Sakura Parfait
THIIIIISSS! This so much.
One time I came across a cosplay of Hermione (which was way off) with no reference picture, and there was one comment by one of the voters who said "a reference pic isn't needed because everyone knows about Harry Potter unless you've been living under a rock." Sorry buddy, but not everyone is a HP fan.
Not to mention, most people aren't going to remember every detail of the outfit. Maybe they're not really refusing to post a pic out of laziness, maybe they just don't want us to notice that they're not using the right eyes, shoes, and hairstyle.
cat_rofl Really, I like Harry Potter, I've seen all the movies, but I'm not gonna remember what shoes she wears with her school robes. It's even worse when someone is cosplaying a character in a certain situation, where they're in a different area and/or wearing a different outfit than usual. The only way it gets dumber is when they don't TELL you that it's supposed to be from a certain scene and then they get all bitchy at you when you don't acknowledge that.