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So back from I-con
13 years ago
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Might as well post about it!
I had a seriously amazing time. This is the 2nd best I-con for me ever! (Nothing can beat my first time, I spent pretty much the entire con going to Vic Mignogna panels xD) There weren't any anime guests I was interesting in seeing but that's okay. I'll see if I can do an overview of what I did
Friday: I had to go on a different line than my friend because he pre-registered and I didn't (I didn't know what state I would be in so I didn't want to buy a ticket and end up being too sick to go) There was some guy blowing bubbles on line and the person in front of me was apparently a famous furry artist and I got to look at his art and stuff, it was cool. I think he was Speet or something, I'd have to look at the card again. It turns out I didn't have to wait on the line anyway due to having MS and if you have a disability you could go to disability services but the person holding that sign was all the way at the front of the line so I didn't see it until I was done. Waiting on line pretty much killed my legs for the entire con which sucked. And I was hungry and wanted churros but Stonybrook doesn't sell them anymore D: I was so looking forward to them too.
Anyway, as soon as that was all taken care of I went to the dealers room and I got some dice, 2 posters, and a Knuckles plushie. (I've wanted a Knuckles plushie for literally 10 years so it was awesome, and the posters were only 2 dollars which was also awesome) My friend went with me but then went to a Doctor Who thing, and after that we went to an anime trivia game. He said it was boring but I had fun xD They didn't call on me very often though because I was kinda near the back so they didn't always see me =_= I could've answered one of the questions that everyone else was stuck on (what pokemon types has Ash yet to acquire) we got candy for answering right and I got some. After that we went to another thing but it didn't start so we went over to open console gaming, I was hoping that there would be DDR (it would be a bad idea to play it but I would anyway because I'm dumb and love DDR) but there wasn't. It was okay though because I met a cool person and exchanged FA usernames, and got a piggyback ride from a Yoshi.
Oh, and I wore my growlithe Kigurumi and got a bunch of picture requests wich made me happy. I'm really glad people liked it! I'm a derp though and forgot to have someone take a picture for myself xD
Afterwards we went to Denny's and had an interesting adventure getting there involving both of our GPS's telling us the wrong place and not recognizing the address. We had to call them to find out where the hell they were. It was delicious though and awesome to have french toast at 1am xD But then it took them 20 minutes to give us the check and we had to go to the front desk because they forgot about us...
Saturday: It was horribly rainy so I didn't cosplay for most of the day. Also, Friday night I realized I had accidentally left the stuff I got from the Dealer's Room in Open Gaming but it was still there when I arrived and that was great. I'm happy no one stole it. My friend went to some more Dr. Who stuff (there were a lot of Dr. Who guests this year) while I went to Yo Mama anime fight and participated. I then went to Fandom Feud and it was cool since I met some cool cosplayers and got to participate with them but none of the questions were anime or video game related so I didn't know as much as I'd hoped. After that I spent more time in the Dealer's Room and got a bunch of cool stuff, including another poster and the entirety of Pandora Hearts (I actually asked if they had it on Friday and they told me to come back on Saturday when they restocked so I did) and met up with another friend. I spent some time resting too and met a cool Fiona from Skies of Arcadia cosplayer and ran into them several times after (It was amusing because I was in different outfits/cosplays each time xD) I also got a nice top hat and a fully functional cane, the latter was amazing because I seriously needed it. I looked fancy with them xD Also On my way to the Dealer's Room I got to see some amazing (mostly Vocaloid, led by a male Miku) cosplayers doing dances. I hope that goes up on youtube soon because it was really cool.
After that the rain let up so I donned the growlithe kigu again and went to Cosplay Courtcase which was really amusing. There was an amazing Weevil cosplayer and also an amazingly in-character Joey cosplayer. Antics were had there. Then we went to a pannel called "Ecchi! Can they really do that in anime?!" where they showed funny ecchi-like clips from anime that aren't actually ecchi. Unsurprisingly, I was one of only 3 girls there. It was hilarious, especially since they showed some stuff from Golden Boy and FLCL, and another anime that was apparently PG-13 with "brief nudity" but showed more than I knew was allowed. The funniest one was from (deeep breath) "Onii-chan no Koto Nanka Zenzen Suki Janain Dakara ne!!" which was actually a BL scene. Before they put it on they asked the audience what BL was I raised my hand first so I had to answer too xD also, THE MOON IS WATCHING! There were technical difficulties so we ended up watching the first episode of a show called Kore Wa Zombie Desu Ka?! or something like that. It was pretty cool. In the same room there was a pannel about the Legends of the Hidden Temple and I thought it would be cool but it was boring. We had to leave soon after it started anyway to line up for Voltaire, so after that we went to a Voltaire concert which of course was awesome, and then went back.
Sunday: The best day. Spend pretty much the entire time playing my first Tabletop RPG (Maid) It was Black Butler themed and I got to be Sebastian. I may make an entirely new post about how that went. Oh, and I got a picture of a Eureka cosplayer from Eureka's castle and it was amazing. I cosplayed as Kyouya myself and got some picture requests too. I'm glad people liked my cosplays this year. I almost got in trouble for the cane (seriously people had to have brightly colored foam swords peace binded...) but they let me go when they realized it was for medical reasons.
I didn't take as many pictures as I usually do but that's ok. I saw an epic Grell cosplayer too and got a picture of them. And that's about it. This is already long enough so I'll end it here.
