GTA cosplayer warned to close DMs following harassment warnings Rockstar Games, Reddit: Daria GertsenA GTA Vice City cosplayer paying homage to the classic 2002 game has closed their direct messages after fan interactions became worryingly toxic. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is revered as one of Rockstar Games\u2019 best releases. Its beloved 80s aesthetic was influenced by films and shows like Scarface and Miami Vice, and now, cosplayer Daria Gertsen has paid homage to the game\u2019s legendary artwork. However, the cosplayer was met with odd responses shortly after posting their GTA-inspired look. Redditors warn cosplay to close their DMs Cosplayer Daria Gertsen posted her homage to the \u2018The Twins\u2019 from GTA: Vice City on Reddit, gaining favor with fans of the game. The re-creation was so well received, that Redditor Perc300 requested a high-resolution version: \u201cDefinitely post a high res version on IG. This is clean af. I love the palm tree print on the wall.\u201d While some fans noted she looked \u201cexactly like\u201d the iconic game art, many were quick to highlight the incoming barrage of messages from male viewers: \u201cDMS ON LOCKDOWN. STANDBY FOR IDIOTS.\u201d The warnings continued to grow in intensity as fans encouraged the cosplayer to remain private, with one fan declaring Gertsen should have stayed away from Reddit: \u201cYou shouldn\u2019t have posted this on Reddit. You know what these\u2026 simps are like.\u201d \u201cCan you give us an update on what your inbox looks like in 24 hours?\u201d said Redditor SatNam99. After one fan said they \u201csense\u2026 men\u201d coming her way, Gertsen began responding to some of the messages too: \u201cDon\u2019t say that! Aaha I\u2019m ready to defend!\u201d \u201cAhahaha its good idea,\u201d she continued in response to another fan requesting her messages to be switched to private. The cosplayer continues to post on social media, but it is unclear whether they\u2019ve decided to restrict their messages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
GTA cosplayer warned to close DMs following harassment warnings Rockstar Games, Reddit: Daria GertsenA GTA Vice City cosplayer paying homage to the classic 2002 game has closed their direct messages after fan interactions became worryingly toxic. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is revered as one of Rockstar Games\u2019 best releases. Its beloved 80s aesthetic was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88142\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}