No geek-themed convention would be complete without hardcore fans dressing up as their favorite fictional characters, at least half of which are going to be Suicide Squad's Harley Quinn until the heat death of the universe. Hey, we're not here to judge your outfit -- you'll have to pry our Office Sombreros from our cold, dead skulls. But dressing up like comic book characters involves terms like 'skin-tight,' and 'scantily-clad,' and 'physically impossible spandex draping.' And where there are butts, there are problems.

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For women, that is. Guys usually just have to deal with back strain.

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"Cosplayers can't win," says Emma, a cosplay director at a large anime convention. "If you alter the costume to be more modest, you might get accusations of not being 'true to the source.' But if you cosplay the character as-is, there's catcalling and groping."