Episode Forty-Two: Cosplay | Violating Community Guidelines

[@sarahhudson7108]

Every time Brittany screams “YOU BITCHES” I feel seen

[@jessicaireland9052]

same

[@cleangamer220]

2:49

[@sharz8345]

Truly

[@kristenhalman3298]

AMEN BITCHES UNITE

[@nogirlIonlyusevenmo]

*I am bitches* 😍

[@delisonline1331]

finally the full episode, the 12 min teaser was amazing LMAO

[@xVibra]

The trailer spoiled everything as usual 🙄

[@valeriadelpio2745]

@@xVibra what was it like? (I haven't seen it)

[@1li6na]

@@xVibra u didn’t have to watch it

[@xVibra]

@@valeriadelpio2745 It was just them accidentally uploading just 12 minutes of the podcast, instead of the full upload.

[@GoldCamero]

I stopped my depression playlist and wiped my tears away to watch this 💀💀💀

[@seelbins]

@@yoursjuli what is capital t ..

[@fraethae]

@@seelbins I think they said that because they capitalized “Through It”

[@SethMyersm16]

I

[@MaxsFriends]

I hope you're feeling better now. Things can always change and the things that are hurting you now won't last forever. Much love ❤️

[@Samantha-kd1ji]

hope it helped bestie❤

[@nightcrawler7_]

As a cosplayer (obviously) I really appreciate how respectful and interested you seemed in this topic, like it was actually educational and not just making fun or judging.

[@KingOfGaymes]

As a cosplayer as well I was nervous it would be like the Lolita thing where they got things wrong due to not researching enough, but they seemed to do pretty well with this topic 😭💜

[@Angelic222_]

@@KingOfGaymes Can you explain wym by the lolita thing ? All i know is that its derived from a book but have been told it is completely different to it

[@violethues5182]

@@Angelic222_ i dont rlly remember what they said about lolita, but its a Japanese fashion style that has nothing to do with the book/movie. its not meant to be sexual in anyway. lolita fashion is a subculture from japan, the dresses all tend to have a similar silhouette that imo are "doll" like with many different aesthetics, such as candy or food being pretty popular, sweet lolita to goth etc

[@tylerwyatt7443]

I wish Brittany would speak with that southern grandma accent for an entire episode

[@chelseawhite7353]

brittany: why do you always wanna fight your sibling? me: CAIN INSTINCT

[@MC21114]

About the race/ethnic thing, I have to say I went to KC comic con as Batman and I’m dark skinned but I got nothing but compliments it was my first time doing cosplay so I was happy about that. To those who are nervous or scared of doing cosplay because of that, try not to be. What’s important is that you have fun and enjoy yourself.

[@jadentheenby1753]

💜💜💜

[@zerofox641]

I always was confused by the race/ethnic thing because the majority of the anime characters that people cosplay as are probably supposed to be Asian. So no one gets upset when the white/caucasian person dresses up as an Asian character but they should also only stick to characters that are their same race/ethnicity? And the same goes for Asian cosplayers dressing up as non-Asian characters. I feel like you should just do whatever you want. I mean don't do black face obviously but if you want to be Elsa and you're not from Scandinavia go for it. Just have fun and don't be stupid.

[@SharkUsingaComputer]

@@zerofox641 disclaimer im white so feel free to shoot this down, but as long as you're not portraying harmful ideas (ie blatantly racist halloween costumes) or doing black/brown/yellowface i think you're fine. again, just have fun and don't be stupid

[@sarahdavis672]

Fellow Kansas citian

[@meghan5651]

@@SharkUsingaComputer yea I agree with you 100%

[@shachen8]

The trailer slayed tbh I’m excited

[@kyliepell5927]

we all collectively have the same brain in these comments

[@bugginonthewall]

better teaser than the mario movie

[@Sauerkrautgwurl]

where did they post the trailer bestie

[@bugginonthewall]

@@Sauerkrautgwurl its just a joke bestie as the channel accidentally uploaded a short version of the vid earlier

[@bumbaz0_0]

Britney and sarah thinking there AREN’T a fuck ton of harley quinn cosplayers with foam hammers at cons is so funny

[@Graymage69420]

“Harry styles is a fashion icon” I haven’t forgotten or forgiven the pink tights pilgrim look he did… mentally scarred

[@MultiPaco06]

the only thing iconic about him is the way he is tried to fight gender roles and fucking lost

[@hotsexyangel]

Did it ever occur to you guys that fashion.. isn’t that serious? Fashion is for fun. If an outfit is ugly, who cares? Let the man breathe. Not every outfit needs to be met gala material.

