They don't give a shit, to be honest. I just cover cons up as comic conventions. I don't know how they'd be like if they knew they were majorly anime based instead though.

>Parents
Laugh about it and think it's kind of neat
>Siblings
Sister loves it and wants me to make her a costume, brother is like "Fuckin' nerds and their dumbass fetishes, why can't you just be a normal person." but he grew up in a super bad town sooo whatever
>Friends
don't really mention it to them, but the few i do tell want me to help them plan awesome halloween costumes

Parent's don't understand/like but sortof got used to it

>this thread again
Siiiiiiigh.

Family - my parents always thought I was off but whatever, they don't care. My sister is stoked that I'm taking her to Ohayocon next year and we're discussing costume ideas.
My aunt made my first cosplay, though she only need to make a piece, the rest was closet.

Friends - My San Diego friends were more supportive, so to speak. We'd go out to dive bars and I would occasionally wear costumes just to wear them. Four are coming to SDCC with me the first time and three are cosplaying for the first time.

My friends here...well...not supportive but not against it. My roommate helps me do measurements when I need help and another friend helped me take the awkward ones. They inquire about it but I think it's more out of politeness.

I think the highlight though is when I was working Security one day and one of the IT's came through and was like "Did you know you're on the internet?"

My mom helps me with my costumes and my siblings don't really care...my sister wants to cosplay with me but doesn't have the time, and my brother's still thinking about it but doesn't want to make a costume. My friends are nonplussed because they've always known I'm a huge nerd.

In short...no one gives a fuck.

>>5820591

why do they see anime as worse than comics? There are porny comics just like there is hentai.

>Parents/Siblings
At first they really didn't understand what I was doing or why I spent money on it until I showed them some stuff I made. Now they think it's pretty cool and when they send me birthday money it always talks about 'using it for costumes'. Brother doesn't give a crap.

>Coworkers
Porn. You dress up as sexy chicks? Wait, but you dress as men too? Are you gay? Are you a tranny? But then why do you dress up as a man then? -__-

>Friends
They think it's cool, but don't really understand why I do it.

>>5820628
Not him, but.
Yeah.
But Western art isn't known for having porny comics.
Anime is.

Also it gets WAY more negative reception.

Got my younger sister into it, both my parents think it's nifty. Non-cosplayer friends think it's cool too, although most of my friends cosplay or are at least aware of it by now anyways haha.

>>5820628
Pretty much what Valle said >>5820640
Anime is put down as more feminine over here, compared to western comics and cartoons. It doesn't matter who it's targeted for, people will just assume from what they see (which is kawaii uguu eyes).

Stuff like REDLINE and Arika gets by with them alright, though.

My mom loves it, she'll go through my cosplay plans with me and comment on her favorites. She also wants to go to a convention with me, although the only thing she really wants to cosplay is Dell from the movie Tideland so I'm not sure anyone will know who she is. She also says when her hair turns more silver as she ages she'll cosplay Sofie with me from Howl's Moving Castle.

My mom just kinda shrugged and said she really didn't care as long as I payed for it.
And I was all nervous for days before telling her
It went something like
"Mom, I don't know how to say this... but I'm a Homestuck"
"Oh honey, it's okay, I kinda suspec- Wait did you say 'Homestuck'?"
"Yeah, I meant I want to cosplay."
Blank look
"You dress up like characters from stuff and go to conventions. It's like Halloween year-round but with more creeps and less candy."
"Oh..."
"What'd you think I said?"
"..."
"........."
Note: this happened in the middle of Kohl's.

Also, I haven't told anyone else except my best friend, but that's just because I think my other friends wouldn't be interested. Me and said friend are probably gonna do our first cosplay this year.

I reckon my dad wishes I was doing something more manly like throwing bricks, mining or laying down landscape, but my mother is supportive enough. Taught me how to sew, etc.
She'll offer to help me with something, but unless I'm desperate, I'm far too stubborn to accept help.
My brother likes the idea, but I think he feels it's kind of a bit too nerdy for him. He wants to do it though, but doesn't really like anything, so it's hard to think of a cosplay for him to do.
I think I'll just say 'fuck it, bro, lets do halo' or something.

Lolita, not cosplayer, for reference.

>Parents
My mom likes some of it, and thinks some of it is eccentric, but sees that it fits well with my personality. She just likes that I have a put together appearance-wasn't a fan of my wacky thrift finds high school days. My father wishes that I wore boring t-shirts and jeans, always. With Chuck Taylors. But he used to always say, "You should get a style." My mom reminds him of this anytime he says anything non-positive about lolita.

