What You Should Never Say To A Cosplayer - Arisia 2020
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- čas přidán 19. 01. 2020
- Over five years ago, we did a video called "What You Should Never Say A Cosplayer." At Arisia 2020, we revisit the question to hear what has changed since then.
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NEVER compare cosplayers. Like “Oh I saw someone cosplaying the same thing! You look so much better.” It makes cosplayers very uncomfortable
NOTHING makes me feel more awkward than "Oh, I saw some other cosplayer cosplaying the same character as you, you look so much better" cuz if I say thanks I'll look like a jerk, if I say that my cosplay probably isn't better I'll look like I just want attention. Can't we all just be equal?
There's also no reason why people should feel the need to say "They look so much better than you" or even "I look so much better than you"
Yeah and you can't just thank them or you are gonna sound like you agree with them! That is very awkward
Ave Vee ya
I just gave you 666 likes I-
I heard a quote that said ' cosplay is like fan art, everyone has a different style.' And i think about that alot
I really have to screenshot this comment but I don’t have enough space,can you comment back?
@@froggy4443 cosplay is like fan art, everyone has a different style
That’s very true actually
So true!!
Some fanart is disgusting. Some people ship disgusting ships and lewd minors in fanart. Some cosplayers do it too. So yeah, it's true.
"You're too young to cosplay that character."
"You're a minor, that character is an adult."
"Ew, your outfit doesn't look right."
"Your face isn't round enough."
"You don't have enough of a jawline."
"That character already has too many cosplayers."
"Be original."
"Put more effort into your cosplay."
All of these things hurt like hell to here, especially when you've been cosplaying for a couple years and you're a minor with adults hating on you for absolutely no reason.
If I ever get that comment: my dad:WHAT DID YOU SAY
C1&2: only in cercern....if you are -13 and wearing some kind of lingerie/underwear costume
C3: They worked hard (took time getting in the costume.
C4&5: so you want the person too have plastic surgery 4 times a week for each costume?!
Last few: you had me at the "Be" let me break it down be is the third person view of am...am means existing, so thank you😊 and this cosplay is like a birthday because it belongs to you, everyone has one but it's original.
Ps, I've never cosplayed but everyone has my support.
When you cosplay a machamp:
I want to cosplay junko at a con but I’m too scared that people are gonna think I’m only cosplaying her because she’s popular even though I’ve liked danganronpa for almost a year.
@@bloodsunsubs Honestly, who cares what they think? We all have different experiences; including those who just observe.
I have one: “your voice doesn’t match the character”
Oop-
Imagine someone comes up to you and says : “your voice doesn’t match the character” and you are there like: “oh ok lemme change my voice really quick
Thats stupid I hate when people say stuff like that
@@becauseisaidso9942 yea, its easy for me to change my voice but I know it’s hard for some others
@@Hi-di9ox yea
Ah yes, lemme just do a vocal chord transplant right here and now.
I have a high pitched voice which does give me an advantage with most female anime characters but when i cosplay a guy like bakugou I sound like a loli in intense war gear
Edit: To me its hilarious but its sad when people are actually seriously telling someone that their voice dont match
Never tell a cosplayer that they can't cosplay due to their age/weight/size/gender/disability/race/etc. COSPLAY IS FOR EVERYONE! It doesn't matter if your different from someone else, EVERYONE IS UNIQUE!
race/skin color as well
fewhdsakj hewuaskd yesss! I saw someone cosplaying Angie from danganronpa and they were getting a lot of comments that they had the wrong skin colour and tbh it’s was quite upsetting :(
Thank you so much!!!🙌🙌🙌. I needed this comment because I want to play a male character (specifically Yuri plisetsky from Yuri on Ice 1. Because he is one of my favorite characters and 2. Because it's the easiest thing I can do with a VERY SMALL BUDGET for a first time cosplayer lol and I can just alternate a soft black leather jacket from a fashion store so yea.) and I am a bit darker than Yurio and I was scared someone was gonna same something. You're awesome thank you!!❤💜💙.
Yes! You can complain about those things to the directors and producers of how the characters are portrayed in movies or tv shows; but at conventions, anyone can do anything.
Still waiting to see the white jewish guy cosplay Black Panther.
People treated me like I was actually Himiko. It sucked.
Smh, shame on them. Hope you're ok, you probably had a nice cosplay btw!
@@eatcheese7007 Aww, yes, I did!
@COCONUT Johnny Joestar Exactly, it was horrible
What did they say?!?! I swear if they said anything mean to you then they would be insulting my favorite character and you!!
And if they did treat you badly then they shouldn’t be because Toga is actually a really good and cute character and I’m very obsessed over her! I bet you did an amazing job! I mean, if they treated ME like Toga, then I wouldn’t care I would actually be happy, but for that to happen to you and you saying it sucked I feel really bad for you! I wish they did it to me instead ;-;
Never ever EVER say, "I could do so much better."
Well then, do it.
Like the person who cosplayed RAYLA 🧝🏻♂️ and the horns were wrong💔
Rayla cosplay is always good
"good cosplay But the character isent black/white"
I would get that if my parents were not always around
I’ve had that happen so many times. It sucks
That’s so annoying like… do you expect them to do blackface or some shit??
@@x_kittrix exactly!!
Never tell a cosplayer something along the lines of
"But isn't that fandom dead?" Or "I thought that fandom died ages ago..."
I've seen so many cosplayers get told this and none of them were happy about it.