[@hotsexyangel]

@@MultiPaco06 but he was one of the first that actually DID break the gender roles. Only a few years after that his outfits became more “ugly,” but honestly who even gives af? it’s really not that deep. He broke gender roles, who cares if his outfits are ugly. You can wear ugly shit and still break gender roles, I mean just scroll thru TikTok for a few minutes 💀

[@gh0stsnaps]

yeah i’d say he’s never been a fashion icon 😭😭

[@lamp6798]

@@hotsexyangel one of the first???? what he’s doing is great but saying he was one of the first is genuinely wrong

[@joshuaguerra3419]

im so happy they posted the extended version

[@SharkUsingaComputer]

i really thought maybe they didnt have a lot to say about cosplay

[@elyssacorinne]

how is every episode just getting better and better. i’m so in love with them

[@RedSpade37]

Well, this podcast is the only channel on KZbin I have the Notification Bell enabled for, so they must be doing something right! Their humor is exactly what I need, honestly.

[@dexviridian]

Except the sorority episode we don’t talk about that one

[@scarletrot9983]

@@dexviridian I’m glad they didn’t delete it bc accountability but I cannot perceive it ever again

[@naomigary7930]

for any spanish speakers out there (and ik brittany speaks spanish well), if you ever come across a japanese word just pronounce it like you would a spanish word and 99% it’ll be the correct pronunciation in japanese.

[@RedSpade37]

Exactly, and to add to this, it's because both Japanese and Spanish pronounce their vowels the same, exact way, almost all of the time.

[@angelita98gaby]

This!! I was talking about an anime with a friend (who speaks English only) and pronounced character names in the Japanese pronunciation, and he was like “love how you go for the Japanese pronunciation *every time* ” and my best friend (also Hispanic) chimed in saying “nah we’re just Hispanic and are *so* tired of people pronouncing our names and other phrases wrong, we do our best not to do the same to others.” And I kinda added that the pronunciation is mostly the same anyway.

[@angelita98gaby]

It’s also kind of the same for Greek

[@Octoberstorm333]

Trueeee !! the r’s sound like L’s and any words with ‘re’ sounds like “ray” or “lay”

[@ryf3905]

other way around too!! as a japanese speaker learning spanish this makes pronunciation so much easier LMAO

[@belindarocky961]

Truly hoping this doesn't come off horribly, but just want to say that I'm so used to only seeing neurotypical folks in media. It's such a breath of fresh air to see people being super open about sensory issues, etc & I really appreciate how you both are so open, authentic & unsensored on this pod. Sarah, I finally bought earplugs for myself after hearing you talk about how they helped you with sensory overload 💕

[@jasminezehl9076]

Do you know where they talked about this? I really want to find it!

[@belindarocky961]

@@jasminezehl9076 I think they talked about the earplug thing a while ago. But I always see little mentions here & there of diff sensory things. I know in a few pods, they wore an ice pack on their chest for anxiety.

[@mollysiever909]

Sarah’s commitment to her laniege lip mask is unmatched

[@noneyabeezwax6904]

the guy in the first cosplay video was cosplaying as dazai, a character from the anime bungo stray dogs. And yes, he's notorious in the anime for being hot and one of the most talked-about hot anime guys.

[@LavenderMoon13]

Sarah bringing up Naruto at every chance is visual representation of me in any conversation. “Rock Lee would never.”

[@PeaceAndCarrots44]

i cant wait to see what comes after the first twelve minutes

[@strawbewbiecosplay2022]

