What's your Love Live! story?
My love live! story started wayy back in early 2014 (yeah, I've been here for a loooong time) I used to be really into sailor moon as a kid because of my sister, and I was looking for some sailor moon games when I stumbled upon the Love Live! School Idol Festival! game, and I loved it! The characters were cute and although I was terrible at it, I was like 11 so I didn't care. I played it for a while, then I found out about the anime a little while after it came out and it was amazing! I can remember staying up and watching all of the first season in one night (what a weeb), and getting some of my friends into the game as well (we were all weebs so I didn't get bullied thank god).
Sadly my tablet broke and I lost my account from back then but I was really bad at scouting so I had live 2 URs,, and one was the Christmas maki promo 🙃🙃 Then in 2015 me and my best friend decided to go to a local convention and cosplay as love live characters! She did a bokura wa ima no naka de Maki, and I went as marine Umi! It was awful and I looked terrible but it was one of the most fun things had ever done! I really loved meeting and talking to all of the people in love live cosplays there, even if I was painfully shy and awkward.
I sort of fell out of the fandom in 2016, until in 2017, when my friend invited me to join a love live cosplay group, where I made lots of friends and found 7 other people who were supportive and kind and had the same interests as me, although we've fallen out of touch mostly now, I'd really love to thank them - I was going through a rough time over 2017/2018, I struggled a lot with anxiety and depression, to the point were I did a lot of things that where harmful to myself and those around me, but just knowing that I had some people who loved me and supported me, and would laugh and joke with me, even if i wasn't that active in the chat really helped me to keep going ( so if you're reading this, thank you, belle, sasha, becca, roon, miu, mari & jaz).
Thankfully I've gotten some help since then and I've improved a lot, but I've only been able to due to the courage that members of this fandom, and the love live series itself has given me! And although out group didn't really work out, I've still been doing cosplay since, and keeping up with the game and series, and I am now the proud owner of 8 love live cosplays and a whole lot of wigs! 😬😬😬
It seems ridiculous how much one series can improve your life, but if I didn't get into love live, I wouldn't have met those lovely people that kept me going, and I wouldn't have started cosplay, which is something that has always cheered me up when I feel down! I've also gained enough courage to start up my own cosplay group for love live, so that I can make some new friends and have fun! Sorry for ranting so much, but that was my love live story! Thanks for reading and as a present, I'll probably post some fanart and my most resent cosplay of nozomi soon - who I'll hopefully be cosplaying in my new group! Thank you! - 🔮💕💕💕
