G'day fellas, how're you goin'?
- He's cosplaying that AGAIN?? - She only cosplays THOSE kinds of characters
- oh they're nothing like the character, why do they choose to cosplay that?
HmmhrmhrmhrmHRM, why indeed?
Anyone can cosplay whatever they feel like, but why do we choose to cosplay certain
characters or even certain costumes to cosplay? Even if you haven't thought
about it too much there are a few reasons why! So in today's video, I
wanted to reveal to you these reasons and discuss why we choose to cosplay the
things that we do. You think you already know the answer? Well, let's find out!
Now the first reason that you choose to cosplay the things that you do
is because you love the character or the series that it's from. When we find a
TV series, a movie or an anime that we really like everyone's got different
ways of showing how much they love it.
Yeah I'm looking at you, ya kids with a big, sexy hug pillow!
But hey, some buy pillows, some buy figurines, some like to
wear it on a t-shirt and some of us like to cosplay as them! You know, we're gonna say things like:
- oh my god I look the same as that character! - oh my god I really resonate with them,
they're just like me! - I really admire her I want to be just like her!
Now we tend to like certain characters or even real-life
people based on the qualities that they possess. You know this could be, we could
just look up to them and admire them, or we could really resonate with their
thoughts and beliefs or we could really relate to their living situation and see
how similar it is to ours or even we could just fall in love with them as a
character just for who they are! And love for a character can even extend to the
TV series, movie or anime that the character is from in the first place. Now
typically it's going to be a series that either resonated or challenged your
beliefs really strongly or it's one that's had a really huge emotional
impact on you. You know what I'm talking about it's the shows that have made you
laugh ridiculously at something stupid, something that's made you motivated to
become something amazing or those shows that have made you absolutely, utterly
cry your heart out over something that's happened - especially during the last
episode. But whether it's an entire series or just a particular character,
fallling in love with either of things on a really deep
level is the first reason that you're gonna be cosplaying certain characters.
And the second reason you'll choose to cosplay what you do is because you love
the design. Now you might not even know anything about the series or the characters
but you were just walking along one day or browsing the internet one day and
you spotted a character and you said to yourself: that looks awesome I want to
make that! And then suddenly you're looking at this character costume really really
intently thinking through your head all this mumbo-jumbo magic about how the
hell you're gonna make it! I mean sometimes in the first place it's
the character and the costume design anyway that's the selling point. You know you
might have been on the look for a series to watch, or you've been looking for a
costume that could really challenge your cosplay making skills.
Or maybe you saw an outfit which you thought, ''damn I'd look really good at that!''
Or if you're anything like me you've been keeping your eyes peeled for
something really complicated to make for an upcoming cosplay competition. But hey,
as a cosplayer loving the design of an outfit is the only reason you need to
make it! Now if you didn't love a series, you didn't love the character, you didn't
even like the costume design, is there any other possible reason that you'd actually
cosplay something? And there is ONE more reason why you'd choose to cosplay
something and that's because you love your friends! Maybe your friends needed
just one more person to complete the whole gang from the series that they all
really loved. Maybe you want to surprise a friend by cosplaying a character that
you know that they really love! Or maybe your friends want to dress you up in a
character that they thought that you really suited. Whatever the reason,
cosplaying this character obviously wasn't your first preference because it would
have either been on your to-do list already or you probably would have
already made the costume yourself. But even if you didn't know or like the
series or character, you still cosplay it anyway because it promises to be a lot
of fun. And there you have it: three reasons why you choose to cosplay the
things that you do. Now as i've explained in a previous video I'm not a really big
advocate of making a costume just to fit in with a bunch of people or try to
please somebody else, but when you're making a costume as a solo project or with a
group of friends I think as long as you're making it purely because you
actually REALLY want to do it, you're always gonna have a great time making it no matter what.
So what cosplay are you making at the moment and why are you making it?
Is it because you like the design? Is it because you like the character? Or are
you making it with a bunch of friends? Let me know in the comments below, I'd love to
see what you guys are up to! And honestly thanks to anybody who does
put a comment in any of my videos, I really enjoy reading the comments that
anybody puts out there about what you guys get up to! I obviously don't get the
chance to catch up with everybody regularly at a convention, so it's really
cool to be able to just chat for a bit here! Once again, thanks so much for watching
guys, really appreciate it! And as always, I will catch you in another video soon! Bye!
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