The Biggest Critics of Cosplay The Non Cosplayer

Much like movies and gossip magazines, the world of cosplay has its own group of critics. I have been the recipient of many comments on what I "did wrong" with my costume. I have also seen similar comments on other cosplayers pages. The funny thing is, I dont post pictures with the head line What do you think? Open to critique. What did I do wrong?" (and majority of the time, neither do other cosplayers). I post photos on my public account simply to share. I ask for advice where it matters; from my personal cosplay friends on my private account (which is locked up). What boggles my mind is that the biggest critics of cosplay are coming from the non-cosplayer.

I like to do my research. Whenever someone criticizes my photos or costumes, I take the liberty to click on that persons profile. I usually find a false name with a cartoon avatar. On other occasions I have scrolled through the persons profile to discover that they are not a cosplayer, not a professional model, not a professional photographer, not a makeup artist and they are not into physical fitness. They are generally a fan of comic books and like to follow cosplayers. Guess what? THIS DOES NOT MAKE YOU AN EXPERT ON COSTUMING.

  

Just because you read comics does not mean you know anything about how to care or style wigs. It does not make you an authority on sewing. It does not make you a trained psychical fitness expert. You are not the chief executive on womens fashion. You know nothing about applying makeup, false eye lashes or body paint. You dont know anything about fabric. Its really best you keep your thoughts to yourself unless you are willing to provide your stunning costume portfolio. 

Note to the critical non-cosplayer; cosplayers dont do anything "wrong". They create an outfit and emulate a character how THEY want to. Its not about you and your personal standards. Its about the individual cosplayer, their vision and how they used their creativity to bring a character to life. 

How can you give "advice" or a "suggestion" when you dont have any experience? 

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Debunking the Xena Comparison

At this weekends 2014 San Diego Comic-Con, Warner Brothers released the first official photo of actress Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman from the upcoming  Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice film. Immediately fan boys took to the interwebs to compare Dianas outfit to that of Xena, played by Lucy Lawless  in 1995-2001. I suppose many of the so-called "fan boys" thought they were being cleaver in referencing a t.v. series thats been off the air for over 10 years. If any of them were true fans they would have known that Princess Diana of Themyscira has been rocking the warrior princess look in comics before Xena ever hit the small screen.

Throughout the years Wonder Woman has had many different costumes but she has been sporting the Warrior look since the 1980s, Thats right folks; the 80s which was long before the Xena television series was created. If you need proof, feel free to Google Warrior Wonder Woman by George Perez which was done in the 80s and you will see for yourself. Princess Diana has been kicking butt in it ever since. If anything, Xena was inspired by Wonder Woman not the other way around.  Perhaps you should stop calling yourselves fan boys when it seems like your only goal is to rip apart uncompleted films. You have demonstrated an obvious lack of knowledge on the history of the character in comics. 

For those of you who say the movie costume is a rip off of Xena; your argument is invalid.

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