Posted by: jaythenerdkid
Posted by: Defogner
Posted by: Devastation182
It was that Cracked article that made me lose all my respect for that author. Especially the "whore" segment.
The writer hes mocking has some points. Most of the hot girls who cosplay probably know as much about those comics as i do, which isnt much. Outside of those conventions when they are not garnering attention they probably wouldnt even give those nerds the light of day.Seriously?
Cosplay costumes require an incredible amount of time and effort to put together - most cosplayers make the costumes themselves from scratch. Cosplaying definitely requires a knowledge of the character in order to be effective. And even if it didn't - even if women just dressed up as hot characters in order to have a little fun - how does that make their enjoyment of the medium any less legitimate or valid than that of people who enjoy it in other ways? I read comics sometimes, and my preferred way of enjoying the fandom is talking about the comics I like with my friends on the internet and maybe writing a bit of fanfiction sometimes. That's no more or less valid than some girl reading a Catwoman story, deciding she likes the character, and dressing up as her for Comic-Con. It's not her fault if guys take her costume as some kind of invitation or promise where no such thing has been offered or implied. She's just having fun, which she's entitled to do. These things are just meant to be fun, you know.
It is all for fun, except that women cosplayers are completely blind that guys are going to come on to this kind of gesture. Or they are not blind to it and are doing it to get attention. Either way this leads to men getting the wrong idea and coming on to them, and they either act disgusted (the whores) or they go along with it. In the end they could just avoid all of this by not dressing up and asking for it. Now you're going to probably say "equal rights if men can do it women can brahghbrah" but it just doesnt work, women are dressing up skimpy to get attention from men and you know it. Some things are not the same. I think cosplays are alright unless shes in skintight clothing all bent over like i saw in one vid. It's kind of like why men can walk around with their shirts off and women cant.
[Edited on 12.08.2012 8:57 PM PST]