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*~*~MFF 2013 Con, Dance and Feels Recap~*~*
12 years ago
Dancing Through Life...
This was my very first MFF and wow what a con space. The hotel is wicked cool, as I'm a sucker for neatly designed buildings. But you're not here for an in depth discussion of building design, you want dem details.
Well first off major thanks to Vince and Atsu for picking us up from the Midway Airport Thursday afternoon. Twas the best start to the con to see your smiling faces and go get some noms at Steak N' Shake. After that we unpacked our luggage and we were whisked away to Benchilla's room. Hugs were to be had as we got to see Doryuu, Flip, Ikato, Rahne, Glitch, and Freya for the first time that MFF which was awesome.
So then our interview started and not long into it a suiter clawed at the door. Little did I know that Ben had stagged a whole thing to capture my reaction to Ty Fusky being at MFF. I saw that adorable head peek around the corner and I fucking freaked. I latched on to him in a koala bear hug and just.... yes.... yes! Then of course I wanted to hit him but that's out relationship. <3
So yeah, much interviewing and chatting later, it was time to head down to Registration. This was the most archaic system of registration I've ever seen. One giant line leading up to alphabetized lines you don't even know about? And then when you get up there they don't just give you a badge they give you a sticky note and send you elsewhere? Then the conbook doesn't even come with a bag to hold it? Come on guys.
Anywho at this time I wanted to drink so we meet up with Reyn Dog and his gf Katie. Drinks were had, I got drunk, I put Gale on and caused chaos and hammed it up for video cameras all around the con space. Strobes and I finally met Frost Wolf and his friends, that guy rules! He's so damn chill! I also met the lovely Spazz Fox in my drunken shenanigans, which was awesome! BEDTIME.
Friday. Frostbite, Lav, Strobes and I decided to have a roomate breakfast by walking 15min to the mall food court. It wasn't open. We got stuff at Starbucks that was meh. That was when we all realized there is like no food in a reasonable walking distance from the hotel, especially in 30 degree windy weather. Anywho after that I suited up for the Saber Tooth Photoshoot which was a roaring success! Got to see my buddies Mojito, Sabre T Tiger, Torq, Revit, Sodders, Slash, and many others which was awesome. The sabers are always an incredible group of folks! After that it was dinner time before dance comp tryouts. TJ, Bemani, Strobes and I went to the Mexican restaurant up the road about 15min. SO WORTH THE WALK OMG <3 Amazing food, timeliness and prices!
After that it was back to the hotel to suit up and do the dance comp tryouts. 30 people were entering novice and another 30 were trying out for veteran. So I was fucking terrified. Some dancers I had always wanted to see dance in person were trying out like Sparky from the Netherlands and Sekki from Japan. Strobes ended up getting in in the second round, pulling our duet performance through to Sunday. But I was still stressed hoping for my friends to get in. The Veteran category was brutal, everyone was soooooo good. And the Novice? Holy shit new talent! Watching prelims always gets me so fucking amped!!!!
After that it was shower time again then drinking and time, time to suit up and to get ready for DJ Recca's set! His set fucking ruled and man did I go to bed exhausted haha.
Saturday. Breakfast, practicing for Floor Wars with JD Puppy and getting in my pirate costume for the parade. Yay parade, then I had to quickly change costumes into my full suit and vest. Then it was time to go to "Quitting the Fandom" then run to Floor Wars. People adored the fact that JD and I had matching outfits so that was awesome. Floor Wars was fucking insane. People left it all out on that floor. I could not be more proud of Cyan and Strobes for getting to the finals, holy shit. And congrats to my boys Sadie and Ikato for winning the out of suit.
Then a thing happened I honestly never in my life thought would. JD Puppy and I threw down our hardest moves and nastiest combos. We beat the shit out of ourselves, bruised our bodies and went hard as a mascot on game day. And.... we won. We won Floor Wars. Like..... D: WHAT?! It's still slowly hitting me that that happened. Also I'm so honored I got to dance with my best friend for the battles, JD and I worked so hard at making those combos and it payed off. <3 Also a million thanks to Bemani, Thunder, Apollo, Snowy, Ty Fusky and Leone for throwing it all down and giving us some crazy awesome battles!
Here are the Floor Wars Videos:
Round 1:
Semi Finals:
Grand Finals:
After that I showered, grabbed dinner with Strobes, Cyan, Reyn Dog, and Katie Then we drank, ran around, partied, shenaniganed and all that. I was in suit when I saw Huscoon debuting his new suit head. I fangirled it for a solid two minutes only to hear him behind me say "Thank you!" Tricked! Then I did the same to Nbowa only to realize Langren was in the suit not Nbowa. Damn you tricksters!
Finally it was time for Tekfox and Rawkzor's sets. I WAS FUCKING AMPED. Best two hours of the con right there! Danced like crazy with all my friends, be it hardcore dancing or naughty grinding, it was all fun. Rocked that stage with Rei, OMGSparky, Trenton, Apollo, Neeren, Yazzu, Cyan, Akida, Flip, Ikato, Humphery, Pink Lightning, Blue Thunder, Red Velvet, Bemani, Kwik, Kamillex, Toay, and a million billion others. Best part of the con hands down. Don't Stop Me Now....
