How do you feel about cosplay?

arknor said:
Never been rejected in my life :p
For the record I always saw my self as average, I think compared to my age range I aged a hell of a lot better than 90% of people and I'm really tall which helps

also still got a full head of hair at 40 :p
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Right I officially hate you.

Mines got to that point where it is thinning out on top so can't hide how much it is receding at 40 :(
 
If your talking about actual cosplayers who try to recreate the character. It is impressive stuff.

If your talking about the thirst traps that some women post and call it cosplay. No I am not impressed.
 
This is basically the 21st century version of battle reenactment which was kind of weird in the first place but who am I to judge if people enjoy it and can form friendships from it then that is the most import thing.

If women can make money from it then why not?
 
explicit4u said:
So do you class models as attention seeking when they're on a catwalk? It's literally their job :confused:
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explicit4u said:
It is literally their job to be photographed and attract attention, quite a few of the successful ones go on to become spokesmodels for brands, how is it not comparable?
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Models get paid lots of money by someone else, to just do whatever someone else tells them... whereas cosplayers pay out lots of money to someone else, for the priviledge of creating stuff themselves with their own money and to attend events where other people take both photos and advantage of them. Rarely does a cosplayer make any money, and only a very very few actually make anything approaching a living with any degree of fame. About the best they can hope for is enough ad money from their little YouTube channels to pay their partner's/mother's electricity bill each month.
 
Not my cup of tea but keeps people happy and off the streets!
Not into the people who do it for pure monetary/ho life gains.
 
ttaskmaster said:
Models get paid lots of money by someone else, to just do whatever someone else tells them... whereas cosplayers pay out lots of money to someone else, for the priviledge of creating stuff themselves with their own money and to attend events where other people take both photos and advantage of them. Rarely does a cosplayer make any money, and only a very very few actually make anything approaching a living with any degree of fame. About the best they can hope for is enough ad money from their little YouTube channels to pay their partner's/mother's electricity bill each month.
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I see you've kept away from onlyfans :cry::cry::cry:
 
Ice Tea said:
Always leaves me with mixed feelings , on one hand it's impressive with the amount of effort and detail that they put into it but on the other it seems a bit weird to be that obsessed with it.
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It's really no weirder than say spending a lot of time and money on making your car or computer case look nice, making models*, or whatever.

A lot of the people that do it do so because they're fans of a specific thing and it's a fun outlet for their creativity that's also a social and at times competitive thing.
It can also work as a way to practice various practical skills in a fun and different way, a good cosplay outfit often combines an immense amount of skill in things like costume design, materials, sewing and fastening techniques, prop making, and doing it within what can be extremely tight budgets.

In short, it's a fun hobby that can lead to making a lot of friends, or learning entirely new skills that may or may not be useful in your career (a number of people who cosplay either end up working in tv/film/theatre/clothing industry, or are already there).


*At least half the fun of things like model making is the community and friends you make at the same time as the models.
 
Rroff said:
Not for me but I do respect the level of skill that goes into some of them especially when the person + outfit completely nails the character.

Some of Adam Savage's more detailed and longer builds are fascinating to watch.
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Adam Savage is so good with his builds, it helps that he's spent most of his life making props and has spent decades around other people where he's been able to learn/see different methods, and I love how even if he's made a video about something I've not got a specific interest in there is often something in there that is useful.
He tends to show how to do things, usually with some explanation and will say that he does it X way but there are other ways (making it clear that you use the method that works for you), but also that you don't have to be perfect and to not worry if something goes wrong. One of the things I love is that he often leaves in where he's made mistakes so you don't just see a build go perfectly every time.

I think part of the reason I like his builds is that he's quite a good explainer/teacher, he's got the knack of showing how to do things whilst being entertaining.

It reminds me to an extent of some of the documentaries I used to watch with my dad and every now and then we'd see something that ended up coming useful in a project we were doing around the house.
 
I don't see a problem with it.

It's not any different from people dressing in football tops to support their team whilst socialising with like minded fans.

Cosplayers dress up and support their "team" (game, TV show etc) whilst socialising with a like minded group... The fact that most people in society see it as "weird" may make the urge to attend these events where they can feel free and happy in a social group more appealing.

If they are not harming anyone, far be it from me or anyone to interfere with what makes others happy.
 
Ice Tea said:
Always leaves me with mixed feelings , on one hand it's impressive with the amount of effort and detail that they put into it but on the other it seems a bit weird to be that obsessed with it.
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Are they obsessed? Or are they just putting an ordinary amount of time into a hobby they enjoy? Would it be less weird if they put the same amount of time into, for example, playing golf?

I don't care either way. It's not my cup of tea. It doesn't harm anyone. So I've no reason to care one way or the other. I can admire the skill that goes into some of the cosplay builds, same as I can admire it for golf or woodworking or anything else.
 
Rroff said:
Right I officially hate you.

Mines got to that point where it is thinning out on top so can't hide how much it is receding at 40 :(
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45 and still have a full head of hair too, and it's still mostly black with only a bit of grey. It's great having good genes, dad died at 75 and he was only just starting to thin
 
robgmun said:
45 and still have a full head of hair too, and it's still mostly black with only a bit of grey. It's great having good genes, dad died at 75 and he was only just starting to thin
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My grandparents and their parents all lived to almost unnaturally old ages* so in that respect short of other causes I probably have many years of sitting in my own **** to look forward to :( but both sides the males went bald fairly early and likewise my dad - though neither of my brothers seem to be affected by it and mine has been a fairly slow receding albeit steady year on year.


* My dad's father didn't reach such an old age but he had diphtheria as a kid and was never expected to make it out his 20s.
 
Psycho Sonny said:
What's wrong with that?
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explicit4u said:
In what way has Jessica Nigri pivoted to cosplay, she's pretty much always done it.
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I meant Thots in general, they took what was just fun enjoyable hobby at conventions and turned into cynical attention seeking for generating money, which isn't the original intention of cosplayers. Yes, they look hot as hell but it feels like for some of them another branch of their "only fans" empire. It's a shame really, i dated a cosplayer for a while about a decade ago who was only in it for fun until all the thots started turning up and didn't like the change atmosphere.
 
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