Esports star Zach “Sneaky” Scuderi has a side gig as a cosplayer, and his latest shoot may be his best yet.
Sneaky plays for Cloud9 as an AD Carry in Riot’s MOBA League of Legends. Over the past year, he’s also built an online following thanks to his crossplay photoshoots, or cosplay involving crossdressing. This time around, Sneaky embraced Super Mario Bros’ Peach and the fandom’s feminized Bowser meme, Bowsette.
Both shoots feature the esports star with breast forms added to his outfit—or “a little extra,” as he teases. Per usual, photos, makeup, and props are all supplied by his girlfriend, fellow cosplayer Esther Lynn.
https://twitter.com/Sneaky/status/1067550327694483456
Twitter quickly caught Sneaky’s latest look and fell in love. After all, the esports world could use a few more boys in dresses.
SNEAKY STOP OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG pic.twitter.com/ndlRu3zsmx
— Riyuuka 🌻 (@riyuuka) November 27, 2018
— breebunn (@breebunn) November 28, 2018
https://twitter.com/Mando_Says/status/1067550735577972736
Oh my wow!!! 👀👀👀
— Joanne (@joanneofarc_) November 28, 2018
Bowchikawosette
— Kien Lam (@MeanMisterKien) November 27, 2018
These skins leave me Peachless
You are improving it every single time.
— Olleh (@Olleh) November 27, 2018
I’m jealous as fuck to be completely honest here
— Rissa (@Mushyee) November 28, 2018
YOU’RE BETTER AT BEING A GIRL THAN ME
— Liliana 𐄂 (@LilianaO__o) November 27, 2018
It doesn’t hurt that Sneaky and his girlfriend went all-out this time around, complete with prosthetics that look incredibly realistic. Twitter wants some answers.
Sneaky is evolved.. Even got the breasts done
— Marcel Feldkamp (@MarcelFeldkamp) November 28, 2018
Where did you get them and can I get a pair too
— Ovilee (@OvileeMay) November 27, 2018
BUT WHERE’D YA GET THEM TITTIES?! 🤪
— Nicki (@NickiTaylor) November 27, 2018
Hmm thats little extra work i can see 🧐🧐
— Reapered (@Reapered) November 27, 2018
The amount of effort and dedication that @estherlynnhhj puts into @Sneaky‘s cosplays
— ☁️ manda ☁️ (@hellopanderp) November 28, 2018
OOOFF 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼🔥🔥🔥 https://t.co/MWbRII4ayE
https://twitter.com/Rhymetxt/status/1067552450763091968
In other words, Sneaky is the ultimate gamer, and he’s king (and queen) of the esports world.
https://twitter.com/riglow/status/1067560701907140613
https://twitter.com/geminerrie/status/1067569589331013632
https://twitter.com/Pluidom/status/1067762274335670272
Even an official League of Legends Twitter account joined in on the fun.
https://twitter.com/loleu/status/1067750179569229824
As for why Sneaky’s cosplay is so popular, fans want to see his cosplay because it’s crossplay, not in spite of it. Dot Esports reporter Nicole Carpenter stresses that Sneaky is challenging esports by introducing non-normative ways of thinking about gender and cosplay.
“Esports is very heteronormative and his cosplay choices are moving the boundaries—and folks want that boundary of what’s acceptable to expand,” Carpenter told the Daily Dot. (This reporter used to work for Dot Esports, an esports publisher that was previously a part of the Daily Dot.)
This isn’t the first time Sneaky went viral with his crossplay looks. In November, Sneaky cosplayed as Dynasty Ahri from League of Legends. Then there’s his iconic Halloween cosplay, where he donned an outfit for Astolfo from Fate/Apocrypha, complete with thigh highs and a pink schoolgirl outfit.
Zach and I got to do a collab with @Team_SpiralCats ! I had an amazing time💕 Thank you for being so kind to us😻 pic.twitter.com/87I8x5e7af
— Lynn (@lynnliliaxiv) November 6, 2018
https://twitter.com/Sneaky/status/1057678789180776448
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Suffice to say, fans can expect more Sneaky cosplay in the near future too, as he teased in late October that “many streams and cosplays are coming soon” during his off-season.
