If you find me to be INTIMIDATING in any way, anonymously send along ☠ with the reasons why.
I’m a Persona and SMT fan.
We’ve played Persona 3 & 4, Devil Summoner 1 & 2, and are well into Nocturne.
Digital Devil Saga 1 & 2, Eternal Punishment, Innocent Sin, and Devil Survivor 1 & 2 sit on our shelf, waiting for their turn among full-time jobs and adult responsibilities.
I’ve made about 25 Persona costumes, helped with many more, have plans for other Atlus cosplays, and spent over a year of my life building a massive sculpture of Izanami-no-Okami for Fanime 2013. Line and I helped start the California SMT/ Persona Cosplay community on Facebook. We’ve run many gatherings, and organized King’s Games for some of them.At AX this year, my friend was planning to wear Princess Yukiko, so I wore my Yukiko costume to get a few photos with her, and to be comfortable. A man approached me, and asked for a picture. I happily let him take it.
And then.
Then, he looked at me with this condescending smile, and asked how many hours I’d put into my Persona 4 playthrough. The anime had come out recently, and he obviously, blatantly thought I hadn’t played the game at all.This insufferable Asshole actually quizzed my “nerd cred”, in a clear attempt to expose me as a “fake geek girl”. I muttered something about “oh, about 100 hours. On the 1st playthrough.” He walked off.
But seriously?
None of what I mentioned above matters. I can cosplay Yukiko having seen only the anime if I freaking want, and it’s none of this douchebag’s business. I never got a chance to say it to him, but:
Dude, fuck you. Go fuck yourself. Take your sanctimonious, fan-policing, fake-geek bullshit, and get the fuck out of MY fandom.
And you know what? I’ve never been asked anything like that when cosplaying Yosuke. Or Kanji. Or Souji, Dojima, Adachi, or anything without tits and a skirt. It’s just sad.
This happened to me back in 2012, but it wasn’t a guy, it was another girl. I was just standing in line at a con for registration and my wifey and I were talking about Persona. The girl in front of us started going on and on about it, talking about the game, the anime, even the live action porno, just mentioning all of these things to try and out Persona 4 knowledge me, trying to see what I knew and trying to have the upper hand of Persona 4 knowledge. Each time I was like, “Yep. Know about that too,” ect. ect.
So finally I was like, “Hey, do you know about Persona 4 Arena?” It was going to be released soon that year.
She was like, “Oh yeah! I can’t wait it looks great!”
And I was like, “Oh yeah it’s really fun. I actually played it at E3 this year.”
She shut right up.
But still, at the end of the day we’re all fans of the same thing, it doesn’t matter how you know it, whether it’s just the anime, or from the game, or even from the likes of Arena (which I have a friend who loves fighting games so that’s how I got him into Persona 4). It just baffles my mind when the fandom can be so divided just because of how a person is introduced to it. Not to mention that the Persona 4 fandom, or any SMT fandom for that matter, isn’t the biggest fandom in the world. It’s no Supernatural or Dr. Who or Sherlock or even Attack on Titan and things like that. When you’re at a con walking through the dealer’s room you’re probably going to see the same figures, if you see any, and maybe a key chain or something… maybe. When you walk through artist alley good luck finding fanart. There aren’t a bunch of cosplayers walking around. Just… it’s not that big compared to what else is out there. So, honestly, when I see a fan the first thing on my mind is, “OMG YAY ANOTHER ONE,” not, “Ugh I bet they just watched the anime, scoff.” I mean I don’t care if you call him “Yu” or “Souji” I’m just happy that you even know who he is.
Also how rude is it to challenge someone’s “nerd cred” after asking for a picture? Jeez.
We’ll be at Anime Milwaukee on the weekend of Valentine’s Day and here’s where you can find us in Artist Alley!
Yay con! OMG WHY IS IT COMING UP SO QUICKLY?!
Valentine's Day questions BE NOSY PLEASE
1: Do you have a crush at the moment?
2: Have you ever been deeply in love?
3: Longest relationship you've ever been in?
