Eee!  Thank you so much for reading!  *hugs*  And yeah, to me it’s always about having fun, and being a character who you love.  If we cosplayed based on who we looked like, there’s no guarantee that a) we even like that character, and b) a lot of fans would be left out.  Not just because of size, either.  If we took size out of it, how many black female characters are out there for me?  I use to think that I had to find one, like I needed to google “black female characters,” before cosplaying. 

Or what if your favorite character is male?  There are a lot of cool men in anime and video games and comics and everything.  Not saying there aren’t female characters who are cool, but when I was growing up and getting into the likes of anime and video games, a lot of the lead characters were men.  It’s much better than it was back then, but the point still stands.

Anyhow, this is why I’m like, “Forget it, I’m just going to cosplay who I like,” and I think everyone should do that.  Don’t go out looking for who looks like you, be the character you like.  You’ll have more fun cosplaying if you cosplay who you want, not who you think you should do because of their skin color or size.