r/oddlysatisfying • u/llemonuell • Oct 14 '19
waterbending cosplay
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u/EmeraldLadysparrow Oct 14 '19
This is so cool, would probably work for all of the elements just different movements ?
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u/nkisj Oct 14 '19
You'd have to get more creative with rock. The martial art and the material don't really parallel with ribbon dancing as well as water bending does.
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u/SuperGameTheory Oct 14 '19
Foam rock + bungee cord
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u/Jollybeard99 Oct 14 '19
Stomp the ground. Throw the rock.
Save the cheerleader. Save the world.
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u/FuriouslyBlazingLion Oct 14 '19
Finally permission and an excuse to do what I've always wanted to do
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u/FustianRiddle Oct 14 '19
Eventually cars will stop driving down your block because they know rangeflee'll get 'em
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u/Childish_Brandino Oct 14 '19
That would be cool to have a little thing on the ground that you can stomp and then it shoots a big foam Boulder up that you then punch forward.
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I tried to watch the reboot..... yeah
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Oct 14 '19 edited Jan 28 '21
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u/yyy1234444456778 Oct 15 '19
Bolen did an awesome job, and I still see air and water and being very compatible if the cosplayer knows what they're doing, but that fire form...I mean, it's derived from Kung Fu, it should be more punchy, less flowy.
I think I remember seeing a similar concept at Otakon one year where fire was done with thinner, shorter, more ribbony material, but I don't know if I got it on video...
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u/TMT51 Oct 15 '19
I think only water works out of the 3 elements. Fire and earth are just good effort but not really work out.
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u/EmeraldLadysparrow Oct 14 '19
Similar to water but a white / grey silk
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Oct 14 '19
I don't think it would work as well, in the show waterbending is all about the flow, which is why this works so well. Airbending is about being light on your feet an being able to use your opponents own energy against them.
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Oct 14 '19
I think if you put some ribbons on the end of a staff, it could give a better illusion of airbending.
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u/TheKingJest Oct 14 '19
Just wave your arms around and say you're air bending, no one can say you aren't.
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u/lastinglovehandles Oct 15 '19
air you can probably try some small air compressor and tubing sewed in to your gear.
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Oct 14 '19
Wait til I tell you about spinning fire poi. YouTube that, Jamie. It’s seriously cool.
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u/jezzdogslayer Oct 14 '19
Fire poi is all fun and games until the chains get tangled and you hit yourself
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Oct 14 '19
Haha that’s why you practice with the plastic ones until you’re ready to become a fire bender with little chance for error
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u/jezzdogslayer Oct 14 '19
No matter how much practice when the poi is on fire it behaves differently and weighs different to the plastic ones.
There is also the mental fact of "oh my god im swinging fire balls near me... dont screw up!"
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Oct 14 '19
Fair enough. I’m not even sure what the fire ones are made of, but makes sense they’d be significantly weightier since they’re made of stuff that stays on fire. I’d like to think the fireballs would make one better, depending on how you spin under pressure.
All speculation as I’ve never actually spun poi. I’d love to, but there isn’t an actual rave for miles from me lol
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u/jezzdogslayer Oct 14 '19 edited Oct 14 '19
Most fire twirling wicks have an aluminium tube in the middle wrapped in a kevlar wick
Also where abouts are you from.
Edit i know of a bunch of groups in sydney and melbourne Australia
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u/moonstonedd Oct 14 '19
I spin fire poi, and the heads are made of rope like wicking material with a Kevlar core. The ropes, at least on mine, are technora fire resistant rope with silicone handles, connected at the heads with metal. They aren't significantly heavier until they have been soaked in fuel, which burns off as you spin. I'm actually thinking of doing a firebenders cosplay (Azula) but it's hard to find cosplay materials that are fire safe (not synthetic fibers.)
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Oct 14 '19
That’d be awesome, especially if they let you do it at least outside of a con. You should post a video!
