Sorry about the delay, first of all. School and other things captured my leisure time. Plus procrastination. Always procrastination. Secondly, pictures can be seen on my cosplay.com gallery (well at least some of them). My username is Crystal Lizzy.
Sooooooooo now that that's settled, let's begin my adventures at Otakon! : D
On Thursday, my friend Min came over to sleep the night so we don't have to go through the trouble of waking her up early at her house. XD We (or rather, I) played Kingdom Hearts 2 then my brother and I played some Guitar Hero. Then we sort of ate dinner and went to bed early. Don't know why I was tired but w.e.
Actually, I wasn't tired. I could not sleep because well, when you think about Otakon too much you lack hours of sleep. So I basically woke up at like different times of the night (mainly because my friend used my blanket and I was freezing cold -_-). I got up around 6 AM to get myself dressed as Summoner Yuna. And what the hell: my hibiscus kept falling off. D: But eventually I've found a way to hold it up... sort of. We drove to Otakon and while on the way, there was this radio station talking about... *gasp* Otakon! It was really cool, seeing how we cosplayers scared out to the degree of radio hosts. XDD But it was at least some attention to the public norm. Then we finally made to the BCC.
The time we entered the line was shorter than last year but apparently, they like to mess with us. While in line, some people got extremely bored and was cheering on a drifting empty bottle. I, the inner attention whore urge, decided to kick this bottle as far as I can and make it go on and on. Yeah. Fun times in the line. Fun times. Of course, we only had to wait 3 FREAKIN' HOURS before we actually got in. Missed the KH photoshoot. ;_; But in anycase, I saw my friend Paige/Page (I forgot how to spell your name D: ) and her friends as Gunner Mage Yuna, Rikku, and Paine. Tis was awesome.
So when we got in... *gaspeth* there was another line. Oh fun times. But at least got our badges and had to wait for my brothers and friend in... *le gasp* another line at Starbucks! Wheeee... but eventually we got to roam around freely. Firstly, we went to the Yuri Lowenthal panel (or at least the last part of it) and saw the entire Leading Ladies Dub Actress panel (which totally inspired me even more to become a voice actor). After that, I think we went to the video games room and watched my brother play Mario Kart. Yeah... since well, you know, Brawl lines are just so horrendous. During this, my other brother wanted to go to the Dealer's Room and I had to split up from Min and Tyler. So we did and he got a giant fan and an umbrella. Whoopee. Later in the day we went to the Artist's Alley and looked at some awesome art (and eventually learned about the ramy incident {which people should totally chill out about. Gosh}) Along way I had some pictures being taken of me and brother (he was Bahamut's Fayth) and eventually waited until the big FF photoshoot.
Now let me tell you that when we mean "All Final Fantasy Photoshoot" it just means "All Final Fantasy Photoshoot... Final Fantasy VII too!" I mean, srsly. I know VII is a great game and all but wow, they took up a lot of time. The only big groups were VII and thankfully, Final Fantasy X. I met some really great people there and they were fun to talk too. Then we went around to look at some animes and then we had to leave early because my friend had church service. But that's okay. I saw the JAM Project concert online later on. XD
At home, I quickly got out of my cosplay and took a shower. I was watching the opening ceremonies for the Olympics (while finishing up my White Mage Yuna Cosplay). And wow, it was so awesome. *_* Asians sure know how to f*cking amaze people. Seriously. The bad news that night was that my friend's service went on till like 11 PM so she had to stay the night at her house. But that's okay. At least I had my blanket to give me sleep. : D And then the next morning came really fast...
We got into the BBC a little later than usual but that was to skip all the lines before the convention started that day. My brothers and I went to sit around until Gloria got out of bed or until we found something to do. I got a few pictures of me in my cosplay but not as much as Summoner Yuna's. We went to the video game room early to get us some spots for Brawl and wow, I won one match (mainly because I was escaping the heat of battle XD). I was Link the first time, then Marth and then I think I was Sonic. Then we went over to Mario Kart Wii and Gloria owned us all. XD After that I think we went to watch some animes and then to the Artist's Alley and Dealer's room.
Then I went to the Final Fantasy Photoshoot which was crazier than yesterday's. Because we had to actually get people's attention to get our game's photos. Us Final Fantasy X people just talked away to wait for those VII people to *ahem* stop getting attention (even knowing that I was gonna be Cloud the next day XD). I met this really hot Tidus (and I mean sexy hot) who had this Blitzball made out of hollowed wood (it was the lightest thing ever). I also met a couple of Yunas and Tidus', along with an Auron. We did get some pictures taken of us and even had our own Konga line (lasted only two minutes XD). But it was really fun and enjoyed the shoot.
I think earlier or later, my brother CJ (non-cosplaying) was apparently being a b*tch about some things so he went home early. >_> Hmph. But can't blame him. Otakon's panels and events did seem a little bit more boring than the previous years. But meh, it's all okay. Afterwards, Gloria, Michael, Tyler, Min, Tasha, and I went to the California Tortilla for dinner (half of us ate however). And omgsh, we made the most awesome cupcake ever. XD (again, picture can be seen at my cosplay.com gallery). Ah the hilarity. Then we went to the 1st Mariner Arena to watch the Masquerade. Now, outside in line, they told us not to bring in any outside drinks or food. And right around the corner some guy was selling drinks! "It's a trap!" XDDD We got in and got some decent seats. Loved the pre-show they displayed on the screens. XD Then came the masquerade. Waaaaaaaaay better than I expected. : D It's pretty much self explanatory if you watch it on Youtube. Then my family and friend and I had to leave around 10 PM.
The next morning came and I thought that CJ (the brother that left in the middle of the day on Saturday) didn't want to come so it was just me and Tyler (my friend had Church). I was Cloud with a Santa hat so of course I got pictures taken of me. XD; We met up with Gloria in the video game room and played more Brawl and Mario Kart Wii. After that, we went to the Fountains area and saw people doing the Limbo with Xaldin's spear. XD I did it for a while along with my brother. Later on, we went upstairs to see a couple of things and then our last trips to the Dealer's Room and Artist's Alley. Then we went down to the fountains area to do our FFVII photoshoot (made friends with Zack XD). We sorta had to interrupt the Pokemon Photoshoot (shows how powerful our series is XD) to do so but some of us were in it. At the end of the photoshoot, my brother and I quickly went up stairs to the last All-Final Fantasy photoshoot (there were about 10 others). Lightning gave me a piggy back ride XD. After that, we said our goodbyes to Gloria over the phone and then my brother and I were trying to find something to do. After strolling around to the Artist's Alley and Dealer's Room (bought myself that Cloud print : D), we decided to go home. On the way to outside, we stumbled across the hugging line in which I totally felt loved. <3 There was this one dude who actually picked me up. I was scared to death and laughing at the same time. <.<; But in anycase, we left Otakon and had some great memories along with it.
Now, Otakon next year in July 17-19 so I'm really hoping I can make it in time. All in all, it was great going three years in a row and hope that I can go a fourth. w00tage.
~Lizzy Hikari
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