Remember that one time I was brutally humped?

The first time that I cosplayed Hetalia, the only people who recognized me were the two other Hetalia cosplayers at the convention. That was three or four years ago. Since then, I’ve continued to wear my England cosplay, and I’ve made loads of great friends. Most of them have also been involved in Hetalia for a long time—not to say that all new Hetalia fans are bad! 8) However, it is interesting to note that in the beginning of the fandom, everyone was saying that Hetalia only had really calm, nice fans because you had to have a pre-invested interest in history, etc etc…oh how wrong we were in the future!

 

Anyway, getting onto the rest of the story! Last weekend, I attended a convention. I cosplayed England, and hung out with my friends. It was fabulous. At once point, my girlfriend and I were going to go to her car to get something to eat. I looked over my shoulder, and saw a group of cosplayers with a France walking in the same direction that we were. Cool beans. I figured maybe we could say hi once we got back from my lady’s car.

 

We walk back into the hotel, and I’m munching on a poptart. I see the Hetalia group from before, but they’ve passed the doors, and my girlfriend and I have to go the other way. Everything is chill, right? Right. Until I hear… “IT’S AN ENGLAND!”

 

If all they’d done was say that and come over, that would have been fine.

 

Instead, suddenly something grabs my side. I’m too stunned to do anything for a second, and I feel myself break out into a cold sweat. I was in mid-bite of my poptart. After my moment of shock, I look down and see the France from before. She’s latched onto me and started humping me. There are cameras everywhere. I’m too weak to push her away.

 

All I can do is say, “Get off! Get off! Get off!” My girlfriend is too surprised to take action. At first, the France thinks I’m in character. Then, she figures out that I’m not and gets off of me.

 

Before that day, after nine months of dating, my girlfriend had never seen me angry. I did not yell or scream, but I was very firm, and obviously upset. My words where somewhere along the lines of: “You CANNOT do that. That is NOT okay. You CANNOT run up and grab a cosplayer like that, ESPECIALLY while they’re EATING!” Quite comical when I retold the story to my friends, but while I spoke it I was shaking. She apologized, obviously surprised. I didn’t give a shit. What she did was NOT okay. I say, “Do NOT do that again!” She nods a little, and I turn and shakily make for my girlfriend. I was really surprised, because some of the people in that group had nicely asked me for hugs and pictures earlier. What the hell happened?

 

The people holding cameras laugh and tell me, “I got that ALL on film!” As if I had been making some short of joke. By that point the adrenaline was gone, and I just wanted to get away. I regret that, as I would have had them delete the footage. For now I’m scouring YouTube.

 

/convention rant

 

Advice: Hetalia cosplayers, new and old! PLEASE don’t grab people without their permission, or FILM without their permission for goodness sakes! Once at another convention, I was with my girlfriend and another couple who cosplayed Hetalia. They weren’t officially a couple everywhere because of a jealous ex. Because we were eating and out of the con, they were kissing a little and so were my girlfriend and I. Just pecks. We look over, and we’re being filmed. This is NOT OKAY. You never know if someone is being IC or not, or if they want that sort of thing on the internet. Even if you do film it, ALWAYS ask if you can put it up somewhere or not!

 

Note: This does not affect how much I love Hetalia. This was bound to happen sooner or later, and the more level headed Hetalia cosplayers there are out there, the better. Peace!

 

TLDR: I was eating a poptart and cosplaying England when a France cosplayer grabbed me and started humping me. I made them get off and scolded them.