Halloween For Anime

2008-07-10T02:26:00.011-04:00

Have you ever seen people cosplay? At least a picture of it? Oh my god, right? You don't know what to think.

Your First Thought (don't deny it):

What the hell?

Excuse my French, but I'm right, right? What are you supposed to think? "Hey, that person who looks nothing like Mr. X looks JUST LIKE Mr. X!" I mean, you have to look like the person to begin with, no matter how cool your costume is.

Better. Yet.

Have you ever seen a guy cosplay as an anime girl?? *Shiver*. It looks something like ...

Yes. This is real.

There is another side to cosplay. The really rare side. The side where people actually look like who they are pretending to be. For example:

This is Gaara from the anime Naruto, which I am a big fan of. At first, I thought this was just a regular picture of him, something drawn. Yes, it has been all dolled up (who one earth says that other than ryn?) with pretty colours and a nice glow, but that is a real person! People who don't know who Gaara is might not be as impressed as they should be, but hell. It's better than "Sailor Tranny" up there, right?

However, no matter what, cosplay always seems ... a little ... off. Right? No matter how you look at it? Here's why.

What you realise by watching cosplay:

It isn't as cool as it was in your head.
You do NOT want to grow up to be Mr. X.
You will never burn that horrible image of Mr. X kissing Mr. Z out of your head. (Nor Sailor X and Sailor Z.)
It's SO not worth the cost of the costume, makeup and hair dye.
You're doing tricks for no treats.

Okay, let's say you're a cosplayer. You got the costume, all $100 of it, and the dye. You got the makeup, so you can have the same tattoo and everything. However, what if your character has no eyebrows, like Gaara? What are you going to do? Well, you've only got so many options.

Wax 'Em. Enjoy you convention weekend, cause you not going to enjoy ripping off your delicate hairs. And it'll only be about ... six months or so until they grow back in.
Bleach 'Em. This'll work if you're going to have really pale make up on. And you can just dye back after the convention, right? Be careful, though. Those chemicals are blinding if they touch your eyes.
Hope No Notices. ... We noticed.

And one more thing. I feel so bad for the people who have REALLY awesome costumes, and who did their hair perfectly, but still don't look anything like their character.

In The Beginning ...

2008-06-09T23:05:00.002-04:00

I've never blogged before. Honestly, I've got no clue what I'm doing. I used FanFiction.net until recently, but I wanted to do my own thing, and someone suggested blogging. As of right now ... I've got no clue what to do, other than type. My name is ryn, just ryn. It's part of my real name, but I'm not telling which part. Never capitalize it, though, even at the beginning of a sentence.

ryn is:

Just another "uniquely rebellious teen" as my dad calls them, who wants to tell her story.
Fifteen, but not the "oh, woe is me so let do drugs and have sex to feel more grown up and important fifteen".
In love with anime, Japan, ramen, and chop-sticks, and plans to be for the rest of her life.
Still a child, and she wouldn't have it any other way.
Artistic in her own way.
Bored out of her mind, most of the time.
Still on her parent's good side, for the most part.
Not an honor roll student, but would like to be.
Living and breathing, please don't think other wise.
A girl, the last time she checked. However, she's not the best when it comes to fashion or make-up.
Very emotion.
an emo wannabe, but isn't really. Scene, is what an emo person told her.
Not in love with school.

Everything not mentioned above is pretty pointless currently, but I'm sure I'm going to talk a lot about myself if I continue this. Right now though ... how boring, right? Just some loser of a girl talking about nothing, huh?

ryn's Life

Halloween For Anime

In The Beginning ...