressure rose reading this.

fucking stupid entitled drivers

[Anonymous No.8391441]

>>8391299
I refer to them as nerd cons too

[Anonymous No.8391488]

>cosplay gamzee few years back
>walk down a street with friends on our way back to the convention
>suddenly hear how a small kid starts crying, apparently because of me
>his dad says "shh nothing to worry about, it's not gonna hurt you"
>get really uncomfortable because i don't like making other people uncomfortable so I try to hurry past the slightly crowded street while the kid is still crying

Also, I have been going to cons for over five years now and every single time when I'm outside the convention place someone asks me what is going on. Every single time.

[Anon's Sister !uCdS.UkXqM No.8391513]

>>8391488
>it's
Could they not tell your gender or something? You're a person not a thing.

[Anonymous No.8391537]

>>8391513
I'm sure they're far more worried about getting their kid calmed down to worry about anon's gender and the kid sure as fuck don't care.

[Anonymous No.8391545]

>>8391513
Apparently not. Or it could be that the kid saw me as a thing and the father thought representing me as such would help him to stop crying(which didn't work).

[Anonymous No.8391579]

>moderately heavy-set 215 lb male
>wearing transformed Senketsu for the first time
>step into elevator
>two dudebros
>"You know there's little kids down in the lobby, right?"
>look down
>quick dick check
>adjust dance belt
>stretch panties out and snap them against my thigh
>"Too bad."

[Anonymous No.8391606]

>>8391579
Those poor kids.

[Anonymous No.8391615]

>>8391579

[Anonymous No.8391639]

>someone fucked up
>AX is at the SAME FUCKING WEEKEND as some skater boi event. Pretty sure the X games?
>Weebs walking around while bros shouted "Look at the fags!"
>I shout "Look at the douchbags!"
>They shout "Fucking weirdos!"
>I flip them off
>Someone got a drink thrown on them
>Fights broke out a couple of times
>Second day I'm in a full petticoat and floor length dress
>Trip over curb
>life flashes before eyes
>chin hits concrete
>skater boi helped me up
>little old lady asks "Are you ok?"
>I'm fine, thank both people
>Skater boi skates off
>rest of con goes fine
>douches gonna douche, chills gonna chill, haters gonna hate, and skaters gonna skate.

[Anonymous No.8391657]

>>8391639

Same anon, want to clarify that I wasn't in any of those fights and my flipping them off didn't do anything, both groups walked our separate ways. But there were a few scuffles I saw. Security from both events was beefed up, and I saw a couple of them get broken up.

But yeah, that first day was rough. Lots of drunk idiots walking around.

Also one of my friends was dressed as Merida from Brave, with three cute stuffed bears. So she's covered from wrists to ankles.

Her boyfriend had to escort her the second day because she got harassed so much by street people /and/ con goers. It was fucked up. Apparently it was even worse on the con floor because either that year was extra douchy or normals walked in to the part where tickets weren't needed.

[Anonymous No.8391690]

This happened a few years ago, and I still get a laugh out of it.

>Cosplaying Yuuki Kei
>Con rules is you have to use the correct restroom regardless of what your cosplay is
>In the restroom washing up after going
>Some greasy neckbeard comes in
>"OH MY GOD THIS IS THE MENS ROOM, YOU CAN'T BE IN HERE THIS IS THE MENS ROOM, THIS IS WRONG YOU CAN'T BE HERE, IS MENS ROOM ASDJHSSFAHIK"
>He's genuinely freaking out and doesn't realize I'm a dude
>I strut-walk up to him real slow and as sultry as possible, lean in real close
>He's really nervous and almost trembling from being so uncomfortable
>In the deepest, manliest voice I can muster, I say "don't worry I'm in the right place"
>He makes this awkward noise I can't even describe and bolts out of the restroom

I vividly remember that he was wearing sandals with socks.

[Anonymous No.8391709]

>Cosplay school uniform Asuka for event last month
>Walk around town after event, shop a little
>On way back to car, a group of people are smoking in the parking lot where car is parked. One is a tiny older man, comes up to me and asks "Sailor Moon?" with a big smile on his face, I don't think he spoke much english.
>Heart breaks as I tell him I'm from Evangelion because of how excited he was.
>Walking down sidewalk in shopping lot
>Kid in their parents car screams "YUGIOH" as they pass us
>kek

[Anonymous No.8391736]

>>8391690

Topkek

[Anon's Sister !uCdS.UkXqM No.8391750]

>>8391709
>Heart breaks as I tell him I'm from Evangelion because of how excited he was.
I just roll with it and smile and nod. I'll say "Yes something like that." and leave it as is. No need to explain anything since people will be satisfied with the answer and it wont confuse anyone.

But I know the feeling of constantly correcting someone since, as Quiet, I've been called Black Tomb Raider more than anything else.

[Anonymous No.8391774]

>>8391579
Hilarious.

[Anonymous No.8391864]

>Friends are sitting in hotel lobby waiting for me to finish up at the front desk
>Normie approaches them and asks why they're in costumes
>Explain that there's a con going on and the guy gets real excited
>He just got back from the military and didn't realize there was a con going on
>Friends clarify that the con is mainly anime centered
>He's even more excited
>Asks for name of con and rushes to buy a badge on the website

Wasn't there for it personally but my friends relayed the story to me and I thought it was the cutest thing

[Anonymous No.8391867]

>>8391690
should have whipped out your dick and slap his face with it

[Anonymous No.8391883]

>local city parade
>one of the contingents were cosplays
>already late and they were going to start soon
>I was in my dark souls cosplay
>all the other normal contingents staring and whispering as i pass by
>I was the only cosplayer there
>for a solid 30 minutes i felt like a dib being the sole representative for my group in a full suit of armor
>finally 5-6 others came and things went better after that

[Anonymous No.8391929]

>Cosplaying as Thranduil at a mini-event that was held in a mall
>Was on the way to Starbucks with a bunch of my friends who were also cosplaying.
>Two ladies were standing near the place, one was holding a baby
>Both women saw us and asked for pics
>Surewhynot,jpeg
>Lady with the baby proceeds to shove baby into my hands, insisting that I hold the baby for the pic
>tells her that I have no experience in holding a baby safely
>Lady doesn't give a shit and believes that I won't drop her baby
>Lady then runs over to the other woman who was holding the camera.
>Awkwardly holds baby and tries to look happy
>The two women thanked us, said we looked awesome, and left.
>Wat

[Anonymous No.8391946]

The most interaction with normies that I had was when I went to connecticon like 2 years ago. I wore lolita all weekend.
>going to subway cause we're hungry
>it's really small jfc
>weird guy sits next to me and group
>"you know this is not fucking disney land that's in Florida"
>apparently he's missed literally every other cosplayer that is dominating the city atm??

Last time I went to NYCC I had a pretty good experience with people in the city.
>walk by Cinderella outside of disney store, she's handing out flyers for the play, curtesies and addresses me as princess
>two different middle aged women, obvs pro photogs ask for a picture cause they like my outfit
>suddenly become a major target for the weird costumes people that hang out in Times Square

[Anonymous No.8391974]

>Is this a bachelor's party?
>Are you shooting a movie?
>Are you a pokemon?! HAR HAR HAAAAAA and other pokemon jokes.
>(angry and frustrated voice) What are those clothes?! Why do all these people look like that?!

cue trying to explain to a 50-year old passerby what cosplay and conventions are and them still not getting it. You'd think they're gotten into the loop during the many years the annual convention is held and plastered all over the local news but I guess some people just live under a rock.

The worst thing though are the normies who start talking about the cosplayers around them while being no less than 6 feet away. I can hear you dumbfucks discussing me and my costume and I can see you taking photos, I'm not a fucking animatronic or an animal.

>>8390910
OT: I'm not even from the US yet I used to hear that fucking joke all the time working as a cashier. It was funny the first time, the last gazillion times made me want to shoot myself in the face.

[Anonymous No.8391987]

>Heading to con in Pinkie Pie cosplay. Big bright pink wavy-haired wig.
>Hunger strikes before I get there
>Pull into Wendy's drive through.
>Girl at the window has a huge smile on her face. Oh boy here we go.
>"Omg that is TOO. CUTE!" other employees take notice, start asking if it's my real hair, complimenting it etc etc, being genuine. Obviously have no idea what cosplay is and think I'm just fashionable?
>went better than expected

[Anonymous No.8391988]

>>8391690
my sides

[Anonymous No.8391991]

at momo, dressed as Nurse Rin from Love Ward (vocaloid). my friend is Miku, we had just come in from the Vocaloid shoot early bc we overheated and weren't feeling well. We're sitting in a area thats past reg and not really a 'con area'. Miku is brushing out her wig while calling her boy and I'm trying to re-adjust some things and check my makeup.

>>woman comes and sits almost on top of Miku
>>asks whats going on while Miku is obviously on her phone
>>Miku tries to explain it as simply as possible
>>woman say "ok, btw we're taking a pic!"
>>shoves herself in Miku, who tosses her phone in her lap
>>Look up, 4 people are standing there with cameras, they take pic
>>old guy (grandfather) says "me next!"
>>Shoves himself between me and Miku, putting his arms around us and pulling us into him
>>keeps saying "take another!"
>>they finally leave while laughing wildly
>>We 'nope' the fuck outta there

turns out there was a graduation thing happening upstairs. Another guy took a sneaky shot with his phone and another couple asked us what was happening. They were at least nice and figured it out after we told them it was like D*Con (their son goes to D*Con so they knew what that was).

it was really...rude. Normally people just ask whats going on or why you're dressed like that. Often I have to tell them, "oh I'm doing a photo shoot." and they leave me alone, but damn. Sitting on top of me or shoving my friend over yelling "We're taking a pic now!" is a bit much.

[Anonymous No.8391999]

>>8391285
If I need off from work I just say "art show" since I'm in the Artist Alley. I had a manager who knew what comic con was though so I used to explain it that way but tell him I was a vendor/selling art.

[Anonymous No.8392005]

>>8391929
Tharnduil got no business holdin a baby

[Anonymous No.8392042]

>Going to a con dressed as FNAF characters (full fursuits)
>Tiny kids, all under 12, run up to us with wide eyes.
>"Are you Foxy? Are you Chica?" etc.
>Pose for pics with them awkwardly

This happened about three times on the way there. It was cute, but no wonder that fandom is so cancerous. Though making their day made wearing those things worth it and it was IC.

