Hey all!! I hate to ask for help but the situation is kind of dire. With Misti out of work, large bills looming, and my surgery costs, we're asking for donations if they can be spared. I know it's a difficult time for everyone, so even sharing helps.
A lesson I want to teach some of the younger fandom folks: some of my DEAREST friends ship my NoTPs in several fandoms. They put it all OVER my timeline. And I still love them. Please understand we're not here on this earth long enough for anyone to be a hater over ships.
Photogs I'm gonna be radical for a sec.
It's okay to tell someone a pose isn't flattering IF YOU HELP THEM ADJUST IT. Nobody wants to look dorky in their paid shoot photos.
Am I really seeing people criticizing a cosplay judge for not being dressed to the nines while judging? If you can't move around to look at the cosplay you can't judge the details properly!!!
OH MY GOD I JUST MET MAGNI WHILE COSPLAYING MAGNI I'M GOING INSANE.
#MAGNATION
#MagniOpus
@magnidezmond
Thank you so much! You were so gracious and kind and I respect you so much as an entertainer!! Thank you thank you!!!
I want to see a cosplay posing guide for plus size cosplayers that isn't like HIDE BEHIND A SHRUB or whatever... or one done by a straight sized person but also including plus size photos. Would anyone want to collab on this? I stink at posing but I can model and learn!!!
Just a warm take on a warm afternoon: when cons start back up, don't exclude fat or not conventionally attractive or POC folks from your cosplay groups. Seek them out. Be inclusive. Don't shove them to the edges in pics or shoehorn them into charas they don't want to do. Thanks!
friends, let this inspire you:
I started sewing at 26
I'm 35, and i just kicked off my birthday with some fandom-related writing
I'm going to start new things from here on out too
you're never too old to learn, and you're certainly never too old to be in fandom
Over the past 4-5 years I have noticed more Black and BIPOC entrants in cosplay shows and moreover those folks winning awards for their amazing work. If you are Black and you aren't sure if you're welcome, please know you are. We want you. You are amazing and deserve recognition.
Passing off a SUPER photoshopped "cosplay" where you didn't actually make/thrift/assemble half the stuff and just drew it on as a FULL OUT COSPLAY YOU MADE is super weird.... the rat race to be "first" is unbelievably demoralizing and sets unrealistic expectations yall
Hey so. When you blackface/raceface by coloring your skin darker for "accuracy" you are being (even if not on purpose) racist. Darker skinned folks have told you this. SHUT UP AND LISTEN.
Also you look like a burnt chocolate orange when you do that. You look 110% dumb.
Hey photogs
Not only should you have Black and plus size folks in your portfolios
You should feature them
In your promotional graphics, in your signups and interest checks
Don't hide them behind three clicks
Be proud of the diversity you showcase with your skills
Thanks!
I have to work hard to make things fit me and look good. I'm scared to put myself out there. But I'm proud of the cosplay work I do and I feel good wearing my creations. I need to remember that feeling when I'm having days like this, when I wonder why I do it and get scared.
tell somebody you love them tonight
do it right now
your best friend, your loved ones, a random person you just occasionally talk to on the internet
tell them they matter and they are loved
Not only does
@coscraft
have lace sections like Assist does, they also have them on BROWN lace in addition to beige!!! RT to save a cosplayer's sanity!! 82 colors y'all! And we have a color ring so mutuals hmu. If you can wait the ship time these wigs kick butt!!
Normal brain: learning Japanese so you can travel to Japan easily
Stars brain: learning Japanese so you can watch anime without subtitles
COSMIC BRAIN: learning Japanese so you can leave comments for your 2.5D boys
โโCON GUESTING: A CRASH COURSEโโ
While I am not POC by any means, I am seeing a lot of my POC cosplay mutuals saying they don't know what cons are looking for and I wanna see y'all guest. Come here friends, let's talk this over!!! I'm HERE TO HELP!!! PRESENTING: A THREAD.
HEY FELLOW CONVENTION STAFFERS. GUESS WHERE YOU CAN PUT YOUR MONEY WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS? THAT'S RIGHT IT'S BLM CON ORG EDITION!
1) invite Black industry guests. "I don't know any" you say? Maybe look at all the lists going around or ASK your connections and contacts.
I'm scared to put myself out there anymore because I've been called names and insulted, and treated like sh*t by photogs. I want to be ikemen. I want to be sassy. I want to be cute. I'll
#CosplayAnyWay
because I deserve to feel awesome too!
I don't care if baby jesus flies down from heaven to help you, if someone else does a significant amount of the work on your cosplay EVEN AS A FRIEND you credit them. Holy shit. Why is this hard to understand?
I've credited for *small resin stars* and *cutting something out* ffs
LET US TAKE A MOMENT TO DISCUSS THE TRUTH IN THIS TWEET FROM MY PLUS SIZE because this is quite literally one of my biggest pet peeves in master level cosplay. You can make a garment with perfect technique but if it doesn't look proportionate on you, you're tanking your chances.
PROPORTIONS
anime proportions and human proportions arenโt the same, but did you scale the outfit well to your body? Are certain parts way too big/small compared to the reference? THIS IS HONESTLY THE AREA WHERE I SEE THE MOST AWARD-RUINING MISTAKES
I need to say this for my own sanity.
Yes, I am fat.
Yes, I cosplay.
I am gonna remain fat and glorious on your timeline until further notice and I'm not going to let anyone ever deter me from enjoying the hobby I love the most.
I'm gonna be fat waifu and himbo and idol.
Cope.
