Our long-time Swedish reader brought up an interesting topic worthy of discussion, and since he/she has always wanted to learn more about Filipino culture and why Filipinos do what they do, it’s time to give the En Svensk Tiger some GamerTotoy love. In response to a comment that suggested a different cosplay “goddess” would be in the throne if Alodia didn’t come along, En Svensk Tiger said this:
There are plenty of ways to answer this. I will offer three, for now.
1. Filipinos need an icon. Filipinos are notorious for always wanting someone to blame. I’m not saying this is exclusive to the Filipino people, because the Japanese themselves point fingers when something is amiss, but Filipinos are particularly bad at taking responsibility. They’re branded as lazy people as well, and for good reason. Philippine national hero Jose Rizal aptly elaborated on the factors that made Filipinos lazy in “The Indolence of the Filipino”. Icons are both heroes and tyrants. Former presidents Erap and Cory Aquino are prime examples of icons who, even without the ability to effectively officiate, have been given the responsibility of leading an entire nation. Alodia’s competency is questionable at best, so you can draw parallels here.
2. Filipinos think small. For most Filipinos, a dream is but a dream. They hate the Chinese and the Americans for dominating the corporate world, but they do little to oust the foreign conquerors. They resign to their fates – that they are nothing more than victims of society; that if they work hard, maybe they’ll be rewarded by the outsiders in fancy suits. In a culture where everyone, whether consciously or otherwise, belittles himself, Alodia is a gift from the heavens. She is rich, she is beautiful(?), and she appears on magazines and TV shows. A meager Filipino can’t even fathom the greatness that is Alodia, because he has subjected himself to the status of a commoner, or someone who may or may not have big dreams but can’t possibly achieve those dreams because he believes he was born inferior.
3. Filipinos need global representatives. Filipinos have an inferiority complex, yes. That’s why when anything, ANYTHING at all gets international recognition, Filipinos go ballistics. From Efren “Bata” Reyes, to The Philippine Dragon Boat Team, Filipinos always celebrate international victories and exaggerate the feats of their countrymen who made it big abroad. I’m not discrediting the two examples – truly, they are both outstanding in their craft – but then we have the Azkals, a sub-par football team that somehow launched to stardom in the Philippines because the Younghusbands are good-looking Filipino white guys. The Manny Pacquiao phenomenon has also reached absurd levels. Manny is a boxer of legendary scale, sure, but for an entire country to rally behind him borders on the pathetic. Floyd Mayweather and Ricky Hatton are very popular in their home nations, yet the US or the UK don’t stop when they get in the ring. For the Philippines, Manny in the main event is a national holiday, and his victory is a week’s worth of celebration.
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Does Philippine cosplay really need a GamerTotoy?
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Yes, because we need someone who will go to the sewer that we call “Philippine Cosplay” and clean the shit that accumulated there.
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nalilinis nga ba?
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Thing is, the Philippine cosplay doesn’t really need a GamerTotoy. Because even if he is not around people would still be annoyed at how the cosplay scene is going. They’ll eventually start trolling forums like cos.ph and other cosplay related sites…
But, the good thing about having GamerTotoy, all the people who don’t like the way things goes gather here. In fact he is doing RG and such a favor. If GT.com isn’t here, people might end up trolling their sites.
Speaking of trolling other sites, if we are so “evil” and want to destroy the cosplay scene, how come we do not do such things as going to other people’s websites attacking them with MPD and saying pig pig pig over and over again? Whose the bad guys now?
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Well they need someone to hate. lol
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“Because even if he is not around people would still be annoyed at how the cosplay scene is going.” Not to overstate my achievements or anything, but people can be unbelievably dumb. It’s amazing how the products of my boredom can open the eyes of many.
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Besides we need some entertainment, he is good provider of exposing pigtrolling photogs, huge chins, and faptards and the oh-so-mighty goddess. Good thing GT is here though.
P.S
Hey GT We need a new Cosplayer hall of shame!!!!!! It been a while goddamnnit!
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well, gt got the balls to “talk” about the community in the way others can’t..
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Are there any other cosplayer who has the guts to talk about our disappointments on the cosplay scene? It’s also understandable why GT is still masked right now. I don’t know who is better between GT and Lyron on cosplaying, but I bet they’re probably my top 2 cosplayers.
Hot debate. What do you think?
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Those Alo-tards are clicking the thumbs-down buttons here. You may say that I’m a GT whiteknight. But then again, please tell me. What did Alodia really contribute to the cosplay community? What values did she promote on our youth? I’m not that mad, though. But I just can’t accept that those hooked to Alodia are acting like toddlers. I can’t even see any constructive response from Alodia’s camp. I will just understand if Alodia is also a victim of MK-ULTRA mind control programming by the sinister CIA. But damn, she’s not.
As I like to call for a massive boycott on any Alodia events from anyone who really cares here, it won’t work that well right now. Many are blinded by the “charms” of that younger Madam Auring. Sometimes, I think that when GT posts against Alodia, Abundo, Siopao or RG, it seems that they are only gaining more attention from GT than getting their eyes open.
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Remember how we invited people to go meet us up? So where were you? We do not like meeting you guys, because you guys are all rabid and a waste of our time. So why should we go and meet you? To get beaten up or beat you up? To hear you nag about our “offensive” entries? Should we go onstage and say I’m one who blogged about… and get us kicked out of an event?
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Did Jose Rizal fought the Spaniards via bloodbath? The Katipuneros did, Rizal inspired the KKK (not the Ku Klux Klan.) And without Rizal, Filipinos are just like sitting duck.
Don’t say GT is not doing something or he’s all talk. We have our own different priorities in life. Maybe GT is perfecting his next cosplay performance. That’s a great help in the cosplay community just to be different from the many who have substandard portrayals. Also, we have our own different methods of combat here. Take Raya for example. He has the guts to face Renato Sobral/Pablito Sarmiento, Jr./Gian Bacuyag (all of them are Babalu) and I salute him for defending Hye. How about you, Juri Han?
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Not to mention that kid’s 15. Oh wait he turned 16 today! Happy birthday boyo.
GT had balls. He made this site. Without him. We’d be as pathetic as RG calling them pigs as well in their own site. This is where we talk about things we dont like in the cosplay indust… i mean community.
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Faggot wants my balls? Not gonna happen. I don’t swing that way. But hey, guess what. I am giving away a free costume. Anyone (even fags like you) can claim the give-away. Just pass our standards.
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You don’t have balls too. :P
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YES – plain and simple
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Yes because. this community needs a wake up call from this little retarded world.
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It’s like Yin and Yang. There will always be two sides of a story. If it’s just one side, it’s propaganda.
And propaganda is what Abundork and company has been doing all these years.
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True, so fucking true.
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This post should also be forwarded to antipinoy.com. Number three hits right in the bat. Being proud of being a Filipino just because Pacquiao has won another or Charice having her 15 seconds of fame in Glee is absurd. Being proud of being a Filipino is NOT by accident of birth but of individual achievement alone.
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Thanks for the interesting read.
http://antipinoy.com/resolution-of-apology/
*goes off to read some more*
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Dude, you linked the wrong article.
http://antipinoy.com/why-are-filipinos-so-impressed-with-shamcey-supsup-when-she-is-clearly-a-bimbo/
Replace Shamcey with Alodia, and we’re good to go. Especially at the comments section.
Also
>linking to AP
HELLO, TIMESINK!
