Well actually Liir..
I well took half of a writing class on fanatics. For it we had to watch Trekkies, a film about...well Trekkies. They showed those who go to the conventions and dress up like the characters. And yes it's not quite mainstream, but they don't deserve to be hit for it. I mean society considers it quite different but when you take out society's bias to it how is dressing up like a character THAT different from wearing a jersey of your fav sports athlete?
I myself have never dressed up as a character...well except for Halloweenie, but I don't scorn those who do. As long as their obsession isn't interfering w/ their functioning in society, I don't see anything wrong w/ it.
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