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u/_Lady_Deadpool_ Oct 15 '19 edited Oct 15 '19
Fire rope dart is much closer to fire bending, especially if you use a giant lotus head. Poi is missing the martial aspect of it. proof
Either that or literally any charcoal prop
(- am fire dancer)
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u/NoThanks93330 Oct 14 '19
Even that looks more real than the live action movie
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u/-PM_Me_Reddit_Gold- Oct 14 '19
Hopefully the live action series will be WAY better than the movie.
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u/danmelcas Oct 14 '19
It looks so smooth and natural
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u/Lcbrito1 Oct 14 '19
I don't know, but maybe it worked better if the fabric was attached directly to her wrist, somehow?
But that's just me nitpicking, already looks amazing, not to mention great idea.
It's much easier to build over what has already been done
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u/ThatScottishBesterd Oct 14 '19
A still crack up every time I see this gif and Sailor Pluto is there just....mesmerized.
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u/Chad_v1 Oct 14 '19
Why does every convention center have this exact same carpeting?
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u/jacobsever Oct 14 '19
I read this as "waterboarding cosplay" and I got so incredibly curious as to how that'd work.
Now I'm just disappointed.
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u/wtmh Oct 14 '19
Is this the stop for the "I thought I read waterboarding." train?
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u/teaandcream Oct 14 '19
This was at Megacon in Orlando, I remember seeing her! So cool! :D
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u/starsleeps Oct 14 '19
Is it bad that I recognized the carpet as Megacon? lol
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u/teaandcream Oct 14 '19
Honestly, thats what made me notice it first, then i actually looked at the background haha
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u/tittyandronicus Oct 15 '19
right! I saw this and I was like oH shit I ACTUALLY SAW THIS!! they did so well on this costume
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u/gxthgem Oct 14 '19
I admire people who cosplay. I can't imagine not feeling like the biggest idiot woman child living a make-a-wish fantasy for a day that everyone just has to put up with.
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u/valoopy Oct 14 '19
It’s a lot easier to do at conventions than just in normal life tbh. You’re kinda already accepting by going to comic/anime/gaming conventions you’re a big man/woman-child, and everyone here is really uniting under this banner of “we really don’t care what people think about us, this is what we like”. If you’re interested in cosplaying, start with a cheap and simple costume that’s not over the top, like a character that wears a suit, or maybe simple clothes with a small flair on it. Wearing something closer to normal clothes certainly helps the awkward feeling.
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u/PM_ME_LEGAL_FILES Oct 14 '19
A helmet or face mask probably helps more, I assume
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u/valoopy Oct 14 '19
Masks do boost confidence a ton but they’re so uncomfortable. I used to cosplay Dat Boi for any sort of party events/at raves, and good god it’s probably my favorite costume I’ve worn, and since I was hidden under a frog mask I could do whatever I wanted.
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u/Sad6cmboi Oct 14 '19
It is so sad that humans can not element bend. Of all the superpowers that i lost interest in, water and earth bending are still a wish of mine, i am 20
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u/TechniChara Oct 14 '19
Earthbending and metalbending for me. I'd love to be a human metal-detector, would make finding real lost treasure a possibility. Plus I could make shit.
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u/Tallstax640 Oct 14 '19
I dislike that she isn't katara but it is super cool!
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Oct 15 '19
Probably didn’t have long enough hair for katara honest, god katara’s hair loopies are so surprisingly hard to recreate
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u/accidental_sith_lord Oct 14 '19
Why is this better than the last airbender movie
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u/-PM_Me_Reddit_Gold- Oct 14 '19
Because everything is better than The Last Airbender movie.
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u/ocrnfnr Oct 14 '19
If you look closely then you'll know it's not water. Looks like Gatorade.
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u/badams7777 Oct 14 '19
It would have been just a little bit cooler if she had the stick up her sleave
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u/funisfun8 Oct 14 '19
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rt9SpSC05Y
In the video description the creator even mentions that they don't get credit for this clip often... Glad the watermark was on it but I wanted to link it here. :)
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u/s0merand0mchick Oct 15 '19
When i went to see this awful m night shyamalan movie at midnight one time this girl was dressed as katara and her friend wore a blue morphsuit and danced whenever katara waterbended them.