I agree my friend cosplayed as stocking anarchy 2yrs ago some jerk came up and told her the panty and stocking fandom is dead please do something up to date next time I wanted to choke him
@@The_Umbra_Witch oh my god I don't blame you, I would want to choke him too, so many fandoms are considered "dead" because they lost a few fans, but they still have thousands of people in the fandom. It doesn't make sense how so many people think if something isn't popular anymore you can't like it
Literally every time I Cosplay Frisk/Chara from Undertale-
There's a load of homestuck characters I'd love to cosplay but I'd be so scared to just because of the stigma around the homestuck fandom and the fact it's a "dead fandom" to a lot of people =_=
I cos played as Maya (from Ace Attorney) ones, and someone told me the same thing. It pissed me out ngl
Also this. Cosplayers, are NOT the charachters. Sure the charachter did something bad in the anime/manga/game etc. But the cosplayers didnt do that. The charachters did. The cosplayer liked the charachter and decided to dress up as them. STOP.
how can you not spell character
@RaqDoll TM but that was definitely not speed typing lmao
I found it funny.
"You cosplayed , you must look up girls skirts all the time"
@@guy229 This is not a spelling bee😂
I look like L from death note so I got his clothes and now I'm cosplaying him for the rest of my life
Respect
@@Farrtt fr
@@kaylaa7420 yes
Press f for respects
hey, it's been 4 months, did it go well?
this is from experience, at my first ever con, i was cosplaying starfire from teen titans, and my friend was cosplaying raven from teen titans, one person came up to us and was like, "your cosplays are nice, but your too YOUNG to cosplay"
we were NINE.
imagine telling a nine year old that they're too young to start doing cosplay.
I hate that guy.
That’s like telling sombody your to old to trick or treat
simply tell them they are too old to be at a con.
@@dadams106 oooooooooof
@@dadams106 *r o a s t e d*
It’s true though
My motto at cons is: all cosplay is good cosplay
This is a cheat code right here
Except the mha gay shippers that grab people
Lol.mp4 factsss
cheese toasties, yessir
tsumugi intensifies
“You are missing this thing”
“you should have this thing”
WE KNOW! If our cosplay is missing something, WE KNOW! We spent a lot of time and money on making this and if we are missing, say a sword, we know that!
No one is more aware of inaccuracies and mistakes in cosplay then the cosplayer wearing it.
Daughter of Poseidon preach
exactly, my friend was cosplaying nezuko and she didn't wear the mouthpiece thingy she wears in her mouth, she didn't want to because it wasn't comfortable since a band would be around her face and she just didn't want it in her mouth. Somebody pointed that out and she got mad, like my lord.
What if someone wanted help make your cosplay complete by adding the missing thing?
@@PerfectAlibi1 Lol if that ever happened I would never have to make a prop again.
yeah sometimes some cant just afford some TnT
"your the wrong age for that"
Me: yeah thanks for pointing out that Kiki from kikis delivery service is a child and I'm a child
"Oh sorry I didn't know you were Kiki"
That was the worst for me
Wait...What did they think you were?
@@arianabell9351 idk
Never come up to a cosplayer that’s wearing a gender bend cosplay and say (like to a deku for instance) “Deku is a boy not a girl” type of crap please😤
Yas but that's when they don't cosplay normally they make it the fem deku thingy it annoys me but ya shouldn't even talk to strangers lol-
EXACTLY I WAS WEARING A TODOROKI COSTUME (female) AND I GOT THAT LIKE BY SO MUCH (I cosplay in public to)
"Its not Halloween" ive been told this before
Don't ask for a hug and then break my ribcage. At my first convention ever, a girl asked for a hug, I agreed, and she then hugged me so tight I couldn't breathe and literally PICKED ME UP.
LOL
Bewear in real life.
Death by snu snu
So i've been cosplaying for quite some time now but I never went to a con.. I probably would want to hug or take a pic with every other cosplayer I see but i'm so scared of making a mistake and I don't want to ask someone for a hug and then the person says no (don't get me wrong it's of course ok if they say no but my sensitive ass would probably start crying and never speak to anyone at a convention again)
I can relate. One of the first times I wore my Santa Grinch outfit, a woman made a running leap into me. By some Matrix move miracle, I was able to stay on my feet.
Never fetishize them. That’s gross AND weird
Keep your kinks to yourself.
Especially when the cosplayer you're sexualizing is a minor. I've been through it and it made me feel horrible and I started having my body for attracting the wrong attention.
I’m young and I cosplay but I’m not fetishized cause I started that recently and quarinteen
@@acidicnebula3.011 Lucky. I started all of my major cosplays on quarantine and straight tiktok fetishized me (I am 13 years old.)
@@CaponeCos I don’t use tik tok for reasons mostly cause of cosplaying
1. Never tell them "you're not the right height/weight/color(skin tone) for the character"
2. Never say "I've seen better." Or "that's ugly/a bad cosplay"
3. "I hate that character!"
4. "Your makeup is wrong."
5. Touching them without permission
There's actually a lot more :^
When I saw the chiaki cosplayer I was just
“Thats amazing”
Me too 😔✋🏻✨
me
Same, they look so cool!
Same, anyone who cosplays her is top tier
She forgot monomi plushie tho so 9/10 😔
Don't treat cosplayers as if they are the actual character
Edit: okay as a cosplayer I'd like to change my statement a bit,, it's okay to treat the cosplayer as the character in a joking sense like " hey you're my first anime " or imitating their catchphrase. But please don't act very weird and say things like " I have a dakimakura of you at home " or something like that.
Exactly! Cons are like carnival not Disney World
i think you can as long as you're being nice, like i can go up to someone cosplaying naruto and be like 'omg, ur my favourite character. shadow clone jutsu!'
