#Conventions are fun!

[t1meslayer]

I promised a trip to Emerald City Comic Con 2025, and boy did I live it up in Seattle!!

Figured it would only be right to share a couple of con pics for the fellas and not-so-fellas living vicariously. So be prepared to hit that Read More and live vicariously through me and my nicest Thursday threads:

Mimikyu Hoodie, baybee!

I've been to San Diego Comic Con once or twice, and a few scattered conventions beyond that — namely Anime Expo. Even so, I was caught completely off-guard by how huge ECCC was. Checking in happened at the main Arch building of the Seattle Convention Center, which had a couple of vendors but was primarily celebrity autograph booths.

The real party happened in the Summit building a few blocks out, wherein two entire convention floors were filled end-to-end with artist alleys and merch vendors and sponsor tables and much more.

As you might imagine... I spent way too much money on stuff.

But in my defense?

A lot of the stuff I bought are gifts for my friends and family. So it's worth every penny.

... And the stuff I didn't buy for my friends was also worth every penny. For example, this very fun Kingdom Hearts print that I'm going to put up alongside my Halloween Town Sora figure as part of my brand-new apartment™

And, of course. It wouldn't be a fandom-centric convention without the goofiest horny stalls you've ever seen in your life. Here were some of my faves:

Congrats to Gojo for making it in with the horny anime pin-up girls.

It also wouldn't be a fandom-centric convention without some really good cosplay! I saw way more than just the characters pictured below, from a full suit of Spartan power armor to Luz and Amity holding hands out in a distant crowd, and even multiple younger kids dressed as Pomni from Digital Circus.

I did not, unfortunately, pick up the names of anyone. Not the most professional way to do things I know, but I wasn't thinking about it beyond "let me snap a quick pic for my friends" at the time.

You'll have to forgive me and merely enjoy the craftsmanship on display, just this once.

Bonus: A couple of RC characters were also roaming the floor, both an expected Star Wars droid and a much less expected Rosie from The Jetsons.

Found the time to hit a couple of panels too, though the ones that interested me were more professional-oriented. One covered works of storytelling in YA graphic novels (put on Mad Cave Studios' Maverick publishing arm, which has some works like "Scoop" that I'm pretty interested in reading now). The other was about self-publishing works of fiction, and tools available to modern-day writers that are a boon in that field.

No mystery as to what I've been thinking about lately, I suppose!

However, one aspect of the trip I'm most excited about — and, in fact, the reason I went to ECCC in the first place — was getting the opportunity to meet @phantom-nisnow [main website here] and see a special sneak peak at the proof print for @fairystorieszine <.<

I can tell you guys that we've got a real good one coming together.

PRE-ORDERS ARE STILL OPEN THROUGH MARCH 30 !!!!!!!!!!

Since I can't offer many teasers on that front (yet~), I figure I'll leave y'all with a different kind of teaser. While moving to a new city hasn't left me much brainpower to write new fics, my couple of nights spent in a Seattle Airbnb did provide enough of a reprieve to say...

Hey.

How about I start the proper fanfic idea tracker I've been meaning to cobble together so I'm not just scrolling endlessly through my Notes app?

And so, here we are:

Just a couple of glimpses at a few of the Pokemon-related ideas I have in my pipeline right now. Don't get TOO greedy now~

Unless, of course, you want to be greedy for more of my favorite pic from the trip: West Point Lighthouse, Discovery Park. Dusk.

The world truly is amazing.

[foolsocracy]

identity reveals are always fun

[mangozic]

🦑

[fuckyeahgoodomens]

❤❤❤ (tweet ❤)

[paintedcrows]

Unintended consequence of creating my own Bill... He watches me draw now...

The Horrible Triangle in question:

[aardvaark]

i don’t mind suspending my disbelief for leverage’s person-sized ventilation shafts bc that’s pretty standard for the genre, but that doesn’t mean i won’t laugh a bit at some of the egregiously large vents. particularly in the crowning acheivement job (lev: red s2 finale) because - well just look at this lol! harry and parker, two adults, can kneel side by side in those vents. parker can sit upright.

that museum was made for vent crawling purposes. that’s just an extra room in the museum they forgot to decorate. the leverageverse has a thief union that successfully lobbied for a better working environment. these vents double as a playground for museum-goers’ children. i was crying with laughter thinking about this and harry’s vent crisis was NOT helping me remember that there was a serious heist thing going on lol, i love this show.

[starsintheskyandtheeye]

Phantom Lane

Danny Phantom and Lois Lane are an under utilized combo.

