/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

fuck ukraine

there

i said it

Angry femenism outbursts in three..........two.................

i think /cgl/ is as full of lazy, entitled cunts of both genders as any other board or online platform. with an added dose of cowardice.

the difference is instead of handing out asspats, seagulls criticize and complain. it's the same lazy shit, different sock.

>>8517364

I think the key is portraying feminine guys rather than aiming for buff mc buffman.

Fat people are okay in jfash/cosplay as long as they have nice faces and don't have unsightly rolls hanging out.

However ugly people need to fuck off. It's bad enough that cosplay and jfash get a bad rep for attracting freaks, but having uglies draws even more attention to that stigma.

>>8517397
Even then, you still don't pass.

>>8517364
Damn, you must be a master of judging genders then. Usually good crossplay makes it incredibility difficult/impossible to tell

My unpopular opinion: Men should wear makeup too. If an ugly girl can go from a 3 to a solid 6+ with makeup, an ugly guy can do the same with some level of mastery.

Also, fat people shouldn't cosplay skinny characters. Lose some weight, you're embarrassing yourself

>>8517404
>Also, fat people shouldn't cosplay skinny characters. Lose some weight, you're embarrassing yourself
That's not really an unpopular opinion, even outside /cgl/.

>>8517400
Neither do most anime guys, though. A lot of them just look like women.

>>8517399
I agree. We need some fatties in cosplay to cosplay the actual fatty characters. However, if they don't put effort into their appearances they can fuck right off with everyone else who doesn't.
>>8517371
I am so tired of seeing her face. I think I would like her a lot if she didn't selfpost so damn much.
>>8517404
I definitely agree about the men with makeup thing. I especially hate men who think wearing makeup and wig styling is "girly," and then complain when they don't get any attention.

My unpopular opinion: I think it's great to cosplay gijinkas other than Pokemon. Pokemon gijinkas are incredibly overdone, often attention whorey, and an excuse to look bad because of ~*design interpretation*~. However, I am ok with all other gijinkas.

Fat people should not do any revealing cosplays ever. That's insta-blindness for anyone unfortunate enough

Fuck crossplays, more specifically fuck Jojo crossplays especially Ceasar. Shit is overdone.

Autism in panels ruin shit for me, it'll be funny at first but it will quickly get annoying

The whole entitled attitude in cosplay and in tumblr. People are not required to do x,y and z before they can talk or photograph you. You're just acting like a dick.

Lastly just obese cosplayers in general;Lose some fucking weight.

>>8517397
This

I think people who are older should stick to cosplaying adults instead of teen anime characters-- you're growing older, not getting younger.

>>8517364
I would say the purpose of cross play is to look like the character you are cosplaying as much as possible despite youe gender. If said character has doe eyes and a slender waist, then you don't have to cover yours up, but if he has strong cheekbones and stubble you have to add that. Padding, binding, etc can work. If you are a super shapely curvy lady, it probably won't work. If you are a waif girl, you have better odds.

I think Angelic Pretty's nonprint items are way better than their prints. While they actually take the time to get nice fabric and do interesting things with their nonprint items, their printed pieces are just some pretty illustration slapped on a cut they've already done a thousand times before. If I'm shelling out $250 for a dress, I want my money to go towards nice details and materials, not another pony print on snag-prone satin (which AP seems fond of using these days).

I think it's ridiculous to constantly pump out costume after costume. The cosplays I wear are characters very dear to me, so I think it's better to focus on improving them or adding little bits and pieces or inside joke/reference props. I'd rather someone say "Hey, I remember you!" instead of dressing as the next new thing to get more pics. The next new thing could be that "dear to me" character for them though, so I'm not trying to assume that of everyone cosplaying KLK or something.

But maybe those people have a lot more near n' dear characters than I do, kek.

I think guys who cosplay shirtless characters (Free! for example) for the sole purpose of showing off their DYEL body are pathetic, thirsty, and sad

No effort at all, it just takes ego

>>8517364

>women should stop crossplaying...Just stop

It can't be helped, anon. No guy wants to cosplay fujoshit bait, so we're stuck with girls. I wish they were guys, but I'll take crossplayers over crappily dressed cosfail males.

Sweet Lolita looks cringey on anyone who isn't 12. I usually hate the prints and tea party shoes are ugly as all hell. Seeing those ugly shoes annoys me to no end.

