1 Title: "A Love That Is Out of Anyone's Control"
4 Tags: anecdotal, cosplay, Steven Universe
7 > 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.
9 > —_Steven Universe_, "Lion 3: Straight to Video"
11 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?
13 I'm not really sure what other people get out of fandom conventions.
15 For me, it's my one socially-acceptable excuse for crossdressing in public.
17 [thousand-dollar ultra-realistic mask](https://www.creafx.com/en/special-make-up-effects/taylor-silicone-mask/)
19 That I don't feel comfortable cross-dressing is important to notice
21 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGTKL9LokHg (wait for the reveal at 0:44!)
26 (_I will fight for the place where I'm free!_)
27 (_I will fight for the world I was made in!_)
30 (previously: as Ens. Silvia Tilly at San Francisco Comic-Con 2018, as _Equestria Girls_ Twilight Sparkle at BABSCon 2018, [as Korra at San Francisco Comic-Con 2017](/2017/Oct/a-leaf-in-the-crosswind/), [as Pearl at FanimeCon 2017](http://zackmdavis.net/blog/2017/05/gems-will-be-gems/), as [Lt. Jadzia Dax (circa 2369) at the _Star Trek_ 50 Year Mission Tour San Francisco 2016](/2016/Dec/joined/), [as Pearl as San Francsico Comic-Con 2016](/2016/Sep/is-there-affirmative-action-for-incompetent-crossplay/))
32 Raven is cosplayed more than any other Teen Titan