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⌈ Secret Post #3473 ⌋

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Re: It depends on how you define rich.

[(Anonymous)]

I know plenty of people who aren't rich in any sense of the word but who manage to do cons and cosplay because they know how to budget. You don't have to spend a ton of money on cosplay - one of my friends just finished a costume that cost a total of about $30 because she got most of the stuff for it on sale and is using her real hair instead of a wig.

Re: It depends on how you define rich.

[chardmonster]

Okay, but you realize the people paying $30 for a costume are not who I'm talking about right?

I'm talking about the people paying exorbitant amounts for a fancy dress and high-end cosmetics and prosthetics and a wig from Japan and saying "well if you really cared you'd invest in this." Right?

I'm not talking about "hey I made a Homestuck shirt and bought sunglasses I am Dave"

Re: It depends on how you define rich.

[(Anonymous)]

How many people actually do that, though? I see more homemade costumes than anything else at the local cons I go to.

Re: It depends on how you define rich.

[chardmonster]

I've seen it at big cons and also online. Some of these communities get really angry! It's sad.

Re: It depends on how you define rich.

[ketita]

I homemake all my costumes, but that shit gets really expensive if you want to do anything fancy. Hot glue+gun, fabrics, told, paint, finishing... (Can you tell I so props, haha). The only reason I'll be making my current cosplay, budgeted at around 140$, is because some friends are funding it as a birthday present for me.

Re: It depends on how you define rich.

[(Anonymous)]

Some people do that, yes, but that doesn't mean that cosplay is by default an expensive thing. There are lots of people who do closet cosplay and that counts as "cosplay" just as much as the people who spend a fortune on it.

Re: It depends on how you define rich.

[chardmonster]

Okay Okay I know you are morally obligated to sally forth in defense of cosplay but you also know damn well who I'm actually talking about.

Re: It depends on how you define rich.

[(Anonymous)]

No, actually, I don't, because the vast majority of people I know make their own costumes not just for money reasons, but also because a lot of the fun for them is the actual process of making the costume. I'd venture to say that the people who drop tons of cash on cosplay are in the minority simply because most fans can't afford that.

Re: It depends on how you define rich.

[chardmonster]

Okay so there are two possibilities here.

1. You are stanning hard for the Art of Cosplay because that's what you do, not understanding that nobody was fucking attacking cosplay in the first place it's fun and generally harmless I know I know it's okay bb

2. You're one of those out of touch people who has no idea that many people can't just go and drop cash on an anime costume just because it's fun, no matter how entertaining the actual process of making the costume is.

I think it's more likely the former for the record but good grief nothing you are saying is actually refuting my point about rich people. You do not have to defend cosplay from me, I like it.

Edit: Please refer to Ketita's post.

Re: It depends on how you define rich.

[diet_poison]

You do realize making cosplay at home can also be expensive, right? People have to buy fabrics and materials and depending on how accurate you want to be (or how much you - not general you but the cosplay snobs - are judging other people for not being perfectly accurate) you may also have to buy shoes, a wig, makeup, accessories, etc.

Some costumes are easier than others! Chard mentioned Dave from Homestuck. You make or buy a Dave t-shirt, get a pair of jeans, and some sunglasses, and if you already have short blond hair, you're set, you are Dave. Some costumes are waaaaay more complicated. If you want to be accurate, for a lot of characters you have to budget quite a lot.

I'm not saying you have to be super accurate - I think people should cosplay how they want and in a way that makes them happy and I don't care if they spend hundreds on The Perfect Costume (though I do love admiring the really good ones, not everyone has the time and money for that and their own cosplays are for them, not me, anyway).

Re: It depends on how you define rich.

[(Anonymous)]

it can be but it doesn't have to be, which is i think the point the other anons were making. sure, there are some people who spend loads of money either purchasing or making costumes, but there are just as many or even more who cosplay things like dave from homestuck. cosplaying itself is not by default a good indicator of how much money someone has just because there are people who spend $300 to make armor and then there are thrift store pokemon trainers. both of those count as cosplay, just on a different scale.

Re: It depends on how you define rich.

[diet_poison]

Going way back up the thread, though, it is not the cheap cosplay Chard was talking about, which she also clarified, though I thought it was pretty clear initially. We're talking about indications people are rich. Making a $300 dollar cosplay and acting like it was small spending is a pretty good indication you're at least quite financially comofortable.