Geeking the Cosplay

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All righty then. Pursuant to this, which is pursuant to this, which was further commented on here and here.

So, look, here's some information from the inside, okay?

I stopped costuming so I could find time to write. I hit my Masters class award in 2007, made a couple more suits, and then buckled down to doing the writing thing. I've made all kinds of suits as a costumer for all kinds of reasons and in all kinds of genres. And, because I've been costuming since I was a college student, I've made some skimpy suits.

Let me clarify for Joe Peacock: I made none of these suits because I wanted men to look at me or my body (because you know, all we women think about is how we can dress to get men to ogle us). When I made all these suits, I was happily in a relationship with the same guy I've been married to for 25 years, so I was not cruising the mighty geek circuit like it was a bar scene. And there is no one motivation for me making these suits.

Warning: We are about to take a trip in the way back machine. These are old photoshopped costume photos, mostly because that was also a geeky thing Bryon and I did. So, there's a bit of a humorous element as well.

Here are a couple of examples of suits I've worn and why I did it. And you will find, I think, that the reasoning for doing so in a couple of cases makes me a fairly authentic geek.

Starfire

Why I Did It:

Not the best of motivations, another cosplay peer had done it rather poorly the year before and I wanted to do it the way I thought would make it look right. Several of my costumes have been motivated by this reason. It is one of the reasons I have become a master class costumer.

This was also my first costume working with hard plastic and extensive make-up, so I learned a lot.

Episode: Julius Schwartz decided pinching my butt was okay since I was in this costume. I was merely 21 and shocked, so I did not react with the indignation that action deserved.

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