Advocate: The woman uses her position in the cosplay community to push for disability awareness in cosplay. She uses her platform to champion cosplay for the disabled community. Weathering uses brown and black acrylic paints to make the whole sword dirtier. “At first, adult cosplay costumes my cousins who love cats gave me the idea to make these costumes and I thought it was weird,” said Fredi. I needed help to get off of the toilet, into the shower, into the bed,’ she said.