>>8518260
>I wish they were guys, but I'll take crossplayers over crappily dressed cosfail males.
Glad I'm not the only one that feels this way anon. If I said this in any other thread, I'd be shout at

>>8517807
Praise

Unpopular opinion: this thread is fucking stupid and just a way to look for asspats for having such an 'original' opinion and maybe from someone who agrees. Post your opinion where it's relevant or not at all, this is reddit-tier circlejerking

>>8518417
I come here to vent, actually. I'd rather spew thesd-derailing shit in here than fuck up a perfectly good thread by saying something inflammatory.

>>8518433
there are literally vent threads

>>8517767
Waifish girls have it worse because while their hips are narrow, they have really small, shallow shoulders, tiny hands and feet, and are often really short.

If anything, Inverted Triangle-shaped women are best because of the broad shoulders and narrow hips. Even hourglass women are better than waifs because they also have broad shoulders, they just have to lose a lot of weight to slim their thighs and pick characters whose clothes hide their hips.

>>8518435
If it bothers you so much, hide the thread. Your tears are what's unnecessary.

>>8518385
no you wouldn't be. if there is one thing /cgl/ agrees on it's that not enough men put in the effort to cosplay well.

goes back to >>8517381

men are too lazy to look good, and women don't like women cosplaying their husbandos. no one is happy.

>>8518435
You are figuratively annoying.

Opinion: The acronym "tbh" is huge cancer across all of 4chan and the internet, and is used in lieu of a period because tumblrinas are scared of grammar/making statements. It only spread because everyone wants to seem cool and hip and ironic for using it even when it makes no sene whatsoever to their sentence.

>inb4 someone predictably responds with it

>>8518682
It seems like tbh is similar to "just saying" which is a little snobbish and rude.

>>8518682
>everyone wants to seem cool and hip and ironic for using it
people who think like you do frustrate me. not everything is a calculated act, and norms can spread for many reasons.

>>8518683
This too, I think this floats around as well.

>>8518684
I get that if you see it enough, you'll probably subconciously use it (like other slang or cursing), but the lack of self awareness is also a problem to me. It's as if they don't realize how much of a dickidiot they're portraying themselves as.

>>8518682
Tbh I see no problem with it. But by all means continue being butthurt over the littlest things. I will think of you every time I use an acronym on 4chan.

>>8518682
I used to use tbh, but I've noticed that lately it's become exactly what you've described. Any time I see someone use tbh, it's followed/preluded by some asshole statement, or something that barely makes sense.

>ex: yeah, so, tbh, I'm not even going to read what you're saying because I've already made up my mind that I'm going to disagree with you. Tbh

>>8517364
You're entitled to your own opinion even though you're wrong.

>>8518417
>hasn't learned the "hide thread"

>>8518697
Hey, as long as you use it when you actually mean those words with your sentence. "Honestly," always works too.

I think it's weird for women in their 20s and above to still be obsessed with Disney. When they know all the princesses and songs by heart, and all the other miniscule trivial things, it's rather creepy to me. I don't get actually going to a theater to see a Disney movie on the big screen, or going to see broadway shows of the movie when you already know the story and nothing is going to change. I feel like they're equal to bronies in that they're ruining something made for children.

>>8518749
I was with you up to
>or going to see broadway shows of the movie when you already know the story and nothing is going to change.
Maybe it's because I study theatre, but seeing something on Broadway is leagues above seeing it in your local movie theater, and I honestly wouldn't want to waste money on dragging a kid to Broadway.

IA with pretty much everything else, though. The older woman obsessed with Disney get really fucking weird about it.

Not even socks anon but those netted BABY socks that everyone is wearing are fucking stupid. They don't go with anything and look like something a scene girl wears as an afterthought with her tulle skirts.

also, haenuli dresses look like shit. Haven't seen a single dress yet that actually looks decent off the mannequin. Especially that stained glass print that everyone and their dog owns, the black looks cheap and washed out and makes the whole thing look like it was made from shitty redtag joanns fabric.

>>8518758
>I honestly wouldn't want to waste money on dragging a kid to Broadway.

fucking this. Just because a play is based on a kid's movie doesn't mean children will enjoy it.

I went to see Aladdin and there were a bunch og 5 year olds in the front row, all bored to death and misbehaving because of it.

What's worse is that you ruin the experience for other theatre goers, and if you are in the premium/vip section that's just a douchey thing to do.

>>8518749
I agree with this so hard. I can understand liking children's cartoons (i.e. Spongebob) because most are written so that both parents their kids can enjoy them. But Disney Princess movies are very obviously catered towards little girls. It's all the same rehashed formula of beautiful princesses finding true love and other vomit-inducing nonsense. All stuff that most girls stop liking before they've even left elementary school.

