Ok, the amount' of bullshit I had to deal with in the last few weeks, for being an semi-accurate cosplayer, has become unbearable - I've put my Esmaralda cosplays in storage, until I have the strength to deal with this again.
If the fact, that I tried to look the best I could, portraying this character some find offensive - I'm sorry for that. I'm sorry if I came out racist for trying to look like someone I'm not by means of tanning. Though I did not "blackface" her (or brownface either), as some called out - it was summer, so I'd still be tan, whether I cosplayed her or not. I'd have to ban the sun over Russia and carry a parasol around to