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Message: <blockquote data-quote="EscherEnigma" data-source="post: 6184737" data-attributes="member: 6750014">Hrm... well, I've cosplayed at the character Franky from the anime One Piece†, and also take fully nude photos of myself as a birthday present for my husband.  Not much problem changing clothes in public (first started that habit in marching band) and of course when I was going to the gym it was either be naked or be awkward.  I mean really, if an overweight 50+ man was comfortable stripping down lockerroom, I wasn't gonna be the wuss that was obsessively careful with my towel so I was never fully naked.So I'd say I'm fairly shameless and would be dandy as candy at some sort of nudist colony, though I have no real desire to do such.  Though I will admit half the appeal of cosplay (for me) is the exhibitionism, the "look at me!" factor, especially if I get to dress in drag or go shirtless‡.  So I guess I'm just a late-blooming exhibitionist.  That or I'm an introvert that's purposefully subverting my own personality and inclinations at time to not let myself get in the way of having fun.________†If you don't know, he runs around in an open Hawaiian shirt, a blue speedo, and a pair of sunglasses.‡To date, all my cosplays have either had me with fake boobs or baring my chest.</blockquote>