@@Ligrev001 well I mean depends
@@Ligrev001 as long as you don't be inappropriate then yes approach them, jotaro
@@sageivu I agree
NEVER. OR I MEAN NEVER. tell a cosplayer:
“The character is white not black”
LIKE- DUDE 🙄
edit: woah thanks for 500 likes
Usually they're not even white too😭😭
Amina A
FRRRR😭
Anime characters aren’t usually white anyway they’re most of the time JAPANESE
Well, do you have to be Asian to cosplay an anime, manga, or Japanese video game character? I don't think so.
@@aminaa9797 ikrrr especially when their anime characters
I remember I cosplayed as Toga at school, and I can’t tell you how many times I was called “Sailor Moon”
omg same LOL
i didnt wear a full toga cosplay, but i just wore the clothes and like literally everyone except my 3 close friends said "are you sailor moon?"
@@svdnxey SAME
sailor- WHAT LMGOUYIDARUITS
sailor moon heryuafigyiuweyfyerfqtuj how does a villain who uses a knife and a moon princess / queen look the same
I went as Luna from sailor moon and I got told I’m a black cat for Halloween it was summer and I had a bright yellow moon on my head
“Oh everyone cosplays THAT character!!” Seriously. Stop.
Never tell a cosplayer: "you are to young to cosplay", or, "you are to old to cosplay" like if you are 7-16 or 30-60 it doesn't matter you can cosplay anything you want
EXACTLY✨
its sad that they dont have sizes for people who are 8, 9, 10+
I cosplayed barats and I wont stop eating people :c
The older cosplayers are the best cosplayers cause I met an old lady cosplaying as Recovery Girl and she gave me a lolipop most amazing thing ever but that was a while ago way before Corona lol
YES. I HAVE A STORY ON THAT. I WAS FRICKIN NINE WITH NY BEST FRIEND AT A SMALL CON IN EDMONTON
I once cosplayed as star-lord and this 30 yr old man came up to me and said “didnt he die in infinity war”
*I was 12.*
Why are we still here. Just to suffer.
Omg im sorry that happend to you!
@•Eri Chan• SHshHShshsHShshshSHshHHGSHshHShshSHhshHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH ill bring you to a water park next week if u dont say anything
@•Eri Chan• Oh no
@•Eri Chan• pray for me my bank account gonna be SLIPPPIN
“How much did your cosplay cost?”
Too much, too much
Edit: also just because i cosplay toga doesn’t mean I’m evil and kill people
Agreed. I mean, if I cosplay as the Indoraptor, does that mean I eat people?
DO YOU WANNA HIDE A BODYYYYY
I cosplayed nezuku once and a random dude not even in cosplay just jumped on my and chased me yelling "Nezuko-chann~" honestly it was really fun and funny but some people would not like that :)
The meme just came to my head😭✋🏾
Nezuku is Nezuko and maybe that random dude might be Zenitsu O_O
i'd find it funny if he was in zenitsu cosplay but just a person not in cosplay would make me feel kinda uncomfy
That guy must be zenitsu
WAIT HIS YT IS CALLED WHOLEWHEATPETE
Someone once complained that I had braces and the character I was cosplaying didn’t have braces.
Oh sorry let me rip the metal glued to my teeth out.
Well technically the orthodontist uses pliers
@@devss4982 xD
I don’t cosplay coz I have glasses and I’m worried about what people will think
@@nothankyou7301 try to cosplay a girl from dangaronpa named toko! (Idk her last part of her name)
@@nothankyou7301 or genocide jack!
Everyone say it with me now:
*COSPLAY IS NOT CONSENT*
Also never tell a cosplayer or ask if they have fetishes or kinks just because they dress up. Particularly the cosplayers who genuinely enjoy cosplaying the sexier characters. It just makes us feel super uncomfortable
I'm kinda confused. Why cosplay a lewd character and not expect to get sexualized?
Follow up question:
Who is coming up to like some chick dressed up as Edward Elric and asking what their kinks are? Like what?
Martim Neto
because people who do more sexual cosplays are still human, they might mine comfortable with cosplaying sexy characters but i’m sure anyone would be uncomfortable if you asked them their kinks for no reason other then their cosplay. it also makes someone not want to do that kind of thing again to avoid being asked that
Martim Neto just because you cosplay a lewd (in nature or in appearance) character does not mean that you should expect to get sexualised, and it does not justify any actions or words from people who see you in that cosplay. Some people cosplay lewd or sexual characters but enjoy them outside of their lewdness, and people shouldn’t comment on their body, flirt with them or touch them without asking or at least saying hello (for flirting).
@@martimneto5046 this is a perfect example of the fact that we should be teaching the next generation to not harrass, not GET harrassed.
The worst thing to say to a cosplayer:
*wait... what are you?*
Or another thing it’s not really a word but.....
*the stare*
I hate that
I dont think its wrong to ask who youre cosplaying as- mainly because if the person feels the need to ask, then the cosplay most likely isn’t obvious. Then maybe if that person who asked then knew the character, they would notice the similarities :/
OH MY GOD I LOVE THAT PERSON WHO'S COSPLAYING HADES
I was cosplaying as Chat Noir from Miraculous Ladybug once and someone told me my bell was the wrong shade of gold. It didn't really bother me but it's still annoying if something isn't accurate don't point it out
Aerith AMV the wrong shade of gold?? That’s just too much. Jeez.
