Responsible conservative adult here. Respectable grandmother.
Also is a Trekkie who likes to go Klingon every once in awhile. (I was going to get a very nice 3D chess set until I realized that I didn’t have anyone to play with.)
My kids got me a T’Pol action figure that sat on top of my computer for years until my daughter’s puppy chewed it up.
Some of us are just giant nerds.
Absolutely agree here. Having attended a few cons myself, I have seen both the good and the bad. In the realm of cosplay, I have seen amazing and fantastic costumes done by people who are smart, talented...and very much employed.
Not all cosplayers are losers with too much time on their hands living in Mommy and Daddy's basement.