[Anonymous No.8392059]

>>8391080

Gays should not be allowed to adopt children, it's horrible and fucks up the child's future.

Nobody should have to deal with two sources of Dad Jokes.

[Anonymous No.8392072]

>>8390969
I've had something like this happen to me before. >walking down the street in lolita
>not even OTT, just a simple casual-ish coord
>light for the perpendicular street turns green
>lady goes AND THEN FUCKING STOPS. IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION.
>leans out the window and yells "hey!" at me
>I look up from my phone and she snaps a pic before driving off
>The 4th driver in line missed the light because of her

[Anonymous No.8392093]

>>8391606
Sushio loved my costume. I'd do it twice. Fuck kids.

[Anonymous No.8392104]

>Be me
>Decide to go to Realm's Con with team as such
>walking down the street with buddy not cosplaying
>30ish guy sees me
>calls me out on Stolen Valor
>3butthurt5me.png
>Con is literally 50 feet away

[Anonymous No.8392107]

>>8391488
Something similar happened to me
> dressed up as a zombie for friend's cosplay skit
> go all out: lots of blood, skin peeling off, ripped clothing, rotten flesh,...
> wait outside the convention center for friend to arrive
> dad and his kid are passing by
> kid starts crying when he sees me
> he's too scared to walk past me
> dad picks him up and walks up to me
> "Hi there, those wounds aren't real right? My son here is worried that you're really injured."
> put on my friendliest voice and biggest smile while explaining to the kid that it's just a costume and all my wounds are make-up
> "You see, she's won't do anything to you. She's just dressed up."
> kid remains terrified despite the reassurance of me and his dad
> dad shrugs apologetically and walks off still carrying his son

I felt so bad I waited inside the convention center after that to avoid scaring other children.

[Anonymous No.8392127]

>Dressed as Aradia at a meet
>Valentines day meet
>w/ then GF
>a couple people over the day singled me and one other cosplayer out, kept asking for photos
>later in the day, leanin on girlfriend and eating a slice of pizza
>a group of highschool guys asked to take pics, just me
>I stand against the railing thing outside cafeteria
>guys laughing, asking for hugs and then hugging
>ll doing that basic teenage boy "ay momma" type body movement
>dude asks for my number
>fuckthis.jpg
>said I didn't have a phone while holding my phone
>duck back into cafeteria to finish my pizza
This happens far too often at meets, never happened outside of cosplay. Weird.

[Anonymous No.8392272]

>be me
>at fanime, walking from parking garage back towards hotel
>dudebro yells "grow up" at me as he passes by
>tfw i'm wearing a poodle skirt with snorlax on it
>not even that weird bro

[Anonymous No.8392286]

>>8392072
That happened to me on Sunday too! I generally just end up flipping off the camera or giving them the stink eye.

[Anonymous No.8392311]

>>8391488
Oh god, something similar to this happened to me.

>Cosplaying {...} (pronouced Dots usually, he has lots of names) from Hanna is Not a Boy's Name, pic related.
>Used some thick string for the stitches, applied with spirit gum, contoured my face, all green, the whole damn shebang.
>Stopped at a rest stop because I wanted some Wendy's and the con was a long while from home.
>Ordering, mother and dad with 1 child beside me.
>I look over and see the kid staring at me, smile, wave a little bit, say hello.
>Kid looks absolutely terrified that I acknowledged his existence, buries his face in his mother's pant leg, starts making weird whining sounds.
>Mom looks over at me, grins sheepishly and mouths 'sorry', takes her order when it arrives and reassures her child while walking to her table.

I didn't even think I was that spooky looking, but I guess the kid thought I was Frankenstein's monster, or something.

[Anonymous No.8392365]

>>8391690

[Anonymous No.8392379]

>>8392042
I haven't even played that game but it was super bizarre as an adult to get into a car with my little sister (almost 13) and her friend who's the same age and they're both looking at FNAF fanart on an iPad and her friend is gushing over it and telling me how each girl in their group she's named after a different character.

[Anonymous No.8392390]

>gf doing first cosplay
>walking across the street in front of lots of cars
>kid shouting from one
>"I LOVE YOU PRINCESS BUBBLEGUM!"
Cutest thing ever

[Anonymous No.8392409]

>>8391513
Please, quit tripping.

[Anonymous No.8392526]

>>8392059
10/10, made me angry until I saw bottom sentence and giggled

[Anonymous No.8392579]

>>8392311
Why was your face green? This dudes face is gray.

[Anonymous No.8392582]

>>8391441
Same. It's usually enough to make them understand.

[Anonymous No.8392616]

>>8391022

> not singing and soliciting tips

[Anonymous No.8392617]

>>8391080

bait?

[Anonymous No.8392640]

>>8392107
I occasionally act as a trauma patient for trauma courses/tests and the best part is walking/riding my bike home in full moulage.

[violin_man !5ERr1DCrUc No.8392688]

>Colossalcon 2015
>Drunkenly wander the halls as Garterbelt late night outta boredom
>Hotel staff comes up to me
"Hey, who you dress up as?"
>Too drunk to explain Panty and Stocking so I just say I'm Black Jesus
>"I thought so! I didn't wanna say anything offensive or to upset you but given this group of people, i doubt ya are easily offended!"
We both laugh and say goodbye to each other.

[Anonymous No.8392757]

>>8392104
Were you cosplaying someone or just wearing a military outfit for no raisin?

[Anonymous No.8392821]

>State allows open carry
>Gun is now an accessory
>Suddenly no longer harassed while in lolita

[Anonymous No.8392844]

This thread has a surprising amount of happy feels. Please more of this.

[Anonymous No.8392869]

>This momocon
>Walking through the always crowded Olympic park trying to get to photoshoot location
>Friend cosplaying Inuyasha is literally swarmed by children excited to see Inuyasha asking to hold her sword touching her wig
>Cosplaying Naraku, so not really noticed. I laugh and desert her to search for shade.
>then get stopped by a group who legit thought my red eyes were real.
>continue to laugh and run away
Everything was so awkward.

[Anonymous No.8392937]

>doing first cosplay
>have to meet up with friends in a busy-ish shopping centre
>i'm the only one cosplaying
>on my way into the building, getting stared at all the while because of my bandages, blue hair, goggles and shorts in march (I was cosplaying Simon)
>a dude was hanging around with a petition (it wasn't far off the UK election)
>he singles me out and asks me to sign it
>whatever, i kind of agreed with the petition anyway so it's not like it'd hurt
>sign petition while he makes awkward smalltalk, clearly wondering what the fuck i'm wearing
>awkwardly mutter "sorry about the clothes, comic con is on today" and get the fuck out of there
>group up with my friends inside and proceed to get stared at every step of the way until we hit the con

Is cosplay always this awkward?
Not that I care; I'm doing a genderbent magical girl cosplay later this year and I've just decided I'm not gonna give a fuck.

[Anonymous No.8392960]

>>8390902
>Stop at the Ben and Jerry's
Did you know that Ben and Jerry's ice cream, as a company supported the legal defense of murderer Mumia Abu-Jamal because they thought it would be good PR, and then when they were called out on it they tried to say it was only Ben Cohen's opinion as an individual and did not represent the beliefs of the company even though it said Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream in the news, not just Ben Cohen?

[Anonymous No.8392977]

>>8392937
Pretty much. Unless you're in a city like NYC or LA where weird shit in costumes is sort of frequent you're going to get stares and then some. It is surprising how many people somehow didn't see the flock of other cosplayers outside. The most you can do is keep moving with purpose and give zero fucks.

[Anonymous No.8392986]

>In TV head
>constantly get asked "is that real"
>normies ask "haha wheres the remote" "do you get cable?" "how do you see out of that?" "isn't that heavy?"
>normies (and shitty con kids) come up and bang on sides, touch screen, try to push buttons
>this is what I get for taking a tumblrite trend and making it presentable

>post apocalyptic cosplay

>have had multiple kids cry because of gas mask
>have had multiple old people scared because of makarov and AK props
>"isn't all that gear hot anon?"
>normies get scared some whisper "terrorist"
>old normies get mad when they see soviet patches

[Anonymous No.8393013]

>>8392960
Go back to /pol/

[Anonymous No.8393040]

Cosplaying as Kiku Honda,Japanfrom Hetalia at con near a spot full of tourists. Enter a Starbucks,sit on a table right in front of the window. A group of japanese tourist pass by and they suddenly stop, gasping and giggling at me at the other side of the window. I smile and they start taking pictures of me in their big cameras...

[Anonymous No.8393043]

>>8392960
Wow, thank you for that piece of information related to cosplay.

[Anonymous No.8393052]

>Sakuracon three or four years ago
>The Sheraton is double-booked with a multi-branch military shindig of some sorts, lots of men and women in dress uniform, lots of stacked military guys in the gym
>They're really confused about all the nerds in costume
>People start explaining Sakuracon to them
>Suddenly the con center is full of Marines in full dress, SUPER FUCKING JAZZED about all the nerdy anime shit going on

I'm gonna be honest, it was cute as fuck.

[Anonymous No.8393053]

>Parked in a garage five blocks from the convention center
>No problem, it's a quick walk
>Dressed as Princess Bubblegum, friend is BMO
>I walk pretty briskly and tend to set a fast pace, so we overtake people as we're walking
>A group of guys in their 20s catch up with us after we pass them
>What are you guys dressed up for?
>Tell them about the convention and Adventure Time
>One of the guys is a third-grade teacher, says that his students watch Adventure Time and he's been considering getting into it
>Have a short conversation about the show
>quality human interaction.jpg

>>8391864
This is so cute!

>>8391929
Was the baby blonde?
>DAD THRANDUIL

>>8391974
>The worst thing though are the normies who start talking about the cosplayers around them while being no less than 6 feet away. I can hear you dumbfucks discussing me and my costume and I can see you taking photos, I'm not a fucking animatronic or an animal.
God, I hate this. If I hear someone going on about myself or another cosplayer in the vicinity, I turn around and address them directly like we're having a friendly conversation. If they're asking each other why so many people are dressed up, I'll tell them about the convention. If they're asking about weird clothes or headwear or props, I'll explain cosplay to them.

[Anonymous No.8393110]

>>8392286
it happened so fast I didn't even react. i was in a "what the fucking shit even happened" state for a couple minutes after she pulled away.

