Influencers Ruined Cosplay
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And thank you for raising my spirts I need to do better in content person and the way I handle cosplay and vlogs
"Name a famous person whos won a contest."
Yaya? Sarah Spaceman?
I could go on
The annoying thing is people online asking “what are you going to cosplay next?” -Srry I don’t wanna spend all my money on new cosplays, I only cosplay a couple things that I like. This is something that I get a lot because of content creators who come out with new cosplays all the time
15:31 ??????????
also with fast fashion cosplay, the idea of a cosplay being completed is easy and quick with fabric already made just for that character. and how craftsmanship is not canon to a T. yes is it cheaper to buy one off a site. but dont knock down other people for what and how they cosplay. i heard this somewhere and i repeat it. a percet cosplay body is a cosplay on a body. it took be mine body, your body, your friend's body, even your dog's body.. not everything has to make money. it is a hobby, very rare people make money on their hobbies and most hate their hobby once its no longer a hobby.
I heard once that in Japan, the vast majority of cosplayers do so "professionally", prescheduling set times and places over social media for interested people to show up and take pictures.
I felt pride at the time that we in the west could be so casual with it and just show up anywhere at any time and just vibe.
Now I fear that the Japanese were just ahead of us on the curve, and their present is a glimpse of our future.
I hope I'm wrong.
I am so sick of the push the monetize every aspect of our lives.
People doing cosplay for the passion alone are the reason it can even be monetized in the first place. All cosplay monetization is built on the work of folks who did it for no pay because they loved it.
her constantly talking about how money this, money that and how she can capitalize off of cosplay only to then share her brainless take that's for sure gonna mess with her bag is kinda funny. Some people just don't think about the shit that comes out of their mouths
As someone who runs a makerspace, it's sad to see the maker movement go from communities of hobbyists to communities of people looking for maker-related side hustles. That "What's the point of doing it if it isn't making me money" mindset is frustrating.
What an interesting and thought provoking video to hit my recommended feed. I used to attend comic conventions in my 20s, haven't been to one in close to a decade, but the last one I did in 2017 I went as Ben Reilly/Scarlet Spider with a costume I made for the convention. Random attendees came up to me, snapped photos, and the sort – I didn't make any money or make a social media spectacle about it, I did it because it was fun and I enjoyed seeing people have fun along side me. Heck, I remember doing a Punisher getup for a Free Comic Book Day event for a storefront I frequented as a favor back in 2015. Most people forget it's a labor of love and a hobby.
I unfollowed her a long time ago. She's hella weird lol
5:52 your 100% right i saw this the moment it started to happen
As a personwho has cosplayed for 15 year. The community needs more people like you in the content creator space. Specifically because you really promote a lot of positivity. Which is something I've seen slowly die within the community over the year.
I've always only seen her in other people's content…. like a glorified cosplay commissioner? It seems like she made friends to the top, I mean good for her but it feels like she's famous because of the people she surrounds herself with. Not her cosplay.
That mindset has to come from someone who just started cosplaying 6 years ago. Do you cosplay? If yes then you are a part of the community; end of story.
I’ve been talking with other cosplayers for years about the “influencer” issue that’s been growing in the community- there’s a weird push to take all the fun out of it and turn it into a strictly monetary thing.
Like, I’m here to dress up and play pretend, not be a lifeless model.
As someone who adores competing and hasn’t been able to compete or go to conventions for YEARS because of money struggles, it’s really disheartening to hear a successful and popular cosplayer with a large platform talk about competing like this.
So she has responded to multiple comments on the video and on her tiktok. At no point has she clarified what she meant. She meant what she said with the words she used to say it.
And her advice to just do what the famous cosplayers do to guarantee engagement and income is just clown advice
I hate to say this but… I kinda agree with some of her points. We have a LOT of Cosplay creators who started out in the competition circuit filming their progress videos and "Con vlogs" who now make a significant income off of their online content (sponsorships & paid platforms) that enable them to fund MORE Conventions & competitions. Yet, still they advertise as if doing those competitions & placing is all that's needed to make it into more than a hobby. If your goal is to compete for fun or challenging yourself creatively, then YES competitions are for you! (That SHOULD be the whole point!). BUT if you're looking for partnerships, income & viewership that's a whole different area of our community. It's dishonest to leave out the part where they film, edit and post content on a schedule with a marketing management team behind them. So really it's two different areas of the community fighting each other: Paid Influencers & Competition Cosplayers. And THEN there's the rest of us hobby cosplayers who have been here forever just watching everyone melt down over a differing in opinions…
Watching this as i sew my cosplay together ❤❤
god forbid someone wants to partake in nerd theater
Stella's also just flat out wrong about contests "wasting" your whole Saturday.
