I totally get what you're saying about the body type issue, but I think it's more than that; I think that people will choose to portray characters whose costumes are wildly inappropriate. If a plus size woman wanted to dress up as Yuna, for instance, I see nothing wrong with it... unless she was FFX-2 Yuna, who forgot to put clothes on in the morning. The difference is that FFX Yuna had a cool costume that pretty much anybody could pull off if done correctly. X2 Yuna cut half her skirt off and sewed it onto her panties. Nobody can pull that crap off. Nobody. You can be 90 lbs, and just... no. Same with some guys who swear up and down that they can be Barrett or Goku when they, to put it politely, just don't look a darn thing like either one of them. There are SO many characters to choose from in the anime and videogaming world; it really shouldn't be this hard to find a character who is interesting, not overly popular, and whose costume won't make you look like an idiot or get you featured on some snark page.
Also, I don't care HOW good you look, nobody with any dignity should be cosplaying as a character who is nekkid or close to it. You might think Wakka is awesome, but why on earth will you leave your house with just a pair of pants on? Why. Why.
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Date: 2009-07-31 02:41 am (UTC)Also, I don't care HOW good you look, nobody with any dignity should be cosplaying as a character who is nekkid or close to it. You might think Wakka is awesome, but why on earth will you leave your house with just a pair of pants on? Why. Why.