"Why do you have blue hair!? That's not permanent right?"

"hahaha let me take a photo.... (and troll later)"

Awww Chii is so cute! You want me to make the costume for you? I'll do it for you~

Nothing, in fact they haven't spoken to me since.

"It's not safe to carry around a prop that realistic outside, the police could have shot you!"

"Dan Hibiki? Cool."

son, i am disappoint

"Holy shit, awesome."
I was dressed as a commissar from Warhammer 40K.

I don't remember actually. But she is perfectly cool with it.

>>2392004
>My face when I was eating cheez-its and saw this post.

Hahahahaha! Those feet are fucking hysterical!!

"That's...nice"

>>2392004
Why is that mother not a "son I am dissapoint" face yet?

you're crazy, better be focusing on your studies

typical asian parent

Oh, that sounds fun, do you want any help making the next one?

Its gone from:

"The fuck are you doing?"
"Why are you wasting your time?"
"OH, you mean you won a free trip to Japan, let us brag to all of our friends how talented you are."

My parents are a funny bunch. Only person I've ever made anything for was my mom, she dressed up as Kurenai from Naruto and I made her an outfit for a wedding. I love them :3

O...K...? That's nice... Oh hey, i could use this for my own tinkering projects! (takes materials/tools).

Picture related, it was my reaction to it.

"Aww, don't you look cute."

Typical creeper mode mother:
"AWWWmygod, let me get my camera and stalk you throughout the whole con, pleeeease?"

.__________.;;

"Wow...that's really brightly coloured isn't it? Are you sure you'll be ok in public like that?"

She just asked me if there was anything she could do to help

>>2392003
stop spamming ur shitty board on Ａ ｎ o ｎ t ａ ｌ ｋ . com

'You're going to dress up like Chii...?
'Yes,It's called cosplay."
"People do that? I'm so exited! You're gonna be soooo cute! I wonder if there's cosplay for older people? But I don't know any older characters, I should watch some more anime! -insert more stuff which i tuned out-"

"You look fine, go on and be who you want to"

"You are the character! Get into it."

"Stop complaining your ahoge is fine!"

"Call her ______, okay Tirza?"

My mom is so supportive. But oh lawdy if my dad knew he would have me crucified or some shit.

I've had varied reactions. I usually have to tell them when a character is male, since they can't seem to tell the difference from references.

My mom called one of my costumes my "skank costume." It isn't even that bad.

I've had different responses depending on my costumes...

"You're wasting time and money on THIS?"
"Why do you look so ugly?"
"You look great! *takes pictures*"
"What are you, lesbian?!?"
".....HAHAHAHAHAHA."

.... :(

My mom grudgingly accepts it, but she's proud that I'm good enough at it to place in contests.

My dad just told me not to break a rib when I bind, and always asks if I ever want help with making a prop. He learns things, and I learn them too!

My mom's reaction upon seeing me making my cosplay: "What are you doing?"
After I explain: "Oh really? Do people really dress up? Well here, don't do it like that. You should do it this way..." and great help follows.

After the cosplay is done and I wear it: "Wow! Where is the camera? I want to show it to ______!" And then I get smiles, laughs, and/or questions of where I'm going dressed up like so.

"don't forget to hem my pants before friday"

or

"iron this while you have everything out"

or

"Shorten this jacket/dress/skirt/shirt/pants/jeans as soon as you can, ok?"

>>2392339
Ugh, I get that all the time.

My parents thought it was some creepy fetish thing at first, but then once they realized how much thought and engineering goes into it, they started really supporting it, even going so far as to be like, "Hey, I found this piece of scrap plastic, maybe you can use it for one of your costumes," and suggesting I use certain skills for jobs. Pretty neat. They'll still laugh at how goofy some of the designs I pick are though.

"put those things away"
referring to my boobs

Mom: "That is so cool! You look awesome"
Dad: "What are you supposed to be, --Insert random movie/genre reference he thinks of that I remind him of--?"

OP pic made me giggle. Poor parents lol, the dad/grandpa looks like he needs to sit down or is having a heart attack

"So you made the football team?"

"Did you make that? ...That's...impressive."

4 years later:

"Stop being such a loser, you're 19, grow up. How do expect to find a man or get friends like this?" "Mom, I have a boyfriend and my friends come over all the time." "I MEAN A REAL MAN AND NORMAL FRIENDS." "...Uh huh."

My mom thinks it's cool and has me show off parts of my costume when possible. But it's mostly, "You can afford this, right? Remember to prioritize." She likes to hear how I do things with my costumes. And she likes the friends I've made through the hobby, too.

Dad thinks I'm crazy and doesn't really bring up my costumes. Just tells people that I can sew. He doesn't really like much that isn't considered "in" or "normal."

My mom laughed at me when she saw my Claus cosplay.

;;

And now when ever I play a Tales game, she points at whatever character I've cosplayed as and says "Oh, it's you!"

Then: "Oh wow, that's really great! Good job!"
Now: "Oh wow, that's really great! ...How much did it cost you?"

My dad is a Trekkie so he understands cosplay and is fine with in. My mom lets me do my thing and encourages me on my creativity but I think she still thinks its odd.

"Do you really have to wear that in public? Normal people won't know it's just a costume; they'll think you're a hooker."