I’ve always wanted to cosplay but I’ve been self conscious as a poc. Do you have any advice?

hm, well I can talk a bit about confidence in yourself, obvs since im white this is different, but honestly finding confidence in yourself to cosplay really is hard.  I’m really glad when people think I’m full of confidence but holy shit I’m like absolutely terrified walking out at a con in cosplay.  I have sort of a fake it till you make it attitude tho so I just tell myself I’m the best thing absolutely ever and fuck off if you don’t think so.  You should think that too. There’s no reason why you ARENT the best too. You’ll never know if you don’t do it. And even still, the heart of cosplaying is having fun. Do you have a fave character you want to be? Yes? Be them!! Have fun! Enjoy yourself! This is for you, not anyone else. I’ll fight anyone who doesn’t like it. I’ll fight them for you too. 

(for the anonymous 2015 message meme) you were one of the first people I followed when I started heavily getting into jojo (granted it was on twitter but that’s where I spend most of my time anyway) and I’ve really enjoyed what you’ve had to say as well as your art/edits/etc. your cosplays are phenomenal as well, and I’m really excited to see your Heaven Dio one when you finish it!! anyway, I hope you’ve had a decent year and I hope your 2016 goes as smoothly as possible. bye for now!