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I want to share something that’s been weighing on me for a while, especially to help newer cosplayers avoid getting taken advantage of.
Someone named Taliyah (@lovespritezero) came into my life initially as just another person paying my DM fee. Like she does with a lot of cosplayers/egirls, she started off flirty, but over time we moved past that and built what I thought was a genuine friendship. At some point, she began managing one of her friend’s social media accounts, and that’s where things started to change.
She began taking full credit for that account’s growth, ignoring the fact that the girl already had a strong following long before any “management.” Now she’s using that as proof to lure in smaller or busy cosplayers. I’ve seen it happen more than once. One newer girl she worked with saw very little growth over months (1k followers in 2 months on instagram), and the quality of the work was honestly underwhelming; bland captions, overloaded with emojis, low effort overall, and nothing that actually helps reach.
She messages other cosplayers exaggerating what she charges, claiming 20%+ when in reality she charged much less for her first client. It’s all about creating a false sense of value to pull in people who might not know better. On top of that, she doesn’t offer much beyond basic posting: no real promotion, no editing, no strategy; yet still tries to position herself as essential.
What concerns me even more is her behavior behind the scenes. She shares private information about clients, lies frequently, and treats people as opportunities rather than actual human beings. I experienced that shift firsthand. At one point, she referred to me as an “investment.”
She tried to pressure me into making an OF and expected to take 20% of my income. I declined. After that, she went to someone she knew had repeatedly disrespected me and tried to convince her to work with her instead. When I confronted her, she claimed she backed off out of respect for our friendship, but the truth is that girl declined her services too.
Even after all of this, I still tried to maintain the friendship. But she continued crossing lines. I’d share ideas or plans, and she’d immediately use them, sometimes within minutes, on accounts much larger than mine, without asking or even acknowledging it. Poses, captions, formats… even small things like kaomojis from my profile were being copied. When I confronted her, she dismissed it and tried to belittle me, yet later one of her own clients confirmed she had copied from me.
I’m sharing this because I don’t want newer creators to go through the same thing. Be careful who you trust, especially people who approach you with big promises and try to position themselves as the reason for someone else’s success. If you still choose to work with her, just understand the level of honesty and integrity you’re dealing with.
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