@@avevee9708 I was like boi really 🤣
I cosplayed a female Chat Noir...some people recognized the character, while people assumed I was cosplaying Catwoman. Understandable, but so frustrating. Luckily, nobody berated me for having a bow in place of a bell or other things that I either left at home or didn't have time to make.
@@glam4663 I've been called cat woman a few times myself X3 also I cosplay as a character from a really old anime called Tokyo Mew Mew and everybody is always like "U cute but idk who u are" lol so I feel ya
Aerith Anime, the wrong shade of gold? The wrong shade of gold?!
THE. WRONG. SHADE. OF. GOLD?!
Who focuses that much on a character?!?
One time my friend was cosplaying Chihiro from Danganronpa and she was younger age and black and someone told her-
“You cant cosplay them you’re black and you are too young to cosplay!”
And i was next to my friend in my Monokuma cosplay and i said-
“Its punishment timee”!
That person was being racist anyways. Seriously, does that mean ALL female black cosplayers can only cosplay as Tiana from The Princess and the Frog or Princess Allura from Voltron: Legendary Defender? And by that stupid logic, male black can only cosplay as Black Panther, Luke Cage, or Steve Urkel.
LMAO but that's horrible!
ok but did u actually do anything to fix the situation instead of being cringe? please say yes or that would have just been pathetic for both sides, one being toxic, the other being plain cringe, at least stand up to them or something
That’s beautiful
@@nicholaslienandjaja1815 I’ve known white people cosplaying allura, that shouldn’t stop all the white Allura cosplayers from cosplaying her
people probably have said this already but like can we talk about the fact that everyone's cosplay here were bomb, like they were so good!
I'm the pirate girl at 0:28, thank you!
0:51 this is so true, i also cosplay‘ed sakura and some weebs called me useless for cosplaying her 👩🏼🦯
Ohh
omg i would have jumped them
just because someone is cosplaying as a black character and doesnt have the correct skintone doesnt necessarily mean they are whitewashing the character and/or racist.
THIS
YUP
Agreed. I mean, do you HAVE to be Asian to cosplay an anime or manga character?
Thank you so much! I love Storm from X-men, but I'm really pale (obviously not my fault). I cosplayed as her at a convention once and I got so many negative "whitewashing" comments made to me that I actually cried and my boyfriend at the time took me home early. It sucked.
@@thealmightybipper3381 aw im so sorry that happened! if that ever happens again, dont listen to them. they probably only care if their costumes looks good, and arent actually going just to enjoy it.
I have one thing like this too.
Never say "You're too short/tall".
Never.
I was with my friend, who was cosplaying and some people just told her she's too short and said that her cosplay is really bad and it looks like she spent 15 minutes on making it. She was crying after that, because words they used weren't... Really nice.
Omg nooooo D:
your friend needs a hug rn
That's so sad! :(
Ngl she kinda short
I'm perfect as yui hirasawa. In the k-on anime when yui was 19 she was 156 cm. I'm 19 and I'm 180 cm. People called me "yOu aRe tOoo tAll fOr hEr
.o. oh no! That's so mEan.
(I know this happened like a looong time ago lol): but I hope ur friends ok.
The cosplay fandom is so sweet and understanding, my mom body shames me and I'm insecure of my skin tone. The cosplay fandom is making me feel better
Oh my goodness I'm so sorry to hear that :( I'm glad you found a community that makes you feel comfortable with your body, you are fearfully and wonderfully made!
@@thatonechristianweeb4050 awhh thank you
@@sensitive-mushroom3864 Of course
Everyone in this video looked so good, I wish I could get into it more. - Totally not Nagito.
You can. It's fun to get creative.
Wait- Moodie is dat chu?
I hate when people say "That looks so cheap"
I bought $102 cosplay and i can't wait for it and i have had it happen to me before.....
Is that expensive or cheap I don't know
Im 13, I can't afford expensive cosplays so I bought a premade costume and someone said this to me. It hurts.
I think 102 is a scam... I mean it depends on what comes with it
j
Any thing over 50 is expensive
Red is cleared
"you're cosplaying a boy? but you're a girl" BRUH I KNOW LET ME LIVE, I get that so much on tiktok lol
May i ask your user for resaerch purposes
may i also ask for your user for research purposes?
May i also also ask you user for research purposes?
same i-
ikr, i’m scared for that to happen to me because i am planning to cosplay iguro from demon slayer as he’s a boy but i am a female✨ but idc he looks cool😃😃
Things to never tell a cosplayer! (Btw I have had almost all of these said to me)
1. "Um that character is white and your black"
First of all that's a bit racist. And second of all you cant compare a fictional character to a real life human. It doesn't matter there skin color!
2. "You shouldn't cosplay that person. Your body doesn't fit the character"
Oh sorry let me just rip some fat off of me! No it doesn't work like that. Your perfect the way you are! Its your choice to lose weight. Just as long as your having fun!
3. "Omg your cosplay is great but..."
You shouldn't say but just say "Omg your cosplay is great!
For number three, the end of "but" maybe just "...can I please take a picture of you?" or "...can I please hug you?" so number three depends on which situation you're in :>
That is true
I have braces, and I am planning on cosplaying Kaedehara Kazuha.
Yeah hearing that feels- ; v ;
1. Never tell a cosplayer something along the lines of, "What character is that?" on purpose. if you don't know the character, ask politely or just don't ask :)
2. Don't touch cosplayers cosplay and props, they worked on something with all their effort, it could be fragile!
3. Don't tell a cosplayer that their body doesn't fit, their skin-tone doesn't match, don't sexualize a cosplay unless it's meant to be and the cosplayer is okay with it.
