:'< Oh, /cgl. Why must thou break my heart with the truth?

>Never cosplay
>Pretend you do
>Pick up all the hotties that cook and sew and clean

>Can't find a relevant image to post with

>Spend months working on a costume entirely by yourself and from scratch
>Enter for first time ever into a costume competition
>Judges "call you out" on it being "professionally made" just because you waited until you were good to start competing and disqualify you
>Cry for the rest of the day

...Yeah...

Do you:
A. Kill yourself
B. Get on /cgl and whiteknight yourself
C. Freak the fuck out on your livejournal, which causes /cgl even more hilarity when they invariably find it
D. Be appreciative of the attention, even though it is negative
E. Laugh along anyway, and be thankful for the good experience you had while wearing it
F. Swear with god as your witness to never cosplay again
G. Get the fuck over it you goddamn melodram,atic fuck. No wonder we were making fun of you, all costumes look awkward on a giant bleeding pussy

-sob-

*internet hugs*

>wear lolita
>everone likes it on cons
>go to /cgl/
>see everyone falling for a bunch of loli trolls/hating on lolita
>Think "meh"

OR

>strive to make a better costume next time

>>2314813
>wear lolita
>no one has the courage to be honest when they aren't hidden by anonymity
>get on /cgl/
>see what everyone really thought

>Go to con.
>Have great time talking to lots of old friends.
>Make lots of kind new friends.
>General feeling of happiness leads to smiling at strangers, happily posing for many pictures, and geeking out with fellow fans of series.
>Say goodbye to old and new friends.
>Visit /cgl after con.
>See thread discussing what a bitch you are.
>...wtf.

>>2314836
hi ai_honey

>Read something on /cgl/
>Take it seriously
>Doing it wrong

>>2314770
>>2314813
>>2314836
I avoid /cgl/ for about a week after every con.

People might talk, but happier not knowing about it.

>>2314847

This.

>>2314840
But I'm American and not retarded. D:

>go to cons for years
>be a complete nerd about it
>wonder about cosplaying a character you like
>realize you're not that big of a nerd
>continue going to cons not cosplaying

>>2314868
it's /cgl/ don't take it seriously.

>>2314863
>misspell move in an attempt to make a point
>look like an idiot

cgl = cuny girls and lesbians

>>2314877
You don't movie on, too? All the cool kids movie on.

>>2314888
I'd rather turn the situation into literature and make money off it, then again it could movie on later.

>>2314850
THIS

>Enter cosplay contest with amazing costume
>See better costume, expect it to win instead of you because of low self-esteem
>Better costume wins
>Girl in better costume is flabbergasted and asks why you didn't win
>Feel good about yourself

>>2314934
>realize she was only flattering you so you didn't feel like shit
>nyoro~n

>>2314940

>It doesn't matter

>green text

>find out about new anime convention in town
>get super excited and make first costume with friend
>come up with awesome skit... for a 13 year old
>enter skit contest at said prepubescent con not yet established
>end up winning
>didn't find out til later or receive prize because faggot tagalong made us leave early because he wouldn't stop bitching

fffffffffffffff

>walk to con while talking with a friend on the phone
>have decent looking cosplay chick break into the conversation because you said the game
>talk to her and have common taste and interest
>get her number and then try to call her later, invalid number
>run into her the next day, she says her phone dosen't work in this area
>phone rings
>FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

>>2315105

i-i-i just.. i just... I hate you an-n-non

>work ass off on costume, cute good friend goes out of her way to help you, assures you it is awesome.
>stand next to cute good friend at con.
>get asked for no pictures.
>hate friend that helped you make your own costume.
>feel like ungrateful shit.

>At the con with sister
>sister gets mad because she is late for the gathering
>walks off without me
>11 year old alone at a con
>cry in sea of people

those were some good times man. Good times.

>>2315156
>feel like your average jealous woman.

>buy everything with your own money to make your first cosplay
>spend weeks working on the costume
>finish it and it actually looks really nice
>your mom calls it ugly and your dad says your interests are stupid
>throw the costume away and cry
>never make another costume again and just lurk places like /cgl/

>>2315156
kill yourself

>>2315189
nah the world needs girls with low self esteem. we call them practice girls

>>2315188

>>2314788
I am so sorry that happened to you.. D:

>Go to con
>Admire the cosplayers
>Have family pick you up
>Mom and aunt think the costumes are cute
>Aunt asks where to get lolita stuff
>Feel confused and awkward

