Uuuuh, I'd give it a 4/10. I considered calling you underaged and slinging some insults.

My mom is the one who taught me how to sew in the first place! Now I make my costumes 100% on my own and she couldn't be more proud of me :)

My mommy pays for my fabric.
But thats mostly because she works at the fabric store and gets a good discount. Shes really supportive, taught me how to sew and still helps me with things when I get stuck.
My dad couldn't care less. He does get interested when I have weird props to make, however.

My mother thinks it's kinda cool, but when I spend more than a week on a costume (even if it's for a school function/grade) she calls it my stupid obsession.

My dad's cool with it. Back in high school when he took me to my first con I bound for crossplay and he looked down at where my boobs had been, looked back up at me, poked the uniboob once and said "Don't crack a rib" and that was the end of any and all opposition from him.

>>1785189
thats sweet :) when did she first start teaching you?

they're fine with the sewing and dressing up for photoshoot part.

I think they'd be opposed to con hopping, but that's why they have absolutely no idea how much I travel.

It took almost 5 years before my dad realized I could sew, however, and it was literally *looks at new jacket hanging to dry* Why did you buy that? - I didn't, I made it - You can sew?* Now I have to do alterations for him, my mom, my brothers etc on a whim. Oh well, it's good practice.

My parents were impartial to it, to the point they didn't like it cause of several things. 1. Took time away from schoolwork. 2. Messed the house up. 3. Never paid off with cash prizes.

But when I got a trip to Japan cause of WCS, holy shit, they changed their tune so goddamn fast. "My daughter is a national champion" is what my pops would say to practically everyone and I would be in the corner just muttering, "For costuming, its not that big of a deal." My mom's always been more of the schoolwork type so she didn't care as long as I was doing well in school. Kinda still works like that. I cut down dramatically, so they've been off my case for a bit.

My mum thinks it's cool and always likes looking at my latest projects. I don't think my dad really understands it as a hobby but he doesn't disapprove of it. So I'm good all round.

My dad, my sister and I are cosplaying together this summer, since he decided that they would fly up for Otakon. So uh.. yeah, he's cool with it. :D!

Indifferent, but they get pissed when I go to cons and when I'm so picky about the wigs.

MY PARENTS ARE DEAD!!!

My mon work andmake living for sewing, party dresses casual clothes and everything.
So i do my things and cothes and now costumes with her. So far she likes it, my aunt too :).

>>1785215
awwww! who are you guys going as? XD

They don't care.

my mom loves it, she used to help me sew when i first started cosplaying at 14 and i can more or less thank her 100% for every cosplay i've ever succesfully completed - everything i've learned i've learned from her.

my father is iffy over it. he thinks it's wierd - but as long as he doesn't have to see it or any of the pictures he doesn't care.

the rest of my family thinks its nerdy.

>>1785226
Mr. Satan, Videl, and Pan. Though, uh.. Pan is Videl's daughter, but my sister really wanted to cosplay with us, and she's got a great face for Pan.

I'm trying to con dad into cosplay as the Ox King, too, so I can do Budokai!Chichi or something.

And as far as mom goes, she is indifferent. She does read Prince of Tennis, though. :[

>>1785222
I lol'd.

Seriously though, I don't mention it to them. I doubt they've ever seen anything I've made or done.

My mum thinks it takes me away from uni work too much... Which is right, but she doesn't really mind. I think she's proud of my end results, though, since she always wants pictures of what I've made to send to relatives...

My dad kinda trolls me a bit, haha, he goes on about how China should have the sweatshops for our clothes, not the other way around... These days I just ignore him and inwardly seethe. I know he's joking so it doesn't /really/ bother me, it's the fact he feels like he has to take the piss that does (especially when I've had one of those days where I'm raging over mistakes in a costume).

Oh, and my brother is a prep so I'm hidden from his friends view at all costs.

>>1785235
That is awesome. My dad /kinda/ reminds me of Ganondorf - especially his stature, hair and how fucking tall he is - so I'm always tempted to ask him whether he'd wear anything I made....
(Thankfully I didn't inherit his looks, ahaha...)

I really don't talk about it much? My brother went to a con as a TF2 engineer and my mom thought that was kinda neat. I don't think my dad cared.
I think they'd trip balls if I ever went as a character I'd want to. Too... promiscuous?

my mom said its okay as long as I dont become a Trekkie.

