Whew, it couldn't have come early enough for me!

Now, I know that this is like the super-geekiest thing in the world to do, and I have also heard that apparently some EXTREMELY snobbish (and racists, thanks) people think that Cosplay is something only Asians should do. Well?

TOUGH.

That's the stupidest, most elitist thing I have EVER heard and I refuse to countenance any such attitude. Especially when the comparisons are drawn between professional Asian cosplay and costumes made by unskilled but enthusiastic Americans.


...Youtube is bad for my blood-pressure.

Anyway. Cosplay and cons. My con season is rather small in terms of cons attended, but pretty spaced out! It starts with a literature con where I'm a guest lecturer and ends with an anime con where I'm partially in charge of security--which means LOTS of shouting on my part, and occasionally bawling out some Naruto or so whose mother shouldn't have let him (or her) out of the house--and I love every minute of it. Now that the semester is INCHES away from being over, I can finally put some thought into (making money so I don't starve) cosplay for the upcoming cons!

I don't usually dress up for the fantasy literature con in feb, so I sort of don't count that one. The others, however....
I've tried to do Suikoden cosplay over and over and over--and NO ONE KNOWS IT. And I KNOW that's not the point of cosplay, but I do rather get sick of people giving me a totally puzzled look and scratching their heads and being all "Who are you again?" In many ways I MUCH prefer the sort of reaction I get with my Xigbar costume--which is usually a fangirl shriek from across a room: "OH EM GEE XIGGY!"

I think I just want attention XD

At any rate, this year is going to be a Final Fantasy year. As I was going down the list of Cosplay I've done, it suddenly dawned on me that I have done NO cosplay from FFVII--which was my first RPG and my first great video game love. Therefore, I now have a Lucrecia Crescent (NOT Dirge of Cerberus wussy Lucrecia who makes me want to vomit >_> and an Advent Children Yuffie (shows less skin+amazing boots=awesome choice for a skinny chick like me) AND to top it all off--VIncent Valentine.

Pictures will be forth-coming. Also forth-coming will be a rant about Square-Enix and their descent into the depths of series-milking and how it's practically destroyed both FFVII and FFX for me. Also a commentary on what, precisely, is bothering me about the whole Twilight thing NOW, Like, it's something new--not just my same old rant rant rant.


RANT!~