Killed The Attractive Crying Man

Hello, time for a long rambling thing from Tony. If you’re a cosplayer though, please stick around and read it?

Today, I’m about to embark on a journey of learning to sew. I’ve been meaning to for a while, because sewing is a rather useful skill for cosplaying. I’ve pulled up Mom’s old sewing machine and the stuff for it, and I’ve got a bunch of books and websites and such instructing me on how to go about beginning.

There’s some people I need to thank, though. It’s every single cosplayer. You guys inspire me, all of you, tumblr famous or not. Cosplaying has given me a form of confidence, and a way to begin to battle my anxiety, and I need that. The community helps me so much, too. I love seeing pictures of cosplays, hearing stories, and meeting others. Seeing all of you inspires me to keep going on with it, and I’m so glad I do.

I have a bunch of milestones I hope to reach. Make a hooded figure cosplay (Welcome to Night Vale), make something I can wear regularly, and a slew of other things. However, my overall goal for sewing is to eventually, one day, be able to sew the Tenth Doctor’s suit. That’s going to be hard as hell, and it’s going to take me forever to get there, but it’s an incentive, and it’ll give me something to do, to work towards.

The fandoms I am in bring me so much comfort and motivation to do things that I normally wouldn’t or couldn’t, and that’s one reason I love cosplaying. I feel like, in some way, I’m contributing, or at least just taking a piece to hold close to me. Cloaked in the mask of one of my favorite character’s personas, I feel so much better about everything, like I can take on the world.

None of my cosplays are good yet, but that’s okay. I’m going to keep working on them, keep pushing myself until I have something I’m proud of. And when I do, I know it’s going to feel great. So, thank you, cosplayers, just, thank you. And if any of you have stories to tell or suggestions to give or just feel like talking, I’d love to hear from you.