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Wow. Angry much? (Taken from the article you linked)
“ivy crizelle…! yeah ur right….. SHAMCEY is beautiful &l she’s intelligent ……. the author of this is so wicked…. do you think that what you are saying is RIGHT,no ur wrong…more than a wrong….and please don’t say that again….and don’t discriminate Filipinos …her answer is correct…but i think the author of this must die…! he/she has no right to say that…..HUI…do not undermine SHAMCEY AND ALL THE FILIPINOS BECAUSE WE ARE PROUD OF OUR NATION BECAUSE ONLY OUR PARTICIPANT DOESN’T USE AN INTERPRETER….AND ONCE AGAIN SHAMCEY IS NOT A BIMBO…AND DO YOU THINK IF I WILL PUT HER BIG MOUTH TO YOU,DO YOU THINK IT LOOKS GOOD TO YOU? EVEN SHE HAS A BIG MOUTH IT’S NICE…AND HER BIG MOUTH DOESN’T MAKE HER FACE UGLY…..(ivy gisundo mo si shamcey kanina? at kailan ka mag pasok sa school..may chicken pox ka pa?)”
I think this example illustrates very well the points made in the above post. Why tell someone that they are not allowed to critizice and then go as far as to say that the writer must die? IN CAPS NO LESS. Isn’t that just as bad? Why is this poster critizicing the writer so hard? That logic is faulty. “I’M CRITIZICING YOUR CRITIQUE BECAUSE CRITIQUE IS WRONG!” I’m sorry, but it feels so cliché that it almost feels lika troll, but from what I can see it is 100% serious.
“do not undermine SHAMCEY AND ALL THE FILIPINOS BECAUSE WE ARE PROUD OF OUR NATION BECAUSE ONLY OUR PARTICIPANT DOESN’T USE AN INTERPRETER…”
Sorry but i have to write *facepalm*.
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Yes, they mad.
I mean, well, the real reason I linked to that is, surprisingly, it reminded me of the whole “glorify female celebrity to near-godhood status”.
Like I said, replace Shamcey with Alodia, and well, that’s what’s actually happening online with regards to people criticizing her and pointing out that she’s pretty overhyped and overrated.
If you have a Facebook account and have well, enough testiclats to actually brave her fanpage, lo and behold thousands and thousands upon drooling morons who desperately call for her attention. So stupid (read: mistaking SCANDAL, the band, for some stupid-ass term Pinoys coined for homemade porno, as dear ol’ Edjie dressed up like one of the members of the band iirc), it’s honestly insulting.
And there’s that guy who’s tanked up with the Wheatgrass brand she’s promoting and overuses Kojie-san. Yeah.
Fucking morons ._.
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I don’t really give a damn about Shamcey, but I heard that top reason why she got haters, Shamcey tards would go on channels and sites of other Ms.Universe contestants and would start saying how Shamcey is much better.
Something that Alodiatards do.
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I really miss the first cosplay community. where all the hobbyist do more efforts on their costumes. It all ruined when the aloldia reigns, and the white retarded pervert knights arises from their grave. especially, some of the pseudo wannabe photographers(i mean some of them) that labeled themselves that they’re professional(how come!?). :P
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why disliking my comment? does the truth hurt so bad? face the reality who disliked my statement.
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They just want to sabotage GT’s site. Comments run this website. Putting negative in all comments would make comments poof. Teh desperation is obvious.
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hmnn…. this topic is quite interesting, and the poeple here are talking in english! woah!
first of all, when i first joine the community, there was no word such as cosplay goddes. alodia was actually know of all the old people from the community since “EVERYBODY KNOWS EVERYBODY” why? coz at first, it like an underground gathering wich only few people know what is it. event are know only thru forums, or by sms.
after a while, maybe, some other cast aways, wanted others to know their hobby so that they can have company, so they explained it to others, and here is alodia,(who we cant deny that looks pleasing to eye) was part of their advertisement. and maybe thats how alodianism started.
i can still remember the days when everyone was treated as equal. and no descrimination, even if your just a poor guy who wants tobe in a lousy costume. and other thing, even for the camera man, people dont mind if your using an slr, camera phone, or even the camera that uses films.
about this topic, no, i dont think we need a goddess, what we need is to get rid of those people who just taints the community that i loved. those photographers who only go to cons and only wants to get pictures of girls that are fap material. those osplayers who just want to show offand only wants their picture to be taken by someone who only owns a dslr.
i want to go back to those days that everyone was treated as equal. even the expectators are treated as such. the cosplayers, are the one who give thanks to people when their pictures are taken. and it is allowed and its not a taboo to ask a person who was cosplaying, if someone cant recognize the cosplayer’s character is.
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you got that right
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@#3: This.
Naalala ko tuloy nung minsang naligaw ako sa isang English forum ng isang sikat na shoujo manga, may nakita akong isang thread na pagkadami-dami ng replies. Nung chineck ko kung anong pinag-uusapan, nalaman kong puro pinoy pala mga nandun at nagbubunyi sila dahil napasama sa isang scene dun ang flag ng Pilipinas. *facepalm* Tapos todo ‘I’m proud to be Filipino’ pa sila. *headdesk*
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Nationalism without logic. *clap* *clap* *clap*
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>Does the Philippine cosplay scene need a Goddess?
–No, and add those elitist and repeat sex offender who actually think that they are ‘Contributing’ something great in the Philipphine Cosplay scene but in reality they’re only making it worse. They need shitloads of bashing and beating just to send the message through their thick skulls that they’re no help at all.
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butthurt to the max, I spose, that the only thing that you can do just to ease the pain is by thumbing down my post. you’re pathetic whiteknight. get a grip over reality, face facts and get a life.
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(Off-Topic: Finally got around remembering my passwords. Yay)
- Does the Philippine cosplay scene need a Goddess?
Just with the others, No. We don’t need them. We never needed them back in 2006, we never needed them now. It’s just like that well-discussed item #3 everyone’s talking about. Sadly, it’s embedded in our local culture that well, everyone needs a hero to dickride on (on in this case, a goddess to like, uh, ride the coattails of her uh, glory). It can’t be helped if you admire someone (i.e. some of us look up to people like Jin, Lyron and Denggoy for instance), at least for the people who actually care for the hobby and not the attention you draw. However, we’re but a minority to the whole “community” (there, I’m calling it a community again) or whatever you may call the massive lump of people cramming themselves in a convention hall dressed like “x” character.
Prince: Sometimes I’ve pondered on that too, the last part of your post that is. I mean how the hell are we, the “evil spineless pussy bloggers” are supposed to be evil if we’re basically stating that there’s something wrong with the hobby we once enjoyed/some person acting like a douchebag pervert/try to instill some common sense and dignity to the massive lump of vain, depressed teenagers flocking every convention? Then again at this age, we’ve reached a point where you’re wrong/evil/a douche faggot if you offer a different opinion.
With regards to that, such attitude, well, is quite present with the “alodianism followers”, if anyone has noticed (obviously).
Starfish: Spot-on. I can relate to how you’re seeing things, since I was there too. Well, sure, costumes were poorly made, but we were all in it for the improvement. But more importantly, because we were all fanboys/fangirls of (insert series here). Heck even the Narutards and Bleachtards were bearable back then.
I was thinking about closing this response with well, sometimes I wished that everyone’d just fucking have fun cosplaying and being fucking geeks or some shit, but even that has its downsides. However, yeah.
Maybe, just maybe, everyone in the cosplay scene/community/whatever are too caught up trying to be this and that, and missing the point that we’re just geeks reliving our childhood/playing dress-up/being geeks. No celebrities, no fame, no dick-extending DSLRs, no pervert stalkers fapping to pictures of some scantily-clad innocent girl, no goddesses, no dirty old men, and so on.
