/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

[Anonymous No.6741663]

Morning, cgl! I come with a question (and to keep it cosplay related, post any pics related)

I'm starting to notice a trend with the cosplayers (most particularly females) all cosplaying the same people. Even the famous cosplayers. It's always Black Cat, Chun Li/Cammy, Felicia/Morrigan, Yoko, and etc. What is cgl's view on cosplaying something you have never watched/played or even know anything about? I can see if you're paid to do modeling for something that isn't released (i.e. jnig with Lollipop Chainsaw) but why put in all of this time, effort, and work towards a costume from something you have never even graced? Don't give me any of that "I just like the design" bs, either. I can understand Sakizou as it's literally just art, but what about gaming/anime/manga related cosplays? It really sucks to ask for a photo and compliment them on it/comment on it and be met with "didn't watch/play lol!"

tl;dr why cosplay from shit you don't care about

[Anonymous No.6741666]

cause we like how it looks/thread

[Anonymous No.6741680]

>>6741663
>Don't give me any of that "I just like the design" bs, either.
so you know the answer already, you just don't like it.

>It really sucks to ask for a photo and compliment them on it/comment on it and be met with "didn't watch/play lol!"
maybe take a picture of a cosplayer who doesn't have her tits out
I'm sure the homestuckers would love to tell you all about it

[Anonymous No.6741752]

It's all the men/patriarchy's fault

[Anonymous No.6741757]

75% of people cosplay for pure attention. No one gives a shit about them in the real world but in this small section of society they can get all the praise they want. The end.

[Anonymous No.6741759]

>go to cons for years wanting to cosplay but no money or skill
>saves monies to cosplay as favorite game character
>actually know everything about the character and the game (played game for years)
>go to con and cosplay as said character
>tfw another cosplayer with giant boobies cosplays same character she knows nothing about

all my hate

[Anonymous No.6741760]

>>6741757
this

[Anonymous No.6741766]

>>6741680
Saying "b-but I liked the d-design" is just a more preferable way to admitting "I did it because it looked like it would give me lots of attention!".

When was the last time you heard someone, who picked a character from an older show/whatever that's not in the mainstream pop culture and/or one that doesn't wear a revealing outfit, say "I liked the design"?

Just call it what it is.

There's loads of (actually) great character designs that are ignored just because they won't give you attention.

[Anonymous No.6741775]

>>6741766
>Saying "b-but I liked the d-design" is just a more preferable way to admitting "I did it because it looked like it would give me lots of attention!".
No.

>When was the last time you heard someone, who picked a character from an older show/whatever that's not in the mainstream pop culture and/or one that doesn't wear a revealing outfit, say "I liked the design"?
Plenty. See: Trinity Blood.

>There's loads of (actually) great character designs that are ignored just because they won't give you attention.
Nope. Vast majority of anime has really really fucking dull costuming. Pretty much anything interesting gets pounced on.

[Anonymous No.6741779]

>>6741766
>When was the last time you heard someone, who picked a character from an older show/whatever that's not in the mainstream pop culture and/or one that doesn't wear a revealing outfit, say "I liked the design"?

Anyone who does Granado Espada, Magna Carta and Shining Wind costumes, and sometimes Saint Seiya. It's also extremely common with CLAMP artbook stuff. People want to wear pretty/impressive things, particularly for competitions.

[Anonymous No.6741787]

>>6741775
>No.
Yes.
>Plenty.
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Trinity+Blood+cosplay&btnG=Search&hl=en
Look at all that plenty.
>Nope.
Yes.
>Vast majority of anime
Because anime is the only source of cosplay there is.

>>6741779
>People want to wear pretty/impressive things, particularly for competitions.
Well that's fucking great, that only furthers that literally everyone who says that is doing it just for attention.

>"How or how will I attract everyone so that I may win this competition?"
>"Oh yes, that will do the trick! This definitely looks like a... design that I like!"

[Anonymous No.6741791]

>>6741759
Her presence alone made you feel bad? You may need a different hobby.

[Anonymous No.6741794]

>>6741787
>Well that's fucking great, that only furthers that literally everyone who says that is doing it just for attention.

