06-22-2004, 11:21 PM
I'm not commenting on the gender issue, it's cosplay in general that bothers me. I know it's definitely a culture thing since I as an American can't understand the desire for dressing up as an anime character.
Then again I've hated Halloween since fourth grade.
Clowns freak me out, (kind of a cosplay type thing) thank Poltergeist for that.
And I hate parades, (where people tend to cosplay in the US) due to my idiot parents taking me to a Christmas parade where I very nearly got frostbite (among other bad memories of that year) when I was five. So all those reasons probably have something to do with it.
Then again I've hated Halloween since fourth grade.
Clowns freak me out, (kind of a cosplay type thing) thank Poltergeist for that.
And I hate parades, (where people tend to cosplay in the US) due to my idiot parents taking me to a Christmas parade where I very nearly got frostbite (among other bad memories of that year) when I was five. So all those reasons probably have something to do with it.