Cosplaying is a ton of work. Making a costume can take literal months. And then, you have to wear it all frickin' day--it's probably hot, sweaty, heavy, and gross in there.
And sometimes, cosplaying that character is 100% not worth the effort. Sometimes you have to hang up the spiky wig and say, "I tried that, no thank you" forevermore.
Reddit user aasrg1802 asked:
Cosplayers, what's one cosplay you will never do again and why?
Here were some of those answers.
Blinded.
"Pyramid head."
"A whole slew of reasons ranging from it is very hard to move/see/eat/drink/literally anything and this is the complaint with just the head."
"Now add in a skirt/dress like bottom and the sword."
"It is very uncomfortable to walk, hard to sit down and if the weather makes a slight turn to cold you really have no way to put something on that doesn't look completely ridiculous."- skaliton
Rock N Roll All Night.
"Ryuk or any shinigami in death note because it was a lot of work for people to just think you were from kiss."-BigBirdHasAllMyUwUs
I'm Blind Mummy
"One year I did Pinyatta."
"It was fun as hell but It was a layer of fabric, a layer of EVA foam, and then all the fabric on top."
"It was absolutely roasting and next to impossible to see."-ElectronicFerret.
Why Wouldn't You Ask First
"Professor X.
"The only reason I chose it was because I had torn my LCL and still wanted to attend the event so I rented a wheelchair so I could get around the event."
"So many people came up and sat in my lap thinking I was just cosplaying as him."
"Thank goodness my friend's parents lived close and we went and grabbed ice packs that we threw on my knee so people would quit doing it."- sasksasquatch.
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I Wanna Be In Photos Too
"Not exactly cosplay, but I went to a Halloween party as Waldo once."
"Terrible idea."
"Everyone wants you hiding in the back of their photos, and you hear 'haha I found you' at least 800 times."
"Never again."- Katholikos.
I Am Slender
"Slenderman."
"I got really into the craze back in the day being a 6'3" skinny dude, and I thought of myself highly for having been a Marble Hornets fan far before the game was ever released."
"The issue is that I have a big head/nose, so through the morph suit you'd just see all my features, including my dark brown hair and smooshed nose."
"I ended up having a sore nose for days, and the soles of my morph suit were extremely darkened from walking around in platform boots for hours on end."- MylesJacobSwie.
Not To Mention The Drugs
"Dr. Rockso."
"Nobody wants to see that. "
"Kuh-kuh-kuh-YEAHHHH."
"Real reason is while fun, I have no place to put anything, no pockets, nowhere to store cash/ID, and if it's cold, forget about it."
"Also, seriously, NOBODY wants to see that."
"I kept it screen-accurate."
"No 'kid-friendly' steps."
"And I wore it to age-appropriate events."- AlphaTangoFoxtrt.
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How Can Your Real Hair Even Do That
"Goku."
" Back in college I had long curly hair, and a girl who was amused by it, straightened it, and used hair-spray to get it to stick straight up."
"Then I used black spray on it, though it was so big - I would have been better off going super saiyan."
"After college I chopped my hair - so impossible to do it justice again."- CharonsLittleHelper.
Dum Dum Dum Dum Dadum Dum Dadum
"Darth Vader."
"Wore it for years in two-hour stints."
"Vision is awful and zero skin is shown anywhere so it's hot."
"Real hot."
"Lots of wiring for lights and sound mean there's always something that can (and does) go wrong."
"Lots of kids coming up and randomly pressing buttons on the chest."
"Plus the cape is hard to control."
"Now I keep him permanently displayed on a 6'5" mannequin."-shinyviper.
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1-800-DID-I-ASK
"Faye Valentine for Cowboy Bebop."
"Not because of awkward guy comments, but because of other lady cosplayers that would come up to me and talk about how Faye is a good starter cosplay because I guess it's not intricate enough?"
"I got tired of the condescension."- beetjuicex3.
Watch where you point that thing!
"In 2007, i went as Anbu Kakashi, crafted most of the cosplay."
"I made a foam sphere for the chidori with bolts of chakra, sewed that prop to my glove."
"Walked the entire exhibit hall of SDCC, it was a crowded family weekend."
"Very exhausting to fix the wig and avoid poking people with my prop."- bursttea.
Once was enough.
"Gamora."
