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INTEREST: Update: Tokyo Comic Con Rescinds Ban on Male Crossplay


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MarshalBanana



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 27, 2016 2:48 pm Reply with quote
Looks like Halloween came 4 nights early for me. Now if you will excuse me, I need to go change.
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Nekelen Tinsley



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 27, 2016 2:50 pm Reply with quote
I knew this wasnt going to last the fan backlash was to strong Anime hyper
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DuchessBianca



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 27, 2016 3:13 pm Reply with quote
Just feels to me like a mostly feel good regulation both the previous cosplaying ban and the current I.D color thing. If a sexual predator seriously planned to do harm they'd find a way regardless of any regulations. I'm willing to bet that the amount of people that would have the appearance, get dressed up in a reasonably acceptable way and have the motions/voice to pull off the opposite gender to convince the average person ALL for the sake of being able to gain access into the opposite genders bathroom/changing room to molest, peep or what not would be extremely slim to none. As a girl I appreciate the safety worries but I can also feel how annoying this might be for other girls. I lot of public spaces that have a large gathering of people usually dont have enough bathroom available and many times I've seen a dozen or 2 other women forming a line outside the bathroom, even if its just a couple seconds to check a simple ID it still adds up just making the lines even more insufferable.
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Parsifal24





PostPosted: Thu Oct 27, 2016 3:16 pm Reply with quote
This probably was not going to last long I'm surprised it got changed this fast is all a pass system seems like a tenable solution.
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AsuraTheDestructor



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 27, 2016 4:22 pm Reply with quote
Dat Thumbnail, Anime hyper!
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KENZICHI



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 27, 2016 5:04 pm Reply with quote
Such an easy fix. Should have thought of this from the start.
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SilverTalon01



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 27, 2016 5:16 pm Reply with quote
Funny that the article is still peddling that narrative of people not wanting to see middle aged men crossplaying when their solution and explanation pretty clearly show the reasoning had to do with perverts in restrooms and changing rooms.

DuchessBianca wrote:
Just feels to me like a mostly feel good regulation both the previous cosplaying ban and the current I.D color thing. If a sexual predator seriously planned to do harm they'd find a way regardless of any regulations.


I don't disagree, but I don't think it is pointless either. At some point if a problem is serious enough, they do need to do something even if they can't actually remove the problem in all cases. Like the regulation that cellphones make a sound when taking pictures. Someone could circumvent that and still silently take pictures of people in restrooms / changing rooms. If you can deter some while making others feel safer, I don't think you can say it isn't worth exploring. Of course that doesn't mean obviously discriminatory regulations like what TCC wanted to do before should be acceptable.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 27, 2016 5:43 pm Reply with quote
At Neko Nation Brisbane last week we had a guy dressed up as misty.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 27, 2016 5:43 pm Reply with quote
I can't help but laugh at the image of Misty.
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takiko1999



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 27, 2016 6:24 pm Reply with quote
Chrno2 wrote:
I can't help but laugh at the image of Misty.


I agree with you. It looks like a Misty cosplay from Pokemon. Laughing
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tintor2



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 27, 2016 7:57 pm Reply with quote
takiko1999 wrote:
Chrno2 wrote:
I can't help but laugh at the image of Misty.


I agree with you. It looks like a Misty cosplay from Pokemon. Laughing


Who knows? Maybe Misty was a man. I mean, she left the cast 20 years ago. Just kidding. I gotta spam image everywhere now Laughing
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thenamenerd_



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 27, 2016 10:29 pm Reply with quote
One step forward, five steps back.
This is so paranoid, unnecessary, transphobic, elitist. Why does anyone give a damn what anyone's gender is ?
Conventions are all about embracing how we are crazy weird otaku, right?
I am sad now...
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hikura



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 27, 2016 10:32 pm Reply with quote
I'm glad to see some intelligence shine through.
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Afezeria



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 27, 2016 10:34 pm Reply with quote
thenamenerd_ wrote:
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How about not making an account just to showcased your incapability of not being able to read or not wanting to read? People were pissed off that they make the ban and now that they lift it away, many people are still pissed off or does not post anything to show sign of gratitude because they are willing to listen to all the internet's mockery out there. We are still in page one while the article that proposed the ban had exploded immediately afterward. Just what the hell?
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Calsolum



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 27, 2016 11:30 pm Reply with quote
I'm not even sure how I'm supposed to react to this but one thing is for certain.
That picture of that misty cosplayer is going to be saved in a folder with an even higher security level than the one I use for lolicon hentai(not that i have any).
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