When Demencia had to Shimmer to meet her at the restaurant called Villaynes, her jaw almost dropped.
In doing her research about the restaurant, (having never been there before) she discovered it had a reservation list that was quite literally more then a mile long. She had even heard rumors of villains cryogenically freezing themselves to wait for their reservation, so know Demencia was able to get a spot, and for her of all people was honestly very impressive to her.
Her heels clacked sharply on the floor as she approached the greeter, almost tripping once. She wasn’t used to wearing heels, but she wanted to look nice, and she had hoped her dress looked the part as well.
The greeter(jesus fuck, was he an… ape?) looked up at Shimmer, giving a light smile as he said in a thick French accent, “May I… help you?”
“I’m supposed to meet my date here. Should be reserved under… Demencia?” Shimmer said.
The greeter squinted his eyes at her before looking at the guest list. “Name?” He asked. As Shimmer told him hers, a smile soon appeared as he said, “Ah! Here we are! Right this way!”
As he walked with Shimmer, he explained “The Black Hat Organization has been our finest patreon and supporter ever since we were established! Black Hat has only ever come her on special occasion, but Miss Demencia is one of our most frequent customers, and when she told us she had a date tonight we had to make sure it would be the best for her. Otherwise…” he seemed to grimace before continuing. “So tonight, whatever you wish will be provided, courtesy of the management. Enjoy, madame.” He said, approaching the table where Demencia was seated.
Shimmer nodded her thanks as she said, “Wow… this place is amazing!”
Demencia looked up from the coloring page she had been reading when she saw her date in a gorgeous dress and working some high heels too.
“Whoa! Shim, you’re a sight! Thanks for coming!” she set the kiddie distraction away and gazed into her date’s eyes. “So, how do you like?” she teased. “Not too fancy, I hope.”
She herself was wearing a red and black dress and looking her best for the evening. She didn’t want to let Shimmer down.
“You… you’re beautiful, Dem.” Shimmer said with a slight blush. She smiled goofily before shaking her head. “Um, it’s- it’s amazing! I’ve only heard stories about this place, but being here now… it’s not like anywhere I’ve ever been…” She gazed down bashfully and gently slid her hand across the table, taking Demencia’s hand in her own. “And being with you makes it even better…”
1. Gather your buddies. 2. Pick an unsuspecting 13 year old (preferably with OCs) 3. Send them fanart. 4. Sit back and watch dreams come true
as someone who made shitty ocs when i was 13 (and still does), if someone who was really good at art did fanart of my ocs when i was a kid it would have made my whole damn year. do it
FOR REAL, I JUST WATCHED A VIDEO OF A GIRL DRESSING UP AS ANNA AND SHE WENT TO HER LOCAL MALL
SHE WENT INTO THE DISNEY STORE
WHEN A LITTLE GIRL CAME UP TO HER AND TRIED TO TALK TO HER
THE COSPLAYER WALKED AWAY
AND LOOKED AT THE LITTLE GIRL LIKE SHE WAS NUTS
THAT IS HORRIBLE
I USED TO DRESS UP AS SNOW WHITE FOR CHARITY EVENTS WITH CHILDREN
I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW AWKWARD IT WAS WHEN OUR ELSA DID NOT TALK TO CHILDREN
SHE WAS NOT INTERESTED IN TALKING OR BEING AROUND THE KIDS AND THAT MAKES THE KIDS UNCOMFORTABLE!!!
IF YOU ARE COSPLAYING A CHARACTER THAT IS POPULAR AMONG CHILDREN, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE BE NICE TO KIDS
TO THEM, THEY ARE ACTUALLY MEETING THIS CHARACTER THAT THEY LOVE OR KNOW
IT IS UP TO YOU TO NOT BE A DICK
You also gotta know that if you’re going somewhere where there will be children and you’re in a costume even slightly similar to a Disney character they will think you are that character.
My hair is dyed white and at last year’s Ren Fest I was dressed as a water nymph. So i was in all blue, with glittery blue heeled boots on. Personally, I would have never thought that I looked like Elsa. I had leggings on, not a dress. And no ice themed anything. But that didn’t stop the sweetest little princess from asking me if I was Elsa.
I’ll admit that I was thrown for a loop, since I thought I was a pretty convincing mermaid on land with my scale print leggings. But I’m not a dick so I quickly recovered and said I was her cousin. Kids are more than happy to accept that and she smiled then shyly ran back to her mom to tell her she met Elsa’s cousin.
If you’re in a glittery costume of any sort, in a place where children will be, be prepared to be nice to them. Otherwise you’re just a jerk. No one likes jerks.
Don’t be a dick.
Seriously. If I go anywhere in ANY costume, no matter if I’m a princess, hero, or villain, I’m nice to the kids. They just wanna play!
I don’t even like kids, but one of the most rewarding cosplay moments I’ve had was interacting with littluns as Rose Quartz. Every kid got a hug if their parents said it was okay. Every kid got told that they were very special because they’re a human being. I’m looking forward to doing it again this year, because giving a kid a moment of genuine magic really is something else. It doesn’t hurt you to smile at a child.
When I cosplay Pearl I have precious little ones come up to me and you better bet I goof with them about how gross eating is or how loud amethyst is (and pretend to get a sooooo offended when they say someone else is their favorite gem)
You are making magic real for those kids in that moment and if you aren’t prepared for that, maybe think twice before cosplaying that character. I had a child completely frozen in disbelief and joy over seeing me, a character from a show they love, that’s power you have to wield responsibly.
It’s not just with popular lady characters. My best little-kid-cosplay-moment was when I was cosplaying Thor (not lady Thor from the comics, my own version of genderbent MCU Thor). I was walking through the dealer’s hall and suddenly saw a gaggle of Tiny Avengers in those Walmart costumes barrelling towards me. They crowded me in excitement and asked where Loki was because they wanted to find him and beat him up (I told them to give him an extra punch from me when they found him), then all six tried to crawl into my lap when I said yes to a photo. Cutest thing ever.
BE NICE TO KIDS WHEN YOU’RE IN COSTUME.
//If you’re going to be cosplaying -any- character that children will recognize, BE NICE TO KIDS!! To them, you -are- that character. And you have no right, what so ever, to destroy the illusion of what, to them, is a magical moment.
When I cosplay Batman, to little kids, I am Batman. And it is such an amazing experience to have kids run up to me and want a hug, and tell me about how when they grow up they want to fight bad guys too. I can’t fathom someone being so rude as to ignore them.
I have a friend who cosplays Han Solo, and a little girl was so excited to see him that when he knelt down to talk to her, she hugged onto him and didn’t want to let go for ten minutes.
Also, remember IF THERE IS A LOST CHILD AT A CONVENTION, AND YOU ARE COSPLAYING A PRINCESS OR A SUPER HERO, THE CHILD WILL GO TO YOU FOR HELP LONG BEFORE THEY THINK TO APPROACH A SECURITY OFFICER!!! You have a duty to help that child! Help them calm down, escort them to the nearest safe zone, and inform a security officer that the child has misplaced their parents/guardians. -Never- use the term ‘lost child’ in front of the kid, it’s the parents who wandered off and got lost, not the child.
Read this, then read it again.
this is why, no matter who I cosplay, I’m in character to everyone I’ll meet, whether they’re adults, kids, or teens like me. super important, honestly
(Mmmmmm…. I don’t think I really have any unpopular opinions on shipping. And if I’m being honest, I don’t really like to get into stuff like that. Let people ship who they want to ship. As long as it’s not like an full grown adult with a little kid. Fuck that shit. You ship that shit, you can die in a fucking volcano.)
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