One of Lane's sources in a story she was following comes to her with a tip that LexCorp has found a new, and steady source of kyrptonite. Well there's nothing else for her to do but to go the source, one Amity Park- smackdab in the middle of nowheresville.

"No Clark you have your own story and I don't need my partner with me 24/7. Go work on your mysterious expose on the lead levels in underprivileged metropolis neighborhoods."

Only when she finally gets there, after a very uncomfortable flight, in an actual plane for once, she's not a fan. She finds a very confusing situation.

LexCorp employees seem to be disguising themselves by dressing in white and pretending to be government employees, already a story. But they are using this "disguise" to abduct what look like ghosts?

"No Perry I'm not saying ghosts are real, what do you take me for, Clark? No, I'm saying that Superman is an alien so it's not such a reach that these beings are as well. And well, if they are ghosts, then I'm going to be the one to break the story that ghosts are REAL"

So she's going around interviewing the "concerned citizens, once a terrified town now a collection of people just trying to go about their day in this strange new normal." It makes a good line but really that is the vibe she gets. There's ghostly updates along with the weather (and a Fenton? driving update??) but most everyone seems to be fine with working around the occasional ghostly drama.

Her pizza is delivered in a bowl.

Her main sources end up being very convenient for her, at least in terms of location. It's important to be unbiased so she finds sources willing to talk to her with opinions across the spectrum. Including, two doctors Fenton - negative, one Danny Fenton (son of the doctors and without a named credit to protect privacy) - positive, one English teacher - neutral. Danny Fenton is also able to point her towards one Valerie Gray (no comment) who is able to get her in contact with the most commonly seen "ghost" in the town.

"Your name is Phantom correct? Is that how you would prefer to be addressed? A little on the nose considering your alleged ghostly nature, no?"

"So your claim is that Kryptonite is a byproduct of ectoplasm, something that makes sense when you believe in ghosts, which apparently I do now. Although I will need independent verification of course.

"But you're saying that when ectoplasm crystalizes it becomes what is commonly known as kryptonite, something that is famously toxic to Kryptonians. How exactly did these "Guys In White" come to learn and harvest this dangerous material. And less important but confusing to me personally, how can a material that has been proven to be sourced from astroids be supernatural in origin?

"Right, death of a planet imprinting on ectoplasm, no makes total sense."

She leaves Amity Park with enough material to write three separate articles, four bruised ribs from a particularly violent escape from alphabetically challenged weirdos, four new sources to draw upon for said articles, two new superhero contacts, and a new found respect for rectangular shapes.

She is going to get some scientists from Star Labs down here to get a tertiary verification and then she is going to write the biggest article since the introduction of Superman.

And Clark can be jealous since he may have gotten the Superman Saves Metropolis from Raging Wildfires story but she's going to take down a pseudo-government agency, announce the existence of ghosts, AND open up extraterrestrial relations all with one article.

Beat that sweetheart

[redmaycare]

“the world” card signifies great unity, achievement, and a sense of belonging

[scribz-ag24]

big fan of actaeonshipping fanart that looks like this

[fuckyeahchinesefashion]

cyberpunk daomadan刀马旦 of chuanju川剧 (sichuan opera) at World Science Fiction Convention 2023 by 雁鸿Aimee

[mizgnomer]

David Tennant Year in Review - 2024

David’s television, film, convention, charity, and other appearances from 2024, all in one convenient photoset - with extra special thanks to Georgia and her excellent Instagram posts

Please see my [ David Tennant Year In Review tag ] for prior year-end posts dating back to 2014

[reaandull]

gelphie doodle!!!!

i made it into a sticker :D

[c-0f-chaos]

Memories of the Con

THE JOY THAT WAS FINDING A BATTER COSPLAYER WAS INCREDIBLE

One of the artists said that there was a Batter cosplayer, I had a mision, and it was accomplished

Everyone was so nice and I'm so happy I got to meet them!! Talking was so fun!!!

Also, this is my first time editing cosplay photos, I'm pretty happy on how they turned out ＼(^^)／

I can't tag anyone over here but I'll tag them all on Instagram, their name are also in the pictures for credit!! Edit: I misspelled Luky.coss

[sancherry3]

i cosplayed daniil dankovsky yesterday. here are some photos from my fun steppe vacation

[bluegiragi]

Package Tracking Info + Store FAQ

My store is available for open perusal!! still no restock/preorders yet though 😅

I just wanted to open it up for people who wanted to look at the product previews + my newly added FAQ and tracking info. I locked in and managed to pack over a 100 orders in like 3 days, and tracking numbers are going to start getting sent out shortly! Please refer to those pages first if you have any questions, and I'll be back with more info about the upcoming preorders soon!

[heartorbit]

revstar emu save me