I just started two new threads. Please feel free to join in on the fun of both of them!

Cosplay: You're doing it right

Cosplay: You're doing it wrong

To which I can only figure that they call you "Jessie" at your venue..?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYkbTyHXwbs

I'd say "Thank God he's gone."

But, um . . . well, you know.

Sorry, I won't be much help since, to me, when it comes to cosplay, almost EVERYONE is doing it wrong.

I like Rahm so far. It's way early though.

Some people just don't get into it or like it. I have never dressed up myself and probably never will because of my body size/shape, but I appreciate the people who put a genuine effort into it.

Same here. I never saw myself as one of those folks who would dress up and act out at midnight showings of "Rocky Horror," but I always enjoyed -- with few exceptions -- the effort and enthusiasm of ones who did. I thought it enhanced my own experience.

This isn't the political forum so I'm just gonna shut up now.

It's not that I don't get into it or like it. I do.

I have a side business making appearances at parties and stuff as different characters.

But WON'T do Spidey unless I'm under 175 lbs.

Most of the fanboy/girl population isn't active enough to be wearing the costumes or they just don't fit the character that they are portraying.

So, for the most part, everyone's doing it wrong.

But I still love seeing it. And The Girl loves taking pictures of cosplay.

And we get to do a little MST on them between ourselves so it's all fun.

Gonna have to post some pictures of my long-conceived Gollum costume.

What you just said makes it sound as if one or both of these threads IS in your wheelhouse.

I was just warning you before I come in and start ripping people!

Feel free to post what you want. Just remember that not many people will EVER truly fit into a fictional body type. If you have any pictures to add, that would be even better.

My pics aren't from Cons.

Are they welcome?

That's generally my opinion as well. I used to wear an Obi-Wan Kenobi costume to Star Wars conventions when I was like thirteen, but since I grew out of that I got nothing. I do enjoy a Hallow'en probably more than the next guy, but I don't have the time or money to get really elaborate costumes. For the last three years I've just been wearing a rubber C-3P0 mask with something over that. Last year it was an eyepatch. The year before that it was an Alf mask.

This year I'd love to find a better costume, since a couple of my buddies really showed the rest of us up last year at the party when they showed up with pretty elaborate Top Gun costumes.

DO IT!