Bruce jenner cosplaying better then you!

>>8518615
Unpopular opinion: I'm a lesbian, but I have a lot of husbandos, so I love it when women cosplay them.

>>8518822
You clearly don't know what a husbando is.

>>8518826
What's wrong with a lesbian having a husbando?

>>8518826
i am anon the lesbo is responding to and i do not see anything in her post that is self-contradictory.

>>8518834
I think it's more the
>I have a lot of husbandos

Your husbando is your #1, above all else. Having multiple means they're not your husbando.

>>8518841
ahhh that makes sense.

>>8518834
Husbandos are literally the male equivelant of a waifu. Waifus have to be 2D and 3DPD cosplayers tainting them is unsightly.

You also can't have more than one husbando. Your husbando is your one and only true love. Having multiples is like cheating on a spouse.

Also, the fact that you're a lesbian means you wouldn't even be attracted to your husbando. It doesn't make any sense and it sounds like you're just being a special snowflake using that word to fit in.

>>8518822
This. I always enjoy cosplaying popular fangirl magnets because I'm a shallow lesbian and like the excessive female attention for a day. I know that fangirl attention doesn't go anywhere and isn't going to form any long-lasting bonds but I just like the temporary high.

>>8518852
I cheat on my husbandos. I have one waifu though.

>>8518852
>the fact that you're a lesbian means you wouldn't even be attracted to your husbando
anime men created for women are often more appealing than anime women. for a lot of lesbians into yaoi, it would be great if the characters were women because they are emotionally very attractive. but yuri is aimed at men and turns a lot of women off.

>>8518894
Abusing terms coined by autistic virgins does not make you sound cool or funny. It makes you sound tryhard and retarded.

>>8518905
Pfft. I bet most of her "husbandos" are from live action BBC shows or celebrities.

>>8518920
i bet nothing until she says what they are.

even in that case, male characters in genre fiction tend to have way more interesting personalities than female characters.

>>8518922
Even then, she still misused the term by claiming she had "a lot" of them.

It really just sounds like she's confusing "husbando" and "favorite character".

>mods if this isn't allowed delete

this should be deleted on the principle that they didn't read the rules.

>>8518944
Backseat modding tends to be the mods' biggest pet peeve.

>>8518942
stop oppressing her imaginary polgymy

>tfw fangirls used to call them "harems" instead of "husbandos"
>tfw the unstoppable force of language change from precise terms to general categories keeps happening

>>8518957
She didn't call it polgymy. She called it cheating.

>>8518951
it the opinion back-seat modding or the statement?

>>8518987
Telling people that they're breaking the rules, etc. when you are not a mod is backseat modding.

I know someone who used to mod for a Zelda forum and it pissed him off whenever users bossed others about breaking rules. If you see someone breaking a rule, report it. Otherwise you're wasting space in the thread and derailing the topic, which pisses everyone off, especially mods.

>>8518749
I get what you mean about older people being invested in things which are meant for younger children, but isn't knowing about the princesses and song lyrics common knowledge if it was a part of your childhood? And you're pretty much saying there's no point in buying something like a DVD or reading a book again when seeing actors perform a show would be a completely different experience.

>>8519015
man, I mean shit like this.
usually it's people who aren't confident in their post, but really it just reads as non rule reading.

>>8519018
Different anon, but I was obsessed with Disney as a young child, even had a couple Disney Princess-themed birthday parties where we watched the movies in costume. But after I transitioned into the 2nd grade I lost all interest. It's been close to 15 years since and I've forgotten every plot point and song from those movies despite the countless times I watched them as a kid.

It really is mushy, basic garbage.

>>8519023
Sorry about my bad reading comprehension then, anon.

>>8519028
>It really is mushy, basic garbage.
>tfw you feel this applies to comics, video games, and cosplay but enjoy all this shit in secret anyway

>>8519028
I suspect a lot of the people who are into disney now were not hyper-into it back when they were kids. I don't think it's mushy and basic to like Disney in general as long as you have a few niche interests. For example, my friend is a diehard animation fan so the art design of some of the prettier disney films is her niche. I really really like Scrooge and Donald because I got a ton of the old 60s-80s comics when I was a kid. That stuff is sometimes pretty solid.

At the end of the day for me even if something is mushy, basic, stupid, etc, it's the interest I put into it and not how good it actually is. That said I don't really like Frozen/the princess line because it reeks so hard of merch.

I don't fucking care about Halloween and it always amazes me the amount of gripe and complaining I see over it coming from this board, and from adults who should be well above a fucking costume night.
>already posts mentioning Halloween and it's still 2+ months away

>>8519125
I stopped dressing up for Halloween when I was 16.