" Two hours of body painting, then to be in a convention hall aka human oven for six hours, and to not be able to use my fingers, or eat, and so many weird waifu type guys trying to put their arms around me in pictures, like yeah man good luck with that."
"Have fun being dyed green for the foreseeable future."
"The cosplay was incredibly rewarding to wear though, so many kids thought I was really her!! "
"And cosplaying anyone popular is guaranteed to garner a lot of attention at these things, it was fun for the day, but never again."- megxnii.
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An unwanted target on your back.
"Katsuki Bakugo from MHA."
"The cosplay itself wasn't bad, but the reaction from the 12-year-olds was tiring."
" I don't plan on cosplaying this character again unless I can find myself wanting to be called 'daddy' or be verbally abused again."
"Also Midnight from MHA."
"I love her character, but the costume is made to be provocative and kinda kinky."
"I have no issue with this, but I'm tired of being hit on."- Spavesnip.
"I was cosplaying tsuyu Asui from mha."
" Not to mention it was my first con and I was 11, but grown men kept constantly coming up to me and calling me baby, waifu, etc."
"Needless to say I won’t be cosplaying her again anytime soon."- origami_spaget.
The moment has passed.
"I will never cosplay my Lolita dva."
"It was very cringey and my parasol started to break throughout the con I was at."- NeitherPatient.
Can't wait till everyone see's my costume, just wish I could!
"The Legion from Dead by Daylight."
"It was my first cosplay and was overall a fun experience but the costume had one problem."
"The mask rendered me completely blind."
"Also the week after I wore the costume to a con The Legion got a huge nerf so I think it's best I retire that costume."- F4LL4W4Y
Waited too long.
"Rose Quartz."
"I love her character, she's well rounded."
"She was hailed as a hero but was discovered to have done bad things, which means she wasn't perfect, and that's great!"
"But after the SU movie people absolutely despise her, even though she doesn't deserve all the blame being put on her by the show and subsequently the fandom."
"I'm exactly her body type and have been working up to doing a really good cosplay of her, but there's no way in hell I'm going to a con and getting yelled at and assaulted for cosplay as one of my favorite characters."
"It makes me so sad cause I was really excited about it too."- DucksInPlants.
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Who's making all that ruckus!
"Gamzee from 'Homestuck'."
"Or any troll, but this one was ruined in particular."
"The grey paint I stupidly put on my arms as well got onto everything cause I couldn't afford a grey morph suit, one of my horns fell off and broke, and the worst part was the clown horn I had with me as a prop."
"I never actually used the horn to make noise 'cause it was really loud, so it was just for looks."
"Was waiting for a 'Homestuck' based panel and it fell from my hand at some point, a Kurloz infront of me in the line began to step on it furiously and made a lot of noise."
"Guess who got yelled at for it by the panel hostess?"
"Me, of course."
"I only ever did that cosplay the following year, and got stalked by someone dressed as Equius and Karkat who wanted very weird GamzeexEquius photos."
"I've had regrets for years now because of it, since I had another troll cosplay (Meulin Leijon) I wanted to do, but didn't cause I got food poisoning the year I wanted to wear it and the tail went missing."
"Fun times."- imperiousMaximus.
Can I get a picture?
"Even though it's hands down my favorite cosplay I've ever made, I don't think I could ever bring myself to wear my Yubaba/Haku to a con again."
"My previous experience was miserable."
"I was in a full Victorian gown. high collar, long sleeves, many layers, a corset, stockings, a giant wig, and had an 8 ft long lifelike Haku puppet attached to my back."
"All this in the dead summer in NC."
"It was a mixture of being UNBEARABLY hot with the AC inside not being much help."
"It was almost impossible to walk 5 steps without being surrounded by a hoard of people for photos which made everything from eating ,bathroom breaks, or any type of schedule impossible."
"Don't get me wrong, I LOVE people asking for photos and wanting to handle Haku."
"But when you feel like you're going to pass out from the heat, starving, your arm is screaming from supporting your dragons head all day and your bladder is about to burst, it can get a little frustrating and overwhelming."
"I was also involved in the contest later that night so I couldn't change out of it until around 9pm."
"We'd been there since around 11:30 am since our hotel was too far from the con."