4. Don't bring a cosplayer down in general like that their cosplay is badly made, or the character is not on point, they worked on it with all their effort and that's what matters!
(some of my points, some already have been mentioned in the video :D)
@acidic oreo no i mean dont ask on purpose to make the cosplayer feel like crap.. if you were to cosplay say an anime character and i came up to you saying "oH WhaTs ThAt CosPlaY?" when i clearly know what it is, then thats what i mean, i thought this wouldn't be so good to put since it can be confusing
One time I was dressed as hermione from Harry Potter and somebody freakin broke my wand
@@acidicnebula3.011 Why??
@@kchristine8811 idk
Never tell a cosplayer "There is someone who looks better than you" happened to me when I was cosplaying alastor(hazbin Hotel) yeah that hurt
Edit: Lil update so I'm not wearing that cosplay anymore cuz another person said the same thing lmao
And thanks for all the kind comments ^^
Oh no! That really sucks that happened. I'm sure you looked fantastic!
Happened to me too except it was by a friend :(
At least that won't happen to me, since no one cosplays my favorite characters :(
Omg I LOVE alastor he is my favorite character from hazbin hotel! I’m sure you looked great!
Well it depends If you were smiling or not because you are never dressed without one
“Your not a real cosplayer cuz you bought your outfit and not made it.” It’s always anoying when your new to cosplay and don’t have the skills, time or money to make a full cosplay on your own. No matter if you bought or made your cosplay it’s still creative, takes a lot of work and money. Your no less if a cosplayer if you buy cosplay and not make it.
Never understood why people say that, and by that logic to be a realy cosplayer you'de have to make your own wig (some people do but a lot don't), lashes ect.. so this is just dumb, it's not life or death matter if you bought or made your cosplay! Just have fun
The zero two, hawks, and dabi cosplays were AMAZIIINGGGG
I agree, They’re practically professionals!
The point of cosplaying is to dress up as that character not to look exactly like them the fun in cosplaying is the dressing up not having to get every detail correctly
Never walk up to a todoroki cosplayer and start singing “somebody once told me it’s your power todoroki” and all that
Atleast not without consent
id love that to happen to me tho LMFAOO
My friend wouldn’t care, he would asked to do a vid with the sound on tiktok
I do it to my friend all the time and He is totally fine with it until I bring out the tea kettle thats inside my backpack and thats when he really gets scared
Edit: Victory is mine
I cosplay as mha a lot and I'd die of laughter if someone ran up to me and started saying that, as long as no one touches me I'm fine with them running up to me and singing or talking-
I love talking to others in cosplays though
Someone I know was cosplaying as mineta and they where being really rude and threw cherry red juice on their shirt mind you MINETA WEARS A WHITE SHIRT in his uniform and I made the cosplay for my friend I had to go to the store buy a whole new shirt and re-embroider all that shit and I was so mad and my friend was Humiliated
i personally like the idea that you shouldn’t shame someone for buying their cosplay instead of making it. not everyone has the skillset to make a cosplay, or the time to spend on them.
i personally like to buy cosplay pieces, or commission someone to make full outfits. it’s much easier.
As someone who buys/pieces my cosplays together, I 100% agree with this. Like you said sometimes some one may not have the skill set or time to make a costume and quite frankly sometimes their interest lies a lot more in the wearing the costume/having fun aspect of the hobby than in the crafting aspect, and they shouldn't be made to feel ashamed or any less of a cosplayer because of it. I plan to learn to sew soon and have some ideas for a few cosplays/portions of cosplay to make, but I'm also not going to stop buying my cosplays either.
And even when you buy you still usually have to adjust it or add a few things to make it look a little better. I usually do a cost analysis when I get to building a cosplay. How much $ to buy, what is the quality, can I buy it and how badly do I want to dress as this character. For example when I went as the Winter Soldier the costume could be bought but it was either really cheap looking or very expensive. But I was dead set on being the Winter Soldier. So I made the "metal" arm and bought/thrifted the rest. Blood, sweat and tears went into that arm but it came out awesome. The rest of the costume is pretty meh but the arm is the important part.
Would it be rude to ask a cosplayer whether they bought it or made it? Like i don’t wanna come off as rude or anything
RiceCakeDeer thanks!
i like to make aspects of mine, but i FULLY AGREE. it’s very rude to say anything like that.
That Chiaki Nanami cosplayer portrayed her so well, I loved it.
Never treat a cosplayer like they’re not human. They’re just human, like you. They have feelings. And they also like something that you’re missing out on! >:3
Mine is "You're to young to cosplay like I have a Eri cosplay and i can't wait to cosplay her at a convention
I wanna cosplay either Aizawa/Present mic so i am saving up for a good costume!
Could you recommend a good place to buy cosplay stuff, and a place to buy contacts?
Aliexpress is the only good place I found TwT
Also, I'm going to be a young cosplayer, so if you ever need a friend, I'm here ^^
I'm sure you'll look great, and I hope you enjoy the convention.
Stay safe, since there's some creeps at cons sometimes. Go to security if you feel uncomfortable, or if something happens. ^^
Yeah I also can't wait I'm cosplaying as tsuyu but I'm the only one between my friends who will be cosplaying o boii I'm scared that I will be left out but wish me luck😂😥
I’m saving all my money to cosplay Lotte from little witch academia! But I do have a Patton (Sander sides) cosplay. and your right!
I wanna cosplay as Todoroki or Dabi so bad but I haven't told my parents I want to cosplay or that I like anime...
Never tell a cosplayer “you don’t have the right skin color for that” trust me I’ve been told that many times
Mhm! But on a side note, your name and pfp
Same homie. I did a black character once and got a ton of, "But you're so white!" Like yeah, I know I'm pale as heck. Not that I can really do anything about it!
