I, myself, only limit my cosplay to Halloween because I'm not confident enough to go everywhere in costume...however, I have great admiration for all cosplayers because their unique styles fascinate me and I applaud their efforts.
Unfortunately, this is also an area of the fandom where people are ostracized and bullied. Instead of celebrating each and every practitioner, fans slam some cosplayers for being too good at what they do...or slam them for not looking exactly like the character they are portraying.
A good example is Fahr Sindram, the best Loki cosplayer I have ever seen. Her work on her costumes is so frighteningly accurate that even Tom Hiddleston himself bowed down to her when he saw her in costume. Fahr also does Lolita style, and has even branched out into other characters, such as Eve from "Only Lovers Left Alive" and Jack Frost from "Rise of the Guardians". Whatever praise she receives for her costumes is well deserved and well earned.
Sadly, she had been targeted earlier on this year by a jealous fan because she had "stolen" the spotlight from her. I have never met Fahr or spoken to her personally, but I know she has a reputation for being kind and gracious to everyone she meets. She is definitely not the type of person who will go out and push someone out of the spotlight.
Above all, Fahr never asked for the kind of publicity she has received for her cosplay. She is just a practitioner who enjoys her work on her costumes. It's reflected in every character she dresses up as. So why blame her and try to shame her for being one of the best?
Jealousy runs rampant among cosplayers and it's sickening because most cosplayers dress up because they enjoy it. A lot of them don't cosplay just to get attention.
Most cosplayers just love to dress up as their favourite characters. So what if a plus size woman wants to dress up as Sailor Moon? I would commend her for being brave enough to put on the costume in the first place.
A man wants to dress up as Cinderella? So be it! A girl wants to dress up as Thor? Power to her. We were all created and evolved to be different shapes and sizes. Slimmer people shouldn't be the only ones enjoying cosplay.
Fans should be uniting together because of their favourite movies and comics, not dividing themselves out of petty jealousy. We should all be able to express ourselves any way we want to, as long as it doesn't cause harm.
Above all, we should be celebrating the uniqueness of each and every fan and cosplayer and not let jealousy get in the way. Besides, what will you gain by ridiculing someone? Nothing!
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