Hi, my name is Andrea of A2 Cosplay
and today I'm becoming Thor.
Hi, Ii'm Ashlynne Dae and today
I'm becoming Lady Loki.
I wanted to become Thor because,
Thor fell from grace and now
there's a female version of Thor.
And I saw the concept art
and I go, that's me.
When I put the costume on
and I'm gripping the hammer
it feels right.
But the real power comes on
when I take the helmet
and just put it on.
That's when I really feel like,
okay, I am Thor.
And of course you get some people-
well, you can't be that character.
But when I cosplay,
I'm going to be this character.
I love what they stand for.
I like kind of creating that type of aura.
What made me want to cosplay Loki was,
when I was doing some research
I came across Lady Loki
and I started reading the
Lady Loki saga of the Thor comics
and I really loved her outfit.
So instead of just making an outfit,
I decided that I would make a costume.
I made the whole thing from scratch,
and that was my first foray into cosplay.
I really like that there is
a female version of Loki
because he's a bad guy, but
it's fun to play a bad guy sometimes
and it's really cool to be able to
embody that kind of mischief
and that kind of trouble making
and that kind of villainy.
Seeing more and more
female canon characters
be really strong or really cool to play
is an important thing
in the Nerd community.
The whole relationship
between Thor and Loki,
I would say I'm conflicted.
Usually villains have a backstory,
and something may have happened
to cause them to be a villain.
But, obviously you get the sense of
doing what's right.
I was just like, that's me.
And I love Thor.
I'm going to be Thor
and I will rock it awesomely.
