The Brisbane leg of the Supanova Pop Culture Expo was on this weekend and the cosplayers (guys, it stands for COS-tume role-PLAY) were out and busy being ABOUT THAT LIFE. A celebration of all things pop culture, anime, comic-books, manga, sci-fi, tv shows, movies and gaming, this year’s Supanova featured special guests including Lena Headey, George R.R Martin, Michelle Fairley, Mark Addy, Dominic Monaghan, Simon Tam, Viktor Krum, Spartacus et cetera.
To really appreciate how impressive the following are, you need only compare them to all of the other shitty [/terrifying] cosplays the internet has to offer, like these:
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Okay, now look:
Ariel: The Little Steampunk Mermaid. 
Photography by Steven Yee
Rigby from The Regular Show. Filthy racoons have never looked this cute:
Photography by Steven Yee
Emperor Paper-Macheus from Final Fantasy.
Photography by Jin Liu
Nearly K.O
Photography by Steven Yee
STILL in its original packaging / will be worth a lot someday. 
Photography by Steven Yee
The cosplay finalists:
via Supanova FB
The cosplay winner takes out the goat trophy as Amira from the manga Otoyomegatari. 
via Supanova FB
Kitana from Mortal Combat. 
@_raechel
Arya Stark and King Joffrey (as played by ‘a very brave kid’).
Elizabeth Olsen//Scarlett Witch:
@honestlydear
The Goblin King [Bowie] from Labyrinth (who I’m told is a sex symbol in Japan?)
@propellerbicycle
Sailor Adventure Timers [shudder re: Lemongrab]
@cosmiccastaway
Queen Amidala (or is it!?)
MCFLYYYYYYYY!
@bocktopus
Ideal costume situations:
Aaaaaand attractive human as Psylocke as seen in X-Men. 
@chrystelleaudette
All images via instagram and tumblr #supanova #brisnova