[Anonymous No.8393125]

>Rufflecon 2014
>hotel double-books with a black firefighter convention
>they are curious but chill about all the frills, steampunk props, and elevator-stalling petticoats
>i keep wandering into the wrong areas looking for Rufflecon programming, black folks give me sideeye
>they have formal event, fancy suits and cocktail dresses walking by RuffleConners posing in shitty lighting for totally-not-a-costume fashion photo shoots

>Rhode Island ComicCon
>convention center attached to hotel attached to huge shopping mall
>shitty food options at con, walk through skybridge to mall
>bunch of cosplayers going this way and that
>bunch of bewildered shoppers
>i get lost more than once, have to ask for directions to garage or skybridge and spend 5 minutes explaining the convention each time
>see cosplayers going into Hot Topic, realize half the merch they're selling can be found in the con dealer's hall

[Anonymous No.8393150]

>>8391709
In highschool I would sometimes wear a Jan Valentine hat since it was warm enough to be used for winter. I got the "YUGIOH" shouts too, really excited for the nostalgia. It did feel a little bad telling them otherwise.
But the one time someone did get it right I made a new friend, so there's that.

[Anonymous No.8393151]

>>8392042
Last year I worked at an afterschool program for middle school kids. Every day, FNAF and/or Minecraft letsplayers (and the games themselves) were the sole topics of discussion amongst the 5th grade boys. Every. Damn. Day.

[Anonymous No.8393178]

>cosplaying Kurapika at family festival to promote local convention
>small child asks me why my eyes are red
>told her I didn't eat enough vegetables when I was her age
>child looks legitimately concerned and is probably re-evaluating diet

[Anonymous No.8393187]

>>8391069
Wait, you were dressed in an outfit that shows almost no skin and got pulled over? Hanna wears an old maid costume most of the time.

[Anonymous No.8393369]

>>8393178
That is so precious

[Anonymous No.8393417]

>>8392579
He's a gray-ish green, but mostly green. Tessa's art style changes the colors with every other page because of art palettes, but yeah.

[Anonymous No.8393426]

>doing insurgent cosplay
>post a pic of self at resturaunt with charcoal stains on face and bloodied bandage around arm
>person I barely know comments and asks if I'm a crisis actor for a false flag
>later messages me saying how I shouldn't be doing those and supporting a government takeover
lol, k

[Anonymous No.8393473]

>>8393125
offtopic but the shitty pics and lightings out of rufflecon are why i'm glad i didn't go and don't plan on going anytime soon. i'm not dropping money on a lolita-centric convention if the whole thing isn't a great photo op.

[Anonymous No.8393533]

This is a recent thing that happened to me
>Cosplaying classic Disney Alice
>Doing a photo shoot with a friend on some hills behind my Uni
>First nice day in a while so a lot of.other students are hanging out outside
>Walking to and from location this guy non stop shouting, "Snow! Snow White! Where are your dwarfs?"
>would have probably replied if he actually called me Alice
>Also on the way back.to my flat see someone take a picture from their windoe of me and we i saw them.they ducked away

[Anonymous No.8393554]

>Otakon 2012
>Our all male group just got settled into our hotel and we were walking towards the con
>We're all having a good time and to joke around my one friend and I decided to hold hands and skip down the street
>car passing by yelling "FAGGGGGGGGGGS"
>We're all laughing uncontrollably

Another one from Otakon during that year the con happened at the same time as that big baseball game.

>Not in cosplay
>In my hotel elevator
>Some older guy not con related gets in
>Makes small talk with me about all the "freaks" and weirdos" walking around.
>I humor him and start going all out busting on the freaks & weirdos.
>It wasn't a long ride but I was cracking this dude up.
>We get to his floor, he gives me a laughing hardy handshake on the way out and tells me to have a good one.
>I whip out my con badge and say "oh btw i'm one of those freaks & weirdos too"
>As the door is closing all he says is "Ohhh, guess they come in all kinds"

I thought that was pretty funny, I made him feel like an asshole.

[Anonymous No.8393556]

>>8391103
>incredibly proud of how much Youmacon has grown.
>proud of Youmacon
>security guard in the CVS
>implying the store inside the Marriott
>which hates the fucking con and would love to see it fuck off to the Cobo exclusively

how... odd

[Anonymous No.8393563]

>>8393554
>Another one from Otakon during that year the con happened at the same time as that big baseball game.

Uh, that's every year, buddy.

[Anonymous No.8393565]

>>8391260
>Still, weapons spook the locals and it's hilarious seeing their expressions.

It really is. ACEN, you get locals staring at you bug-eyed if you've got a fucking fake bazooka made out of cardboard for a Soldier cosplay, but you go to AMA and you have a southern cop stop you to ask how you made a particular prop gun look "so realistic," in an entirely approving tone.

Demographics~

[Anonymous No.8393569]

>>8393563

There was something different about that year. It was a bigger baseball game then normal. Or there were alot more baseball fans there.

It was about 4 years ago.

[Anonymous No.8393677]

>>8390888
>in 3 hour line to MCM Manchester
>at the very start
>two normalfags decide to line up to see what the fuss is
>they couldn't escape

[Anonymous No.8393683]

>>8393554
i chortled

[Anonymous No.8393700]

>be 15 year old weeb, go to FanExpo with friends for birthday
>Mother is nice enough to take us all up to Toronto
>Friends all pile in, one friend already in her Magikarp gijinka cosplay
>get to the Peace Bridge
>Typical Border security questions, where you going, who's in the car, etc
>"So what are you going to Toronto for?"
>"For an Anime convention."
>Border patrol officer doesn't notice friend in back
>"Alright. Well you guys be careful, especially with those guys in costumes-- They're freaks!"

[Anonymous No.8393707]

>friends come over and we decide to cosplay and take some pics at the nearby park
>taking the 4 min walk back to my house
>Car drives by us
>hear "HAPPY HALLOWEEN CRACK ADDICTS"

ok

[Anonymous No.8393715]

I was checking into a hotel and the receptionist was trying to be very professional and asked me if I was there for the "conference." There wasn't anything else going on at the convention center at the time but the convention. I said yes and he kept telling me to have fun at my conference. Now all I imagine is a bunch of weebs in cosplay in a conference room discussing anime like buisness men.

[Anonymous No.8393771]

> Otakon 2012
> Friday
> Roomates were tired and decided to stay at hotel/grab dinner
> I decided to head over by myself
> Change into full Meenah cosplay
> Walk to light rail, get to convention center
> Left my badge at the room
> Head back, waiting for light rail
> Guy walks by, stops asks "Oh lord, are you the devil?"
> "Oh no, I'm just in a costume!"
> "could've had me fooled, with them horns"

Also on the ride back it picked up a just let out Orioles game so it was full of drunk baseball fans staring at the grey 17 year old girl with devil horns.

[Anonymous No.8393793]

>>8393715
My grandpa does that

>anon are you going to comic conference this year
>yes sure am papa

[Anonymous No.8393867]

>>8393533
>The one time a cospalyer/lolita should get a "hey Alice in Wonderland!"
>wrong girl

So much why.

[Anonymous No.8393877]

>>8393793
that sounds adorable

[Anonymous No.8393887]

>>8393052
Not surprised. If you think about it, a lot of marines are probably in the age range where they watched anime growing up.

[Anonymous No.8393891]

>>8393052

At least one anime quest on /tg/ is written by a former Marine, so yeah, totally!

[Anonymous No.8393899]

>>8392821
>open carrying in lolita

MARRY ME

[Anonymous No.8393911]

>Cosplay Kamen Rider Kabuto
>At a crosswalk near the con
>There's a kid there with his mom and he just stares at me
>Finally he says to me "Are you Iron Man?"
>I just look at him and say yes
Eh.

[Anonymous No.8393913]

>>8392960
no one cares, go away.

[Anonymous No.8393923]

>>8392986

jesus christ where was the con where you went as a STALKER?

[Anonymous No.8393930]

>>8391690
Keeeeek
You are my hero

[Anonymous No.8393942]

>>8391690
You should post pics.

[Anonymous No.8394037]

>>8392042
My seven-year-old niece can hardly fucking read, and she watches Let's Plays of it all the time. Bitch can't watch Scooby Doo without getting nightmares.

[l oppppppl No.8394310]

L

[Anonymous No.8394333]

>>8393473
The venue is different this year and the bad lighting is one of the reasons why.

[Anonymous No.8394375]

>>8392986
i had a cosplay with a gas mask too once

this one south korean guy who had a booth came up to me and genuinely asked why do i where the mask, kek

cuz in korea it is a symbol of rebelion or something like that and asked if im portraying that

[Anonymous No.8394443]

>>8392757
Not anyone in particular, but I was with my airsoft/milsim team. We were all in our gear, but I just happened to be the only one not with the group at the time.

[Anonymous No.8394447]

>>8392272
Depends. You a grill or a dude?

[Anonymous No.8394555]

>>8393923
Houston Texas

Smartest place for me to look like I have an automatic weapon right?

[Anonymous No.8394564]

>>8394555
>Smartest place for me to look like I have an automatic weapon right?

You'd fucking THINK so, but Texas is not as gun-friendly as most people assume, from everything I've heard. Whereas in Arizona you can walk around with a fucking anti-tank rifle and nobody will give a shit.

[Anonymous No.8394580]

>>8394564

No no no, I was being sarcastic. I'm implying I'm lucky no one shot me. Texas is where everyone can have guns but no one who isn't republican or in their 40s should ever been seen with a gun lest you risk being shot, and god have mercy on your soul if you're black and wan't to cosplay anyone with any sort of weapon.

[Anonymous No.8394584]

>>8394580
>No no no, I was being sarcastic. I'm implying I'm lucky no one shot me. Texas is where everyone can have guns but no one who isn't republican or in their 40s should ever been seen with a gun lest you risk being shot

... really?

>and god have mercy on your soul if you're black and wan't to cosplay anyone with any sort of weapon

I live near Detroit, so: No Comment.

[Anonymous No.8394591]

>>8393565
>Southern
>Midwest
Answer right there

[Anonymous No.8394599]

>>8394584
Hyperbolizing but not much and also my statement doesn't include white people are wearing camo

[Anonymous No.8394605]

>>8393187
Hanna also has her demon outfit seen in flashbacks, which is quite revealing.

[Anonymous No.8394611]

>>8394599
>Hyperbolizing but not much

So they go full soccer mom even in Houston, Texas? Jesus Christ.