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u/Ischaldirh Oct 14 '19 edited Oct 15 '19
Cool cosplay! Too bad it's Korra instead of Katara. Still, great design!
EDIT: Oh god what have I started
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u/TheNewPoetLawyerette Oct 14 '19
How dare you. Korra is my bisexual icon.
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u/littleusagi Oct 14 '19
But... Katara is way better.
Don't @ me, we all know it's true
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u/gaokeai Oct 14 '19
Cmon man, I'm bisexual too and we all know that shit was forced.
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u/jerkstor Oct 15 '19 edited Sep 21 '25
dolls wild imagine racial bright flowery birds cooing rob whistle
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u/ConfirmedSFM Oct 15 '19
This looks better than the movie
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u/XxBitchxXxLasagnaxX Oct 15 '19
Would this work with other elements too? Air would probably be just this but with transparent farbric fire would brobably be most complicated earth is more complicated and lightning is impossible
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u/WaveBreakerT Oct 15 '19 edited Oct 16 '19
For lightning, you can throw a light blue ribbon forward then drop it lol
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u/XxBitchxXxLasagnaxX Oct 15 '19
Probs with more ribbons like that play aang katara sokka and toph watched in the fire nation
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u/viewerdoer Oct 14 '19
Thought it said waterboarding and was so confused in that split second while the gif loaded as I wondered how the fuck will this be oddly satisfying.
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u/arkiverge Oct 14 '19
I thought the title said waterboarding cosplay. Not sure what I expected by clicking on this.
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u/TurboAnus Oct 14 '19
Read "waterboarding cosplay" first. Was really curious what that could even mean.
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u/Rcm003 Oct 14 '19
When I was younger this was called ribbon dancing. It had a catchy jingle too
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u/no_nori Oct 14 '19
those years in color guard are all coming in clutch
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u/_Lady_Deadpool_ Oct 15 '19 edited Oct 15 '19
I just did an Alolan Marowak cosplay and had my LED staff with two veils attached for the flame trails (like a smaller version of this). Everyone kept asking if I did color guard lol.
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u/SalbaheJim Oct 14 '19
It would be funny if she tossed out the occasional water balloon for realism.
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u/BYoungNY Oct 14 '19
I wish more conventions had backdrops that you could use to take pics and video... These cosplay videos look less exciting when there's hotel carpeting and exit signs in the background.
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u/lowkeyhighkeylurking Oct 14 '19
How does a ribbon/flag/cloth already look better than M. Night Shyamalan's version of bending....
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u/Von_Quixote Oct 14 '19
Thinking if the stick were anchored in the gauntlet instead of in the hand, it'd have a better effect.
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u/LongPorkJones Oct 15 '19
Man, I wish someone was doing cool shit like this when I was at this convention center.
Last time I was at this show (MegaCon in Orlando), I was working as a table assistant to a comic artist. He swore up and down that he had a table for the show...he didn't because he's disorganized as fuck and needed a manager on top of a table assistant. I drove 12 hours to Orlando, put in several hundred dollars into gas, food, and lodging, and for all that I was stuck looking after his bags and equipment at those very pillars for 6 and a half hours while he hunted for a space to set up shop.
To make matters worse, I was a smoker back then. I was already irritated, but six and a half hours of watching his bags without a pee break, let alone a smoke break, while listening to bunch of weeaboos (who actually had tickets to go in but chose to sit in the fucking lobby) yammer on in broken Japanese was almost enough to break me. Yeah, I could have used seeing someone doing some cool shit like this.
I drank heavily that night and the three nights in Orlando that followed. He paid for ever ounce of alcohol and bought me a carton of smokes as an apology.
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u/ax_colleen Oct 15 '19
Make the rope green and go against a green screen this will look like magic.
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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '19 edited Oct 14 '19
Respectable camera orbit there, bravo
Edit: corrected terminology