My Mario dress doubles as a Luigi dress my life is complete~
So I was listening to the Black Girl Nerds podcast last night, and they had PNW Fattitude as guests. The podcast was amazing to listen to as they covered plus sized cosplay and were all very encouraging. One thing that stuck out to me was the message of “making your cosplay your own.”
A lot of times, plus sized cosplayers think they can’t do certain characters because of their weight. I’m guilty of this. I’m guilty of having this voice in my head that tells me, “No, Bri, you can’t.” As confident as I am, I still have the voice of the fat, weird, black girl who was told that she was strange for being a geek. She’s still there, you know?
But the ladies on the podcast had this awesome message on how, essentially, you should cosplay how you want to cosplay, and do characters the way you want to do them.
Make the cosplay your own.
And it’s something that I tell myself when that voice pops up in my head. When I have that moment of insecurity, I quietly tell myself that it’ll be fine, that I’m having fun, that this is my take on a character and I’m going to rock it.
So here’s some examples of me doing just that :) I started to sketch designs for characters I wanted to do, and my wifey would bring them to life. This is in order of oldest (my Green Hill Zone dress) to newest (my Mario dress).
And remember, always remember, that to love your cosplay is to love yourself :)
New cosplay done!!!
So I sketched an idea for a Mario dress and the wifey brought it to life. I’m so excited with how it came out <3
I was tagged by Jezzabellgem Cosplay, Props & Costuming to name 4 of my favorite cosplays that I’ve done. I’m actually going to do 6! Special thanks to my wonderful wifey SnowCosplays for making all of these cosplays for me
1. Queen Minnie: This is the first ballgown cosplay I did. I really want to do it again some day. The wifey and I are kind of hoping that she gets a new outfit for Kingdom Hearts 3, otherwise, this dress is really adorable
2. Princess Peach: This one has special meaning to me, because it was the first time (to my knowledge) that I was bashed in cosplay, and I responded in such a public way by writing that article and frying that chicken. It really started me on this “cosplay is for everyone” path
3. Princess Tiana: I wanted to do her originally for completely biased “omg a black Disney princess” reasons, but after seeing the movie I really fell in love with her with her “work hard for your dreams” message. That and I always get such a great reaction to her, I really love seeing kids’ eyes light up when they see me.
4. Neo Queen Serenity: Sailor Moon is one of those series where my love gets renewed every time I see something from it. In this case, it was asieybarbie’s fanart. It was a really great moment putting this on, because Sailor Moon is one of her favorites, so seeing her face when she saw me in it was really great.
5. Wonder Woman: Who doesn’t love Wonder Woman? She’s such a great symbol of strength and empowerment. I feel so strong when I wear this cosplay, and I swear when I do get bashed while I’m wearing it, my brain is like, “Whatever I look fabulous.” I usually feel like that regardless, but something about Wonder Woman just makes me feel confident, no matter what.
6. Freddy Fazbear: I love this cosplay because it’s fun being scary. It’s so different from what I usually do. Also special shout out to Brad Duct-Tape Hale for being an amazing Freddy.
So there was a Smash Brothers event at the GameStop I used to work at. Once upon a time, when Smash Brothers Brawl came out, I debuted my Princess Peach cosplay and worked the midnight launch. I decided to go to the event as Peach, just for fun, and got a couple of pics :)
Smash Brothers is AMAZING, btw, it’s so fun and graphically it’s gorgeous. I can’t wait until it comes out. I like lost all of my skill since Brawl though so I’m gonna need to practice, lol.
Cosplay was made by my wifey, as always, and you can check out more of my cosplay here. Peachy!
These quotes are all things that have been said to me in regards to my body and my race. It’s not everything that’s ever been said to me, oh no, not even close, but they’ve been said as recently as last month.
Don’t let the negatives take over, don’t let them weigh you down and dictate who you are. Don’t let them cover up the things that make you, you.
*blinks*
*thinks*
But Persona 4 Arena 2 has… Chie, Yukiko, Rise, Naoto, Mitsuru, Aigis, Yukari, Labrys, Elizabeth… isn’t that more? I mean I’m happy that Smash Brothers has a bunch of ladies, don’t get me wrong, but Atlus and Persona 4 Arena 2 have a bunch of ladies, too.
Actually I think P4A2 has more ladies than fellas? Yu, Yosuke, Kanji, Teddie, Sho, Junpei, Ken, Akihiko, Adachi (DLC). I’m not sure if Koromaru counts since he’s a doggie and he’s with Ken, so actually, it’s an even number! Granted, Atlus is just on the show floor, but still, way to go!
eatmypussyliketherussianfamine:
Rainbow Road in Mario Kart 64 (1996) and in Mario Kart 8 (2014)
MY SOUL IS NOT READY BUT FUCK IT LETS RIDE
new era of ending friendships is upon us
We’ve come so far in being pissed off at our friends and snapping at then when they use the shell that shall not be named on the course that shall not be named.
My body is ready to end some friendships.