Sunday. Oh Sunday. Basically Strobes and I suited up, practiced and bam it was time for the Dance Comp. Everyone fucking killed it. OMG. Oh my fucking god. I loved watching everyone go out there. But yo fuck these damn hardwood floors. Could barely move haha.
Shout out to OMGSparky, Snowy Fox and Furtunity. The three of you made me legit cry. I was so proud of you all. You have improved so well and you all went out on that floor and left it all out there. Mad props guys, mad props. <3
And of course congrats to all the winners! Well deserved my darlings <3
Strobes and I had fun, and we made the crowd get into it, but alas it wasn't as clean as it should have been and we can do a lot better next time! Just you all wait!
Then it was like BAM! Feels fest up in JD's room. And honestly I just wanted to party and have fun with everyone, not spit feels all night. Sorry if I seemed aggravated guys. I just hate the last day of cons. But dude I got to bond with Athena, Rody, Apollo, Blue and Pink a lot more than I ever had before which ruled! Thanks for keeping my Sunday positive guys! <3
After that it was time to film Camo's cypher video and go to the dead dog. I fursuited and danced until I could barely stand. For those that were there for my rolling down the hallway shenanigans you know why I was dead tired haha. But yeah, Strobes and I ran away for a dinner date and called it a night.
Monday consisted of packing and one last breakfast with Ty Fusky, Rody, Diggy, Camo and Strobes. Then a million goodbyes and then Strobes, Diggy and myself grabbing a cab to Midway and a meal. One last goodbye sesh. Boarding the plane. Take off. Boston. Goodnight.
MFF 2013 was over.
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FEELS TIME
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Honestly MFF was a weird con for me. I got to see all my pals but I felt very very taken aback by a lot of people. I felt like many of my friends were very off, and just not being themselves. There were moments I looked at people and though "Who are you and what did you do with my friend?" I'd look out at the Cyphers at the nightly dances and think "wait where's this person, or this person, or this person..." and it upset me. This happened to me a multitude of times and it threw my whole con off. Did I have fun? Yeah, yeah I did. Was it my favorite con, fuck no! Honestly I don't see the granduer. FurFright remains my favorite con, followed close by Anthrocon and FCN (now MCFC). Will I come back? Yes I will. They have a lot to improve on though holy shit.
As for my own feels. Well Sunday night triggered a lot of feels for me. Like I said earlier though I wanted to party with everyone not blab about feels. But here you go here's my feels.
Up until 2010 I was living the life. I had a countless amount of friends, I was a party gal and an engineering major at an amazing college, I was the mascot at said college and I basically was a fucking god at UVM. I was Mama Mollie for my friends and I loved to have fun. Then in January 2011 I found the fandom through furry dance videos. I hopped right on board. I said to myself "Holy shit, people mascot for fun with their own characters?!" And got right on in. I created Nexus Folf first and she was my only character for my first con, Anthrocon 2011. Then I created Gale Frostbane and she debuted as a fursuit for FurFright 2011. After FF I got so deeply involved with furry it just grasped my life. And I loved it. Everyone was so kind, welcoming and loving. This inner animal person I always had wanted to be finally got to come out and I loved it! My family accepted it and so did my friends. And in 2012, after AC 2012, Camo Husky pushed me to dance. I was terrified of the thought. "ME? Dancing with people like Atsu..... Doryuu.... Dex Raccoon....V..... NOPE" I was terrified. But at FurFright 2012 I did it. I danced in the competition and I had so much fun. I'll always remember the advice I got from Ikato, Kwik, Atsu, Camo, Remix and others on how to improve and grow. I felt accepted. It was amazing. FurFright 2012 will always be an amazing con for me because I also spent it with the love of my life, Strobes. The DancerFam not only helped me express myself as a dancer, but I found my true love. Kavi and Blue immediately started helping me grow back home in Boston. I did dance classes, I watched videos, Blue even got me to dance without my suit on in Boston outside the Prudential Center one night. I got into the FCN Dance Comp and had a blast with it. I danced with Squeak, one of the dancers that inspired me to join the fandom in the first place. I wanted to get better. I started dancing at college, hiding behind a booze blanket, but people praised me. It was awesome. Strobes and I did a duet at Anthrocon. We fucking danced on the fucking AC stage. A dream became real. Quickly Remix and Flinch became my mentors, guiding me and critiquing me till I wanted to get better and better and better. I did the FurFright dance comp.
But all this time I thought to myself. "You're a mascot Mollie... you've got nothing technical. You'll never place." And I saw how brutal the competitions changed people and god I thought "maybe I don't want to place...." Then my bf did. And Flinch and Remix did. And I was so happy. I was so proud! <3 I wanted to show them I could do it to, I could train hard enough and place one day.
Floor Wars at MFF. JD and I danced our hearts out. And we did it. We won. We were Floor Wars champions. I had finally placed. Guys I'm sobbing right now just thinking about it. I wanna get better, and I'm going to.... and I'm going to work hard to get better. I want to entertain the crowd until I fucking die. I wanna make them laugh and I'll break every fucking bone in my body, doing stunts and shit to make that audience smile. I will not give up, I will not stop dancing and I will never stop fursuiting. You dancers got me addicted to this fandom and I ain't going anywhere now.
Dancer Fam For Life. <3
You are a great dancer and your performances were awesome!
I'm glad I've met up with you so much since you were on my list too <3
You two looked awesome out there nontheless!
See you next time!
=^..^= SK
Can't wait till next time!