American Fan:
do the actors get to wear what they want in a series or are the fits assigned based on the character they play?
Good question. There's no doubt that "DMD Friendship the Reality" was very "choreographed" (figuratively speaking). I mean that in a good way, as I don't like "reality TV" unless it has a lot of structure (i.e. more "pseudo-reality", as real life is so boring and poorly structured). Regarding the final show and especially the costumes, I'm guessing that the artists/contestents got a lot of professional support but that the basic decisions were largely their own. I will ask Tutor and Yim about this the next time we have one of our meet-ups.
As to what this means for the outfit in "BOTW", it's surely decided by the director, who I'm sure also tries to play to the perceived wishes of BL fandom.