>>1718458

WAHAHAHA! Nothing to do with this topic...
but Big Trouble in Little China wins.

Someone cosplay from that.

>>1718462

it's not that hard

just inject cancer into your face and wait for some tumors to grow

for the nose effect, just blow steam up your ass @ 300+psi

omg i hate you too

I don't mind. It makes it easier to find kindred buddies. While I'm not a fan of Naruto I do see the occasional cosplay related item on someone, like a FF8 necklace or Devil May Cry Wristband and I know I can walk right up and go "Hey I like that series too."

It's not like nerds have a secret sign so we can find each other outside of cons.

>>1718458
Honestly, in my opinion, have been waiting to see people in cosplay outside of a convention so I can give them a big thumbs up or something.

I don't know, I get a kick out of it. I mean, if you're just coming from a con and plan on going right back, getting out of your costume just isn't worth the trouble.

Now, don't go waltzing into a family restaurant dressed like Cammy or some big oaf without a shirt. Put on a pair of pants or toss on a shirt, and don't lug your huge cosplay props in there with you. Leave your guns/swords in the car, take off your wings, etc.

But yeah, whenever I go to a con, I get a kick out of cosplayers that go out to eat in their costumes. And, based on my observations, the staff at the restaurants seem to think it's kind of neat, too. A little weird, perhaps... but kind of neat. I mean, it's not something you see but once a year.

Now for all of you morons that go waltzing around in full-on cosplay when there isn't a con in town, THAT makes me facepalm. There is no excuse for that level of nerdism.

>>1718513
agreed. part of the fun at a con is going outside the con, within reason. grabbing food in costume is acceptable. going to the mall on a thursday afternoon in full gear is just obnoxious.
but really? popping away from con for lunch, and going to cici's pizza in full Mello-with-face-scar is good times.

bump

>>1718458
I'm going to keep my costume on when I go eat just to spite you.

Narutards =/= Cosplay, by the way.

I'm sorry, I am not changing out of the costume I spent two hours getting into just to grab a bite to eat at the nearest restaurant, because hotel stuff is obnoxiously expensive.

If you facepalm or get angry enough to be swearing up a storm over people wearing costumes outside of the convention, you need to relax. It's not a big deal and it's not harming you. Calm down. If the restaurants had a problem with it, they'd ask the patrons to leave.

As for outside-of-convention cosplaying in public places? I will get dressed up and parade around wherever I goddamn please. Don't like it? Don't look. Simple as that.

>>1719194
>As for outside-of-convention cosplaying in public places? I will get dressed up and parade around wherever I goddamn please. Don't like it? Don't look. Simple as that.

You are full of shit. You want people to look. Why else would you cosplay in out-of-convention places? Some "freedom of expression" bullshit?

Okay. So, it took 2 hours to put on my cosplay, and I have to change out of it to grab something to eat?

And then, if you suddenly need a staple like thread or duct tape or glue or god knows what, I have to change to dart into Wally world and get something? Please.

It's one thing to stomp around "Freaking out the normalfags" on purpose. It's another when you just NEED something and you have to get it in cosplay.

>>1718458

cuz u know, cosplay is serious busniess.

>>1719194
>As for outside-of-convention cosplaying in public places? I will get dressed up and parade around wherever I goddamn please. Don't like it? Don't look. Simple as that.

THIS.

>>1719283

I've cosplayed with friends in public all the time, and although it is really cool whenever someone comes up to us and asks "OMG, Are you supposed to be ____ from ______?!?", I assure you it is not for the attention. Also, due to an elaborate taste in fashion, I'll encorporate some things I use for cosplay into everyday clothing. It's because I like the way the shit looks, not because I'm one of those "LOOK AT ME I'M DIFFERENT HURRHURR" people. I'm sick of being called an attention whore for having a fun time with my friends and dressing in a style that I love.

Went to the mall to pick up Pokemon Platinum this morning and there was a girl with red curly hair wearing an Ed Elric costume.
I nearly hyperventilated with rage.

I don't see a problem with going to get food during the con while still in costume. Or even if the con's over and you want food -before- going back to your hotel room to change or if you don't have a hotel and want to eat before you go home. Whatever, it's not hurting anyone.

As far as cosplaying when there isn't a con in the first place, I do it with my friends all the time because we find it fun. We just do our moderate costumes of characters who wear clothing, we never bust out our giant weapons or wings for just hanging out.