I knew a guy who cosplayed a STALKER at AWA a few years ago. He went wandering around with his (pretty good) Russian accent, a map in his hands, asking random normies if this was "really Georgia" and if they'd seen "the rest of the Army."

The fucking looks he got were amazing.

[Anonymous No.8394621]

>>8394611
Texas is getting more and more blue. California used to be a red state (shocking, right?). Turned blue, hit critical mass, and they're all moving around now. Already saw Colorado get hit. Washington is getting fucked up too. Texas will hold for a time but the blue areas are growing bigger and bigger.

[Anonymous No.8394626]

>>8394621
>Texas is getting more and more blue.

well there goes my five-year plan

[Anonymous No.8394777]

> In lolita
> stopped by a group of PTA Moms
> or the Kiwi equivalent
> Whatevs
> "Oh that's such a cute outfit did you make it yourself? It's steampunk right Anon?"
>" actually it's a Japanese street fashion called gothic lolita"
> Queen Bee Mom glares at me
> Glares
> Like I just spat on her
> "No.It's.Steampunk"

[Anonymous No.8394800]

>Otakon last year
>dressed as yuno from mirai nikki
>in line for some Rita's Italian Ice fuck yeah
>people around asking the usual questions, "why are you dressed like that?" "Why are all these people here?" etc.
>girl behind me asks "is that your real hair?"
>"no it's a wig"
>"where did you get it? It's so pretty!"
>she turns to her friend "see, that's the color I want for my hair!"
It was pretty cute

[Anonymous No.8394803]

>Went to megacon one year
>At the hotel I was staying at there was this giant convention event going on involving all of these private schools and academies.
>Saturday morning, go out as Trainer Red.
>Mfw all of the kids were pointing and calling out "LOOK, IT'S ASH".

[Anonymous No.8394809]

>>8394777
Ugh, she probably associates "lolita" with the pedophilia book. No need for her to be so rude though.
>"I know more about what you're wearing than you -the person who picked out and coordinated the outfit- do"

>>8394800
>she turns to her friend "see, that's the color I want for my hair!"
Sorry for Mean Girls gif, but that was my first association.

[Anonymous No.8395025]

>>8391080
Two dads and now you're on 4chan. Why doesn't anyone take care around the gays?

[Anonymous No.8395111]

>>8390888

>Walking through train station with props in custom made box for storage
>looks like a rifle case wont lie
>Random commuter
>"Who are you here to kill?"
>Me - "Noone just on my way to a convention."
>Randomer - "Sorry. Thought you were a hitman. Was gonna get a quote on my ex wife."

Not sure how to respond to that.

[Anonymous No.8395113]

>>8395111
kek

[Anonymous No.8395153]

>>8391513
Lol tell that to tumblr

[violin_man !5ERr1DCrUc No.8395210]

>>8392960
Go back to tumblr bruh. Pic related.

Question: not to be mean or blunt, but why ya get all up in arms when normies speak ill of your cosplays? Grow A backbone or something.

[Anonymous No.8395216]

>>8395210

This board is 90% women, I don't expect anybody to have a real backbone here. The internet isn't how it used to be where everybody wasn't damaged by words.

[violin_man !5ERr1DCrUc No.8395240]

>>8395216
True true.


I mean if a normie or cosplayer gonna speak ill of my shit, I'll just move on with my life and not let it bother me. Years of inner city public school and being mocked will help you grow a backbome as well as learning to stand up for yourself.

I honestly miss the days were folks grew a pair of balls instead of turning towards their tumblr followers and cry about how the world is so mean.

[Anonymous No.8395251]

>>8395240

Yeah, the days of old internet are gone.

Its almost exactly as you describe, the internet used to be for those losers who were into nerdy stuff and got bullied. Out of that pain some of the funniest OC on the internet was born.

Nowadays since the internet is so mainstream the average normalfag or person that gets offended by fucking WORDS is on chans let alone the rest of the internet.

The days of the wildwest internet are gone, I'm gonna miss them.

[Decade !!GCDrKbHwher No.8395298]

Raleigh is usually friendly but I get some assholes here who think they're so damned smart. They try and start shit almost every time I walk from the parking deck to the con center.
My personal favorite story where I destroyed this guy in front of his girl.
> I'm in my Kamen Rider Fourze
>They Walk up and ask for pics
>Girl thinks its neat, guy is being a prick and is poking my belt and belly
Im 6'5" and chubby but not super disgusting unfuckable fat
>"Aren't you a bit fat to be a power ranger Tommy?"
>I'm triple extra salty already since he called me a power ranger and Tommy, and I don't like JDF since he's kind of a prick and JDF ALSO mistook me for a white ranger"
>Nerd rage intensifies
> "aren't you the worlds tallest midget?"
>His GF who is way taller than him (Pic semi related, similar height difference) starts laughing super hard and he gets obviously butthurt, tries to stir more shit
>his girl interjects " No stop it, you have nowhere to go from there."
>I say "definitely not up."
>she laughs again and he starts walking off cussing


Not usually one to pick on people for their height since I got shit for being too tall, but seriously Kevin Hart would have called this guy a manlet.
I do have to say, I hated being bullied as a kid but man did it ever prepare me for the stupid assholes I can completely shut down in my adult life.

[Anonymous No.8395389]

>>8395298
>I say "definitely not up."

HEH

[G !!0KLJYlknxts No.8395402]

>>8390888
>Planned a Jackie Chan Adventures shoot in Chinatown
>Cosplaying Uncle
>Waiting for other photographers and cosplayers outside
>Guys walk be me
>"OH SHIT IT'S YU-GI-OH!

Also walking around the streets of Chinatown as Jackie and seeing the awkward stares form older Chinese people and hear mutterings of Cantonese (which my friend translated for me) was quiet the unique experience

[Anonymous No.8395408]

>local con a few years ago
>friends and I have full Ouran group
>not wearing uniforms, doing one of the other outfit sets
>had to walk a few blocks to get to the con
>stopped by woman and her friend asking why we're dressed up and what we're dressed as
>we explain that there's a con nearby and what the show we're dressed as is about
>"Wait, you mean Ouran Host Club?"
>her daughter watched the show apparently
>she took some nice pictures of our group and sent them to one of our group members not ling after

And also

>Megacon 2012
>friends have enormous Avatar the Last Airbender group
>like almost 30 people
>entire main cast and several minor characters
>Convention center was also hosting a cheerleading convention or smth
>cheerleaders walking through the con areas
>they see our group and FREAK
>"Oh my god Avatar can I take a picture with you guys?!"
>half the hall shots we found of our group had super excited cheerleaders or other normies posing in front
>it was weird but also pretty cute actually

[Anonymous No.8395420]

Yaoicon a few years back

>Buch of cosplayers standing around the elevator area
>Two black dudes walk in and start chatting it up with a Sailor Jupiter cosplayer
>Guy: Yo, you like Dragon Ball Z
>Girl: Uhhh yeah
>Guy: You man we love Dragon Ball Z it's the best.
>Elevator opens, black dude start walking toward it
>Guy: *points to the girls* Yo, check this out! I YAOI Dragonball Z!"
>Doors close
>Everyone in the area immediately starts laughing

Shit was magical

[Anonymous No.8395431]

kinda mild, but it made me angry

>be me at local anime con
>tv head cosplay
>me and a friend are in the bathroom at the sinks, i'm fixing my hair and she's doing her makeup
>have bulky tv head sitting on a ledge shelf thing a little ways away
>some lady is talking to another lady on the other end of the bathroom, she has her dirty, screaming kid hugging on her legs, she's not really paying attention to him
>this kid spots my tv and breaks into a full sprint towards it, the mom doesn't notice
>me and friend rush over there to make sure he doesn't ruin it, lo and behold he's already broke a button off it and is trying to pull it off the ledge onto the floor
>we try and grab it from him
>he then begins PUNCHING my tv head over and over again with his fat little fists
>he dislodges the plexiglass screen, one corner is cracked from it
>the mom finally intervenes
>grabs kid, utters a "sorry", pulls him back to where she was before and continues her conversation
>was never able to get the button back in place reliably
>this is why you leash your kids

[Anon's Sister !uCdS.UkXqM No.8395746]

>>8395431
>this is why you leash your kids
Not sure about other countries, but US moms seem to be afraid of any form of discipline.

Was at a con and a Hispanic mom in cosplay was letting her kids run around actually. Me and a seagull I met were looking at each other every time one of them nearly stepped on us while hopping around on the hotel couches. One of them was named Carlos which gave us a laugh at least.

[Anonymous No.8395755]

>>8395746
That's because if you hit them, you'll get reported for child abuse and likely have the book thrown at you in court.

[Anonymous No.8395776]

>>8395755
This. People are overly sensitive now about anything hat remotely resembles abuse. There's even a form of parenting now where you never say the word "no" to your children. Something about redirecting them or something like that but holy shit you better have a kid that already has a good temperament to make that work. Luckily I think people are finally coming around to realizing that the everyone's special/participation trophy approach to schooling is a horrible unrealistic message to give to kids.

[Anonymous No.8395778]

>>8395408
Aw the cheerleader part put a smile on my face. I don't think anyone whose watched avatar can really dislike it, but thats really cute

[Anonymous No.8396521]

>>8395298
fucking wrekt
assuming this actually happened
but we are on 4chan so probably not

[Anonymous No.8396595]

>>8395431
I know these feels so fucking hard

[Anonymous No.8396599]

>>8394621
honestly, california isn't super blue outside the major cities. they just happen to shout pretty loud.

[Anonymous No.8396637]

>>8395776
>There's even a form of parenting now where you never say the word "no" to your children. Something about redirecting them or something like that
My brother's ex-wife never let him discipline their children, and from what I hear, they're little monsters. She would bribe and negotiate with them to get them to do something a simple as going to bed, and now anytime you tell them to stop doing something, they're right back at it again not a minute later. It infuriates me to no end because they would have been good kids otherwise.

[Anonymous No.8396883]

>>8396599
This so much. Once you get outside of the cities you'd be surprised how much of California is still 'farming and family values'.

[Anonymous No.8396947]

>>8395240
>>8395210
Yea I don't see why people get so upset and up and arms about it. Some Cosplayers need thicker skin

[Anonymous No.8396973]

>>8396883
Yeah you don't even have to go out to the actual farms n shit. Most of the 'burbs are relatively conservative from a fiscal perspective (generally centrist on social issues).

