Yep.
I’m still marveling at the characterization of body armor and spandex as “simple.” Just, no.
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-?! O.K. even if you’re saying they’re simpler, what the hell body armor and weaponry and spandex and cape have YOU been looking at lately?! And urm… that’s all stuff female characters wear too.
O.K. you know what, let’s take that “simple” part out completely because the minute you think any costume is simple as a cosplayer you’ve already screwed yourself. In fact, personally, it’s the simple characters that I think are the most complicated to pull off, because their outfits aren’t really distinguishable unless if you can nail their hair or face or their mannerisms. ”Let’s do school girl/school boy so and so,” yeah that’s fine but there’s about a zillion characters like this in anime so you better have a damn good wig or nail that pleated skirt or those little annoying checker marks in the Persona 4 Yasogami High collars and just… yeah.
Good example. L’s not simple, that’s the mistake you make. ”Just a white shirt and jeans and messy hair,” no. If you don’t nail that hair, or the baggy eyes, or the weird way he sits, and if the shirt isn’t baggy enough it’s not going to look right. That and if it’s a popular series where you’re going to see 57 Ls walking around, what’s going to set you apart from the others?
So nothing is simple, male or female, so just stop. Way to discriminate against a particularly large group of cosplayers when you’re trying to get them to watch your show.
I just love how this ignorant moron managed to sneak two sexist ideals into one uneducated statement. By saying female’s costumes are more interesting because they are “sexier” that implies that he only likes cosplaying to see women in revealing outfits. Okay, if a woman is in an outfit like that, DID YOU EVER THINK THAT IT JUST MIGHT BE HER FAVORITE CHARACTER AND THAT SHE’S NOT ACTUALLY DOING IT JUST FOR ATTENTION?! And for guys, apparently all we know how to do is hammer things, paint our chests for football, eat chicken wings and scratch ourselves. There’s no possible way that us men can have an elaborate, accurate costume right? I’d hate to see what this asshole thinks about Plus Sized Cosplayers. Are we not as “interesting” because our body type isn’t the same as a pixelated fictional character? So much is wrong with this statement that it actually makes me NOT want to continue to watch Heroes of Cosplay, even though I did enjoy it for the most part. People need to educate themselves and stop looking at cosplay as a one gendered, one sized hobby. I’m so sick of all the hate for males, females, plus sized, colored, whatever the fuck cosplayers. WE’RE ALL JUST COSPLAYERS PLAN AND SIMPLE. /endrant
Reblogging for this comment from a male cosplayer.
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Yep.
I’m still marveling at the characterization of body armor and spandex as “simple.” Just, no.
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-?! O.K. even if you’re saying they’re simpler, what the hell body armor and weaponry and spandex and cape have YOU been looking at lately?! And urm… that’s all stuff female characters wear too.
O.K. you know what, let’s take that “simple” part out completely because the minute you think any costume is simple as a cosplayer you’ve already screwed yourself. In fact, personally, it’s the simple characters that I think are the most complicated to pull off, because their outfits aren’t really distinguishable unless if you can nail their hair or face or their mannerisms. "Let’s do school girl/school boy so and so,“ yeah that’s fine but there’s about a zillion characters like this in anime so you better have a damn good wig or nail that pleated skirt or those little annoying checker marks in the Persona 4 Yasogami High collars and just… yeah.
Good example. L’s not simple, that’s the mistake you make. "Just a white shirt and jeans and messy hair,” no. If you don’t nail that hair, or the baggy eyes, or the weird way he sits, and if the shirt isn’t baggy enough it’s not going to look right. That and if it’s a popular series where you’re going to see 57 Ls walking around, what’s going to set you apart from the others?
So nothing is simple, male or female, so just stop. Way to discriminate against a particularly large group of cosplayers when you’re trying to get them to watch your show.
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queersailorscout asked: Where could I find the Welcome to Nightvale podcast online? I'm really excited about it because it has a canon gay interracial couple and I never see that ever. It's be a huge help. Thank you! (P.S: Love your cosplays!)
My partner is actually the one who plays them so I’m not 100% sure, but hopefully someone sees this and replies with an answer :) Cecil and Carlos are the best, I’ve actually written fics for them (lol god) And thanks for the comment about my cosplays!
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