I am so happy to finally hear this episode. I have been following you both forever (Sarah since vine) and listened to the pod since day one. It’s my every Monday ritual. I have been cosplaying since 2011 and I thought y’all were really respectful about everything. I just wanted to answer some of the questions you had! About weapons, generally people have prop weapons, which can be plastic, 3D printed, made from expanding foam, etc. A lot of weapons are really cartoony so they are obviously fake but if your prop weapon looks very realistic you get it checked in and marked as a prop at a prop check. On different genre/subsections of cosplay in competition it mostly just depends. A lot of cons are advertised like an anime convention, a sci fi convention, a horror convention, etc. While you’ll always see cosplays from every genre at cons generally you’ll see the most of whatever that convention is advertised as, mostly (at least personally) because of shopping and programming people go to cons specifically marketed to their interest so the things being sold, panels, and cosplayers will be more akin to their special interest. I’m an anime and video game girly so I wouldn’t go to Comic-Con for instance, not because none of that would be there but because I’m uninterested in comics and their programming will be less like what I’m looking for. However a lot of cosplayers have intersecting interests. Regular hotel guests at the convention center omg well this varies depending on the convention. I’d say at most cons regular hotel guests are pretty amazed and they’ll ask you questions and stuff, they’re generally pretty respectful especially if they have children because their kids may recognize characters (for instance back in 2011-2013 I cosplayed a lot of Adventure Time characters or now Steven Universe characters are super popular and kids love that), there are some cons such as Colossalcon that the hotels literally send out an email to any guest that try to book a reservation not through the convention that a cosplay convention is going on. This particular convention takes place at a water park and has a huge party atmosphere so kids trying to be at the water park not involved in the actual con would be completely exposed to a giant drunken nerd party with a lot of half naked people. I go to a convention every year that’s always sharing half the space with another con and weirdly enough it’s usually a cheerleading convention but this year it was a Christian convention, mostly cosplayers find it funny but stay out of those peoples way and they mostly do the same. Cosplaying another race or generally any character that doesn’t have your same attributes I’d say 99% of cosplayers agree that as long as you don’t change your skin color, tape your eyes, and wear things of cultural significance with respect (for instance don’t wear your Kimono incorrectly or some more military style characters may have nazi adjacent symbolism on them and it’s custom to remove that in America at least. As well as not using fake mobility aids just because your character is disabled.) Rule of thumb is these type of things are not costumes to the people who experience it in their day to day life, they don’t get to go home and remove their race, disability, size, etc. so you don’t treat it as a costume. Fatphobia and Racism particularly are really bad on the internet but honestly I think that’s due to the popularization of cosplay and it’s mostly people who do not cosplay and know nothing about the hobby making these comments. The majority of cosplayers understand that it is a fun hobby and not about perfectly portraying a character and tbh I’ve cosplayed at 115lbs and 260lbs and no one has ever made comments about it in person. It’s always people online, mostly men honestly, who are angry that you’re not perfectly portraying a character they are sexually attracted to and this has been perpetuated as well by the rise in OF cosplayers. I wanna make it clear that’s not OF cosplayer’s faults and so long as they’re not making heinous content involving children, inc*st, and other maybe not great things to sexualize..they work hard and they should get that bag, but for whatever reason now a lot of people who are not even involved in the community think that you have to be unbelievably disproportionate, look like a model, be exactly accurate and have an OF to be a cosplayer and trust me they’re not afraid to ask if you have links they can see 🙄 My last quick points are that most people outside of Tik Tok videos or back in the day tumblr ask blogs do not act in character at con’s and it is convention etiquette not to treat someone as their character (like if you hate their character you do not approach them on 100 like they murdered your fave or something and if they’re a character your character is shipped with you don’t just approach people like they’re your partner) There are however a lot of in character jack sparrows at conventions so don’t fret, you’d at least see one. People do cosplay totally spies as well! The cosplays you viewed in order are Osaka Dazai from Bungo Stray Dogs and Midari Ikishima from Kakegurui Lastly, I’m begging Brittany to become an anime girly, she’d be sooo good at cosplaying. I doubt you guys will see this but If y’all wanna see my work or ask any questions if you ever do a part 2 my Tik Tok and Insta are @ strawbewbie (I also know a lot of people who are interested in other subsections of cosplay, are considered “cosplay famous”, are OF cosplayers, and are cosplayers in marginalized bodies (POC, plus size, disabled, trans, etc. If you’re looking for other perspectives) Thanks! I hope this helped!

[@sarahlandry2988]

This was so informative!! Thank you.

[@strawbewbiecosplay2022]

@@sarahlandry2988 no problem! I'm 25 and I've been cosplaying since I was around 13/14, now that I'm an adult with an adult life like moonlighting as a cosplayer lmao people ask me questions all the time about it, it's a very misrepresented hobby for whatever reason which has gotten so much worse since Tik Tok has skyrocketed its popularity. With a lot of people having started cosplaying in quarantine due to Tik Tok's influence even a lot of cosplayers themselves don't have a full grasp on the community because they haven't had the chance yet to be publicly going to conventions and experiencing the actual community (the online community can be sort of a dumpster fire)

[@lizzyhannah1133]

@@strawbewbiecosplay2022 Super well put. I was going to go all in on a comment, but you've said everything already! I've cosplayed for 10+ years and have too much to say about it lol

[@FuzzyBSMcgee]

the way Brittany says “you BETCHES in the COMENTS” sent me lmao 😂

[@emilydenomme2902]

Just came over to watch because I got to the point on spotify where yall told me to watch to understand better so can I just say this is impeccable timing thank you

[@pickledsprite]

ME TOO LMFAO

[@alexmartin2746]

