I'll Smile If I Want To
Feb. 20th, 2009 07:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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twistdfateangel posted:
There are a lot of people out there who can't have a good time unless someone else is having a bad one. In online gaming, we call them "griefers".
Unfortunately, the costuming field in fandom has a fair proportion of them. They used to make me angry... now I just pity them. (And mock them a bit.) I'll wear what I damn well want to wear to the con, and if it's not quite period, or if the fabric color's a little off, or if I've taken parts of the outfit from entirely different fictions: screw it. I'm having fun. Too bad, so sad that they're not.
twistdfateangel posted:There are a lot of people out there who can't have a good time unless someone else is having a bad one. In online gaming, we call them "griefers".
Unfortunately, the costuming field in fandom has a fair proportion of them. They used to make me angry... now I just pity them. (And mock them a bit.) I'll wear what I damn well want to wear to the con, and if it's not quite period, or if the fabric color's a little off, or if I've taken parts of the outfit from entirely different fictions: screw it. I'm having fun. Too bad, so sad that they're not.
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Date: 2009-02-21 01:40 pm (UTC)(applause)
I got tired of playing with a group of people because of comments like that. And now, unlike then, I have no problem telling anyone where to shove it. And I can do it with it with a level of grace and tact.
Costume because you want to. Wear it because you like it.