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u guys just appropriating culture
@@dustinchen if you love a character then cosplaying them doesn't count as appropriation and you can go ahead and do it no matter your or your character's race
"I think this other character would fit you better." Also shouting "oppai" at a cosplayer from across the hall is not cool.
I was cosplaying bakugo from bnha once and some deku cosplayer came up to me and started saying things like, “Oh kacchan, I didn’t know you’d be here,”, and many other things. They kept on “rping” with me, I was getting uncomfortable and I just straight up said, “ could you stop?” And they got angry, bein’ all like “but you’re my kacchan, I love you Kacchan” blah blah blah-, I’ve been scared to cosplay bakugo ever since, I now stay a my oc and don’t get harassed as much.
Those people should ask first, I don’t know why people forget what the word ASK or the word CONSENT means, we learn it at like, the first to third year of school! Although people don’t learn anything important about consent anywhere until they’re like, 14 to 15 round here
dont say anything about age, like dont be like "oh, ur only 14, u r soooooo toxic" like, not everyone is toxic justbc theyre young. and dont say they csnt cosplay from an 18+ thing like PASWG
yeah unless its like a porn game or something completely nsfw
@@madi6704 yeah
I started cosplaying when I was 9
@@ritsukukukuikuiristu7472 oo coollll
@@madison4925 OH GOD OH F
in my defense though i didnt play the game i just watched the anime ;_;
One thing I get a lot is when they said "you can't be this character because they are a boy and your your a girl." Like dude, let me be the relatable and lovable Aizawa I love
Another Aizawa lover, yasss
Yep I cosplayed as him once at a con and someone said "but I thought aizawa was a guy?"
@@holup6519 so cool!
Edit-tye cosplay not the person who asked that question lol
I wanna be shoto but I’m a gril
@@acidicnebula3.011 I READ THAT AGAIN AND NOW I CANT STOP LAUGHING-
I dont know if that was on purpose but thats so funny-
Whenever most of the cosplayers said "weight or height shouldnt matter, be yourself." THAT MADE MY DAY BECAUSE I AM SO INSECURE 🥺
Best thing about being non-binary - I can cosplay anyone I want and no one can judge me for playing someone of a different gender
Yea!
I agreeee
That's also a good part about crossplay.
samee
Same lmao.
also, never tell a cosplayer:
“your to young to cosplay”
Same
or old, i mean look at Adam Savage, my dude still popping off with amazing cosplay all the time
im 11, and cosplay with my friend as tanjiro. (She's nezuko)
@@charles-gn4fg YASSS DEMON SLAYER :D
@@kchristine8811 :)
Never ask a cosplayer: Like “Oh ThAt ChArAcToR iS tHiS gEnDeR”
nah, it's fine, the person is just saying a fact that you can't deny.
@@----S. excuse me what. Sure it's a fact, but because you're a diffrent gender from the character you're cosplaying, DOESN'T mean you can't cosplay them. That's just rude.
@@hunnilemon7259 I think you didn't understand, what I said is that I don't have a problem if the person says that a character has a certain gender, even because sometimes when they make cosplay costumes with different genres from the originals they can be different or unrecognizable, so it is necessary knowing how to maintain the essence while adding your personal touch to the cosplay without sexualizing the personality (something that happens in both male and female cosplays). That is, there is no problem if someone says that a character has a certain gender, the only problem would be if the person said that you cannot cosplay a certain character just because he is of that gender, do you understand now?
@@----S. Ah. I see. My apologies. I still don't think it's a good idea they say they're a certain gender outloud though;; the cosplayer might get the wrong idea and get upset
Chihiro cosplayers are typing...
im short as hell but i still wanna be bertholdt hoover he's the best
JUST DO IT. UWU
I really appreciate how much they said about body type. That’s definitely something that is keeping me from starting cosplay. I’m not the skinniest person and I’m very self conscious about it. I’m very glad to hear other people encouraging people to do what they enjoy despite their body type. It makes me happy that people respect others and support them.
SO NEVER EVER EVER TELL A COSPLAYER “the character your cosplaying is a different skin colour” it hurts peoples feelings so much cause what if that character they are cosplaying is their favourite character and they want to cosplay it
That or the character means a lot to them.
Fr! I cosplayed Angie yonaga from Danganronpa and she has brown skin. It was really annoying when people told me I couldn’t cosplay her for that reason.
@Kasane Teto Hope they got to cosplay him!
@@autisticlettuce If they have a problem with you doing it, then there is a ton of Angie cosplayers they'll have beef with. BTW, I hope you had fun!
@@autisticlettuce yooo can I see where do u post?
Never tell them “I’ve seen better”
i recognized the voice of one of these people cosplaying.
Does someone i know cosplay and hasn't told anyone-
ah, thank you for taking time to do this! i'm a very new (as in still making the cosplay) cosplayer, and i'm super nervous about my first convention in cosplay. This really helped with the nerves i think :] like hope that people will realize this and then not make mean comments
All I have to say, That Dabi and Hawks cosplay was amazing 👀👌
Hay bakugo!
Yeah.
I agree.
Ya! When I saw them I'm like .o. "yay mha cosplays in heree"
Yess
The zero two was really relatable. As someone that also cosplays Sakura Haruno, I CONSTANTLY get the "useless" comments at conventions. Sometimes followed by a "but you're cute" as if that makes it any better. It's not that I'm offended by it because I know that not everyone likes the same characters, but it feels like they pay more attention to how much they hate the character than the effort I put into making the costume. Not to mention, It gets annoying after I hear it 5 times. It's like they think their joke is original.
