** The time I saw a total disaster cosplay at a fan event

Ugh, okay, so I gotta tell you guys about this *cringe* cosplay story I saw that was just.. chef's kiss level awkward. Someone posted about their friend who decided to go all-in as this super obscure anime character at a local fan event. Like, they spent hundreds on a costume that looked, honestly, like it was put together from random thrift store scraps. The thing is, they didn’t really *know* the character. They just picked it because it looked “easy” and thought they'd be cool.

Bro, when they arrived, everyone was dressed as the main characters from mainstream stuff — Naruto, Marvel heroes, Disney princesses — and here’s my friend’s buddy, tripping over his own cape (because he DIY’d it out of some shiny fabric he bought last minute), trying to do a pose from the anime… but totally butchering it. Like, instead of the cool serious pose, he’s, I dunno, awkwardly waving at people or making goofy faces to “impress” the crowd. And the eyes he put in his costume? Actually looked like white tennis balls glued to his face. It was so *bad* that people started whispering, “Is that even *real* cosplay?”

And get this — someone pointed out that the character he was going for is like, a serious villain, but he was practically grinning like an idiot. He even took selfies with a bunch of kids, who looked kinda confused about whether it was a joke. That’s when I saw the funniest part of the whole thing — a kid asked, “Are you *actually* a villain or an anime mascot?” and he just *snowballed* into a long, rambling explanation about how he “just loves the color purple.”

The best part? He made a big deal about how he “trained” for months and how he was gonna “blow everyone away,” but his costume looked like it was whipped up in 20 minutes. Yeah, that’s reality — sometimes you just gotta roll with your own *cringe* and accept that you’re not the hero, bro.

Oh, and FYI, fun fact — lots of cosplay community folks say you’re *not* a pro unless you’ve done a test build or know the character's backstory. But this guy? Did none of that. Just winged it with a trashy homemade costume and a whole lotta confidence. Classic.

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