"They lock you in a pre-judging room all day!"
Girl, pre-judging lasts five minutes TOPS.
Beyond that, you show up to the contest earlier than the audience, and you MAYBE get to do one rehearsal run-through of your skit.
Stella needs to put TikTok down for awhile. It's clearly rotted her brain for real.
Anyway, I'm proud of my competitive cosplay community and all of the unpopular characters I've showcased on stage. 😤
What the fck is that girl on about. Don’t even know who she is.
“Nobody cares if you win” she says
Duhhh I win for myself and my own efforts why would I care what someone thinks?
Simple as that.
Retired cosplayer (thanks pandemic + depression + long covid), active 2003-2019, also a "nobody" with a few contest wins at small and mid-size cons from that era. Here because The Algorithm sent me. Seems the more things change, the more they stay the same.
The online cosplay community was just taking off when I started, and if you saw a cosplayer it was almost certain they made their cosplay (and if they didn't they knew the maker or direct commissioned it). Even in those early internet days there was already this weird rift between people who focused on the build and people who focused on the end result (especially if they commissioned). Accounts who were almost entirely WIP and build technique, accounts who were almost entirely glamour shots, and everything in between. Rift seemed to widen as off-the-shelf cosplay started being a thing. Honestly the mess that is social media and how it mixes makes me kind of okay with not getting back in the game.
And then there's the stuff around how non-cosplaying onlookers play in too. I could go on and on about that, but I'll refrain.
In the end, I think that there is (and has been for a long time) several sub-communities within the cosplay community, and a lot of folks look at their sub-community as The One True Cosplay Community. There's the folks who are all about the build (and sub groups within there based around types of builds, techniques, or materials), folks all about the end result and aesthetic, folks all about the character acting, etc. And I guess these days there's influencers who do it for the gram or whetever.
As for the bit around people trying to restrict around disability, I've caught that around race. Not going to go deep into that, there's videos and videos and videos about it, but it's been a thing since before I started cosplay over 20 years ago. In the end on that one, I just kind of did my best to not care whan non-cosplayers thought, as it was mostly non-cosplayers suggesting that.
You know, regarding the don't cosplay when you're disabled comment, I went to Kokorocon back in 2023 and there was a guy cosplaying James from Team Rocket and he was wheelchair bound and when I asked for a pic, he had put a victoribell like hood over his head like the character. It was super creative. No I didn't mind that he was in a wheelchair and possibly disabled (could've been in the wheelchair for any reason), but I mainly focused on the cosplay
15:18 a grim reminder of why i hate evil people on the internet…
Influencers ruining the remaining social gatherings that haven't been rotten by social media. Why can't influencers just let people be.
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Has this "cosplayer" never heard of a hobby? lol People can enjoy things without making money from it, that's the point of a hobby, doing something you love whether or not you gain anything from it
cosplay= costume play= to me means have fun enjoy your fave charters get out there have fun in a suit no matter body type or race! it's awesome seeing someone making effort into making something awesome and fun
i love making cosplay I don't care if it goes viral or make money it's to have fun and enjoy being a charter i say have fun as long you're not hurting anyone and just heaving fun go for it!
I guarantee I did not give two shits about clout or making money when I made the absolute FOOL'S ERRAND of Shiva from Final Fantasy X 20 or so years after anyone gave a crap. That was pure goddamn gremlin energy, and she's one of the raddest things I've ever done. I learned SO MANY useful future skills, and that's my reward currency.
Making my first cosplay this summer because I lost a bet but im not to upset because I wanted to cosplay him once I got more experience
The woman on the podcast is wearing Rafayel's sweater and saying those terrible things, like please, RAFAYEL WOULD NEVER
REAL cosplayers spend money on cosplay just for the love of the hobby.
These influencers use cosplay as means to earn money.
I'm not saying they shouldn't cosplay. What I'm saying is they should be at least self-aware about what their goals are.
I am an artist, and follow Inkwell's channel because of art and the artist alley scene, so the cosplay video was a little out of place. Despite that, I'm a theater kid and had no clue who she was, so watched and uhh….. couldn't finish it.
As someone who was part of the anime cons scene since '04 with the majority of my friends being cosplayers……. it was an awful take. Maybe I'm fucking old, but most people did cosplay for the art and love of the character, not for attention/money