Impossible to be a cosplayer?

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I'm just sitting here an evening in one of my irritating depressing moods. ..
Is it impossible to be a cosplayer, if you sincerely don't like to promovate yourself? I honestly don't feel anything for getting watchers and be seen, I think that's also why I'm having trouble with updating and such.. I really love to see others cosplays etc. and like to share mine as well when I finally make one, and get a picture. But that's it...
I like the creative part of creating it, the short part of wearing it, but jesus what an expensive hobby if that's "it.."

Should I completely quit, and just enjoy watching others..?
...One of the thousands of thoughts going through my head at the moment. this one was just appropriate for Deviantart.

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Deear dear Lolo <3 

You don't have to decide if you want to quit or not - sometimes, you feel like not wearing a costume at a convention, or you don't feel like being on stage, but that doesn't mean you aren't a cosplayer. 
Being a cosplayer is REALLY expensive, and sometimes I do wonder if "this" is what I want to spend all of my money on, but then again.. I think "Hey, it IS actually fun when I am finally wearing one of my costumes and hanging out with my friends" BUT you don't always have to make a new costume to every convention (and to each day at the con) sometimes it is enough to re-use one of your old costumes, or only make one for the whole convention if you feel up to that. (Or, you can be totally fabulicious in your casual clothing, or dress-up in something nice) 

You don't have to use the words like "Quitting" or.. "I am not a cosplayer anymore." because if you really like to make costumes once in a while, you should totally do that. 
Cosplay is seriously beginning to get on my nerves, because everyone "has" to promovate their cosplay existence, and everything suddenly depends on that (at least, that is what I feel sometimes) I'm not saying that I hate to promovate myself.. sometimes it is just difficult to keep updating and keep making cosplays and acts for every con that appears in sight - That's why WE have to focus on all the fun stuff that convention can bring us ~ And that is the joy of being together with your friends, and maybe get to know new people <3 

It all depends on what YOU feel like <3 but as I said earlier in this message.. you really don't have to quit because it's expensive, or because you don't like to be "seen" -
sometimes you just feel like cosplaying, and sometimes you don't .. feel like cosplaying. 


*Embraces the lolo* <3