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.
