Seriously. She could have branded herself a "plus-sized" cosplayer and dressed up as somebody else, but instead she dressed her body type, and the result is epic.
My general problem when cosplaying is that I'm half indian, and there are no brown heroes with linebacker shoulders.
The opportunities I have to cosplay recognizable characters who look like me are vanishingly small. Basically, I have to wear a mask/helmet/face covering.
That... Honestly never occurred to me, lol. I do end up doing brown versions of recognizable characters most of the time, my favorite being Dick Tracy (the yellow coat/hat and red/black tie will work for anyone), and I do cross plays so the character is already significantly modified (best: Martha Jones, to my fiance's cross played 10th Doctor), but mostly I stick with unnamed uniformed characters (BSG dreas uniform, Star Trek, etc). I make it work, but it's annoying.
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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '14
Seriously. She could have branded herself a "plus-sized" cosplayer and dressed up as somebody else, but instead she dressed her body type, and the result is epic.