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It’s been one of those weekends; I have been to Amsterdam Comic Con again.

Because my hair is still blue I went as Ladybug this whole weekend (Miraculous Ladybug). I figured that rocking Mimi’s pink dress with blue hair would be a bit odd, so there’s that. Perhaps I should get into wigs after all. Oh well!

Day one!

Saturday I went with two of my friends. I ended up spending more money on food than merchandise, but I kept a low budget for this con anyway as I am usually less amazed with the Comic Con events in Rotterdam and Amsterdam. I’ve had some delicious melon & lychee bubble tea though!

We strolled the event and as usual I took some photos with cosplay. I actually found a really tall dude dressing up as Spider-man in the homemade suit!

Oh yeah, also new: I have bangs now. Either way, he was the first one I wanted to take a photo with, and I took a photo with one other person on Saturday, namely a Chat Noir cosplay. As Ladybug I could never skip over those!

She was very kind actually, and apparently we were searching for each other. We had a Popeye cosplay keep telling me that a Chat Noir was looking for me, so I went on the lookout as well. It really did take a little while.

Cropping out my feet in every photo because I was not wearing the right shoes.

Other than that I visited the Q&A of Aimee Garcia. She plays Ella in Lucifer, which is my favourite female character in that show. She has shared some interesting information, and some emotional information. She was excited about her requests for next season though (I recall she wanted to dance next season and apparently make out with someone; didn’t matter if it were a male or female). I took multiple photos but my phone of course only saved one.

Worst of all is that in the one photo my phone managed to save, she has her eyes closed. Oh well, what matters is that I know I’ve seen her!

I’ve also seen some Game of Thrones actors, but I did not visit their Q&A. I am sure the actor of Joffrey is nice and all, but he wears the face of a brat. Poor dude. What was fun was seeing him randomly roam around on what we call a ‘step’ (google translate says it’s a scooter but it’s not electronical nor requires oil/gas so that’s kinda weird).

The saddest part was that I was afraid I was going to leave without any merchandise at all, but then I met this lovely lass who had several magnets and offered commissions; I commissioned her and could pick it up the next day. These were the magnets:

I’m not into actually owning Pokemon merchandise, but this Vulpix was too cute (I love foxes anyway). Those who know me should not be surprised I also went for a Spidey.

They were made by rizzlemonster, you can find her on Instagram! I’ve chatted her ears off already, haha. Oh, when I approached her stand there was actually a guy flirting with her and I thought it was just a super random guy that told her that if he’d roll a D20 high enough they’d go for a drink, but the next day she cleared up they had seen each other more often already. It was amusing though, and I couldn’t help but eavesdrop. I guess those are some life goals, having someone roll a D20 to see if they can grab a drink with you, haha.

That sums up the first day I think. At the Tardis I saw a couple of 13th Doctor cosplay but I was too anxious to approach them, which I fixed the next day anyway.

Oh gosh, no, I remember I pissed some people off even though I meant to joke. There was a stand with Overwatch buttons and I turned to my friend joking about how there was no Lucio and calling it Lucio-erasure, but I really meant it as a joke and not to offend them. My friends told me they seemed rather annoyed when I said it and now I feel bad I’ve hurt their feelings, but have no way of apologising to them. It still bothers me.

To end on a good note, I did have a fair amount of people tell me they liked my outfit and that made me feel rather happy! The way some people asked if it was ‘my version of Ladybug’ gave me the idea to start seeing it apart from Marinette and more of a separate incarnation of Ladybug overall (if you know the lore it makes sense). I’m probably going to make this into an OC.

Day two!

Sunday I went with another friend of mine whom I mostly know from con visiting, ha.

Before I found him at the con I wandered past a Captain Hook (Once Upon A Time) cosplay. I let him walk past me at first. I started to think and consider if I wanted to take a photo, and ran back to him and his group of friends to get one anyway. I must say I am rather glad I did!

So that was a great start of the day! But maybe I should not awkwardly run after people and call them by their cosplay name, haha. His friends noticed sooner than he did himself.

I also found several more homemade suit Spider-man cosplays, which was great! But the downside was that seeing how common that particular cosplay was, I got demotivated to get it myself (this was the cosplay I had planned next time but did not want to tell anyone yet; I just feel so demotivated to continue now I might as well reveal it). Don’t get me wrong, I loved seeing so many!!! I am just not sure if I want to myself anymore. They did say that they also struggled with finding the right colour hoodies etcetera, and one told me how he did the hat part.

At this point my friend (who took the photos) noticed I like Spider-man, haha. The one in the first pic showed me how he did the hat part, so if I do want to continue doing this cosplay, I can probably do it. I do already own a red ski mask, after all, and I do like the idea of a fully anonymous cosplay.

I also took a photo with a Chat Noir I’ve had a photo with before (I noticed this as I scrolled over my most recent DCC post), but hey, I don’t mind taking multiple pics with one person. My hair is different this time, which is a good excuse.

She told me there was a child dressed up as Ladybug somewhere, but I believe the both of us never found her. Too bad.

Lastly, there’s the big reveal of the 13th Doctor’s new companion!

Sorry, that’s the lame joke I told my friend at least. It was just perfect as we were at the Tardis. She said she had yet to werk on doing poses and all I could tell her was ‘same’ as I suck at poses as well. 

I also picked up the commission from rizzlemonster, but because it is not scanned I am not uploading it here (maybe at a later time). A photo of it did not do it justice.

Instead, here’s a pic of a child who was hardcore into a video game, and because of what they were wearing it looked absolutely hilarious and I had a freaking blast just looking at them (I asked their dad for permission of the photo).

I sincerely hope they have no idea what they’re wearing, haha. I just walked past this and saw a kid dressed up as It staring intensely at a video game mashing some buttons. What an inspiration. This was definitely a highlight.

I also tried out mead and decided I did not like it overall, though the blueberry taste is alright (I tried regular, melon and blueberry). All my friends are rather fond of mead and my friend wanted me to try it, so he was satisfied I did find a flavour I can get into.

I do think my weekend is summarized now, and I’m gonna get to gaming right away. I think that, because of the commission and all the food I had, I did spend as much as I usually do at Comic Con events anyway, except I came home with only two magnets. Oh well! I had a fun weekend regardless.

ACC 2018 - Ladybug (Miraculous Ladybug) DCC 2018 - Ladybug (Miraculous Ladybug) RCC 2018 - Mimi (Digimon) WDCC 2017 - Mimi (Digimon) ACC 2017 - Mimi (Digimon) DCC 2017 - Mimi (Digimon) RCC 2017 - Mimi (Digimon) ACC 2016 - Hook (Once Upon A Time) DCC 2016 - Ladybug (Miraculous Ladybug) DCC 2015 - Sunday - Hobbit (Lord of the Rings) DCC 2015 - Saturday - Ellie (The Last of Us)

I have been to Elfia in 2015, but I cannot find this post. I was Donna Noble and I actually had a really bad day, which is why I have never returned to Elfia.