Ohhhh, what to say. Basically, oniichan and I partied HARD. If I had to rate my overall experience, I’d give it a solid 7.5/10. Points get taken away because the people attending weren’t particularly friendly and neither were many of the con staff. BUT AH, OH WELL, FUCK ALL THIS SERIOUS SHIT LET’S GET ON WI’ THE PICTURES!!!!
PREPARE YOURSELVES FOR A BARRAGE OF PURE AWESOME! FEEL THE LOVE EXPLOSION!!!!!
Waiting in line for badges was rather grueling, but it was worth it because we got to stand behind this guy that looked JUST LIKE Mr. Bean.
After we got our badges, oniichan and I split up. I bolted to the dealers room with my leftover Comiket fever. It is here that I not only found my treasure but a really crappy James cosplayer. He was supposed to be fucking JAMES, though, so naturally I had to get his picture. Afterwards, he tried to strike up a conversation with me, but he had this heavy British accent, and with all the noise in the dealer’s room, I could not make out a single damned word he was saying.
The picture of my treasure will be saved for last. *CACKLE*
After that, oniichan and I met back up and we went around the dealers room together. Then ALL OF OF THE SUDDEN LOLIS, THOUSANDS OF THEM there was this fucking FISH GUY right in front of us and we were like HOLY FUCK IT’S A FISH GUY. So we were all snapping pictures of him all covertly since he was talking to a dealer and we didn’t want to bother him, but then he turns around and is like HAY GAIZ and we’re like HOLY SHIT and he’s all like FUCK YEAH I’M A FISH GUY and we’re all like FUCK YEAH YOU’RE A FISH GUY!
SHIT ROCKED.
So we just went around for the next few hours, eatin’ fudz, goin’ to panelz, u knoe, the usuals. But then suddenly it was FUKKEN FISH GUY AGAIN WITH THIS ZOMBIE GUY AND FUKKEN SOLID SNAKE AND IT WAS LIKE SWEET MOTHER OF RIDER FUCK YEAH!!!!!!!!!1
Later that night, we went to go see Voltaire. It was all pretty chill, except for the drunk fuck in the audience that tried to feel me up. Man, I hate men (except oniichan~<3). Oh, and the violinist was MEGAS COOL.
So, right, we hobbled back to the hotel and that was that (no hawt sexings occurred, as we were rooming with someone orz).
The next day, oniichan and I split up again and I encountered… CTHULHU!!! HE DOES EXIST!!!!!!
As if by fate, I then encountered…
THEY WERE SO AWESOME THAT I FELL TO MY KNEES AND WEPT WITH JOY.
I got a picture of this S.S. soldier… dude… thing. Whatever, let’s not squabble over terms as we all know that S.S. uniforms are the pinnacle of sexiness.
Much, much later, I encountered a DARK SEIBA. Her cosplay might’ve been awesome, but she was a total ho. Oniichan got a picture of her later that night and she was like, “OMG UR THE ONLY ONE WHO’S RECOGNIZED ME *HUG*” and I went, “Uh, I recognized you too. I got your picture earlier.” AND SHE GAVE ME THE LOOK. AS IN, THE WOMAN-HATE LOOK THAT CHICKS GIVE OTHER CHICKS WHEN THEY THINK THAT OTHER CHICKS ARE BEING SLUTS.
WHAT A SKANK, I SHOULD TRACK HER DOWN AND SEND HER A VIDEO OF ONIICHAN GIVING ME THE BAD TOUCH.
I saw some Spartans going up an escalator, and I had to suppress the urge to scream out, “SPARTANS!!!! I FORGOT WHERE WE’RE DINING TONIGHT!!!!!”
JESUS CHRIST, IT’S A TANK!!!!!!! (For those not familiar with my terminology, a tank is a fat cosplayer.)
Oniichan and I were walking around and ALL OF THE SUDDEN, we saw the FSM again!!! He got a picture of me being touched by His Noodly Appendage (IF I DON’T LOOK LIKE A COW, I’D LIKE TO POST IT) and I got a picture of this adorable little kid getting touched. That sounds so wrong, LOL.