Yeah I mean they need to understand that you are not the actual character. It's a costume. I know shocking. If anything they should just be telling you, that you got a case of trash taste.
@@comleytea9271 her character is the least plot relevant one of the 3 main characters
fr tho I'm gonna be Sakura for Halloween and I love her sm
I respect cosplayers and how they took so much time preparing the cosplays/outfits. I do agree, for example I don't like, never liked and I will not like Zero Two. But I wouldnt even say that they're dumb or useless.
@@comleytea9271 Well she mostly gets hate because she is 1 of me mc but she is not as powerful as the other 2. She also gets hate cause she is flat :(
Never say oh i hate that character, you never know it could be their comfort character and they could feel really hurt
I love you cosplayers you all are beautiful in your own ways.❤️ The positives, you bring to us is so much to us. Can't wait to be at anime expo 2021.
I have 2
1: Don't tell us are cosplay is too common and put as down for it, I cosplay Deku and over time it has become a comfort cosplay because its easy and cute, I went to one con wearing it and I haven't sense because people wouldn't leave me alone about it.
2.Don't tell us about not liking who we are cosplaying, I don't mind when someone just says 'oh i'm not a fan of *who im cosplaying*' but when you start saying you hate me and that i'm a bad character, that hurts because it feels like your directing your hate towards me
Exactly! Just because YOU dont like (show, character,etc) doesnt mean I dont like!!!
The #1 answer is- "Don't shame us for who we are"! Couldn't agree more!
I'm a guy and I like Cosplaying as Anime girls. I know that I'm not the best or perfect at Cosplaying as them but who cares? I'm not in it to please anyone. I'm in it to have fun and show my love for the characters I like and fandoms I respect and love. Please don't ruin it for everyone else as well.
Good job!
That's really cool that you don't care about other people opinions, keep it up!
I also cosplay almost (only?) female characters, but I also don't care. I do that for me, not for other people and if they get offended in any ways the problem comes from them
Im really young for a cosplayer (13) and in april im going to make my first cosplay (bakubro) and bc if that its not going to be perfect, and my worst fear is that someone will come up to me and say i shouldnt cosplay yet so-
@@tobias5373 Well, again you have nothing to fear (for the same reason), you do that for you and if people are discontent with that, THEY have a problem
@@tobias5373 I'm 11 and I'm gonna cosplay soon so I'm pure panic
whoa that general kenobi cosplay looked so cool!
well tbf they all look awesome :P
All their cosplays were amazing! When I cosplay, I cant wait to meet people like them 🥺🥺
I’m tired of being called “too tall” for characters. I like cosplaying short people but I’m really tall and I get confronted at cons for it
I like an array of characters of varying heights.
That’s one of the things I’m nervous about if I go into cosplays
I'm considered young and taller then alot of adults i know
Story time this at Arisia It was my first time cosplaying and I was cosplaying as Todoroki and this girl cosplaying as Deku and started absolutely squeezing the living daylights out of me and she didn’t even ask but it didn’t bother me to much but still like I would have preferred for her to have asked first because I definitely would have said yes.
The Dramatic Drama Kid 😂 aw lol
Oof
That's cute, but they definitely should've asked first
That’s cute but yeah she should’ve asked to hug you. She was probably just a fan girl of Todoroki! But that’s so cute!
How old was she?
3:38 How is she seeing through that? Thats awesome.
I love your profile so much lol
Kenshin is my man
Anyone else wanna go to a cosplay convention?
Please, just PLEASE, stop saying to me that I am too little to do a cosplay. I have 13 years old and I am a cosplayer, is that a problem for you? Then just go away and don't watch me.
Well do you mean people tell you your to young to do a certain cosplay? Because I dont think a 13 year old should cosplay a lewd character
Well if you are cosplaying a sexual and wearing something very revealing it makes sense. There are preverts out there.
But if you are not, then there definitely isn't a problem
you have 13 years old?
Ah yes
"I have 13 year old"
Martim Neto Obv i cosplay rude characters or age inappropriate
Never tell a cosplayer something along the lines of "Your cosplay is so good, but mine is horrible. Yours is way better than mine."
I can not agree more. Saying someone’s cosplay is good but then saying your own is horrible is basically fishing for compliments and trying to make the other cosplayer feel sad or pity you. It’s the same things as saying “Wow, your art is so good! I can’t even draw a stick man.” Things just get awkward if you say that
You guys (the writer of this comment and the repliers) could not have explained it better. I get so sick of hearing self-depreciating statements because it’s basically just guilt-tripping. Whether the guilt-tripping is intentional or not, it plain hurts to hear something like the example statements you guys gave.
I’m sorry if this was a little long for you to read.
@@MeanBean-eu8wi I actually said the second one. The one where you said “Your art is really good but I can only draw a stickman” I was complimenting someone pfp and they said they drew it themselves and I said that they’re art was so good but that I wished I could draw and it was true! But I wasn’t fishing for compliments. I was actually just hoping they would give me some tips and also that I could compliment someone for once in my life. I’m sorry.
@@fourchan5689 even if you try to say it as a compliment, it still gets really awkward. Especially publicly online since almost nobody knows you. Just try to avoid saying that and just ask if they can give some tips for art or something idk. I think the second replied said what I was trying to mean here really well.