>Brother
I think he's mostly... confused? He doesn't really get it, but he's a sweet kid so he's never said anything actually negative.

>Friends
Female friends think it's really cute. Most of my friends are male, though. They don't really seem to care, but they tease me hard about things like knocking over stuff with my poofy skirt. They humor me when I talk about lolita, though.

>Boyfriend
Doesn't like the attention it garners for him by proxy because he's kind of shy-ish, but thinks it's cute if silly.

>>5820675
Oh I also am starting to dress in Lolita and mom loves that too. Not too fond of the name, but when she saw me in a sweet coord she fell in love with the fashion. She can't get over my pink tea party shoes, I haven't been this girly in years

>Parents
My parents helped finance the crafting materials for my costume last April. They were supportive, like a loving parent should be
>Siblings
My brother was jealous. He is big into this shit, even more so when he saw our costumes
>Friends non-cosplaying
Really didn't give two shits.

Even if any of them frowned upon it, I'm the kind of person who doesn't give a shit what others think. Conforming to someone else's opinion removes your individuality and identity.

my sister is better at it than I (pic related), but busts my balls for buying stuff off of korean/chinese/japanese stuff
parents don't really care
non-cosplay friends don't know
bf just wants me to dress up like velma

>>5820751
Holy shit. Your sister is now my hero for that mask.

I've learned when it comes to cosplay I am decent at props (I could show you my home made Stein screw) and I have a friend who is great at costumes. Your sister just puts most other prop makers to shame.

>Dad
Used to make my props for me. Enjoyed the challenge. Local Lowes/Home Depot knows him as "that guy who makes all the weird anime crap for his kid". But they're always asking to see the finished product. I still get help from him on some of my crazier props
>Mom
Used to help me with sewing stuff, like what darts were, etc. Usually just compliments my sewing and points out stray threads or crooked seams. She used the be the con mom everyone liked, cause she'd stay out of our business, but would always be there when we needed her. She liked to hang around cons and look at all the costumes.
>Brother
Doesn't care. He's an anime-tard, too, so I'll bounce some things off him sometimes. He also provides comments like "that looks like cake batter on your face" when I had the first few layers of latex for my Zuko scar.

My parents show pictures of my cosplays to people they know, which is sorta awkward, but I've gotten used to it.

I... don't really have non cosplaying friends, and my immediate family has been known to cosplay as well.

I can only think of one friend who has never cosplayed, but she almost did. Came THIS close to getting her in a power girl costume for SDCC.

I'm a lolita and my parents have given up on caring after realizing me not dressing normally wasn't just a phase. My mom's just happy I'm not walking around with my boobs hanging out. My brother thinks it's hilarious and I need to dress like a normal person. Whenever he says that I make fun of his emo days.

>Mom
Thinks cosplay is absolutely ridiculous, but she likes to see my creativity go to use. However she gets pissy with me when I try to do projects in the garage and around the house. She's an OCD cleanfreak, so anything I do I'm potentially 'destroying the cleanliness of the house,' which is absolute bullshit. I'm still kinda mad at her for not teaching me how to sew too, and I'm thinking of just taking classes. She really likes me being a lolita though, she says some of my coords are cute and classy.

>Dad
Bitches about my finances. Bitches about how I spend my money, even the amount I earn from my job. Typical guy who thinks money should only be spent on food, gas, and sports. He'll chew me out for my cosplay hobby when I ask for some money for books for college. I only cosplay once or twice every year. And my costumes never exceed $300 each.
I tell him if he'd prefer me to go out drinking every weekend and buying pot like "normal college kids" I could start that too. He usually shuts up after that because he knows that's wayy more expensive, he just won't openly admit it.

>Friends
Think my cosplay stuff is pretty neat.
I'm sure a lot of them think I'm a weirdo or weeaboo though. They do like my lolita.

>Parents
Gave me weirder looks when I told them I like to dress up as fictional characters and wear wigs than when I told them I liked other men.

>Friends
Are all huge nerds. Some cosplay with me or have expressed interest in doing so.

>Dad
Thinks it's weird, but supports it. He thinks the art (artist's alley) is cool.
>Mom
Meh about costumes, and pretty much oblivious to everything else. She treats it like I'm dressing up for Halloween.
>Friends
They cosplay, too

>Brother
"At least you're not doing drugs."