SNAP

[@desmondcapello3367]

i shit my pants every monday, appreciate y’all for making content

[@tashyannaho1699]

Same. Except I did that before the pod existed

[@RhiSpawn]

I used to be a part of a cosplay group that would cosplay as a variety of different characters (Disney, Marvel, Star Wars etc) and go to children’s hospitals and we’d hangout with the kids and it was always so fulfilling to see how excited and happy it made them when we’d come visit

[@pattmahiney]

This is everything 💜🙌🙌

[@Unfriendlymachine13]

The normal ppl at hotels are usually pretty nice! They ask questions about whats going on and occasionally ask for pics of your cosplay even if they are unfamiliar with it. Sometimes you get dirty looks but it’s usually not that bad

[@lizzyhannah1133]

I've gone to conventions at the same time as dance competitions, business events, and vape conventions. You'd get strange looks but some people will ask for pictures and seem genuinely interested. The dance competitions were fun because there's usually a dance-off circle that forms and they join in!

[@davidbru1]

god has granted me with the gift of a memory of a gold fish so now I can rewatch episodes and relive my favorite moments

[@nicoletteschiavone5980]

so happy the 12-minute short film got a proper movie adaptation

[@phineapplmedia]

I don’t think you guys understand how often do listen to this podcast. My comfort go-to for sleeping and background noise and a quick pick-me-up. I’m so so happy you started this show cause 90% life would be quiet and empty if it didn’t exist. Haven’t repeated content like this since Jenna marbles

[@wawis231]

8:31 you can see Sarah implementing the STOP method for adhders lmao Stop, Take a breath, Observe, Proceed

[@rqnbix4872]

I do this and then forget what I was gonna say LOLLLL

[@savannahemerald1620]

brittany yelling in the beginning is everything to me

[@kateogorman8863]

homestuck came up very briefly in this episode-- do yall have any plans to do a homestuck episode in the future? idk if either of you have a horse in that race, but there's a lot of stuff to cover there, especially con shenanigans like the grey paint bans, that one cosplayer allegedly ruining a hotel bathroom and almost killing herself by trying to dye herself grey in a bathtub full of vodka and sharpies, that video of the kids all spitting in the bucket and drinking it, etc.

[@maybelatermariah]

came here to comment exactly this, there is so much that could be covered in a homestuck episode

[@swampratsupreme5118]

Brittany PLEASE, do a tutorial on the buns you wear in these sometimes I am BEGGING. they are licherally everything.

[@Abbstra]

Painting my huge sword (Claymore) prop for my Eula cosplay while I clicked on this, the TIMING 😭❤️

[@zerofox641]

What a strange place to find a fellow Genshin fan lol

[@AmIReally_Here]

I knew I would find genshin players here😼✨

[@Aarronwastaken]

real fans remember when this episode was only 12 minutes

[@SabrinapicsTV]

I’m glad you asked about the weapons because that’s something I only learned recently having gotten into cosplay and going to conventions. they actually have pretty struck rules of what is and isn’t allowed inside conventions. “weapons” made entirely out of wood are usually not allowed, if they feel that something is too hard/heavy they might not let it in the venue. I made a scythe and some witch staff things from scratch and I was so paranoid they wouldn’t let me into the venue with them!! at security they will examine the weapon and tag it with a zip tie or something so that visually people can see it’s fake/it has been approved

[@violethell411]

istg sometimes it feels like these podcast episodes last for only like 12 minutes 😁 anyone else? 😌

[@victoriadoh3385]

Every time Brittany mentions Doctor Who, Sherlock, Tumblr and Deviant Art my heart beat surges and I gotta do breathing exercises, the internet in 2010 - 2014 was a wild time.

[@queenaylinn3094]

Take a shot every time Sarah says I’ll circle back😭

[@belltowercollective7821]

Brittany asked if [you] have embodied a person during school years, I once fully dressed as Nightcrawler from X-men (Cartoon highschool years, yellow jacket with red undershirt) Painted myself blue and attached a blue duct tape tail to my cargo pants, I literally embodied my hero 😩😅

[@oscarkamala]

nightcrawler>>>>>

[@KattSky]

cosplayer here! cosplays are not always inherently DIY, but based on competitions, it is usually in the rules that you have to make the cosplay yourself. usually it's agreed that cosplay should be limited to fictional characters, and cosplaying real people is kind of looked down upon, but its kind of a weird gray area. also! closet cosplaying is dressing up as a character using only items from your closet, or clothes you already owned :) love yall so much

[@alyssstiel1323]

My favourite part of cosplay history is the (possibly fake) story of the girl who sat in a bath tub full of sharpie ink and vodka to dye her skin grey for her home stuck cosplay

[@Fuchsiafaefantasy]

Fake? I thought that was real

[@alyssstiel1323]

@@Fuchsiafaefantasy could have sworn it was debunked but maybe not lol 🤷‍♀️

[@Fuchsiafaefantasy]

@@alyssstiel1323 I really hope so. That story is awful.

