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I saw this last night plurked by our dear Ashley Gosiengfiao. Get ready for intense English. You have been warned. *wipes nose after reading*
He is saying that Alodia (and sister Ashley) can be disqualified for not making their own costumes for the AFA's.
First - grammar. I mean seriously. I am not infallible in written and spoken English. Far from it. But I am confident I write and speak well enough to make sense and get my point across. If you can't construct an English sentence properly and make sense, mag-tagalog ka! Hindi bawal mag-tagalog sa Internet!
Also, there is a grammar check on MS Word, please use it. No, I am not an uptight jerk, but its things like these that make the Internet evil. We know he had a hard time writting the piece and his readers are going to have a harder time reading it.
Second- the news. I don't even know where he got the news but I doubt its validity. Stuff like these would come from the sisters first undoubtedly.
Third - making your own costume. Being a non-cosplayer, at first I thought it was a sound rule to disqualify anyone who doesn't make his own costume. BTW, I was only introduced to the culture of cosplaying through the sisters and the Internet. I haven't even attended a convention. But I think having that particular rule would be well, stupid.
It is given that cosplayers should have a great deal of involvement on the fabrication of their customes but they should not be expected to make the entire custome by themselves. I doubt true blue Japanese Otaku/cosplayers do. (Jap. otaku? redundant? lol) If cosplayers make their costumes only by themselves, then awesome cosplays would be limited to good fabricators only.
On the other hand, if a cosplayer is not involved on his costume at all, I don't think he can be a cosplayer. he or she would just be a model.
And the sisters are great examples of cosplayers. While they don't make their entire customes, they are heavily involved in the fabrication. They make their props and take care of their wigs and make up and stuff.
disclaimer: I am not an Alodia white knight of sorts. I am not here to bash on every Alodia hater. I am a fan, yes. But I am also a believer of difference of opinions. I know some people hate Alodia and that's fine. I even read GamerTotoy's blog and enjoy it.
But this one somehow got me to post it here for some reason.
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