My Beer Mug That I Hand Etched!

My beer mug that I hand etched!

There are few things that sicken me like "bad cosplay" blogs. But there is one thing in particular about them that bothers me the most. That thing involves the anonymous photos that are submitted of smiling cosplayers. Like, someone asked for their photo, to which that cosplayer smiled and posed, thinking someone appreciated their cosplay. Then, that person sticks it on the internet as "bad cosplay" or attacking their body in one way or another. That cosplayer let you take their photo, and you turn around and do THAT to them? That is just plain heartbreaking.

-Misa on Wheels

Oliver: Slade took Laurel because he wants to kill the woman I love. Felicity: I know, so? Oliver: So he took the wrong woman. Felicity: Oh.  Oliver: I love you. Do you understand? Felicity: Yes.

Oliver Queen + shirtless training

Cosplay is for everyone...

I was gonna reblog this awful, hate-filled expose post on one particular cosplayer who became violently offended when asked to cosplay something from Off — because of how banal and simplistic one of those costumes would be, and then went to flame on about any “less-than-perfect” cosplay, even so far as to bash those who’s body type didn’t fit into the mold for their character. I was going to reblog it, then post my response, but just one paragraph of telephoned hate is nearly too much… So, here’s something I wanna say to everyone out there. Cosplay is for everyone.  It is that simple.  It is an art, and can be interpreted however you want. Cosplay whatever, whomever, however, and whenever you want for whatever reason. Change your gender, change your height, don’t change your gender, don’t change your height — alter the character, alter yourself, alter the cut, alter the storyline — PLAY with your cosplay. Tape a logo on your shirt and call it batman. Life-cast a rubber armor piece to do the same thing. There is ONLY one wrong way to cosplay, and that is to put other people down for theirs.

Now, everyone’s going to come to cosplay for different reasons. Some like to perform, some like to be accurate, some like to showcase their ability, some just love a character and want to show their support, and we're all granted our catty, bitchy comments to keep to ourselves and our close group of friends, but at the end of the day in this art form, out of so many others, we need to treat each other with dignity and respect. Fuck ugly personalities. Love your cosplays, love other people’s cosplays.

Saw Grant Gustin and John Wesley Shipp filming a scene in Vancouver.