I’m not sure if oniichan noticed, but there was this guy who brought his daughter along and kept telling the little girl to pose with all the hot women so he could get pictures. I’m guessing he did that so he wouldn’t look creepy or something. But he totally did. Real life perverts: THEY’RE NOT COOL, YO.
Anddddd a pretty good Gandalf and a kinda decent [NON-FATTY] Seras.
After a late dinner, oniichan and I got pictures of these guys. And we lol’d pretty hard.
You know, I’ve only ever seen really, really good Jack Sparrow cosplays. Fucking thumbs up.
Disinterested-looking Hellsing cosplayers. The Asian one tried to kick me out of a convention once a few years back because I had a fucking sign. He was such a complete asshole to me–I will NEVAR forgive and NEVAR forget.
I LOL’D SO HARD, I SWEAR TO RIDER.
SUDDENLY, A GOOMBA AND JAMIE HYNEMAN!!!
……………I don’t even think I need to SAY anything.
Paul and I tried to go to this ~RAINBOW FLAG~ party thing to behold the faggotry, but the hotel it was being held in was at full capacity, and they weren’t letting people in because it was a “fire hazard.” Um, sorry, but last time I checked, people don’t spontaneously combust when they’re in large crowds. Anyway, so, that plan was out, so we just headed back to the hotel and watched Fresh Prince until we both conked out.
THE NEXT DAY!
I thought this girl was a Strawberry Panic cosplayer at first, but looking at the picture, I really don’t think so. Aren’t the colors different in the series? :o
I AM TOO LAZY FOR COMMENTARY. HERE ARE THE NEXT FOUR PICTURES.
Somewhere along the line, I got this shirt:
Oniichan, me, and our roommate went to go see the Star Trek: TNG cast reunion. Basically, we just watched Brent Spiner be an asshole for a whole hour–which was really disappointing because Data was my favorite character after Picard. :(
So, right, after that, we headed home… AND I HUNG MY TREASURE ON MY WALL FOR ALL TO SEE.
ARE YOU READY FOR THIS, KIDS?!!??!?!
SHE’S GORGEOUS. SHE’S LOVELY. SHE’S BEAUTIFUL. SHE’S SHANA. OH GOD SHANA IS HOT. And she was only 10USD!!! I also got some Mai HiME gashapon (Nao, Natsuki, and Mikoto from this set) and Good Smile Company’s masked Rider gashapon and a Star Trek communicator pin and let me tell you, I am VERY pleased with this haul. Will take pics of the rest of it later.
So, right, that’s it! I had a great time, and I hope to attend next year’s DragonCon as well.~
I *THINK* the SS guy is one of the lieutenant d00dz in Hellboy or something, but don’t hold me to that. I’ve only ever seen the movie and hardly remember any of it, except that it had some really smart fish dude, was rather fun, and FUCKING RED BULL EVERYWHERE.
Anyway, I hope to have my own DragonCon experience up within the next day or two. Might even get it started tonight if I feel up to it. :D
Great photos and great write-up! Sounds like you guys had a blast.
I especially liked the FSM; that’s definitely one you don’t see every day. The Monty Python troupe was cool, too. It looked like they were really having a good time with it.
Also, I gotta agree with your comment about Jack Sparrow cosplayers. I haven’t run into very many of them, but the ones I have seen have all been excellent, both in costume and character. :)
Jeez. That Peter Griffin Che Guevara homage T-shirt is very awesome. :P
More movies cosplayer then anime cosplayers, but whatever, they rules anyway. Gosh US sounds like fun…
OH GOD SHANA IS HOT
Sucks that Spiner was a jerk. Data cracked me up all the time when watching TNG.
Damn you Marmot. DAMN YOU. AND I JUST GOT OVER SHANA AND MY LOLICON FETISH.
Thanks to you, I’m foiled yet again!
o/////o OOOHHH, SHANA-TAN….
AND I THINK THAT IS STRAWBERRY PANIC..ISN’T IT LE RIM’S UNIFORM?
YEAH I THINK SO BUT STILL LOL
Epic con looks epic~ Wish I could’ve been there. Jenni (my co-blogger) will be jealous too. Neeechaaaaan, I’m so going with you next time ^w^