Older ladies are always so nice about lolita. Most compliments I've received when wearing it in public are from older ladies. They are always telling me its so adorable and asking me where I got it, etc.

I went into a sub shop while in P3P cosplay, along with my fiance and the cashier thought it was pretty rad.
Nothing spectacular, though. Sorry :C

That is a member of Gwar. Gwar is awesome. Cosplay is not.

>>3522003
This lady is obviously just too cool for us. Only a pro would coordinate an outfit with FOUR different shades of blue.

>>3522056
I bet she is Scandinavian. I dunno how else to say it, but Scandinavian older ladies are always dressed kinda snazzy like that...

We left SDCC to eat. When we walked out of the restaurant...zombies were EVERYWHERE. They'd intentionally scheduled zombie walk to coincide with the con. Some lady, pushing her way through 'em, stops in front of us (a Snow and the Totally Spies) and deadpans "Oh good, someone normal."

related in that whatever conversation was had here was ADORABLE.

Went with a bunch of friends to the nearest mall to get food from a convention. Out of all of us I'm the one in stripper heels and a giant bow on the back of my dress. I got called everything from Sailor Moon to a superhero. Some chick ran up to me from her big group of guys and took a look at me, then turned back to her friends and yelled "It's a chick!"

I didn't take it personally, though. This town is so stuffed full of transvestites that you have to make sure when it comes to anyone in heels.

Katsucon 2010. That is all.

>Eating in a restaurant on friday near a con.
>I plan on going saturday so I'm not in costume but alot of people in the area are.
>Azula, mai, and Ty Lee waltz into the place.
>Everthing goes as usual and I make no acknowledgement of their outifts.
>After finishing my meal and paying, I walk by them as they are sitting near the door.
>Whisper "Fire Nation sucks" as I walk out the door.
>Look through their window as I walk to my car.
>Their faces.

>>3522119

Haha, yeah. Missle makers, Concervative Christian devorcees, the po-lice and the military elderly all sharing the same space as Katsu.

Shit was...actually really fun. Way more fun than anything that went on in the actual con.

>>3522160
>>3522119
oh my GAWD. I need stories, this must be awesome.

Needing a few con supplies, a friend and I stopped at a walmart decked out in lolita (I hate that place, but it was the nearest place that sold snacks and drinks). With it being Halloween, most people ignored us, but a bunch of little girls kept staring at us with big smiles. I heard a really little girl whisper to her sister "I bet they're going to a big kid's halloween party as a prince and princess!" (my friend was wearing kodona). It was really cute.

>>3522003
Any other Londoner here who never had strange encounters? Man, this is why I love London so much. I wear lolita occasionally and I've been in cosplay out & in public transport few times. Only comments I've had: While in lolita, "nice gown!" and while in cosplay "nice costume, is there a con today?".

On the other hand, I was just heading to work one day and I was wearing a NORMAL, non-loli, smart floral dress. This old bat stopped, looked at me and said that this is why this country is going to the dogs, because of people like me :/

>>3522399
What a rude old lady!

Well, I've had experience in the underground wearing lolita and rocking horse shoes. A bloke on the train noticed them and asked if they were original Westwoods. I had to say no, but we had a really good conversation about fashion. He worked at a Armani boutique. Really cute. (probably gay, eh!) Wish I had got his mobile no.

tore up the city in my blades while i was still dressed as akito, minus the straps obviously

the staircase was packed but no one was using the handrail

so long story short, down the handrail, nearly lost it due to lack of depth perception, cop saw and chased me

i would have loved to have seen that report "a guy with a straitjacket and eyepatch endangered some people"

>>3522241

At the Umineko midnight shoot a few older military guys from some party thing came over and asked what we were doing. They were drunk, but not obnoxiously. One of them wanted to take a picture with us, so we recruited him to act as Kinzo and the Beatrices and Battlers gathered around him. He was a pretty cool guy.

Pic related.

Most of my cosplays have been as Snake (MGS3), not overly good, but certainly not bad.

I remember at Ikasucon 09, there was a gyros joint right next to the con. So I migrated down there with a few other hungry con goers for some lunch. For what it's worth, I was also lugging around Snake's box. As I sit down to eat, this little boy walks up to me and asks if I knew G.I. Joe. I told him that we played cards every weekend, and that he's really fun to be around. Kid beamed up, finished his meal with his folks, and waved at me when he left.

I love those moments.

Otakon has the best responses, I think the people are just so used to it, they love us all.

A few years back, we're walking to the con and my friend's little brother is dressed as Sora from Kingdom Hearts. All of a sudden, big group of black guys shouting "SHEEET, IT'S THAT NIGGA FROM KINGDOM HEARTS." Our Sora just stops, tosses his keyblade over his shoulder, and poses. "Why yes, I am that nigga from Kingdom Hearts." Mind you, this kid is NEON WHITE. They stopped and talked for a while, the black guys were actually really cool!

This year, I'm Yoko and after getting asked to leave the mall for being "too naked", some lady stops me asking where I got my boots and wanting a picture of just them. I tried to explain that I made them, told her the source boot website, but she believed I just bought them with the flame and giant fake zipper.

