...why is it...
***hayleyrox*** said:
hahah
i guess it's just like girls dressing up as Lara Croft, guys dress up as Indy
Why is it always the size 24 (or larger) fangirls who wear the Leia slave-girl, or the Willie Scot maharani, or Arwen/Eowyn outfits at cons?
I can't pull off Lara Croft-- heck,
Angelina Jolie can't pull off Lara Croft until she's done three months of 8-hour days of strength training and strict dieting!! (hey, if I were that wealthy, I could have a personal trainer, too, ya know...)
I was easily 80 lbs. lighter in 1993, so the knit dress looked okay on me, but really! Yeah, I know, we're supposed to be a classless, sizeless society, and SF fans and movie buffs (lotta overlap there) are more forgiving (more oblivious?) than most. But folks, the first sign of maturity is looking at yourself in a full-length mirror and admitting to yourself, if to no one else, "Nope, I'm too (young, fat, short, tall, old, etc.) to pull this off."
Once you realize this, you may wallow in self-pity for two minutes (like the Two Minute Hate in "1984"), then knock off the pity-party, and then you
do something about it (in my case, physical therapy for my bad back, and joining Curves to lose weight, rev up my metabolism). (BTW, Netflix or rent "1984" to see John Hurt in an incredibly amazing and pathetic role; he's waay underappreciated as an actor.)
As far as amateur costuming goes, you want people to look twice at the
costume, not the *person* wearing the costume (and it shouldn't look 'costume-y', but that's a different topic).
To get back to Indy and dating, there is one thing with which I have to credit Indy (and Harrison, George, and Steven): Professor Jones is a gentleman; his parents brought him up properly.
If his manners have slipped, it's because he has had to deal with a lot of impolite and vulgar people over the years.
I just had a dumb idea: should we suggest a "Dear Marion" column to the mods? You know, 'what would Indy do?' 'what would Marion do?' 'what should Mutt
not do?'
Any ideas? Any questions?
