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Cosplay is not a new phenomenon, it's just been interpreted through an exclusively modern lens. The reality is that people having been using costumes for simila
by InclinedPlane 9y ago
Cosplay is not a new phenomenon, it's just been interpreted through an exclusively modern lens. The reality is that people having been using costumes for similar purposes for thousands of years. People put on a costume of something else because it makes them feel different. People today aren't much different in their drives and desires than they were in the stone age.
- white-flame 9y agoI wouldn't even say that it's about making them feel different, but it's simply about celebrating something by recreating it themselves, either just to celebrate it with others, or to expose others to it (plays and such).