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Up close with Alodia Gosiengfiao

12/16/08

Posted under Anime Culture, Gaming Scene

Erika Tapalla
INQUIRER.net

A FAVORITE subject among photographers, Alodia Gosiengfiao has lived her teenage years in the limelight of an obscure world called “cosplay.”

The term “cosplay” is a portmanteau of words, “costume” and “roleplay,” originally from a Japanese subculture centered on dressing as characters from anime, sci-fi movies and video games.

Today, cosplay is not as strange as it used to be and as one of the initial icons of this pricey hobby, Gosiengfiao reveals that there is more to her than her seemingly extravagant method of looking like a character; it is a higher form of tribute.

“It changed my life in terms of fashion and the way I act. How you see characters, sometimes you tend to copy them, so it changed my personality a bit.” Gosiengfiao says.

Emulating characters from the physical to their traits and demeanor takes more than just acting skills. A person needs to internalize heavily, in order to accurately execute a character without a single flaw that could ruin a spectators’ suspense of disbelief.

“It’s not just about looking like the character, it’s also being the character temporarily,” says Gosiengfiao.

With six years of cosplay experience in her belt, one may think Gosiengfiao is used to the huge lenses, the light and the flashes — but in reality, she was surprisingly “normal”.

She’s meek and shy, the silent type of girl that exudes mystery and a hint of pensiveness beneath her childish porcelain smile.

“I’m not the type of girl who goes out a lot,” she says with that smile, “On a Friday night, I’m online.”

She claims she’s much more talkative via the Internet, perhaps a no-brainer after just a few minutes of a quite reserved initial interview. But within minutes, Gosiengfiao loosens up, urging me to ask her about a certain group of haters who’ve established an “Alodia Haters Club.”

Like any other person, she expresses a tinge of disappointment and sadness that reflect in her eyes. But unlike any other person at her age, she seems resilient towards them, only worried about how the recent attacks have included her mother.

“My mom is actually being accused of many things, and people take it the wrong way that she’s fully supportive of what I do,” says Gosiengfiao, “So that upsets me more than the other rumors being said, cause I know that isn’t true.”

Quiet or loud, bare or all made up, Gosiengfiao claims she is her own person. No doubt she is because only a few people are blessed with the opportunity to pursue even their wildest passions.

(Photographs taken by INQUIRER.net web developer Jonathan de Belen)





42 Feedbacks on "Up close with Alodia Gosiengfiao"



BigBoss

Allow me clarify that the AHC core members did not release those rumors about Alodia’s mother. If its a topic worth noticing, then its subject worth digging.

Believe it or not, we’ve got Alodia’s closest friends and acquaintances providing information. Now if that post by one of our patrons upset her and it is indeed not true… then why make it RAGE material in your site. I’m surprised because the amount of “your mom” material in our thread doesn’t even go past the 2 posts mark. Makes me wonder which idiot reads our thread for you and twists reality.

Running away from problems isn’t goin’ to solve anything. AHC doesn’t want Alodia dead or anything, we just pointing out what’s happening.