>>1719283
I'm an attention-seeking whore because I like the way I look in parts of x character's outfit, and would like to get use out of the things I spend a lot of time and money on making? Grow up. Not everyone suffers from an obsessive need for attention.

If some cosplay outfits were considered as normal everyday wear as American Apparel or Hollister or something by the general public, I'd still wear them. I like the way I look in some of my costumes, so I'll wear them.

>>1719303
> I assure you it is not for the attention

Then what is it for? What, you can't dress in normal clothes to hang out with your friends?

>Also, due to an elaborate taste in fashion, I'll encorporate some things I use for cosplay into everyday clothing. It's because I like the way the shit looks, not because I'm one of those "LOOK AT ME I'M DIFFERENT HURRHURR" people

And my Bullshit Meter just blew up. Elaborate taste in fashion? Yeah, you know who has those? Girls who just have to "accessorize." Why do they do it? Because they want people to notice them. You're not going to sell me on the notion that you do it just because you like the way it looks.

You're not very good at lying to anyone but yourself. Sage for wasting my time.

>>1719322
> Then what is it for? What, you can't dress in normal clothes to hang out with your friends?

Of course we'll dress in normal clothes 99% of the time. However, sometimes we'll call eachother up and say "You know who we haven't cosplayed in a while?" and meet up somewhere like the park and hang out. It's never anything super elaborate, like huge gigantic wings and whatnot. I'd assume when people see us that don't know what cosplay is they just think we have a strange fashion sense. We never cosplay anything out in public that is ridiculous and unnessecary.

>And my Bullshit Meter just blew up. Elaborate taste in fashion? Yeah, you know who has those? Girls who just have to "accessorize." Why do they do it? Because they want people to notice them. You're not going to sell me on the notion that you do it just because you like the way it looks.

Don't be so quick to jump to conclusions. I'm a fashion design major, and I have a taste for frills and bright colours. So what, I'm not supposed to wear the clothes I'll spend hours making in public just because people will think I'm an attention whore? Fuck them. They're my hard work, my clothes, and I'll wear them where ever the hell I please.

I think it's hilarious, and I used to hold events with my high school anime club where we would collectively cosplay and go someplace.

There would be guidelines, though: no props, nothing inappropriate or immodest, etc.

>>1719322
wow, way to make an ass of yourself. grow up, not everyone is an attention seeking 12 year old girl.

>>1719319
>I'm an attention-seeking whore because I like the way I look in parts of x character's outfit, and would like to get use out of the things I spend a lot of time and money on making? Grow up.

Okay, there's a difference between full-on COSPLAYING and just going out in one or two pieces of an outfit you created. I'm making a leather jacket for an upcoming costume, and it looks like something you could buy in a store. I'm going to be putting a lot of time and money into it, and I plan on wearing it as a regular-use jacket outside of cosplay. Also made a leather skirt that I absolutely love, has zippers in it and everything, and it's not something that would be marked as "weird" if I wore it out in public. Original, but not something that's going to trip geek-meters in every person I pass. When people wear their Tidus necklace or fashion their hair up like anime-character-x, that's all right. It's the people that waltz around in torn-to-shit, bright-red Vash the Stampede trenchcoats, Vincent capes, or Sailor Moon wigs that make me facepalm.

Seriously, it's all right if you wear bits and pieces of your costume out and about if they look good on you, but at least TRY to look like a socially functional human being. Don't trot about in your cute little sailor fuku because you think it's "OMG SUPA DUPA MOE MOE KAWAIIIII" on you. Wear your hair like Vash. Sport his glasses. Leave his trenchcoat at home.

>>1719322
I too used to hate seeing other people having a better time than me. Now I just refuse to let it happen and focus on my own life.

If you're doing something for other people to pay attention to you, that's fine. At least admit it.

>>1719346
Oops, forgot to add the point of that whole thing:

I think most of the people in this thread would be totally fine with you wearing a piece of a costume here or there. Hell, I used to wear my Yuna earring around. That isn't what we're raging against - we're raging against the ones that thing Edward Elric costumes are everyday-acceptable, the ones that put Narutard's facepaint on to go to class in the morning, and basically anyone that gets decked out in the most obvious geek-tastic parts of their costume just for a trip to the mall with friends.

