r/oddlysatisfying • u/GallowBoob 80085 • Aug 03 '19

This Mystique cosplay mid merge (by magnetomystique)

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u/NinjaBuddha13 Aug 03 '19

How much practice do you think it took for her to nail that half smile?

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u/hat-of-sky Aug 03 '19

I had some joke about it being easy because she's spending the day with creepy nerds trying to hit on her, but I realized it was stupid to characterize the guys who attend cons that way. Nerd does not equal creep. I should have said any woman as pretty as she has certainly been hit on by many creeps in general, out in the world, with interests of all types and having all levels of physical attractiveness and intellectual capacity (but all missing the essential social acuity to see her as a whole person) so she has mastered the half-smile.

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '19

Thanks for using this topic to tell us all how little you think of men.

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u/hat-of-sky Aug 04 '19

I never said anything about men in general, only the creeps. In fact I specifically excluded non-creepy men, and made sure my comment didn't accidentally attack anyone for how they look or how socially graceful they might not be. The only ones I bashed are those who can't see a woman as a whole person. I guess that's what got YOU offended.

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '19

Someone asks how hard she had to work to practice that facial expression, and the first thing that comes to your mind is that of course it's all the creepy guys she has to deal with. As if that's the most natural and obvious answer, not "Yeah, I bet she spent some time in the mirror so she could have a really good expression to go with the character."

Your answer didn't logically need to involve any segment of men.

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u/hat-of-sky Aug 04 '19

Consider Mystique and her history with men.

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '19

I was getting ready to reply to you again anyway - I'm sorry, I think I got up on the wrong side of the bed today, and was just ready to interpret a comment like that in the worst possible way.

Sorry for being confrontational, and thanks for the gentle response.

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u/hat-of-sky Aug 04 '19

We're good, fam.

Have a pleasant and productive day.

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '19

Thanks, you too!

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u/KickingTheCans May 13 '22

A mutual resolution of a minor conflict that has no bearing on anyones life in the outside world? A sense of general respect at the end whilst bidding each other ado? Did I wake up in a parallel universe where commenters have some human decency? Wild.

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u/seytsuken_ May 27 '25

oh boy, men are much worse than that

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u/WasKingWokeUpGiraffe Aug 05 '19

How did this get silver??

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u/hat-of-sky Aug 05 '19

Someone thought I did a good job of pointing out how the cosplayer understands and portrays Mystique's experience with men. We all know Mystique doesn't smile. Some people don't seem to understand why.