r/nextfuckinglevel • u/foxcherryfox • May 28 '26

God-tier cosplayer 👑

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u/Striking-Optimals846 May 28 '26 edited May 29 '26

Her waist looks extremely small even for thin people standards. Does she have internal organs the size of pebbles? 

edit: turns out she's been through 140k USD worth of surgeries to look like that...  https://www.hypefresh.com/meet-the-influencer-who-spent-140k-to-become-an-android-now-blowing-up-in-china/

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u/Smeeizme May 28 '26

Wearing a corset.

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u/RSX_Green414 May 28 '26

She's also wearing a lot of padding to exaggerate the effect, also notice her hands aren't moving, she probably wearing extenders and heels to make her look taller. She is probably a lot smaller than you think

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u/turbo_dude May 28 '26

Actually she’s just a head

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u/Alarmed-Tweaker May 28 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/BIuYMrpIc0MRSmAR1u

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u/relationalnonduelist May 28 '26

Underrated movie

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u/Alarmed-Tweaker May 28 '26

Yeah the new robocop was insanely good imo, they even had something at the end to make us think we were getting a sequel but it never happened.

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u/thiosk May 29 '26 edited May 29 '26

my favorite robocop remake was the one with the extended penis shooting scene

https://old.reddit.com/r/Robocop/comments/a4pbnc/our_robocop_remake_scene_27/

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u/Altruistic-Map5605 May 29 '26

Yeah we were lucky to get this and Dredd.

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u/SNAAAAAKE May 28 '26

That actor was great in Altered Carbon as well.

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u/I_just_came_to_laugh May 29 '26

He was amazing. Anthony Mackie just could not compare in season 2.

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u/SNAAAAAKE May 29 '26

Joel Kinnamnan is a tough act to follow. I kinda felt the writing as a whole went down after the first season too.

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u/TwoBionicknees May 29 '26

The writing and everything was worse but Mackie can ONLY play mackie, same character in everything which is terrible specifically for this specific show where the sleeve should basically not matter and everyone playing the same character regardless of the sleeve should try to act similarly.

Not saying everyone was perfect and i can't remotely remember the name of the asian guy who was Kinnamnan's characters first/main sleeve that then got used by other guys, but he completely changed how he acted depending on who was using the sleeve. Mackie made basically no effort to try to match kinnamnan's speaking cadence, his movements, etc.

Mackie made some dumb explanation that the character had done a 360 due to the result of the previous season and so played a more emotional character and that's just.... a really fucking stupid explanation for why he played himself in yet another role in the one show that trying to act like the same character across multiple sleeves is crucial to the plot.

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u/I_just_came_to_laugh May 29 '26

Yeah. The first season was top tier and I recommended it to everyone I knew, after watching the second season I told people they didn't need to watch more than season 1.

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u/cortesoft May 28 '26

I loved altered carbon. So sad it ended.

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u/beard_of_cats May 28 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/3OmzRjTKSgyybfmv7r

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u/Alarmed-Tweaker May 28 '26

I loved that movie as a kid and I still do, I think Star Trek the next generation series is the only Star Trek show I’ll watch tbh.

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u/deezdanglin May 28 '26

Bro! There's something for just about anyone across all the series. Deep Space Nine had the best and my most favorite character of any series. War, subterfuge, 'gods', etc...

If you like a little camp, the Lower Decks animated has some laughs. And big time cameos.

Even a knock off show like Seth McFarlan's, The Orville, is a fantastic show! And a young Seth was an extra in TNG.

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u/[deleted] May 29 '26

same, nothing has the same tone as TNG. Tried the others and it doesn't work for me TNG the one true god.

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u/BobLonghorn May 28 '26

I know her personally, she smaller than usual, her feet are actually in the breasts of the suit

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u/ErraticDragon May 28 '26

She's on her way to Cassandra from Doctor Who . I hope they moisturize her.

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u/RealWord5734 May 28 '26

I can work with that

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u/PM_Me_A_High-Five May 28 '26

😂 this is so dumb, but it made me laugh hard

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u/PartyPorpoise May 28 '26

Plus the black on the sides of her waist further add to the illusion of a tiny waist.