>>1719346
Whether it's part or all, I don't see why it should bother people. What is the big deal? They're having fun, they're not hurting anyone, and they obviously have the confidence to do it if they're out there doing it. Do you feel embarrassed for them or something, just because they're dressed up as something unusual?

I'm not trying to be rude. I'm just wondering: why does it matter? Why does it bother you? What's so wrong about it?

Most answers I've seen to those questions just smack of "they stand out and that's bad" but nothing... valid.

>>1719356
But what's wrong with that? They're not violating laws or hurting people. The only thing they're doing is dressing up.

Cosplay is for cons, cosplays events (*not* organized by you and your bff Leslie), costume parties (I really hate to include this but I'm being benign), and Halloween. If you're walking around in public when you are not going to attend either of these things then you are a douchebag. :D

>>1719336
>I'm a fashion design major, and I have a taste for frills and bright colours.

I hope that when you get older you are responsible for most mainstream fashion. I love frills and bright colors.

>>1719346
This anon speakes the truth.

And about going out to eat during a con in cosplay, it is perfectly fine. I won't take off the costume I spent hours putting on just to eat.

>>1719336
DarrynGrey is a douche. Don't waste your time replying.

>>1719359
>>1719365

It's not breaking any laws. I'm just saying that it makes me facepalm, HARD, when I see this sort of thing. Honestly, there is life outside of cosplay and anime. There are normal clothes outside of costumes, and there is an outfit for every occasion. I'd react the same way if I saw someone mowing their lawn in 6-inch stilettos or going to walmart in an evening gown.

>>1719368
Just...gtfo.

there could be a cosplay gathering near by =_=

>>1719381
But why can't people make their hobbies part of their everyday life?

>>1719381
>Honestly, there is life outside of cosplay and anime.

You must be new here.

>>1719336
>>1719346
See, that's the kind of clarification I like to help me get a better perspective on people's views, and respect them a little more. I would have liked you to mention all those little details earlier, but it's much better than not at all. I wish all anons were like you, but alas it's a dream I can only imagine.

>>1719377
God damn right I am, punk ass bitch. But notice how a little extra info from the anon in question is enough to change my view? Holy fuck, it is a god damn miracle!

I have a friend who has a link cosplay (a well done one >_>) And she is also trappy, ppl often confuse her with a boy.

Anyways, she one sunday put her link costume on and went to the mall to just walk and have some food (both of them were wearing costumes), they chilled out.

People took pictures of them, and some pair of boys recognized her link outfit :3. They had fun, ppl too and was a different day in the mall for them and the ppl who saw them.

But you know what? There are not anime/manga cons were they live, if you say "anime" to ppl the probably would go by "what the hell is that you are talking about?".
In general, people don't friking know why the hell you are dressing like that and that is cosplay :>, much less know that you are representing a videogame/series character.

Geee, i would love to go eat sushi with my medicine seller cosplay...someday. would be so nerdy and fun LOL.

>>1719408
Not mentioning all the details earlier was my bad. However, automatically grouping everyone who wears stuff like that in public into one stereotype is bound to have its faults. Sure, most of the time it, unfortunately, may be like that, but there are plenty of exceptions.

Some people wearing hat even where there is no sun or when they are inside a building...... same reason if you think about it =_=
it's just a hobby or an appearence you want to have that day

>>1719427
For that I apologize to you, and I very rarely apologize.

>>1719433
because you're always right.

>>1719433
It is very much appreciated :)

>>1719346
Holly shit, i would accept somebody going out to a mall in a random day wearing a WELL DONE COSTUME, and not a nerd looking like this.

THAT would in fact make me rage...

>>1719368
you forgot about photoshoots

Went to Uno's Pizza one year after Megacon, and there were about 50 Stormtroopers in there waiting to be seated.
I thought it was kinda neat.

>>1719491
The 501st Legion does not follow any conventional means of cosplay. It is above all else.

>>1719464

God I hate narutards.

>>1719503
You know, after that con, i Started HATING THEM WITH ALL MY SOUL...