Tinkerbell resulted in insane amounts of fun. Stopped constantly by "normal" families wanting pictures. On the way back to the hotel on Sunday I was trapped with my friends for the longest time and I felt soooo guilty for holding them up, so I tried to make it as quick as possible, but every kid that finished with me, three more would show up. I mean, I love kids, don't get me wrong, but I didn't have an hour to sit and entertain them all (though I sort off wish I did). After escaping the mob, we pass one of the street vendors selling bottled water and soda out of a cooler, he calls me over and tells me that "Tinkerbell needs to stay hydrated" and gives me a free drink.

Once we were so hungry after a long con we end up in a Burger King with our costumes still on. The guy taking my order said "this is why i love working here".

>>3522442
looks on kids faces are pricless

dressed as akito (same guy, never cosplay anyone else)

just casually rolling in the city (same outing actually) kid says to his brother "hey that kid is ikkis friend"
other then being appauled that a 12 year old had seen air gear, stick my tounge out at him and do a fakie soul on the ledge down to the parking lot

kid was smiling from ear to ear, felt good

Today, while I was out wearing gothic lolita, someone asked if I was a Juggalette.

We were walking across the town in which the con was held, with our flag right here (we were cosplaying as a Death Korps of Krieg -group. Got us into a couple of magazines as well!), when we suddenly heard a lot of honking. There was this middle-aged guy that was hanging out of his car window and furiously giving us thumbs up. We had received many positive remarks from the townsfolk, but this guy was fucking ecstasic. Warms yer heart. :)

>>3522511

>>3522511
oh gawd DX

>>3522147
this made me lol

>>3522511
I hope you slapped them. That's like the ultimate insult.

>>3522522

Warhammer cosplayers deserve all the thumbs up that they can get! My steel legion Commisar cosplay is still in my mind...

i cosplayed sanji, the place was full of cosplayers in crazy shit, cashier asks me, "aren't you a little overdressed?"
noticing my hair had come back down over the curly eyebrow
:S

>Walking from hostel to Sakura-con in my Zack getup
>Waiting for walk signal to cross the street
>Little girl comes up and asks, "mister superhero, are you going to save the world?"
>Dramatically respond, "I'll do my best, kid."
>She runs back to her mom saying, "the hero's gonna save the world mommy!"
>Feel awesome for the rest of the day

Got hit on while bein' called princess.
It was really cute until it turned into "I ain't got any horse but you could ride on my dick"

Also op lady is adorable. I wanna take her home and make her cookies

I made two small children cry cosplaying a L4D Witch.
Fun times. :')

Labor day my friends and I went to the mall, my one friend was in a more casual gothic lolita outfit, not full mind you, but casual. I was wearing a short skirt and black lace top, but this is a rural state where that's considered shameful and counterculture.

Anyways, we stopped at the bathroom to fix our makeup and such and it's a semi populated bathroom and our guy friends are waiting right outside the door.

Well, this little girl kept staring at us, but I brushed it off as a "they must worship Satan" stare.

But my boyfriend said that when she got out she yelled "Daddy, Daddy! There were two really pretty girls in there, they were so lacy and had pretty dresses!" where she was then promptly shushed by her mother and told "we don't talk about those people"

We all d'awwwed for a while after that.

>>3522667

>Zack
>Save the world

mfw you get shot instead

>>3522782

Y U REMIND ME. BAAAAW

PMX '08. There was some kinda stripper convention in the same hotel. When my friends and I were going up to the convention space in the elevator, two blonde ladies in really revealing latex dresses got in the elevator with us. They looked at our costumes and said, "Wow, we feel normal now!"

It also meant a bunch of pervy photographers who kept wanting pictures of the female cosplayers.

Had an old lady ask me if she might have seen me in a newspaper or on TV.

Oh god, this last Sakura Con. I was driving some friends down from Canada, so we had to go through the border in Team Fortress 2 costumes. The first question we got was "So... Why are you in uniform?" It all went downhill from there. We had to go inside and get questioned about where we were going, what we were doing, etc. They searched my car, too (luckily no one had gun props, since we'd all done other weapons). We ended up being so late that we missed the TF2 shoot, sad day.

The worst part? The exact same thing happened on the way back up. Only that time they actually separated us and questioned us individually. None of the border officers had heard of TF2, and they seemed to think we were making it up. It is pretty funny in retrospect, though.

>>3522861
Moral of the story: Bring the costume in a bag, change at the con, or just strip off the stuff that looks suspicious and keep that in the trunk. Border guards are always picky about things like that.

Sucks that you missed the shoot, but at least you got a story out of it, eh?

I was in the fabric store looking for some decent fabric to make a new skirt out of (had no luck with that) and some old lady asked me if I knew a girl in <insert nearby city here> who had white hair with black streaks and "wore dresses just like yours, and leathered-up boots and stuff" and she proceeded to call it "avatar fashion". I have NO idea what this was about. Maybe she'd misheard? Maybe the girl she knew was an Ita? Maybe the girl was just making her own fashion and calling it whatever and just happened to wear poofy skirts? No clue.

