Crappy Katsucon Report.

[chibi_trillian]

So, I'm broke then. I went $80 over my budget by buying a Sanji resin figure because I couldn't not buy him. He goes with Zoro...and he's pretty...and he's hard to find online...and...and...and...

I also left for the con with one drawing on my pants and came back with at least a dozen more. The most interesting one was jadeprince illustrating my ass. Literally. There is now a drawing of Usopp on my butt. I also have Mr. 2 Bon Clay love on the leg of my pants. I've got an autograph from a random vendor in the dealer's room, a blessing from the Reverend Brother Pastor Deacon Doctor Nicholas D. Wolfwood, a Zorolet from kinbu, a random surfer guy, a scribble from a Luffy cosplayer, and mettathron drew One Piecery down near my shoes.

Plushies Usopp, Sanji, and Zoro went to the con and were enriched by the experience (I hope so, anyway). They all found at least one matching cosplayer to hang out with, and Usopp got snuggled.

mettathron is a glob of happy fangirly goo. I (finally) found a Nami/Vivi doujinshi for plotbunny_tiff (ETA: Snap. Turned out not to be Nami/Vivi. plotbunny_tiff still happy, though--bonus Tashigi cheesecake in back). desyhand made it through a con without crying. All of these are good.

Today was the coldest it has been all year. It was cold as balls, by which I mean Testicles, Greek god of stupidity and ice. I thought I was going to freeze into a popsicle walking back to the metro station. This was bad.

I got an hour and a half's worth of sleep. I had a can of Monster for breakfast. I had a can of Monster and some sugar for lunch. I spent three or four hours so high on caffeine that I was vibrating, and then crashed hard at about 9pm while watching Howl's Moving Castle.

And now, plotbunny_tiff and desyhand are screaming "Crystal butt plug! CRYSTAL BUTT PLUG! Of DRAMA!"

I love cons.

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[mettathron.livejournal.com]

0,o;;;;;;

Now I'm glad I went home. And I'm better now. Solidified, calmed down, and coherent, at least. -,-

[chibi-trillian.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you made it home all right. Must be hard to drive when you're a puddle on your floorboards.

You forgot your french fries, by the way.

[desyhand.livejournal.com]

We were only screeming "Crystal butt plug" because I wanted to see Due again. Oh the drama. Of the cross hatching.

And what about your precious trashcan?!? What is he, chopped liver?!?!? ;)

[chibi-trillian.livejournal.com]

OMG, I can't believe I forgot that my entire right leg from the knee down is absolutely Al-tastic. I am SHAMED!

[kikkuma.livejournal.com]

*pokes fingers together like the little ball of jealousy she is* Uwaa... You're so lucky you got to go to that. =>.<= I wanted to- badly. But, alas, was not able to. *mumble mumble*

*laughs* At Anime LA though, I was made into a zombie by kinbu. *nods* I was a bloody happy zombie too- even smiled for the camera man. It was pretty cool. xD

*coughs* And on another note, I WILL get your picture done soon. There were a few... certain setbacks today. Unfortunately. =-_-= But tomorrow! Tomorrow I shouldn't be stuck doing much. =<<=;;

[chibi-trillian.livejournal.com]

I only tend to hit up my local cons, so the five-state area around Maryland is about as far as I'll roam for a con. I usually just go to Otakon, but that gets crazier and suckier and more expensive every year, so I decided to go with my friends when they decided on impulse "Hey, Katsucon. Let's go down on Saturday." I'm jealous of the West Coast cons--so many interesting folks either won't come to the East Coast or only come to one or two cons.

I have a pair of con pants--the only light-colored jeans I own. I carried Sharpies around and encouraged everyone and their mom to draw on my pants (which gets the most fascinating looks out of people). plotbunny_tiff has a con jacket that she does the same for and it's to the point where people are having to sketch along seams and around buttons because it's the only clear area left on the jacket, and alucardblue has a con bookbag worth at least a few hundred dollars on eBay from the sheer number of famous and semifamous artists he's had sign and sketch on it. Naturally, he can't use the bookbag for holding stuff anywhere except cons anymore.

We almost had to pick mettathron up and carry her to get her to go to the Scuttlebutt table, though--she had a bit of an attack of nerves. All's well that ended well, though.

[mettathron.livejournal.com]

>< DON'T SHARE THAT WITH PEOPLE!!! ::KICK:: Saaa... some friend you are. Do I go around telling people embarrasing things you did?

[chibi-trillian.livejournal.com]

Yes. And you laugh your Naga laugh at me, and keep demanding portions of my soul as payments for things. And you crack your whip over me and make me write you things (not that I usually need encouragement to write things for other people, but still). And you torture my characters in and out of game. I'm allowed a little amusement at your reluctance, especially as it resulted in such a nice piece of art.

[kikkuma.livejournal.com]

XD Hey hey, no worries mettathron. Do you know how FREAKED out I was when I first met them? =>>= Gods. I was blushing like CRAZY, and had to have my friend drag me over there as well.

...And then, being the smooth talker I am, I choose to admit to knowing who they were by blurting out, "O-Oh! I-I-I've seen you two on the PANT MAN website! Dx"

*scratches head* It er.... at least.... made for some interesting... fits of laughter and conversation afterwards. *shifty eyes* And THAT'S when I learned that you shouldn't bring up seeing people cosplaying with panties on their heads and such right upon meeting them. *folds hands together*

[mettathron.livejournal.com]

::Kicks chibi_trillian:: Don't listen to her. I don't even attempt to mimic a Naga laugh without fair warning and a good deal of prep time (otherwise I'll throw out my back). I never demanded any portion of her soul; she offered it on her own. I do no such whipcracking, but bribe patiently with artwork and fics.