>>8519136
>I stopped doing x when I was x
>Anyone on 4chan pretending to be mature

/cgl/ is the a really bitchy board

>>8518683
Tbh, the peope who use this non-ironically are more than a little rude and snobbish and we often know it already and simply don't care.
Just saying...

>>8519136
Why did you wait that long?

The only acceptable time to dress up for Halloween after 12 is at Halloween parties where everyone is swasted outta their minds.

>>8519166
And so people in their 20s wigging out about what they're wearing to their friend's costume party, or throwing tantrums at newfags who ask retarded questions about halloween is some epitome of maturity?
Does is ever cross your mind that a person can like Halloween but not have a counterproductive obsession about it and not like the types of people who do?

>>8517679
>Autism in panels
Explain anon

>>8518767
Haenuli dresses DO all look like shit. I'm glad someone finally just said it. I don't like a single one worn. Especially on a fatty. I never even click the Haenuli links in the updates group.

>>8519136
good for you, more candy for me

>tfw 30 but pass for 12

>>8519183
>counterproductive obsession
>on /cgl/, the board about the most useless and time/money-consuming obsessions

Were you not invited to any Halloween parties last year or something?

It irritates me to no end when people cosplaying a series end up going to the gathering of that series but refuse to join in on pictures. I get that theyre probably waiting for a photoshoot and that was the easiest meet-up location but it just seems incredibly rude to me.

>>8519208
It's one thing if you're dressing up for a party, but I swear there is nothing cringier than adults trick-or-treating.

>>8519228
People actually do that? Holy shit, that is rude.

I am extremely judgmental of American twentysomething cosplayers who blow shittons of $$$ on cosplay and still haven't moved out of their parents' house with no plans to further their career/move out. Grow up.

I acknowledge that cultural norms are different in other countries but in America you're expected to move out if not immediately after college, at least a couple years after.

I hate everything about lolita

>>8517807
Agree

>>8519228
What if tthey're extremely self conscious and think they're unphotogentic or comeout plain buttugly in pictures?

>>8519228

I do that, but mostly because I want to socialize with other fans of whatever I'm cosplaying as. Is anyone really that invested of badly lit photos of thirty of the same character? I'd rather have a conversation with other fans than hop up, hop down, ad nauseum.

>>8518260
> I wish they were guys
I'm a guy, and I hate most anime with males as MC, and the ones I do like (e.g. Steins;Gate) don't have very interesting costumes. E.g. for Rintarou, just throwing on a wig and lab coat feels cheap, which is why you have to nail it perfectly for it to look good.
Therefore, I do crossplays. I'd rather cosplay Kurisu than Rintarou.

The red and black color ways of every AP pastel print are always the ugliest shit.

>>8518963
Cuck ass lesbian bitch. You can only have one waifu or husbando

I think this whole "babydoll cut + chiffon print"' trend needs to die. This puts me on most peoples' shit list, apparently...?

>>8519498
I agree. IMO half the stuff AP makes isn't even lolita anymore; some of their tent dresses really can't make the proper silhouette. Autumn can't come soon enough. I hope their regimental stripe series is cute this year.

Jelly shoes and sneakers can look good with some sweet.

Weird headpieces are fucking awesome, even the bunnybear bonnet.

Itas deserve politeness, if not asspats.

i think most people take cosplaying to seriously

>>8519208
>>tfw 30 but pass for 12
Kek, do you wear a bedsheet, lady?

>>8519767
i take cosplaying to dinner

>>8519772
If you pay the check, cosplaying is obligated to have sex with you.

>>8519771
i'm half japanese, that's probably it tbh

>>8519775
cosplaying is such a slut it doesn't wait for me to pay before fucking me up

>>8519776
>30 but I think I look younger
>i'm half japanese
Um...PT, is that you?

>>8519776
cosplaying fucks us all up, anon

kill yourself OP

>>8519776
Yeah making your half asian doesn't magically make you look younger, unlike popular opinion.

Also no you do not look like you're 12 at 30 and if you're going to make such an outrageous claim you'd better post a picture of yourself.

>>8519291
That could be it but I'm just saying how it looks to others that are there.

>>8519351
I can understand that but it can't hurt to hop in a group picture. Either way I'm talking mostly about the people who show up, don't take pics and don't really socialize with anyone but who they showed up with.

>>8519781
i am but a gnat before her greatness, though i hope one day to be as big as she is.

