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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2013-04-28 03:16 pm

[ SECRET POST #2308 ]


⌈ Secret Post #2308 ⌋

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(Anonymous) 2013-04-28 09:37 pm (UTC)(link)
You know, I used to be exactly the same, until I was invited by a friend to start cosplaying with her and I had to take a good look at why I felt that way. Mostly I think it was residual "nerd guilt" as someone upthread put it, and the idea that nerdiness was being put on display for all to see. And I think the secondhand embarrassment mostly came from knowing that cosplayers get mocked by people they don't even know on the internet, and I felt bad for them? But I've started cosplaying since (initially costumes that could "pass" on the street for normal, then more obviously costume-y ones) and mostly made peace with the weird guilt I had about it. I hope you can too, even if you don't start cosplaying!