/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

I know it's the norm and there's no point in complaining, but cosplay "community" and environment is really fucking sad and ass shit. It doesn't matter what country you're from, what area you're from, what kind of things you cosplay, sooner or later it boils down to the same thing.
>actual skills aren't valued anymore (sewing, crafting, wigmaking, etc)
>fitting into overshooped beauty standards matters more than your cosplay
>the more sex you sell, the more "professional cosplayer" you are
>always about popularity and clout
>elitism
>cliques
>everyone is everyone's rival
>high school petty tier drama
>don't even bother trying to talk to people with more followers than you. You DO have social media, right, anon?
>people not actually knowing jack shit about what they're cosplaying (not often, but this is a thing)
>nothing is about cos nor the play anymore
So basically a mixture of tacky reality TV shows and beauty pageants.

Am I the only one who ends up feeling extremely unmotivated and heartbroken? Everyone seems to just shrug their shoulders about this with a "it is how it is" motto.
Yes, you can go on about "cosplay for yourself, just have fun with friends uwu uwu" but let's be real, that's bullshit.

Not to mention people aren't friendly in the first place for many reasons above.

Fuck, gulls, sometimes this reality is too sad.