It's just that the city loons spend all their free time on social media and receive a disproportionate amount of media coverage (because they like making a circus of themselves, and that shit sells papers/airtimes). Big megaphone effect. If California was as megablue as people think, Prop 8 wouldn't have gotten any traction. But just 'cuz rainbow-haired hipstertwinks, goony beardmen, and thick-rimmed glasses progressive techies trying to bed said twinks dominate the tele-picturebox ignores certain large demographic blocs *cough*latinos*cough* which sway heavily socially-conservative.

[Anonymous No.8397087]

>>8391579
DON'T LOSE YOUR WAY

[Anonymous No.8397722]

>>8396637
Why did he not put his foot down and be a man? They need a strong father figure to undo that pc bullshit

[Anonymous No.8397750]

>>8390999
>tfw they're ok with furries but not with anime cosplay

[Anonymous No.8397767]

>>8393700
I-is that a picture of you anon? You're handsome. :3c

[Anonymous No.8397827]

Had to catch a train from my hotel about 20 minutes away wearing a Casey Jones cosplay in full facepaint and hockey mask carrying sports equipment with countless people assuming I was a thug from a Batman game.

[Anonymous No.8397834]

>>8391122
Nope! Texas.

[Anonymous No.8397835]

>>8397767
Sorry anon, that's a picture of Alexander Rybak, a musician from Norway. I just found his expression appropriate for my story and those fursuits.

[Anonymous No.8397891]

>>8395216
>>8395216
>>8395240
>>8395210

poor you and your internet words having an impact on people. go back to /r9k/

[Anonymous No.8397892]

>>8395298
>things that didnt happen

[Anonymous No.8397953]

>>8390898
>>8390910
"Where are your sheep?" "Your sheep are over there.." "Baaaaaa"

>not just Lolita. pretty much any frilly cosplay

[Anonymous No.8397997]

>>8395210
Because I'm exasperated at how retarded people are. They dress up for Halloween, hen parties and themed nights at the bar looking like shit yet are bemused when people wear actually decent costumes to an event they don't know about, like it suddenly makes it an outlandish practise. Costuming in itsel is FAR from uncommon so don't know why people act so god damn mystified. If I see someone in alt fashion I know it's dumb to ask them 'why' they are wearing what they are and if someone is in a costume it is usually for some event/charity. Can't people quietly put two and two together

[Anonymous No.8398007]

>>8397750
Because they don't see an animal costume and immediately assume it's for having kinky sex in unlike you

[Anonymous No.8398056]

I'm worried about how my new roommate and other girls in the dorm in college next semester will react to my lolita wardrobe. I only told her I was into alternative fashion so far. Anyone have experience?

[Anonymous No.8398086]

>>8398056
>come home in lolita
>normie roommate is in the living room
>"Oh hey, that dress is really cute. Is there an event going on?"

That went better than expected. She already knew I went to anime cons, so I guess she expects weird things from me.

But
> first time in lolita, going to meet some friends
>other roommate (who has since moved out) and her friends in the living room
>fuck it, gotta catch the bus
>they're crowding the door
>me: "excuse me..."
>they move out of the way and just stare at me like I'm a freak

Both times wearing the same dress.

[Anonymous No.8398090]

>>8397997
It's even worst when they think they know more about Japan or whatever and then try to lecture you

[Anonymous No.8398098]

>>8397722
I'm not sure, they're on the other side of the country. To be fair, though, he did lose both his balls to testicular cancer, so I don't think there's much of a chance he's going to grow them anymore. For his sake, I really hope the dynamic is much better.

[Anonymous No.8398101]

>>8397722
Because men are terrified of being fathers and "tied down" more than women usually are

[Anonymous No.8398132]

>>8398056
Lock your closet. Your roomate will try to wear your clothes. OR show her friends and they will stain it. Trust me.

[Anonymous No.8398189]

>>8393178
kinda similar
>be cashier at grocery
>around christmas at work we are allowed to wear goofy stuff like antlers
>decide to wear clip on faun ones I made from real antler for ren fair a few years back (naturally shed, can find em in woods here every year)
>this little boy comes in with his mom
>spends entire transaction staring at my head
>timidly asks if he can touch them
>his mom is laughing and I kneel down a bit
>he taps one and freaks the fuck out
>MOM SHE HAS ANTLERS HOW DOES SHE HAVE ANTLERS SHES A REINDEER WHY MOM
>i look at the mom
>she looks at me and nods
>"i didnt eat my green beans"
>as they leave he is frantically digging through bags asking his mom if she's sure she bought green beans
>kinda feel bad

[Anonymous No.8398199]

>>8391067
Dumb. Wouldn't you technically be a tourist too?

[Anonymous No.8398219]

>>8395776
My aunt and uncle did that for like the first 4-5 years of my cousins life. They eventually had to change because his school threatened to expel him. He's like 8 or 9 now and still a fucking helldemon. Like throwing a fit at our grandmother's funeral because no one would play tag with him IN THE CHURCH bad.

[Anonymous No.8398225]

>>8396637
People don't realise that not all children are going to behave and 'talking to them like an adult' simply doesn't work if they are little gobshites.
I've got 3 brothers, only girl in the family. Eldest one was disciplined like a soldier and misbehaved when he was a child. Turned out fairly well. I've never been hit (I've been grounded a few times) as I'd been quite timid in my childhood and teenage years. The youngest twins, however, had been allowed pretty much anything, have never been hit once, have never been grounded, and now one of them is a petty criminal while the other's a flaming retard who's wasting his life away drinking and clubbing. They were born around the time when 'spanking your child is abuse!' was gaining tract. Not that it's true for everyone but I've met enough spoiled, screaming brats to start believing in the good aul 'spare the rod, spoil the child'

[Anonymous No.8398230]

I haven't cosplayed in ages and I mostly participate in lolita, but I remember being constantly mistaken for Mickey Mouse when I had a deadmau5 mask years ago; I was even approached by an Indian couple to take a photo with their kid with that assumption. It was funny and cute looking back at it.

Last year's NYCC, my brother sent me a photo of a pair of Poison Ivy and the Joker which was cool at first and he knows that I'm into dumb nerdy stuff, but then I realized that it was taken as they were walking. I know that it's hard to pull people aside to take photos when speed walking through Manhattan, but it was pretty rude to snap a photo without asking. I would have rather have him tell me about the cosplayers than to see proof (besides, I already knew about it going on).

[Anonymous No.8398249]

>>8391639
>HE WAS A SK8R BOI
>SHE SAID SEE U L8R BOI

[Anonymous No.8398342]

>at AX a couple years ago
>crossplaying Sanae from Touhou
>with gf (also touhou) and we're hanging out with her friend
>walking down the street to somewhere on the sidewalk
>have to wait for a light to cross
>some random black guy waiting for it too
>he asks my gf's friend what's going on and he explains
>I'm not saying anything, just listening
>a bit later I do say something
>the man suddenly exclaims "wait, you're a dude!?"
>chuckle heartily at my successful trappening

[Anonymous No.8398366]

>>8398342
Pics

[Anonymous No.8398380]

>>8398342
I bet you didn't even look that good. Pics or it didn't happen.

[Anonymous No.8398479]

>>8398380
Whenever I hear about mtf crossplay, I can only think of that one guy who likes to self post here who actually thinks he looks good and, I dont' even know how or why, he gets asspats for it when he's man hands and man face galore.

[Anonymous No.8398876]

>>8398189
>i look at the mom
>she looks at me and nods
>"i didnt eat my green beans"
I can't wait for the day I get to use my power levels for good. You and >>8393178 are doing god's work.

[Anonymous No.8399098]

>>8398876
Thank you I try.

Though for real other than grocery store shenanigans I used to volunteer at a museum in costume and that was pretty prime mess-with-kids opportunity. They will take anything at face value if you present it deadpan. Funnily enough despite having way more elementary-age school kids go through, I think I heard way more stupid stuff from adults while there.

>are you like the amish?
yes did the lace covered pink taffeta gown and hoopskirt tip you off
>whats in here? why can't I go in? (followed by them furiously jiggling the closet door handle)
do you not have closets at home
>(while looking at a rather nice 1950s wedding gown) These Victorian gowns are so lovely...
>is this place haunted?
its fucking about to be if one more person asks
>(while looking at window mounted air conditioner) Is this original to the house?
>(man talking to his son) This is where Betsy Ross lived
we are in new jersey sir are you lost

[Anonymous No.8399227]

>>8398007
>fursuit
>don't assume it's for having kinky sex

Fur and Loathing gave us a shitty rep, mang

[Anonymous No.8399277]

>>8392104
Better story from same day
South Texas is super hot, even in October, and humidity is terribad, and being fully geared doesn't help

>Go to hotel to change into normie clothes
>Hotel is sponsoring con
>get gucci ass deal on food because con attender
>eat first, change later because fuck waiting
>3 kids around 6-10 eating food
>kids see me and friends, and go apeshit
>saying shit like "mom, it's like the army guys from the games" and "I wonder how heavy that stuff is"
>still have airsoft guns (peace bonded and barrels stuffed) because muh 2nd amendment
>mom asks if they can take pictures with us
>gladly oblige
>take badass pictures with little kids
>mom says thanks with huge smile and takes kids back to their table
>hear kids talking about it almost the entire time we were eating

I just wish one of us would have taken a pic or two with our phones or GoPros

[Anonymous No.8400039]

Oh man on ILD I was with a big group of lolitas and we ended up in the "rich people" mall. And I guess it's the fact that the average person there is gonna be a little entitled because SO MANY people had zero problem walking up and asking what was going on. Easily a dozen in 1.5 hours. Mostly reasonable or the classic "are you in a play" but a couple highlights

>older dude walks up
>asks what's going on
>one lolita gives him the short version
>seems satisfied with that answer
>suddenly says "you're wearing a lot of makeup"
>walks off
>she wasn't wearing that much makeup other than like fake eyelashes
>???

>little girl comes up, guy trailing behind her
>"Dad. Dad I need to talk to the princesses. Hi princesses."
>just kinda moves from person to person so she can get a good look
>dad asks if he can take a picture
>everyone poses
>little girl refuses to pose because if she's facing the camera that's two whole seconds she's not looking at the dresses

[Anonymous No.8400115]

>>8393911
>cosplaying kabuto
MY NIGGA

[Anonymous No.8400116]

>>8395298
when will manlets learn

[Anonymous No.8400169]

>>8400039
>"Dad. Dad I need to talk to the princesses. Hi princesses."
The DREAM.