My mom loves it. She thinks it's awesome that we'd rather sew then do what people were doing back when she was our age. She loves it enough to where she wanted to wear gothic lolita stuff with us, and even cosplayed as Suigintou once. She thinks it's all very pretty, even if she doesn't really understand the source material.

My mother did this to me. I had no choice in the matter.

pic related. You think I did that to myself at the young age of ten? (or was it 11?...) no, no I did not.
Mind you even when I was nine I loved to whole ordeal, now I am addicted and can not stop... You guys think there is a patch for this or something?

>>1785529
I'll miss her as Lara, I met her at E3 06. Shit was so cash.

>>1785529

What's wrong with being a Trekkie?

>>1785569
we often wake up naked with an empty bottle of vodka in on hand and a tribble in the other.

>>1785574

Besides that, I mean.

my mom was skeptical at first. But as soon as she saw my first complicated cosplay *Akatsuki coat*, she started supporting my hobby. Same goes for my brother as well, since he thinks my prop weapons are kinda cool.

Mom likes that I make things with my hands and have a hobby. She came over to my apartment one night when I was sewing my friend's mouth shut for some zombie makeup and she loved it.

Hm. My Mom always has wanted to help (although I have to keep her involvement in the sewing to a minimum- She tends to mess up things.) She does pay for some of the stuff as well.
Dad just ignores it and occasionally tells me I look silly.

My parents like that I have such a productive hobby, my dad more than my mom. He was all over the 'clear, glowing sword' idea I had and wanted to help.

It gives him something to do (when he's not busy with his other hobby (making jewelry)), and I think he likes the whole "Father Daughter Bonding" thing.
I'm like the son he never had....

My folks have never been too keen in it, seeing it not as very productive... which is amusing since I do so many productive things with my time (4chan excluded) that I deserve a fun, pointless hobby.

My mother almost had hope that I was finally quitting but I just informed her that I'm quitting anime cons for sci-fi cons. Cosplay isn't out of my system, just congoers.

My mom loves that it lead to me sewing. She's a sewing/craft nut, and I'm her only daughter. She's FINALLY given up getting me to do native american stuff (she was cultural director of our tribe here in indiana so she's uber into that stuff) so I guess she was just happy I got into SOMETHING close to what she loves to do.

She expressed pleasure at me asking for help on a dress a couple years back. She doesn't get why I keet dressing up at boys. (Why? I'm FLAT. I make Lina Inverse feel GOOD about herself. That and I cosplayed Edward Elric for a couple years, then Al--I'm blond and short and and so are they! Perfect!)

My dad just tells me I'm weird and we stick our tongues out at each other.

My parents thought it was geeky, and I thought it was geeky. So we were both on the same note from the start.

My dad doesn't know about it, and my mom thinks I'm insane for letting my hair grow out just for cosplay... But she's insane so I call it even.

My parents never really cared for it. My mother supports me and now my father does as well, though he took 5 out of the 6 years I've been dressing up to gain it. Their just happy now that it's helped my self esteem and it's now something I get great opportunities from.

>>1785777
You're indian and blonde? Lemme see.

My parents took me to Star Trek cons as a kid. My dad was the one who first helped me learn how to do the basics with a sewing machine. And Dad also cosplayed with me last D*Con. This year he wants me to make him a BSG uniform. So yeah, still definitely supportive even though I haven't lived with my family in years.

>>1786057
It happens.

>>1785777
By the way, what nation?

My mom thinks it's awesome. She sewed most of her own clothes, when she was my age, as did my grandmother, etcetc. So she taught me how to sew, and she used to help me a lot -- she still does occasionally, if it's the night before a con and I'm way behind.

She's actually shown interest in cosplaying with me, too. She keeps telling me to let her know if there's any characters she could pull off. I told her I was thinking about cosplaying Terry from Batman Beyond, and when I showed her pictures from the show, she volunteered to cosplay old!Bruce. Haha.

But my mom's a wierd example, since she's into nerdy things and picks up on internet jokes from me, and things like that. I think she's also just glad that I have a non-dangerous hobby, too.

