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Or, as he says: "Picture edited by me to protect the innocent. Association with me would shame people, families, groups, conventions, corporations, governments, even entire nations. Aren't you kids lucky?"

The angle of the picture and the cosplay badge certainly help to detract from the monstrosity that is that bow -- and do I see the collar of that seifuku being pushed up by that badge?

I can hear the snotty cosplay bitches now: "Amazing what sort of things passed for cosplay back in 1997."

...What the hell is a "toy boomstick?" Erm, anyway...

Unfortunately, the chainsaw only contributes to the mental dialogue: "MEGA ASH ANGRY! MEGA ASH SMASH!" (Hey, that rhymes...!)

Koumori was one of the earliest FuKuteers brave enough to submit her picture (for the record, so were KinFreon and Anne above) as half-assed Kenshin. While I personally think all Kenshin costumes are rather half-assed, I felt it was necessary to include this embarassing fangirl moment because FOR THE LOVE OF GOD SHE'S KISSING A TOUGA DOLL!

Also, that's Boston Common in the background, isn't it? Cosplaying in public! $500 fine!

EW! LOVE HINA CHARACTER! LOVE HINA CHARACTER!

Or, as Leah called it, "Shinobu with a hangover." She also said "The wig made me look like Ann Widdecombe."

Don't be ashamed; I had to look it up, too: Ann Widdecombe is a particularly bowl-haired, bitchy, and cat-obsessed British MP. Now that I get the joke... HAHAHAHAHA! It's so true. To compare, here's a picture of Ann Widdecombe I yanked from the Beeb:

Number 3... another crossplayer. Well, it's SimonX again, beating out other FuKuteers who surely wanted the publicity, like Hamster, roses_are_red, and Ameria, to name a few -- unfortunately, this is too delicious to pass up.

You're cosplaying an 11-year-old girl, Simon. As horrible as it is for me to say this, you'd be a lot more convincing if she had a skirt for a costume -- when she wears shorts it's harder to ignore the fact that you're like 8 feet tall.

Anne: "Holy shit, I think I've got a winner here! My made-in-a-week totally half-assed Ura the Armor Cat!"

Wow, was she ever right about that. This rocketed up to second place because it looks like a furry at anthrocon who has hurriedly pulled up her fursuit after an exhausting night in one of the many "mating" rooms.

Yiff on, Anne! And ew!

The seventh recipient of the Mega-Amelia award, for In-House Cosplay Horrors, is Puchiko as Rinoa!

This isn't a terrible costume. It doesn't look particularly bad on Puchi, either. So why did I choose it? For the historical significance, of course! This grainy footage is one of the few remaining pieces of evidence that the Chunky Rinoa Holocaust occurred, and to have a surviving perpetrator in our midst may just earn us the reparations from Square we so deserve.

Testifying to avoid war-crimes prosecution, Puchiko had this to say:

"I'm a lil too chunky for it, but oh well. I think I did a better job than most larger Rinoa cosplayers."

In all truth, you did. Kudos. If only this weren't Rinoa, I wouldn't even consider it bad enough to go on this website.

This is a shot of the greatest abomination ever committed: my Card Captor Sakura cosplay at AX2K. Although it was done with the intent of horrifying otaku and ruining their favorite lolita masturbation fantasy character (and yes, it WAS part of PERO) it was still disgusting! After all, it wasn't my costume, and it didn't fit my long legs (which were hairy, much to the horror of many many otaku) -- I only borrow costumes. Sure, it was a moment of both cruel calculation and spontaneous cosplay, but it was also a moment of true horror. At least I ruined some fanboy dreams in the process. (And yes, it WAS funny to hear them scream in horror!)

To those of you caught in the crossfire: I'm dreadfully sorry. 

To the bastard otaku who started serenading me with anime songs: burn in hell.