My friends did most of the actual talking. All my verbal skills went straight out the window about the time they found out we were yaoi fans. I couldn't think of a single thing to say that wasn't "I love your work" or "You guys are so cool". I ended up saying the "so cool" one a couple of times, regardless. For someone who likes to think they can string a pretty sentence together, I failed miserably at conversation. I probably came across as rude or something. >< At least you have a funny story to show for it. I've just got crosshatching.

[ocean-phoenix.livejournal.com]

Um...does this mean that you were perhaps one of the cosplayers (out of zillions) that I saw at Otakon last year? I now have a group of enemies in Maryland because of that con, mainly because one of them had a crush on me and well...I wasn't "the type" who could go for that sort of thing.

(I thought you were a west-coaster for some reason...)

[chibi-trillian.livejournal.com]

I was the Zell Dincht crossplayer with the jacket that was waaaaaay too big for her. Well done, but still having about a foot of extra material involved. I need to take it in before I do that again. I looked hideous as a blonde, but I had a grand old time marching around the con with a hot dog.

I was hanging out with a Shin Megami Tensai Nocturne cosplayer (whose generous friends spent an hour painting him with liquid latex that morning), a male Toboe and Tsume pair (if you went to the yaoi panel, they were the two giving fanservice to the entire line), a Vincent (that would have been mettathron, who actually got a few girls giggling at her and going "He's hot!"), and a Chad crossplayer (plotbunny_tiff).

(I'm an East-Coaster, born and bred. I've been to the West Coast exactly once in my life--I spent four days in Seattle. Nice city, and it didn't rain while I was there.)

[ocean-phoenix.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm a crossplayer... All my costumes are male. I was the female Auron, and since I quite literally have the Auron (and Reno) haircut, just a little silver on the sides (or red all over) and I look the part...sort of. Except for the fact I'm a tiny 5'1"...*sigh* I'm in a lot of the FF photoshoot pictures as Reno, but not Auron. I do have a cosplay[dot]com account where some pics are located.

[creamy-twilight.livejournal.com]

Wow, sounds like someone had a super fun day. I wanna see your pants that everyone drew/written on (or if it was on paper, I still wanna see it). What's up with "Crystal butt plug! CRYSTAL BUTT PLUG! Of DRAMA!"?

[chibi-trillian.livejournal.com]

I might photograph my pants (assuming I can find my digital camera) because they've picked up some nice art. Need to go to a few more cons, though--there's still visible denim.

"Crystal butt plug! Of DRAMA!" comes from the anime "Moby Dick." It's atrocious in an unintentionally hilarious way--some of the ships are strangely designed (hence the crystal butt plug, because that's what it looked like), they overuse the "dramatic" crosshatch shading, and the storyline is a horrid mess of plotholes. Add to that complete ignorance of physics in a space drama, and you have "Moby Dick."

[desyhand.livejournal.com]

And don't forget hot androids. Hot androids probed by a ships shaped like a white wale and whose vomit sparkles.

Ah Due...we'll find out who you are...

[plotbunny-tiff.livejournal.com]

But we already know he's a gay elf-ninja android who cries when he gets stuff in his eye...what more is there?

[desyhand.livejournal.com]

Was it snow? Was it white? Was it white snow? It's beautiful!

And apparently I'm attractive to gay guys, and elf-nijas rock, so I still fail to see a downside to this...

Hey lookit Chibi! Your post has become a message board!

[chibi-trillian.livejournal.com]

Yes! Transformation complete! I win!

Dialogue Repetition Theater, brought to you by a lazy writing team.

[tgecko.livejournal.com]

Ahhh, I'm so jealous. I've never been to a con of any sort. *sniffles* And for the next few months I'll probably be too poor to attend one.

Sounds like you had a lot of fun. :D

[chibi-trillian.livejournal.com]

It is incredibly fun, but you always spend more than you were expecting to. Con presents are the most fun, both giving and receiving--mine from plotbunny_tiff is coming in the mail, so the warm fuzzies from this con shall last a while longer than normal. ^_^

[plotbunny-tiff.livejournal.com]

Cons are a lot of fun, especially when you actually get to the point where you have "con buddies" or people you've met at other cons and run into, both to your great delight. For chibi_trillian and I it would be the Reverend Brother Pastor Deacon Docter Nick. Awesome guy, and seeing him is a yearly event we look forward to. ^_^

I'm just happy we got to take our plushie babies to there first big event, where they got much love. And seeing my friends happy made me squigy with glee. And I got prono gifts that brightened my day. ::huggles:: Thank you Chibi! ^///^

[chibi-trillian.livejournal.com]

I think Usopp's still grumpy that Zoro got Sanji for most of the con, even if there wasn't enough room in the pocket he was hiding in for both of them (the wocket still hasn't come back, by the way). And I think Luffy missed Zoro and is mad that the whole crew didn't get to go. I'm glad they all found big versions of themselves, though.

Next con! Next con, my porninja powers will not fail me! I'll borrow the Hentaihugger if I have to! *ties on headband with an H on it*

[mettathron.livejournal.com]

Borrow? *eyetwitch* Take the damn thing. Keep it, for all I care. Just keep it far away from me. ><