…not just because Fanny Pack was eliminated from America’s Best Dance Crew,

…not just because this is my last week of summer break,

…but because of a certain breed of cos-players.  I’m not really offended, and this post isn’t really meant to offend people, but it’s to bring up an ideal.  One of the main problems I’m seeing with cos-play recently is people trying way to hard to be what they can’t.  That’s “sort of” the point of cos-playing, but within limitation.  If you weigh 300 lbs, you should not be attempting to cos-play as an Arrancar that is half shirtless.  Nor should you be bragging about how great your cos-play as Inuyasha is.  The reason I bring this up is because of a trip to Baltimore today.  As you know, Otakon (Otaku Convention) is also this weekend.  I think cos-playing is neat, assuming you have the same physical attributes the person your cos-playing has or if you are truly making it a gag/joke cos-play.  The problem I had was morbidly obese people struting their stuff around thinking their so kick-butt with thier mad cos-playing skills.  I’ll give them props to making costumes that fit, but there are some things that don’t have to be overly displayed in public.  If you have enough time to watch the TV Show, eat your some-odd bags of chips, drink your some-odd gallons of soda, and make a costume, then I believe you should have enough time to walk, jog, swim, or at least play some DDR (sorry kids, playing your Wii doesn’t count at physical activity this time, even if you do have to swing your arm to make link attack).  My main issue is that my eyes were tarnished by people’s love handles and jello bowls being left uncovered by the excuse of “cos-play.”  Maybe I’m just being judgemental, but if you have so much time to devote to anime, manga, and sewing your own costume, then I believe you should have some time to devote to some physical activity.  Some people who know me may say “Well, you’ve never been fat or in their situation,” but the reason I’m not fat is do to anorexia, and the reason I’m not in their situation is do to my will power of not being in that situation.  If you work hard enough for something you truly want, then it can be done.  If you truly want a great cos-play, sometimes I think your physical stature can make or break a good cos-play.

Because in the end, all it comes down to is who’s going to die at the age of 50 do to unhealthy habits, and who’s going to die at the age of 60 do to some freak accident during a physical activity.  Even though 10 years doesn’t seem like much, those unhealthy people who died early will never be able to taste the extra greasey sandwhich McD’s will invent when they would have been 56, because we all know that everyone wants to eat McD’s next extra greasy sandwhich.

This has been my rant of the week.