A small story about Reed.

It's been a while since my last blogpost and a lot has happened between then and now. Especially a lot in which my Reed cosplay is playing a role! As you guys know, I wore this costume on YaYcon, the 1th of april, on which you can find a report here. It also tells how I won the prize for best costume that event, which was absolutely awesome. My Reed cosplay has meanwhile grown on me a lot and I think I can safely say that of the costumes I've made till now, it is my favourite and the one I am most proud of. Then again, I have only made four until now, so there's not all too much to choose.

A little while after YaYcon, AniWay magazine, a dutch manga/anime, games and japanese culture magazine, wrote a small report about the event and somehow they ended up featuring a picture of my cosplay in it! Again a picture Melissa took of me that day.
Both Melissa and I were pretty surprised to find the picture in the magazine, because neither of us were asked permission to use it. I didn't mind it at all (and Melissa didn't either), but it would've been nice if they would've asked, right?
We found out later that this was because of a communication error. Well, ok with me.
This was on the 8th of June (the date I got the magazine in the mail and posted this picture on Facebook). Nothing cosplay related happened after that, until a few weeks back, because I was working my butt off for school.

About three weeks before the end of the schoolyear, a small request was posted on the forum of AniWay magazine- two girls that study journalism were searching for a cosplayer to interview, for their last schoolassignment. If you were a cosplayer and wanted to cooperate, you had to answer some simple questions and send those to one of them by email. I volunteered along with a few other people, figuring "I have so little experience, they probably won't pick me anyway". Well, guess what happened!
About a week later, I had the end-of-year fashionshow for school, for which I had made a dress and a short jacket. They wanted to record there and then, two days later on friday, interview me about my cosplays at my own place. I was kinda scared that they would interpretate the hobby wrong, it would definately not be the first time that would happen, but they knew a few small things about it already and were interested in everything I told them about cosplay. They asked me if I could dress up for them (they filmed everything and it would become like a short documentary) and I put on my Reed for them, filmed my bedroom, the livingroom, me sitting behind my sewingmachine and a dozen of small other things. They also asked for pictures I had- of me in my costumes and pictures of me with friends. And if I had any music that I liked and that they could use.
The monday after that, I left for France with five other friends, for a small holiday and because that thursday, JapanExpo would start! It would be my first time on a convention outside of the Netherlands and I was pretty psyched. I brought Shego, Reed and my school-made dress with me to wear. The expo was so big! So many wonderful things! But more about that in another blogpost.
That thursday I got a text from one of the girls, that they had finished the interview and sent it to me as well, they were curious about what I would think. I couldn't watch, ofcourse, because I didn't bring my laptop along and couldn't download such a file on my phone, so that had to wait till I was back.
We arrived back home monday evening and I watched the small movie on tuesday- and it was amazing! They did such a wonderful job on portraying me and my hobby!
It's called "De kunst van het namaken" (or "the art of recreating") and is, for now, only in Dutch. I'm gonna see if I can find someone who wants to add subtitles though, because I think it ended up being a really good example of what cosplay is about, for people who don't know what it is. This might sound egoistic, since it's about me, but I really think so.
The best part is the part where you hear my mom talking. She's telling how I never got influenced by the big crowd, always did my own thing and made my own choices and that's why she trusts me and supports me in all the things I do. I'm so proud of her. Mom, you're the best! <3

All these things that have been happening, all these wonderful things. And now finally holiday! At the end of summer holiday, from the 24th till the 26th of august, it will be Abunai! so I will spend my time till then making two new costumes for me and one for a friend. I'm really looking forward to it, finally being able to wear something new again. Cosplay is sometimes such a waste of time and money, you put all this effort in making a costume and then only wear it one to three times. Sometimes a little more, but mostly not. I don't care. I wouldn't mind wasting all of my life on this hobby of mine. <3