dumb things otaku-izm spawns

Org Profile · Post by **Otohiko** » Sat May 24, 2003 11:10 pm

§_Akuma_§ wrote:
Serpico wrote:the only person allowed to cosplay is Onizuka...other than that humans should not, unless they actually look good as the character they are degrading..they never do though =[
im just going to go back to the first page and respond to something interesting.

"unless they actualy look good"??

my friend, you obviously have not seen any anime con doc's ^_^

Another good point there- I've seen more than one great costume in my con experiences. Some have been, in fact, fantastic. The vast majority of cosplayers are not overweight, from what I've seen, and even some that are often have not-too-bad costumes too.

AtomicWeezleman · Post by **AtomicWeezleman** » Sun May 25, 2003 8:31 am

hmm, drink and cosplay.........its the way to do it, everythings amusing then................hmmm beer........, ive seen plenty of decent cosplay costumes, hell, i have a friend that hand made one from scratch....nolt wrong with cosplay, but i myself take the easy way out, generaly the school uniform approach, that way i wont feel such a dick........

Declan_Vee · Post by **Declan_Vee** » Sun May 25, 2003 9:25 am

Ummm, yeah the earliest reference I can think of to the word "otaku" is "Otaku no Video" and that's something like 20 years old.

Grrr. let me put it simply. If you can agree that you are a geek, then the use of the word otaku is appropriate. However I find myself referring to myself as a geek/fanboy more and more as otaku becomes some kind of elitist-title-thing and people get confused.

Secondly Serpico has never been to an anime convention. If he has he sure needs to work on how he gets his message across with words.
It's more likely that a friend (if they could possibly have any) showed him a website with nothing but ugly/fat crossplayers. And he somehow felt obliged to tell this forum about it.
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borpii · Post by **borpii** » Sun Jun 01, 2003 4:28 pm

I used to be a hyperactive 12-year-old who didn't like other people to call animes 'cartoons'. Today I still get mad when my boyfriend calls Yu Yu a cartoon. I don't consider myself as an otaku in the negative sense, though. As for the cosplay, I agree with you on that. Once I had urges to dress up as Sailormoon and such(back when I was 12) and then I had a long talk with myself. Then I found out other people gathered together and did it; I saw the yucky pictures and almost hit myself for even thinking about doing it! If people want to horrify others its their choice, but I wouldn't want to make my favorite show look that bad.

AtomicWeezleman · Post by **AtomicWeezleman** » Sun Jun 01, 2003 4:30 pm

i suggest counciling, anyone who talks with themselves is clearly mad.....

borpii · Post by **borpii** » Sun Jun 01, 2003 4:44 pm

Thanks, but I consider my madness one of my better unique quirks.

Besides, I'm the best company for myself because I never catch an attitude with myself, unlike independent minds.

AtomicWeezleman · Post by **AtomicWeezleman** » Sun Jun 01, 2003 4:47 pm

hmm, well, the only way for an irish man to speak with an equal, is to speak with himself, or god..........

hey, youve got a name from digimon, HE GOT A NAME FROM DIGIMON EVERYONE!!! arhem

, just thought id let people know

yuppa · Post by **yuppa** » Sun Jun 01, 2003 7:21 pm

Isn't serpico gone?

Propyro · Post by **Propyro** » Sun Jun 01, 2003 8:34 pm

ok screw reading all this ... i have no idea what i am ... i don't know if i'm an otaku or not ... lets look at it like this ... i'm 18 ... i live in my room or infront of my computer, i'm very antisocial, i love good anime, and generaly loath hentai mockeries of good series (love hina and Eva come to mind) ... i only have a few friends, i don't cosplay, actuialy i've never been to a con ... my odds of getting a date are pretty much nill, but thats probably only because i make it like that ... some how. I find myself to be quite ugly, i've heard other wise from other people, but i don't really trust their judgment and think they were jsut sympathizing with me. my hair is impossible to deal with. and so on.

yuppa · Post by **yuppa** » Sun Jun 01, 2003 8:37 pm

Darn propyro.

you made me all depresed. Im gonna go hang myself now..(throws rope over beam and jumps out window)