>>3522119
Peaceful con-sistance of the highest order.

>>3522894
Did any Hetards bother the military types? Or vice versa?
Seems like it would be a recipe for delicious disaster.

>>3522917
No, they did not. They just kept to themselves.

>>3522917
We didn't bother them. They actually came up to us though, and seemed really interested in what we were doing. All nice guys, and we had a nice conversation with a couple of the guys and their wives.

>>3522878

Haha, definitely.

First time i ever cosplayed or went to a con was in 2002 for anime weekend atlanta. Well...after we parked the car, we all realized we had no money on us and needed to hit up the nearest atm. I didn't know there were atms in the con mind you, it was my first time.

I was dressed as tetsuo from Akira, big red cape, right arm covered in cables and silver paint, and with me were 2 fat girls dressed as characters from a Clamp series or something, i dunno. We went to the nearest bank that we could find on the way to the convention center.

Well it just so happens this bank was one of those older banks, not exactly built for convenience. The atm was in the middle of a huge lobby area. Which happened to be hosting some high society cocktail party.

Fuck it, we walked through the middle of that cocktail party to retrieve our funds. Got slackjawed stairs of disbelief from every direction.

The reactions of little kids to my military-ish cosplays when i'm walking to and from the cons to the hotels is even funnier. my personal favorite;

"MOMMY, IS HE A BAD GUY!?"

I was in a purple ballgown, and a beehive-ish purple wig for the formal ball at Anime Boston 2 years ago, I stopped for a cigarette on the way to the dance. An older guy, maybe late 60s, walks around the corner, stops dead in his tracks, and says, 'i don't know why you're all dressed up, but you look gorgeous.' A few minutes later, some randome conkid ran past me, backed up and whispered, 'i love you.' In my ear, Than kept running. I fucking love that dress.

Some older woman stuffed a 10 in my speedo

>>3522147

I lolled heartily at this story for some reason

>>3523428

Fantastic.

I got the best reactions from a few cons as Squall Leonhart in '09. I met a friend for dinner late Sunday after Katsucon that year had ended, and we went out to a pub in Crystal City. There was one guy sitting at the bar who saw my face--mainly the gnarly scar--and just stared in shock. While my friend and I sat, he kept turning his head time and time again and staring at the scar with his mouth gaping open. He'd only turn back when I'd occasionally glare at him for gawking like he'd never seen a guy with an injury before.

Otakon '09 got some good reactions too. I was going back to the Hyatt to get my luggage after the con, and got a "Hey, Sexy! <3" from two black women on the patio of the steakhouse next to the hotel. I guess they liked the leather pants. When I went up to Baltimore Penn Station to catch a train home, someone randomly snapped a picture while I was resting in the waiting room with my suitcase. After I went down to the platform, someone else who was getting off the train in Baltimore looked over and did a double-take that to see Squall Leonhart waiting for a train. Then, someone in Metro Center remarked behind my back, "Day-um, now that's a real goth!"

"...Whatever."

>>3522500
...
>fakie soul
You actually rollerskate? With tricks?
Dude, that is fucking awesome. You should come to DC, they have rails ALL OVER this bitch. Baltimore too

Around 1AM on Saturday night of Anime Iowa this year, I was walking back to the main convention hotel with a group of friends. As we are waiting to cross the road, a car full of college frat guys pulls up at the red light, and one of them shouts: "OMG! IT COMIC CON THIS WEEKEND??!"

picture related, it was my reaction.

>>3523695
The funny thing is, the frat guys have no problem dressing in bright colored jerseys and painting their face/bodies to support their team...

OMG IZ IT TEH SUPURBOWLZ?!

wearing wanderer cosplay and a group of guys in a car yell! "oh shit its Zelda!"

Had a guy call my Captain Falcon "Pickleman" at a Subway

Ate at a Hawaiian restaurant as Falcon and lil kids shat brix. I could see the "omg its a super hero!" in their eyes!

>>3522034

SRSLY. I go out in goth-loli or 'ruffle goth' a lot (usually involves a top hat), and it's always little old ladies or little girls that have the best reactions. There's always some little biddy petting my petticoated skirt or asking where I got my corset. :D

Wore my steel Chaos Warrior armor around and went to go get food with some friends at Round Table. They were dressed as Empire Halbrediers and a Warrior Priest. When I walk in to order, Im told by the manager working the till that I get a free Extra-Large pizza with whatever I want on it because Im an evil Round Table Knight. Im so chill with this, and as I lift my visor to eat, kids all over the place are staring at me going ":O". One kid and his parents are looking over at me while Im eating in full plate-mail, and the kid yells really loudly "MOMMY! He's gonna eat me!' I stop mid-bite, put the pizza down, and look at him with my red contacts. I grin ear to ear really evil like, and he jumps and turns back around really fast. His parents, and like 10 other people there laugh their asses off. A guy even bought my group and I a full round of beer since we all looked so cool

>>3523709
Hey, I did that while at college. I got interviewed by two newspapers and a TV station.

Last year whilst in my Pikachu gijinka cosplay, I went out of the convention to get lunch and was followed by this little girl who kept pulling on my tail and calling me 'Bumble-bee princess'
I d'awwwed so much.