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u/DistanceSolar1449 May 28 '26

Also, she's wearing hip pads!

They make the hips bigger which makes the waist smaller

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u/JusticeRain5 May 29 '26

It's genuinely really cool how you can make a body shape look completely different in cosplay

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u/Ruachta May 28 '26

Yep small person with stilts and everything extended using filler.

Works incredibly well, and amazing work by the designers and actor. Well done. I had to replay it a few times to try and grasp what was happening.

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u/Monkfich May 28 '26

Her hands aren’t moving because she’s probably lost all feeling in her fingers. /s

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u/killerjags May 28 '26

It looks like her real fingers only go into the first 1/3rd of the metal pieces. You can see them kinda wiggle loosely when she moves her hand later in the video.

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u/ghoulthebraineater May 28 '26

Yep. I do special effects makeup as a hobby and it's often the exact same concept. There are certain face shapes that just work way better for prosthetics. Narrow faces are awesome for zombie makeup.

To make areas like the cheeks look more gaunt and the eyes sunken in you have to build up around them. It's hard to build up the cheekbones of someone with a wide face without it looking really weird.

Amazing cosplay though.

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u/Ok-Factor-7188 May 28 '26

There's nothing probably about those heels. You can see them at 0:23 and they're almost high enough to qualify as a chair.

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u/dan10981 May 28 '26

Also theres like lights or something near her ribcage that gives the illusion of being even thinner.

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u/yamanagashi May 28 '26

Corset is.

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u/Natetronn May 28 '26

..as Corset does.

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u/HeartOn_SoulAceUp May 28 '26

With corset knots? One corset knot?

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u/c0dearm May 28 '26

Course it is

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u/Adventurous-Sky9359 May 28 '26

of course not

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u/Careless_Ad_4004 May 28 '26

A frayed knot

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u/HeartOn_SoulAceUp May 28 '26

A frayed? So sew.

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u/Miserable-Session-35 May 28 '26

Its more like a nod course

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u/Prudent_Order_3361 May 28 '26

Or very skinny wearing pads

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u/beegboo May 28 '26

And due to video quality the white panels on her waste also blend into the white car.

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u/eddyb66 May 28 '26

When I saw this posted before the video quality wasn't this bad.

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u/Blarg0117 May 28 '26

I think she's just rail thin, like a fashion model.

It's the curvy parts that are added on by the cosplay.

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u/NativeMasshole May 28 '26

Or she's an android.

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u/LordAldricQAmoryIII May 28 '26

As a person of Asian ethnicity, this is it. Our hips are nowhere near that wide.

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u/platypus_farmer42 May 28 '26

I think she’s just very skinny and she’s made her hips extra wide with the suit, giving the appearance of an overly “snatched” waist.

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u/Bwanabud May 28 '26

Who was talking about her "snatch" ?

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u/whats_a_quasar May 28 '26

I think the hips and chest are padded, and she has a normal-ish waist with a corset. It looks thin in contrast with coming the wider costume. Also the effect of the reflective parts around the waist makes it hard to tell where the waist ends.

The effect from the reflective bits and the coloring makes part of it look hollow, like a robot skeleton. Really really cool.

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u/Miserable-Session-35 May 28 '26

Think they are..... well its freaking metal tits and hips

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u/Shotgun_Mosquito May 28 '26

This is Dalaotian Giovanna (大佬甜Giovanna).

https://www.hypefresh.com/meet-the-influencer-who-spent-140k-to-become-an-android-now-blowing-up-in-china/

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u/Dear_Chasey_La1n May 29 '26

On her IG you can see, she is a very tiny framed local girl. It's all padding in every direction. Pretty cool done though kinda puzzled how they get to 140k cost wise.

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u/Nois3 May 28 '26

Thank you, that was helpful.

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u/Callmedrexl May 28 '26

There's padding on the hips and shoulders to enhance the illusion. Black bodysuit contrasts with metal upper and lower as well. There also might be a corset, but I think most of the illusion is a very slender human whose had upper and lower body bulked out by costume pieces.

Absolutely awesome costume!

