How has cosplay changed you?

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How has cosplay changed you? 2017-05-08 10:21:07 Post No. 9468685
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How has cosplay changed you? Anonymous 2017-05-08 10:21:07 Post No. 9468685 [Report]

So we've discussed how the cosplay scene has changed over the years, but, how has cosplay changed you?
Personality-wise, I've become more open and social after starting to attend a weekly prop-making workshop, by hanging out with the rest of the students. At cons, knowing about costumes and prop crafting has been a great conversation starter with other cosplayers, too.
And learning about so many different tools, techniques, and materials has turned me into the neighborhood´s handyman, and seeing people relying on me has been a huge confidence boost.

Anonymous 2017-05-08 11:16:22 Post No.9468830
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I'm much more self conscious about my body and face and my self esteem dropped.

Anonymous 2017-05-08 11:55:19 Post No.9468902
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Anonymous 2017-05-08 11:55:19 Post No.9468902 [Report]

Cosplay turned into a creative outlet for me; it made me focus more on details and has definitely influenced my aesthetic tastes.
It also gave me a weird relationship with makeup for a while which I'm still kinda recovering from; I got into all this around the age where girls start becoming self-aware of their own looks, and the ideals I looked up to were either fictional or Asian, both of which to a 13 year old didn't look like they needed to wear makeup (even though now it's easier to tell they were). Made me self-conscious about my face/feel extra ugly as a teen.

Socially, I made a lot of the friends I have through cosplay, it's been the bulk of my social life desu. I'm normally very nervous about talking to people, but being in cosplay and having people approach me because of it has helped.
Conversely, I think it's also taught me not to trust people just because of a shared interest; there are some bad eggs in the community.
I'm also kind of a quality snob now. But that might have happened anyhow.

Anonymous 2017-05-09 12:15:39 Post No.9468932
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Anonymous 2017-05-09 12:15:39 Post No.9468932 [Report]

>>9468830
I'm a lolita not a cosplayer, but same

Anonymous 2017-05-09 12:20:48 Post No.9468940
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Anonymous 2017-05-09 12:20:48 Post No.9468940 [Report]

It's weird because I'm more confident but also more self-conscious? Like I feel more confident in cosplay than I did in the beginning but I'm a perfectionist so I stress waaay more now that I'm more into it

Anonymous 2017-05-09 12:44:32 Post No.9468981
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Anonymous 2017-05-09 12:44:32 Post No.9468981 [Report]

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Anonymous 2017-05-09 03:02:02 Post No.9469833
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Anonymous 2017-05-09 03:02:02 Post No.9469833 [Report]

Made me more anxious by adding new things to be anxious about

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