My adventures started on Friday.
Early Friday morning I jumped out of bed, terrified and excited, not knowing what the weekend would hold. I am writing this to tell you what has happened and how it has changed me as a person. For the better :P
For starters I would just like to say that this was my first time cosplaying and I was terrified and unsure as to how it would turn out. This is what I went as on Friday. (It is my version of the Yama-Con mascot Yami (Fox pirate this year))
So sadly we got to Yama-Con late because our dear Heiwa had to go to her college class... I despise college -_-
We missed opening ceremonies but that was alright. I had gone through and made a color coded schedule for us so that no matter what happened we would know where everyone was.
After opening ceremonies we went to the Pokemon photo shoot.
Now let me tell ya, I scheduled an hour for photo shoots. They took about five minutes... Because of this unplanned free time (I was so glad that we ended up having frequent down time.) I spent more time in the Merchants Room than when planned.
Oh Bassy O.O And a Ciel dressed as a cow!!!!! I almost started fangirling in the Merchants room XD
We almost lost all our money on the first day, And by lost I mean spent.
It was a real struggle.... They had Ouran HighSchool Host Club posters that I wanted to get so badly... The only problem is I wanted to keep my money and I didn't want to explain why I had a poster of twins cuddling on my wall....
The other thing I really wanted was a bag, a sling bag, messenger bag, it didn't matter to me. I just wanted a cool bag that showed my love for anime. Sadly I have big plans for Christmas and couldn't afford anything. However I found something that was far better than any bag. (keep reading)
SHIZUO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I did fangirl this time :P This cosplayer made my Friday. Look at that stop sign! The craftsmanship! I didn't get a picture of it but shortly after we took the picture an Izaya ran up to him... The fact that I missed that photo-op will haunt me. Shizuo... <3
We also found this one in the Merchants Room. Kirito!!!!!! The sword was wonderfully made, I actually wish we had gotten a better picture of it. I felt really embarrassed asking for a picture because for some reason my voiced squeaked. I guess I was aww struck :P A Shizuo, Izaya and a Kirito... Why wouldn't I be?
We got to see this awesome guy with his awesome booth and its something we are looking into going to, I have never been fond of big cities so Atlanta is a little intimidating to me.
After the dealers room we went to the Iron Cosplay: Davy Back Boat Race
This event was really cool. It appears to be a Yama-Con original event (The iron cosplay part, I think :P ).
The took 3 teams of 4 and gave them random items, Some items that I recognized included tin foil, duct tape, wrapping paper, cardboard and I am sure that there were other items that I just didnt see. The winners got dealers room bucks (The lucky cosplayers...) and the not winners got donuts!!!! Sadly the only picture I got is of the announcer (Who also cosplayed) then I got caught up in the competition and forgot about the camera :P oopsie.
After that we had another photo shoot, Noragami, which sadly we must have been in the wrong spot because we never saw them so we left to get dinner. We ate at Bellacino's as always :) It was delicious and filling. I did get funny looks though, my guess is they didnt recognize my cosplay. We ended up skipping the rave that evening cause of a "No bags" rule and we needed to keep ours with us. Since we skipped we did get to see some of the Con staff in action, I must say that I was very impressed with them. They kept to their rules and they were always around if you needed something and they were always so kind to us, even if we were hopelessly lost :P
A big thanks to the Con staff!!!! (Also please bring The Slants back next year! )
Any who, On to the Cosplay Highlights!!!
There were so many good cosplayers I think I will be putting together a seperate post about them :)
They had their Black Butler cosplays on point!
There will be a seperate post about all the cosplayers so my favorites of the day will be featured here..... (Drum roll!!!!)
The Black Butler group!!!!!
Shizuo takes second place.... Sorry about this photo, meant to ask but then we got mobbed by a group moving through the halls and then he was gone...
To top off the post I am going to show you some of our glamour shots!!! These were taken on Saturday evening but I am just dying to post them :)
Heiwa as Hinata Hyuuga
And me as Kiba Inuzuka.
I really enjoyed my Friday and it gave me a lot of confidence going into Saturday. It proved to me that this fandom is truly and accepting and loving family.
~Aki Ame Okami
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