[@RealElongatedMuskrat]

I still to this day don't know what homestuck is and at this point I'm too afraid to ask. It was EVERYWHERE when I was a tumblr girlie but I never knew what it was

[@alyssstiel1323]

@@RealElongatedMuskrat LMAO fair enough 😭. I learned what it was against my will and it's basically just a webcomic with an insane follower base

[@nataliemancera5692]

The way their conversations are never boring

[@katsscorner]

the tan coat character is osamu dazai from an anime called bungou stray dogs and yes, i did recognize the character just from description while i was driving😭 (recommend the anime tho its tragic)

[@maggiegallagher5292]

i made the mistake of watching 500 days of summer and then new girl in high school and zooey deschanel became my whole personality ive had my bangs cut the same way since and started collecting vintage dresses and listening to the smiths

[@smy627]

SAME

[@willowharper8332]

Y’ALL please do a “stalking/cyber security” episode! Too many of us are dealing with this issue

[@jbone877]

The fact that you two are as funny as you are, and are so closely related is amazing, tbh.

[@ohsobridgey]

...wait I thought they were joking about being cousins lol

[@tomcruisemiddleteeth]

@@ohsobridgey they are. it's a joke lmao

[@meme9272]

@@ohsobridgey no they are cousins

[@meme9272]

It's nice when family members come together and get along

[@ohsobridgey]

@@meme9272 no they aren't.

[@morganshryock4847]

FYI on the props thing, most people make their weapons/swords out of EVA foam, those are perfectly fine. Basically you can't bring live steel or real guns etc. Some busier cons like Anime Expo do have size limits on props tho since it's so crowded. Also it's pretty rare for normal ppl to be in a convention hotel cuz usually the con is planned like a year in advance, so people take up all the hotel rooms. At least in the hotel attached to the convention, surrounding hotels are definitely subject to some weird interactions tho haha

[@jayroc62]

Ok but sarah asking if you can cosplay as an actual person is a great question I don’t know the answer to

[@RedSpade37]

I'm not that far in the podcast, but I think you can, unless she is asking if you can cosplay as a person who is still alive, I don't see why not. People dress up as people like Abraham Lincoln or Napoleon for instance, and people have also cosplayed as people like Trump, so I suppose the answer is yes, but also, it is a bit different than dressing up as a fictional character, I suppose, since part of cosplay (and, indeed, the challenge of it) is seeing your favorite characters in real life. There's a difference between cosplaying as Abraham Lincoln and cosplaying as someone like Sylvanas from Warcraft, for instance. Good question!

[@BEELZEBEATT]

you can! for example there's been a ton of kids who went as dream (minecraft guy) for halloween before, and you can see just as many young adults who go to gaming conventions to dress as dream as well!

[@strawbewbiecosplay2022]

People do cosplay characters portrayed by real people like jack sparrow, doctors from doctor who, the guys from supernatural, etc. As well as there are people who cosplay from musicals or cult classic movies like Hamilton, The Heathers, Rocky Horror, etc. and they are trying to look like the people who play those character in some sense. I have rarely seen people cosplay real people not portraying characters in the decade I’ve been attending cons but sometimes people may especially for joke cosplays. So like Guy Fieri is a common one, John Cena, and stuff like that usually coinciding with popular memes.

[@carleeelizabeth]

one of my most recent/favorite costumes has been jessica jones, who i feel like a lot of people dress like anyway. i was actually surprised when i got recognized as much as i did.

[@Rexmoona]

@@BEELZEBEATT I was about to come say this, I’ve seen a bunch of people that cosplay as streamers

[@artstroneatical2667]

i just love brittany’s laugh so much. it’s so jovial and uplifting

[@s3d_mushroom]

yall should definitely do one on pagents ❤

[@danisada2313]

Manifesting seeing Brittany in Austin this weekend. I’ve never been and I’m visiting a friend for Halloween there. Would literally make my whole year if I saw her

[@KUSOKITSUNE]

dude 31:20 has me CTFU yall have NO IDEAAAAA i cosplay and go to cons constantly and its always the funniest thing ever when theres non-convention people having to deal with it....a few yrs back there was actually a wedding happening in the same hotel that a pretty decently sized con i was at was happening😭😭 like guests were gathering and the bride and groom were taking pictures in the middle of a cosplayer-congested lobby and stuff it was actually insane . another fav of mine is the one con that is basically the frat party of conventions, its at an indoor waterpark & people go crazy and get drunk as HELL stay out till 5 am that kind of thing, and theres always a few families with kids walking around and its 😭😭😭😭 SO FUNNY......

