Grrr

Sick of people bagging on cosplayers, even if it's other cosplayers.

It's a very personal art, it requires above all, some courage to put yourself out there like that. There's no "right" way to cosplay.  The kid wearing Iron Man pajamas may be having just as much fun as the person with an insanely expensive custom manga outfit. And may be making people just as happy.

Seriously, if it REALLY somehow, deep down, bothers you to see people having fun portraying characters they love, keep it to yourself. It's YOUR problem, not theirs. Believe me, when you start spouting that stuff, it doesn't make THEM look bad. It makes YOU look bad.

It's just people having a blast and expressing themselves. It's what genre fiction is about.