I dressed as Euphemia from Code Geass last year and had a couple of little girls ask me if I was a princess. When I said yes they all freaked out and dragged their mom over so they could have a picture with me. I frakking love kids. <3
Another time I was walking from the convention center to my hotel in steampunk gear and this group of japanese girls mimed that they wanted a picture with me.

A couple years ago, there was actually a wedding held at the hotel we were staying at (right next to the con hotel). I was in full-blown geisha attire. I got in to the elevator with several cosplayers, and who should step on? The bride and groom! They asked if they could get their pictures taken with all of us. It was kind of cool, and I'd like to think that in their wedding photo album is a pic of them surrounded by nerdy cosplayers.

>>3524477
I love wedding/convention intersections! I was at a convention like that one year and the bride and groom were taking pictures with a bunch of cosplayers. I love that they were all so chill about it.

>>3524148
In any other situation I'd find that annoying, but just the fact that it's in a Pikachu getup just makes it cute as hell.

>>3524477

Consider yourself lucky. I had a dirty old man and some ragged mophead for my Wedding.

>>3524525

This.
I hate people pulling on my tail [if i have one for the cosplay] because it tends to get pulled off. But that sounds pretty cute.
Not really the general public, but...
I once cosplayed Kurumi [from bible black] for a cosplay meet up in the movies. The first person I saw was my english teacher.
And he knew who I was. And the character I was cosplaying.
Awkward.

>>3524742
Oh wow.

Was he awkward about it too, or did he think it was cool?

And did the awkwardness continue later when you were back in class?

>>3524727
Hah! Nice.

>>3524747
He just sort of stared and said, 'So, um. You're [name], right?'
'Um, yeah. I'm here for a meet up with...friends.'
'...You make a nice Kurumi.'

It was pretty damn awkward for the rest of the year. I am still unable to look him in the eye.

>>3524727

You had Jeremy Clarkson and James May at your Wedding?

>>3524727
Bitch, I hate you so much right now.

Bump for more lolsome encounters with the public.

Since this thread has developed into cosplay as well, I'll add my story.

I'm a britfag and I go to U.S. cons (you guys have more fun - sorry fellow brits.)

Usually someone comes to say hello to me and suddenly, my accent pours out of their favourite character. The faces are priceless, but I did have one cow who pretty much insisted I couldn't dress as the character I was cosplaying as because....

"HE'S AMERICAN YOU CAN'T DO THAT."

And yes, I was cosplaying an anime character.

>>3524755
Your story made me laugh out loud.

At Otakon this past year during the fire drill I was walking back to my hotel room in my Joker getup but with my two coats slung over my arm and sleeves rolled up due to heat. Anyway I'm walking past what I think was a bank and this security guard looking guy comes out and asks if I can take a picture with his kids, a boy and a girl who looked to be around 10 years or less. This guy seemed positively ecstatic to see me and the kids had these big ol' smiles on their faces.

People love a villain.

I'll add my own story to the bunch. Mind you, it's not cosplay, but it does involve a costume.

Back in the summer of 07' I worked as a host in a retirement home for the elderly. At a certain point the women in charge of entertainment were organizing a "magic night". They had a real magician and everything.

Anyhow, they knew I larp'd, so they asked me to show up in costume. Ended up in a long suede coat, suede tophat, some black-ish underclothes. A lot of bottles hanging everywhere and a huge (2.2 meter) golden staff. They painted my face in odd colors: Basecoat of gold with streeks of blue, silver and purple.

Anyhow, I ended up being the silent presence. first standing at the door and having people wonder whether or not i was a statue, and later following our "gypsy fortune teller" around in a guard-ish manner. The elderly were really positive about it and stuff.

Anyhow, when it ended I had to leave in a hurry and as such didn't have time to get changed/remove the paint. Caught a train and got some odd stares/remarks. Ended up sitting down somewhere, and everyone moved to the other side of the cabin.

Anyhow, got out of the station, mother was there to give me a ride home. Got in her car. we were driving on the highway when an SUV filled with Polish guest workers over-took us. I look at them and they at me. The look lasted for about a second, before their faces went total "WTF?!"

>>3524950
I assume you produced a witty comment and bitchslapped them with your British awesome-ness?

This year at fanime, I finished up with the swap meet on Friday with a fairly hefty amount of money. I was in my BB Hood costume. I decided despite being late(around 2am), I needed to deposit the money into the bank. As I'm waiting to cross the street, two guys stop at the light and roll down their window and start yelling "HEY LIL' RED SWEET THANG, WHERE YOU GOIN' TONIGHT?" to which I proceeded to point to the ATM and tell them "to the bank". They slowly drove away laughing and pointing as if they've never seen someone in a costume go to the ATM

>>3524755
I don't know if it is weirder you had a cosplay meetup in a movie theater or you just randomly cosplayed as a hentai character.
He beat off to you, you know. Was the teacher hot? you could have asked for hot teacher/student sex.

bump for more stories

>>3524755

I would think that if he just recognized the uniform, that's one thing....I've never seen the hentai (I've seen worse :3 ) and can still spot those hella distinctive uniforms a mile away.

