What the eyes have seen can never be forgotten.

[reynardo]

First, I need to make it clear that I absolutely support my son in this, I think it's brilliant, and all I did to help was provide needle and thread, and iron the transfer onto the shorts.

Now...

Let's start from the beginning. My son, myself, and many others in my friends and family are NOT AT ALL happy with the sexualisation of Hallowe'en costumes, and indeed costumes in general.

In particular, the frustrating part (echoed in so many computer games) where the male costume contains about 250% more fabric than the female one. Please refer to this, this, and most particularly, this.

My son, da_norvegicus, is a Brony - a My Little Pony fan. His usual cosplay is as Big McIntosh, as seen here on the right - a large plough horse with a green apple "cutie mark".

On the left is a picture of the boy in his usual cosplay outfit - red t-shirt with a plough-horse yoke (the cutie-mark is on the back), and red-brown trousers.

But this year, for Hallowe'en, he has decided to make a point. To show how different the male and female costumes are.

Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you - Big McIntosh - the Female Costume.

Red shirt tied high around a bra. Tight red hotpants with an apple cutie mark. Red fluffy "fetlocks". Leather collar.

First, the standard "Boobs and Butt" shot.



The fabric is a lot redder in reality - the flash made it pink.



Dammit, he does the pout rather well!

I warned you to only click if you were ready for something ... shocking.

Now somebody pass the brain-bleach.

Comments

[splodgenoodles.livejournal.com]

Ow my eyes!

I think he makes a very good point.

[gelsey.livejournal.com]

I think the fact that he's a brony is really kind of cool, and kudos to him making a point about the sexualisation of costumes. That's a good boy you've got there, that'll do that.

But still, yes, just a bit of bleach, please ;)

[shiv5468.livejournal.com]

Brilliant but scary.

[carolinelamb.livejournal.com]

Hahaha!

*has a doubleshot of vodka*

[fluidsparkles.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the warning I still want vodka. oh and yay for the boy

[turnberryknkn.livejournal.com]

Hee. :-)

[teddyradiator.livejournal.com]

Kudos to the Big Mac! That is a kick-ass costume. I hope he has a ball in it. He is rocking the pout really well.

And yay you, Mom, for the piece work.

[reynardo.livejournal.com]

Piece work nothing - he sewed those fetlocks himself. There's red fluff all over my sewing room, but I'll survive :-)

[clsteele (from livejournal.com)]

What a brilliant statement.

(Is he wearing heels too?)

[lederhosen.livejournal.com]

No, they're slippers with added fake-fur cuffs. But I think the manboobs-and-butt pose is giving him the same off-balance look.

[fenrischained.livejournal.com]

Your son is a BAMF.

[dickgloucester.livejournal.com]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAA! *brays with laughter*

Quite aside from having well-honed feminist sensibilities, for which I applaud him, he's a brave young man for letting you do this!

[17catherines.livejournal.com]

Do you know what's really scary about that first photo? For a moment, I honestly thought that was you. I'd never realised before how much your son resembles you!

[panacea1.livejournal.com]

Is that Ratboy? OMFG! He's turned into a DUDE and all that.

Also, yes, definitely a blood relative of reynardo, can't deny that.

And the point is well made, too. Although wouldn't the femme version also have lipstick and big false eyelashes?

[17catherines.livejournal.com]

Oh, he totally needs the big eyelashes!

[timestep.livejournal.com]

I HEART your son! Way to go. I had to show my daughters. They thought it was great too!

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[loganberrybunny.livejournal.com]

Well... I can't argue with any of the rationale. He/you/they are dead on. It irritates me too, to say the least. As for your son... he has nerve, no doubt about that! It'll be interesting to discover how many people actually got the point, though. It would be nice if it were quite a few, but...

[iulia_linnea.livejournal.com]

Hee! That's brill!

[klwilliams.livejournal.com]

Good for him!

[waitingman.livejournal.com]

If you've got it, flaunt it.

He does & he is...

Although I'd have liked to see him in the mini-burqa, as featured on one of your links. That way he could have made two points in one

[xolo.livejournal.com]

Good for him!

[wingedkami.livejournal.com]

My eyes!
Also, awesome.

[xmysteriousx.livejournal.com]

Your son is awesome! Good on him! :D