I’m sick and tired of goin’ up against no-name fanboys and ranting fangirls tryin’ to defend you when they don’t know anything about you. And don’t go sayin’ that I don’t know you, I don’t diss for no reason… tumatabla lang ako sa labanan na hindi parehas.

~~~
Inb4 AHC jealous fags



courage

just dont mind the haters. they just dont have the courage and winning attitude to do what they want in life. do whatever makes you happy, dont let those negative people live your life for you. good luck.



Mike Abundo

It’s hard to believe a girl this pretty spends her Saturday nights bloghopping instead of clubhopping, surrounded by toys instead of boys.

Welcome to the new world of geek chic.



Ganesa

Alodia says : Sometimes AHC spread rumors…

What particular rumors? When did we spread rumors? We discuss all the information given to us but we do not claim everything as truth until justified. If it’s worth the topic, the group will talk about it. It’s not our problem if people tend to believe hearsay on the interwebs. Not even a word from Alodia when AHC was still starting it’s way up back then.

Even if you read the forums, the ALODIA HATERS CLUB thread there, you won’t find anything stating that “Alodia had plastic surgery”. It’s really something… Alodia knew that we said that but the thing is, we don’t even know about that. Which is now funnier? THE TOPIC DOESN’T EVEN EXIST. Alodia phailed in epic proportions. Argument invalid, unable to comply, building in progress.

Who reads what?

Errr, if Alodia really wanted to push the positives and if she’s really sad about the mentioned in some part of the interview, why bother?

I just noticed, her fans was out of the subject.

“…urging me to ask her about a certain group of haters who’ve established an Alodia Haters Club.”

O RLY? Should we be thankful we’re more important than her fans that she has to beg in an interview to ask about AHC? No offense to the author/interviewer, but that part really made me laugh on the count of there’s not really any other reason but to just give focus to the group and in the process, and with Alodia’s completely unfounded claim in her response just gave us -1,000 respect from people who don’t know anything about what’s goin’ on.

Your profound scoop has been proven flawed.



Padre Damaso

“But within minutes, Gosiengfiao loosens up, urging me to ask her about a certain group of haters who’ve established an “Alodia Haters Club.””

I like Alodia. Her cosplays are always nice. But for a 20-something person, that’s too childish in a negative way. And that part of her disappoints me.

@Courage, a lot of people from the AHC have the winning attitude to do what they want in life. And they are not trying to live Miss Alodia Gosiengfiao’s life.

And Miss Alodia, don’t just do what makes you happy. Do what is good.

I preach.



angelinyou

base on my experience, Alodia is a sweet and kind girl and she’ll always be the girl I knew 5 years ago (not a fan girl talking =p). I will never believe what other people say or rumor about this and that of her, because they are just jealous, and have nothing to do in their life but to ruins other quite life and I hate about that. Alodia, all I can say is that “be strong” (^^,)v

Rumors will never be stop, that’s a normal thing for being famous, but always remember, there are a lot of people who love and support you.



chuck

alodia, just do your thing..you are famous, hence you are being ‘pulled down” from where you are…just keep on climbing so those “AHC’crap..can’t pull you down..



albie

You are so adorable and very nice.i don’t see why they hate you. more luck in your future endeavors.



chuck

Alodia you are beautiful and famous, hence, those AHC–CRAP want to pull you down from where you are…just keep on climbing….so they can’t pull you down from where you are…goodluck!!!



Flame Haze

don’t mind those LOOOSERS. theyre just ENVY…



passerby

^ hey look up! another no-name hater dissing for no reason! is that your passion? ang tumabla sa nananalo dahil talunan ka? i wonder what that fight is, did she beat you in some cosplay or arcade or real life or something? if that’s NOT the case, then you really ARE dissing for no reason… but envy! what a loser… alodia might not even know that she did have a fight with a no-name guy like you. who would care to believe a no-name guy (from a no-face club) over a real-talking girl with a real face and voice here in the internet..? huh? seriously?

and one thing too.. a core member of AHC is just the same with the common whiners. NO FACE at all. sorry, but i don’t have a face too, coz we’re just the same. i’m a hater too; and i hate you. maybe i should dig about something like what your momma did last summer! come to think of it, it might be worth mentioning…. or, maybe not.



fated_blue

urging me to ask her about a certain group of haters who’ve established an “Alodia Haters Club.”

@ganessa: i see you noticed the statement. but if you would also notice the sentence before it which reads:
“But within minutes, Gosiengfiao loosens up”

which means the author of the blog found an opportunity to ask this question.

