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Cosplay: Me modified by me (and still going through edits!)Photo taken by: my awesome mom
Event: Alcon 2010 - in my room
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Of the shots you've uploaded of yourself as Ariel, I think this is among my favorites. One of my favorite things about cosplay is that it easily allows you to see characters in places you wouldn't normally picture them at such as a hotel room...where was Alcon this year exactly?
(Faves and prepares to submit it to at least one group)
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PS: I imagine Ariel would still have a look like that if she first became human in the 21st century, so that's another thing you've definitely got working for you.
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oh wow thank you SO much for the kind comments!! This is one of my favourite shots too actually! XD! I love being Ariel more than anything else. Ariel was my idol growing up, and the only "friend" I had when I was a toddler. So when I'm cosplaying her, I find it VERY easily to feel what she feels, react the way she would and see things the way she does in the film.
Alcon is a small con that is held in Leicester in the UK.
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Anytime! And I see...I'd be interested to hear that explanation of why you feel it's easy for you to dualize with Ariel if I had a hand in bringing in new talent to Entertainment. I can identify with how much Ariel means to you - she was the first person at Disney who I could talk to about just about anything, whether it was the job, my family, or so forth. If I hadn't had her friendship and mentoring like I had, I'm not sure I'd be where I am right now.
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Aww That I can understand. I remember when I was a kid seeing Little Mermaid for the first time ever on video (I couldn't go to the cinema back then for some reason- so keep in mind I was like 2 going on 3 years old when it made it to video?)
Anyway, I saw it for the first time and I was completely captivated. I could identify with her and her relationship with King Triton. I was pretty much shut out of my dad's life, and Ariel was having issues with her dad, the only difference was, she had the bottle to stand up to her dad and argue back, whereas I couldn't. I idolised her for that strength, and courage and prayed that I could be like her, but I couldn't muster up that courage, I just let my dad treat me like crap and bring me right down into manic depression (which carried on for the next 11 years).
So cutting a long story short, from that day I watched that film ever day and wrapped a towel round my legs (to make it into a tail) and started acting like her as much as I could. I still couldn't stand up to my dad, to until he passed away and I started giggling quietly to myself at the funeral.
Now I'm into cosplay, I can BE Ariel for those few hours and make myself happy and confident, and bring that bit of magic to any kids that see me. I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for The Little Mermaid, and to that film and her, I owe my life.
Wow... that was depressing.... LMAO!
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It's okay - I'm glad you shared that. Wow...Eleven years? And I thought I had it tough for three and a half years! (Though those wounds were self-inflicted more than anything as I couldn't recover from the disappointment and depression that resulted from me not getting into my preferred college even though I was well-qualified - until I won my first Disney invite.) I'm glad Ariel was able to help you through all that, but you also deserve a lot of credit for making it through! (If I heard about that story and I was in charge at your upcoming audition, I would definitely factor that into my decision.) While I hope he's in a better place, I'm really glad you don't have to worry about your dad anymore.
Ariel also helped me out with my dad - here's my own story:
On July 11th, 2009, I visited the Grotto after my shift to thank Ariel for what she'd done for my mother and for me - I had taken my mother to the Grotto the previous day while she was visiting because she had just separated from my father and I wanted to take her mind off things and also give her a reminder that happily ever after exists - and she had told Ariel, "Glad to meet you at last!"
It was also my chance to tell Ariel that her help couldn't have come at a better time as I let her know about my parents separating. She was distressed to hear how much pain my mother was in and could probably tell I had been struggling inside too to hold it together from my face and my voice, but when I told her, "I still believe in happily ever after thanks to you, thanks to Mickey...", she smiled and looked as if she were about to cry tears of joy before she gave me a hug. I really wish you could have seen it...
In light of that, when I left the Grotto, I got a text message from my father asking me if I could have dinner with him - and I nearly lost it. I thought, How dare he talk to me at a time like this! It had mainly been his increasing anger at home that had let me know something was going wrong, and I was definitely set to blame him and shut him out, but something stopped me - the thought of what Ariel would want me to do. Looking back, I think it was the thought that if Ariel could forgive her father, then I had better darn sure try to forgive mine. So I made the decision to sit down with him at Bongo's at Downtown Disney - and I'm glad I did, because even though it also became the night that he told me my grandmother had passed away, it was the night where I got an idea just how much stronger Ariel and my other new friends were making me as I chastised him but also consoled and comforted him. In the end, I was the first of my mother, my sister and myself to reach out to him and his Christmas card to me this year read, "I have hope for the world just because you're in it," and I know I owe a lot of that to Ariel and company - I don't doubt that she, Mickey, Cinderella and so on have saved me at least once.
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Oh wow.. that story is 0_0!! Not in a bad way (hope you get what I mean by that emoticon!) The end of your story is so heart wretching, and I could imagine Ariel getting overwhelmed by it too.
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Don't worry, I know you didn't mean it in a bad way. I think you've gone through even more than I have, though, Cez (Is that your real name or short for something?) because you were tested for over a decade.
I tell you what...there were definitely times there where something beautiful happened and moved me a lot, but I never once cried in front of anyone. Looking back, though, I wonder if I should have.
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