It's time to talk about the OF question.
Is it really that common for cosplayers to hop into the OF/patreon/etc bandwagon? In my area, it really isn't common at all, and most cosplayers I know have to work regular jobs to fund their cosplays.

I've seen a few threads on twitter reminiscing about the 2000s era of cons, and it seems like some people really think that most cosplayers are OF thots now. I fucking wish that was true, as a coomer.

>>10957603 (OP)
I've made posts along those lines. OF itself isn't THAT common, I don't know many cosplayers doing actual porn, but what really has changed is that pretty much all cosplay is internet-centric in one way or another. Back in the '00s, the main audience for cosplay was other people at the con and it was rare for photos to end up online at all unless somebody like EBK caught you and posted the pics in one of his giant image dumps. Nowadays everybody has an FB page, insta, tiktok, twitter, etc. and cosplay is all about that social media profile, cons are all about photoshoots, etc.

>>10957603 (OP)
Cosplay has been for-profit for the last 15 years, at least in the US. It's not that common for a cosplayer to have OF, but it's very common for them to have Patreon or some other panhandling method. Having said that, if you're a coomer and find an e-girl that cosplays and peep her linktree, the chances of her having an OF are considerably higher.

>>10957611
>Nowadays everybody has an FB page, insta, tiktok, twitter, etc.
right on the money

>>10957631
well yeah, social media is common
NOWAY

>>10957633
The point is that it's totally changed the focus of cosplay, though. It used to be a crafting-focused hobby centered around in-person events, now it's basically just amateur modeling.

>>10957633
as the other anon said, this wasn't the case, 15 years ago lels, and cons were probably nerd-central

This thread is going to be in the catalog for 2+ years thanks to the incel page10bumper.

>>10957603 (OP)
>Is it really that common for cosplayers to hop into the OF/patreon/etc bandwagon?
No? You can count OF cosplayers with one hand, heck most of the OF 'cosplayers' don't even go to cons and just buy suits to do porn with

>>10957643
It's a growing topic, in fairness. Like OP said, there are people outside of the community with this idea that "most cosplayers are OF whores"
which just isn't true even in the US, as far as I can tell.

>>10957643
>Many are saying this
>'fraid so
>Not really
When people say "There are ancient threads still up", they mean one clown talking to himself
>Yes
>I agree
>Nah

>>10957677
it "isn't true" until a saudi pings their IG with an offer of covering them in gold in exchange for fucking them in every hole and literally shitting on them
I haven't seen this with cosplayers, but with IG thots, now tell me how blurry the line is between the IG thot and the IG thot + cosplay

>>10957603 (OP)
You're on Twitter. It's one of the most NSFW-friendly platforms around. Of course every other cosplayer you see on there has an OF. They've gotten nuked off TT and IG.

>>10957603 (OP)
No. Like with everything if you go out enough eventually you'll run in to one of them. I met a literal pimp once at a con, shit was weird.