Well, that and craftsmanship challenges. But really, why does this rustle your jimmies that much? How does this personally affect you at all?

[Anonymous No.6741801]

I know several female cosplayers who don't cosplay super skimpy popular designs, and whose fandom for the things they cosplay is enough that they could hold their own on /a/ or /co/ discussions.

So you can't say "all" cosplayers are just looking for attention instead of doing it for fandom's sake.

[Anonymous No.6741809]

OP here but I started this because I saw someone I had liked on Facebook making a (terrible) Female Barbarian D3 costume and when questioned why she still played/what level she was

"I don't have the game lol!"

Why? I just don't get it. Why go through all of the effort, planning, cost, and creation of a costume that is not only from a terrible game, but haven't even played it? It's not even an impressive design or costume, but maybe it's because it's revealing?

[Anonymous No.6741810]

>>6741794
I don't like hypocrites. If you want to wear stuff just to get attention, be my guest, but don't pretend that you do it because it's a hobby and not to jerk your ego.

[Anonymous No.6741814]

Because they love the attention, and we love giving them attention.
I don't give a flying fuck if they didn't watch/play.
I don't even watch/play half that shit.
What's the problem?

[Anonymous No.6741815]

>>6741791
So you're telling me it wouldn't make you feel shit? Probably because you're one of them...

[Anonymous No.6741824]

>>6741815
Not the same person but I really don't think some bimbo with tig bitties would bother me even if it was the same character. As long as you take pride in your skills and knowledge of the character nobody else should matter.
And I'm sure she embarrassed herself to the people that asked her questions that she couldn't fully answer.

[Anonymous No.6741829]

>>6741787
The fact that you can't seem to see a difference between "I'd love to make this beautiful garment" and "STARE AT MA TITS" is what's ridiculous.

>Because anime is the only source of cosplay there is.
So... what. You'd rather anime fans pretend to be video game fans? Wouldn't that just rustle you further?

[Anonymous No.6741839]

>>6741810
What if jerking their ego is their hobby?

[Anonymous No.6741845]

>>6741829
>between "I'd love to make this beautiful garment" and "STARE AT MA TITS" is what's ridiculous.
That's a misogynistic strawman. Males can cosplay purely for attention too.

Plus, do you seriously expect anyone on the world believing that the former is motivation? For fashion designers, maybe.

[Anonymous No.6741852]

>>6741815
>Probably because you're one of them...
That's right, anon.
Everyone who doesn't become an emotional wreck because some bimbo is making an utter fool of herself is actually the enemy.

[Anonymous No.6741853]

>>6741663
That's really only if you're a woman b/c if you cosplay as a character who shows tits, you can get a lot of attention.

I cosplay maybe 2x a year because there are very few characters I get attached to and really like.

[Anonymous No.6741864]

Instead of bitching, be thankful a girl has spend time and money bringing you're waifu to life and giving you free fap material

Hot chicks don't have the time to spend 100 hours grindan a JRPG or reading all 98374 issues of Batman

They are too busy having lives

[Anonymous No.6741867]

>>6741845
>implying "stare at ma tits" is gendered
>implying other cosplayers don't understand the joy of constructing a particularly challenging and beautiful garment
>implying pretty much anyone with a hobby doesn't understand pursuing the most difficult version of that hobby can be its own reward

[Anonymous No.6741892]

Yet you have no problems with all the men who jumped at being Kamina? Why don't you have issues with male cosplayers doing the same?

[Anonymous No.6741899]

>>6741663
>Women blah blah blah
Go to bed Athens. Only children and autistics can enjoy this much repetition.

[Anonymous No.6741914]

>>6741899
>you now realize that he is just dropping his trip all the time to see if people still care about him
http://rbt.asia/cgl/?task=search&ghost=&search_text=athens
Literally 9/10 posts.