But a character name? Who the hell remembers hentai character names?

(...why the frig were you guys at the movie theater!?)

>>3522147
i lol'd mucho hardcore.

> Walking through town with a few friends to find a restaurant to eat at during a con.
> Scared looking woman walks up to us.
> Asks if we are a cult.

>>3525461
what costumes?

>>3523632
Do you have pics of this costume?

last year at winter con my friend basicly went like this and beat all those fucken weeboes there when they anouced him as a winner for any thing they would boo and scream "The guy in the darth vader costume?!" so as u can tell it was well that was awesome also we noticed when any one plays rock band there they are too fucken quiet so we plat and usually people whisper into the mic but he starts belting it loud and peolpe are asking him to stop and he says fuck no is a rock band not whisper to the mic band

>>3522442
First your post made my day, because I just imagined Snake eating a gyro.

But then it made my day even more, because of te little boy.

You seem like a really cool guy.
:3
I like you.

I don't really have any stories like this but I do plan on taking the subway to NYCC in full Professor Pyg costume this year.

>Walk by construction workers in costume.
>One of them says to the others 'I'd tear that up.'

>... Just keep walking.

walking to find decent food in pedobear suit...... grandma and about ooohhhh 4-5 kids walk by excited asking her if they could hug me. she asked what bear i was. i explained i was safety bear. she was excited and asked if i would watch them for a moment while she grabbed her camera out of the car.... 5 minutes later she strolls back and these kids are going nuts!!! took pictures and whatnot then went on my way..... ooo if i had been a real pedo i coulda struck gold that day.... btw this was at AnimeFest 2010 on a saturday.

>Went to AX as Tatsuya from Persona 2
>Wore the school Uniform
>Was walking from the the Convention Center to my car
>Get to a cross walk and wait for it to change
>Woman with kids stands next to me
>Starts talking about how shitty the LA Public School system is
>Looks at my suit and sees the Seven Sister's High Badge
>Asks me where the school is located and if it's a good school
>Tell her it's in Beverly Hills and is the #1 Private School on the West Coast
>Asks me how expensive
>Tell her it's $20,000 a semester
>Looks to her son and says okay I think we've found you a good school, maybe now you'll stop getting bullied

My face

>>3525709
enjoy possibly being arrested and/or time in prison

>>3525791
Oh god I lol'd

>>3522003
dammit i want a costume like this so bad...

>>3525461
A bit mix and match. We had a few people in Akatsuki cloaks so that might be were the idea came from.
(But also some Lolita, TWEWY, DN, and some other things)

My friend and I were walking in to SDCC this year wearing our Ironette outfits when we passed this bag-lady looking type who was holding up photos of ships and yelling at people (I think she was trying to sell them?), and when we passed her she yelled "Disgusting ladies! Disgusting!"
We just haters-gonna-hate strolled right past her and then burst out laughing.

And speaking of d'awww kid stories, I was at Wondercon this year in my Spider-Girl outfit and a little boy wearing a Superman shirt and his older brother came up to me and his dad asked if they could have a picture. The older one was really gregarious, but the little one was so shy that he wouldn't say a word to me, he would only nod, shake his head, or shrug. So I got down on my knees and started talking with them, saying that Spider-Man was my dad and that he was my favorite superhero. I asked the little one if Superman was his favorite superhero and he shook his head no. Then I asked who his favorite superhero was and he held up his Batman action figure. We had a whole conversation and he never said a word to me. It really made me d'aww because I was super shy as a kid too.

>>3525794
wtf you could get arrested for THAT?

and nobody's doing shit against
<- THAT in our streets!? da hell.

I don't have any stories, but I'm nervous about going to the upcoming con in cosplay. Then again I get pretty self-conscious even in normal situations heh.

Care to give advice?

>>3525809
i assume he'll be partially covered in blood and carrying cordless power tools. i doubt you can have that on a train

>>3523754
I was called lettuce girl alongside shambler because of my Venasaur gajinka.

Yearly meet-up in a big theme park.

Generally snowy and wintery atmosphere.
Cosplayed Fai (complete winter cloak and everything)

Get called ice queen/princess the whole day by little kids and their mothers.
> I daww'd

Though when I sat down in a big throne for pictures kids were nearly starting to que up to get on my lap, had to finish that real quick. Didn't want to get into trouble with the park.

>>3525802
Anon you just gave me a new word for the day: gregarious. Who knew 4chan could be so educational?!
>>3525814
Just do your best to relax and make small conversation where you can. If the conversation dies, shrug it off and remember that it's not a big deal. Be polite and smile. Try not to be too nice to the clingy weeaboos though. They're scary as fuck and can ruin your whole con experience. If anyone is causing you an unreasonable amount of discomfort, contact con staff to see if they can throw them out. Be nice, but don't be a fucking doormat.

>>3525857
I'm more scared of the slobbering weeaboos harming me lol, but that always is at the back of my mind

>>3525842
That's a great story. awwwww

Last Christmas, while I was dressed in sweet Lolita, this little kid came up to me and asked if I was a fairy. Kids are so cute sometimes.
Otherwise people stare, but I just let that pass by.