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True, kids these days are so dumb. But I noticed something, it seems that the dumb ones are those who follow or worship something. Namely Alotards, feminazis, nationalists and so on… Individuality should be promoted instead of the hive mind where one cannot live without a higher being.
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hindi lahat ng nationalist eh mangmang. ang mangmang eh yung nakikiuso sa pagiging patriotic kahit hindi naman tunay sa kalooban nila. gaya niyang mga mahilig makipagaway sa blog at magsabing “Proud to be Filipino” ginagamit nila ang pekeng patriotismo para i-justify ang stupidity nila and lack of decorum.
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You have a point, although in my opinion, I no longer see any need for nationalists. Time of war is over, the world is starting to unite, the more nationalism and patriotism lives, the more war would continue. Nothing wrong with love for homeland and place where you were born, but there are those who go overboard and think that they are getting invaded.
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I have no idea what you’re smoking. Or maybe you should just pay more attention to the news.
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I do see the news, war keeps happening around because, those Middle East country won’t accept the meddling whiteys in their lands. And China and Korea are having issues all because they want to expand their nation.
Meanwhile, there are countries like Australia and Canada where people of different nations are living together peacefully.
Besides, customs are giving me a pain in the ass thanks to their “letting in foreign products would take over the local market putting down the local products so we should tax em high”.
And then we have those ban this and that because it destroys our “culture”.
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“Time of war is over, the world is starting to unite…”
“I do see the news, war keeps happening around because, those Middle East country won’t accept the meddling whiteys in their lands. And China and Korea are having issues all because they want to expand their nation.”
Excuse me?
Also, nationalism and patriotism have nothing to do with the actions of Muslim extremists in the Middle East. Nationalism and patriotism have nothing to do with China’s growing need for living space and resources. South Korea would be cool if their northern neighbors weren’t so fucked up. And yes, North Korea is just fucked up.
“Besides, customs are giving me a pain in the ass thanks to their “letting in foreign products would take over the local market putting down the local products so we should tax em high”.”
You want globalization over petty reasons? Good luck with that.
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You’re smart enough for me to not talk to you in detail. So yeah, didn’t bother explaining about your point in religion.
China has all the space they can get, they just find their mountains too “sacred” to be lived on (not sure about their resources though). And yeah, North Koreans are one fine examples of those fucked up Nationalistic bastards.
As for wanting Globalization for petty reasons. True, I admit that all I care about are my own comfort and goals. But hey, at least I am not forcing my will upon others like these nationalistic/religious/patriotic bastards do.
Either way, that’s your opinion. As for me, I’m a selfish, lazy person who only seeks my own comfort and loyal only to myself. Not my country, religion, boss… (insert other things that people worship). I’m just sick of it all.
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Uhhh, what? First, you cite the turmoil in the Middle East as an example of nationalism and patriotism gone bad (“those Middle East country won’t accept the meddling whiteys in their lands”), then you tell me I’m supposed to read between the lines and you’re actually talking about religion? That’s a piss-poor excuse if I ever saw one.
Mountains aren’t populated by people for a reason. You know, them trees and biodiversity. Japan’s entire population is only a fraction of China’s yet Japanese people are starting to live in capsules. You do the math.
The “nationalistic/religious/patriotic bastards” aren’t forcing their will on anyone either. They fight for their beliefs, yes, but not force their beliefs upon other people.
“I’m just sick of it all.” Yeah, you do sound too cynical. Stop trying too hard. Hurts worse when you fall flat on your face. Just a friendly advice.
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My bad on that one then. I really thought that I had mentioned something about religion in first response. Turns out I didn’t. Didn’t even bother to review what I had written. Just type things as they pop up in my head. Though an error was still made on my side so doesn’t change the fact that it is still my bad.
Well, not just in Chinese mountains, though to be honest, I don’t really know much about China, just telling what I hear from some Chinese guys.
And as for those who force their beliefs in others, not saying all of them. But most of them, at least ones I experienced. Big example is the church forcing people to be “pro-life” RH Bill is made by the devil. (Though I myself am against that bill)
As for me being too cynical, my friends complain about that too. After falling flat on your face, it is quite hard to be positive on things. So yeah, I became a selfish person who seeks comfort and rest. I really feel sick of it all. That’s why I seek for even the tiniest piece of hope for me to get me right back up.
Anyhow, appreciate the advice. Things are just messed up with me at the moment and I do contradict myself and screw up a lot.
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admin: aren’t you contradicting your own article here. Your article displays nationalism of Filipinos.
SinRealm: If you are so sick of it all. Why are you in this blog? Shouldn’t you be out there fixing your life?
Just sayin. :P
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People cannot choose where they are born and they are not equal. Each has their own ways of living based on how they grew. Like what admin says. They are defending their beliefs. But by defending their beliefs they sometimes force those beliefs in others without them realizing. By the way admin, the Middle East war is not all religion. Some people are just using religion for their own gains. *coughCatholiccoughchurch*:P
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Why? Am I here instead of out there fixing my life? Because I can’t be out there fixing my life. Because I find this blog entertaining and distracts me from my issues.
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Filipino mentality is horrid and the world is at an era of supposed peace yet at the same time blood shed and war. In short, humanity sucks.
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“we’re just geeks reliving our childhood/playing dress-up/being geeks.” Can prove that? You stereotype yourself here. It is a reason why your fellow “geeks” seek a geek goddess. That stereotype attitude is what makes these people want a goddess. :P If stereotype attitude of yours is cleared out. I am sure everyone would have their own thing and maybe stop worshiping Alodia. Alodia’s main charm is not really her beauty because it is common tbh. And sure is not her intelligence for obvious reasons. It is because of her target audience. The stereotype geeks and nerds. Those guys are (Sugoi! Alodia has same interests as us fellow geeks. what a dream girl! I’m in luv!)
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Guess you missed half of my point, but I respect your opinion (and hoping not to eat a tiger uppercut lol) I see where you’re coming from though.
Although, my real point (since I was too lazy to add a tl;dr version) was more or less cosplayers should like, shift down a couple of gears y’know. Everyone’s too obsessed with her, it feels unhealthy and totally gets in the way of cosplaying for the sake of the hobby. D:
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Ok…I don’t think narutaki or THWM is being a stereotype here. I don’t believe he’s downplaying the word “geek” to that level…It’s just nostalgia.
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I may be Filipino myself but at least I’m not like one of the ass-kissing public who swims in other people’s fame.
Answer to the question if there is a need for a Goddess?
FUCKING, MOTHER GOD CUNT FUCKING HELL DAMN NO!
Excuse my language.
Anyway, again, we dont need a goddess, what we need is people who just enjoy the hobby, simple as that, because these fapboys/fapgirls of Alodia are just really fucking up the currently shitty ‘community’ we have. Cosplaying is A FUCKING HOBBY (Get it on your heads you fapboy shitheads.) not a fucking stepping stone to showbiz.
And to answer the question why Failipinos(referring to the fapboys and fapgirls again, and people who bask in other people’s fame, claiming to be proud to be a Filipino and shit) need a ‘goddess’ in the cosplay community? Answer? They’re fucking cock suckers. Admiring someone is good, but extreme admiration (fapnism) is just fucking stupid.
And being honest, I’m ashamed of being a Filipino because of what I see right now.
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And we sure as hell don’t see a need for cosplay “gurus” too, diba Simbullshit?
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We do need cosplay gurus. How can teh noobs learn if nobody teaches them? Gurus should set a good example.
