rainbrolly:

sometimes one, sometimes the other

sometimes both

photos by mineapostasy

clothpiper:

shiningartifact:

consulting-time-captain:

remyreaper:

seispassaros:

Do you know what I like the most here? They’re women and they ARE NOT wearing super sexualized leather clothes or posing in impossible ways.

And, of course, the Captain America 40’s hair.

this is perfect.

THIS is how you do genderbends. There is NO reason to sexualize their costumes or their poses unless you’re going for a porn thing (perfectly acceptable). The only costume that’s really been changed at all is Bruce’s and all they’ve really done is exchanged the pants for a pencil skirt. Not a mini-skirt. A pencil skirt.

Also the fact that Nat’s costume is completely unchanged on the male version just goes to show how little the original is sexualized, despite what people think. It’s figure-hugging, yes. So is Cap’s, so is Clint’s, so is Tony’s for that matter. Hulk strips down to a pair of ripped shorts, for christ’s sake. It looks like her butt is emphasized because Scarlett happens to have a bangin’ ass that looks good in a cat-suit. If she had a flat butt, it would look flat.

Okay, I’m done.

This is abso-fucking-lutely brilliant. Especially everyone’s hair. 

The decision to keep Fury bald is just amazing. One thing about super-ladies that really bothers me is that they always have this mass of hair that is just begging to be grabbed by some assailant or getting in their face. Lady Thor’s braids are also fantastic, very true to Norse tradition, and Lady Tony’s hair is perfect.

I REALLY LIKE THE HAIR

This is stupidly hot.

For me, who admittedly doesn’t like genderbending into girls because of the over-sexualized things, this is actually pretty awesome because it’s not over-sexualized, and this is all of my yes.

derpderpmotherfuckers:

Cosplay Sexual: What Gender Binary?
or why the question ‘Are you a boy or a girl?’ is a stupid one to ask anyway

SO one of the questions I will get from time to time is ‘what gender are you?’ or ‘are you a boy or a girl?’ This question almost exclusively comes my way after I’ve made a new male character cosplay.

Let me answer that question with a question: why do you care?

I think this question is most frequently asked for two reasons, actually.  One is simple curiosity.  But I think the second reason is far more common. What you’re really asking is: I find you attractive when you’re dressed as this character, but you’re not going to upset my sexual orientation identity, are you?

no seriously

cut that shit out.

• you don’t need to have a crisis if you find somebody in a cosplay hot even if the cosplayer is not your usual preferred gender.  So you’re a straight female and you found that Dave cosplay hot, but the cosplayer turned out to be a girl? So what?  You found them hot while dressed as a boy.  Guess what? It was a successful crossplay, your brain was convinced enough to find them attractive. BAM, problem solved.
• why does the cosplayer need to fit your objectification? it’s your responsibility, or your hormones, or your aesthetic preferences, that have gone off the deep end here; it’s not the responsibility of the cosplayer to let you know if they fit your specifications.
• more insidiously, the question implied is ‘are you a CIS* boy or girl?’  If a trans* person answers with their gender and you find out they don’t have the cis* biological parts, that tends to result in some ugly ‘TRAP/REVERSE TRAP!’ shit that’s just gross.

My best friend calls finding somebody who crossplays attractive while they’re in costume ‘cosplay sexual’.  It means you’re attracted to a person only while they’re dressed as your preferred gender.  And it doesn’t mean you need to break out in hives or question your orientation!  You know why?

The gender of the cosplayer doesn’t actually matter. They’re busy doing what cosplay is all about: being a successful chameleon, taking on the physical characteristics of a character so well you can’t guess anything about the person behind them, even their gender.  Your brain doesn’t care either: it just likes what the cosplayer is presenting.  In other words, success all around! The cosplayer has done their job and you get something pleasing to look at.  Woo!

So next time you’re sitting there sweating about whether that cosplay you think is super hot is being worn by a person who fits your sexual identity, take a deep breath, calm down, and remember: it’s all in your head.  And your head whispers, ’fuck yes’.

EDIT: HOLY NOTES BATMAN. I should probably clarify a couple of things for people who actually bother to go back to this original post?

1) I did mention briefly (too briefly) above that some people ask because they’re curious! But there’s a better way to ask about gender than ‘boy or girl?’ Try ‘what pronouns do you prefer?’ it’s just more polite.

2) If you’re not going to be interacting with the person and you’re not sure of gender there’s a couple of ways around it! you can use gender neutral pronouns like ‘hir’ and ‘xe’. Also, if you’re not going to interact with them, do you actually need to know? That’s kind of my point - if you’re just looking at them online, it doesn’t really matter and you don’t need to have an identity crisis. :)

My favorite gender neutral pronoun is still singular “they.” Good enough for Shakespeare, good enough for fandrooling at cosplayers online.

takaratime:

i asked who you guys shipped equius with and “marshmallowbeam answered: Feferi, in every quadrant.” AND I IMAGINED KISMESIS AND I JUST

striderkind:

i finISHED MY CROSSDRESSING STICKERS…….!!!!

now time to cut them all out

also, sadness:

timeandabsolution:

findingmeenah:

dirkjakesoup:

FLY AWAY NOW

based on this i couldnt help it im sorry

SHOUTS LOUDLY

Okay. This is…kinda hot. In a weird way. AKA I am so cosplaying this after I make the transition.

slipstreamborne:

“Bring it on, motherfuckers.” 

[[Since troll society is a largely centered around matriarchal structures of power, female trolls generally receive more encouragement when it comes to seeking out their ancestors, thus Tavros’s very Rufio/Summoner inspired style (I know midriff tops and shorts are cliche as hell when it comes to Rule 63, but the shirt is straight up canon Hook and the shredded shorts let me show off her prosthetics, so I went with it.) 

Dave on the other hand—being a straight-up short motherfucker with thighs like tree trunks thanks to all that stair climbing and rooftop-strifing with Sis—likes to rock those terrible capris you find in the petite section that don’t actually flatter anyone. ]]

genderqueer:

Helen Boyd posted about two cool Chrome extensions:

• Jailbreak the Patriarchy switches “he” and “she” pronouns as well as other gendered words (mother, father, etc)

• Jailbreak the Binary swaps all gendered pronouns for gender neutral ones.

rumminov:

Whoa look what I finally finished… never forget the Condesce’s true form though

Lowbloods

rumminov:

fuckyeahancestors:

Rule 63 ! Ancestors by Rumminov

I was going to wait until I did the Condesce to do this myself but okay here it is