A friend and I were doing an Ouran cosplay, and where in uniform. We go out to get a bite, and to find a decent place to take some outdoor photos, and while we're eating at this mall, we're approached by some girl asking which school we go to. My friend (as Tamaki), turns into a huge fag and goes on about how it's a school in Japan, etc., and the girl is in awe. Dunno if she was a weeaboo or merely curious.

>>3522119
Katsucon '10, best con ever. Trying to explain "anime" to a bunch of old people's always a blast.
At one point, I blurted out "I'm so sorry for us nerds ruining your time" to this one couple taking my picture. They just laughed and said that we were the best part of their stay there.
Another time, as DWC miku (who's half horse, for those unfamiliar), I came across this little girl who had just been acting up to her parents. She was staring at my horse legs, so I just kneel down as far as I can and said "I used to talk to my parents like that, and this is what happened" and walked away. The look on her face was priceless as her parents started cracking up.

>my first time doing cosplay i was Naruto
>went to the mall and a little kid has the stare look
>when i was leaving he yell at me bye bye Yu-gi-ho

>>3525063
>>3525416

We were in the movie theatre because it was screening Summer Wars and some of us were cosplaying the characters so the rest of us just pulled a random cosplay to join them. Also, I cosplayed a hentai character because one of my friends was cosplaying a character with tentacles.

>>3525970
I lol'd

>>3523644
yea, i skated aggresive inline long before i cosplayed, broke my collarbone recently-ish being a dick in my costume

would if i could, i'm stuck in aus-land for a while now

>>3525691

Oh, well, thanks!

Didn't expect the thread to still be up, so, more stories.

So, I was at Acen 2010, same snake costume. I was the "Snake in a box", the one with "not snake" on it, anywho.

So, me and the other metal gear guys have our own photoshoot for Saturday, and afterwards I decided to go get something to eat outside the con, since the cafe there is freakin' expensive.

I forgot where I headed too, but I had plenty of the usual looks, tons of people recognizing who I was going as, and I think two little kids going 'Look, mommy! It's an army man in a box!"

It's always nice when people approach you kindly about what the get up is for, who you're going as, and it's the best when they want some pics.

God I love this hobby.

>>3527067
You are welcome.

:3

>>3527067
Ditto I always get the nice old ladies who ask 'What are you all dressed up for dearie?'. Then the random people who just want pictures so they can go 'Oh look these insane people were walking around in costume in Seattle. WTF?'

Another story, same day I wore Euphemia I had a bear of a construction worker go 'Hey baby, that's alot of pink' while I was trying to order food.

walking down the street from a con to go back to the hotel dressed head to toe in black tac gear, holding an airsoft shotgun, wearing a gasmask, at night. Well, lets just say it got a few startled expressions.

I hope and pray that this thread is still here and filled with new stories when I come back tomorrow.

BUMP

>>3525744

Video relevant.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWCIis70YZs&p=2F1F784746D4EDDC

Back to the top with ye!
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>>3524727
>mfw James May and Jeremy Clarkson

ohmygodohmygodohmygodohmygodohmygodohmygod
/retarded flapping

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>>3525911
Tried not to lol in class at the last part.

>>3528387
I lol'd

Well we have gone out as the Eva group before, people seem to think Grey or Blue hair is odd.

Most of the time its in the Spartan armor, I come from a college town so while walking around main street I have to stop every couple steps to have photos taken.

Related image, me in the armor at a rave.

Bump again

Cosplaying as Utena from the movie, my friend was Anthy. Walking down the street toward the convention, there was actually quite a few people who weren't dressed up. These three guys were walking next to us and kept looking over. One guy in particular looked really amused by our costumes.

Finally he said something, complimenting me on my sword and asked if it was real. I smiled and told him no. He then asked who we were supposed to be and what I use the sword for.

Not exactly an easy question to try and explain to people, let alone explain in a few short sentences.

"She's my rose bride and I am her prince. I have to fight to protect her."
"You're her prince?"
"Yes."
"You should be a boy, then!"
"No~"
"Yes, if you're her prince."
(Anthy) "She's perfect the way she is!"

At that point they had to go a different way, we went into the convention, and began laughing.

>>3531436
I d'awwwed so hard

Hotel I was staying at one year was having a business convention/meeting of sorts the same weekend, so my friends and I kept running into these older men in full suit and tie.

My friend and I were in an elevator with one of them and I think I was the only person cosplaying at the time out of my group. I was Tieria from Gundam 00, pink cardigan outfit...this is how our conversation went down:

BizGuy: Nice hair.
Me: Thank you!
BizGuy: I wasn't being serious.
Me: . . .
BizGuy: Aren't you worried about offending people with purple hair?
Me: . . .not where I'm going.

And it was a wig~

But apparently it offends people like this guy.

>>3531436
I kind of "d'aaaw'd" at your Anthy's comment. That's cute.

>>3531466
<3

>>3522835
>>3524003
>>3531436
I find these stories amazing. You guys have some of the most interesting experiences.

>>3531436
That's so cute I'm dying

>>3531469

Guy needs to take the stick out of his ass and lighten up. Hate people that can't let loose.