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Sorry kid, but Simbullshit is not a good example of a cosplay mentor/guru/whathaveyou…not by a long stretch.
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and for some unapparent reason, Whitetardknights are thumbsdowning the truth. Tardknights… they’ll never wake up from the dream of delusion.
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No point with arguing with young adults who have the minds of a child, HF.
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Don’t be ashamed of being a Filipino. C’mon, every culture has its own kind of stupid. And this kind of fanaticism is not unique to us. Our tards are just way too aggressive.
And don’t use Failipinos- stop using a term dreamed up by underage bullshit from 4chan. That is so passe.
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well, noted there. but yeah, even though its kinda passe, it just points out what I have to point out.
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I don’t think my post is directly related to the topic but anyway, I’ll go on ahead and shoot. I may have tons of inconsistencies with the things I say since I haven’t been to exposed to this cosplay community yet.
I don’t think Alodia ever intended to be the “Goddess” figure. I bet she was just an ordinary geek who wanted to give cosplay a try. It just so happens she learned the art of makeup and improving her appearance. Next thing you know, she had disgusting whiteknights and a putrid sweaty old man who exaggerated everything she did and say, glorifying every inch of it.
Alodia probably didn’t know what to do. She can be dense and naive -even her sister admitted that in a reply to a previous article. She may have agreed to give herself to the demands of her fan base or she just decided to let things be considering everything HAS gotten a bit too loony already. True, Alodia could have done something to prevent it but she also has to maintain her biggest source of profit: cosplaying. If she fought against Abundick, who has influence over 90% of every faptard of every “professional cosplayer” in the Philippines, then imagine how many could turn their backs on her. Also, I do think Abudno made a huge contribution to her career with Animax. She needs to earn money too.
As for people looking for a cosplay goddess: We all look up to someone for inspiration and the like. But worshiping the person is a different story. I do think many Filipinos are guilty of it and at different degrees too.
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even if she wants to fix it
its too late for her to back out. might just go on with it ryt?
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its nyc to hear diff perspectives too
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“If she fought against Abundick, who has influence over 90% of every faptard of every “professional cosplayer” in the Philippines, then imagine how many could turn their backs on her.”
Ano yan, blackmail? Simply she doesn’t have the guts to stand up for herself and tell Abundant Dick that what he’s doing is not quite working as he thinks. Biggest source of income niya is cosplaying? Since when did she EVEN TRY to find a real job?
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“you dont bite the hand that feeds.”
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Well she’s just chicken to brave that risk.
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Thing is, when she first started, she never really intended to be the “goddess”. But things change. She herself calls herself “goddess”. (proof is in a comment that I posted here that is awaiting moderation)
Moving on to her fapnights. There is a big irony here, years ago, Alodia had a fight with Abundo over him spreading her pictures to perverts in the FHM forum. But now… The two are fucking close.
And anyone who hangs with Abundo is surely not to be trusted.
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And where is your proof? :P
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Like what I said, awaiting moderation. But if you want to research, go look for the Swatch event page, if it still exists.
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^dude andun ako sa forum na un lolz! bigla ko naalala nung kinwento mo
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Wow dedicated yung nag thumbs down sa post natin mga paps! hahahahahahahah!
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Pansin ko nga eh. Let me guess, some dipshit probably linked it to the Alodia fans club and since they can’t into reading comprehension, they’re mindlessly clicking thumbs down everything.
If this is true, it wouldn’t hurt to READ, y’know. :| That’s one of the bigger gripes I have with web culture, especially for local cosplayers who can internet. The classic “YOU DISAGREE WITH ME, THEREFORE YOU SUCK!”.
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anu mga ungas? sobrang sakit no? huh? anu? masakit ba yung diyosa nyo ay isang peste sa cosplay community? huh? huh? ay peste pala sya. HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHH!
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@Pooh
“I don’t think Alodia ever intended to be the “Goddess” figure. I bet she was just an ordinary geek who wanted to give cosplay a try.”
This one I’m not so sure, That maybe true in her early days but let’s not forget that people succumb to being famous easily, simply put, they can’t get enough of it. I think she wanted to be a “goddess” figure, think about it, who started all that labels and shit? Abundo did. For all we know it was a plot from the start she met Abundo, they could easily start any drama or whatnots, especially Abundo since he benefits from her fame, his blog is weird, 95%’s all about ALODIA, and his blog is named Finest Filipinas? I mean, is Alodia the only fine filipina we have?—she ain’t even filipina, she’s freakin chinese-spanish.
I’ve read an entry by Czarina, her entry on Siopao master. I quote.
“It’s all about the Cosplay Drama
Here’s a nice fact. Steamed Bun Pussy is one of the founders (if not THE founder himself) of a certain old fanclub dedicated to the current Cosplay Goddess. When I first heard of it, I was like, “Oh wow, that’s so cool!!.” Then again, during our random chats he revealed to me a few tidbits about the negative side of this Cosplay Goddess. He mentioned before that there was this incident a long, long time ago that the Cosplay Goddess made-up a frivolous drama of someone trying to bash her just so she can get people to sympathize with her. He revealed to me a lot more than that, and those very words came from the Cosplay Goddess fanclub founder himself. Interesting indeed.”
Alodia is a pleaser, she’ll do anything to please her fans—even if that includes looking stupid just to get likes. (Haruhi dance?)or creating fake drama just for people to get her sympathy—anything that can create any HYPE on her end, sad really. That’s why I wouldn’t doubt her having plastic surgery, with the money she has,she’d pa-retoke any critique people make against her.
After people realize, “HEY, GODDESS DOESN’T MAKE HER OWN PROPS!”—she started flooding pics of her “creating” props. don’t even know if they’re legit or staged.
This is one of the reasons why I like Ashley, she’s genuine, she’s bad-ass and does what she wants and don’t care about the likes or comments.
WE DEFINITELY DON’T NEED A GODDESS. Pero nagsimula na ang “reign”, chances are every wannabe out there would kill to be in her place, let’s be honest, who wouldn’t?—she’s lined up Chienna for that.
YEAH. CONSPIRACY THEORIES.LOL
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Anak ng tinapa i couldn’t agree with you guys even more!
Do we really need a cosplay goddess? NO WE DONT.
DOES JAPAN HAVE A COSPLAY GODDESS? NO THEY DONT.
DID THE THAI AND JAPANESE THOUGHT OF USING COSPLAY AS A FORM OF PROFIT AND IDOLATRY? THEY CERTAINLY DID NOT.
DID THEY HAVE COSPLAYERS WHO PROCLAIM THEMSELVES AS PROS OR PROFESSIONALS?
THEY DEFINETELY DID NOT THAT.
Please. To those whose names who are mentioned here in this site more than a thousand times. Think about it. Is this what you really want to do? Do you want us to make us look like the desperate dicks we are today? Tsk. Saya up there must be shaking with dissapointment.
People forget that COSPLAY IS A HOBBY. With so many influences coming from people who i will not mention. Its. Wala na eh. Gone. POOF. DUST.
OH AND PLEASE. WAG MONG GAMITIN ANG COSPLAY PARA SA PAGSIKAT MO. Why dont you go to the Modeling Industry for that. (OH I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT.DONT YOU DARE USE COSPLAY AS A STEPPING STONE TO YOUR MODELING SUCCESSES.)
Tapos yung mga photographers naman diyan lalo na yung may gustong humampas saakin ng lightstand instead of being a man na gagamitin ang kanyang bare hands, Dont use mga conventions para maka prey up sa mga babae with those who wear the most revealing ones. It makes us. Me as a photographer look like vicious animals who would stalk on our prey for god knows how long. We should look up on people like Sir Erving. Eventually when i get tired of the cosplay industry. Aalis na din ako. Moving on na din in the process.