[@mcbowman90]

I def thought Sarah said “I used to ask ppl if they wanna buy some rugs” and I cackled for 45 minutes.

[@Bluuebsart]

The stars have aligned, I’m watching this while working on cosplay ✌️😩

[@Chaos_Birdy]

With how often y’all talk about the indie grunge tumblr revival you guys should do an episode on the indie grunge tumblr revival 🖤💜

[@crypticpaige]

hearing brittany mention homestuck even just by name for one second sent a chill through my body never did i think she'd know what that is but it always surprises how much of internet culture and fandoms she truly knows about

[@taniyaduffystudies7694]

the first time i cosplayed was in 8th grade and I didn't have any friends so my mom was forced to come with me to the anime convention. I shiver everytime I think about it

[@stevenlerner5515]

i do love how u always come at it from a respectable angle, just informing and educating

[@human_jellybean1821]

IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS EPISODE On a side note, I just wanted to add on the commentary regarding the racism within the community near the end on the episode. It was mentioned how some people believe that one shouldn’t cosplay a character of a different ethnical or racial background. I feel that a large part of that is mostly directed to (of course) the black community, as you will see a lot someone innocently playing a character who happens to be lighter skinned or white. I (personally) feel it should be perfectly fine for others to play characters of different races, but especially for the black community (most especially in anime cosplay) as there aren’t many black characters in comparison to say white characters. In turn, it would be difficult for black cosplayers as this would mean they have limited amount of characters to cosplay. This doesn’t mean I support painting your skin to fit that race or ethnicity, just rather cosplaying as one normally would. (you can also see that this is a very prominent issue in the cosplay community as black cosplayers will frequently get an insane amount of hate for cosplaying a non-black character. The hate often goes as far as calling people racial slurs and other far worse things.) If this doesn’t make that much sense, Veridis Joe in his video “Cosplaying While Black”, he explains it wonderfully and in a way thats easy to understand. Again, loved the episode y’all, I listen to this podcast ALL THE TIME, listened to every episode, can’t wait for the next :D

[@latenightdownload]

The image of a crotchless sauce packet, absolutely sent me for the rest of the day! 😂😂

[@fatimaolivares9714]

THE DAZAI OSAMU COSPLAY OH MY GOD MY JAW DROPPED WHEN I HEARD TAN JACKET ANS A TURQUOISE NECKLACE IM SVRNESINF FUSHSWNWIWBA

[@lizzyhannah1133]

I cosplayed for years and I've been waiting for y'all to do an episode on it! I loved the episode and how respectfully the topic was handled. If Sarah put on Brittany's cardigan to be her it would technically be a closet cosplay. Using clothes that are already made or come from your closet to make a costume. Every fandom is welcome at conventions, so any costume is welcome. (Including a hot sauce packet) It's a great way to meet friends who like the same things as you. There are creeps in the community, but I've met some of the nicest/ cool people through it.

[@aleceaclendening5857]

i really hope they meant to put the zocdoc ad right after the chlamydia joke 😂 pure artistry

[@omu6740]

y'all are so real for posting this while i work on my cosplay armor 😩🤚 also to answer sarah's question about weapons and props and convention regulations, cons where i live allow airsoft guns but they must have orange tips (?) on them. foam weapons are allowed tho! some conventions also have a height regulation, my local comic con had a 2m height limit lol

[@neversunny]

The 12 min teaser was so good 😭😭

[@vanessabaird8668]

Would you please consider 2 hour podcasts? I could honestly listen to you both for hours. You make me laugh my out loud while I’m listening/watching. I relate so much because I grew up on the internet too. Anyways thanks so much for the laughs, Seriously the back and forth between you two is comedy gold! ❤

[@alexarobertson17]

Maybe I am weird, but I don't care about any of the topics of this pod. Yet I watch every single one because I love Brittany and Sarah! ❤️

[@kayleighbell7491]

38:30 I agree with Sara on the little to no effort thing when it came to customing/cosplaying. I was the exact same way everytime I was the costuming/makeup specialist for my highschool theater days where I put all my effort and research into time period hairstyles and cosmetics that were appropriate for the era. I pushed it because it wanted it to be good, but the other kids in the productions did half the work that I was fully committed. (I get that if you weren't a theater/gay/finearts kid during highschool that everyone else could care less) but it threw me off the wall everytime someone does little to no effort into characters they are portraying whether for theater productions/cosplay conventions/halloween

