cathschaffstump | Geeking the Cosplay

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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