They kept playing "ninjas" and faking "fighting" the WHOLE TWO DAYS ....dear god...i kidneys suffer a lot...and to think those are ppl from 17 to 21 years old

should have taken a pic. Would make for a great demotivational.>>1719491

>>1719513
I agree with this guy, I would have loved to see that

lol is dat sum drama?

anyways op here

i dont give a flying fuck if you go to mcdonalds during otakon or something

what pisses me off is that in the middle of december where nothing is going on, you decide to put on a fucking costume and go to walmart

that puts you a peg below cumdumpster camwhores on /b/ and that says a lot because you actually do this shit irl

>>1718458
oh i know the feeling. Went to the lake for photos and there were a bunch of "deathnote" cosplayers and one narutard. they saw us and were like "OH EM GEE LOOK OTHER COSPLAYERS." we kinda acknowledged they were there and just went back to what we were doing.

narutards are not people and should be treated like retarded animals. But that being said...
I think people SHOULD wear costumes outside of cons.
*ahem* some selections from Dead Kennedys "Halloween"

You're dressed up like a clown
Putting on your act
It's the only time all year
You'll ever admit that

You're still hiding in a mask
You take your fun seriously
No, don't blow this year's chance
Tomorrow your mold goes back on

You go to work today
You'll go to work tomorrow
Shitfaced tonight
You'll brag about it for months

Remember what I did
Remember what I was
Back on Halloween

Why not everyday
Are you so afraid
What will people say
(repeat)

And what will your girlfriend say to you
And the people out on the street they might glare at you
And whadya know you're pretty self-conscious too

Why don't you take your social regulations
And shove 'em up your ass

>>1719993
oh i have no issue dressing up outside of cons. I dress up for gatherings, sometimes i wear parts of cosplays just cus i want to. Last week i wore my Ryu gi over my tank top, looked kinda nice in combination. but i pick what kinds of things i wear in public wisely. like, I wouldn't wear any part of my Azure kite costume just for kicks.

Yeah, saw a bunch of narutards at a train station once. Hilarious.
However, i can't talk out of turn, since I've done this before (walked around a shopping centre in full cosplay.)
Shoulda seen the look on people's faces (Especially once i'd picked up a game box with my character on it. One guy flipped out!)

It's hilarious, but I don't suggest doing it often. Definately worth it for the looks though.

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I haven't been to a con in 3 years, but I wear cosplay crap all the time, just ask maguma how often I wear my squall outfit. now that I've started making costumes again I'll be wearing even more

I was at the food court of a mall one time and there was someone dressed up as L standing behind me in the taco bell line. Wat.

I went to the park in one of my cosplays for a big meet up, we walked to the mall after that and nearly got kicked out because we weren't "dressed appropriately". I wtf'd because most of us were in clothes that just about covered everything (excluding our heads/faces, obviously)! I was wearing the most "showy" of the costumes with my lower legs, neck, and forearms showing. Made me rage because a few months prior, while eating lunch in the food court, a bunch of "Sexy No Jutsu" tween Narutards waltzed in and pretty much flashed everyone in the food court. Oh, I should add, of that group there was one skinny-ish girl, she wasn't let's say... /cgl/'s standard of what might be thin and nice, but she looked better than the whales that surrounded her.

It gets my goat, /cgl/. And it made me hate Naruto even more, to the point where I stopped bothering to skim through the latest chapters.

Brb going to cry about it.

>>1720976

What, were they steam-cloud cosplayers?

Fuck, my balls ache now.

I get a kick out of seeing cosplay in public in certain enviroments. Like when I'm driving up I-95 from some mid atlantic con and I see cosplayers driving back up in partial costume. Like when I saw a whole one piece cosplay group last year in a Tahoe heading back from Katsucon in costume. It made me lol to see Nami behind the wheel of the SUV. Or when we stop at the rest stop in Delaware and see people in cosplay eating at Sbarro. Makes the trip back home that much better. I've even picked up cosplayers from NYCC and NYAF in my cab before. Those are my best fares, and they tip better when I can identify their costumes.
TL;DR:I ain't against it.

i see weeboos hanging around chinatown in cosplay all the time

I LOVE ANIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AND MANGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!

>>1721064
>Tahoe
>SUV
LOL soccer mom Nami?

>>1721141
That's a given. The worst case is here in New york. That smelly fucking arcade on Mott street in chinatown is the epitome of hell on earth. Its a clogged toilet full of weeaboos, niggers, spics, scene kids, goth kids, stoners and alcoholics. Also its 100% underageb&

>>1721200
The smell is unbearable. As if chinatown on garbage day didn't stink enough, you've got a smell that makes con funk seem like roses and honey.