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| Me as American McGee's Alice |
I am a fat cosplayer.
My husband and I have been watching Heroes of Cosplay on SyFy.
We both like the show because the costumes are beautiful. But it seems like
there is a lot of focus put on perfection and less on the fun. In the first
episode, it showed one of the cosplayers freaking out because she had gained
some weight. In the second episode, a newbie to cosplay competitions said
that she thought anyone should cosplay what they wanted. She got looks from the experienced cosplayers like she
was crazy. One said that if someone is going to be 300 lbs. and
cosplay, they are going to get negative comments.
I've been cosplaying on and off for about 15 years. I've
never been skinny but I've never gotten negative comments before. Even if I
did, I probably would just ignore it because I love cosplaying. Now I do try to
pick costumes that won’t make me look fatter than I am. I never wear skin tight
or skin showing costumes because I wouldn't be comfortable and it wouldn't look
good.
Cosplaying is fun and that’s why I do it. Even though I’m
overweight, I’m going to keep cosplaying. I already have all my costumes
planned for Dragon Con and I’ll be walking in the parade again. I'll also be admiring everyone else's costumes - fat or thin.
Do you ever feel nervous about a particular costume? Sandy won't dress up because she says she can't look like the original.
ReplyDeleteI was a little nervous I wasn't going to fit in the Alice costume in the picture because I got it online. But it fit and it looked great.
ReplyDeleteI'm not big on caring if I look like the character mostly because there aren't a ton of short, fat characters that where glasses. I just like dressing up in costumes.