Prediction: Most Over-Cosplayed Character 2010

Topic started by gia on Sept. 18, 2009. Last post by transgojobot 2 years, 8 months ago.
Post by gia (3,032 posts) See mini bio Level 13


So, we've been talking a lot about Final Fantasy XIII's Serah-- more than we've talked about lead heroine Lightning, in fact --and in particular, her similarity to the lead in Bible Black. But now that there are some full scans of her available, I'm officially calling it: Serah will be among the most over-cosplayed characters in 2010.

Which isn't necessarily a bad thing, by the way! But a red plaid skirt with lace, black thigh-highs, tan high-tops and a white sleeveless button-down with a collar? Very, very easy to acquire at some combination of your local Target, Goodwill, and about five minutes at a fabric store. If you weren't worried about getting the necklace right, you could probably put this together in a day without spending too much money-- but the outfit is still very distinctive.
Which is, in its way, the sign of a really strong design. And I will totally shoot tons of photos of hot women dressed as her no matter how many of them I see. And then I'll double-check to make sure she's from Final Fantasy XIII, not Bible Black.

What do you think? Am I way off? Is the side-ponytail too '80s for western cosplayers?
Post by ganchan (77 posts) See mini bio Level 1
Well, I wouldn't bet against this proposition.
Post by hipalbatross (74 posts) See mini bio Level 10
idk naruto and ichigo are still big contenders
Post by Pyro (49 posts) See mini bio Level 4
I thought I read somewhere that Square is going to sell Serah's necklace... So cosplaying her will be even easier.
 
*looks forward to seeing the cosplays*
Post by Sonata (25,657 posts) See mini bio Level 20
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Imari....oh I mean Serah will see plenty of cosplay time a Nice easy look to pull off.
Post by JJOR64 (2,073 posts) See mini bio Level 16
She is a Final Fantasy character so, she will probably be cosplayed a lot in the near future.
Post by Karasu (76 posts) See mini bio Level 1
Classic vanilla girlfriend character — something the little Caucasian girls can handle.
Post by Monkeynohito (16 posts) See mini bio Level 1
Huh, seeing her, I no longer want to play FF13.
 
Hell, I'm sure you'll have people dressing up as her before this year is over. You have to wonder if they were catering to cosplayers from the get-go, there's really nothing spectacular going on here design-wise.
Post by Agent_Lost (1,124 posts) See mini bio Level 10
oh yea, 2010 is the years of bible bla.... errr Final Fantasy
Post by transgojobot (122 posts) See mini bio Level 2
@Monkeynohito said:

" Huh, seeing her, I no longer want to play FF13."

 
Well, I wouldn't go quite  that far.      
 
HOW-ever, I am no fan of this character design. I mean, omigod, what the hell ,Tetsuya Nomura? Why are you punishing me with another gorram Rinoa/Yuna-clone?! Arrgh! Is this because I didn't play any of your Kingdom Hearts games; that I laughed a bit at Tech Demo VII: Advent Children; or that I silently cheered when I first read that Akihiko Yoshida was designing the characters on FFXII? 
 
It has to be something I did, man, because this is just cruel.
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