Cyanna & Fidds do Otakon - WE HAD A BETTER WEEKEND THAN YOU.
Thu Aug 14, 2008 9:14 pm
Throughout history mankind has observed in awe the meeting of two larger-than-life individuals. Like Winston Churchill meeting Mark Twain, Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman writing Good Omens together, Godzilla vs. King Kong, or that time Christopher Walken and John Travolta danced together in that one movie. But last weekend, a meeting took place that overshadowed them all.
THAT'S RIGHT, THAT JUST HAPPENED. BAM.
Cyanna and Scintilla generously invited myself and my friends Emily and Elissa to share their hotel room at Otakon.
My friends and I waited in line for a good two hours. Sunburn was had by all. We observed both the best and worst of cosplays, as well as a ridiculous number of wolf shirts. (Seriously, where do people buy these? Is there a store somewhere that exclusively sells wolf shirts and dreadful sweaters with kittens on them? Note to self: Find out.) When food was scarce we were forced to eat Robin's minstrels, and there was much rejoicing.
Hahaha, Elissa's making a funny face. That's about 1/10th of the line, by the way.
OKAY SERIOUSLY WHERE ARE THEY BUYING THESE AND WHY?
Finally, we were able to register and the real fun began!
In the elevator with Katie in the foreground, Elissa in the middleground, and me hiding in the back. Oh, and LOLOLOLOMGLOLOL at the expression on Emo!Yuna's face. "I wish Tidus was real.
"
Amazing Jack Sparrow. He even acted like him! Or he was really suffering from heat stroke under all those layers.
VIP-ing it up at the AMV Awards. Both Katie and Pete had entries in the finals so we were generously allowed to use their guest VIP passes. We didn't end up seeing Katie's entry because of The Man and a whole bunch of crap about copyright issues, which had them shut down the entire trailer parody section. I was amazed that we were watching a contest that was made using copyrighted footage synched to copyrighted songs, in a con full of people dressed as copyrighted characters, containing an Artist's Alley that allowed people to sell artwork of copyrighted characters for personal profit, but OH NO TRAILER PARODIES EVERYBODY RUN. Rage ensued.
Me chatting to Katie and Pete before the Hellsing IV premiere.
He didn't like my stupid human suit.
We believe in Harvey Dent!
I failed him for the last time.
HOLY CRAP THE MONARCH.
He said we were a bit too old for his tastes. :/
me w/ my bff chuck norris and the dad from sister sister.
So, all in all, it was an amazing time. Too bad you weren't there. Cyanna and I plan to meet up again for next year's Otakon, and perhaps discuss our plans for global conquest over a nice cup of tea.
THAT'S RIGHT, THAT JUST HAPPENED. BAM.
Cyanna and Scintilla generously invited myself and my friends Emily and Elissa to share their hotel room at Otakon.
My friends and I waited in line for a good two hours. Sunburn was had by all. We observed both the best and worst of cosplays, as well as a ridiculous number of wolf shirts. (Seriously, where do people buy these? Is there a store somewhere that exclusively sells wolf shirts and dreadful sweaters with kittens on them? Note to self: Find out.) When food was scarce we were forced to eat Robin's minstrels, and there was much rejoicing.
Hahaha, Elissa's making a funny face. That's about 1/10th of the line, by the way.
OKAY SERIOUSLY WHERE ARE THEY BUYING THESE AND WHY?
Finally, we were able to register and the real fun began!
In the elevator with Katie in the foreground, Elissa in the middleground, and me hiding in the back. Oh, and LOLOLOLOMGLOLOL at the expression on Emo!Yuna's face. "I wish Tidus was real.
"Amazing Jack Sparrow. He even acted like him! Or he was really suffering from heat stroke under all those layers.
VIP-ing it up at the AMV Awards. Both Katie and Pete had entries in the finals so we were generously allowed to use their guest VIP passes. We didn't end up seeing Katie's entry because of The Man and a whole bunch of crap about copyright issues, which had them shut down the entire trailer parody section. I was amazed that we were watching a contest that was made using copyrighted footage synched to copyrighted songs, in a con full of people dressed as copyrighted characters, containing an Artist's Alley that allowed people to sell artwork of copyrighted characters for personal profit, but OH NO TRAILER PARODIES EVERYBODY RUN. Rage ensued.
Me chatting to Katie and Pete before the Hellsing IV premiere.