[@woha6]

For anyone else wondering, foam/prop weapons can be brought at most conventions. There will be a booth or table near the entrance where you get your weapon peace tagged. A staff member inspects the prop to make sure it meets the parameters of not being a real weapon, then will put a bright coloured zip tie or paper tag on the weapon. You can't enter the main parts of the convention without those tags

[@emilyables5608]

oh GOD this reminded me that i also had a peacoat and blue scarf in high school that i would wear to school bc it looked like Sherlock omfg

[@Chlozez]

Sarah’s southern bye makes my heart flutter every time

[@BEELZEBEATT]

heres a tid bit about weapons at cons: you can have swords and knives as long as they are made of a safe material, but there's a booth where you have to get them "peace bonded" where they tie a little coloured ribbon or tape onto your weapon to show that it's approved to carry around! they also dont usually have to be "attached" to the costume, you can carry a sword in your hands just be very careful and mindful of other people especially in the crowded artist alley and exhibition halls!

[@eleholgiun]

Ive cosplayed only once but I LOVED it. Even though the prop took some work, I honestly loved the process and cant wait to do it again. I cosplayed as Ash from the Evil Dead franchise. Kind of obscure to those not really into horror, but I basically threw on a blue button up some khakis and covered myself in blood. The prop was the main attraction since the character has a chainsaw hand. I made the base out of a milk jug, the rip cord (don't know the exact name for tools lol ) was a 3d printed base that had a cord and small wooden rod at the end. The arm access had a wooden dowel inside.

[@BATOOST]

Sarah just straight up braiding they're hair while they deliver a serious opinion on cosplay is the ADHD validation I needed today

[@JeanCuisine69]

SAME i came to the comments to say this exactly

[@yasssslayyy8836]

when yall were talking about things banned from conventions the first thing that came to my mind was the whole... situation... where that one homestuck cosplayer took a bath in SHARPIE to get gray skin... 😭

[@marcotisch2605]

RIGHT I was waiting for them to talk abt it the whole episode

[@jameswarden5312]

oh this is gonna be a great episode for sure. this came out right as i was binging other episodes i missed so perfect timing !

[@AKA253]

On the topic of cosplay items being DIY, there’s a form of cosplay called “closet cosplay” where you take what you already have (or sometimes what you can find that’s not a specialized piece) and make a cosplay out of that.

[@lexvirgilio]

Them being the equivalent to a PE Teacher who is substituting for your history class is the most accurate and hilarious shit I’ve ever heard😂☠️

[@yoonglie]

11:14 BRO I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE my biggest example of this was in grade 7 where i was *obsessed* with jacksepticeye, so i wore outfits just like his (even the hair). i then had a twenty one pilots phase where i dressed like tyler and my friend was josh. i also got tylers hair

[@Isabel-kk4js]

1:01:10 the way i knew this was dazai from just the audio on spotify is embarrassing. target audience hit yall 😭

[@mariaj7549]

Listening to this on a train, struggling not to crack up

[@emmascrivener8109]

Same

[@jaydenmercer4799]

That trailer was slay got me so hyped for the episode 😂😂😂😂❤❤❤❤❤

[@SurfingOortCloud]

I have so much fun watching yall have fun making the pod for us, its truly a joy

[@mossryan4027]

Sarah is so right about Peter Capaldi's Doctor and Donna Noble, they would've been an iconic duo 💔

[@gaby5978]

omg extended version 🤩

[@kikihyde2299]

As someone who has been regularly attending conventions as a cosplayer for years, they do regularly sell actual swords and sometimes knives at the venue. You have to be 18+ to even touch them and can't unsheathe the weapon (some places will zip tie them closed). Any prop weapons have to be checked or you will be pulled from the convention. I make the majority of my own props and foam/light plastic swords/axes/spears are fine as long as you can prove they aren't actually sharp or made of wood/metal. No prop fights, but you can pose with them for pictures as long as you aren't in someone's way.

[@LouDoesNails]

thank you SO much for your enthusiasm about Andrew Scott performing Hamlet - I looked up the soliloquy and it's incredible

[@debu556]

42:53 honestly her reasoning resonated with me because I can only handle so many hyperfixations at once

[@hannahckirk]

Oh my god on the topic of people who channeled someone in who they dressed in highschool. That just triggered my memory of guy who dressed like Heath Ledgers Joker everyday in highschool

[@honeyswann]

Yess was so excited after seeing the 12 min snippet now I can finally see what Sarah was gonna say !

