/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>9037261
>>9037297
Pretty much this. AUs -- especially punk AUs -- scream "I couldn't make the actual costume for some reason. If you're wearing it as a slow day cosplay or to a late night meet, I get it, but don't expect other people to care about it.

But 100% percent agreed on cleverness. If there's a clear, smart animating principle, it can be fucking fantastic. This picture should be everything wrong with AU cosplay (being a Disney plus Star Wars mashup), but "Hans Solo" makes me laugh every time I think about it. (It doesn't hurt that the costumes are good.)