Enough of the tl:dr post i made.
Sana naman yung mga tao.
I hope they’ll experience the revelation i had.
The revelation that we all had.
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*THEY DEFINETELY DID NOT DO THAT.*
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Well said boy.
That aughta shake Abundick.
I like this kid!
He challenged the chinemperor.
He can certainly challenge Abundo and his cronies.
Big kudos to you young man.
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Stand your ground, my friend.
Raya 1, Chinmperor 0.
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I thumbed this Raya. Really well said.
Nice to see some interesting topics brought up, and indeed, thank you GT for posting my simple thoughts.
I really hope that the cosplay community can change for the better because from the opinion of an outsider it looks like it sucks.
People need to think a little more before they act and indeed, why they act the way they do. Cosplay is just a hobby, for some a creative outlet in photography, costume making, acting, and for others a way to celebrate their passion for a game, character, series, you name it.
Sure people can say things over the internet that hurt, and sometimes one would be justified to be mad, but I wonder why a lot of people walk around with the mindset that if it is something negative it is absolutely not true and not even worth reading/listening to.
If something similarly unfolded in Sweden you bet that I would start a blog or something similar, constructively critizicing everything I find wrong.
On another note, how do Filipinos think that Alodia is thought of in the rest of the world? I cannot speak for the rest of the world, but those few here in Sweden that know of her have all said that they feel that she is overrated and overhyped. :/
And you say that there might be a inferiority complex involved as to why some people need a goddess? When I see comments from Filipinos raging over something small cosplayrelated on the internet, especially when it is a huge overreaction I feel that it is those kind of things that should be more thought through before they post.
It is these kind of comments that could give a negative look on the cosplay scene. It is kind of like seeing a kid screaming in a store because he doesn’t get candy. (Would you treat the kid as an equal?)It’s a vicious circle. To be taken seriously one has to carry oneself with dignity and try to respect other people’s opinions, even if they do not coincide with yours. That goes to both parties.
Sorry if I have offended someone, the kid in the candy store is merely a metaphor.
Now I’ll stop writing before this turns into an essay. Following the Philippine cosplay community has become a hobby of sorts, even if I can’t even read or speak Tagalog.^^’
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I’ve been in international forums *cough*imageboards too*cough* with the same thought. I agree though, but there are several people online who’d retaliate with all they’ve got. I mean, just look here how people love to dislike every post, including the ones that make sense.
In another post in this blog, I remember Mike and uh, someone who’s more or less Ashley acting like angry dipshits because of the criticism. It’s insane, really. The rest of the people either were trying to establish some sort of intelligent discussion, or probably using the old “U JELLY/UMAD/YOUR JUST INSECURE” cards of retaliation. I mean really? Just because you have a different opinion you’re already insecure about someone else? Come on! ._.
It’s worse in the old version of the blog, as well as selected forums (I’m looking at you, Cosplay Circle) where everyone tends to overreact over the smallest things and having the audacity to maintain their high ground despite being called out on their misbehavior.
Speaking of overreacting, there was that one time in a convention last June, I think it was toycon. With the announcement of dear ol’ Edjie being there, and upon her arrival, that a massive crowd elbowed the fuck out of each other just to have a glimpse of her. That resulted in things like pregnant women who were just there for the toys shoved over, toy stalls being tipped over, stuff breaking, body odor, and boners.
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I remember that horseshit named COSPLAY NATION. Really, shoot amidst the tight passages between stores and heighten the danger of theft?
BOYCOTT ALODIA’S FANTASY TOMORROW!
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The raging thing isn’t unique to us. If your country doesn’t have it then good for you. But have you ever seen a “Proud to be Asian” thread on 4chan? When it first started to appear it gets 200+ posts easy from raging Caucasians. And lots and lots of unintelligible, belligerent posts. This year it would probably still get 70+ posts, and considering that it’s been years since it first came out, that’s saying something.
Same shit happens for most threads claiming Western cosplayers to be inferior. Lots of rage follow suit. All I’m saying is the rage and the stupidiy isn’t unique to us. But you are correct in that inferiority is a factor in why the tards act the way they do.
Thing is the tards here looks like they joined hands to become this big wave of aggressiveness and hype so they stick out like a sore thumb amidst other communities from other countries and actually get noticed. Well, obviously you noticed.
I’d like to explain more and make further comparisons with other cultures but shit is getting way too long.
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GT may we request you interview this boy?
The way i see him.
He’s has like the gentleman etiquette of Erving Go + A tiny bit of GT + The Counterpart of many pervographers and is as brilliant as Jin when it comes to the definition of cosplay.
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Thailand cosplayers do sell props and costume. Aniki and Sushiya are some props/costume maker from thailand. Just saying :)
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“OH AND PLEASE. WAG MONG GAMITIN ANG COSPLAY PARA SA PAGSIKAT MO.”
LOL! The fact you are cosplaying in events mean you want to get attention. From friends or con goers or media. Whatever floats your boat. You can use cosplay for fame. But if you will use it for fame be sure to be famous as being a good cosplayer. Not as a celebrity hooker. :P
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From a girl’s perspective—might be off topic but I dont really find anything wrong with people wearing revealing costumes or cosplaying ‘sexy type’ characters. If the character is really that way, and their outfits really look like that, that is.
There’s still a way to carry yourself with dignity in costumes like that.
Panira lang talaga yung mga nasobrahan sa kamanyakan dyan.
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Nice try, perv.
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Err lol, Im really a girl. o:
There are characters I really like that I want to cosplay but apparently people would immediately label me as a whore just because my midriff’s exposed.
For example people at cons these days immediately see BRS cosplayers as ‘flesh and meat’, not as BRS, no matter how in-character and well prepared they are.
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FB link?
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No need to follow Rules 29, 30 and 31 seriously, fellow chap.
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I think the problem is that those who cosplay sexy characters are barely of legal age. And that is like faptrap..
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There is nothing wrong with wearing sexy pictures. But in kiddie events? Kids can be sensitive to sexy. They are in phase of their lives that they are discovering new things. I remember back in Aquinas, there was a case where a gradeschool boy got in trouble for seeing a bra through some girl’s white uniform. What more if they see revealing costumes?
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And my two cents on the main topic of goddesses:
Nobody will really know about the real score and the real story until we get solid proof of Alodia actually answering questions herself. Until a solid word comes out of her own mouth about this matter we dont really have a right to say that she absolutely labeled herself as such and wanted to make herself that way. We can’t immediately say she approves of people like Abundo and the like promoting her retardedly like that, for all we know there might be reasons why she has to tolerate him. Till we know everyone’s reasons for doing things we can’t really figure the whole mess out. Even if her web show and endorsements label her as the cosplay goddess, we cant be certain if the has a say in these things, and if she really does view herself on as high of a pedestal as her fans do.
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HERE’S HER REPLY.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYht4f_XPfU
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Funny, the ratings system has been disabled for that video.
Must have been the flood of dislikes.
Also, damn, I lost my appetite for cat videos for this week. D:
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LOL, she deleted the BAD COMMENTS!
yung pinakaTOP comment diyan na may pinaka maraming like eh yung nagcomment ng
“MUKHANG TANGA LANG”
super 95% ng comments kagabi negative!where’d it go???!
hahaha U MAD???!
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Also, I feel sorry for the kitty.
