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1EndofDiskOne
Feb 17, 11:44 am

Ritual circumcision in the arena was a big deal on The Planet of the Posture Posers.

2GSSex-noob
Feb 17, 3:36 pm

>1 EndofDiskOne: Okay, I can see how that might be so, but WTF is the other... thing in the picture?

My money's on the wizards here.

3bam2001
Feb 17, 7:06 pm

"Yeah? Well, I can make my hair sparkle and levitate, too!"

4winterhugel
Feb 18, 10:16 am

Oldest mistake in the book, never bring your sparkle lotioned hair to a sword fight.

5daard23
Feb 18, 11:59 am

In this corner, guns and swords. In that corner... A small, tasteful purse.

6GSSex-noob
Feb 18, 4:57 pm

>3 bam2001: I'm not ruling out the possibility of the person in white being female.

Regardless of gender, I put my right hand in the configuration of theirs and it is awkward.

Meanwhile, I think red samurai may not have the optimum stance for fighting, with that leg out sooo far.

This may be the GalaxyCon cosplay contest, which explains the audience, the posing, and the sparkling hair plus both posers looking so clean. Floating thing is the judge; good points for detail and accessories, bad points for poses and overall presentation.

7RobertDay
Feb 19, 4:45 pm

>6 GSSex-noob: "This may be the GalaxyCon cosplay contest, which explains the audience, the posing, and the sparkling hair plus both posers looking so clean."

Not to mention the (seemingly superfluous) breechclouts.

8GSSex-noob
Feb 20, 3:32 pm

>7 RobertDay: Yes, that'll get nul points from me -- completely useless and a thing that could be grabbed in hand to hand combat.

9Hammy_JLK
Feb 21, 10:05 pm

>8 GSSex-noob: But a laugh a minute if they engage in cosplay battles, no?

Physical humor is best.

10GSSex-noob
Feb 22, 2:07 am

>9 Hammy_JLK: Now I wanna see the floating thing grab both of them up into the air and spin them by the flaps. Probably be a crowd-pleaser. I'd laugh and applaud.

The font abuse is much more restrained than usual for the publisher. Not that it's good, mind you, but at least it's not embossed and it shows up against the cover.

But WTF is with Red's head?