a random rant about cosplay

I always cosplay with the same group. We are very small and tight-knit. The members consist of myself, my friend Segue, and his little brother Justin. (Both of whom are very much like brothers to me, as Segue and I have been aquainted for the past 9-11 years or so.)

I generally get my costume done on time, or at the very least have something made entirely out of scrap and safety pins which is completely servicable. (Actually the first year we were a group this happened, and I looked phenomenal. Yay FFII summoners!) Wither that, orI handsew the entire thing, or I get lazy and have someone to make it for me, and pay them exprbant amounts of monies. Reguardless, things are done.

Kevin has been better the last couple of years and hasn't put things off foe too long. But Justin. Ohhhh Justin. Lats year he made the worst Link costume EVER because he was stil working on it in the hotel room the day of. Yeah. I wanted to kick him.

This year I am cosplaying a geisha, and haven't got too much time to make the costume myself (save the obi, which is half-finished [and hand-sewed], save the needle-point or painting I'm going to do to finish it off; I haven't decided which method to use just yet.) so I am paying a very good friend of mine $70.00 to get measurements done and sew the thing tup before I go to California (I'm moving to the bay area in a little under two weeks, for those of you who didn't know.).

Nevertheless, (as I said,) I will have it done, and we never actually do the costume contest, so we aren't eligible for awards anyway. We always do the cosplay skits, so I fail to feel bad about outsourcing work when I can. (Last year's Rikku was made by a friend of mine and it looked spectacular. So yeah.)

Segue is going to cosplay Gogo, he mime from FFV (he's a super-secret character that you can only get be being eaten by a sand worm thing, apparently,). It's looking pretty good for him as he already has his fabric and we have started on some of the more annoying bits of the costume already. (Hurray!)

Jusin is another matter, howeveer, as he is flip-flopping on what he wants to cosplay. Thankfully for Segue and I, he is not going to be wearing this costume for our skit as it is going to be //different// this year. Anyway though, yeah. I'm anticipating issues with the Jusion. Thankfully we don't need him to look spectacular this year, so no worries.