Yeah we are kinda forced to say “that’s actually good!” Or “no, I like it!” It just gets awkward lol.p
Me watching this video because I want to stop being a hermit and go to a con after quarantine:
tbh i dont know any of these people they're cosplaying but they all look so good
Never tell a cosplayer overtly sexual things. I cosplay as Marvel and DC characters and I hate when people make inappropriate sexual comments to me. Cosplay is not consent!
@Pennywise Lol this awkward so imma just go
@Pennywise Lol nevermind
@Pennywise Imma gonna stay here just in case it gets juicy. Gotta get that tea 🍵
@Pennywise Lol can I have some of that? I haven’t eaten all day lol
"You should have cosplayed [other character from the fandom] instead"
I've seen a lot of Black/dark skin cosplayers get this and it's so rude
These are fictional characters. It doesn't matter.
Who cares if something is accurate or not
By that flawed logic, you have to be Asian to cosplay a character from a manga or an anime. And by that flawed logic as well, black people can only cosplay as Steve Urkel, Black Panther, Tiana from The Princess and the Frog, and Princess Allura from Voltron: Legendary Defender.
Yeah I’ve had that experience before I’m not black but some has said that to me. I was at a party that one of my friends made (she wanted to have an anime character cosplay party) and she invited people some I did know some I didn’t. So, I cosplayed as Deidara from Naruto (I love him so much) and someone I didn’t know came up to me and said “you should’ve been Itachi or even Sasori because nobody will know who you are” and I wanted to pop off so badly.
i loved the dabi and hawks cosplay
I’ve only recently started and haven’t gone to a con get due to COVID reasons but just from the comments on the video it makes me not want to go.
Never ask a cosplayer why they didn’t try something more complicated.
I've had a friend tell me that she hated my character that I was cosplaying and then proceeded to go off on every reason why she hated him. It broke my heart and I nearly got rid of the cosplay but three of my other friends helped me feel better and my love for the character remains. So yeah, definitely don't tell a cosplayer that you hate their character or shout mean things at them. We're obviously cosplaying that character for a reason and just because you may feel differently than we do about a character doesn't mean that we should have mean things said to us about our character.
Who was it
@@kamryngordon6249 Shirasu from Donten ni Warau.
Are you still friends with her/him
I wanna get into cosplay but I always worry about my height (I am petite), my voice (I have a young sounding voice and can’t do a deeper voice to save my life), and the fact the chars I wanna cosplay are males while I’m a female. So this video was a lil bit encouraging.
I was cosplaying Natsuki from ddlc and i was told.
" you realise that Natsuki has a FLAT chest right?"
🤦♀️
i 💃🏼
Like wtf do they expect you to get surgery and remove your chest so you can cosplay a character for a couple hours
I love that no one said "Your to young to be a cosplayer"
Young Midoriya you're too young to cosplay
@@nahileamemes1543 0-0
Im scared of cosplaying bc of this
oop
I wanna cosplay
Ooooo! I thought of another one: "Didn't you wear that at the con LAST year?"
I feel like the best response to this : "damn didn't you have the same ugly ass face last year?"
Out of all the things it’s the quizzing the person and testing them if they know everything about the character
Never say nobody knows who they are, instead ask politely, even compliment them.
*"Hey, I really love your cosplay, it looks really great! Who is this supposed to be?"*
2:45 I FOUND A CHIAKI, I AM HAPPY
Same! I wanna cosplay chiaki but I'm not white im a dark brown and I gives me h o p e that someone would encourage others to cosplay
@@nagit0sreallycute195 remember, skin color, body shape, gender, ect has nothing to do with cosplay as long as you enjoy it and have fun! Who cares what others think as long as you're having fun! So go ahead and cosplay chiaki! I bet it will look amazing ^^
@@shuichi_cxreanimated2159 And as long as you're not coloring your skin to look white, it should be fine.
HEATHER CHIAKI
@@nagit0sreallycute195 I’m also non-white and went and cosplayed Chiaki Anyways. I honestly wish I saw more black cosplayers because I also felt that I shouldn’t because Chiaki isn’t black... I’m glad I went ahead because h o p e Just go for it!:D
I was cosplaying Deku. I’m a woman. I just have the right body for him (in my opinion) someone noticed I was a woman. And they just started saying stuff like “You’re not the right gender”. “Why are you cosplaying a guy?”.
And you know what? I met up with some of the greatest friend that day and I made so many that I’m still in touch with, that we did the whole 1-A and we had woman that were cosplaying guys and some guys decided to be some woman from the class. We got stares and we still cosplay like them a lot of times.
I'm 30 now and have been in the cosplay community for a while. I recall crossplay being pretty much accepted like even in 2013 and most people I saw that dressed up as the boys were girls. For example, most Judar (Magi) cosplayers I saw were girls. Why the sudden change in attitude. Wtf?
Most people who cosplay as Deku are woman!
THAT IS SO SWEET
My friend is a girl and she cosplays midoriya, a lot of cosplayers that cosplay Bakugo, Midoriya, Todoroki r women, in my opinion
u ship izuocha? i don't but im just guessing lol i don't hate on ships
When they interviewed the Dabi cosplayer, my reaction was literally "THAT'S NOT THE KIND OF VOICE THAT I EXPECTED". What I mean is, the cosplay is great and I thought the cosplayer was a guy xd
I like it when people can cosplay as different characters, even if I don't know them, the fact that they took the time to prepare the outfit, like any necessary wigs or accessories I think are pretty good. The closest I did for cosplay, Ben Kenobi for Halloween last month but I used a red lightsaber so I could store it on my belt.
And I wouldn't ever point out someone's flaws with a cosplay outfit especially for the look, considering the fact that I also would be self-conscious about that myself.