/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>7774601
Yes. Exactly. I loved this hobby because it was the one place where sex (and looks) wasn't the defining factor. Cosplay appeared as a little strange, but very interesting hobby that sometimes produced jaw-dropping results that made people gasp even if you weren't a cosplayer or didn't know anything about it. When I started cosplaying years ago the most prominent cosplayers were those who were just skilled as fuck and put effort into their costumes, I think Francesca Dan was the worst attention whore we had and she wasn't half as ridiculous as JNig. And at least the attention whores of our era did the costumes themselves and didn't have a team of lackeys doing all the shit for them.

And now we have bitches like JNig and Yaya and Heroes of Cosplay defining our hobby. Every time there's a cosplay related article on some fucking magazine or ezine it's always the "hot girls in skimpy vidya gaym clothes" approach. It's like they're displaying this hobby as a fetish. It's proven every time I hear a guy say "I'd like a cute/sexy cosplayer girlfriend". It makes me cringe.

I think I need a moment. The more I think about this the more pissed off I get.