^^ So glad I keep bumping this thread.

I was at an outdoor meetup in a park and this older guy with an SLR comes up and is like "Hey what's the deal here? Anime? Oh that's interesting, it's just great to see people out here using the park..."

Then he took my photo and a couple others and bam we're on the neighborhood blog. Commentary was minor and largely positive. "Yep, just another day in [neighborhood]."

Feels good, man.

I was going to Anime Next when it was still in the Meadowlands. I was taking the subway to the Port Authority to catch the bus over, dressed as Haruhi Suzumiya. This woman on the train, breastfeeding with her tits fully hanging out asks "WHOA Are you going to a clown convention? That's so neat?"

>>3522436

Did you get him to OOOH DEESSIIRRREEE?

>>3532066
hello, Cacti

>>3532195

We did, actually! All of us yelled it, and he joined in.

We got him to do the pose too, but unfortunately I don't have a picture of that.

Mine kind of represents the worst reaction the public can have to cosplayers. I wasn't in costume, I was just hanging out, it was Sunday at Onicon in Houston. Anyway, this Asian guy (not sure which Asian) dressed normally without a con badge is just walking from girl to girl taking pictures up their skirts. He was real smooth about it too, like he did it all the time. He disappeared before we could get anyone after him.

I love this thread

needs moar

During Otakon this year, a bunch of non-con goers took pictures with me in my Joker cosplay. I had a mom who had her two children want to take photos with me. Then a bunch of pre-teen girls asked right after. They had no visible con badges on them what so ever.

It was kind of cool that the general public was so into it.

I take public transit to the two local cons each year.

I've lost count of how many times people called my Optimus Prime.

This thread is so wonderful it should be archived

These little girls who were guests at the hotel, but not the con asked me if I was Lady Gaga when I was cosplaying Power Girl. The only thing that frightened me was they were no more than 10, and the youngest one looked about 4 and she was the one who asked me. I didn't know kids knew about Gaga that young.
They were really sweet kids though, I talked with them about Pokemon for a bit and they played with my BJD I had with me.

>>3532574
Fuck yes. Although I am bummed about the lack of picture.

>cosplay Naruto
>Go into a Jack in the Box ridiculously late at night
>It's full of black people
>"Hey you've got a target on your back!"

I was coming back from a con once, dressed as the Joker, but I hadn't had the chance to wash off my makeup before we left so I stopped off in a Borders and went into the bathrooms to wash my face. As I was getting it off, a guy walks in, sees me doing something with makeup and long green hair and mumbles an apology before making a hasty exit. About five seconds later he came back in, obviously after having checked that it was indeed the men's.

We laughed about it. Good times.

Bumping for the hopeful continuation of this wonderful thread. :3

Bumpan

>"Thanks for your request.
It has been added to our database and the thread will be archived as soon as enough request for that thread have been made.
This thread has been requested 4 times now."

C'MON YOU GUYS

Archive this thread plox.

Bumping this thread

One con I went to I was dressed as Kuro Neko from Trigun, mascot. This little girl came up to me in the dealer hall and asked me if I was dressed at Jiji. Took me awhile to remember who Jiji was, but as I was about to correct her she held up a Jiji plush over her face to show me. So I went along with it, she got a hug, and picture, her mom was all giddy about the outfit as well. And randomly throughout the day she'd find me and play with my tail / hug my leg then run off again. :3

The black women of Baltimore loved Vanille. "Regular people" thought I was adorable everywhere I went--Kinkos, Subway, walking down the street. Not too much of a story, but it was entertaining at the time.

usually go out to eat to local restraunts during cons

after night two of AB i'm still dressed as subzero and eating dinner with the FUCKING REAL SUBZERO (voice actor) and some douchey popped collar type guy comes up and goes "holy crap bros! it's scorpion!"

bump bro

Eeeee, my little thread achieves glory. :3
Man, I was right to start it sans-trip.
Good Threads > One Guy's E-Fame

Was taking pictures, trying to win a contest at Gamestop (manager conference).
Friend takes the pic here, little kid comes up and asks if he could ride with me
Oblige, but before we could take the shot, some lady at a kiosk prevents us from doing so.
I promise the kid a picture at Halloween and he does a fist pump
I hope he comes to the mall again at Halloween ;A;

Last Halloween a woman asked if I could hold her baby while she took a picture of us

Baby just stared >_>

I was walking around the town taking pics with some friends in my lolita dress [i was the only one not in stret clothes]
The whole day little kids where waving at me, some even calling me Alice frm alice in wonderland. Or princess
I remember a little girl saying "mommy mommy look! its a princess!"

Some college kids in a bike carriage thing even stopped to get a picture with me, 2 of the girls posing under my skirt all of a sudden D: kinda embarrassing

Another time i was cosplaying reno and I saw a little boy going nuts pointing at me saying "Mooom! look! its Reno! the one i told you about! look he's real!"
:'D made my day

pic related

>>3524003
Epic. win.

>>3525791
I love you.

>>3535585
GAMESTOP MANAGER BRO-FISTS!

