Hot take: If you’re white, you’re not allowed to cosplay anyone from Avatar: The Last Airbender.
It’s cute that you think you have a say in what other people do….
I really want to see one of these people try to stop someone. I will pay to see them try.
Anyways, look at these bad ass cosplay setups…
Die mad, bitch…
Hot Take: if you tell people who/what they can/cannot cosplay as, screw you.
All those white ppl look ugly as shit, and if the human pet guy is on y’all’s side then I’m staying WAY the fuck over here
If the fact that you somehow come off as more unreasonable than the fucking human pet guy and multiple people actually AGREE with him doesn’t come across as a huge red flag to you, then I don’t know what else to tell you except to take this huge ass letter.
Hey OP, actual Asian person here, born and raised in Asia. And I have a few problems with your logic.
First off, if the problem is people cosplaying characters that are not their race, then are black or Latino people allowed to cosplay as the ATLA characters? What about white characters? Are non-whites allows to cosplay as them? This sets itself up too much like a double standard.
Second, although the cultures of ATLA are based on Chinese, Japanese, Tibetan, Inuit etc cultures, they are not 100% like our races in real life. For one, blue eyes aren’t a common trait associated with the Inuit, yet they’re common among the water tribes. These are all fantasy races, so thinking they parallel our real life races 100% is pointless.
Third, what’s to say that the cosplayers are pure white. For all you know, they could be mixed. Heck, even people who are full-blooded don’t always look like their races. My lineage is mostly Chinese, yet my eyes aren’t small like many Asians. The lady cosplaying Korra looks a bit like some people I know too.
All in all, OP, you really shouldn’t care so much what other people cosplay as. These aren’t racist, in fact, those cosplayers seem to be cosplaying out of respect for the character. So I would recommend that you chill and let people do what they want.
Notice how this only ever goes one way? No one’s telling poc they can’t cosplay as canonically white characters, because that would be racist, right?
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