cosplay is actually super weird
The park across from Lloyd Center was filled with cosplayers today. Also they seem to have taken over much of the mall. I saw a LOT of dudes with foam weapons and Naruto wigs—sometimes fighting. I’m guessing there was an anime convention at the convention center.
I’ve seen my share of cosplay on sites like Destructoid and Kotaku and thought it was amusing enough. Especially when it looks like this or this. You know—fine, harmless, possibly “guilty pleasure.”
Anyways I was surprised at how weirded out I was. It was super weird.
(dude in giant plush hedgehog suit)
Granted, a lot of people might see my rapping about wizards or my ms paint warriors or a laundry list of other nerdly transgressions in a similar position of “WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS DUDE.” I’m maybe one step away on the geek hierarchy chart. I’m just saying—today I’ve found the line. It’s covered in kimonos and white plush. And I’m not going to cross it.
