100%, for a lot of women, cosplay is a vehicle for attention seeking than it is knowing the character, embodying the character, maybe even watching some of the show just to know what they're representing; tho for some it is standard practice to do just that, but for most? It's optics. It's about them, not the mask they're wearing. The joke applies to men too, however it's important to note that most ppl (regardless of sex) just like aesthetics or what's easy to make or if an anime or show is trending and then a character from that trending show is what they go with. RARELY will someone show up as a character from a 70s anime or an indie comic from the 90s that no one knows about, it's about attention. For guys, they mainly dress up as childhood heroes or anything they grew up with, usually its about a bond. For women it's mainly a seasonal thing, very unlikely for there to be attachments to any of every character they slap on. And i'd go so far as to hypothesize that women cosplay more than men, could be tho (too lazy to look it up) So it applies to men, but hits harder as a fact bomb if it's a woman because women know cons are hubs for male attention; only to then go online to cosign complaints & hit pieces about "male gaze" when it's convenient. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I would argue for some it's not even safe to cosplay due to weirdos, but a lot of women just post pictures than commit to cons. A lot of variety in the same attention seeking mindset. Positive note, even tho a lot of cosplays just boil down to *ass shot angle #4,596 --- much of the craft, materials, etc. takes some serious effort (depending on the elaborate nature of the costume), it's only fair to acknowledge that much. The "*sigh, of course" could've been cut out tho, sometimes the cut off to a face palm or just awkward silence to paused frames of a glare (my personal preference) to let the irony sink in: that adds more weight for me than blunt sass.
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