The thing about the "rule" is it's not about all the reasonable elements of common sense for Getting Stuff Done. It's largely, in my experience of the nervous warnings I've seen myself and others receive from pros we know, about people still being afraid to be seen as the loser nerds the metaphorical folks in the Starfleet uniforms are.
Cons I'm working at, I don't obvious costume at, although my wardrobe often contains lots of in-jokes. Cons where my status is weirdly amorphous, I try to only cosplay at theme parties where the idea of "fancy dress" is a shield.
But really, the issue isn't about what settings cosplay is convenient in. It's about the suspicion of anyone who has ever engaged in a public acts of text-based love.
It's not useful, this idea that I can only study that about which I do not care.
I also don't believe it's love that makes people unable to be critical about the stuff that really interests them; I believe it's not knowing how to do criticism or, quite legitimately, not being interested in doing it.
(also, not cranky at you, just going "ack, need to clarify, clarify, clarify" which I have now done in the original post, so thank you for making me do it).
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Date: 2010-07-31 12:50 am (UTC)Cons I'm working at, I don't obvious costume at, although my wardrobe often contains lots of in-jokes. Cons where my status is weirdly amorphous, I try to only cosplay at theme parties where the idea of "fancy dress" is a shield.
But really, the issue isn't about what settings cosplay is convenient in. It's about the suspicion of anyone who has ever engaged in a public acts of text-based love.
It's not useful, this idea that I can only study that about which I do not care.
I also don't believe it's love that makes people unable to be critical about the stuff that really interests them; I believe it's not knowing how to do criticism or, quite legitimately, not being interested in doing it.
(also, not cranky at you, just going "ack, need to clarify, clarify, clarify" which I have now done in the original post, so thank you for making me do it).