He didn't like my stupid human suit.
We believe in Harvey Dent!
I failed him for the last time.
HOLY CRAP THE MONARCH.
He said we were a bit too old for his tastes. :/
me w/ my bff chuck norris and the dad from sister sister.
So, all in all, it was an amazing time. Too bad you weren't there. Cyanna and I plan to meet up again for next year's Otakon, and perhaps discuss our plans for global conquest over a nice cup of tea.
Re: Cyanna & Fidds do Otakon - WE HAD A BETTER WEEKEND THAN YOU.
Thu Aug 14, 2008 9:31 pm
You know they do those wolf t-shirts & sweaters and they also do really similar ones with Unicorns? I found a unicorn sweater in a charity shop and my friend Connie bought it, it was about £1. She's SO COOL.
I had a good weekend too. I met someone off the telly and got to drink in a members-only bar even though I'm not one. Yeahhh.
Jealous of meeting Cy!
I had a good weekend too. I met someone off the telly and got to drink in a members-only bar even though I'm not one. Yeahhh.
Jealous of meeting Cy!
Re: Cyanna & Fidds do Otakon - WE HAD A BETTER WEEKEND THAN YOU.
Thu Aug 14, 2008 9:42 pm
Lols @ emo!Yuna.
Re: Cyanna & Fidds do Otakon - WE HAD A BETTER WEEKEND THAN YOU.
Thu Aug 14, 2008 9:46 pm
BALTIMORE FTW.
...yeah. My sister went to Otakon with friends, and now I'm regretting not even thinking about seeing if any PPTers were going to, as well. Alas.
...yeah. My sister went to Otakon with friends, and now I'm regretting not even thinking about seeing if any PPTers were going to, as well. Alas.
Re: Cyanna & Fidds do Otakon - WE HAD A BETTER WEEKEND THAN YOU.
Thu Aug 14, 2008 9:53 pm
Wow, you guys looked like you had a blast!
And all of the costumes were amazing, people are dead on with the Joker and Jack Sparrow!
And all of the costumes were amazing, people are dead on with the Joker and Jack Sparrow!
Re: Cyanna & Fidds do Otakon - WE HAD A BETTER WEEKEND THAN YOU.
Thu Aug 14, 2008 9:54 pm
Now a UNICORN sweater I'd buy. That's just so tacky it ends up being trendy. But wolf shirts? No. Nonononono.
Re: Cyanna & Fidds do Otakon - WE HAD A BETTER WEEKEND THAN YOU.
Thu Aug 14, 2008 10:02 pm
Unicorns are just better.
Re: Cyanna & Fidds do Otakon - WE HAD A BETTER WEEKEND THAN YOU.
Thu Aug 14, 2008 10:46 pm
*generalized sense of envy*
Re: Cyanna & Fidds do Otakon - WE HAD A BETTER WEEKEND THAN YOU.
Thu Aug 14, 2008 10:55 pm
Your pics are way more interesting than mine. OMG! You found Pedo Bear! XD
I finally watched that Muffins video. You do a really good impression of her (him). Fire muffins!
But yeah, Fidds is every bit as funny IRL as she is online.
That first picture isn't my real hair but rather an apparently awesome wig. She almost didn't recognize me later when I showed up without it.
In addition to the AMV contest I also tried selling stuff at the Art Show. Someone actually bought these.
Not Snake in the Box. Nope. Definitely not Snake.
Edward Scissorhands!
Justice meets Beloved. Spell battle did not commence much to the chagrin of my Fighter (or whatever the not-Sacrifice in Loveless teams are called).
Jam Project! I missed Friday AMVs for these guys (and girl). As awesome as they were, I really regret that decision now. XD
Yeah this is my real hair. It's not nearly as cool as my fake hair. Fidd's Hello Kitty ears are super cute!
The Saturday line to see the AMV contest. That's a lotta people! Try and find Fidds. I think she's in there...somewhere.
The trailer thing kinda stunk. The story was that a lawyer freaked after seeing them at the Friday show. I think it was because one (or more?) of them used an ACTUAL real studio logo in theirs instead of spoofing it. So instead of axing the offending videos, they axed the whole category. Now they're all acting like "Category? What category?" as if it never existed even though hundreds of people saw it on Friday and they are printed on the ballots.
