I wonder...

[birdspiritland]

Does it still count as "cosplay" if you're dressing up as an actual historical figure?

Comments

[schmot-gurl.livejournal.com]

yes! :D

[singswithtrees.livejournal.com]

Some day, some day, I will cosplay Queen Victoria, and amuse everyone at Steamcon! :D

[schmot-gurl.livejournal.com]

Yay! :D

BTW, sorry for the hopeless lack of tags. I can't do Jenka while that Ulquiorra+Justin thing is eating my brain~ *___*

[singswithtrees.livejournal.com]

No worries. I know that you'll get to them eventually, and in the meantime, your smile in your icon there leaves me helpless to complain, even if I wanted to. &hearts

[schmot-gurl.livejournal.com]

...good to know! :D

[singswithtrees.livejournal.com]

Yes, isn't it?;)

[dragondancer515.livejournal.com]

Yup. Why not? You're putting on a costume and assuming the role of another person. =D

[singswithtrees.livejournal.com]

Good point! :D Well then, as per the icon, I'm really, really wanting to save up the money to cosplay Queen Victoria.

/is now a confirmed history nerd, like that wasn't totally obvious already

[dragondancer515.livejournal.com]

Nope, never woulda guessed. ^_~ *huggles*

[medievallass.livejournal.com]

I read somewhere that cosplay is literally costume play so I think it works to play a historical person. I've thought about this a bit and I think the cosplay is similar to English fancy dress parties. At those people often dress up as favorite person or character. I say go for it, but then I'm a biased history loving college major ;) ;D

Hayley :D

[singswithtrees.livejournal.com]

And it's part of why we love you! &hearts

I just need to figure out how much it's going to cost to get a Queen Victoria outfit together...

[greenworldgirl.livejournal.com]

Here's another question, do Halloween outfits count as cosplay if you're dressing up as someone specific?

[singswithtrees.livejournal.com]

I think so.

[aprilstarchild.livejournal.com]

I dressed as Mary Wallstonecraft for Halloween. I had to repeatedly explain who I was, and that no, she didn't write Frankenstein, her daughter did, Mary wrote A Vindication of the Rights of Women.

I think that was it, anyway. Brain blurry due to hangover.

[sternthemonster.livejournal.com]

I'll cosplay George Washington if Josh will agree to cosplay Batman and publicly snuggle while in-costume.

[singswithtrees.livejournal.com]

Hooray!

[sternthemonster.livejournal.com]

Icon. Yikes!

[singswithtrees.livejournal.com]

Scary, isn't it?

[sternthemonster.livejournal.com]

/runs away screaming.