/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

Crossplay is absolutely retarded. So many people do it at so many conventions that it's managed to Milhouse its way in as a convention staple. Every time I hear some retarded bitch yammer on about how she's going to X con as Eren or Levi it makes me want to grind my teeth and steal their ears.

Nobody makes it look good. No, not even you. I don't care if you have the perfect binding technique and no hips. You look stupid. A male character should only be cosplayed by a man, and vice versa. Even if you have the highest quality crossplay around, it is inherently flawed because having begun with an incorrect gender made the costume wrong from the start. For a community that nitpicks over having precisely the right belt buckles, this is a glaring flaw.

A gender-correct cosplay of the same quality is inherently superior. It's more accurate, and assuming the person is cosplaying a person they resemble (as they should be) you will never achieve the same uncanny effect. So why do you morons shoot yourselves in the foot before you've even begun? Why not choose a gender-correct cosplay that you can actually achieve?

>B-but I'm a man on the inside! If I'm t-trans then I can cosplay as Link perfectly r-right?

Wrong. You transgendered tumblrfags are some of the worst offenders. Why are there so many of you in the convention setting anyway? Why is EVERYONE trans/gay/whatever at conventions? I'm starting to think you people are just pretending so you can be "unique." In any case, even though you might identify with the gender you are not, you cannot expect me to treat you as though you actually have the parts to match. Gender is determined by the reproductive organs in the body, that's that. Expecting people to think of you as anything other than what you are is delusional and idiotic.

Oh yeah, and fat people should only cosplay fat characters. Stuffing your grease rolls into a Kenshin cosplay just makes you look even more hilarious than normal.