i love going to cons.
it’s probably one of my favorite things to do.
i always look froward to them for months.
i’ve always got my costume planned way early,
but of course i never get working on it until the week before.
but the point is,
my very favorite thing about cons isn’t so much seeing the other costumes, or getting my picture taken, or the events, or the art, or even the merchandise.
it’s really about the people.
i love meeting people at cons.
it’s probably one of the only times i don’t feel weird or self-conscious around other people.
it’s one of the only times i feel totally comfortable talking to people, or taking their picture, or even hugging some of them.
it’s a great feeling.
cons are one of the only places i really make a lot of new friends.
and katsucon was no different.
the con was of course, all weekend, but sarah and i only went yesterday.
i would’ve liked to have gone back today, but i doubt my mom will let me.
anyway,
yesterday i met a really talented cosplayer going as L from Death Note.
what made him so amazing wasn’t his costume, it was his ability to stay in character and the fact that he had developed all of L’s mannerisms.
L’s not an easy character to portray, and staying in character can be difficult no matter who you’re portraying.
so i was really impressed by this guy.
when i find a cosplayer i really like i’ll of course ask to take their picture, and i’ll usually give them a hug, and then if i see them again later, i’ll hug them again.
so, it turned out i saw, and hugged, this same L about four times.
after the third or fourth hug, he asked me to sit and have some tea and cupcakes with him.
so, sarah, my best friend and fellow cosplayer, who was going as Atashi a.k.a. the lonely bunny from Chobits, and i sat and had a tea party with L.
it was really fun and it felt nice to finally be making a friend.
especially one that reads one of the same manga i do.
later, i also, made friends with this guy roger, was cosplaying as Light, also from Death Note, he looked exactly like the character, and he had the outfit dead on.
so of course, i got his picture, and gave him a hug.
and we traded myspace url’s and AIM screennames.
of course, after that, i kept seeing him again and again.
so we hugged, a lot.
and then when i lost my cell phone, he was really nice and helped me look for it.
i also met a couple of really nice artists down in the artist’s alley.
one of them even knew about BBYO, which would’ve made rachel really incredibly happy.
but anyway,
they talked with sarah and i about getting a table at the next con, art schools, photography, hillary clinton as wonder woman, barack obama as spiderman, financial problems, and being an agnostic jew.
none of which are really connected, but it was fun.
we gave them links to our dA’s and i gave them a link to my flickr, and sarah doodled in their sketch book.
it was really nice and we were glad to have met them.
it seems odd, i’m the girl who’s terrified of people, who can’t stand to be alone, and makes friends with Death Note characters at cons.
i am quite possibly the greatest social psychology puzzle ever.
but basically,
i’m just glad that i was able to meet people.
especially other cosplayers.
and i like the feeling i have at cons of not being afraid to talk to people.
it makes me feel like maybe,
i can grow out of being so shy.