[@chrisdavis1722]

I can’t stop giggling about the idea of Sexy Sauce Packet as a viable Halloween option. I would be dead on the floor crying 😂

[@will5877]

The take away from all of this that Grown Ups is one of the best movies ever.

[@andy_sans]

sarah’s voice was so satisfying in the ad read it scratched an itch I had in my brain

[@savannap7823]

As a fellow cosplayer I’m glad y’all were really respectful explaining cosplay and not judgmental. I’ve been told I’m ‘weird’ or a ‘freak’ for doing cosplay

[@chester896]

for the race thing: I think they should’ve explained a little better. The argument of “you shouldn’t cosplay outside of your race” has been used as harassment against black, brown, and darker-skinned people for a very long time as a reason they shouldn’t be allowed to cosplay “white” characters. (I put white in quotations because a lot of online discourse around “white” characters comes from anime and Japanese video game studios, and a lot of those characters aren’t meant to be white, either, but no one gives white people flack for cosplaying them like they do black, brown, and dark-skinned people!!) And, obviously, I do NOT support cosplayers doing black/brown/yellow face!! Those people should very much be called out, but POC cosplayers cosplaying a character “outside” their race shouldn’t. If you have to take a moment and think, “would it be harmful for me to cosplay this character?” MAYBE DON’T!

[@arenrose_]

Peter Capaldi is my favourite Doctor too. So excited to see David Tennant and Katherine Tate back at the end of the year, their characters never had their friendship romanticized and I loved their dynamic together. More excited for Ncuti Gatwa and Yasmin Finney in the next season's to come

[@okiuli]

y'all know david tennant AND donna noble is coming back to Dr Who for the 60th anniversary THIS November?

[@marinanottheboatplace3809]

Much better ❤

[@ArtisticDoe]

HEY YAAALLLLL, I've been an active member in the cosplay community since 2010 (most recently I was a cosplay guest for a League of Legends World tournament) and wanted to add some thoughts I had while listening to this!! I wanted to mention that there is a huge subculture of the cosplay community that is dedicated to the craftsmanship of making cosplay, more so than becoming a character/escapism. One of the biggest reasons I cosplay is I love to sew, make props, style wigs, try makeup, etc, and because the characters I love are so elaborate, it gives me an opportunity to make extravagant costumes. I spent 1.5 years working on a League of Legends cosplay, one because I am a cringe ass omega gamer pog champ for league, but another because I had to research and learn so many new skills. Like I spent 3 months making an 8ft wide, 6ft tall floating ghost wolf (lmao). There is an insane amount of small businesses dedicated to the cosplay community, where they make patterns, props/ prop kits, tutorials, and more. This subculture includes those who participate in the craftsmanship cosplay contests you had mentioned. I had the opportunity to judge a cosplay contest, and we spent 8 hours of judging before the 2 hours cosplay contest; where we evaluated and looked at the costumes of around 200+ applicants (to the point we flipped the undersides of costume parts to see if it as properly made as the outside, touched the fabric to understand fabric choices, and reviewed workbooks put together by the contestants). People make it their job to win these contests too. It's a lot more than just the online paid influencers you may find on tiktok/instagram (but even then, their income comes from mostly streaming/donations/only fans/youtube/etc). Cosplayers can bring swords/weapons to cons as long as they are not real swords/weapons lol. All cons will have a prop-check, where staff evaluate a prop and give it a zip-tie/band to mark its approved. Most props are made out of foam, wood, 3D printed, SOME metal, etc. They dont need to be sheathed or strapped to your body either, theres actually a lot of problems where non-cosplayers at a con run into cosplayers and break their props lol. The racism/fatphobia within the community is incredibly prevalent and disheartening. It's less about white cosplayers dressing up as POC characters (although that IS a problem and always yikes), and more about people discouraging POC cosplayers from cosplaying caucasian-presenting characters. It's pretty common where a skinny white fem-presenting cosplayer will always out-preform/receive an insane amount of support as opposed to POC or plus size cosplayers. You can find a lot of twitter threads where people highlight this in the comments of those cosplayers, where they receive a lot of hate comments for their cosplays. It sucks. Other issues include pedophilia/pedo-baiting (think belle delphine), race-facing, overall clout-chasing/toxicity, among other issues. ANYWAY i've also been involved with the MLP fandom since it started so if you ever want more info on either communities hmu @honeyrabbiit xoxoxo

[@yeeyeebrother4870]

not me cleaning a shit stained toilet at the fairfield inn and suites i work at while they talk about hotels

[@kechuju]

i just know Brittany would eat up watching some shoujo and josei anime also our queen would foam at mouth watching haikyuu