SENPAI SATURDAY ON FACEBOOK

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Visit us on our Facebook page to participate in Senpai Saturday!

We all have people in this giant cosplay community that we look up to wether it be for their mad cosplay skillz, they’re knowledge sharing practices, their helpful and humble attitude toward humanity in general or all of the above. They range from being fellow cosplayers, to artisans with a particular focus; some are the photographers who make us cosplayers look so good, some are videographers, writers, cartoonists, public speakers…the list goes on and on. Senpai Saturday came about for us, because we think that by asking people to submit the ones who’ve inspired them for a feature, it will help bring back the level of positivity, community and camaraderie that can sometimes be overlooked or overshadowed. On the flip side, it’s not just about people raving about their Senpais, it’s also about those Senpais raving pridefully about the people they’ve helped and how far they’ve come in what ever their creative focus might be. Appreciation is a two way street, and we want to showcase ALL of it!

Senpai Saturday Submission Guidelines

  • Rule #1 – We’re happy for you if you’ve decided to be your own Senpai, but for the purposes of this endeavor, you cannot submit yourself.
  • Submit your Senpai by doing a small and meaningful write up (more than just two hap hazard sentences, but no more than a few short paragraphs) on why this person is your Senpai. What is it about them that inspires you? How have they helped you? This is your chance to let them know just how much they mean to you, so don’t hold back.
  • Submit photos if you can, along with links to their website and social media so that we can properly showcase them and let people know where to find them.
  • If your Senpai is a private person, make sure your submission for them to be showcased is something they’ve given you permission to do.
As always, if you have content suggestions or some ideas you’d like to share, please don’t hesitate to PM us!

Don’t forget that we also have an Instagram account!

❤ The Heroes Team

Heroes will be at SwampCon on Valentines Day Weekend, Feb. 13-14!

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We are so pleased to have a presence at SwampCon, in Gainesville, Florida for a second year in a row. Gainesville is home to Heroes founder, JezzabellGem and Heroes admin, Doozer La Fae. These two will be teaming up to man the Heroes table, they’ll be posting con coverage on our Instagram (@heroes_united_official) and they’ll give two very supportive panels. For panel descriptions, visit the Panels page on JezzabellGem’s website. We’ll have the panel descriptions up on this site soon (because I somehow over looked that small detail) Spread the word and we hope to see you guys there!

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Welcome to the fancy new Heroes United Against Cosplay Bullying website!

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Dear Heroes People!

We’ve finally made it. We’ve grown up. We’re ready to put on our big-person pants, and it all starts with this groovy new web presence.

We’d like to start by profusely thanking each and every person who has followed our Facebook presence, engaged with us and supported our message. It only took us a year and a half to get to nearly 11k Facebook followers which has led to a presence at conventions where we offer some kick ass panels. We work hard to make a safe space for our diverse cosplay community to find support amid all the dark nooks and crannies of this wide and vast (and sometimes negative and frustrating) internet. It’s because of all of you that we’ve been able to grow so quickly gaining the ability to spread education and positivity to so many of you good people.

The good news is we’re not stopping here! We’ve taken on two new admins which has freed up some time for JezzabellGem to put us on Instagram, Twitter, YouTube and this website.

Look for our upcoming YouTube videos where we’ll talk about cyber bullying, internet trolls and cosplay ethics plus some fun and lighthearted stuff, too. Listen for our monthly “Spotlight Topic” podcasts where us admins will talk about trending topics, taboo subjects and bring in guest interviews.

We can’t wait for this next adventure!

~ The Heroes Team