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Dear Cosplay,
How could you?
How could you do this to me? How could you do this to my LIFE?
Because of you, the other kids in my class teased me and called me a geek.
Because of you, I felt isolated and depressed.
Because of you, my parents give me weird looks when they catch me dancing around my room in my costume...
Because of you, I felt embarrassed.
Why, cosplay, why?
Because of you, I waste hours standing in line to get into conventions. HOURS.
Because of you, the people I don't even know behind me in line start talking to me…
Complete STRANGERS talk to me and smile and take my picture and compliment me!
Cosplay, just what do you think you're doing to me?
Because of you, I'm always broke from buying anime and manga and merchandise and sewing supplies and craft supplies and bento box stuff—
It's all YOUR fault that I'm so addicted!
Because of you I have WAY too many other interests!
I never have a moment to rest! I never have a moment when I don't have something to do!
Cosplay, why do you feel the need to spread so far into my life?
You even got my best friend addicted!
Do you KNOW how much time you consume? Do you KNOW all the HOURS the two of us have spent working on our costumes? At conventions together?
It's all YOUR fault we spend so much time together doing all this stuff!
And then you had to go and crush my hopes when my new school didn't have an anime club. You just HAD to disappoint me, didn't you?
And then you MADE me want to start one!
How could you? Isn't it enough for you?
By the time you sucked me in THIS far, it wasn't just my best friend anymore!
Oh no, you had to go and have me meet half a dozen other friends, and then DRAG THEM IN WITH ME!
Because of you now I have to be RESPONSIBLE for stuff. I have to run cosplay contests and organize workshops! People are DEPENDING ON ME NOW.
It's your fault I spend time after school in the art room with twenty other people listening to Asian pop music and doing stuff we all enjoy…
It's YOUR fault these people accept me!
It's YOUR fault that I'm club president!
It's YOUR fault my dad has to pick me up late some days.
It's YOUR fault my mom started teaching me how to sew!
It's YOUR fault that I've seen just how supportive my parents truly are…
It's… it's your fault that my life is the way it is…
That I've found so many other interests and passions…
That I've found so many friends…
That I've found… confidence… and a place where I'm truly happy, and can be myself.
And…
Because of you, I learned that maybe, being a geek isn't so bad.
…
In fact, because of you, I'm proud of who I am.
In fact, I'm proud I'm an otaku, a geek… a cosplayer.
…
…thanks, cosplay.
How could you?
How could you do this to me? How could you do this to my LIFE?
Because of you, the other kids in my class teased me and called me a geek.
Because of you, I felt isolated and depressed.
Because of you, my parents give me weird looks when they catch me dancing around my room in my costume...
Because of you, I felt embarrassed.
Why, cosplay, why?
Because of you, I waste hours standing in line to get into conventions. HOURS.
Because of you, the people I don't even know behind me in line start talking to me…
Complete STRANGERS talk to me and smile and take my picture and compliment me!
Cosplay, just what do you think you're doing to me?
Because of you, I'm always broke from buying anime and manga and merchandise and sewing supplies and craft supplies and bento box stuff—
It's all YOUR fault that I'm so addicted!
Because of you I have WAY too many other interests!
I never have a moment to rest! I never have a moment when I don't have something to do!
Cosplay, why do you feel the need to spread so far into my life?
You even got my best friend addicted!
Do you KNOW how much time you consume? Do you KNOW all the HOURS the two of us have spent working on our costumes? At conventions together?
It's all YOUR fault we spend so much time together doing all this stuff!
And then you had to go and crush my hopes when my new school didn't have an anime club. You just HAD to disappoint me, didn't you?
And then you MADE me want to start one!
How could you? Isn't it enough for you?
By the time you sucked me in THIS far, it wasn't just my best friend anymore!
Oh no, you had to go and have me meet half a dozen other friends, and then DRAG THEM IN WITH ME!
Because of you now I have to be RESPONSIBLE for stuff. I have to run cosplay contests and organize workshops! People are DEPENDING ON ME NOW.
It's your fault I spend time after school in the art room with twenty other people listening to Asian pop music and doing stuff we all enjoy…
It's YOUR fault these people accept me!
It's YOUR fault that I'm club president!
