Cosplay Ideas. Also, Dwarves or Satyrs?

Since I am a huge Hobbit nerd, I know what my next cosplay will be. I was actually thinking about doing two cosplays, but I shenanigan around and I don't think I'll have the time or money to do both. But for the cosplay I absolutely want to finish, I want to be a dwarf.

I won't be doing a character specifically, but I'll be one of the dwarf ladies that can be seen in the background. Preferably eating cake and not being set on fire by a dragon, no matter how sexy the voice of the dragon is, fire is bad.

Hopefully I can go all out with the dress, which has a fairly simple design, and get slightly pointed ears. I don't want them too pointy, but I also just don't want to have huge ears. I did some concept studies on Tolkien's dwarves and they have bigger than normal ears. I'm not entirely sure if I will do ears yet.

I've got the design for my dress down. I can't draw clothing in detail, so I actually went into a popular Hobbit scene maker and made the dress with that. I feel like posting it, so excuse the laziness of my nonexistence art skills. 

Now the second cosplay would be Lynette from Soul Calibur III. I'd make the skirt of her dress a little longer, but I'd still make I poof. My only concern besides time and money is the length.

Cosplay on a budget is easy. Cosplay on a super tight budget is not.

On another note, my boyfriend and I have been having a play argument. So why don't you guys help me settle this? Tell me, would you rather be a dwarf or a satyr?

My dwarf  dress reference can be seen below. The game belongs to Azalea. I suggest you check out her DeviantArt.

As a big girl in the cosplay world, I feel I have to make this rant. Warning, there may be colorful language used. I apologize if this offends you. But then again, I don't.

My only 'accurate' cosplay would be Yunbo from Xam'd. I only would have the options of Yunbo, or a list of big, yet not so popular or doable, characters. Obviously this pisses me off. Yes, I think it's ok to cosplay anyone regardless of race or size. But many people don't feel this way. And that is a very sad thing.

I don't do skin reviling cosplay. That's just not me. But I think if a girl wants to cosplay in a bikini, she should.

No, I don't often like to see a girl cosplay Thor in a bikini, but that's only because I feel it's a little inaccurate. Who would honestly wear a bikini into battle? Now, dammit, I don't care if the girl is doing it for fun. It's the girls who do it for attention alone that makes me angry.

Another thing that upsets me is when a person who is starting out with making their cosplays don't make the best costume, and people let them know it. Who cares if it doesn't look like a professional did it? If that person has fun, that's all I'm concerned about.

As I stated before, I am a bigger sized girl. I have social anxiety and it scares me to cosplay at times. Even in the friendliest of conventions, there's always that one asshole. I know you'll probably think, "But Beccu, that one guy shouldn't ruin anyone's fun!" But that one asshat could ruin the entire trip for someone. I've been there.

So here is my message for the bigger girls cosplaying, or even those girls who don't feel comfortable with themselves: Try to ignore the media. Some of the big girls in anime are used for comic relief, and we shouldn't have to put up with that fat girl stereotype bullshit. Always have fun.

Also, to the future artists who may some day make anime or manga: Please don't make ridiculously overweight characters who's main purpose is to be picked on and walked all over.