@author: i wonder where you found a hint of a haters club from >_> mind crediting it?



Aw Haters Again!

To be honest I don’t get cosplaying that much and still weirds me out. All I know that’s a cute chick in a cute costume. Hahaha. May be too childish or even pathetic to some, but what’s more pathetic are a bunch of people who name themselves as a hater’s club, I don’t get it, you hate the person, yet you have time to form a club and discuss the person you hate? Too much free time? Nothing else in your lives that may be worthwhile? Don’t you people have anything else to do? I hate to say it but you people are LOSERS. I may sound offensive, but I guess you deep down you people already knew that. It’s not too late, please get a life.



polomann

in one way or another AHC is PARTLY responsible for making things uglier in the cosplay community. the line that alodia created just got thicker and thicker.

well, what can we expect from a group fueled by HATE? the GIGO principle applies, garbage in-garbage out.

i hope that these AHC guys and gals won’t let hatred corrupt their educated minds… sayang.



headshotguru

Alodia is not mean or anything. She’s just a sell out plain and simple. I don’t know why you guys can’t see it.



Natasha

..urging me to ask her about a certain group of haters who’ve established an “Alodia Haters Club.”

Urging? So she wanted to be asked about it? I’ve met her personally. She isn’t nice, I’m sorry to say. And I’m not bashing her or anything, she’s just like that.



Natasha

What BigBoss and Ganesa is true. I’m not a fangirl, nor am I part of the Alodia Haters Club. But I don’t think that she’s really concerned about her mom. I think she’s more concerned of what people say about HER. Not her mom. Oh well, right? Sometimes the spotlight can blind us all.



Anonymous Party

>No face? All of you have no faces too, not daring to show up to confront the AHC at cons.

Is whispering in the corners all that you do? Surely, you people could do better than that, rather than mouthing about the supposed virtues of Alodia.

And surely, you could do better than feeding her crap about rumors that do not even exist.



qcfx2a

There’s this saying: The wind blows harder the higher you are.

EVERYONE has haters no matter who you are. Its just that as long as you’re a nobody, they can’t see you and you can’t see them. But when you reach higher ground, they start to notice you and that’s when you notice that they exist.



Maglalato

Ows… wow natuto lang mag-english ayaw ng mag-tagalog ng mga tao dito.

One word mga losers: parehas lang kayo. Ay 3 words pala yun. Well wala akong paki dahil mga wala kayong paki.

Pero one thing, sang-ayon ako sa AHC or kung anuman sila. Wala akong paki sayo Alodia, o sa lahat ng fans mo. Sama mo na pati nanay mo.

Remember this though, hate is an emotion that drives us all. Suck my unit if any of you can’t get that.

Now with that out of the way;

@polomann: Educated minds don’t get corrupted, their emotions do. Its what drives them to act.

@Anonymous Party: too afraid of BigBoss to have an identity. And then diss them, walang paninindigan. Napakahinang nilalang di na dapat pag-aksayahan ng atensyon.

@AHC: Oo na mas magaling na kayo… oo na mas malupit na kayo. Di nyo ba napapansin na napaka-walang kwenta ng mga fans ni Alodia pinapatulan nyo pa? Advice ko lang, hayaan nyo na sila, sampung doble ang lamang nyo sa kanila.



Ganesa

Chuck -

AHC crap? Oh c’mon… Was your very name mentioned on the interview? No, so it’s safe to conclude that we are more
famous than you are. We are not pulling down Ms. Alodia Gosiengfiao, we are just talking about information that are given to us before hand and pointing out things that we see wrong. Understand?

Flame Haze -

Envy? Of what? Mind telling me why we are envy? Envy and hate are two different words. If we are envy,
we have made our name. WE ARE ENVY TO ALODIA CLUB. Get my point? If not, that’s your problem.

Passerby -

‘Tumabla,’ the balance on the cosplay community, that’s what it is. Do I need to elaborate more? Dissing for no reason eh? Funny thing is, you are also a no-name fan right? As I’ve said, we do not envy Alodia. If it’s about the finances you are talking about, have you guys made an Alodia Fan Shirt? I just meant that even finances do not restrict us, it’s not called passion too, it’s called hate. That’s what drives us. Now, with that said, What are the factors that made you think we are just envy? Is it her popularity? No, because we don’t want to be that popular, not to mention that back at the UP ame, AHC was the talk of the town. Get my dig? We are not losers, because we never claim we did lose to her, Alodia knew BossMac too because they both share the community called DeviantArt. No face club… Hmm, where did the interviewer’s development of interest came from?
I would really like to know.

Then that justifies that the likes of you, who came to voice in behalf of Alodia is just the same common whiners you
are talking about. If you hate us, fine, if you want to, just to reinforce how good you are in talking, maybe we can
settle this on a legal debate. You and me, 1 on 1, your rules, your battleground. Is that fine with you?
