#bobby hill

Bobby Hill from King of the Hill :danny_d_cosplay

So it started as a joke cosplay after I cut my hair a little too short. Some people joked that I looked like Bobby Hill and so I figured I would cosplay him get a couple of laughs then be done. However, To my amazement not only did it become a hit but the positivity to the cosplay was so welcoming that it has become the main cosplay I will use.

I think the biggest experience I have gained from it is when the unexpected happens to use it and make it your own. You never know, what will appear and sometimes as in my case a simple mistake  has now become my most known  cosplay.

I think my first cosplay I actually did was Noodle from Gorillaz for a high school event but my first actual con cosplay I did was Saitama from One Punch Man. The experience was uplifting in a way, here I am as a chubby cosplayer who people were excited to see as the character. This was also kind of what triggered me to use the cosplay as a way to make issues I didn’t like about myself and make them okay.

Cosplay has become very therapeutic to me. I decided to take issues that I didn’t like about myself and use them in my cosplay. When I came up with the username Danny_d_cosplay I did not like the name Danny, it simply didn’t feel like me and now I don’t think I could be any happier to hear it. I have had issues with weight so I started cosplaying chubbier characters now it’s more normal. So to me cosplay has become something to I couldn’t live without.Here you go, here are the questions with the answers. And I know we talked about what I use the cosplay for so I added that text at the end if you want to use that at all                                      

I have been cosplaying for about 8 years now and I think the biggest change that I have seen is more of the acceptance for it now. I remember when I first started if I mentioned cosplay or conventions people not in the community would give me a weird look. Now when I see cosplayers out in public cosplaying I’ll sometimes hear the strangers around them say “oh it’s like that comic con thing” or even talk about the character the person is cosplaying as.

I think I have cosplayed about 15 characters currently. My favorite cosplays are Bobby Hill, Porco Rosso, Saitama from opm , and the Box Ghost from Danny Phantom

For a short period, “Hector Reyes” (Hank Hill) sold “el gas”, Mexican style.

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“That boy ain’t right.”

There’s more to abuse than hitting.

tbh, I was kinda waiting for someone to point this out and yes, you’re absolutely right. Abuse doesn’t have to be physical, it can be emotional and/or verbal.

This comic came about because I‘d read several commentaries comparing Homer Simpson and Peter Griffin, specifically in regards to how they treat their daughters.

Almost everyone I know who takes the time to think critically about The Simpsons or Family Guy hones in on the fact that Peter physically and emotionally abuses Meg, whereas Homer is incompetent, neglectful, and absolutely does not understand Lisa – but he loves her and he tries.

In the commentary about how Peter and Homer treat their daughters, I didn’t really see anyone bring up the physical/emotional abuse of their sons.

To lay it out there – I loathe Family Guy. Fucking hate it.

I grew up watching The Simpsons and can have entire conversations purely through quoting the show. But as much as I love The Simpsons, I think the overall cultural attitude to corporal punishment (physical abuse) has changed enough that it’s time to retire the running “joke” of Homer choking Bart. It may have been a culturally acceptable joke ten years ago, but more and more research is showing seriously negative outcomes for kids that have experienced any form of physical punishment. We need to stop normalizing it.

As for King of the Hill, Hank and Peggy are hardly perfect parents and both have a tendency towards stifling Bobby’s more flamboyant and/or “feminine” behavior. But they both love Bobby; they have both, at different times during the show, been able to connect to Bobby through his various interests. While not perfect, they are a much healthier depiction of a family.

As a queer transgender dude who grew up in Texas and is totally unsuited for Southern concepts of masculinity, I have a real soft spot for King of the Hill and for Bobby. It’sa far more real and complex depiction of family, compared to the pointless cruelty of Family Guy or the lesser cruelties of The Simpsons.