"I really pushed myself too far to the point that I was SO sick I have Lupus, so I'm essentially mildly allergic to the sun/heat and sore the next day that I couldn't bring myself to go back wearing my Lust cosplay, and I'm so thankful I didn't because I could barely handle walking around the vendors in flip flops."
"I think if I do ever decide to bring Haku out again, I'll make myself a casual Chihiro to balance out the comfort level."
"Until now, my best boy has a home hanging from the ceiling in my living room."- Mossyfoxx.
Comfort is key.
"Blake from Rwby in a maid dress."
"Quick background: I don't watch Rwby, my friends had decided we'd do group cosplays for each day of the weekend and I got to pick for Friday so I felt I had to go along with whatever they chose for the next two days."
"I didn't have enough time or reference to make her actual outfit so I wore a black and white maid dress, cat ears, and borrowed my friends ridiculous heels (because I didn't own any myself) that I kept tripping and losing my balance in."
"I was so uncomfortable because I've actually never worn a dress that short or tight before I usually cosplay male characters and I've never worn heels that high."
"Between my feet killing me, being super self-conscious and knowing nothing about the character because my group all watched the show and I didn't."
"I will never do that again."
"I'm sticking to cosplaying male characters."- DorianTheGreye.
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Cosplay is not for the faint of heart. And please, wear deodorant.
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For many childhood memories are overrun by living nightmares.
Yes, children are resilient, but that doesn't mean that the things we see as babes don't follow us forever.
The horrors of the world are no stranger to the young.
Redditor -2sweetcaramel- wanted to see who was willing to share about the worst things we've seen as kids, so they asked:
"What’s the creepiest thing you saw as a kid?"
Serious Danger
"Me and my best friend would explore the drainage tunnels under the Vegas area where we grew up. These were miles long and it was always really cool down there so it was a good way to escape the heat of our scorching hot summers. We went into this one that goes under the Fiesta casino and found a camp with a bunch of homeless people."
"Mind you we are like 11 years old lol. And we just kept going like it was nothing. It wasn’t scary then but when I look back at it we could have been in some serious danger. Our parents had no idea we did this or where we were and we had no cellphones. We could have been kidnapped and never have been found."
oofboof2020
Waiting for Food
"I was at a portillos once when I was 12 and I was waiting with my little brother at a booth while my parents got our food. This guy was standing with his tray kind of watching me then after a couple of minutes he started to walk over really fast not breaking eye contact with me."
"He was 2 feet from the table and my dad came out of nowhere and scared the s**t out of him. He looked so surprised and just said he wanted to see if I’d get scared or not. He left his tray full of food near the door and left. My folks reported him but we never went to that location again since we found a better one closer to home."
nowhereboy1964
Captain Hobo to the Rescue
"When I was a pretty young teen, my friends and I were horsing around in San Francisco and started hanging out to smoke with some homeless guys. Another homeless dude came up and began aggressively trying to shake us down for anything (money, smokes, a ride, drugs- all of it) and wouldn’t take no for an answer."
"We got in over our heads and could tell this guy was now riling the other 2 guys up and they were acting like they wanted to jump us. Some grandfather-looking old homeless man appeared out of nowhere and yelled at us to get the f**k out of here- nice kids like us don’t belong down here at this hour!!"
"Captain Hobo saved our lives that night. My parents sincerely thought we were at a mall all day lol."
FartAttack911
Survival
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"I was 7 and survived the 2004 tsunami in Thailand. Witnessed the wave rise way above the already massive palm trees (approx. 40ft?) and my family and I watched/heard the wave crash into the ground from a rooftop."
faithfulpoo
These Tsunami stories are just tragic.
On the Sand
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"We were a group of kids who went to swim in a local lake. And there was a dead body on the beach with their hands raised and their legs bent unnaturally that local police just took out of the same lake. I've never put my foot in these waters again."
oyloff
Be Clever
"I was walking to school and I was about 5 or 6 years old and some guy pulled up beside me in his car and asked if I would get in. He also offered me sweets to do so. I said no. The creepy bit was when he calmly said ‘clever boy’ to me, then drove off. I’ve never even told my parents or anyone else about this as it would most likely freak them out."
OstneyPiz
Bad Jokes
"Dad's side of the family pranked me by burying a fake body on our back property and had me dig it up to find valuables. Was only allowed to use a lantern for light. They stuffed old clothes with chicken bones. Sheetrock mud where the head was... Random fake jewelry as the treasures... I was like maybe 10 or 11.. I remember digging up the boot first and started gagging because it became real at that point."