Just to see how good you are in proving those words you speak of. Be as it may, hopefully that you can grant my request.

Fated Blue - Indirect proposal, if she didn’t want to talk about AHC, she should have just refrained mentioning her accusations towards us.

Aw Haters Again! -

And to be honest too, yeah, You only see the cute chick in a cute costume, proving that you only had cynical views regarding the matter. What are more pathetic than those group of people you mentioned? Maybe someone who’s trying to catch on things that which doesn’t concern his or her that much. Yeah, if you don’t know anything, you can just shut up. That would be the best way. Too much free time yes, but then we are too making our lives worthwhile, some of us are going to get married, others will go
abroad to work, others had promotions and others have the lifestyle that a celebrity can acquire, mind you, I can also name few celebrities that hates Alodia that much. Losers, hmm.. Nice word to put us all in 1 shot. Thanks for reminding us and bothering to call us losers. You’ve just wasted time that you should have done something more worthy don’t you think?

polomann -

Partly responsible yes, but it seems that you don’t read the ALODIA HATERS CLUB thread that we’ve made, so to speak that we have made progress and let fellow cosplayers speak their minds regarding the issue.

And thank you for the concern too, worry not, we can do multitasking. Hating and living our lives to the fullest at the same time.

headshotguru -

I don’t also know why it’s the only thing you see when it comes to her.

Anonymous Party -

Whispering? Lol, if we did, we can just be thankful that it was a good thing though since it brought a lot of people to speak.
It even made the interviewer ask about us. Such feeble mind could not be informed that we do not make rumors, we only discuss things, information from her closest friends are some, if proven truth, it’s up to the readers if they will believe it or not.

To the owner of this blog, please do post my comment so that the people here can read my reply regarding their statement.
It would be high appreciate and I would be really thankful if you do so. Thank you very much in advance.

And also, I would like to invite the all those people who have posted their comments here to our forums to discuss the matters in hand. Specially Natasha and Padre Damaso.

Please do grant my audience. Thank you again and belated Happy New Year.



Ganesa

Oh crap. I just had some typos due to re-editing and backspacing. :( Oh well… Blame me for that.



Maglalato

May Club ang mga haters, ang mga fans wala. Period.

Puro kayo plastik. Peke ang “support”.



justdroppingby

to BigBoss and Ganesa:
you said that you’re only stating facts which comes from Alodia’s friends…

that sounds like a no-good backfighting childish sick game don’t you think?

if you really hate alodia, then why don’t you talk to her personally??

i mean, there’s really no point in making a website to talk negative things about a person..or are you being paid to do this?

if there was a site hating you how would you feel?

i’m no alodia fan, to be honest i hate som people too, but not to the extent that i would spend my time making a club and using a common friend to get information on someone–that’s creepy.

and to Mike Abundo:
haven’t you heard of the word HOMEBODY?
some people are just not into drinking alcohol and dancing the night away on a weekend night you know..



TakumiFujiwara

just ignore those AHC they wasting their time

@passerby: may point ka dyn sa sinabi mo….. and i will agree



Xbox360

Justdroppingby is right… going all out as far as making club just to “hate” or “attack” (whatever you want to call it) somebody is really creepy… something is really wrong with you guys…



Quistis

Ay ganun porket hater ni Alodia childish na? Kung Santo Papa nga may haters pano pa kaya siya, diba? Not everyone worships her and not everyone likes her. Deal with it. There are a lot of Pinoy cosplayers much,much better than her.



Quistis

Lol and to say that our lives revolve around AHC is pure exaggeration. But wait a minute. Hindi ba rabid fanboys nga ang gumagawa nun? Hmm. Lol.

Bago niyo din kami husgahan, basahin nyo muna LAHAT ng contents ng AHC thread namin. Isa isahin nyo yun nang malaman nyo yung purpose namin. Mala-nobela sa haba ang explanations namin dun and we even encourage friendly debates. Kung childish kami,walang magawa,so be it. Basta ba aaminin nyo na kayo din. Dahil pumapatol naman kayo at todo pagtatanggol niyo kay Alodia, diba? Pareho lang pala tayo kung ganun. *shrugs*

–> Kung nagagalit kayo samin because we express freely our dislike for Alodia, gawin niyo din yun sa lahat ng haters na makikita niyo. That’s what’s called fair.

Gusto namin na mapansin at mabigyan ng chance yung ibang cosplayers na hindi kasing yaman, o hindi kasing ganda, pero naghihirap at nagsusumikap. And most importantly, sila ang GUMAGAWA ng costumes nila. Maraming cosplayers na ang nababali-wala dahil may favoritism at bias. Pero mas madami namang mas mahusay at deserving kesa kay Alodia.



hyde

ALODIA HATERS CLUB??
