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posted by [identity profile] biichan.livejournal.com at 08:12pm on 28/07/2009
I don't even get why cosplay has a special name.

Blame the Japanese! (It's their portmanteau for "costume roleplay." Although they didn't invent dressing up in costumes for fan purposes, they just were the first to give it a special name. And in the years since anime fandom got big worldwide, the name became standardized.)
Edited Date: 2009-07-28 08:14 pm (UTC)
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posted by [identity profile] airie-fairy.livejournal.com at 11:22pm on 28/07/2009
And now somehow "cosplay" is a separate thing from dressing up in costume, and as a separate thing it is somehow something to be mocked? I DON'T GET THE PROBLEM.
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posted by [identity profile] stunt-muppet.livejournal.com at 02:15pm on 29/07/2009
The term "cosplay" is mostly used (from what I can tell) for fannish costuming, especially when done by adults or late teenagers. "Dress-up" still has the connotations of childhood, whether it should or not, so the implication (from the people who mock cosplayers) is that the people dressing up should have grown out of it by now, and are "creepy" for not doing so. At least that's my understanding of it.

I don't get the problem either, but then I find dressing up and putting on costumes fun (though I'm way too self-conscious to actually do it in public). Not everyone does.
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