#babys first convention

[void-longboi]

This weekend I was able to go to the lovely Dallas convention @animefest_convention. I would have posted about it while I was there, but my mother was "too tired" and didn't post anything.

Here is a recap of what I did Saturday, though I did not do much. My mother dressed up and shopped most of the morning, but I did get to see vtubers. We went to the cursed food panel with Zane Dase, Mika Akatsuka, and Girl_dm and the escape room run by Zane and Mika. I didn't get many pictures, but here is my ticket for the escape room and some photos at home of what I got from it (I got Zane and Mika to sign the prize later). We were able to win, which was pretty cool.

[carryonlikewedidbefore]

Days of Our Lives Fan Club Weekend Luncheon - Universal Hilton.

31st May 1997. Photographer: Ed Geller

High-Quality Version | The Down Under Slide Collection

[millionsknives]

yes, the plans that i could not share with you (because the haters would sabotage me) were that i was taking on LACC in my vash getup :)

i have so few pictures of myself but i got so many compliments (especially on my arm) and plenty of other people took pictures of me. and normally i don't like attention but i will be honest with u. under these circumstances i loved it. my arm held up really well through 8 hours on the convention floor and i have never been prouder of anything i've made. it's articulated incredibly well, no part of it gave out or required repair, it's never uncomfortable or a nuisance to wear, and i have enough range of motion to do relatively complex things like tying my shoes.

originally i was not planning to try to meet anyone famous because 1) it's expensive and 2) the lines are long and 3) i feel weird and annoying approaching literally anyone for any reason BUT. the spot where i met up with my sister just happened to be right next to johnny yong bosch's table. right when he started signing things. so i said LOL ok i'll do it.

it was super chill, i asked him how it felt to get the call that they wanted him to come back 20 years later for a trigun reboot and he said it almost didn't happen -- that since they recast everyone else for stampede they considered recasting vash as well (and i said WOW i'm so glad they didn't) and he said he really enjoyed getting to come back and explore a darker take (i forget if what he said was a darker take on vash's character, or just a darker trigun in general) but it was briefly surprising 2 me that he considered stampede to be a darker version but i get it, especially when u consider that there is not a lot of comedy in those 12 episodes to balance out the grief.

ANYWAY he was impressed with my arm and i asked him if he would sign my coat :) so he signed the lining but he was also like u know what, i'm gonna give you a second autograph just because. so he signed a print for me as well (free of charge!!) and the print with the blue signature matches my famous paintings that i always film in front of (that's providence baybee)

other stuff from the con under the cut

cosplay notes:

i saw 3 other vash cosplayers (a 98 vash, a stampede vash, and a purple coat vash) and no shade but i definitely had the best arm build. peace and love to all of them though

i saw 1 1/2 wolfwoods. 1 was the aforementioned mullet wolfwood from yesterday's post (ww if you’re out there ww) and the 1/2 was the 98 vash cosplayer’s gf in some kind of goth-ish dress and she was carrying a punisher

mullet wolfwood if you're out there i regret not getting a picture with you so much. i am deeply ashamed and i have no excuse because i ran into you twice and both times i was too embarrassed to ask for a picture. i just want you to know that your punisher was swag and your earrings were yolo and we would look very good together

i expected to see a lot more trigun tbh. los angeles where u at. 4 vashies at a convention of 120,000+ people is nothing. one guy even walked up to me like wow i love ur vash, i haven't seen a lot of trigun at this con and i was like I KNOW i thought i'd see a lot more

theeeee costume of all time award goes to the cad bane cosplayer i saw on the balcony. spare hand in marriage dude (gn) you looked so good

second place for costume of all time goes to the other mother cosplayer who had button eyes and these crazy finger appendages and never once broke character even while waiting in lines

i took 100 points of psychic damage from this one guy who (and im not kidding) was at least 6’4’’ and wearing platform boots and was dressed as the mfing onceler. with the stupid top hat he was fr 7+ feet tall (i saw him duck to get through a doorway).

someone was there as the brawny paper towel guy?? just walking around in a beard and flannel carrying a pack of paper towel rolls?? go off king

i saw 5 nightwing cosplayers but only 2 were biblically accurate (had ass)

the nanami sweep at this convention was so real u all SHOWED UP. and everybody ate. i saw at least 12 nanamis and not one of them was a flop.

i have never seen so many spider-mans in my life

other things:

fig. 1: this extremely hot captain america on a very large poster was about 2 make me act unwise. hi gorjus................................. nice eyebrows

fig 2: i saw this sign a couple blocks away from the con and i did a triple take. 🔥🔥🔥TRIMAX MENTIONED🔥🔥🔥

fig. 3: i saw all 4 hobbits in panel and can confirm elijah wood’s laugh is ten times more infectious in real life. before they were even done sitting down, dominic monaghan switched around all of their name cards so that none of them were seated behind the right name. as u might imagine much of the panel's content was reminiscing about LOTR, but i heard some stories that i hadn't heard before. they also talked about video games, other projects they are working/have worked on, how their kids feel about their dads' LOTR roles, how much they love ian mckellen, and how they would love to see something happen for the 20th anniversary of ROTK this year. sean astin (the legend) took shots at the stranger things writers (basically said joyce could never be happy with hopper) AND EVERYONE CLAPPED LOL. billy and dom talked about the best food in NZ, their show billy and dom eat the world, and the unfortunate events that led to the friendship onion's hiatus. it was a ton of fun to just watch them be themselves with each other, you can tell that these guys are all so fond of each other and love each other so much.

and finally, fig. 4: i bought these beautiful prints from @/batinyourbelfry and the skeletal washi tape from @/skeletalacademia (both on IG)

[obsessivefangirl]

:))))

[scienceisfood]

I love that I can do this to masks.

[thebroken--soul]

Promo pics of the episode 701 of Station 19, "This Woman's Work"

[jpeachboi]

so excited for anime north! especially now that artists are posting where they’re gonna be at the artist alley! so excited to see all the cool artwork

[gmaxgrimmsnarl]

met god yesterday

[chrismcshell]

omw to ottawa comiccon :)

[pelipper]

I'm back home from my trip to Canada! This was the first time I'd been to Canada since high school, so it was a very special trip for me. I had a fantastic time at YetiCon and can't wait to share more photos with you all! 💖

Thank you to @iron-rose-revolution-blog for taking the photo of me on the Blue Mountain sign!

[prapuna]

🥺

[carryonlikewedidbefore]

Days of Our Lives Fan Club Weekend Luncheon - Universal Hilton.

31st May 1997. Photographer: Ed Geller

High-Quality Version | The Down Under Slide Collection

[popinade]

phone charms…!!!

a pika party!⚡️

[tokitooth]

i need to be a baby about the new job for a minute its so HAAAARDDDDD uehhh

[thebroken--soul]

Camilla Luddington & Grey Damon at the convention First Responders Reunion 3 in Paris, June 8 & 9th, 2024 ✨

[scoriarose]

What horrors has she seen?!?

she screamin Cinder '24 0.1 Cal Flame Eryx colubrinus