And I get that it can be kind of annoying if you're treated like a tour guide where people keep coming up to you with questions, but I'd prefer that over people whispering behind their hands, giving dirty side-looks, and making up their own assumptions about the fashion.

[Anonymous No.8400284]

>>8400116
maybe after growing up a little...

oh wait.

[Anonymous No.8400289]

>>8400039

That second story, too cute!

[Anonymous No.8400359]

>>8398132
and then someone with an unfortunate handicap will pretend it happened to her

[Anonymous No.8400363]

>>8398479
not everyone has trap detection skills, anon. basic bitches are easily tricked.

[Anonymous No.8400392]

>me and husband just wearing kigus and going to get late night food and we walk to the fast food mecca near the hotel
>taxi full of people at mecca
>driver leans out as customers get out of the taxi "why are you guys dressed like that?"
>feeling tired and sarcastic "oh i just didn't get enough attention growing up"
>everyone laughs heartily
>in a better mood "jk there's a con nearby, you guys don't know about it?"
>"oh yeah i forgot that happens, well have fun!"
>glad sense of humor

[Anonymous No.8400453]

Con
>going to small local con
>friend group has varying interests, so we're all dressed differently (cosplay, lolita, steam, period, etc)
>but we're all dressed to the nines and formally for an event that day, costume or not
>small con offers coupon for a local pastry shop in the grab bag for that day
>we have a car and are hungry, and figure they have seen weirdos like us already
>enter pastry shop
>immediately realize everyone must pass this place over for the fast food joints and closer places, even during cons, because they seem like they haven't seen another human face in years
>worried we might stick out too much here, but they are just happy to have so many customers suddenly
>they start to realize how we are dressed as we start to realize we might clean them out of stock
>they get massively excited over our outfits and we get googly-eyed over them cranking out fresh donuts for us
>asks for pic with us, polaroid goes up on the wall
>totally made each group's day
>The experience and pastries were so nice, we repeated this after getting some extra leftover grab bags later on
>maximum pastry fat

Not con
>my usual coffee place
>sunlight hits my favorite seat just right
>no one stares
>they write "Princess (my name)" on my drinks, cracks me up every time

[Anonymous No.8400464]

>>8393556
>>implying the store inside the Marriott

CVS in the Ren Cen, close enough.

[Anonymous No.8400529]

>>8392409
Underrated post.

[Anonymous No.8400605]

>Cosplay Ginko Yurishiro to a local con this past spring
>uncomfortable walking outside the con center to the nearest starbucks in Microskirt and platform boots
>other starbucks patrons are frosty to me and stare
>one lady puts her shopping bags on the one available seat when I ask if it's take. (Feet were killing me by then)
>in a pretty bad mood by the time I leave with drinks tray
>once I'm passing by the pubs a frat guy steps out to yell "you look great! Rock that outfit!"
>feel infinitely better

[Anonymous No.8400608]

>Walking to Otakon 2014
>see old man stop two half naked KLK cosplayers and ask them if this was another weekend of Bronycon
>Hear the girls insist "no no no... We're nothing like those weirdo freaks!"

[Anonymous No.8400611]

>>8400605
>"you look great! Rock that outfit!"
aww

[Anonymous No.8400626]

>>8391290
>dio
>dinosaur face

[Anonymous No.8400646]

>>8391285
Anime convention. If I need time off work I just say I have an appointment with a doctor that day or that I have finals.
>>8391488
>his dad says "shh nothing to worry about, it's not gonna hurt you"
lmao
who were you cosplaying that they couldn't tell?

[Anonymous No.8400680]

>>8391690
This happens to me every year at cons. It is bloody hilarious to see the surprise on peoples' faces.

Especially the janitors. They have no idea what the fuck is going on.

[Anonymous No.8400691]

>>8391285
I'll say "con" before I say "anime con" because that's slightly embarassing

But my coworkers follow me on Facebook and sometimes when stupid / funny shit goes down at the con, they'll read about it there & by the time I make it back to the office stories of shit I pulled are passing around like urban legends

[Anonymous No.8400699]

>>8399227
God damn I was just thinking about this yesterday. Do any of you remember how it was back when CSI, L&O, Bones, etc seemed determined to just take every subculture and somehow show them as both harmless and yet full of creeps and murderers?

>the motherfucking chubby chaser episode on CSI
>she suffocated him during sex
>with her fucking stomach

[Anonymous No.8400741]

>on way home from steampunk con with friends
>yes i know fuck steampunk whatever it was cheap and fun and we were vendors
>it has been hours since leaving con and we have since been trapped in a tightly packed rented pedo-van
>we are half-dressed still and starving
>its like 10 pm and we are somehow on the only stretch of highway on the east coast with no mcdonalds nor rest stops for miles on end
>suddenly a burst of bright lights
>the whitebread mecca of 'down home cooking' that is cracker barrel
>why grandpa's favorite sausage and grits dispensary is open so late we do not know but it is welcome
>enter restaurant
>it actually gets quiet for a second
>because of exhaustion, heat, and rolling around in van last three hours we look a little less steampunk and a little more tim burton street urchins
>though to be fair we do match the kitsch nailed to the walls better than the polos and khakis of the other patrons
>get seated, get food, dig in to some mediocre fried chicken
>hear crash
>busboy has dropped a plate because he's fucking staring so hard
>over course of time we were there he will drop three more
>and someone knocks the candle holder off their table as well
>finally done and get up to leave
>hear an "AYYYYOOOOO" from halfway across restaurant
>the mating call of the fuckboi
>it is indeed a fellow congoer
>however he is of the "glue gears to my fedora and borrow dads suit" class of steampunk
>and he is making finger guns at us
>not today my friend this corset shall remain laced
>depart through gift shop
>purchase overpriced candy
>get the fuck home

[Anonymous No.8400964]

>>8395216
Oh goodness, how thoughtful! This anon won't hurt us with mean words because we might cry! Thank you so much ~ ~~~ <3 <3 <33333333

>fuck off

[Anonymous No.8400980]

>>8391639
Hahah yeah it was the X games, I was there attending both those and AX. It was really weird being able to walk from the extreme dudebro events right into weeb mecca.

[Anonymous No.8400992]

>>8400980
honestly I don't remember the x-games people EVER being an issue and they've been there for at least two AXes

There's definitely been broadcast footage of xgames stuff where you can look across the street and see cosplayers in the back

[Anonymous No.8401027]

>>8390888

>Saber-J Lime cosplay
>Waiting outside con hall to buy my ticket
>Hall staff lady approaches me
>"Um, do you guys dress like that everyday?"
>mfw no face

[Anonymous No.8401051]

> Sakura Con 2009
> Me and bro are doing several cosplays together.
> Ken and Ryu(Street Fighter), Heavy and Medic(TF2), and Snake and Ocelot(Metal Gear)
> it's Thursday night and me and my bro get to Seattle early
> Settle in and we decided to browse around the city
> See GameWorks late afternoon
> Like a Chuck-e- Cheese's for adults
> Tap beer, Video games everywhere and pizza
> see Street Fighter Arcade game on second floor
> bro says "Dude, you thinking what I'm thinking?"
> shit yea!
> go back to hotel and change into Ken and Ryu
> go back to GameWorks and get two pitchers of beer, a pizza and 10 dollars worth in plays for Street Fighter
> hog that machine for the next 2 hours
> we have a crowd cheering us on behind us as we play as ourselves kicking each others asses
> no one keeping score, just being awesome
> people keep paying for our beer and for the game
> the most positive outside of a con experience I have ever had

[Anon's Sister !uCdS.UkXqM No.8401208]

>>8400605
>you look great! Rock that outfit!
I know that feel and it is good. Always nice to run into open minded people. Also, a co-worker of a relative claims she finds everyone in cosplay "cute" even though she has no idea what's going on.

>>8401027
>Um, do you guys dress like that everyday?
I hate this so much.

[Anonymous No.8401242]

>>8391513
>stahp misgendering my homestucks

[Anonymous No.8401278]

>>8390930
>You people are taking away spots from other tourists

What other tourists? I live in San Jose, all we got besides Fanime is Hockey, 49er's training camp, Christie Yamiguchi. and like one casino for asians.

[Anonymous No.8401352]

>>8396973
Really? I'm in florida, and most latinos are dems, that's interesting.

[Anonymous No.8401356]

>>8391639
>xgames
people who cant play a real sport but instead have to show how proficient they are on their preferred mode of transportation e.g. motorbike, skatboard, rollerblades, bmx think they are cooler than weebs

srsly rollerblading is gay

[Anonymous No.8401360]

>>8391690
crossplaying is bad and you should feel bad

[Anonymous No.8401452]

>>8401352
Latinos tend socially conservative but liberal on economic issues. If you're going by party they will be overwhelmingly democrat.

[Anonymous No.8401532]

>>8394375

Just tell him that taking it off would be extremely painful.

[Anonymous No.8401541]

>>8401360
But it's a lot of fun, anon. Don't you want to have fun?
Don't you want to mess with peoples' heads and confuse boners?

[Anonymous No.8401549]

>ACEN Madoka Magica shoot
>outside in front of some loading doors for the convention center
>loading doors have small slit widows
>notice some black guy's head is visible looking out the slit window behind part of the shoot
>he stayed there for at least an hour watching from within his weeb protection chamber

[Anonymous No.8401643]

>>8393715
Last summer I was actually going to a scientific conference and my mother kept thinking I was going to an anime convention. I corrected her multiple times but she kept telling family members and friend and random people she met at the grocery store that I was going to "one of those Japanese fan conventions" and told me not to forget my costume.
>mom pls this is work
>curing cancer and shit
>I haven't been to an anime con since I was 12

[Anonymous No.8401655]

>>8398056
Usually when normies hear "alt fashion" they assume goth/rave stuff or retro/vintage. Be prepared for them to be confused. Whether they like it or not will depend on your style and their personal tastes, though, so we can't really predict that.
>was expecting my bf and his family to hate sweet but like classic and gothic
>they actually love sweet, hate gothic and are 'meh' about classic
Also seconding other anon that you should lock your wardrobe because many people have no respect for other's property, especially if it's something they don't understand.

