Tags: anecdotal, cosplay, Steven Universe
Status: draft
+_(Attention conservation notice: Diary-like navel-gazing today. If you're here for the insight porn, come back tomorrow. If you're here for Actual Philosophy, come back next week.)_
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> ROSE: [...] we can't both exist. I'm going to become half of you. And I need you to know that every moment you love being yourself, that's me, loving you, and loving _being_ you.
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> —_Steven Universe_, "Lion 3: Straight to Video"
-I cosplayed [Rose Quartz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Steven_Universe_characters#Rose_Quartz) at [FanimeCon](https://www.fanime.com/) the other month! It was fun, I think! I guess?
+I cosplayed [Rose Quartz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Steven_Universe_characters#Rose_Quartz) on Saturday at [FanimeCon](https://www.fanime.com/) the other month! It was fun, I think! I guess?
-I'm not really sure what other people get out of fandom conventions.
+I'm not really sure what other people get out of fandom conventions. There are panels, but pop-culture analysis is better in blog form than live discussion. There are autographs, but there are only so many celebrities
For me, it's my one socially-acceptable excuse for crossdressing in public.
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+colorful sandals
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[thousand-dollar ultra-realistic mask](https://www.creafx.com/en/special-make-up-effects/taylor-silicone-mask/)
That I don't feel comfortable cross-dressing is important to notice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGTKL9LokHg (wait for the reveal at 0:44!)
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(_I will fight for the place where I'm free!_)
(_I will fight for the world I was made in!_)