I had a seriously amazing time. This is the 2nd best I-con for me ever! (Nothing can beat my first time, I spent pretty much the entire con going to Vic Mignogna panels xD) There weren't any anime guests I was interesting in seeing but that's okay. I'll see if I can do an overview of what I did
Friday: I had to go on a different line than my friend because he pre-registered and I didn't (I didn't know what state I would be in so I didn't want to buy a ticket and end up being too sick to go) There was some guy blowing bubbles on line and the person in front of me was apparently a famous furry artist and I got to look at his art and stuff, it was cool. I think he was Speet or something, I'd have to look at the card again. It turns out I didn't have to wait on the line anyway due to having MS and if you have a disability you could go to disability services but the person holding that sign was all the way at the front of the line so I didn't see it until I was done. Waiting on line pretty much killed my legs for the entire con which sucked. And I was hungry and wanted churros but Stonybrook doesn't sell them anymore D: I was so looking forward to them too.
Anyway, as soon as that was all taken care of I went to the dealers room and I got some dice, 2 posters, and a Knuckles plushie. (I've wanted a Knuckles plushie for literally 10 years so it was awesome, and the posters were only 2 dollars which was also awesome) My friend went with me but then went to a Doctor Who thing, and after that we went to an anime trivia game. He said it was boring but I had fun xD They didn't call on me very often though because I was kinda near the back so they didn't always see me =_= I could've answered one of the questions that everyone else was stuck on (what pokemon types has Ash yet to acquire) we got candy for answering right and I got some. After that we went to another thing but it didn't start so we went over to open console gaming, I was hoping that there would be DDR (it would be a bad idea to play it but I would anyway because I'm dumb and love DDR) but there wasn't. It was okay though because I met a cool person and exchanged FA usernames, and got a piggyback ride from a Yoshi.
Oh, and I wore my growlithe Kigurumi and got a bunch of picture requests wich made me happy. I'm really glad people liked it! I'm a derp though and forgot to have someone take a picture for myself xD
Afterwards we went to Denny's and had an interesting adventure getting there involving both of our GPS's telling us the wrong place and not recognizing the address. We had to call them to find out where the hell they were. It was delicious though and awesome to have french toast at 1am xD But then it took them 20 minutes to give us the check and we had to go to the front desk because they forgot about us...
Saturday: It was horribly rainy so I didn't cosplay for most of the day. Also, Friday night I realized I had accidentally left the stuff I got from the Dealer's Room in Open Gaming but it was still there when I arrived and that was great. I'm happy no one stole it. My friend went to some more Dr. Who stuff (there were a lot of Dr. Who guests this year) while I went to Yo Mama anime fight and participated. I then went to Fandom Feud and it was cool since I met some cool cosplayers and got to participate with them but none of the questions were anime or video game related so I didn't know as much as I'd hoped. After that I spent more time in the Dealer's Room and got a bunch of cool stuff, including another poster and the entirety of Pandora Hearts (I actually asked if they had it on Friday and they told me to come back on Saturday when they restocked so I did) and met up with another friend. I spent some time resting too and met a cool Fiona from Skies of Arcadia cosplayer and ran into them several times after (It was amusing because I was in different outfits/cosplays each time xD) I also got a nice top hat and a fully functional cane, the latter was amazing because I seriously needed it. I looked fancy with them xD Also On my way to the Dealer's Room I got to see some amazing (mostly Vocaloid, led by a male Miku) cosplayers doing dances. I hope that goes up on youtube soon because it was really cool.
After that the rain let up so I donned the growlithe kigu again and went to Cosplay Courtcase which was really amusing. There was an amazing Weevil cosplayer and also an amazingly in-character Joey cosplayer. Antics were had there. Then we went to a pannel called "Ecchi! Can they really do that in anime?!" where they showed funny ecchi-like clips from anime that aren't actually ecchi. Unsurprisingly, I was one of only 3 girls there. It was hilarious, especially since they showed some stuff from Golden Boy and FLCL, and another anime that was apparently PG-13 with "brief nudity" but showed more than I knew was allowed. The funniest one was from (deeep breath) "Onii-chan no Koto Nanka Zenzen Suki Janain Dakara ne!!" which was actually a BL scene. Before they put it on they asked the audience what BL was I raised my hand first so I had to answer too xD also, THE MOON IS WATCHING! There were technical difficulties so we ended up watching the first episode of a show called Kore Wa Zombie Desu Ka?! or something like that. It was pretty cool. In the same room there was a pannel about the Legends of the Hidden Temple and I thought it would be cool but it was boring. We had to leave soon after it started anyway to line up for Voltaire, so after that we went to a Voltaire concert which of course was awesome, and then went back.
Sunday: The best day. Spend pretty much the entire time playing my first Tabletop RPG (Maid) It was Black Butler themed and I got to be Sebastian. I may make an entirely new post about how that went. Oh, and I got a picture of a Eureka cosplayer from Eureka's castle and it was amazing. I cosplayed as Kyouya myself and got some picture requests too. I'm glad people liked my cosplays this year. I almost got in trouble for the cane (seriously people had to have brightly colored foam swords peace binded...) but they let me go when they realized it was for medical reasons.
I didn't take as many pictures as I usually do but that's ok. I saw an epic Grell cosplayer too and got a picture of them. And that's about it. This is already long enough so I'll end it here.
I'm so out of the loop these days on anime as I didn't recognize even half of the cool things you did. However, I think it was super awesome in how you got to participate in so many different events. The trivia, trial, and panels sound like super times. Even the adventure getting to Denny's sounds like an adventure for the record books.
I still have to check out your pictures, but I'm super happy you had such a wonderful time, got to see and do so many things, and finally get yourself a Knuckles plushie. Oopa-Gaboo to Y-O-U!