To me this is what cosplay is all about :) I’m happy to say that this was in the Star Tribune on Friday, too <3 Thanks for making Convergence so great, everyone!
Tiana is me :)
Lottie is my wifey, snowtigra
Darkwing Duck is my friend, kirideth
No marriage required.Can we just appreciate how Lottie is possibly the greatest friend, ever?
the entire time i spent watching this movie i was just waiting for charlotte to turn into a traitorous bitch, because that is what the media has told me for my entire life that her character archetype is supposed to do
kudos to disney for proving me wrong
♥
And that is another thing I adore about this movie. It is so sickeningly, disturbingly rare to see two things in media: 1. a “shallow” (likes clothes and boys), “vain” (enjoys doing her hair and makeup) “spoiled” (comes from a wealthy family) girl who isn’t a total bitch, and 2. strong, devoted female friendships where the participants aren’t catty and don’t try to undercut each other because of a man, but instead hold each other up and help each other get through the tough spots. Part of why Lottie is so delightful is how she takes all the media stereotypes about her “type” of character and absolutely does not conform to them. I think it’s really sad how the media sets us up to always be derisive, dismissive, or otherwise nasty to/about girls like Lottie, and here she is just being an amazing friend and human. Well done, Disney.
Reblogging for this comment :)
This is the tale of two girls cosplaying two best friends who never seem to cosplay said friends at the same time >.< The gorgeous Lottie cosplayer is dusty-shelf, who I met at Animinneapolis, who spazzed over my Tiana cosplay and who got sad because she didn’t bring her Lottie. Then, the very next weekend, she was Lottie at CONvergence and I came on Sunday to pick up my art as Tiana, but she wasn’t Lottie on Sunday!
Will we ever meet in costume? Will we ever be able to take glorious pictures together? The saga continues at a Minneapolis con near you.
(but seriously her Lottie is perfect o.k. like we need to take pics together this is a thing I need more than I thought I did why are things so hard?)
