Tilderina

This year was my third AVCon and my first time cosplaying.  Over a decade's worth of Halloweens as well as some theater experience was enough to teach me that I love a good excuse to wear a costume. 

I'd wanted to try cosplaying for a convention for a while now.  I've had quite a few ideas for it, most of them height related (Edward Elric from Full Metal Alchemist, Kafei from Majora's Mask). Unfortunately procrastination and a necessity to stay thrifty limited my options a bit.

I decided on a costume that let me use things I already had, namely my Ezlo hat that I bought last convention and my green dress.  All I needed would be a belt, white stockings, and brown boots, and I'd be a passable Minish Cap Link!

Naturally I picked the shortest version of Link to cosplay as.  I'm really happy with how the costume came out.  Future iterations will likely see the addition of Power Bracelets and Pegasus Boots, and eventually a dress that matches the green of the hat better.

Regardless, I had a great Sunday wandering around at the convention. A couple people asked to take my photo, including the absolutely lovely Sarah Kay, a local photographer!

I had such a lovely cosplaying experience.  I hope I get the opportunity to cosplay Minish Cap Link again soon, as well as to try out the other ideas I have.  If you have any cosplay tips, be sure to let me know!

Who are you?

Good question!  I’m a twenty-one year old American girl living and studying in Adelaide, South Australia.  I’m also ridiculously short and pretty nerdy.

What are you studying?

I’m a full time student in my last semester of a Bachelor of Computer Science.

How short is “ridiculously short”?

5’1”.

How nerdy is “pretty nerdy?”

That’s probably underselling it really.  I’m a freelance software developer.  I enjoy and frequently partake in all manners of video, board, and card games, including weekly D&D sessions.  I manage social media and coordinate events for a video game bar in Adelaide.  I attend conventions, sometimes in cosplay.  Recently I’ve gotten really into Super Smash Bros. as well as into the SA Smash Community.  I’m “pretty nerdy” the way warp speed is “pretty fast.”~

"Tilderina"?

Yeah, well.  For a while I was going by “Myrina” which is the name of an Amazonian queen (and also my D&D character at the time).  Since it was too long for my Smash profile, I shortened it to “~Rina”.  ~Rina when spoken sounds like a combination of tilde and ballerina which I really liked.

Also I tend to use a lot of tildes when I’m textually talking to people. I just generally like the way they look and the ever so slight way they change the tone of a sentence.~

So basically it’s a combination of tilde, Myrina, and ballerina.

Where else on the internet do you live?

Another good question! You can find me in all of these places:

Youtube

Twitter

Instagram

Twitch

G+

Facebook

Steam

What if I have more questions?

Ask away!

~Rina