Alegan239
YOU
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"Woke up to find my little brother staring at me in the dark, asking, Are you really you?"
PrettyLola2004
Siblings can really be a bunch of creepers.
No one should talk to others in the dark though.
Not all pet owners have the same relationship with their pets.
While anyone who decides to become a pet owner, or pet parent as some say, love their pets equally, some never ever let them leave their side.
Taking their pet with them to work, running errands, even on vacations.
Many pet parents even allow their pets to share their bed with them when going to sleep.
For others though, this is where a line is finally drawn.
Redditor Piggythelavasurfer was curious to hear whether pet owners allowed their pets to share their bed with them, as well as the reasons why they do/don't, leading them to ask:
"Do you let your pet sleep in your bed? Why/why not?"
The Tiny Issue Of Water...
"Absolutely not."
"I have fish."- Senior-Meal3649
Everyone Gets Lonely Eventually...
"I adopted an eleven year old cat the day before Halloween."
"She has mostly lived in my closet since I got her, and she hasn’t been too interested in coming out."
"Last night, she came out of my closet and jumped up on my bed, and crawled under my covers and curled up by my feet to sleep."
"I was so happy!"- YellowBeastJeep
The Comforting Reminder That You're Not Alone...
"I recently lost my Greyhound but I used to let him sleep on my bed with me."
"The company was nice and he was no trouble to have on my bed."- HoodedMenace3
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What Do You Mean Allow?
"I have no choice."
"She is a cat, cats do whatever they want."- Small_cat1412
"He lets me sleep in my bed."- Poorly-Drawn-Beagle
Wouldn't Have It Any Other Way
"I carry my old boy upstairs to bed every night."- worst_in_show
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Who Needs An Alarm Clock?
"I let my two cats sleep with me."
"They're so full of love and just want cuddles all the time."
"And so do I."
"We've all developed a lil routine."
"Get to bed, oldest sleeps on my feet to keep them warm, youngest lies in my arm while I lie on my side (she the little spoon), then when I snooze my alarm for work in the morning the youngest paws at my face and meeps loudly to wake me up."- GhostofaFlea_
Whose Bed Is It Anyway?
"Yes."
"They're also kind enough to let me squeeze into whatever space they've left for me."
"Although I do get a few dirty looks off them."- Therealkaylor
"I found this tiny kitten screaming her head off under a car."
"Would not come out."
"Got some food and some water in dishes."
"I stood by the tire so she couldn't see my feet."
"She got curious about the food and water and started gobbling it down."
"I thought she would bolt when I squatted down."
"She was too busy eating."
"I grabbed her by the nape of the neck and all four legs went straight out and she tried to scratch me to death."
"I got her in the door and tossed her toward the couch."
"She ricocheted off the couch as if she was a ping pong off a table and I lost sight of her."
"I put out food and water and a sandbox and did not see that kitten for three days."
"On the third day, I came home and she was on my bed pillow."
"I thought she would bolt when I came near, but she didn't."
"I wanted to sleep so I tried to scoot her little butt off my pillow."
"She would not go."
"I put my head down to sleep and that is the way it was from then on."
"She ran the roost."- Logical_Cherry_7588
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Sleeping Is A Prerequisite...
"No, he's a cat and he cannot keep still during the night."
"He walks across the headboard, opens the closet doors, jumps into the windows and rustles the blinds, etc."
"If he would sleep he could stay, but alas, he's a ramblin' man."- Spong_Durnflungle
Saying No Just Isn't An Option...
"'Let'."
"Lol."
"It's a cat's world and I'm happy to be on her good side."- milaren
Felines Only!
"The cat does, the dog doesn't and the horse certainly does not either."- Xcrowzz
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Is That My Hair On That Pillow?
"My dog is perfect."
"She comes up, cuddles til we start to fall asleep, then gets down to sleep on her bed so she doesn't get too hot."
"Jumps back up in the early morning for wake up cuddles."
"The hair everywhere is the only downside but she is so cozy, what can you do."- HoodieWinchester
It is easy to understand how some people are able to fall asleep more easily knowing their friend and protector is there, in bed, with them.
Though we can't blame others who don't want to run the risk of being scratched or bitten in the middle of the night either...