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Con report!
Hey guys! So on Saturday I went to the London Film and Comic Convention (it's kind of becoming a yearly tradition!) with ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
flying_girl73 . As usual, it was fun but exhausting, and I met a lot of cool people and picked up some nerd crap I couldn't get anywhere else. For example! I got the Knight & Squire collected tpb signed by the artist, Jimmy Broxton, who due to my complete inability to talk normally thought I asked for 'Knight on Squire action' and proceeded to laugh hysterically for about five minutes while I blushed (for those not in the know: Squire is 16. Knight is... considerably older) and then drew me a lovely picture that was thankfully not what I'd asked for. I also got Avatar: The Lost Adventures and another pony (Applejack!). The con this year was totally rammed because everyone wanted to see Karen Gillan (she was screened off in her own corner, it was insane) but I suppose it wasn't as crowded is it might have been in the US! You guys have the really serious cons.
Now, the other reason i go to these things is to see the cosplayers. Not in any weird way, I just really love seeing people dressed up as their favourite characters and enjoying themselves, and I get a kick out of sharing a moment with someone when I recognise who they are. So 90% of the pictures I take are of cosplayers, and I thought I'd share them with you guys!
Finn and Princess Bubblegum from Adventure Time! These were the first people I took a picture of. I was so overjoyed that they were there, I didn't know if Adventure Time was a big thing over here.
And holy crap, another Finn and an awesome Marceline! I love that she did Mohawk Marceline. It's probably my favourite hairstyle of hers.
(oh by the way guys I guess I should tell you I like Adventure Time)
Susan and Death! I kind of hope that this was a family cosplay or a couple cosplay :p (The cutest couples cosplay I saw was Police!Amy and Roman!Rory)
BANDIT CONFESSION: I have a big ol' secret crush on Ellis from Left 2 Dead 2 (I always play as him, his dialogue is hilarious). So when I saw him I couldn't help but squeal 'Ellis!' and ask for a picture. I think either he or Nick was a dad, as they had this really cute kid with them.
The Spy was amazing, he talked in the accent the entire time. The woman on the right is reacting to the sudden onset of rain (Oh, British summertime).
Isabela! Not as nice asgoldeneagle 's, hobvs, but she was a very nice lady, and I totally didn't expect to see a DA2 cosplayer there. She told me that there'll be a bunch at the video game con in October, though, and I'm planning to go.
Oracle protest cosplay (because she doesn't need to be Batgirl to be relevant)! Again, this lady was great. It was fun to talk to her and commiserate about the DCU reboot.
And now, my favourite picture of myself ever.....
This guy is great, he lives locally and dressed up as Bane for my local comic store's Free Comic Book Day. He remembered me because I was the only person that recognised him back then (it was great, he was walking a tiny dog). The pose is, of course, a reference to the Hercules 'cool story, bro' panel.
Anywhoo, that's it for cosplayer fun until the video games con in October, when I hope to participate myself! I was thinking of being human Twilight Sparkle. Apparently the wig wouldn't be as hard to do as I thought and I already own most of the stuff I'd need (completely by accident, I dress in a lot of pink and purple anyway) and I might knit a sweatervest with her cutie mark as a sort of argyll pattern. Kind of like this? I'll keep you all posted.
flying_girl73 . As usual, it was fun but exhausting, and I met a lot of cool people and picked up some nerd crap I couldn't get anywhere else. For example! I got the Knight & Squire collected tpb signed by the artist, Jimmy Broxton, who due to my complete inability to talk normally thought I asked for 'Knight on Squire action' and proceeded to laugh hysterically for about five minutes while I blushed (for those not in the know: Squire is 16. Knight is... considerably older) and then drew me a lovely picture that was thankfully not what I'd asked for. I also got Avatar: The Lost Adventures and another pony (Applejack!). The con this year was totally rammed because everyone wanted to see Karen Gillan (she was screened off in her own corner, it was insane) but I suppose it wasn't as crowded is it might have been in the US! You guys have the really serious cons.Now, the other reason i go to these things is to see the cosplayers. Not in any weird way, I just really love seeing people dressed up as their favourite characters and enjoying themselves, and I get a kick out of sharing a moment with someone when I recognise who they are. So 90% of the pictures I take are of cosplayers, and I thought I'd share them with you guys!
Finn and Princess Bubblegum from Adventure Time! These were the first people I took a picture of. I was so overjoyed that they were there, I didn't know if Adventure Time was a big thing over here.
And holy crap, another Finn and an awesome Marceline! I love that she did Mohawk Marceline. It's probably my favourite hairstyle of hers.
(oh by the way guys I guess I should tell you I like Adventure Time)
Susan and Death! I kind of hope that this was a family cosplay or a couple cosplay :p (The cutest couples cosplay I saw was Police!Amy and Roman!Rory)
BANDIT CONFESSION: I have a big ol' secret crush on Ellis from Left 2 Dead 2 (I always play as him, his dialogue is hilarious). So when I saw him I couldn't help but squeal 'Ellis!' and ask for a picture. I think either he or Nick was a dad, as they had this really cute kid with them.
The Spy was amazing, he talked in the accent the entire time. The woman on the right is reacting to the sudden onset of rain (Oh, British summertime).
Isabela! Not as nice as
goldeneagle 's, hobvs, but she was a very nice lady, and I totally didn't expect to see a DA2 cosplayer there. She told me that there'll be a bunch at the video game con in October, though, and I'm planning to go.Oracle protest cosplay (because she doesn't need to be Batgirl to be relevant)! Again, this lady was great. It was fun to talk to her and commiserate about the DCU reboot.
And now, my favourite picture of myself ever.....
This guy is great, he lives locally and dressed up as Bane for my local comic store's Free Comic Book Day. He remembered me because I was the only person that recognised him back then (it was great, he was walking a tiny dog). The pose is, of course, a reference to the Hercules 'cool story, bro' panel.
Anywhoo, that's it for cosplayer fun until the video games con in October, when I hope to participate myself! I was thinking of being human Twilight Sparkle. Apparently the wig wouldn't be as hard to do as I thought and I already own most of the stuff I'd need (completely by accident, I dress in a lot of pink and purple anyway) and I might knit a sweatervest with her cutie mark as a sort of argyll pattern. Kind of like this? I'll keep you all posted.