Finally, after all of the shuttling and herding, you are finally allowed to go up the glorious steps, or escalators, and into the sanctuary of nerds and fans everywhere. "After the moment of euphoria, after finally making it in, the immediate intrusion of personal space descends."There are people everywhere and no one truly cares about your space and how close they are to you. If anything, some relish in the proximity. Making your way through the crowds to look around the many different stalls of goodies and artworks is no easy task. You must master the ebb and flow of human bodies like a snake swimming through water.
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The second day was the day of interviews. I asked three simple questions: What made them start cosplaying? What keeps them still cosplaying? Is cosplay fun?
I wanted to see if my reasons lined up with others or if I was a freak and maybe this was all to satisfy my own need to be someone else for a brief moment in time. From the answers, I was happy to find that I was not alone in my endeavor to get details of characters right and to rise to the challenge of making a difficult cosplay for the fun of it. Many people love cosplay for the community that is built and for the reactions that others give when they see their favorite characters come to life. |
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