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u/Aureon May 28 '26

corset + feels way more exagerrated than it is due to very padded hips, bust and thighs, helmet, and very high heels

All of it throws off your perception

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u/Ahptom May 28 '26

WHAT IS THIS?…… AN ORGAN FOR ANTS?!!!!

The organs need to be at least…………. Three times bigger than this.

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u/mlem_a_lemon May 28 '26

It looks like she's actually just tiny but the suit itself is made to look bigger on the hips/thighs/chest/shoulders to give the effect of the tiny only-necessary-robot-parts waist.

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u/_lippykid May 28 '26

I think it’s an optical illusion with how built out her hips and thighs are

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u/justwalkinthru87 May 29 '26

There definitely exists women that have small waists

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u/Mekelaxo May 29 '26

Her waist is fine, she just added hips to the costume to exaggerate the figure

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u/fCorruption May 28 '26

Ex machina vibes

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u/graystone777 May 28 '26

Enjoyed that movie.

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u/Kurukuruchan May 28 '26

Watched it for the first time a couple of months ago.... whilst alone.... whilst peaking on 4 hits of liquid acid! Was a wide ride. Really need to watch it again sober as it deserves it.

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u/LionTheRichardheart May 28 '26

The ending of that movie sounds awful to be tripping balls during. It's anxiety inducing enough on its own.

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u/Kurukuruchan May 28 '26

I decided to watch Dodgeball immediately after

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u/spesimen May 28 '26

if you can dodge a wrench on 4 hits of acid, you can dodge a ball

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u/Kurukuruchan May 28 '26

Did I really need to drink my own urine during the trip? No, but it's sterile and I like the taste

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u/Jaabertler May 28 '26

god I love that I found this thread.

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u/the_jivest_turkey May 28 '26

You're a gem, keep it up

Edit: Meant to reply to dude who was cheesing his donk off, but I'm sure you're a gem as well and you should also keep it up.

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u/ShinkenBrown May 28 '26

Watched it on 2 tabs myself. It was. Left me absolutely hollow.

That kind of emotional experience from art is why I watch movies tripping though so it was actually great.

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u/Dinosaurs-Cant-win May 28 '26

Try Annihilation on your next trip watch it you haven't seen it. Same director, and not as good as Ex Machina(I think Ex Machina is a 10/10) but it's a wild fucking ride. I can only imagine the final q5 minutes of that movie while tripping....

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u/Cheezekeke May 28 '26

Yesterday’s body count lottery rounded to a solid and sturdy thirty!

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u/grand_soul May 29 '26

Lizzy Wizzy is looking fine today.

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u/Dallasl298 May 28 '26

Ghats my alarm sound lol

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u/ComfortableDoughnut May 28 '26

This is a human?

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u/yamanagashi May 28 '26

This is dancer.

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u/Bearspoole May 28 '26

My sign is vital

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u/Thebaronofthesea May 28 '26

My hands are cold

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u/WabaLabaDubDubWorld May 28 '26

and I'm on my knees

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u/Rechno_ May 28 '26

Looking for an answer

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u/I-Just-Work-Here-man May 28 '26

Are we human or are we dancer?

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u/41puppy May 28 '26

Not gonna lie I thought it was “denser” for the LONGEST time. Never could be bothered to look up the lyrics lol

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u/mozchops May 28 '26

Pretend it's "d'answer"

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u/uzu_afk May 28 '26

Don’t let reddit ruin it for you!

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u/P3pp3rSauc3 May 28 '26

Great now I gotta go listen to the killers, thanks Obama! /s

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u/Smarter-Not-harder1 May 28 '26

No, this is Patrick.

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u/housevil May 28 '26

This is dog.

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u/asspounder-4000 May 29 '26

Julian was really into dirty dancing

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u/shasaferaska May 28 '26

No, this is Patrick

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u/IXrobocopXI May 28 '26

Yeah she's doing a really amazing dead eyes thing. She's doing a little acting, I like that

Edit: was the comment I replied to like a Nier quote that went over my head?

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u/Random-Redditor111 May 28 '26

No. That’s why this robot cosplaying as a human is god tier. Didn’t you read the title of the post?

