• astrsk@fedia.io
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    2 days ago

    It’s called gender-bending, at least in my local cosplay groups. It’s done frequently and usually turns out great because of the passion and care put into it. Go for it!

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      2 hours ago

      This is a subtle question, so feel free to answer “none of the above.”

      But in your circles, is this gender bending explicit, as in “I’m a female Wolverine” or is it just someone who’s female going as Wolverine? And in the latter case, I don’t mean that she’s pretending to be a man, just that she’s not changing the character, simply embodying it as, herself, a woman.

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        1 hour ago

        It’s just about playing the character as the persons’ own gender identity. Most common, of course, being video game characters as opposite genders. So like, lady master chief or what if zelda was a man, etc. But I’ve seen an androgynous/enby kratos that was super well done! Gender-bent / gender-bending is just the term that has stuck for that.

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      1 day ago

      I’ve also heard it referred to as cross-play, though without the contact of cosplay, can be somewhat confusing.