With my mother she support me very well, almost pay for me all the time for fabric altough i want to pay some part, and i while ago i hasn´t money for a wig and she pay for it now i´m in debt with she

my dad thinks it´s odd REALLY
but is curious how, when i make a prop like a sword, he is a real father, let me use tools and tech me how to use them i think he is proud of my craftskills

>>1786064
Haha, I think that's awesome.

My parents never knew I went to anime cons until this year, and i've been going for about 4 years.

It wasn't until I asked my mother for interface when i was on a time restraint.

>>1786076

Borat cosplays?

>>1785569
I dont know. her words not mind.

I think she didnt know the difference between the conventions.

My mom doesn't mind. When I told her about it, she said "oh, it's sort of like those people who dress as Star Trek characters, right?" She even helped me sew some of my earlier cosplays.

my parents' both have serious mood swings about this hobby, but that's not saying much since they're like that with pretty much everything (my band, my photography, etc.)

They hate it when I spend much time on a costume (which is always the case) But once I'm done, they enjoy looking at pictures and like to hear about my con experiences.

She says it's kind of nerdy, but it's a hell of a lot better than sitting at home all day.

My mom always thought it was weird and a waste of money. She still does, but now she also brags about how creative I am and how I've always been into things that take off and become really popular...idk, the woman is weird. As for my dad, he thinks it's pretty cool and has been a big help when it comes to props -- I can design them, sure, but he knows what materials will work best and often points out any design flaws before I start something.

The rest of my family thinks I'm a geek but that it's "neat". My little sister thinks it's rad though, and her geeky friends kind of...look up to me. Cute, but weird.

Related OC is related.

>>1785181

My parents think it's boss. They don't know shit about anime but they think my costumes are amazing and always want to take pictures and show them to everyone they know. Which I find....odd. But at least they're supportive. And my mom helps out with fabric shopping and sewing. And my dad is an amazing woodworker and helps with weapons and props and whatnot.

My parents has a 'you don't do it in front of us and we'll ignore it for the most part' policy. So I can't touch anything to do with cosplay while they are home, has to clean up before they get home. But otherwise they let me do it... as long as I maintain my grades.

My parents are getting ready to cosplay with me.

i only go to one con a year and started cosplaying after I went to college so my dad doesn't know, but he probably would not be disappoint.

Lots of lucky people in this thread.
I keep this hobby of mine hidden, as last time my mum found a picture of me in cosplay I was lectured for partaking in a "demonic" hobby.

My mom thinks it's pretty cool and is pretty supportive. She's kind of nerdy/silly herself; she did Rocky Horror and the like when she was around my age.

All my dad and my stepmom know is that I like anime...and that's how it's going to stay.

My mother calls it "That... thing... you do"

She likes that I'm into sewing and lots of creative stuff, but she doesn't like me wearing it.

>>1786538
Oh man, I hate it when people respond like that. As though they think that you think you are BECOMING the character.

No cosplayers actually think they are who they're cosplaying, nor are they aspiring to be them. Biggest misunderstanding of our hobby and I hate it.

Ok some weirdoes might think that but for the most part, no.

my mom actually encourages me to cosplay more and to enter more craftsmanship contests. She's pretty amazed and proud of most of my work. My dad however, tries not to get involved...

I had the unfortunate luck of not getting into cosplaying until about a year ago, and I'm going to graduate college in a month. So my family is like "right. Just make sure you get in to grad school, and try not to let your cosplay pictures make it to the hands of future employers please."
But my mom is glad that it's getting me into sewing, which she's always tried to get me into. And my dad is excited that my prop making involves use of the power tools. My sister thinks my cosplaying seals me as a social failure, but she can suck it.
So it has it's ups and downs, but I love to cosplay, so it doesn't matter.
But I do definitely think it would have been easier for me if I had started earlier.

>>1786057
I'm in Indiana. The ones that DIDN'T get shipped off the the reservation and there was lots of intermingling with the people that moved in. We lost our tribal recognition before I was born, and have been trying to get it back. The government was an ass towards us even though we've been having reunions for something like a century--I don't know, my mom paid attention to that stuff not me.

So yes, I'm a blond indian. Just like there are Black Jews.

I'm the first row of actual SEATS in the front. From the right, 4th person. Long braid and NO kid on lap.