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[moonwise]

You know what's even scarier than anime cosplay? Star Wars cosplay.

That having been said, there's one Princess Leia costumer who probably sent every geek at the con back to his room with a bottle of baby oil.

I hope someone dressed up as Mara Jade. I luff her and I don't care that she's a Mary Sue.

Comments

[lumen.livejournal.com]

I find the whole cosplay thing scary. I don't think there are really any cons or such over here that people could dress up for, or if there are they haven't been around for long. Anime's not big here, most people have no idea what it is I think, and those who do are probably under 15 years of age. It was never the thing for my generation, but those who are kids now are slowly starting to get into it, like my sister's kids for an example who are around 10 years old, more or less. When I was into anime and manga (ten years ago) there was probably less than a handful of people in the country who actively sought for information on anime, so it's really no wonder why there are no cons either, since most people who'd be interested in them are on the most part way too young to arrange any. I think they're working on it now though since anime's slowly sinking in.
I think the slightly older people (20+) are more into LARP here, which I find even scarier. There's no Halloween tradition here either - the only tradition I can think of that involves a lot of dressing up is Palm Sunday, but that's for small children, and they all dress up as little witches. @_@

I appreciate the hours of work people put into their costumes and such, I really do, so I think I'd be more at home looking at all the pretty (or weird) costumes people have sewn. I know for a fact that I'm unable to keep a straight face if I see people LARPing. It's just the way they talk and wave their oversized rubber weapons that makes me giggle. :/