4: Have you ever changed for someone?
5: How is your relationship with your ex?
6: Have you ever been cheated on?
7: Have you ever cheated?
8: Would you date someone who's well known for cheating?
9: What's the most important part of a relationship?
10: Do you like to be in serious relationships or just flings?
11: When you are dating someone do you believe in going on "breaks"?
12: How many people have you ever hooked up with?
13: What's one thing you regret saying/doing in a previous relationship?
14: What age do you think is appropriate for kids to start having sex?
15: Do you believe in the phrase "age is just a number"?
16: Do you believe in "love at first sight"?
17: Do you believe it's possible to fall in love on the internet?
18: What do you consider a deal breaker?
19: How do you know it's time to end a relationship?
20: Are you currently in a relationship?
21: Do you think people who have dated can stay friends?
22: Do you think people should date their friends?
23: How many relationships have you had?
24: Do you think love can last forever?
25: Do you believe love can conquer all things?
26: Would you break up with someone your parents didn't approve of?
27: If you could go back in time and give yourself one piece of advice about dating what would it be?
28: Do you think long distance relationships can work?
29: What do you notice first about another person?
30: Are you straight, bi, gay or pansexual?
31: Would it bother you if your partner suffered from any mental illness?
32: Have you ever been in an abusive relationship?
33: Do you want to get married one day?
34: What do you think about getting your partner's name tattooed?
35: Could you be in a relationship without sex?
36: Are you still a virgin?
37: What's more important: Looks or personality?
38: Do you enjoy love films?
39: Have you ever given anyone/received roses?
40: Have you ever had a valentine?
41: What's your imagination of a "perfect date"?
42: Have you ever read "Romeo & Juliet"?
43: What's more important: Your partner or your friends?
44: Would you consider yourself "romantic"?
45: Could you imagine to date one of your current friends?
46: Have you ever been "friendzoned"?
47: Which "famous couple" is your favorite?
48: What's your favorite love song?
49: Have you ever broken someone's heart?
50: If you're single, why do you think you are?
51: Would you rather date someone who's rich but a douchebag or someone who's poor but a nice guy?
52: Are you good at giving other people advices regarding dating/ relationships?
53: Are you jealous of couples when you're single?
54: How important is it to make a relationship official (p.e. on facebook)?
55: Would you consider yourself "clingy", "overly attached" or "jealous"?
56: Have you ever "destroyed" a relationship?
57: Do you think it's silly to consider suicide because of a broken heart?
58: Are you the "dominant" or the "submissive" part in a relationship?
59: Have you ever forgotten important dates like your partner's birthday or your anniversary?
60: What's your opinion on open relationships?
61: Who's more important: Your partner or your family?
62: How do you define "cheating"?
63: Is watching porn while being in a relationship inappropriate?
64: Do you think Valentine's Day is overrated?
65: Would you consider yourself a "cuddler"?
What did we do on Super Bowl Sunday? We polyed the coasters I made for Anime Milwaukee so that they’re protected. This actually isn’t all of them, it’s just all that could fit on the kitchen counter ^^;;; Man, the table is going to be insanely stocked with stuff!
My wifey finished the Storm dress this morning :) The head piece is in progress. SUPER EXCITED FOR NEW COSPLAY!
The GIFset? It's a from an adventure game called Broken Age. It's the first half of the 3 million dollar kickstarter raised for Tim Schafer and Double Fine to make a classically styled adventure game.
It looks amazing, wow! Thank you for letting me know because I’ve seen this set quite a bit lately.
broken age - vellai know that if i act on my instinct to fight, i would be putting my whole village in danger. so i’ll ask a new question. instead of ‘what if we fought the monster?’ what i wanna know is…’how do i kill it?’
All right. I’m really out of the loop, but I really need to know what this is. It looks amazing!
Because it’s February and Valentine’s Day and stuff ^^ And we all know Princess Peach would love Valentine’s Day.
Many thanks to this wonderful person for adding the extra things to my picture. I came up with the words, but she was nice enough to do this for me :)
