The Dangers of Cosplay
This is Aayla Secura. A Twi'lek Jedi, generally considered 'hot', from the prequel trilogy:
This is somebody cosplaying Aayla Secura:
Note the sheer failure. Now, that's not to say that the character can't be successfully cosplayed, as this picture demonstrates:
This one even pulls it off better:
And yet another one:
So, it can be done, and done well on a budget. Smearing on blue crap, and putting funny tubes on your head does not a Twi'lek Jedi make you. Sure, the first one's costume was mostly good, except for the shoes... okay, I'm just being nice as the costume pretty much sucks, but if you're going to show off that much skin, well.... you could at least get the shade right at least, and y'know, a little matte goes a long way. You just look kind of greasy, and well, it makes you look like a fat chick (which I don't believe she is) unsuccessfully trying to look hot. I'm sure that, under that horrible grease paint, there's a very attractive woman there, but the end result is far less flattering. Horrible, even.
Also, the above applies to the various Slave Leias... well, except for the blue crap and funny tubes.
The moral of this story is that if you can pull it off, more power to you. If you can't, then people are just being nice if they compliment you because they know you'll take it personally.
(For the record, the leering and sneering Jedi just isn't pulling it off either. Sure, the robes are decent, but he just doesn't look very Jedi. He looks more like an Alan Rickman villain.)
Also, in case you're wondering, this came about as I was trying to remember what the Jedi's name was. I just finished watching Clone Wars, and it couldn't remember it. I Googled 'hot twilek jedi', then the proper name. The first cosplayer was on the first page.
posted by Jason @ 1:52 PM
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