>>8519776
Being half or full blooded Asian doesn't automatically make you look younger. If all Asians looked 10+ years younger than they are, they wouldn't make such a big deal about it in their media when they come across a young looking older Asian.

That is also a major claim your making, up to 5 years younger looking at 30 is a bit more believable. You are saying you look 18 years younger than your age, you need to post photos if your going to go around telling people that.

Whats with all the girls in cosplay/jfashion thinking they look 10+ years younger than they are? I have never seen people claim such as much as cosplayers or those into jfashion.

The hetalia fandom fucking pisses me off they are annoying as shit

>>8519838

Oh yeah that's not cool. At that point you're just showing off or being a snob.

>>8518191
Nope. You assholes get so many fucking whores it's about fucking time we got some eye candy too! May it burn your eyes out.

>>8519940
How is this even a remotely unpopular opinion?

>>8519896
your demands to see my kawaii haafu face makes me think u r a pedo

pedo

>>8517364
I always liked Pikmin Link and Karisu-sama (anybody remember her from the old days of C.c?) I love androgynous people though, so maybe I'm biased.

>>8518682
>because tumblrinas are scared of grammar/making statements
kek
I'm not keking because you're wrong, but because you are oh so right.

>>8518758
Same. I love theatre, and watching a show performed in person is a way different experience than watching an animated movie.

>>8518894
I have developed husbandos during different points in my life. Kurama from Yu Yu Hakusho, Itachi from Naruto and Sesshoumaru from Inuyasha I all started getting husbando fever for at different times. I only have waifu eyes for Homura, though.

>>8519180
What board do you think you're on?

>>8520112
>Karisu-sama (anybody remember her from the old days of C.c?)
yep

how is this an unpopular opinion though?

>>8520131
It was responding to OP's specific statement, not making a new unpopular opinion. There ARE good crossplayers out there.

>>8520135
ahh gotcha

All girls should cosplay like whores
All guys should cosplay armor
No cosplay of popular shit
No cosplay over 30 or below 18

>>8520112
Not OP, but that girl doesn't look like a man at all. If you're gonna defend crossplayers, at least choose one that passes.

Also I saw Pikmin Link in person. She looks very feminine and pretty, just at certain angles she looks androgynous, so I guess she cherry picks the photos where she looks more masculine and posts those online. That doesn't make her any less awesome, though.

The art style of Steven Universe is absolutely disgusting.

I hate Loli(not lolita the fashion) and moe moe shit I find them soooooooooooo freaking annoying and gross looking. I don't understand how having a gigantic head and a tiny body be cute like no

>>8523099
>>8523285
These don't belong here. This is for /cgl/-related opinions.

I think jelly shoes can look nice in lolita

>>8523099
Yeah I think the characters are really ugly I also find the show pretty stupid

Grown women carrying around stuffed animals in lolita is embarrassing. I don't care if it's usakumya and it cost a hundred dollars, it makes you look like a child.

I think people who aren't skilled and experienced cosplayers shouldn't be judges. I get this "baww but anyone can tell a bad cosplay from a good cosplay!" whining all the time and it's total bullshit. You can't give a fair judgement if you have no personal experience with the techniques and materials used, something that looks really simple might actually be really fucking hard and time-consuming to make. Additionally, being a professional seamstress does not equal a good cosplayer or a good cosplay judge. People should fucking stop believing that. The only people fit for judging cosplay contests are the cosplayers themselves who can relate to the cosplay making process and evaluate the quality of the costume in fair terms.

>>8523295
jelly shoes don't look good anywhere jesus christ

I think plenty of girls pull off animu men pretty well.
My opinion is for white & black men to just stop with anime cosplay. No matter how much makeup you put on the majority of you look like shit because of your western face structure.

>>8519208

>Riding my bike, no helmet, wearing a backpack. About 4pm.
>Officer flags me down
>"Hello miss, can you tell me where you are going?"
>Home
>"Do you know that anyone under the age of 18 needs to wear a helmet while riding a bike?"
>Yes officer
>"Can you tell me why you aren't wearing a helmet?"
>I forgot it in my Dad's car
>Truth: Forgot it at home, but no wallet/ID because I forgot that too.
>"You seem like a good kid, so this is just a warning. Bike safe."
>mfw 24 years old.

I am immortal. I am unaging.

>>8523674
But what if they don't care about looking exactly like the character, and just want to cosplay because they like crafting and dressing up as characters they like?

Also, there are androgynous and baby-faced western men. Not as common after they reach their 20's but they exist.

>>8523653
Well that's just like, your opinion man