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LOL (Losers-Only Love) nga…hindi ma-take ang criticism kaya nadisable, IF. I noticed mike is even vigorous with the whiteknighting in some anti-Alodia Youtube vids, like that Alodia-Haters Club vid I saw once na may mapa ng mundo.
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That kitchen joke made my week.
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what the fuck?
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woah! there’s a dedicated person, who seems his/her/its hobby is to click the unlike button. LoLz! im not sure if he/she/it as reading the comment. but enough said, its a hobby no need for an explanation
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baka binabayaran pa for every thumbdown he/she makes. haha
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I think some of the thumbs downer here are all of alodia’s retarded white knights. get a life people. it’s just a cosplay. hindi sa cosplay umiikot mundo nyo. there’s more to life. :P
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Yes , we need examples , but examples to follow . What we need , are heroes .
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Tanong sino?
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I throw back the question of the article to begin with.
Do we need heroes anyway? Aside from the ones we’re trying to imitate?
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We don’t need heroes. They only come out when you need them.
WE NEED VIGILANTES. Literally walking CCTVs 24-7.
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We do not need heroes nor vigilantes.
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I appreciate that comment, narutaki. People keep forgetting what’s important..
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@starfish
Dahil hindi makareply..
Ang ganda po ng comment mo. Mas naiintindihan ko na ngayon kung bakit madaming nagsasabing kakilala na mas maganda talaga ang cosplay community noon kaysa ngayon.
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Gatong lang.
Back then, it was actually a community, in the sense that people really hung out with each other. Didn’t give a fuck if you’re a fan of the big three, or a gamer, or a comic book geek. We were all friends back then.
Ewan ko ba kung bakit ngayon hindi na. Sure, there are forums, some oldtimers like I, but everything feels so fragmented, distant.
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Fragmented and distant is absolutely the term. :(
These days, its so hard to trust people, and even when you sincerely want to make friends you can’t tell if others think the same way.
When you ask people about fanpages and why they’re needed they’d answer that it allows a bigger audience and can exceed the number of connections you can have compared to being just fb friends.
But honestly, to all you cosplayers out there (primarily the girls) who immediately make fanpages for themselves the moment na makapagcosplay kahit hindi naman talaga kanais-nais yung kinalabasan ninyo, kahit hugot-closet, is there really a need for you to have a fanpage? Is there really a need to connect to 10k+ people? Who -are- you, exactly, that you need to make people see and know you like that? Who -are- you to shamelessly plug and post on our walls?
I only have an fb account for photo tagging and for acquaintances at cons, as well as misc contacts.
I just dont get why everyone’s so hungry for attention these days. Willing to bet 60+% more of cosplayers these days dont know shit about the character.
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“Willing to bet 60+% more of cosplayers these days dont know shit about the character.”
You’re way behind the times, lady. Well, to be fair even before there were several people who had no idea what they’re dressing up as. Nowadays it’s just more blatant and rampant.
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Well I’m surprised. o: My first experience at cons was during 2006 and I cant really recall cosplayers like that. Its like every cosplayer I saw around that era was in character kahit yung mga hindi ganun ka ganda yung costume/no wig/kahit hindi bagay.
Naalala ko tuloy at a con this year I saw a Rei Ayanami, she was quite pretty, had a nicely made uniform and proper wig + lens, bagay sa kanya, pero nung nagpapicture ako… why the heck did she do a peace sign with this super omgkawaii smile, seriously, I almost had a heartattack. Ang ganda na sana e.
I guess I am behind the times, haha.
Its normal to be attracted to the aesthetically pleasing. But at least do research on the character and act like them. There are characters I dont know but I grew interested in, and I really tried to download and play the games/watch the anime before cosplaying them.
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Where’s that FB link?
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I agree with koharu. Study the character that you want to cosplay, and make sure it’s fitted on you. just my 2 cents.
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I can tell with some goings on in recent months. Naka-dalawang costume lang, gagawa ng fan page and spamming up convention pages with “please like my page!” Gods, you’re really that desperate.
“These days, its so hard to trust people, and even when you sincerely want to make friends you can’t tell if others think the same way.”
- yup, those who are in speaking terms with Quakey can attest to that.
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Why? What’s with Quakey?
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Yeah, what’s with Quakey? Is he a backstabber or something?
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@The Hat Wearing Man
Hindi pa din makareply.
Makes me wish na sana noon pa lang nakapagcosplay na ko para at least, I gained true cosplay friends. At hindi yung mukhang nanggagamit lang pag need ka nila.
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The vicious cycle of user-friendly people
It’s hard to trust cosplayers these days.
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There’s no such thing as Cosplay Friends.
Only friends.
If.. you get what I’m trying to say.
I mean, think about it. Friends stick with you despite leaving the hobby.
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Ah ang ibig kong sabihin sana yung mga friends na nakilala ko dahil sa cosplay.
(sa wakas pwede na reply)
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i disagree.
i tag people as “cosplay buddies” or “cosplay friends” because i met them in conventions or in events/forums/chats/etc related to cosplay.
but, i dont place them on the same level as my “barkada” or peers.
same goes if you call people acquaintances, colleagues, classmates, best friend, college buddies, etc —- it’s to label your level of attachment with people.
just like how i tag “friends with benefits” heheee~
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I hate labels.
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I agree.
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I think friends are friends no matter where or when you met them or what kind of circumstance led to that meeting. Shonen manga defines friendhip best i think…
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LOL alodia is a joke..
But who knows?, baka si alodia and the faptards ang nagdi-dislike sa mg posts ninyo hahahahaha..
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Ever since she entered the Philippine cosplay scene (and destroyed it), everything became a big fat joke.
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Good article GT probably one of the best. Anyway it’s really hard to become a patriotic Pinoy. As much as I want to be I don’t want to compromise and embarrass myself by the stupid things our fellowmen does like this. I want to be a “good Filipino cosplayer” but I don’t want to be a loser. Sadly these terms are stuck together like milk and cookies and you just have to suck it up or GTFO. Oh well such is life of the “Poor Pinoy”.
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off-topic: eto lang masasabi ko sa mga a-whore at wannabes. kung si lourd, me sawikain na “Umasal lamang ng naaayon sa ganda”, eto naman ang version ko: Mag-COSPLAY ng naaayon, at babagay sa hitsura. nuff said. I think, this some kind of sarcastic to say. But I’m hoping, this statement will really help the newbie in the cosplay world. trust me. ;)
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hmn… people who likes to dislike posts dont know how to read, or just plainly they dont understand english. im not sure if i offended anyone on my post. did i said something offending, or did i dropped a name? LoLZ! well anyway…
you guys are right. cosplay nowadays looks like just a dress up portion. wich lots of people dresses up as their desire character. dressing up is different from cosplaying. since if you are cosplaying, you must be “IN CHARACTER” you must be the character itself. and not just dressing up as the character without knowing who the hell that character is.
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Interesting thread here. I really wish ako din, started cosplaying earlier. I’ve wanted to for a while pero only had the means to do so recently, pero I found na it already meant hordes of people cramming at conventions and looking only for pretty cosplayers. I really wish na-experience ko yung naririnig ko a lot from long-time cosplayers about ‘the old times’–yung nakakasocialize ka freely and get friends out of the event. Ngayon… ang hirap na kasi.
As for topic: Ewan ko ba. Ganun kasi tayong mga Pilipino, di na natin na-outgrow yung colonial mentality ba yun? We always have to look up to something. Even sa workplace ko ngayon, everyone is just trying to please the bosses (even though they can be so mean and don’t deserve it sometimes, I swear, sino ba sila na ang sama pa ng trato samin minsan?) but I don’t want to suck up to people forever and stick to that. When you can be your own person, that’s when you should and can be proud. Hindi yung proud ka dahil lang Filipino si Manny or Charice/whomever.
