Attending a comic convention dressed as a Redshirt from Star Trek is, y'know, fine but not exactly inspired. But attending a convention dressed as a Redshirt, and then posing with other cosplayers as they "kill" you over and over again? Genius!

That's what Timothey Adam did last weekend at Emerald City Comicon in Seattle, recruiting cosplayers dressed as characters ranging from Batman and Harley Quinn to Chewbacca and the War Boys to put that Star Trek trope to the test.

"I really appreciated how some people really got in character with their choice of 'kill-or-maim-me," Adam wrote on his Facebook page, where he shares dozens of photos from the convention.

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(via The Daily Dot)