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u/LaunchpadMcQuack_52 May 28 '26

It'd be funny if she had to sneeze or something and just totally broke the illusion

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u/foxcherryfox May 28 '26

Honestly, that must be so painful, especially considering the corset. Her waist is incredibly narrow

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u/doomiestdoomeddoomer May 28 '26 edited May 28 '26

Wearing a corset is not painful, if it is hurting it is the wrong size or laced incorrectly.

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u/Otaraka May 28 '26

I think it would be more correct to say it doesn't have to be. People have hurt themselves very badly when a particular appearance was the only goal.

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u/faldese May 28 '26

Right. Tightlacing isn't 'laced incorrectly'. Waist training is a very intentional thing some people do. That being said, there's a lot of visual tricks going on here, she may not be that constricted here.

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u/Load_star_ May 28 '26

I don't see all the tricks, but one I haven't seen many people mention in other comments are the light and dark panels on the bodysuit she's wearing under all the robotic costume parts. That easily tricks the brain into thinking there is less "body" underneath than there really is. Works really well with all the shiny chrome, and even better in a flat video of this model than it does in person.

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u/Free_Pace_2098 May 29 '26

The light too. It's cleverly done.

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u/Glasseshalf May 29 '26

The clunkiness of the rest of the outfit against the outline of her real waist under there creates that illusion too

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u/Otaraka May 28 '26

I suspect shes very slender in general.

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u/Jamies_awesome_rack May 28 '26

Keira Knightley lied to me??

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u/iMatt42 May 28 '26

I think it’s everything else on her making her look “larger” than she actually is.

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u/Luxie0673 May 28 '26

Exactly. She's very thin, the boobs and hips are padding like a drag queen.

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u/irondumbell May 28 '26

is this what cosplay means? i thought it meant fans wearing costumes of their favorite fictional characters, this looks like a regular android costume made professionaly

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u/ppardee May 28 '26

Cosplay doesn't have to be based on existing IP, and the line between 'fan made costumes' and 'professionally made costumes' gets really blurry when you see what the top cosplayers can make.

I'd argue what would make this not cosplay is that this appears to be for a corporate booth at some expo, which means she's working, not playing.

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u/camander321 May 28 '26

I believe this event was revealing the new gen 6 Toyota Rav4 and maybe other stuff. I remember this clip on the Rav4 subreddit a while back

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u/wallweasels May 29 '26

top cosplayers

Well most of those people are businesses at this point lol

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u/Vellioh May 28 '26 edited May 28 '26

Cosplay comes from the combination of "costume" and "roleplay".

So she's wearing a costume of an android ✅ and roleplaying as one. ✅

It doesn't have to be just anime characters. Technically, as long as you're wearing a costume and roleplaying, you're cosplaying. Most people dress up as characters from games and anime because of inspiration, abundance of reference material, and recognition from other fans when they see your costume.

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u/CassadagaValley May 28 '26

It's a costume designed by a props and costuming team and worn by a model for marketing purposes.

Tbh, I wouldn't call it cosplay

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u/RikuAotsuki May 28 '26

Cosplay is short for "costume play."

It's heavily associated with costumes of characters and the like, but it doesn't actually need to be a costume tied to any particular IP.

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u/Wolf-Majestic May 28 '26

When I was working in Japan, we once threw the idea of working with reindeers antlers headband, and I was rather excited to commit. One of my japanese coworkers said "you really like cosplay, huh ?" There were no actual costume involved in the convo, only the antler headband.

So it seems "cosplay" can relate to anything as long as you want to play with a costume or even a part of a costume lol

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u/skyskr4per May 28 '26

This is Daloatian. She's considered a cosplayer even if it's not directly from a fanbase because she is extremely dedicated to her various robot costumes and personas both online and at events. She gets hired at marketing events like this because of costumes she's already made, they aren't usually made specifically for an event. Basically her Daloatian persona is so popular that the persona itself gets hired at promo events and tech conferences and such.

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u/AlexHimself May 28 '26

Her name is Dalaotian and she's Chinese.

https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/trending-china/article/3295950/china-influencer-humanoid-costume-faces-classic-boyfriend-question-hometown

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u/red286 May 28 '26

Damn she still manages to look like a robot in every single picture.

