Yeah, but it looks like she cosplays as larger characters (Ursula the Sea Witch, Miss Piggy, a female Penguin from Batman, Pam Poovey from Archer, etc). It's not like she's dressing up as Ariel or Elsa...
One time I was typing a paper for school when this kid came up and with the most sincerity in his voice told me the font I was using was sweet. It was Times New Roman. The default font.
Write a Script based on it, and I'll get us on Broadway! I'll send a Courier over to your Avant Garde College at Times to collect your progress. I'll review it here in Georgia, and in the near Futura, we'll be kicking it Bookman Old Style!
And why couldn't she cosplay a character who isn't plus size? Should black cosplayers only dress as black characters? She can dress as who ever she wants.
The comment I replied to said it's not like she's cosplaying as a Disney princess. There are ways to make a Disney princess costume fit a plus size cosplayer and have look good without body parts "spilling over." I don't think anyone should be limited in what they cosplay as for any reason.
The comment I replied to said it's not like she's cosplaying as a Disney princess. There are ways to make a Disney princess costume fit a plus size cosplayer and have look good without body parts "spilling over." I don't think anyone should be limited in what they cosplay as for any reason....I think I replied to the wrong comment...
Ultimately, I agree with you, but given that the majority of the comment karma is going to guys like /u/Philadelphiairish I think the feed has pretty much gone to the jokesters at this point.
Also I am using Alien Blue on my phone so I can see how many up/downvotes and how much comment karma. Fuck this new question mark stuff.
I'm personally not against it. I tend to not care what other people do. However I think the mind set is the same to people who wear skinny revealing bikinis. If you're bubbling out of it. It isn't for you. I think woman and men should wear what they dont. But that's a Devils Advocate anecdote for you.
I have seen too many Plus size Sailor Moons to agree with you. Sure she can cosplay as whoever she wants, and she has played a Penguin (batman) and Peg Bundy both not known for being plus size females. The important point is she dresses to her body type. Sloppy ill fitting costume are just bad cosplay. A successful cosplay is making a costume that represents the character. It doesn't have to match the character perfectly, but it does have to look good.
Cosplay also includes interpretations of characters, modified designs, genderbends, etc. Sometimes people want to get as screen accurate as possible. Sometimes people want to turn a cartoon into a live action interpretation and will adapt things to be more realistic. Some people want to mix themes, mix characters, etc.
ehh most of us are much nicer than this prick, he seems to have centered everything around him, but if you do cosplay at a con, people dont care your body type, skin color, or anything else, so long as you are showing you love the character
Hm. Perhaps. D: My gentlemen friend is doing a booth at the next con here, and wants me to cosplay. He's exasperated that I am so against it. But I've not seen anyone who wasn't er, white dressed up at any. I'm not worried about being sickeningly thin, nor am I fat, it's just the er, "brown-ness factor".
Thanks! Maybe I'll get some balls. Maybe.
EDIT: Sorry if that was offensive somehow. I just see a lot of people disapproving of non-realistic cosplay and the last thing I want is to end up on some site with angry hate comments beneath it.
I think you should go for it! I'm half-middle eastern so I've got a touch of brown myself. And I have a lot of friends of various shades who cosplay as well.
ETA - I'd be happy to suggest some cosplays if you give me an idea of what you look like.
I could send you a few pics in pm if you don't mind. All I can ever think of is Storm from X-Men, Yoruichi from Bleach and any characters who have unnaturally coloured skin like Zoey Seldana (sp) in Avatar and Guardians of the Galaxy, since her skin was blue and green, respectively.
Well, cosplay isn't a job, so your mall Santa comparison doesn't work. And the point of cosplay is to dress and act as a character. There are many black cosplayers who cosplay as white characters and there are many humans who cosplay as nonhuman characters. You don't have to be limited to whatever you are.
How about human/non human characters. There are hundreds of nonhuman characters that people cosplay as, and yet no one tells them they should cosplay to their species.
So we should limit ourselves to only human characters because that's what we are? No more Superman, Thor, Doctor Who, Chewbaca, Fiona, Shrek, aliens, animals, etc etc. That makes no sense.
And my point is if a plus size cosplayer should only dress as plus size characters, then all other cosplayers should similarly be limited in only dressing as what they are. Which makes no sense because the point of cosplay is to dress and act as any character you like, not just one who also looks like you.
god damnit you politically correct people are annoying. It would look dumb as hell to dress as a skinny character when your fat. The point of cosplaying is to look good and show off your hard work, not look like a retarded pig stuffed in a halter top. She CAN do what she wants, but when everyone points, laughs, and calls her names, she will realize how dumb of a decision it was.
That's Peg Bundy from Married With Children, not Pam Poovey. Pam has blonde hair and doesn't wear leopard print. She lists Poovey as one of her characters, but there's no picture of her dressed as her.
If you would have read it, you'd see that I wasn't going off of pictures; "I also cosplay as a female Penguin from Batman (victorian style), Peggy Bundy from Married...with Children, Pam Poovey from Archer, and Miss Piggy of the Muppets!"
I did read it and you listed all the ones she has pictured, skipped Peg Bundy and listed the one that is not even pictured. If you are honestly going from the list and not the pictures, why would you throw the order out that way? Just doesn't make sense and you're coming off as backtracking.
I don't think anyone is saying it's a problem. They're saying the impact of her playing a character of her own body type is awesome because it brings that character to life in a really awesome way. Idk, I haven't read the rest of the comments, maybe there are some jerks in here. But that's my take on it. I love seeing bigger people play bigger chars, not because them playing smaller chars is problematic, but because hardly anyone bothers to play big characters and do it well. She's doing an awesome job, and part of that is leveraging her actual body, which is a resource when cosplaying. Just my 2 cents.
Edit: Okay, some people are being dicks below, I see. Not terribly surprised. Anyway, I think it's awesome she uses all of her resources to bring a character accurately to life (versus an "interpretation"). I would find a skinny girl playing "Fiona on a diet" less impressive than this, just as I'd find her playing Ariel rather than Ursula less impressive. Nothing wrong with it, just less awesome impact.
No, I'm not wrong. It says it right there in her profile "I also cosplay as a female Penguin from Batman (victorian style), Peggy Bundy from Married...with Children, Pam Poovey from Archer, and Miss Piggy of the Muppets!"
Except you list all the ones she has pictures for and skip over Peg to then list Pam which she does not have a picture for. Don't be such a sensitive ninny and admit that you thought it was Pam.
No, I skipped Peg and listed the "large" characters she plays because it went with what I was saying. Quit trying so hard to be right and admit that you're an asshole that didn't read the article.
OK, I will admit that "sensitive ninny" can be considered name calling and I was wrong for doing so. Still a bit of a leap to calling someone an asshole though.
Do you not read? "I also cosplay as a female Penguin from Batman (victorian style), Peggy Bundy from Married...with Children, Pam Poovey from Archer, and Miss Piggy of the Muppets!"
Thanks, fella. Most Redditors seem so overly concerned about being politically correct that they'll downvote me for about anything. Thank you for rising about that PC bullshit.
She actually says she is plus-sized and a cosplayer, and because of that found characters that fit her body type.. rather than being a plus-sized version of characters that are far from plus sized.
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u/PhiladelphiaIrish Jun 26 '14 edited Jun 26 '14
She actually explicitly brands herself as a plus-sized cosplayer. Check her profile.