>Mother
"You and all these people are weird."

>Dad
"Are you gonna make your kids do this?"

>Non-Cosplaying Friends
It's whatever.

>Friends

Are kinda nerdy even if normalfags. They know what cosplay is and don't care.

>Parents

I moved out 9 years ago, doesn't matter :D

>parents
my mom has always been supportive of anything i do, really, so this is no exception. i don't think my stepdad cares. my dad, while he doesn't GET IT, knows of it and supports me.
>friends
a few tease me, but most of them know and think it's neat or interesting, i guess. i don't talk about it too much, but it's not kept in the dark. it just doesn't come up too much, since i only do it a couple times out of the year.

family
Mother is supportive..maybe becasue I finally have a hobby..Brothers and Father call me nerd...and geek ; w;

Friends
They think its cool ! and want to try it out :D

No one cares

most of them are actively supportive of it and think its cute.

My mom is like my number one fan, she likes that I have a hobby that involves so much time management since I generally really struggle with that, and is really excited to get pictures of my costumes when I'm done with them. She's made me miss rides getting pictures, but it's not like I don't totally love it. When I was first getting into cosplay, she sewed a lot of things for me.
My sister thinks its neat but doesn't care beyond the amount that is polite.
My friends think it's cool and I've even gotten a few of them to take the plunge on some easy stuff.

my family is alright with it.

Parents:
My dad is occasionally impressed when I make something totally legit, but they mostly hound me for wasting my money. Which is fair considering that I've spent multiple thousands on single costumes. Aside from student loan debt though, I've pulled through without asking them for handouts.

Sister:
Pretty much indifferent. Sometimes asks me about possible costumes I could help her make, but as yet hasn't cosplayed.

Costuming friends:
Mutual respect, I mostly associated with talented OCDers like myself.

Normal friends:
Some ask for Halloween favors, others don't have an opinion.

Pretty much everybody is accepting of the hobby these days. I think it's well known enough amongst even the slightly nerdy that it's not a stigma. But then, I'm not a weeb, I cosplay from movies and TV shows mostly.

My mum thinks lolita is a bit weird and a waste of money, but that the meets sound fun. My dad loves it, I think he's just glad to see me not wearing as much skintight PVC anymore, haha. He helps me find antique jewellery and stuff on eBay.

My uni friends just think it's kind of cool and quirky, they've seen the Oxford lolis walking around town to/from meets before, plus we quite often take photos at a church right next to my college. I think they're just used to me dressing weirdly in general, it's an improvement on Jedward, anyway...

The only person who really objects is my little brother, but then he hates anyone looking unusual for some reason. He flipped his shit about my tattoos.

I'm a lolita

>Family
They like it and support it.

>Bf
He thinks that it's cute and likes it a lot in a non-creepy way.

>Friends
Most of them like it, some of them don't care.

Lolita checking in here...

Dad: doesn't really care. He just thinks I dress weird.
Mum: thinks petticoats make me look fat, but doesn't really care otherwise. They don't know how much I spend though since I've been out of home for 6 years.
Brother: Couldn't give two flying fucks as long as I don't look too odd in public

Boyfriends/partners: first boyfriend got me into lolita, the other two were fine with it as long as I wasn't spending their money on it XD. The aforementioned first boy actually just bought me a dress even though we're not officially together again yet.

Coworkers/colleagues: I wear some of my lolita skirts/dresses to work and people just say nice skirt or nice dress. I'd never wear full lolita, and those who know I'm into it are my friends outside work anyway.

Non-lolita friends: don't really care at all, some think it's cute. Some of my acquaintances think it's pretty weird though.

Family: Aunts and Uncles are all nerdy to some degree, mainly casual things from when they were younger. My aunt helped me make my first cosplay sword even though she knew nothing about the show. My mom and grandma usually hang out for an hour or two and just walk around since they like looking at costumes and trinkets in the artist alley, sometimes they take pictures if it's characters they've seen from anime that airs on TV or mainstream games (Mario, Sonic, etc). To this day my Grandma calls Luffy "One Piece", but she's not weird or senile and I've corrected her enough that I think she does it to fuck with me.