When the batman movie came out my mum, sis, best friend and i got the idea to paint our faces like the joker

I decked out in a big black coat i had and a white button up shirt [last minute so didnt really bother gettin it all right]

When walking to my best friend's house[block away] to pick up something this woman 2 houses before we get there stops us and sayin cool joker n what not(cant really remeber what was said exactly) she goes inside to get her camera and her son comes out and takes a pic with us

Awesome day was awesome

>>3535128
>>3535091
>>3533394

trigger'd

bampu

black people scare me
vid related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9GIVyDBwKU

I was in the food court during a convention. I wasn't really cosplaying that day, but I was wearing a lolita style french maid outfit. As I was standing in line for my pizza, some guy came up to me and said, "I am buying you pizza." I wasn't expecting that, and it seemed like he came out of nowhere, so I was startled and just said, "Huh? Oh, no thank you, I can get it myself." He then he got really serious and his expression was somewhat 'do what I say and you won't get hurt' and he said, "NO. I am buying you your pizza." At that point I shut up and let him buy me my pizza, after which he said, "There you go, now you have some free pizza from stranger." and walked off. After I was done eating at a table with my friends, he and a group of other guys walked buy and he called, "How was the pizza?" and I yelled back thanking him.

I have no idea if he attended the convention or was just some random guy who liked my outfit. In any case, he was pretty cool, even if he did scare me at first.

>>3536742
I lol'd

went to fanime this year and cosplayed as a team fortress 2 spy (BLU) and i went to mcdonalds and had the best reactions from girls wanting to take pictures to scaring babies people always thought i was going to rob the place, also cosplayed as the merchant from resident evil 4 and at the end of day 3 gangbanger/mexican that wasnt part of the con knew who i was and wanted pictures
>>my face

Once while cosplaying Medusa, a hobo asked me if the snakes on my arms were real tattoos. She looked disappointed when I told her it was make up.

Another time a Hobo nicknamed me "Nyquil" when I was cosplaying civillian Sailor Neptune.

I was going to a photoshoot all dressed up andsuddenly two mallgoths enter the subway. They were talking obnoxiously loud about "the normal people, that are always looking at us!"

Then they notice me, stop talking, and stare at me blinded with surprise for the rest of the travel

>>3537990

>tfw?

I don't think I have any outrageous stories, but I've had a few awkward/fun encounters.

This past Otakon I cosplayed Raven from Teen Titans. I was waiting to cross the street with the rest of my fellow Titan cosplayers when this group of like four black guys comes up shouting, "Ohhh. It's that sexy goth girl". After shouting that many times they remembered that I was Raven, asked for a picture, and went on their merry way. Was pretty awkward I must say.

Same day and same cosplay my friends and I had a lot of requests from little kids, parents, and foreign soccer players for pictures. Made me happy that Teen Titans is still popular among the little children. : )

>>3522747
and another future goth loli was born

Not really cosplay but my friends and I dressed up as Harry Potter Puppet Pals at a con, and this guy randomly comes up to me and gives me Harry Potter trading cards. I couldn't stop smiling the rest of the day :D

>>3538598
sacanime?
u guys were awsome

at FanExpo this year, my friends and I are in the middle of a Code Geass photoshoot. We were outside of the convention center - about a block away near the stairway for the CN tower - so while it was pretty empty, people would occasionally pass. All of the sudden, about seven black guys start coming up the stairs and one was like "SHIT MAN you guys look tight!" and another looked at our Zero and asked "dude aren't you like, hot in that or whatever?" They asked us for a picture with them and our photographer ended up taking a bunch using each of their phones/cameras. As they were leaving they were like "I'M PUTTIN THIS ON FACEBOOK!" Unfortunately I have yet to find the pictures...

>>3538657
Thanks! It was freaking hot in Sacanime, my face was melting off, but i was psyched that people liked our costumes!

>>3538679
i can tell it was, you guys were awesome, saw you at fanime too

Snake in a box here again

I'm glad to see that the thread is still up.

Anywho, I've got a question for you folks, since most of these stories take place while eating somwhere out of con, what places do you find give the best responses? There was a sushi place next to Sakura Con I think that everyone just flocked to, the staff was pretty chill.

Okay so, I'm looking for some fairly good priced contact vendors. I've been getting my contacts at Exotic Lenses for a while now and I wanted to know if there were some other places to get them at, possibly cheaper or with more variety?

Shit, sorry guys. Fucked up internet.

>>3538903
make your own thread faggot

>>3538917
>>3538903
lrn2 delete comments

I was wearing going to a lolita meetup one day and I stopped at a bakery to pick up some sweets. The little old Japanese lady at the counter told her I husband that I was cute in Japanese. I grinned and said thank-you and she gave some cupcakes for free. Feels good man,
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One year at AWA, we were sharing the Galleria with a Parenting conference/seminar (we kept calling it baby con). I was dressed as Chun-li and I was walking past the baby con booths to get to the dealers room when out of nowhere this guy jumps out in front of me and shouts "Ho shit it's Chun-li", he then proceeded to snap pictures of me with his phone, while his pregnant wife tried to drag him away. It was pretty funny