It's YOUR fault my dad has to pick me up late some days.
It's YOUR fault my mom started teaching me how to sew!
It's YOUR fault that I've seen just how supportive my parents truly are…
It's… it's your fault that my life is the way it is…
That I've found so many other interests and passions…
That I've found so many friends…
That I've found… confidence… and a place where I'm truly happy, and can be myself.
And…
Because of you, I learned that maybe, being a geek isn't so bad.
…
In fact, because of you, I'm proud of who I am.
In fact, I'm proud I'm an otaku, a geek… a cosplayer.
…
…thanks, cosplay.
And that's not even half of it! >_< Cosplay also makes me feel like I'm part of a community and helps to improve my creativity and show appreciation for characters I love! D< Gawd, it never leaves me alone!
...
Okay, so this is a submission for the
thanksgiving contest. 
Cosplay has really affected my life for the better. A lot of just the anime/manga/convention community in general has helped me to expand my interests and feel more secure about myself, but I think it's mostly because I became a cosplayer that I got so involved.
Pretty much everything I wrote about is true fax. When I first started cosplaying in 6th grade (my parents got me a Kagome costume online. c: Yes, despite them going WTH? at a lot of the things I do, they're ridiculously supportive) I felt really excited and insecure at the same time. None of my "friends" at the time were really into that stuff, and they all thought I was weird, and back then I used to take offense to that.
Then in middle school my parents also took me to my first convention in 7th grade, and from there I started going to local cons and related events with friends. (I just attended my 7th convention/10th event a couple weeks ago! ) I made actual friends who accepted me for who I am, including my BFF, who is also a cosplayer now.
In high school I transferred to a school outside of my district, so I felt really alone again, especially when I learned my school had no anime club. So what did I do? I felt disappointed, but made some equally geeky friends, and together we founded the "[insert school name] Asian Pop-Culture Club". My BFF transfered to my school and is also a club officer. c:
I went from complete social outcast at the end of elementary school to a confident and secure high school senior. And honestly, cosplay has really helped me to do that. Out of all the things that cosplay has given me, this transition is probably what I'm the most thankful for.
/extremely long seriousness
This is getting kind of long now, so I'm just going to end by saying that when I discovered We *Heart* Card Games Productions, I felt so inspired and motivated. They're all amazing as cosplayers and people in general, and I aspire to be like them! ^_^
(( Gosh it's late here. >_<;; I need to stop falling asleep right after dinner and then waking up at weird times... ))
...
Okay, so this is a submission for the
thanksgiving contest. Cosplay has really affected my life for the better. A lot of just the anime/manga/convention community in general has helped me to expand my interests and feel more secure about myself, but I think it's mostly because I became a cosplayer that I got so involved.
Pretty much everything I wrote about is true fax. When I first started cosplaying in 6th grade (my parents got me a Kagome costume online. c: Yes, despite them going WTH? at a lot of the things I do, they're ridiculously supportive) I felt really excited and insecure at the same time. None of my "friends" at the time were really into that stuff, and they all thought I was weird, and back then I used to take offense to that.
Then in middle school my parents also took me to my first convention in 7th grade, and from there I started going to local cons and related events with friends. (I just attended my 7th convention/10th event a couple weeks ago!
) I made actual friends who accepted me for who I am, including my BFF, who is also a cosplayer now. In high school I transferred to a school outside of my district, so I felt really alone again, especially when I learned my school had no anime club. So what did I do? I felt disappointed, but made some equally geeky friends, and together we founded the "[insert school name] Asian Pop-Culture Club". My BFF transfered to my school and is also a club officer. c:
I went from complete social outcast at the end of elementary school to a confident and secure high school senior. And honestly, cosplay has really helped me to do that. Out of all the things that cosplay has given me, this transition is probably what I'm the most thankful for.
/extremely long seriousness
This is getting kind of long now, so I'm just going to end by saying that when I discovered We *Heart* Card Games Productions, I felt so inspired and motivated. They're all amazing as cosplayers and people in general, and I aspire to be like them! ^_^
(( Gosh it's late here. >_<;; I need to stop falling asleep right after dinner and then waking up at weird times... ))
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Wow, great! I just wish my parents knew english so they could read this and let me do cosplay... They're a bit overprotective...