I feel sad (a vent)

[mysterionz]

Halloween isn’t about dressing up intricately as nobody will care about what my cosplay is. At this point idk what to do. I really like cosplay and said it shouldn’t be done unless there’s a reason to like a costume party. What should I do?

 

[Misery]

It's Halloween. People dress up, costumes of all sorts.

Why not just go for it?

 

[Rodafina]

Do it anyway! Have fun with it. Take some photos. Maybe go for a walk and give candy out to little kids in the neighborhood. Get all dressed up and do something mundane like buying groceries. Who cares about a good reason for it if you love doing something.

 

[mysterionz]

Do it anyway! Have fun with it. Take some photos. Maybe go for a walk and give candy out to little kids in the neighborhood. Get all dressed up and do something mundane like buying groceries. Who cares about a good reason for it if you love doing something.

I’m going with my friend and her younger siblings (11 and 5). I may as well go for it anyways. Screw conformity.

 

[Gerontius]

Do it anyway if it brings you joy. You can dress how you like at home even if you don't go anywhere!

A Nordic example: on the feast of St Lucy, young girls would wake up very early and dress all in white with a headdress of lighted candles, and greet the dawn by singing and bringing pastries to other family members. This ended with the Protestant Reformation and a pushback against the celebration of saints' days but it's somehow back in business and St Lucy's day in Sweden remains a day for holiday lights, hymns, and dessert.

A Christmas tradition surviving from pagan solstice traditions in Wales was Mari Lwyd or the Grey Mare, a costume crowned with a horse skull (often the jaw could snap) and accompanied by a fantastic cast of other characters who would go from house to house. Each householder would have to best Mari Lwyd in a rhyming competition else she could enter a house and gallop around chasing small children.

Ah yes the holidays, got to win a rap battle in Welsh against a demonic horse skull before it scares the kids and the people following it eat all my food.

People like to dress up. It's fine to do it for yourself.

 

[mysterionz]

People like to dress up. It's fine to do it for yourself.

100%

 

[Mr. Stevens]

Somewhere, someone will justify being a sexy Holocaust victim, or some other obnoxious thing. So have fun, if that's what you want to do

 

[Forest Cat]

on the feast of St Lucy, young girls would wake up very early and dress all in white with a headdress of lighted candles, and greet the dawn by singing and bringing pastries to other family members. This ended with the Protestant Reformation and a pushback against the celebration of saints' days but it's somehow back in business and St Lucy's day in Sweden remains a day for holiday lights, hymns, and dessert.

That's a big thing here too, it's a nice tradition. A parade with those lighted headdress candles and stuff. We call it Sankta Lucia.

 

[Aspychata]

Dress up, be what you want to be. Stepping out to do something should be for you.

 

[Misery]

If you want some inspiration, I walked into a Walgreens in full cosplay mode once.

I was at a convention and was too lazy/impatient to switch to a normal outfit just to buy a jug of milk.

Also I'd had a lot of caffeine. Like, A LOT of it.

If I can do that, you can surely go have some fun with yours, because it's what you want to do.

 

[lovely_darlingprettybaby]

Halloween isn’t about dressing up intricately as nobody will care about what my cosplay is. At this point idk what to do. I really like cosplay and said it shouldn’t be done unless there’s a reason to like a costume party. What should I do?

I love Halloween.
You can dress up as anything, costume does not have to be complicated. You could throw a few bits together.