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One of my first posts in 2015 was this topic, but it included only girl cosplayers. Now because we have boy cosplayers as well, I decided to re-visit this topic and talk about sexy cosplay, and how we see sexy male cosplays in society. So here we go!

Metal Gear Rising – Raiden by Jeff Siegert

To make this journey easier we will use the same questions as we did in the post about girls.

~ WHAT IS CONSIDERED A SEXY COSPLAY?

For male population sexy cosplay has its variety. Sexy cosplay for most of the female population can go from a very nice face features and body physic with a full cosplay on to half naked or naked bodies. To most of woman having a great face ad showing your abs is enough to make them go crazy. Sadly the principle is the same... The less you have on a great body, the sexier you are. Like having a bikini is a sexy cosplay for girls, being shirtless and in tight pants (or spido in some cases) counts as a sexy cosplay for men. The more abs you show, the better.

Attack on Tiatn – ErenTitan by Rhys Berresford

~ IS SEXY COSPLAY GOOD OR BAD?

Same goes as it did for girls. Depending on how the man portray their cosplay it can be bad or good. Doing stripping in a wig with some makeup on can not be a good cosplay. The cosplay has to be done the way it was meant to look, nothing should be modified or changed on it.

Batman - Nightwing by Carlos Blanchard

~ ARE COSPLAY COSTUME MODIFICATIONS OKAY?

Whatever is the reason for modifying a costume, I personally think it is not okay. The design is made as it should be and any modification is ruining the original design. Yes your costume may not be 100% same color or something might not stand as it should, but modifying it to that extent that it is not recognizable isn’t okay. Modifications to make the costume functional is mostly what male cosplayers do. Some of the designs are defying all laws of gravity, so having extra parts is very welcome and that is reasonable and okay.


Star Wars – Bobba Fett by Kelan Ord

~ IS THERE SUCH A THING AS A TO REVEALING, SLUTTY OR TO SEXY COSTUME?

Yes there is. Don’t think girls are the only ones doing this oh no no no. Some men think that dressing in a spido that has and S on them and putting a cape on makes them a perfect Superman. Guys you got it wrong. Girls do like eye candy but sometimes seeing things like this on conventions makes us sick to our stomach. We like to keep our spido Batmans or Supermans at the local strip club thank you very much. Some might go an extra mile and get naked. Show their body and just cover their middle area.


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~ IS THERE SUCH A THING AS A SEXY VERSION OF A COSTUME?

No there is not. I personally thing doing Snake in just pants is not a sexy version of costume. I will eather think you are too hot or that you forgot the full costume. If the costume is to be do0ne it should be done by the rules cause some don’t make sense without the full gear on.


Solid Snake – Metal Gear Solid by an unknown cosplayer

~ SEXY POSING IN SEXY COSPLAY? IS IT OK?

Yes it is, if this character has some sexy poses it is ok. Man mostly don;t have sexy posing. Their posing rarely contains something sexual and provocative. But of course there are some that might go an extra mile and get naked and pose for the cosplay. For me this is to much and I consider it very low to use your naked body as a way for promoting your cosplay skills. The poses might not look provocative but naked bodies are...

League of Legends - Yasuo by Elffi

~ GENDER BEND SEXY COSTUMES. HOT OR NOT?

Gender bend costumes can be great costumes, depending on a design made by the cosplayer. This is a relatively okay thing, and it got very popular. Though I am not a fan of gender bends, because I think you should stay true to the character you cosplay. As always, like any other costumes, these costume designs, that are freely done by a person making a cosplay, can go over board like with girls with guys too.


Pochahontas – Pochahontas by Junkers

~ ARE YOU DOING THIS FOR ATTENTION?

This question is also asked by some haters as it was for girls. Though girls get it mostly directly, guys are mostly gossiped from behind them and in silence. Maybe because being buff for a cosplay has its good qualities, people get scared thinking they are strong and might hit them so they rarely get it straight in their face. But don’t be fooled there are some people who will tell male cosplayers and ask them if they are doing this to get some hot chicks.



Final Fantasy – Jecht by Elffi

~ YOU WORE A SEXY COSTUME! YOU ASKED FOR IT!

The last thing I wish to talk about just a little bit is harassment of any kind towards cosplayers who wear sexy costumes. And yes even man get it.
They might not get it straight on the convention but online they do get harassed quite often, and might as well say more them woman. They get criticized that they don’t have either the body for the cosplay or the face and when they do they get screaming fangrils who might go overboard and cause a scene.
On conventions the only harm they can get is from woman and gay men, the improper touching may occur here as well and of coarse they will not tolerate it, Just cause you are a girl doesn’t mean you can touch a male cosplayer everywhere. I know he can’t hit you but take a chill pill and let them have their space. They are getting harassed as much as the girls are and maybe even more cause they can’t tell the bodyguards of the convention this girl touched my abs and get away with it without the body guards laughing in their face. It is sad to say they don’t have anything but their own protection but yet again the same goes for them. You wanted to do the sexy costume so deal with all of this.



Mortal Combat – Sub Zero by Danquish

So in other words males are getting equally , and in some moments more abused then girls. Even if they wear a full body costume looking the way someone expects them to can get them in a situation where millions of fans touch them improperly. But if they are doing the sexy costumes it doubles up. So in general guys try to make a balance like girls and also remember that you should take most of the consequences on yourself cause you wanted to do that costume!