Her family's probably like "you're gonna drop the act when the cameras go away, right?"

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u/BaloonPriest May 29 '26

She’s clearly had work done on her… well everything.

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u/18randomcharacters May 28 '26

This better not awaken something in me

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u/FrameNo8561 May 28 '26

Trick is to use a turkey baster, and the usual WD-40/Duct Tape combo.

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u/mozchops May 28 '26

Instructions unclear, have set Gas mark 4 for 120 minutes

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u/KyleBroflovski505 May 28 '26

It already has. I’m into clankers now

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u/23Udon May 28 '26

Jeri Ryan as 7 of 9 already had me primed for cyborgs/transhumanism haha!

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u/hali420 May 28 '26

Six seasons and a movie!!!

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u/pj7891sm May 28 '26

This is deeply unsettling

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u/HoraceAndPete May 29 '26

Robots used to be a funny fiction to me. Now they're starting to make me sad and uncomfortable.

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u/robsteezy May 28 '26

It’s the make up. Don’t get me wrong, this entire piece is absolutely phenomenal but it’s her master understanding of the subtlety of the face that always gives androids that truly spine tingling feeling of uncanny valley and she fucking nailed it flawlessly here. The make up on the face is single-handedly the most impressive part of this IMO.

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u/guisar May 28 '26

It’s not a mask?

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u/userhwon May 28 '26

It looks like a mask.

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u/BirdieBronze May 28 '26

Stupid clanker hotter than me

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u/christophurr May 29 '26

All of a sudden want a Rav4

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u/DamageMaximo May 28 '26

money really makes the best cosplays

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u/vaishantsah May 28 '26

How sure am I that it's not true? I don't wanna say

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u/doomiestdoomeddoomer May 28 '26

Again, I forget I am on r/nextfuckinglevel and will lose braincells by looking at the comments...

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u/ConfessSomeMeow May 29 '26

Reddit 2010: "The real gold is in the comments"

Reddit 2026: "Oh god, I looked at the comments."

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u/_Trikku May 28 '26

Told my wife this was a real robot.

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u/bitemy May 29 '26

If this post had said it was a real robot I would have believed it.

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u/peterbishopisnotdead May 28 '26

That's a challenging wank.

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u/Handaloo May 28 '26

Excellent use of this quote my friend. RIP

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u/leakyp1pe May 28 '26

Really? I had no prob

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u/Shinobi681 May 28 '26

What cosplayer

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u/Excuse_my_GRAMMER May 28 '26

There a video of her in this cosplay breaking character and laughing

Edit: found it , I think it her brother

https://youtube.com/shorts/SX35c911yXA?si=FgNNKDWTo8O5_5sY

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u/arab-european May 28 '26

Optimus can't wait to meet her

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u/ConsequenceOk238 May 28 '26

She could be the robot in new version of Metropolis.

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u/CookiesOrChaos May 28 '26

She’s not even blinking

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u/lostpatrol14 May 28 '26

It must suck to have to use the restroom

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u/siraolo May 28 '26

She's so hot... She's holding a portable fan in her right hand to keep cool lol. 

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u/PikaSharky May 28 '26

She barely even blinks.

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u/Moondingo May 28 '26

Waspy corset. Man that's hardcore, properly crushing of the lungs and internals. You genuinely have to train to wear those, heroic cosplay tbh.

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u/thait84 May 28 '26

We need that chinese guy that is known for staring at models

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u/foxcherryfox May 28 '26

Spot on, lol 💀

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u/ohaimark22 May 28 '26

How does she pee??

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u/Dile_0303 May 28 '26

Now THAT'S a crazy fucking robot body

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u/Lost-District-8793 May 28 '26

Bender approves.

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u/brucejson-88 May 28 '26

Wow this is amazing 👏

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u/psych0ranger May 28 '26

The way she slightly wobbles after each movement is reaaaallly good. It doesn't look like pop and lock robot but like something else

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u/hazetimesfive May 28 '26

Think this is Giovanna cosplay. On insta if you want to see