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"The subway radiates with heat
We've barely met and still I cross the street to your door."
Hnnnnnngggggg. This is my favourite costume right now.
There's something about my new Supergirl costume that makes me feel absolutely incredible.
I think, most of the time, at SDCC, and maybe at FanExpo too, I had a permanent smile affixed to my face. Even if it wasn't always on the outside, I certainly felt it on the inside. Inside, I was grinning ear-to-ear. I was in a brilliant mood. I felt flawless. I felt that if I took a running step, I could just take off and actually fly.
For the first time, I know I've truly met my own expectations for a costume. I've never felt like this about a costume –– the only experience I can relate it to is how I feel when I watch Emmy in her Batgirl costume. Something about it just feels so right and looks so perfect, like the character's come to life.
I felt like I was a Supergirl. Invincible. Vivacious. Friendly. Upbeat. Determined. Unstoppable. Absolutely, undeniably great, whether I was interacting with some little kid and confiding in them that my eyes are so blue because I'm from Krypton, or having some random passerby say "you are amazing" and keep walking.
I don't care how I really looked, or really came across, or if it showed up in pictures, or if anyone else noticed. It was all for me.
For that weekend, I was incredible. The very definition of "high on life." Feeling "infinite." Feeling like if the entire world crashed down right then, I could push it right back up, and if I couldn't, I'd die happy anyway.
And then I think: that person is still inside me. It's more than just a feeling. Putting on a wig and a costume and walking amongst all those people doesn't instantly transform me into someone else; that comes from somewhere inside, even if something needs to pry it out. Even if I don't feel it right now, itching to slough off my work and go to school and shed this dark cloud, inside, I am that Supergirl.
And like hell she's staying on the inside.
Cosplayer: Jenn
Photographer: Christine
We've barely met and still I cross the street to your door."
Hnnnnnngggggg. This is my favourite costume right now.
There's something about my new Supergirl costume that makes me feel absolutely incredible.
I think, most of the time, at SDCC, and maybe at FanExpo too, I had a permanent smile affixed to my face. Even if it wasn't always on the outside, I certainly felt it on the inside. Inside, I was grinning ear-to-ear. I was in a brilliant mood. I felt flawless. I felt that if I took a running step, I could just take off and actually fly.
For the first time, I know I've truly met my own expectations for a costume. I've never felt like this about a costume –– the only experience I can relate it to is how I feel when I watch Emmy in her Batgirl costume. Something about it just feels so right and looks so perfect, like the character's come to life.
I felt like I was a Supergirl. Invincible. Vivacious. Friendly. Upbeat. Determined. Unstoppable. Absolutely, undeniably great, whether I was interacting with some little kid and confiding in them that my eyes are so blue because I'm from Krypton, or having some random passerby say "you are amazing" and keep walking.
I don't care how I really looked, or really came across, or if it showed up in pictures, or if anyone else noticed. It was all for me.
For that weekend, I was incredible. The very definition of "high on life." Feeling "infinite." Feeling like if the entire world crashed down right then, I could push it right back up, and if I couldn't, I'd die happy anyway.
And then I think: that person is still inside me. It's more than just a feeling. Putting on a wig and a costume and walking amongst all those people doesn't instantly transform me into someone else; that comes from somewhere inside, even if something needs to pry it out. Even if I don't feel it right now, itching to slough off my work and go to school and shed this dark cloud, inside, I am that Supergirl.
And like hell she's staying on the inside.
Cosplayer: Jenn
Photographer: Christine
Image size
648x968px 422.32 KB
Make
SONY
Model
DSLR-A200
Shutter Speed
1/80 second
Aperture
F/7.1
Focal Length
26 mm
ISO Speed
100
Date Taken
Aug 27, 2010, 3:28:23 PM
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I think it probably helps that I like the character, but yes, this costume is just about perfect to me. 
It gives me the same type of feeling I got when I saw Helen Slater in the Supergirl movie from so long ago. It's too bad the movie wasn't a good one, but the look and feel of the character fit so incredibly well, and I think you've achieved that too. Here's hoping you bring the costume to more conventions, and that SOMEBODY from DC or WB with a good eye, some brains and the ability to make a few calls will take notice!
It gives me the same type of feeling I got when I saw Helen Slater in the Supergirl movie from so long ago. It's too bad the movie wasn't a good one, but the look and feel of the character fit so incredibly well, and I think you've achieved that too. Here's hoping you bring the costume to more conventions, and that SOMEBODY from DC or WB with a good eye, some brains and the ability to make a few calls will take notice!