[Anonymous No.6741949]

I really hate this stereotype because more often then not the person your accusing actually knows their shit. I know plenty of people who've been in the same boat. Even I've been caught not remembering a name, or an armor type ect. on the spot while drunk at a con, but because I have my tits hanging out I'm labeled as a 'fake gamur gurrl', from other fucking catty bitches. Fuck that shit and talk to me when I'm sober. No one ridicules men when they fuck facts up, then proceed to push their personal views onto them. Before you start jumping to conclusions maybe get to know the cosplayer first? But then that'd be too much effort on your part. Fuck the lot of you for turning this into more of a con game for lards who get off on these kind of accomplishments.

[Anonymous No.6742100]

>>6741766
Some people like a good challenge. Some people like to pick things that force them to use new techniques or try something really crazy. Revealing or not, some people pick designs because they genuinely like them sometimes.

If it is done superbly I'd much rather see an accurate cosplay from someone who doesn't know the source media than a massive fan who sucks at cosplay. Sorry.

[Anonymous No.6742106]

>>6741914
>>6741899
NOT THIS SHIT AGAIN

[Anonymous No.6743292]

>>6741864
>Hot chicks don't have the time to spend 100 hours grindan a JRPG or reading all 98374 issues of Batman
>They are too busy having lives
>using Miyu as an example
>ex-stripper
>ex-barista
>currently in another dead-end job
>no education

oh u

[Anonymous No.6743345]

>Don't give me any of that "I just like the design" bs, either.
Pic related, got into the franchise just so I could cosplay her.
Out of all of the slutty outfits from that game too.

[Anonymous No.6743350]

>>6743345
that design is fucking kawaii

[Anonymous No.6743360]

>>6743345
>Pic related, got into the franchise just so I could cosplay her.

I do that a lot. If I see a design I really like from something I know nothing about, I'll at least try to make a decently-sized dent in whatever the source material is before making the costume. I won't usually cosplay it if the series absolutely sucks, though. I've dropped a lot of anime that I got into for the designs (Sword Art Online, etc.)

[Anonymous No.6743405]

How would you even know if they know/like the series or not? What are you going to do? Quiz them? Come on grow up. If they put the time and effort into the costume let them have fun with it even if it was just because they liked the design. Hell how many times have you gotten attracted to a series because you like the design? And if it's revealing, who the fuck cares. Oh no you didn't get attention for you costume!? GUESS YOU WERE DOING IT FOR THE ATTENTION TOO.

[Anonymous No.6743413]

>>6743345
The games are horrifically boring.

[Anonymous No.6743419]

>>6743405
This. I mean, it's easy enough to just be like.."Yeah I do know what character I am, the show/game/manga/vn is really cool." and be vague about it. Fuck, I usually cosplay OC characters and make up shit about how they're from X obscure game and people act like they know what I'm talking about(even though I made that shit up). It's too easy to fake it.

[Anonymous No.6743447]

>>6743405
They assume she didn't play the game because she's a hot girl, or even a not so hot girl in a slutty costume. Basically if it gets their dicks hard she's a poser and needs to gtfo.

[Anonymous No.6743503]

>>6743447
This this thiiiiiiis.

You could try actually talking to people before you assume they're a Fake Geek Girl™.

This debate is retarded and annoying and needs to end. Even if a few people cosplay from shit they don't know, WHO FUCKING CARES. Ignore them.

[Anonymous No.6743759]

How come its always fake geek girls. There are plenty of fake geek guys out there too. I find it hard to believe that every male cosplaying loves their character.

[Anonymous No.6743783]

>>6743759
And there are plenty guys who mess up on their facts, but no one ridicules them and call them a 'fake geek boy'. It's ridiculous now. If you're a girl, you have to know your facts inside and out and pray they don't quiz you while your drunk.

[Anonymous No.6743798]

here is a case where the guy has to ask what the character is

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=HLYGVRUukJI

[Anonymous No.6743808]

>>6743798

Kesam is a faggot,
its funny how she keeps saying shes not going to do a "who wore it better" thing and she has to end up acting dead serious saying with her eyes no

[Anonymous No.6743976]

>>6741787
>Well that's fucking great, that only furthers that literally everyone who says that is doing it just for attention.

No shit. If you don't like attention you wouldn't cosplay in the first place. Seriously how thick headed can you get.