[Anonymous No.8401662]

>>8399098
>people who think everything pre-70's is Victorian
Oh god. I encounter these all the time when I'm wearing lolita. They're much more pleasant than the rude people but I do have to wonder what kind of cardboard box they grew up in.
>wearing blue A-line dress with white polkadots and bow in my hair
>expect Minnie Mouse or Alice comments
>instead get ladies crowding me and telling me how much they like my "Victorian" outfit
>yes thank you for noticing it was modeled after my favourite painting of Her Majesty herself

[Anonymous No.8401902]

I remember I was walking in the street with a long blond wig (I was dressed a little weird, but nothing too exagerated), and a group of kids ran to me, and started pulling my wig. Then they just stared and me, and said stupid things like "IT'S A WIG, RIGHT? THAT'S NOT YOUR REAL HAIR, IT OBVIOUS"
It wasn't that bad, but I tought they were going to steal my wig and run away or something (they were some poor-looking kids, by the way. I bet their parents sent them to annoy me)

Everytime I go out dressed in cosplay, or just wearing a wig, I got insulted and sometimes threatened (stupid people saying they are going to hit me, or steal me, that kind of stuff). It SO annoying, jesus.
I really wish people said stuff like "is it halloween?" or something like that to me. When I read other people's experiences, they don't seem to be thaat bad
;_;

[Anonymous No.8401927]

>>8401549
>weeb protection chamber

topkek

[Anonymous No.8401941]

>>8401902
Where the fuck do you live? Worst I've gotten is "what play are you in?" and stares. That sounds terrible.

[Anonymous No.8401974]

>>8401941
In the most uncivilized place of the world, South America. Argentina, specifically.
People are like monkeys here, you literally end up being scared of going out dressed in a weird way.
Thankfully I've never been hit, but I know a guy who decided to stop wearing decora because he got beaten up by a a group of intolerant idiots.

I hope I can move to a more civilized country in the future...

[Anonymous No.8402006]

>>8401974
The hell is wrong with people, really? Decora dude was doing us all a favor by making the world more interesting. I wish you luck in your endeavors to find some place more tolerant.

[Anon's Sister !uCdS.UkXqM No.8402063]

>>8401974
Jeez. The worst treatment I've seen was a rather fat girl in full sweet lolita being featured in a humor themed Walmart calender. Had a rather mean caption at the bottom and it was full of camera shots from people having pictures taken from behind.

[Anonymous No.8402071]

>Was in a Skag Crossplay (look up skag drag if you don't know what im talking about) for the first time at small new convention in my home town.
>Convention is in a hotel that is attached to a mall in our downtown core where alot of junkies and homeless people hang out to panhandle.
>Go down to the tim hortons in the mall because I am canadian and need my daily dose of coffee.
>Get a lot of looks, smirks, and small comments while in line.
>Get to cashier and he loves my cosplay and takes my picture so that made up for the reactions I got while in line.
>Walking through the mall to get back to the convention when stopped by a group of black guys.
>HereWeGo.avg
>"Hey prissy boy if you like wearing girls clothing I got some lingerie that you could wear tonight."
>Tell him that he shouldnt be the one talking seeing has lingerie at home.
>Go back and forth like this for a minute or so until a group of black girls step in as they over heard the whole thing.
>"You guys are just jealous that you wont look as cute as him in a dress."
>"If you keep running your mouth Ill be dressing you guys in my lingerie tonight."
>"I grew up in down town detroit so I won't think twice about wrecking all your asses."
>Guys back off and the group of girls are now feeling my wig and giving me tips on how to keep it clean and looking good.
>They ask me why im all dressed up so I tell them about the anime convention.
>They are loving it even more and offer to walk me back but I kindly refuse.
>As I am walking away I hear them yell at me to keep doing what im doing and that Im cute as hell in a dress.

I usually don't have a problem crossplaying at bigger conventions seeing as the normie ratio is significantly less than this small con but it still hasnt deterred me from crossplaying at smaller cons.

[Anonymous No.8402127]

>>8402006
Have you heard of Sophie Lancaster?

Actually, don't. It's just as bad

[Anonymous No.8402650]

>>8400039
I predict that little girl will grow up to be a lolita.

[Anonymous No.8403296]

>>8402127
The utter depravity and... pettiness (?) of some people never ceases to amaze me. "They look weird, so they deserve to die." The thing that surprised me the most in that case is the guy's mom joking with him about him beating innocent people to death. But I guess it explains where he got it from. I wonder if any of them ever felt remorse. I wonder that every time I see a cases of people committing such huge crimes so young. Did they ever grow up and realize what shitheads they were?

I'm glad I live in a college town where weird people aren't that unusual. People mostly just call me cute when I'm in lolita or ask a few questions about it, if they talk to me at all. There's the staring, but that's to be expected. I don't have any fear of being beat up or killed for it, at least.

[Anonymous No.8403402]

>>8400741

>not today my friend this corset shall remain laced

I lost my shit, thank you so much

[Anonymous No.8403430]

>>8391069
>I'm assuming you were wearing the one with the rack window right?

[Anonymous No.8404048]

>friend and I are cosplaying beaten-up versions of 2 video game characters
>fake blood, dirt makeup, ripped clothes etc
>not staying at con hotel, have to drive 20ish minutes to con each day
>driving to con, realize we forgot food
>don't want to starve or pay for overpriced con food
>screw it
>stop at gas station for granola bars/snacks
>poor cashier is terrified of the two bloody, bandaged 20-somethings who just wandered into his store at 10am
>we pay for our snacks and leave. Cashier still very suspicious of us.
>laugh about it in the car

Those cosplays were fun but people kept thinking we were zombies. Kinda lame.

[Anonymous No.8404056]

>>8391579
Lmao

Don't lose your way, anon

[violin_man !5ERr1DCrUc No.8404063]

>>8397997
So learn to accept the fact that normal people are gonna be confused, ask questions, not understand the cosplay culture and at worst, be assholes?

Believe me, it does get tiring and annoying repeating the same shit to non-cosplayers but overtime you gonna wind up dealing with it without having an attitude or reacting with anger.

[Anonymous No.8404069]

>>8404048
Same anon, same con, next day.

>cosplaying idolm@ster (pic related) but black instead of pink
>Entire outfit is made of black sequins
>friend is Marshall Lee
>decide to stop for breakfast at iHop because why the hell not
>We're far enough away from downtown for no one to know there's a convention in town.
>For modesty's sake, throw on hoodie over im@s costume
>crazy sequined pants with cowboy fringe still visible
>whatever
>enter ihop
>lots of weird stares from families enjoying pancakes on a saturday morning
>waitress asks why we're dressed funny and why one of us is grey
>explain the convention
>have a nice conversation with waitress while still being stared at by other tables
>when we leave she says we were the easiest table she'd had all day
>cashier named me Miss Vegas

[Anonymous No.8404075]

>>8391022
Lol oh man, what is it with normies thinking anyone who is dressed differently is at an event for their entertainment?
>attend a blossom festival with my comm
>stares and questions as usual but overall nice reception
>a coordinator approaches us and compliments us about how we look like princesses
>before we can thank her and be on our way she asks us if we would read stories to peoples' kids
>essentially free babysitting
>laugh and politely tell her no
>she understands and takes our picture and leaves
>we go to the blossoms to pose and take pictures
>notice other people at the festival had been trying to snap pictures of us on their phones
>despite the fact that they could have easily approached us and asked
>it's irritating how they think they're being clever by being so obviously underhanded
>as if we didn't know what they were doing when they stuck their ipads/iphones in our direction looking at the screens
>after the meet is over we all go home to discover there are a bunch of derpy, some obviously candid, photos of us tagged on the event's Facebook page

[Anonymous No.8404076]

>>8399277
Lmao get bent airshitter, I guarantee you didn't look "badass"

[Anonymous No.8404085]

>>8390888

>At New Orleans in the french quarter in that really pretty park with the horse statue
>Wearing a simple bodyline coord, it's too hot for much else
>Notice local-looking sketchy guy who is hiding behind trees to try and snap my picture
>Open up parasol to block his view every single time he tries.
>Nice, sweet tourist lady asks to take my photo
>Agree and pose. Suddenly, the random guy runs out from the bushes and snaps a picture of me while I'm posing

Creepy New Orleans people...

[Anon's Sister !uCdS.UkXqM No.8404098]

>>8404075
>what is it with normies thinking anyone who is dressed differently is at an event for their entertainment
Because to them that's always the case. If you're not wearing normal clothes from Carson's or Macy's you already stand out. I remember being 13 and thinking goths were some kind of spectacular rarity.

I'll go out with pink or blue hair if I feel like it and I'll get all kinds of stares and people complimenting how bold I am. So yeah, cosplay will get you some intense looks.

[Anonymous No.8404132]

>>8401051
Holy cow that sounds 5 kinds of awesome. Reminds me of the time my friend found a nearby gamestop, walked in as Captain Falcon and tried to preorder the new F-Zero.

[Anonymous No.8404169]

>>8404069
Can you post a pic? Makoto is awesome

[Anonymous No.8404910]

The best normie interaction I've had was taking a train to a con dressed as Captain America. One kid spotted me and went through the train telling all the other kids so they could all come see me.

[Anonymous No.8405122]

>>8404075
Because most of the time, that's the case.
>amusement park mascots
>Disney princesses
>party clowns/mimes/etc
>booth babes
>servers at themed restaurants
Most people dressed in costumes are being paid to be there and have to put up with their crap. The idea that people do this for fun outside of Halloween and would rather be left alone by normies just doesn't occur to them.

[Anonymous No.8405155]

>>8405122
My God, that is a depressing statement.

>>8400453
Aw. There's a coffee shop I visit every once in a while because it's really out of my way, but it's run by these hipster fgts who take their "artisinal coffees" seriously - it's good, but they have a reputation for being really snobby across town. I noticed that when I'm in normie clothes, I tend to get more of the cold shoulder than when I show up in lolita which is weird because they should recognize my face by now.

[Anonymous No.8407566]

>>8393793
That's cute as hell.

[Anonymous No.8407570]

>>8405155

>My God, that is a depressing statement.

Accurate though.

[Anonymous No.8407606]

>>8404910

Oh my god my heart

[Anonymous No.8407676]

Cosplayed Devil Ape from Tokyo Ghoul at A-Kon a couple weeks ago. Had a pretty funny interaction.