What I hate is when a smaller plus-size cosplayer gets called shit & someone rushes in with "no ur not fat" like that's not what we fuckin care about we care that we're recognized for our skills & talents & we're not fking reduced to whether or not u think we're big enough to be
I mean 0% shade to anyone in my current cosplay topical servers but i really wish there was a cosplay discord where more people were "like me" as far as crafting level and effort level. I feel kind of weirdly isolated as a crafter because I am neither fast nor elaborate.
People. If you have anxiety or depression or bipolar or anything like that, please remember there are SO MANY MEDICATIONS OUT THERE. Don't give up on meds as a route just bc one didn't work or made you feel weird/bad. Communicate w your doc & try until you find the right one!
Y'all please understand judges want to do a good job for you and that might mean comfort over a complex build in the judging room. Esp when they're in there for HOURS doing nothing else!!
Happy 6mo wedding anniversary to the most brilliant, beautiful, inspiring, dedicated, exciting, loving person I have ever known. You are the light of my life and I will never feel like I'm in the dark with you by my side.
I LOVE YOU <3333
@ZendosaCos
is the prettiest.
Yo friends going to Katsu, friendly reminder to wash your hands frequently and maybe consider the ol' elbow bump to the hi 5 because I swear I see more people get sick after Katsu than any other con! This weather and time of year is tough on the immune system!! Be safe!
@abagofangrybees
HI! I'm Nini and I'm a plus size master level cosplayer from TX! I really admire your work and I appreciate you doing this!! Posting just some of my handmade stuff here!
Oh my god it's
#LGBTcosplay
with Nini! Pan/bi/not sure of my labels and gender is a thing I don't like some days but eyyyy i make pretty cosplays and closet cosplay and do the thing! I'm engaged to
@ZendosaCos
who I love the most most most!!! And I'm plus size! IDOLS ARE LIFE
Hello i have a couple of announcements... I am sorry if they inconvenience anyone or if they are annoying!
1) Please try to use they/them pronouns for me. Anything is ok and I won't get mad if you use smth else but they/them is HIGHLY preferred
2) I'm changing my online moniker--
EXCUSE ME I WAS SO CUTE??????
Yugiri | Zombieland Saga Sanrio Collab
๐ made by me!
๐ made by
@ZendosaCos
๐ธ
@firespunalchemy
, BossCos
I bought the cape but I'll be making my own before I shoot this again!!
Hey hey, I'm Nini, she/her, bi/pan, plus size! cosplayer living with PTSD and mental illness. I've been sewing since 2011! I love cosplaying cute things and ikemen... and apparently Celenike. Cosplay is my life. <3
#cosplayvisibility
Seriously I can't look at this cosplay on my body and not feel beautiful and powerful. I don't care for one second that the character is a trash heap. I did a good job and I look good and I worked it.
๐ธ: Jfinity Photography,
@squidflakes
,
@sumikins
I'm the cutest!!
Tori Himemiya | Ensemble Stars!
++++
๐ธ
@WildMomoPhoto
at
@SanJapan
One of my FAVORITE OG
#Enstars
outfits, Carbonated Goldfish! An amazing collab with
@firespunalchemy
~ Rowan made the non-fabric accessories! And I made them cosplay too huhu
If you voted for trump, you voted to end my marriage. To invalidate some of my best friends. You voted against every POC person you've ever met. You voted for hate and I don't want anything to do with you. Get out. Unfollow and please softblock when you go.
After all the pain in today's ep, please have some HAPPY GAKU!!
๐ IDOLiSH7 ๐
Soba Man | Yaotome Gaku
๐ชก Top & apron: Me! with assist by (my Tsumugi)
@ZendosaCos
๐ธ&โ:
@ZendosaCos
Wig:
@epiccosplay
with heavy styling by me!
@_queerioes
I HAVE BEEN *FURIOUS* ABOUT THIS THREAD FOR DAYS THANK YOU FOR SAYING SOMETHING BC I FEEL LIKE I CAN'T. I guess I'm a damn fandom grandma. I've been in fandom since I was 14 and I extra don't want anything to do with underage fans because YIKES. I come from LJ and FFN.
In honor of talking a lot about sword boys I want to just post about how we totally had a Shinsengumi wedding theme. Our colors were blue and white. We wore Shinsengumi outers for the reception. Our friends even put Horikawa and Kane's mon on the decorations. (Cont)
What i have personally endured working for Dave in particular is unmentionably bad. Just know that we fought as hard as we could for as long as we could. This was a breaking point, not an isolated incident.
Just in case no one has told you today: You are wonderful, you are a beautiful work in progress, and you are worthy of happiness and security.
Also ilu
YOU KNOW WHAT? I appreciate when my friends want to cosplay the same outfit/character as me. It used to really intimidate and upset me because I would always compare myself to them but lately I'm like "FK YEAH B*TCH WE GOT GREAT TASTE IN CHARACTERS!!!!"
Thin cosplayers please take a sec to check your financial privilege. Pls remember plus size cosplays take MORE materials by default. That costs MORE MONEY.
And even if we buy, we usually get an upsize charge, sometimes 1/3 to a total doubling of the advertised cost.
MOAR CELENIKE BECAUSE I'M A SEXXXXXXXY BINCH or smth idk love me I'm feeling feisty
๐ธ:
@sumikins
@ Sakuracon 2018
Cos made by me!!
Wig:
@ArdaWigs
(Jareth long with ponytail clip)
CAN I GET A PROMO?
I'm Nini and I love Touken Ranbu and Hypmic and i7 and BunAl and BSD and I also COSPLAY A LIL BIT love me be my fran! Pls comment if you want a follow!
I SEW I LOVE SEWING SEWING FRIENDS ALSO WELCOME ILU
Being a cosplayer like:
20 amazing pics = "eh I look okay I guess"
1 bad pic = "I am leaving this hobby forever"
does anyone else do this I feel like I'm either on point or irredeemable trash lmao