Friends: ALL my friends are interested in cons, a lot of them from highschool even went went there was one help in town. They mostly go for the girls/drinking, but they're into anime enough that the cosplay and dealer's room are fun for them.

tl;dr everyone I know loves cons and are interested in them to some degree

ataeen atmoshperic

Mom thinks it's weird but likes that it gets me to be more social. She actually suggested once that I wear sluttier cosplays in hopes I'll nab a boyfriend >_>

At age 26 I've seen my parents range the whole gamut of expressions. From concern ("Im concerned about letting you go to another city with a convention of 10k people in it.") to amazment ("Why are you not in hollywood doing this professionally.")
They have at times thought it weird, especially my dad, but normally when he saw a finished product he was pretty impressed by it.

I think it also helps that I never once asked to borrow money to complete the costumes and that I've held down the same job for years and am advancing in it.

TL;DR My parents are pretty cool guys, they don't mind cosplay and doesn't afraid of anything.

My family.

>little sister
The first con I went to was just myself, big sister and dad so she got left behind because she was too young and is a total shithead sometimes. When we got back she cried her eyes out as we told her how much fun we had. She then worked really hard to NOT be a shithead and we have been taking her with ever since. Still a little asshole. She always runs off, loses her badge, throws shit fits, demands I make her cosplays and do her make up, never helps, screams for attention when I'm talking to somebody else and hits me at least twice at every con we go to...

>dad
Awesome condad. Loves cons and helping me make shit. He doesn't know many anime, manga, vidya, ect, but he still gets a kick out of all the costumes and people. He can be a bit of a hover-dad though. Following me into embarrassing panels and viewing rooms, sticking around as I talk about shamful shit like plots and shipping wars, and pretending he knows memes when he has no clue what they mean... He's still an awesome dad. Cons mean alot to him.

>Big sister
Not much of a anime fan but speaks japanese and translates manga online. Can't do shit on her own, lol. Wants me to make her pretty, but doesn't DEMAND IT. Sometimes wants me to dress her in mori, gyaru, fashion stuffs. She gets bored easily and can sometimes be a bitch by accident. She'll end up accidently telling somebody to fuck off or giving a death glare and she doesn't even mean too. It's sad because shes a nice person. Big sis is my bff. She cosplays with me sometimes too.

cont.

>>5822145

>Younger bro
Doesn't give a shit about nothin'. Super chill. Tags along and somehow always ends up being king of the other guy nerds. Fun when he wants too be, but can be a totel buzz-killing bitch. "I'm not having any fun, this sucks, I can't have fun if you guys are around". He's afraid to go all-out in front of our dad. Sometimes cosplays and I help him. Tries hard to be coolGuy.jpg He's okay.

>mom
A bitch. Doesn't care. Never offers to help even though she "loves to sew". Never comes to cons with us. Spoils little sis. "DO YOU REALLY NEED ALL THESE WIGS?" It's my money, why do you care? Moms no fucking fun.

I am everyones go-to-for-everything.
I make most of the cosplay stuff for everyone. Most of the time I'm so busy putting together everyone elses costumes, I never get to cosplay myself... I also do the pre-reg and find the hotels, I help pack, I do the touch ups, I DO EVERYTHING. I don't mind. It's super stressful, but I love my family and seeing them have a good time is really nice.

I love my family. They are all great.

All my friends are con friends so I'll move on to family.

Mom likes to rant about how I'm wasting all my money when she's in a mood, but is usually chill with it.

Dad is convinced I'm going to get raped and murdered and once flipped the fuck out when he found out I was crossplaying. I didn't know his LGBT hatred ran /that/ deep so now I just say every character is a girl to avoid issues.

My big sister is interested in it and really wants to come to a con with me, but refuses to until she gets a cosplay.

>>5821757
Are you saying that wouldn't work?

>>5822145
Wow, Your little sister sounds like a gigantic shithead.
Dude stop taking her little punk ass.

Mom thinks it's funny that I "still play dressup". However she's usually amazed when she sees my costumes.
Brother is enthusiastic about cosplaying, but only when I'm working on a costume, jealousy I guess.
Dad is pretty oblivious about it.

With lolita my mom thinks its silly, but shes starting to like classic/goth. Step dad loves it. He always preferred dressing different (he likes clothes with subtle hint of aristocrat). Grandparents love it. Grandma always gets excited when she wears a loliable dress, I guess it's our way of bonding. Friends actually like it.

With cosplay, my mom loves it. Although she prefers me wear slutty cosplay rather than covered..which is..odd. My dad has actually cosplayed and plans to again. I think all of my friends cosplay so... Lol.