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practicality ([personal profile] practicality) wrote2006-08-13 04:19 pm

Minor Cosplay Rant XD;

Largely, the fact that I am pale and English and have great big round eyes is an advantage in cosplay, because so many video game and anime characters do not look Japanese or even just generally asian in the least (even the ones that are supposed to be Japanese). However, this means I am totally and completely screwed when it comes to characters who look at all asian. Like Roy. Or Tseng (this is why I'm planning on Rufus instead). Or, at the moment, the demi-fiend. Yes, I am weak. It's the tattoos, because they are freakin' awesome.

I do find it amusing that there are a number of things I can do about the fact the demi-fiend in shirtless and I am a 38B, but not about the fact that he's Japanese. Because yeah, already tried fixing that for Roy last year. Mostly just made me look kind of silly, which is why I don't post those photos anywhere.

[identity profile] ext_25570 (from dreamwidth.org) 2006-08-14 04:09 am (UTC)(link)
Eh... the Demi-fiend doesn't have a canon height, though neither does Dante, so there's nothing for comparison. He's taller than Isamu and Chiaki, but shorter than Hijiri and Hikawa, so assuming he's average for a Japanese boy his age, he'd be about 5'5".

You're not 5'5", but as you say height doesn't matter as much as build, especially when one cosplays alone. The trouble comes if you want to cosplay with others. At 5'8", no Dante short of 6'2"-6'3" will look even remotely accurate (and even then, not terribly).

As for build... I hate to disagree with you on this one, but I really don't think you do. Not even close. He has no ass whatsoever, and that's really going to show with those shorts.

[identity profile] momijizukamori.dreamwidth.org 2006-08-14 06:12 am (UTC)(link)
I wasn't really planning on having a Dante, honestly. The only characters I've cosplayed I'm actually accurate to in height are Roy and Subaru, which are both never happening again. Three inches on the demi-fiend is better than the five or six I've got on Seishirou.

None of my chacters I cosplay have any ass XD; Well, 'cept Ada. Ass aside, though, I am largely build like a skinny teenage boy, although not quite as much as you are.

[identity profile] ext_25570 (from dreamwidth.org) 2006-08-14 06:25 am (UTC)(link)
Er, you mean the five or six Seishirou's got on you ;p. Oh CLAMP, you crack fiends. If he were really that height he would lumber like a giant through seas of tiny Japanese people.

[identity profile] momijizukamori.dreamwidth.org 2006-08-14 06:57 am (UTC)(link)
...Yeah, that's what I meant. And that's not as crack as the magically shrinking Satsuki.