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Wow. Someone thumbed me down, wala pang five minutes itong post ko. I wonder why.
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palakasan ang tawag dyan. maraming di makausad sa career kasi di sumisipsip sa boss. kaya maraming sipsip, umaasa na umangat ang career. yung boss naman tuwang tuwa kasi feeling special siya.
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Kaya ako ayokong forever may nilo-look-up to at boss. Ayokong forever may boss ako. Hindi fit sakin ang ganung life, haha. Marami namang okay na boss diyan, pero madami ding nakakainis.
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This is stupid.
Why thumbdown our comments?
Is that your only way of escaping the guilt trip?
Truth hurts eh?
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that’s their art of trolling.
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An art of trolling so low that they can only click the thumbs down button, and fail to post any coherent comments.
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Intelligent counter-comments would be welcome.Mindless thumbing down leaves me puzzled.
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Think of it this way:
1. Take the number of “thumbs up”s we have right now
2. Stick it in the retarded “thumbs down” whiteknights’ asses
3. ????
4. PROFIT!
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You forgot to shine it up real nice, and to turn that son bitch sideways. :))
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Haha, “idol si The Rock” as some 90s jologs would say.
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Just felt like throwing that out. :))
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Even though I’m a closet Alodia fan (albeit more sane), no offense to you guys.
Remember when Adam Carolla made inflammatory remarks against our countrymen way back in April 2010 in his podcast? Remember when a foreigner like him is able to identify our flaws and then rabid Filipinos attacked his Facebook page with curses and empty threats? Compare this situation now with our Swedish reader, where he does the same, but in a constructive and light manner; yet everyone still retaliates with thumbing-down our comments.
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No, no, no, we DO NOT need a cosplay goddess, NOR someone representing our cosplay scene. Besides, by using– I mean, having Alodia as the figurehead of Philippine cosplay, everything about Philippine cosplay CAN, AND WILL revolve around her. How about the upcoming and aspiring cosplayers who want to make for a name for themselves, then? Will they forever sit in the shadow of Alodia? Abso-fucking-lutely deplorable.
Like what Raya said, even Japan doesn’t have a central figurehead when it comes to cosplaying. That’s because they know to appreciate each others’ works where hierarchies barely even amount to something! Compared to the ever-deplorable situation here in the Philippines, Philippine cosplay tends to center more on fame-hungry Alodia by each passing moment. It’s only a matter of time before she takes over, and history repeats itself (remember Marcos?).
The one sad bit about the Filipinos, is that they wholly support people who are mostly in showbiz, like the Azkals, and Manny Pacquiao, as what GT mentioned. Efren ‘Bata’ Reyes was already bringing the Philippines international recognition while Manny was still in grade school. Now, Efren is almost forgotten in favor of Pacquiao. Hell, the Azkals haven’t even won so much as a gold medal to bring home since a century ago, but they have the WHOLE nation AND the GOVERNMENT’S backing. When the Phil. Dragonboat Team got home with FIVE golds only to be rejected recognition by some top athletics group, it made my blood boil hotter than ever before. Just shows how the government, and mostly the masses, are more of hypocrites for supporting something that can’t even reach expectations. Same equation with Alodia and her fantards. Fantards say that they love the Philippine cosplay, where in fact they ONLY support Alodia and her quest to fame with the help of cosplaying as a mere stepping stone.
I also hate the fact that Alodia merely used cosplaying as a stepping stone to fame and showbiz. She lacks the ‘otaku passion’, or so to say, her love for Japanese/otaku culture that every aspiring cosplayer has.Retiring from competitive cosplaying to an exhibition one and using the excuse of ‘being a judge so as to let others have their chance’ is no different from telling them that she is ‘too high to be beaten and must ascend to the next level’. How could she do that, when she even couldn’t do her own props. Even the photos of her props ‘progress’ lack authenticity to be called as true progress. Well, if she’s so fucking great, she’ll return to competitive cosplaying and compete like any entrant, as a simple sign of humility, which she does not even dare have or show. Even everything she endorsed (games, products, and the like), she even started to forget like she wasn’t part of it (If you remember, she doesn’t even do TinierMe anymore). Even her piano-playing is sub-par, as she tries too hard to play tracks of notable games and anime, thinking she can do it all, when in fact she can’t! Hell, even I remember the time that she received a t-shirt from Japan with the word くたばれ (kutabare) written on it, not even knowing that it meant ‘fuck’ in Japanese. That naive and gullible woman, I tell you. Must have been thrown at her as an insult for her half-assed passion for cosplaying.
Today, the Philippine cosplay community is highly centered on Alodia, of course, along with her ‘circle of friends’ (Abundick, Ashley, her mother who acts all sophisticated (I think…)), and the other circle (Chiennak, Wilonah Chan, RG, you know the rest). Other cosplayers and respected authorities, like Jin Joson and Raya, are sadly being forgotten, when in fact they have skills that surpass even those that fill the pitiful hierarchy of Philippine cosplay right now.
And so (tl;dr), we are better off without a cosplay goddess, hell, not even one central figurehead to represent Philippine cosplay as a whole. Fair competition can bring out the best in every cosplayer, so that their creativity and efforts would be recognized and not go to waste.
Thumbs-down whiteknights, I fucking dare you to write an equally good counter-argument of this caliber before I acknowledge your thumbs downs and intelligibly incomprehensible bashes. As long as I see thumbs downs without a decent reply, I’ll take it as sign of defeat, merely trying to escape the truth, and nothing but the HARSH, MOTHERFUCKING BITTERSWEET TRUTH.
(Pardon the excessive use of language, I just HAD to vent it out at certain times.)
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Define “aspiring cosplayer.”
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Amen to that brotha.
Amen to that.
Eto sa mga bagong cosplayers lalo na yung mga feeling sikat and what not.
Please. If you dont want to have haters or trolls (such as me here on GT).
Change your image.
Ipalit niyo yung imahe niyo as a cosplayer AND AS A PERSON para people would start looking more positive on you.
Dont want haters and trolls to pick on you and your ego?
CHANGE YOUR IMAGE.
STOP ATTENTION WHORING.
Tapos to photographers.
I’m gonna speak na on behalf of every photog mentioned here in this site.
If you guys dont want to be called manyakis or pigs or pedophiles or even making a spoof out of your name like Chanemperor = Chinemperor, Erskine = Foreskine,
Try to realize that we are men!
Gentlemen! Who we are suppossed to treat women with the most uttermost respect! It seems na you people already forgotten what the word etiquette means.
Ayaw mo kaming pinagtitripan kayo?
Ibahin niyo ang imahe namin sainyo by proving to us na hindi ka or hindi ka na basta pumupunta sa mga cons just for the women or whatever.
Instead of wasting your time shooting GT’s name on a piece of bond paper with airsoft bullet holes on em. Or going to this site and pathetically call us pigs or even threatening people to hit them with your lightstand and picking fights on the net.
Why dont try planning on how you will change your image to the people for the better.
Tapos yung mga dedicated Alodia fans out there na nag thu-thumbs down ng mga comments namin dito about yung idol niyo.
Before you thumbs down our comments, statements.
Think about it. Pag isipan niyo.
Nakita niyo na ba ang conventions dati nung wala pa si Alodia?
I can tell you this right now na it was different.
Damn. I can remember my first con. I think i was 10 years old.
Good ol Marvel comic fanatic kid days.
We’re trying to help you believe it or not.
