For those who have been to Kumoricon prior to this year, have you ever had any moments where you felt other people were were giving you a hard time and wouldn't stop?
The reason why I ask is because even though I look forward to being at the con this year, there is one thing I'm getting tired of.
The person I'm about to mention is someone I'll keep anonymous, but if he's a forum member and reads this, I hope it gets across to him.
At Kumoricon in '09, I dressed as a character from Tales of Eternia named Keele, who dresses like he's from the New Testament. Because the outfit looked biblical, people who didn't recognize the character thought I was cosplaying Jesus Christ. It wasn't that big a deal because I just told them who I was.
The problem with it is, there's one person who continued to address me that way whenever he saw me, even at later cons when I was cosplaying other characters.
I understand who I looked like, but when someone keeps addressing you as who they thought you were every time they see you and it still goes on, it gets old and very annoying. After I started to do other characters I told him this whenever I saw him and he still wouldn't quit.
I'm aware that it often is best to just ignore people when they do stuff like this, but considering how long this has gone on, I'm not sure it would work.
I don't have any difficult history overall with this person and we've never had any significant disputes. But even though he doesn't mean any harm with what he's doing, it needs to quit.
If he wants to see me as the Son of God, I'm okay with it if he just keeps the thought to himself around me. That way, it would work better for both of us.
But if it happens again, I'll warn him that I'll contact yoji if he does it a second time.
