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prime_pm
Joined: 06 Feb 2004
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Location: Your Mother's Bedroom
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Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 9:29 am
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dtm42
Joined: 05 Feb 2008
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Location: currently stalking my waifu
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Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 9:58 am
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Please tell me that this not an actual reference to crossplayers who really do dress up like that. I think my very eyeballs would scream themselves hoarse if they ever had to gaze on Otaku looking like that.
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Brand
Joined: 30 Jan 2006
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Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 10:16 am
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I have seen a ton of Vincent from Catherine cosplay but fortunately nothing as horrendous as seen in this strip.
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Sailor S
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Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 11:33 am
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I haven't been to a convention since Catherine launched in the US, so I haven't seen anything like that, and I pray I never will. Seeing Manstys is bad enough.
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MrTerrorist
Joined: 20 Oct 2010
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Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 12:15 pm
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My mind is forever scarred.
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ninja noir
Joined: 20 Sep 2009
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Location: Ireland
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Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 12:20 pm
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Damn. Catherine still hasn't been released here in Europe yet. That sucks. Great strip though.
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Sunday Silence
Joined: 22 Jun 2010
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Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 12:58 pm
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dtm42 wrote: | Please tell me that this not an actual reference to crossplayers who really do dress up like that. I think my very eyeballs would scream themselves hoarse if they ever had to gaze on Otaku looking like that. |
I think it's a reference to Cosplayers who cosplay the latest hottest thing in order to receive unwarranted attention. Bonus points if that cosplayer hasn't even bothered to PLAY the game, or has reasonable knowledge of the backstory. No points if said cosplayer doesn't have the body for it. Eye Gouging freebie if said cosplayer is a hambeast.
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Beni_Hime
Joined: 17 Sep 2005
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Location: Maine
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Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 1:11 pm
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hah hah hah... Love it!
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Chagen46
Joined: 27 Jun 2010
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Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 1:33 pm
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Ah, the curse of cosplaying. Anyone can do it, whether or not they should be damned.
Strangely, at the only con I've ever been at, I saw very few bad/creepy cosplays.
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Red Claw
Joined: 08 Jun 2011
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Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 1:52 pm
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I really wish I could unsee that last panel **shudder**
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belvadeer
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Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 2:12 pm
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Well it's either that or dressing up as sheep-men, and I think cosplayers want to possibly avoid being called furries at anime cons (though I would love to see someone pull off a sheep-man cosplay if only because of the detail they could put into it). XP
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Jadress
Joined: 08 Oct 2003
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Location: Seattle. It purdy and nerdy!
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Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 2:16 pm
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Sunday Silence, thank you for introducing me to the phrase "hambeast."
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CareyGrant
Joined: 18 Nov 2009
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Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 3:02 pm
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Sunday Silence wrote: | No points if said cosplayer doesn't have the body for it. Eye Gouging freebie if said cosplayer is a hambeast. |
Hambeast?! LOL! Nice. In my circle we call such "hambeasts," creatures (may also be spelled with a K).
I entirely agree with your argument: there is some cosplay that should ONLY be done by professional models or people with the appropriate hotness or physique, doubly so if it requires men to be shirtless, or something scandalously tight, short or revealing on women (which oddly is damn near everything in cosplay for women).
I don't want to be "that guy," and I'm all for lover yourself as you are, having fun and being involved in the larger community, in cosplay or whatever, but... No. Just, no.
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rocklobster
Joined: 22 Jul 2005
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Location: Planet Claire
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Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 3:35 pm
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Red Claw wrote: |
I really wish I could unsee that last panel **shudder** |
Agreed
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enurtsol
Joined: 01 May 2007
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Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 3:39 pm
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Reminds me of that Catherine release day, inside a store, a svelte teenage girl begging if they have the limited edition in stock, she would so wear that boxers.
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