Kasi ipinapakita na namin yung katotohanan.
Tignan niyo yung nangyari nung Toycon 2011.
Your hordes literally did damage on the stalls there as well as people!
And yet wala kayong paki.
Go on. Idolize your idol. Pero lets all be civilized naman.
Erk. Writing TL:DR posts is very unhealthy eh?
I’m not being an ass here.
I’m being frank and sincere.
CHANGE YOUR IMAGE.
SO THAT UMIBA ANG PANINGIN NG MGA TAO SAYO LALO NA DITO SA GT.
Ayaw niyo yun? Maganda na ang paningin ng mga tao sa cosplay community as well as yung mga tao dito who visit GT?
I’M TRYING TO SAVE YOU ALL!
WE’RE TRYING TO SAVE YOU ALL!
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Amen to that…
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Kid.
By attempting to fraternize with the enemy.
You have gained my uttermost respect.
Forget Simbullshit.
Ikaw talaga ang dapat ikunan ng advice ng mga tao.
He’s a Yakuza Girl in the making people!
Ladies and gentlemen!
I just found my new idol. :D
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There is no next Yakuza Girl. The very thought irritates me.
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No one can replace YG mate.
NO ONE.
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Though your intentions are good, I am sensing something off here. I just cannot pinpoint it at the moment. Not really against you Raya. I just feel something is off.
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Call me a crackpot or anything.
Even at the moment i consider myself crazy.
By saying i want them to change their image is that they’ll finally wake up and hopefully redeem themselves in the process.
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No it is not that. More like a premonition or something. You know, when there are feelings after have seen something and think that something is odd or off about it. That is why I just cannot pinpoint.
To be honest, I had the same feeling with Gian and something big did happen to him. Must be because you faced the guy.
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What do you see then?
Wait wat happened big?
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First time I saw Gian with my girlfriend, I kept having an uneasy feeling about him. Like something was off. Months later, he became one of the known perv photogs here in the scene.
In your case, probably it would be the opposite, which I am hoping. Ah, well… I am being weird again.
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ditto.
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Well said Nissan!
I agree with the long discourse of your thoughts on the state of everything and how it relates to cosplaying.
It’s kind of pathetic and stupid that we rally around the wrong people. Jeez, you back a football XI who are mostly half-blooded people pero hindi naman makaangat sa AFC (palibhasa kasi puro andaming showbiz commitments inaatupag, diba Phil?) let alone the Volcanoes na puro regional tilts lang sinasabak at nagaasam makapasok sa Rugby World Cup, pero yung mga pwedeng ipanalong sports ni isang kusing hindi binibigyan.
I’m not a Jintard (haven’t even met her in fact) pero stating na “sadly forgotten” siya is not quite accurate. She’s still much in the zone kahit may mga raket yan (even featured in a recent UNO issue IIRC), so if she is forgotten, ni anino niya hindi mo makikita sa cons. Off the grid kumbaga.
I would rather respect cosplayers who prefer to be under the radar and tweak their costumes and performances than the likes of Alodia na puro pacute lang at ginagatungan pa ng mga nakapaligid sa kanya. Even more deserving of respect are the cosplayers who have real lives outside the costumes they don, have good attitudes and do not spend every last peso on the hobby. Lyron, alam kong may mga kilala ka that would fit into this category.
Simply put, if cosp communities in other countries have no single icon to venerate, why should we? Alodia’s the worst example of how cosplay can be bastardized. An overhyped low-class silver-spoon with a blind following that is propped up by an old desperate pedo using a rather worthless excuse of a blog.
Bring on the thumbdowns, whiteknights and trolls, IDC. Masakit talagang matamaan ng katotohanan.
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I’m sorry but
http://www.facebook.com/PhilippinesAnimax?sk=app_190322544333196#!/photo.php?fbid=10150320967586747&set=a.153858066746.123328.152138396746&type=1&theater
her face looked kinda off here-like- disfiguired…… creepy weird
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Gamer Totoy is basically the Snape of the Cosplay Community. (hopefully some of you watched the last movie of Harry Potter)
You think he’s the bad guy. But in the end, he’s only there to watch out for the dweebs who aren’t thinking before they say or do something.
I mean, yeah, he doesn’t say it nicely but kids, welcome to reality.
Not everything will be sugarcoated for you. Shut up, listen and learn your lesson people.
Don’t be so defensive because you’re making yourself an obvious target and not only that but if you can’t accept the truth, you won’t think there’s a change needed. Also, if you don’t like reading his articles. Please, don’t make yourself look even more stupid by coming back to this website if you hate the articles so much. :)
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maybe off-topic:
wtf are they doing to the community…
alodia’s fantasy = cosplay fashion show with after party? it’s becoming one of those fashion shows… seriously, what’s happening?
cosplay is becoming an industry not a hobby, thanks to those who are bringing us events like this one…
cosplayers today is like:
- nakikiuso lang (ie. jejecosplayers)
- ginagawang stepping stone to fame (seeing model and celebrity wannabes flock the cons)
- genuine cosplayers (the people who are true to the idea/ideals of cosplaying)
this is the reason why I don’t attends cons anymore…
bootleg products at the price of original ones, small venue (SM Megamall), and now the cosplay scene is becoming unbearable…
bring me back the old cosplay scene :(
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karamihan yung 1st 2 :(
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lol ayumi and myrtle stop ruining rei and asuka
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If she never really wanted the title of “Cosplay Goddess”, then she should have turned it down the minute someone tried to attach it to her name.
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I just wish I can still cosplay like good old days.. where I can post and show my creativity, where I can expose nad spread my love for art and anime.
to take pictures and not be compared to others. to serve as an inspiration rather than a self esteem kicker.
uhhmmp… its sooo sad.
nowadays, cosplaying is not considered as a community anymore but an INDUSTRY already.
it is already being used as a stepping stone for media popularity.
its sssssaaaaaddddd!!!!!!
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should we not treat those who are retokadas as cosplayer?????????????
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the point is its not cosplaying anymore.
its more like
ALODIAplaying.
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you know what cosplaying is all about know??
the mindset is like this.
” ohhh.. I should look this super kawaii girl, I should post like a whore, the skirt should be this short, it must show my cleavage, it must arouse the judges, Ill tell everyone I made this costume by myself even its a big fake fat lie,aslong as I act cute and stupidly innocent they’ll buy it., so , i’ll look good in camera, so.. media will notice me, then i’ll be FAMOUS.
*just like alodia*”
after being known:
“oh.. I must hide that I have a sugar daddy cause thats a bad image, MY FANS will be disappointed, i’ll get less perv fanboys,I should act like I love evrybody cause thats how the media wants it. I should start my showbiz carrer, cause i’ll have to leave cosplay soon, im getting older, i have to beat toni gonzaga to show that Im a better host and im a better showbiz investment though i know I TOTALLY SUCK in it, even if it means cheating i’ll do it. cause thats how desperate i am. I’ll be this whore whos gonna ramp in my fantasy show that boys will fantasize in every bathroom, in every bedroom and in every mirandas..
then FHM will beg me to cover, of course i’ll decline, untill i’ll get the talent fee offer that I desire,
then forget about cosplaying.
forget art, sue creativity, whats fun? who cares about self fulfillment, damn to those aspiring cosplayers.
shit to cosplaying.
*how her fan sees it*
shes just amazing. i wanna be like shit whore alodia so I’ll be famous like her, Im’a get fake ass, fake boops,nose lift, short skit, change the way i look. use cosplaying NOT for fun, but for FAME. For MONEY.
thats the alodia goshiengfao effect.
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