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This is probably gonna be one of those 
where I sound like an old lady in the cosplay space, but I don't even care. Sometimes I really worry about what younger people in this community are exposed to. When I was in my teens and early 20s I was still struggling with self image.
where I sound like an old lady in the cosplay space, but I don't even care. Sometimes I really worry about what younger people in this community are exposed to. When I was in my teens and early 20s I was still struggling with self image.
I didn't need the extra help of being thrust into a community with a huge lookalike culture problem, Facetune used on even casual selfies. I see people disappointed they can't seem to recreate these looks with makeup and I don't think they realize
-just how manipulated a lot of these images are. And of course, there is some beautiful artistry when it comes to shape shifting and turning into characters, but it's when we aren't honest that the lines get blurred.
I also think a year without cons and the cosplay community being experienced purely online has made some of those lines even blurrier. I hope the return of cons helps.
This problem only seems to be getting worse, so I just want to remind anyone who needs to hear it. That amazing cosplay will still be amazing if you look like yourself in a costume.
Disclaimer: everything I'm talking here is the doppelgänger/ lookalike scene. The pressure to look like an actor. Shapeshifting makeup is cool as hell, I don't mean y'all.
And I just want to tack on that if you have a problem with the contents of this thread, you might be part of the problem.
