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West Lake: Pics with my fandom merch a no-go? Seriously? 🥺

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    Guadalupe Barton
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    Haha, that's so true!

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      Josephine Cremin
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      Go for it! I'm from Hangzhou, and I'm at West Lake taking photos of my plush dolls all the time. Shoot with confidence!

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        Marc Price
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        Nah, that won't happen... Local elderly folks will usually just ask if they can take a picture because they find your '娃' (doll/costume) cute. At least, that’s my experience when photographing dolls.

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          Ken Fahey
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          Yep, yep! I was wearing a skirt on the subway once, and an old lady told me it was cute. ☺

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            Lula Turner
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            Genuine Hangzhou locals wouldn't mock you. My grandma even said, 'Back in my day, what I wore was much more out-there than what these kids wear now!' The ones mocking you are probably older folks from your own hometowns.

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              Kay Oberbrunner
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              My grandma says: 'Back in our day, we were among the very first to wear qipaos. Kids these days dress much more conservatively than we did back then!'

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                Josephine Cremin
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                How am I only seeing this May Day post now? Go for it and take your photos!!! Even my grandma doesn't bat an eye.

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                  Andrea Hand
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                  Hangzhou has had anime conventions since the early 2000s. I remember the earliest ones even had parade floats in front of the People's Great Hall – I think Ni Ping (or some other celebrity host, I was too young to remember clearly) even attended. That's a prime central location in Hangzhou. There's an anime convention every year, cosplayers are a common sight, and everyone got used to it ages ago. People who make such a fuss about it usually aren't locals.

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                    Velma Thompson
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                    Hangzhou is genuinely very open-minded, but to be honest, I feel like it hasn't been quite as open these past couple of years as it was before the pandemic.

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                      Byron Larkin
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                      What's a good comeback if you run into a situation like this?

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                        Roosevelt Reynolds
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                        (In Hangzhou dialect) 'Hey old timer, what's it to ya? Buzz off!'

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                          Kathryn Heller
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                          Hey OP, don't pay any mind to that old lady; she's 100% an outsider. Local elderly folks are very open-minded. If you go on a weekday morning and your hands are full, they'll even offer to hold your props for you while you shoot.

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                            Tanya Bogisich IV
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                            Alright, got it...

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