Cosplay

Jan. 21st, 2008 12:52 pm
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[profile] crumpeteer posted some cosplay last week for Bleach and Samurai Deeper Kyo.

Here is the SDK.  All cosplayers are female.  All characters are male.  I am just grateful there was no Kyo.  Or Bontenmaru.  Kotaro is scarily good, though.  

Here is the Bleach, though there is some debate about the Ishida, I think all cosplayers are gender appropriate here. (Includes a character who hasn't shown up in the US releases yet, but I don't think that's an issue for anyone here.)

Date: 2008-01-21 07:26 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rachelmanija.livejournal.com
Ulquiorra is jaw-droppingly good.

Date: 2008-01-21 07:51 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] meganbmoore.livejournal.com
Yes, it is(I'm rather fond of the "Grimmjow" typo that originally came with it, though)

I like the Shuheei(or howver you spell it) myself.

Date: 2008-01-21 07:27 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] crumpeteer.livejournal.com
I'm starting to think Ishida is a guy, a cute guy at that. Until I hear definative proof otherwise, he will be male.

Date: 2008-01-21 07:49 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] meganbmoore.livejournal.com
I think it's just the smirk and that the face is partially obscured.

I think the Ichigo is more feminine looking, myself.

Date: 2008-01-21 07:33 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jennawaterford.livejournal.com
They're all fantastic -- I guess I don't get the gender hangup about the players though. Gender is notably fluid in anime and manga, and I'd rather see a well-done costume worn by a good poser.

Date: 2008-01-21 07:46 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] meganbmoore.livejournal.com
Well, just speaking for myself, I'm a girl who just doesn't get the appeal of dressing up as a boy character. And, for me, it's odd seeing a female dressed up as a male character I'm attracted to because I'm not attracted to females. I'm largely ok with it, though, as long as it's the characters who "Look" a bit feminine in the manga or anime, and not the really masculine ones.

Oddly, I like the crossdressing aspect in fiction canon, but not outside of it.

Date: 2008-01-21 10:35 pm (UTC)
ext_12512: Hinoe from Natsume Yuujinchou, elegant and smirky (Default)
From: [identity profile] smillaraaq.livejournal.com
Well, speaking as a girl who's considering crossplaying as a rather femmy-looking teenage male character -- part of the rationale behind the cosplay I'm pondering is that I'm sufficiently flat-chested that it'd probably be a rather easier to squash my boobs down for a guy outfit as opposed to piling on the padding to get a typical anime-girl sort of figure; part of it is that his hair's of a length and style where I wouldn't need a wig, just a spot of hairdye (and I've already got the right eye color); part of it's that his costume would be relatively simple to put together and is a good cut for disguising my very obviously non-masculine hips; and aside from those practical considerations, he's a minor, relatively unpopular character so there aren't going to be a squillion other people running about in the same outfit. I've yet to see ANYONE cosplaying as the poor boy, and he's one of my favorite minor characters so that's a bit of incentive to do it myself just so he gets some cosplay love. *shrugs* (Haru from Avatar season one, if you're curious; the girls that I like best there either have the wrong body type, or I'd need a wig, or their outfits would be way more work and expense than I'm up to right now, or there are already enough really good versions running about that I don't feel like reinventing the wheel.)

for me, it's odd seeing a female dressed up as a male character I'm attracted to because I'm not attracted to females

Ah, for me there's no real cognitive dissonance there as I'm bi and just interested in general in crossdressing and other forms of more playfully fluid, performative approaches to gender. But I'm also one of those girls who's just as likely to identify with male characters as well as female ones -- some of that probably goes with the territory of having been a somewhat tomboyish girl in a generation when there were relatively slim pickings for girl characters that I could see myself in. I got in the habit of identifying with boy characters since they were usually the ones with interests and adventures that I could put myself into, and while it's much easier these days to find female characters that do click with me, I've still never gotten out of the habit. If there's a story I love and the female characters are unappealing, or just too different from me, or just barely there to begin with, and there's a male character who is more in synch with my personality, I'll still glom onto the guy character without a second thought.

(Mind you, Saiyuki has brought me an entirely new sort of cognitive dissonance, because this is the first time I can think of in a lifetime's worth of fangirling where the character I perv on the most is *also* the one I identify with the most strongly. That's never happened to me before and it really, really hurts my brain if I try to think about it too much...)

Date: 2008-01-22 03:41 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] chomiji


Now my Saiyuki hang-up doesn't bother me at all ... they're both my boys, and it's only right that they're into each other ... .



XD



Cross-dressing for theatrical purposes is as old as the hills. I just sit back and enjoy it in terms of aesthetics ... and sometimes in terms of gender-bending, depending on the exact presentation.


Date: 2008-01-23 06:58 am (UTC)
ext_12512: Hinoe from Natsume Yuujinchou, elegant and smirky (Default)
From: [identity profile] smillaraaq.livejournal.com
*chuckles* Yeah, I do have a few Tenpou or Hakkai-ish character traits as well, so perhaps that helps explain why I ship those boys so hard. ;) But the level of corresponding traits and Issues in common, etc. is low enough there that while I can see bits of myself in Hakkai, there's just not that gut level of deep identification that I have with the kappa. (And I don't get that from Kenren either, as much as I find him deeply appealing and likeable; he's missing that element of recognition of familiar scars.)

Date: 2008-01-21 08:32 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] magicnoire.livejournal.com
Ah, crossplayers.

The Yachiru has the bright, sparkly eyes down.

Date: 2008-01-21 08:39 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] meganbmoore.livejournal.com
Yes. As well as the "I'm so cute and sweet but if you look really close, you'll see that I'm really just pondering how fun it'd be be to stomp on your head some" look.

Date: 2008-01-21 11:41 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wistfulmemory.livejournal.com
Those are some amazing cosplays, and for every good cosplay of a character, you have a ton of horrible ones that you have to shift through to get to the good one.

Date: 2008-01-21 11:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] meganbmoore.livejournal.com
which is why i'm content to just let others look

Date: 2008-01-22 04:00 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wistfulmemory.livejournal.com
Sadly, I'm a glutton for punishment as I love looking at costumes and will subject myself to the pain of witnessing the horrible cosplays for the few amazing ones.

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