Cosplay: more than just a costume party
- Jul 2, 2016
- 2 min read
To be a cosplayer is to be a fan – something that doesn’t differ from those who write fan-fiction or marathon their favorite show time and time again.
This opinion article was originally featured in PantherNOW and focuses on the growth and increasing popularity of cosplay.
Check out the article’s excerpt below and click the link if you want to read the full story!
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Maytinee Kramer/Staff Writer
To be a cosplayer is to be a fan – something that doesn’t differ from those who write fan-fiction or marathon their favorite show time and time again. As someone who enjoys cosplaying and attending cosplay conventions, I have seen how pop culture has grown and how much of an influence it has on simply dressing up.
When people find out I enjoy cosplaying and attending cons, they either think I’m an extreme geek or they want to know what’s so great about them. I’m not the greatest cosplayer in the world, and I don’t cosplay all the time, but when I do, I have a ton of fun, and I put my all into preparing the costume.
Cosplay is a contraction of the words “costume play” and has been going on for decades, even before many of today’s biggest pop culture convention fans. To the uninitiated, cosplay can seem like a big Halloween dress-up parade at the wrong time of the year, but as a fellow cosplayer, I can say that cosplay allows for a deeper connection to the chosen character, something that elevates the experience from just dressing up.
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Photo Credit: Maytinee Kramer
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