>Meet pretty girl at con you've talked with online for years for the first time.
>She is the overly happy-swoony type and hugs you and loves you and your costume, thinking you look 'sexy' in it.
>Spend the whole convention with her, bonding and flirting but too scared to ever make a move.
>Say bye after the con is over, give each other a passionate hug.
>Go home cross-country, fantasizing about being with her.
>She talks to you online after the con is over, asks if she can fly down to meet up.
>Realize that she's never seen you out of costume and probably would be disappointed if she found out how boring you really look.
>Make up some dumb excuse why you can't meet her.
>Months later, find out she's going to the con again next year, get excited.
>Meet up with her at the con again, happy and expecting big things.
>Find out she's with her new boyfriend that she met after you tried to avoid her.
>She wants to spend most of her time at the con alone with him.
>Spend most of the con with other people, depressed and regretful.
>Don't really feel like talking to her much online after the con is over.
>Two years go by to present day. Find out on her facebook that she's still with him and they're getting married.
>Feel unending regret.

>>2315919

hope you learned your lesson then.

Silver Lining: If she is happy with him then that's her intended. You guys would have broken up eventually cause she wasn't looking for you...she was looking for him.

> Work for months on costume
> Enter Masquerade
> Get Best in Show
> Doing it right

>fall in love with cosplay
>cosplay takes over your life for a good 6 years
>finish high school
>entire summer of awesome cosplay fun
>start to get recognised and liked by cgl
>start to get recognised out of costume by randoms
>start university and start sewing even more
>move out and start going to even more conventions
>think that your cosplay hobby just can't get any better
>start second year of medical school
>shit hits the fan
>get faced with dropping cosplay or dropping out
>give up cosplay
>be miserable

>Cosplay umineko
>Costume gets destroyed by fangirls mobbing you
>con security wont do shit
>FFFFUUUUUUU

>Go to convention.
>Meet up with new group of friends you hope to make a strong bond with.
>Think you did it right.
>Find AIM chat of them talking about you behind your back and calling you a creeper and akward.
>Cry like a bitch.

> Do awesome orginal designs with great cosplay team
> Win best in show for first time ever, feel great
> Find out what the judges said about your costumes, feel even better
> See that someone came up with EXACT SAME IDEA. Some members of their team do far better others far worse.
> Feel wat?

>>2314788
Seriously? You had absolutely no way of proving you made it yourself? Ridiculous. Instead of being a complete pussy, you should've stood up for your integrity.

>Plan Slowbro Costume with friend as your Shellder
>Design giginka version for us both
>teach friend how to alter patterns put in zippers, clasps and finish edges neatly and efficiently
>Wear costume to con
>Everyone wants pictures of Shellder... without Slowpoke "Oh, I caught you in the mirror so I don't need you"
> BAWW out of view of your friend so they don't notice how it bothers you.

>this thread

>>2315951
>Cosplay Umineko
>Meet other Umineko Fans/Cosplayers
>"Reading the visual novel takes too much time"
>"Who wants to play umineko hide and seek?"
>"I RP Shannon on twitter"
>FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

>This thread

>>2315970
It was a long time ago. I was only 14. I'm also ridiculously shy and quiet.

>>2315996

>>2314769
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>>2314769
plz stop spammen ur shitty boarded on www NYOMSRSAtalk com ( repalace "NYOMSRSA" w/ "anon" ) where tired of ur'e constnt fucken spam n ddos attack's also stop lyen about at plox now gtfo tard's

>>2314770
aw, hey op, don't let it get you down, everyone has an opinion on somethin or another and you just gotta take it with a pinch of salt. Its 4chan afterall, don't take it seriously because pretty much no-one else does (and those that do should really start wondering what made their lives so empty that they take cgl seriously). Cheer up op, its not the end of the world!

>Spend months working on costume.
>Wear costume to convention.
>Lots of people compliment you and ask for photos.
>You feel special and that your costume is a great success.
>Go home after the con and search for photos of yourself. Can barely find a couple.
>Eventually see your picture on cosplay.com. No comments and not many views.
>Later see your picture posted to /cgl/. People are making fun of it.
>Make better costume.

>Spend months working on costume.
>Wear costume to convention.
>Lots of people compliment you and ask for photos.
>You feel special and that your costume is a great success.
>Go home after the con and search for photos of yourself.
>After weeks of scouring, you finally find one
>It is blurry as fuck and has poor lighting.
>Goddammit.

>>2316235
Set up private photoshoots.

>>2316238
Second that piece of advice, you can also attend gatherings which usually the big con photographers with good cameras show up at. I've used to think that I can get good photos by just walking around the con and having people randomly taking pictures but now I've tend to notice that cosplayers with the good pictures take a more proactive stance in getting them