>Walking in blistering heat and finally get to Anatole parking lot
>Parking security in golf cart driving around in circles through lanes around me.
>This dude is literally staring right at me.
>Pulls out his phone and aims the fucker at me WHILE HE'S DRIVING
>I get within earshot, "What's up man!?" He says, "Oh man my kids are gonna love this! Awesome costume dude!"
>Cool.jpg "Can I get a ride to the entrance? It's crazy hot out here man"
>"Nah man sorry can't do that" Drives off.

Went better than expected.

[Anonymous No.8407705]

anytime I go to an Ingress event, I get stopped by some one asking about what we're doing
>cell phone scavenger hunt
>competitive geocaching
>trying to save the world from alien invaders
>color-coded nerd flash mob
the people familiar with geocaching usually light up like ahh cool. I feel bad for them because they'll never be able to participate in an event in their city lol

[Anonymous No.8408058]

>>8391285

The words "counter culture convention" crossed my lips once.

[Anonymous No.8408131]

>Cosplay Nanako from Persona 4.
>Already look 12 so the outfit doesn't help
>Whenever I'm with friends no one seems to say anything, so it seems to go simple
>Waiting one day by the girl's bathroom at Ohayocon one year for my friends to come back (They left to go grab drinks real quick from one of the coolers)
>Older security guard walks up to me, concerned look on his face.
>Oh shit what did I do?
> his face switches to a more worried one, but still has concern. "Are you alright sweetie? Where's your mom or dad? Is mom in the bathroom? Do you wanna find them?"
>Put on my most polite smile, trying not to laugh. "I'm sure but I'm just waiting for my friends. I'm here for the convention." I respond, showing him my badge.
>He goes blank for a moment and starts to laugh, making me laugh a bit too. "I'm so sorry you just look so young and I thought you were lost." he responds, tells me to have a good time and leaves.

I tend to cosplay younger characters though, so this is kind of a common occurrence for me at cons. Even in normal situations I'm automatically assumed to be a lot younger than I am.

[Anonymous No.8408146]

>be 6'3 and muscular
>dress fashionably but I don't cosplay
>gf is a lolita
>normalfags stare at us when shes dressed up
>look back at normalfags
>saying "hurry along, little faggot" with my stare
>they immediately turn away and keep walking

[Anonymous No.8408152]

>>8397834

Corpus?

[Anonymous No.8408352]

>>8398230
I think that if your'e a cosplayer at a con , your'e consenting to have your picture taken by being there in costume. It's nice when people ask me to take a pic but I really don't mind the people who snipe a pic on the go. I literally go to cons in costume to get my picture taken.

[Anon's Sister !uCdS.UkXqM No.8408869]

>>8408352
I've had people randomly snap pictures and it's annoying for the fact that your picture could show up online with a derp face or your mouth open while speaking to someone and it looks rather unsavory. Also, when someone catches you in the act it can be really upsetting since (I was like 13-14 at the time) I did this once and the guy started yelling and cursing me out. I was terrified he was gonna attack me or something.

Also cosplay is not consent or whatever those people with the signs are on about.

[Anonymous No.8408884]

>>8408152
Sounds like dallas.

[Anonymous No.8409011]

>>8408352

If I order a Dr. Pepper with my meal, I'm not consenting to some dude squirting Dr. Pepper in my mouth with a turkey baster every time I open it a little bit, in the middle of bites, yawns, talking, etc.

Ask permission before photographing so they can get ready and give you a proper pose.

[Anonymous No.8409029]

>>8408352
*you're

most cons have a statement about being photographed/videotaped that you agree to when you agree to the other terms and conditions of attending. it might be rude to take a picture without asking, but you have consented to that by virtue of agreeing to the con's terms.

[Anonymous No.8409246]

>>8409029
This is on-site though. If I'm not at the con, and we're in public or something, please just freaking ask.

[Anonymous No.8409253]

>>8409246
Seriously this. I love when normies try to sneak pictures of cosplayers like we don't see them doing it. It's like dude, just ask and we'd be happy to take a picture for you as long as you don't act like an ass.

[Anonymous No.8409322]

>>8408131
Oh man, I know how you feel. Not CGL related but the other day I was taking the train to the next city over, ticket inspector coming through so I pass him my public transport card - which is a concession fare one - for him to scan to make sure I tapped it on. He kinda just looked at me for a sec and was like "Uhh, how old are you?" I told him I was 18 and he asked for my health care card as proof of concession, and he got all embarrassed about it
"S-sorry Anon it's just that you look so young!!" That line will never get old, ah

>tfw I'm gonna cosplay Nanako soonish since my Yu for when I'm usually Yosuke is actually 23cm taller than me

[Anonymous No.8409366]

>>8398225
Sorry for continued OT, but related. My boyfriend and his brother are a perfect example.

Boyfriend was raised with a generally firm hand, but younger brother was crazy coddled by mom after a life-threatening childhood accident. My boyfriend is a fit, hardworking adult. His brother is the complete opposite.

He sleeps all day, doesn't work, and when he eventually spoke to me in English (they're Japanese), every other word that came out of his mouth was "fuck", and he was talking about a strip club he worked at with his mouth full of food at the dinner table. Boyfriend looked ready to pass out, bf's dad looked ready to murder, but bf's mom just smiled and shrugged it off and patted him on the head. My boyfriend later told me that when they were in school together, he had to frequently beg the dean/principal not to expel his brother.

[Anonymous No.8410612]

>>8409366
Same, anon, but its me and my siblings. I'm the only one that has a high school diploma, went to trade school, and doesn't live with my parents. Both my brothers are unemployed and still at home. The one is fully aware he needs to find another place by the end of the month as they're moving to a smaller house without enough bedrooms (he already said he was looking at a place when they got it, which was a lie). One does nothing but party to the point of alcohol poisoning and the other, i dont even know, he just goes in the woods and smokes i guess. I feel like its just a case of first time parents that do everything by the book for the first kid, but then my brothers were born relatively close together to where as soon as one was done with a phase the other was in it so my parents just got overwhelmed.

[Anonymous No.8410788]

>>8408869
it impossible to avoid the derp pics anyway because people cant take pictures no matter what. they ask for a pic, youre adjusting your costume or something, they dont want to wait and take the picture and leave.

[Anon's Sister !uCdS.UkXqM No.8411185]

>>8410788
And those people deserve to have their cameras broken. Partially makes me wish I had the ability to always look mad just so I wont have a surprised or stupid look on my face.

[Anonymous No.8411291]

>>8401974
Come live in São Paulo - Brasil, try to get in a good neighborhood and people will easily accept you, specially if you're around college age, you don't even need to learn much of the language, as long as we can kind of understand you, things will get going.
I've never ever had a bad experience, in lolita or cosplay. And I have lots of friends from other countries and cities so hey, we could be buddies!

[Anonymous No.8411362]

>>8401662

>yes thank you for noticing it was modeled after my favourite painting of Her Majesty herself

Keked hard

[Anonymous No.8411496]

I think my weirdest normie moment was when I was at a small local meetup recently, and some guy taking photos of a couple for prom came over to us and asked if the couple could have a picture with us because they really wanted one. We said yes because...well shit, if they want a prom picture with a bunch of lolitas, why not.

Honestly, I thought it was hilarious.

[Anonymous No.8412593]

>>8398249
kek

[Anonymous No.8412814]

>got complimented by a skinhead
Probably the strangest thing that ever happened to me.

[Anonymous No.8412823]

>walking towards con in cosplay while holding hands with girlfriend while female friend holds her other hand
>pass dude by mcdonalds
>"Damn son! I'm jealous?"
>"Wh-what?"
>"I'm over here, ain't got shit. And you got TWO hoochies! Damn son how do you do it?"
>laugh it off and keep walking
>guy continues to shout "I hate you nigga! I hate you!" as I walk away

[Anonymous No.8412838]

>>8412823
Reminds of these 3 weebs in my class that would do this. An alright looking girl with her alright looking bf holding her hand, and her kind of chubby dowdy friend holding her other hand. I always thought it was kind of a sad sight since it was obvious the chubbo was the third wheel.

[Anonymous No.8412855]

>dressed as Aela the Huntress
>small con
>drunk normies thought it was fun to sneak in
>even spray painted their hair green to "fit in"
>head to me
>fuckno
>"hey barbarian, can we take your picture?"
>well ok they aren't rude or anything
>pose with one of them
>major hoverhand
>thank me and walk off
I heard they acted rude towards others but I couldn't complain tbh

And some years earlier:

>small event
>cosplay guy in suit
>be with some Touhou cosplayers
>two guys in the sub ask us why the fuck we're dressed up like that
>decide to be an ass because their tone was rude af
>tell them I am a photographer and we just head home from an important photoshoot
>"what u gon do with the photos??"
>"publicise them"
>"what's 'publicise'??"

>cosplay Saix for bigger con
>full with scar, ears and yellow contacts
>family stops by our group and ask us to take a pic with their kids
>sure why not
>kids are really excited
>one stands in front of me
>kid looks over it's shoulder and up to me
>smile at kid and wave
>kid runs off scared and hides behind mom, who's laughing

I have some more but am a bit lazy.
I'll cosplay Steven Universe next and expect a shitload of "are you Megaman?" comments

[Anonymous No.8412885]

>>8412855

Two more just came to my mind.

>cosplay Altaïr
>wait for friend at the sub to head to the event together
>dude walks in and stares at me
>"woah assassin! Awesome!!"
>I thank him
>can't hide my feminine voice too well
>he stares at me like I just bit off a babys head in front of him
>"I - I thought. B-because. The beard. And."
>he just quickly runs down the stairs
My Altaïr got many people really confused and it was fun

>Avengers group cosplay for same event a year earlier
>be Loki in Stuttgart suit because tiny ass event
>me, black widow, hawkeye and thor decide to grab some food
>family with two kids walk across the street
>two little boys start talking to their parents "look it's thor it's THE thor"
>family and our group have to cross another street and now are on same sidewalk
>I walk first in line until Hawkeye tells me to stop
>parents asked us for pics with the kids
>they are so excited over our thor and immediately stand next to him
>put down my bag and turn around
>kids stare at me with huge eyes "LOKI'S HERE TOO?!"
>younger boy runs off and hides behind his mom (why do I have that effect on kids lol)
>I play along and grab my staff
>I go to the kid and his mom (she was laughing) and say "no need to hude, just join my army" or something similar
>kid screams "nooo!!" and laughs
sweetest thing ever

[Anonymous No.8412885,1]

>>8401974
>this self hating cuck
nigger, there's assholes everywhere in Latin America

What you described could happen to you in every country in the area