jessicamerizan

For better or worse, Holly and I actually do fight a lot. But it's like sisters. I don't think the show portrayed us as anything else. And I am forever indebted to the editors for leaving in my crazy pee jars and Mary Poppins ramblings ;) I've also seen a fair amount of real "drama" so I suppose it doesn't feel too out of the realm of actuality for me -- I mean, look at the terrible exclusionary things the "cosplay community" is saying about some of their fellow cosplayers right now. It's really shocking and I hope people realize that we're stronger as a group together. However, I commend you for wanting to see more process!! It was fun and crazy making 8 costumes with cameras creeping on us the whole time!

Not me. Conventions are mostly a wonderland where I get to play make believe :)

I think a vocal minority of cosplayers on the internet will have a negative effect in the cosplay scene in the short term. In the long term, I think cosplay is expanding and the more the merrier. Probably some people try to do it to "get famous" but it seems like a REALLY labor intensive way to go about it ;)

You can see one of my dream costumes in Episode 4 - chaos ensues. I'd love to remake that now that I've learned a lot about the process. I think my ultimate ultimate cosplay would be turning my entire house into an insane immerse fantasy experience. And I would wear French Revival Boat wigs and hoop skirts and wield swords all the time. Basically I would like to cosplay as an eccentric person ;)

Ok here is THE definitive answer coming from someone who has actually done quite a bit of Revolutionary War & Civil War reenacting (go look at the SyFy website under the cosplay babies photo gallery for pics of me with my beloved snare drum which I kick ass at BTW)... Ready? THEY ARE IF THEY SAY THEY ARE :) it's that simple. And I have to disagree with the lovely Victoria, the same goes for Mall Santas. If someone self identifies as a cosplayer, who is to say he or she isn't? Alternatively, maybe that guy dressed as Luigi at SDCC doesn't think he's a cosplayer. That's ok too. Also, reenactors do it in the mud, rain and snow ;)