Kinda bittersweet though. I was told it was received really well on Friday and got a lot of lols. But it stinks because that means I actually stood a good chance at winning this year. XD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmGDvQpCEDg Oh well. That's what Youtube is for.
OMG! You found Pedo Bear! XDI finally watched that Muffins video. You do a really good impression of her (him). Fire muffins!
But yeah, Fidds is every bit as funny IRL as she is online.
That first picture isn't my real hair but rather an apparently awesome wig. She almost didn't recognize me later when I showed up without it.
In addition to the AMV contest I also tried selling stuff at the Art Show. Someone actually bought these.
Not Snake in the Box. Nope. Definitely not Snake.
Edward Scissorhands!
Justice meets Beloved. Spell battle did not commence much to the chagrin of my Fighter (or whatever the not-Sacrifice in Loveless teams are called).
Jam Project! I missed Friday AMVs for these guys (and girl). As awesome as they were, I really regret that decision now. XD
Yeah this is my real hair. It's not nearly as cool as my fake hair. Fidd's Hello Kitty ears are super cute!
The Saturday line to see the AMV contest. That's a lotta people! Try and find Fidds. I think she's in there...somewhere.
The trailer thing kinda stunk. The story was that a lawyer freaked after seeing them at the Friday show. I think it was because one (or more?) of them used an ACTUAL real studio logo in theirs instead of spoofing it. So instead of axing the offending videos, they axed the whole category. Now they're all acting like "Category? What category?" as if it never existed even though hundreds of people saw it on Friday and they are printed on the ballots.
Kinda bittersweet though. I was told it was received really well on Friday and got a lot of lols. But it stinks because that means I actually stood a good chance at winning this year. XDhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmGDvQpCEDg Oh well. That's what Youtube is for.
Re: Cyanna & Fidds do Otakon - WE HAD A BETTER WEEKEND THAN YOU.
Fri Aug 15, 2008 6:05 am
Fiddeh told me about this meeting online and I was like, "WHOOOAA!!!! I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE PHOTOS! SHOW-ME-SHOW-ME-SHOW-ME-GIMME-GIMME-NOW!!"
What a historic event in PPT history wahaha.
You guys look hot and pretty!!
Next time I travel around, I must meet up with some PPTers.
What a historic event in PPT history wahaha.
You guys look hot and pretty!!
Next time I travel around, I must meet up with some PPTers.
Re: Cyanna & Fidds do Otakon - WE HAD A BETTER WEEKEND THAN YOU.
Fri Aug 15, 2008 7:20 am
Wow that's weird. You guys met up at the same time I met the legendary Joel aka CouchPet. Anyone else remember him?
Anyway, aside from the thread stealing, you guys look like you had loads of fun. Edward's scissors look a little limp though...
Anyway, aside from the thread stealing, you guys look like you had loads of fun. Edward's scissors look a little limp though...
Re: Cyanna & Fidds do Otakon - WE HAD A BETTER WEEKEND THAN YOU.
Fri Aug 15, 2008 11:30 am
Oh, you met Joel? I was going to but he turned up in London while I was in Cumbria. Bah.
Re: Cyanna & Fidds do Otakon - WE HAD A BETTER WEEKEND THAN YOU.
Fri Aug 15, 2008 2:57 pm
Cyanna wrote:*snip* LAST PIC CYANNA POSTED
The Saturday line to see the AMV contest. That's a lotta people! Try and find Fidds. I think she's in there...somewhere.
No Fidds that I could tell, but in that mess I found a Sakura Haruno, an R2D2 and I think a Charizard. XD
But wow. You guys are lucky.
D-cha wants to go to an anime convention one day.
...AND EPIC WIN WITH PEDOBEAR AND EMO YUNA. XD
Re: Cyanna & Fidds do Otakon - WE HAD A BETTER WEEKEND THAN YOU.
Fri Aug 15, 2008 4:05 pm
Igg wrote:Oh, you met Joel? I was going to but he turned up in London while I was in Cumbria. Bah.
Yep, he's very cool indeed.
We went to a local club with all my friends, I showed him how lucky he was not to come from Wolverhampton and we found we didn't have the time to go round Birmingham as we'd stayed up wayyyy too late the night before.
Re: Cyanna & Fidds do Otakon - WE HAD A BETTER WEEKEND THAN YOU.
Fri Aug 15, 2008 6:14 pm