how lame?! i dont get this? i mean why bother? its just a waste of time? I’m not an Alodia fan but this so irritating to know? whats the deal. at teka ayoko magenglish nga! AHC ang baduy nyo. do something productive guys, like clean the streets, and hate murderers or snatcher sa kalye- well you atleast entertain me- this soooooo LAAAMe—

Alodia bigyan mo nga sila ng meteor shower! para mag tanda.. haay dami nyong spare time.

i hope this comment gets posted. ang talino nyo di nyo gamitin sa maganda



Ganesa

justdroppingby:

-that sounds like a no-good backfighting childish sick game don’t you think?”

Back fighting childish game? You don’t even know about these things. You don’t even know what’s happening. Do you really care that much? You talk, as if you know anything but you ask as if you don’t know a single thing, that is how I see through your words. Are you well informed about the current situation? Please do answer my questions, I find it rather intriguing to have a discussion with you.

-if you really hate alodia, then why don’t you talk to her personally??

Why don’t you talk to her personally? Maybe if she had the time to talk to us, I’d gladly comprehend on your statements. We are always open for discussions, we always say that, why don’t you read our discussions so that you’ll catch up quick? Read before you talk, or is it that you’re not that interested, are you? But I’m quite sure that you are that interested because you found some time to voice out. =P

-i mean, there’s really no point in making a website to talk negative things about a person..or are you being paid to do this?”

For you, there’s none. For us, there is. We are not being paid to do this. Let me ask you my friend, are you also being paid to comment on us?

-if there was a site hating you how would you feel?

If that happens, that means there’s SOMETHING WRONG. Beyond ordinary measures. Go figure.

-i’m no alodia fan, to be honest i hate som people too, but not to the extent that i would spend my time making a club and using a common friend to get information on someone–that’s creepy.

Then leave us be if you don’t want to comply to our stands as a group. Let me clarify something. It’s her closest friends that tell us about her, we don’t even ask for information. Assumptions… They don’t make a good impression as I may say.

TakumiFujiwara:

Yes, all you can do is agree. Nothing else. Don’t you think you also did wasted some of your time just to say that you agree? :D



Ganesa

I apologize to the owner of this blog since I’m using your comment page as a medium to response in the earlier post. May you not forbid me in posting. XD



polomann

[quote]Gusto namin na mapansin at mabigyan ng chance yung ibang cosplayers na hindi kasing yaman, o hindi kasing ganda, pero naghihirap at nagsusumikap. And most importantly, sila ang GUMAGAWA ng costumes nila. Maraming cosplayers na ang nababali-wala dahil may favoritism at bias. Pero mas madami namang mas mahusay at deserving kesa kay Alodia.[unquote]

question. is this the sole purpose of AHC or to bring alodia down as well?



J

“Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike.”



Mike Abundo


haha

lol this is lame. fanboys and haters are just the same lamers.



DTA

Cosplaying. Serious Business.



hateslamers

Alodia Haters Club (AHC) is nothing but a collection of cowardly thugs who may have been fanboys earlier but degenerated to being haters since their former idol may have shunned their advances.

Ganessa where you not a fan once?

And did you not get banned from several forums due to your undesirable activities such as trolling, flaming, double accounts and such.

And you speak here as if you are a reliable source. :) Wow such a credible person or character witness you are :)



hateslamers

Ganesa your reputation precedes you. I have reliable sources that you like making up stories to discredit another person.

And do name names or this information you say that was passed to you another one of your fiction to discredit Alodia



Kasrkin 0072

Hey! A geek babe. Awesome. And about as rare as pinky orks. LOL

Although I gotta agree there are some better cosplayers out there, I also must admit she looks good in the spotlight. Come on people, cosplay is about having fun. And despite the fact that I’ve run into a handful of people bent on the idea of cosplay as a pageant (particularly here in the Philippines), I still believe in the fun factor. It’s definitely what drives me.

I wonder if Ms. G has even seen this page, and I wonder how she’d react after reading all the flak being thrown around for and against her.



JAM

hello???!!??!!?? to all that people that hate alodia,,,,think it first before you say something that isn’t true……kung ayaw nyo sa kanya …..tumahimik nlang kau,,,,kaysa mag kalat kau ng mag kalat ng kung anong anong tsismis!!!!…because that’s very lame!!!! your not a child anymore think!!!!



goo jun cris

mabait si alodia..

hindi ninyo lang lam..

mga tsismono at tsismosa kau ay tumigil…

kala ninyu kung sino keu…

take care alodia….



Trident

Bakit walang sound y’yung interview with Alodia??
Quite disappointing…



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