[Anonymous No.6744094]

>>6743798
See this is the only thing that bugs me about Nigri.

and it's not even her, really, she seems pretty sweet and down to earth.

but the fucking people who call her "queen" and "goddess" annoy me shitless, STOP PUTTING HER ON A GIANT PEDESTAL. I'm amazed she doesn't have a massive fucking ego from the way these sad nerdy people kowtow to her. Or maybe she does, but she just hides it somewhat well.

[Anonymous No.6744105]

I'm sure these guys are big fans of an anime that doesn't exist and didn't want an excuse to show off their bods

Not even ripping on these guys, just pointing out how fucking stupid this whole argument is.

[Anonymous No.6744126]

>>6744094
seconded. she seems awesome. her whole persona is out of fucking control.

[Anonymous No.6744133]

>>6744105
It really is. I mean, say I cosplay a character from a 30-minute one-episode OVA. it took a half hour out of my life to become familiar with the source material. Am I somehow less of a fan than someone who put hours into playing a video game and then cosplayed from it? We both liked the thing enough to make and wear a costume from it. Does it really matter that much who put in more time? What about Vocaloid fans who cosplay from PVs? All they had to do was watch a 3-minute video to be acquainted with the source material. Maybe they're all posers too.

tl;dr: in a perfect world, maybe cosplay would only be a true expression of fandom, but people also want an excuse to dress up. Deal with it.

[Anonymous No.6744136]

>people spelling her last name as 'Nigri'
>mfw this whole time I always thought it was Nigiri
Everything I've known is a lie.

[Anonymous No.6744139]

>>6744136
I thought it was too, and I thought she made it up as a cosplayer psudeonym.

Like....nigiri.....rice....it's cute and weeby or something.

[Tim No.6744143]

>>6744136
Wait
what

[Anonymous No.6744145]

>>6744136
....It's not? I've only ever seen it as Nigiri.

[Tim No.6744147]

>>6744145
I don't even know anything anymore.

[Anonymous No.6744146]

>>6744105
Well truth to be told it kind of has a fanbase (had one already back when the early designs were shown), but it's more of a thing with /a/'s homo threads rather than actually being a fan of the non-existing anime.
Sorry if I sound like a whiteknight, a friend already cosplayed from it and I don't see anything bad in it so I thought I'd share my point of view.

[Anonymous No.6744152]

>>6744147
.....were we, as /cgl/, just collectively assuming her last name was sushi?

[Anonymous No.6744153]

Most cosplayers are attentionwhores, which is why they don't like being called out for being posers.
You're effectively stripping them of their excuses.

[Anonymous No.6744158]

>>6744126
>>6744094
>jnig
>awesome

can smell the newfag from a mile away.

[Anonymous No.6744177]

>>6743345
God damn, that's so god damn cute.
I googled it and now I sort of want to do Compa.
To keep in on topic, I won't - because I don't own a ps3 and I don't cosplay unless I know the source material.

[Anonymous No.6744179]

>>6744146
Like I said, not ripping on those guys at all. They can cosplay whatever they want. That's why this whole debate about being a "real" fan or not is kinda dumb, it's all just costumes in the end. If some girl who never watched Gurren Lagann cosplays Yoko and gets called a slutty attention whore, why aren't these guys slutty attentions whores for doing the same exact thing?

[Anonymous No.6744220]

>>6744177
The anime is coming out, actually, so you're in luck. I wanted to cosplay as Blanc but her personality is just so awful as White Heart.

[Anonymous No.6744329]

>>6743759
That's because women are more willing to accept lies from men in general. You know. Since they lie all the time anyway.

[Anonymous No.6744366]

If you've got it, flaunt it. Why waste a hot bod all covered up underneath sweatpants and a coat? If you've worked hard in the gym, or even if you're hot without trying, rock that shit. You're only gonna be young and saucy for short while in life, so you might as well milk it while you can. Ugly girls will hate you, but that's their problem. All they can do is attempt to make you out as an attention whore who isn't a real fan. Too bad they'll never look gorgeous like the characters they cosplay as.

[Anonymous No.6744371]

>>6744220
Sweet.
I'll wait till I watch the anime then.
All the characters are pretty cute really, it'd make a great cosplay group.