I'll Smile If I Want To

[mikailborg]

Thinking about something 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.

Comments

[stori-lundi.livejournal.com]

There are a lot of people out there who can't have a good time unless someone else is having a bad one.

Schadenfreude.

And if anyone ranks on your black vinyl dress or any of your other fabulous outfits, I'll gladly help you kick their asses. :)

some how im afraid

[hippydippydncr.livejournal.com]

ok..so is this your warning shot off the starboard bow to warn me that i am going to hurt for days after i see your newst auqisition because my envy button will be stuck in the on position?///

Re: some how im afraid

[mikailborg.livejournal.com]

I'm thinking of bringing a couple interesting outfits, yes. It's the last Technicon, right? You're welcome to give me your opinion :)

[mikailborg.livejournal.com]

Awesome! It's always great to have backup.

You know, folks like you who understand what I'm about with all this make it all the more fun to do!

[stori-lundi.livejournal.com]

If you're claiming to be "historically accurate" and rubbing it in people's faces, I'll happily bust you down a notch.

If you're wearing a costume, all that matters is that YOU like what you are wearing and having fun (and don't violate any indecent exposure laws or the law of spandex. :)

Re: some how im afraid

[stori-lundi.livejournal.com]

PICTURES!!

[platypusgirl.livejournal.com]

YAY!
(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.

[scyllacat.livejournal.com]

I don't 'costume' because I'll never live up to being whatever character it is.

I did do a 'clockwork orange' derivative outfit once that was mostly about a gray top hat. totally got away with it, but also I have tits, and there may be leeway there.

[mikailborg.livejournal.com]

Tits are frankly valuable currency, at least in fandom. That's not likely to change soon :)

I only have one costume that goes with a specific character, and the fact that I look nothing like that character is intentional. It's a meta thing, and at least no one can tell me I got it wrong... that's pretty obvious.

The rest of the time, I costume for a theme, not for a person. Starfleet uniforms, SCAdian garb, or period SF wear: that way, I get the outfit without the comparisons. At this point in my life, the person I look most like is Edmund Blackadder, and while I intend to costume as him someday, it means I can't really do many leading men.

I think my best-known 'authenticity' chain-yank was the con at which I wore a ST: Next Gen uniform with a Babylon 5 comlink where the communicator pin ought to be. That actually pissed off a couple of people. *eyeroll*

[stori-lundi.livejournal.com]

I think my best-known 'authenticity' chain-yank was the con at which I wore a ST: Next Gen uniform with a Babylon 5 comlink where the communicator pin ought to be. That actually pissed off a couple of people. *eyeroll*

See, I would find that really funny. Next time, really piss people off and wear a psicorps badge instead. :)