Cos-playing Around

I went to Dragon Con earlier this year, and saw a lot of great cosplays. It never seemed odd to me, growing up with Halloween, to see people dressed up as fictional characters. But with all of the talk of simulation, and simulacra, I realized how odd it was. Someone created a fake character in a fictional world. And here in the real world we spent hours upon hours to re-create them in real life. Some cost hundreds of dollars and countless hours

Baudrillard describes simulacrum as a terrible denial of reality. However, in this case it seems as a creative way to show your interests. While dressing up as fictional characters is simulacrum, its definitely doesn't have the negative aspects Baudrillard describes  And its kinda cool to walk around in a giant spec-ed out suit of armor.