sarahfongcosplay-deactivated202:

For what it’s worth, I’m 24 and I don’t intend on stopping anytime soon :) I mean, as people we generally dont come into real adult money until we’re in our mid-20’s anyway, so I feel like I’ve really just been able to break out of my cosplay shell in the last year.

Also, don’t let anyone stop you or make you feel like you can’t do something. Despite that I have to deal with trolly buttholes fairly frequently, I can tell you I receive 10 times that in overwhelming support for standing up for myself and doing what I love. So those people who are naysayers are in the minority.  

So don’t be discouraged, do what you want! 

Speaking as someone who just turned 30 in July?  Cosplay to your heart’s content.  I’m 30 and still dress like a Disney princess  :)  Age isn’t something that should discourage you from cosplay.  Nothing should discourage you from cosplay.  

Hell, my mom is about to turn 60 and has agreed to cosplay the villain from Princess and the Frog to match my Tiana if we go to a con together next year.  She’s really excited about it and she loves what we do.  I talk to her about our costumes and how we makes them, and I talk to her about my art and my writing, and she loves all of it.  She’s my biggest fan!  And she wants to be part of this whole thing.

So yeah, 30?  Puhleeeze!  One of my favorite cosplays that I saw at ACEN this last year was an elderly man dressed as Mario who turned his walker into Mario’s kart.  So yeah, 30 ain’t nothin’, you’ve only just begun  :)