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cuvier

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PostPosted: Mon May 03, 2010 12:22 pm
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I was thinking that since we have so many posts of stuff we've done, funny situations, and how to fix cosplays, it'd be nice to get a list together of what not to do. If you comment in this thread, I'll add your suggestion to the list.

1~ Don't half-a$$ your cosplay.
2~ Don't dress up like one character, and act like another.
3~ Don't leave your costume at home!
4~ Don't be a little conceited b***h about your costume.
5~ Don't be rude when people want to take a picture of you/your costume
6~Don't forget to thank people who compliment your costume!
7~Don't make a weapon you can't control(as in, you don't want to be whacking people with it every time you turn around)
8~Don't get TOO in character and piss off all your friends when you're being a snot cause you're "in character."
9~ Don't use small, high voices just to try and be cute. It isn't cute at all.
10~Don't go up to someone dressed as your love interest and hang all over them.
11~Don't expect them to want to talk to you because you are dressed as love interests.
12~ Don't worry about others negative opinions of the character, series, your cosplay, or cosplaying in general. Your choice, you put in the effort, and if they don't like it, they can shove it.
13~Don't look at others' costumes and say oh, they are so much better than mine. Be proud of yours. On the contrary, don't brag or comment negatively on others' costumes.
14~Don't step on other people's costumes.
ESPECIALLY DRESS TRAINS.
15~Be careful of where you spit your gum. It can end up on someone's costume. That stuffs hard to get off! :[
16~If you spray-painted your hair or a wig, watch out for other people and their costumes! That stuff rubs off!
17~Don't random tackle someone you don't know.
18~Don't scream in a cosplayer's ear who is cosplaying your favorite character.
19~Don't forget to bring those fan/spray bottles for those hot days in layered costumes.





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PostPosted: Mon May 03, 2010 12:55 pm
Don't dress up like one character, and act like another.  

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PostPosted: Mon May 03, 2010 1:09 pm
Don't forget your costume at home...  
PostPosted: Mon May 03, 2010 1:19 pm
Aurora Sonata
Don't forget your costume at home...

That is truth... and it made me giggle. It's happened once.  

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PostPosted: Mon May 03, 2010 4:56 pm
Don't be a little conceited b***h about your costume. D:<  
PostPosted: Mon May 03, 2010 5:23 pm
Don't be rude when people want to take a picture of you/your costume
Don't forget to thank people who compliment your costume!
Don't make a weapon you can't control(as in, you don't want to be whacking people with it every time you turn around)  

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PostPosted: Mon May 03, 2010 6:35 pm
Don't get TOO in character and piss off all your friends when you're being a snot cause you're "in character."
 
PostPosted: Mon May 03, 2010 7:14 pm
La Ahna
Don't get TOO in character and piss off all your friends when you're being a snot cause you're "in character."
oooh good one. =3  

burgawinosourus

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PostPosted: Tue May 04, 2010 8:41 am
Not necessarily connected to cosplay, but..
Chyrsanthemum Valentine would love it if cosplayers, con-goers and anime enthusiasts would stop making their voices small on purpose just for the sake of being cute.

Thankyouverymuch.
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PostPosted: Tue May 04, 2010 11:14 am
Don't go up to someone dressed as your love interest and hang all over them.

Don't expect them to want to talk to you because you are dressed as love interests.  

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PostPosted: Tue May 04, 2010 12:33 pm
Don't worry about others negative opinions of the character, series, your cosplay, or cosplaying in general. Your choice, you put in the effort, and if they don't like it, they can shove it.  
PostPosted: Tue May 04, 2010 5:01 pm
Don't step on other people's costumes.
ESPECIALLY DRESS TRAINS.
> biggrin
 

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PostPosted: Tue May 04, 2010 5:31 pm
make sure that when you're wearing a white shirt and you have a person laying on you who has a spray painted wig on, to ask them to remove it in consideration so that your cosplay doesn't get ruined.
happened to me a few years ago. i was cosplaying as L, my first cosplay ever  
PostPosted: Tue May 04, 2010 7:04 pm
Don't run with scissors! You might ruin your or someone else's costume. biggrin

I kid.

Don't random tackle someone you don't know.
Don't scream in a cosplayer's ear who is cosplaying your favorite character.
Don't forget to bring those fan/spray bottles for those hot days in layered costumes.  

LovelyLadyAurora


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PostPosted: Wed May 05, 2010 6:29 am
Don't block main hallways with hallway picnics or extended photo-shoots.  
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