I can't even begin to explain how much I regretted going to this con and promised myself I would never go back (lies). So that I'm not eating up too much detail of the actual report: some panels didn't have hosts show up, some all ages panels were so horribly graphic that they should have been 18+ (some of which had staff in the room and they just let it happen) and schedule changes were not made aware to the attendees.
My con started quite late Friday night, as Nexus and Tobi were unable to pick me up on time. We finally arrived around 8 at night, me in my Natsuo cosplay. We perused the con while we waited for Velocity, as I was rooming with her, thus needed to know where I was staying. Having just had a car accident the month prior to con, I was slow moving and sore. This was made more evident when Velocity's way of greeting me was sneaking up behind me and nudging her shoulder none too gently into mine (probably the one and only time I wanted to strangler her). She went back and forth to Tobi's car with me to help me with my luggage. Walked around the con for a bit before holing myself up in the room with Serra, Asuma, Velocity and Crimson, to which there was a misunderstanding on my part over sleeping arrangements, which was begruingly looked over for the most part. Hit the sack early. Due to staff meetings and tensions rising, I spent most of my Saturday morning and afternoon hanging out with Tobi, Nexus, Unger and Tama. Poked around some panels and photoshoots and hung around the lobby, where the hotel, due to being safari themed, had tiger cubs. Once it was deemed "safe" for me to meet up with Velocity and return to the room, we piddled around in Touya and Kurama, trying to find things to do. She vented a bit to me, which she needed, and we figured out our nightly plans from there. Did a large con family dinner at Cracker Barrel and came back to change cosplays to wind down. I changed into Kaoru, while Velocity and the con parents got into their InuYasha group. After a 15 minute shpeel of Velocity wondering where her pants went (she was dressed as Kagome and is not fond of skirts), we finally got into the con space. After some walking and freezing outside, we hit the bar, the con parents leaving us alone after a while. After some drinks and a little dancing, we went back to the room to sleep. Packed up Sunday morning, got into Hetalia gear and we moved my things back to the car. Grabbed a quick snack before we really started to get moving, hit the DR and AA, then went to the Hetalia photoshoot, where we were able to get a free print off of one of our photos. There was some more miscommunication while sitting on the sidelines that really put my mood down, so by then I just wanted the con to be over. About 30 minutes later, Tobi and Nexus wanted to leave, so we walked around a bit together as a group and giving Velocity a backrub because her binding was hurting her. We said our goodbyes and headed home. Nearly got into an accident because Tobi nearly fell asleep at the wheel. Fucking terrifying T_T
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
KB's Ramblings
Just writing here about my adventures in the cosplay scene. Archives
December 2016
|