173: Cosplay and Effect

[zeroharpuia]

I object only to blatantly terrible cosplays, and while I'll never cosplay, seeing a perfect cosplay of Snake from Metal Gear Solid is always awesome.

 

[Skeleon]

Hahah, if I ever was to cosplay it'd be Dr. William Weir from Event Horizon or something. ^^

I was quite into customes back in the day (like, when I was a child), especially for Halloween and Carnival. But I sorta outgrew that phase. I do understand that some people still do this, I suppose it's a hobby as any other of the nerdier ones (RPG, Tabletops, LARP)...

Still, I find some of the costumes very creepy...

 

[Odie82]

Cos play should really be seen as fancy dress with a computer game/anime theme, theres absolutely nothing wrong with it at all,

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[RedPanda]

cosplaying to me is just interacting with ur beloved characters and expressing how it affects u to other ppl. It's fun, like Halloween and such. Some ppl go to far though and spend almost all their cash for one occasion it's pretty interesting lol but personally it's a way to say, "Hey, i'm a fan of this and want to be part of an inspration that led me to dress like this." It had bad and good...it should be once a year besides Halloween in my view but I admire the creativity.

 

[kawaiiamethist]

I'm award winning at the Manifest convention in Melbourne The first year I came second for cosplay-roleplay as Filia from Slayers Try and the second year I came first for Hyatt from Excel Saga.

One thing that always make me curious though, is that cosplayers just don't seem competitive. You step into any hobby, and people are bound to compare, contrast, judge, and boast about their creation and ability. Gamers do the famous tea-bagging, ballers trash talk, etc. But cosplayers..I haven't seen one that argue over why his sephiroth costume is the best. They just..stand there, and appreciate other people's work. How the heck can they remain so calm in the face of so much rivalry? (I want two cat girls in a cat fight, dammit!)

Cosplay takes a lot of time and effort. Even if you feel (and know) your costume is better than someone else's, you don't get catty about it because you know they did their best. Unfortunately we're not all great tailors, I know I'm not, I've always been more of a happy helper and art director. Whenever I see a costume that doesn't look quite right, my thinking immediately goes to what steps to take to improve it, rather than mock the creator.

 

[Corpse XxX]

I've seen pic of some girls dressed for cosplay..

They make me feel tingly in pants!

Although i only resort to alcohol meself, and run around naked!