Cosplay And Sexes

[Clearing the Eye]

A few years ago for Halloween I got a Cthulhu mask and a school girl outfit and went out as "Cute-thulhu".

I don't know if I'm more terrified or turned on.

... what does it say about me that I am definitely turned on?

It's true that the mainstream seems to have no idea how sex- open cons often are. Calgary Otafest this year, a guy dressed as Vash the Stampede from Trigun seemed to have made it his personal mission to lick everyone attending.

You have a fetish for squid schoolgirls.

Won't someone please think of the squid children!

 

[Don Savik]

If a woman wants to reveal her body then I don't think a "dress up like a video game character" convention is the appropriate outlet. Most of the time the costumes suck anyways, and who care if they spent time on it if they just want a narcissistic reaction of "look at my pretty body" while at the same time showing no respect to the convention or the character. The Sona cosplay as described above is good, but I'm skeptic, because it could be a model who has never played the game before (the worst offender, and they do exist). Some people want it to be a sexy soft-core fashion show, and it just doesn't work.

 

[Ed130 The Vanguard]

Well, its like anything else: good cosplay is good cosplay. That guy dressed as Ezio at the start, good stuff. Time, effort and giving a shit went into making it look good and wearable at the same time.

Plus, I don't see how it would protect virginity since Ezio is a notorious booty merchant and therefore anyone emulating him would want to have the same swagger and confidence.

That guy in the tutu and Master Chief helmet was a lark though.

Correct. Cosplay (for me at least) was to:
1) Make something awesome
2) Have fun

Getting laid doesn't really factor into it, but then again when I was cosplaying as Altair I was... accosted by several girls over the course of the convention. (One of them even 'hugged' me while whispering "I have dreams about you.")

 

[FilipJPhry]

I always wanted to cosplay, but I'm a terrible tailor and finding material in my area is pretty fucking hard. I've always wanted to be The Rock, Travis Touchdown or Kratos. People say I would make a perfect Wakka, though.

 

[BringBackBuck]

Of course it tends to be "Girls Yay, Guys Nay." Most gamers are guys and most guys like checking out girls in hot outfits, which most female cosplay out fits are.

Really, what's more attractive to a guy:

Spoiler: This

Or

Spoiler: This

Am I supposed to find the 1st chick more attractive cause I really don't... Did you want me to think this way or am I just weird?

Wait the second chick is a chick right? Or am I technically bisexual now?

(I'm really not as sexist as this post would suggest)

I don't get it either. The first one is a drawing right? that's not a real person cosplaying is it? If it is than it's cool that they brought their own green and yellow lasers. As for the second one, at least she looks more like a real person I guess, I really am not sure about that person's gender either. Maybe she just needs more special effects. Wait, what was the point of these examples again?

 

[Zack Alklazaris]

Of course it tends to be "Girls Yay, Guys Nay." Most gamers are guys and most guys like checking out girls in hot outfits, which most female cosplay out fits are.

I must admit I used to find the whole cosplay thing a bit weird. At least the whole "sexy" part of it. Anime girls just are not attractive to me, then I realized there are other things too and it tricked me into liking it.

HOT

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Perhaps I have a thing for Elves? My wife is all about the Vulcans so maybe it spread.

Just fucking awesome
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=428592130485900


I have wanted to trying being a Jedi or possibly a Vulcan for my wifes sake. They just seem so fricken expensive to make.

 

[Crises^]

In my experience, the desireable women for our lot tend to love guys who have an appreciation/skill that's indicates how secure we are in our personalities and sexuality. For example: A few years back, my girlfriend showed me Fruits Basket. I genuinely liked it. She told one of her best friends about it. After she'd convinced her that I'm not gay, she was asked "Can I have him?" Not to mention that if you can sew a damn good costume, your value as a potential husband increases exponentially.

My only gripe about cosplaying is that if I ever go to one of these cons, I have no idea who I'd cosplay as. This is partially due to my playing a lot of WRPGs. But the bigger issue is that I have yet to encounter a character in a video game who makes me think "Holy shit, he looks like me!"

For reference, I'm 5'8" (~1.73 meters), overweight, have wavy/frizzy auburn hair, a large head, a wide jaw, and legs that are much bigger than my arms. In short, I look a lot like Jack Black. I haven't seen a notable video game character who looks like that in any of the games I've played, even if I were to wear a wig. The problem is that notable male characters tend to be tall, as well as

Spoiler: lean and pretty,

Spoiler: gritty and macho,

Spoiler: and/or covered in armor and props that are expensive to get/make faithful replicas of.

If anyone's got any ideas where I could find a character that might work, I'm all ears and may be willing to try the game if I haven't played it yet.

As you mentioned you look like jack Black why not http://ie.ign.com/games/brutal-legend/ps3-851726

 

[templar1138a]

In my experience, the desireable women for our lot tend to love guys who have an appreciation/skill that's indicates how secure we are in our personalities and sexuality. For example: A few years back, my girlfriend showed me Fruits Basket. I genuinely liked it. She told one of her best friends about it. After she'd convinced her that I'm not gay, she was asked "Can I have him?" Not to mention that if you can sew a damn good costume, your value as a potential husband increases exponentially.

My only gripe about cosplaying is that if I ever go to one of these cons, I have no idea who I'd cosplay as. This is partially due to my playing a lot of WRPGs. But the bigger issue is that I have yet to encounter a character in a video game who makes me think "Holy shit, he looks like me!"

For reference, I'm 5'8" (~1.73 meters), overweight, have wavy/frizzy auburn hair, a large head, a wide jaw, and legs that are much bigger than my arms. In short, I look a lot like Jack Black. I haven't seen a notable video game character who looks like that in any of the games I've played, even if I were to wear a wig. The problem is that notable male characters tend to be tall, as well as

Spoiler: lean and pretty,

Spoiler: gritty and macho,

Spoiler: and/or covered in armor and props that are expensive to get/make faithful replicas of.

If anyone's got any ideas where I could find a character that might work, I'm all ears and may be willing to try the game if I haven't played it yet.

HWG is also the one of the very few I'm built to cosplay...not that I ever would cosplay. I'd never attend any of the cons, and my insistence on my props being fully functional would mean half my outfit would be banned from the con floor anyway.

Yeah, I've gotten that suggestion before. Not into TF2 though and I don't see myself getting into it.

 

[GonvilleBromhead]

Yeah, I've gotten that suggestion before. Not into TF2 though and I don't see myself getting into it.

Coach Oleander?

 

[BrionJames]

Whatever blows your hair back I say. If you want to dress up like Mega Man thats cool...I would prefer the X costume but whatevs. You shouldn't pay any mind to people who make fun. People will be assholes, its a time-tested theory.