Later in life, when I learned that we’re trained to visually read symbols of femininity as symbols of weakness, I realized I’d been enormously unfair to Garnet. She absolutely was an empowering character, but I couldn’t see beyond my own personal rejection of traditional femininity. I never understood that a strong, empowered woman could still be traditionally feminine.
So I never posted my finished Garnet cosplay. Sowwy~ I get so excited during cons, I never really take formal pictures.