Fiddle-Dee-Dee, Said Scarlett

All photos herein courtesy of Cosplay Couture Photography!

These are non-cosplay photos from the Vegas trip.

( Vampirates, Wenches, and Eiffel Pene )

For pics of Plushie Adventures, check out roaming_plush, home of The Roaming Plushie Brigade on LJ!

I am home.

We got in at like 10 last night, and then just crashed.

I'm really not sure how to even begin to sum up the convention. Or what little of it I was actually able to see. You see, the convention center was full of steep, difficult stairs, and all the elevators were broken. Which meant I couldn't go to any panel that was upstairs, which was... all of them except one. Was not able to meet Jonny Yong Bosch, Aaron Dismuke or Travis Willingham. Did, by pure luck, get to meet Laura Bailey. She's amazing, and an absolute sweetheart. And so damn funny! She signed my artbook, complimented my costume (and told me how sad she was I wasn't wearing the Lust outfit anymore) and I got up the nerve to ask her what she thinks of Scar/Lust. She totally approves/supports/endorses it, and apparently absolutely loved that storyline and being able to play it out.

The Dealer's Room sucked. chocomimi, I'm sorry, I didn't see anything that you'd like. :/ I am a sad panda that your birthday present is not coming from a con. And sorry to everyone else I was trying to get autographs for. :/ The cosplays also kind of sucked, and I think I encountered my first Con Drama with a really bitchy Tamaki cosplayer. We didn't exactly have it out, but... yes. She was quite the bitch and there was Minor Drama.

Being able to see people was great. And completely corrupting my niece - who everyone loved and who we want to take to cons all the time now - was great. She had the time of her life.

BUT! There was one totally bright spot. On Artist's Alley, there were artists doing commissions, and one had beautiful work. I commission a sketch, because damnit, there needs to be art for my OTP! And... wow. Next time, I'm splurging on full ink and color:

( It's Not Only How Happy They Look, It's How He Adores Her... )

Ignore my crappy scanner and the shadows and that bit of plastic that got stuck under the sketch.

Anyway, anna_daae and I are both sick now. And after getting lost, nearly breaking down on the highway, getting lost again and various other Horrible Things.... it's going to take a while to remember the fun things. But there were fun things, I swear!

Just look at my shiny pretty.

It's not even noon and I feel like I'm going to drop. Which is normal pre-convention. As is the normal 'ZOMG MY COSTUMES SUCK AND I LOOK AWFUL AND EVERYTHING SUCKS GAH!' paranoia.

I still need to take in my Lust dress. I hate taking things in by hand, I really do. But there's nothing to do for it. I washed my Lust wig and it's drying now. My mother threw out my wig care instructions, so I had to look it up online. But of course, my internet keeps dying because my mother had the brilliant idea of tying all the cords for the modem and router up into a bundle. *facepalms*

The guest list for Anime Vegas is amazing. Laura Bailey, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Travis Willingham, Aaron Dismuke.... I'm definitely taking my FMA artbook. And now I am sad I wasn't able to do my Radu cosplay, since Aaron voiced Ion. I love Ion, so, so much. But I have plenty of awesome Al pictures in my artbook for him to sign. ;) I may pick up something TB though, and have Colleen and Aaron sign it. Since I do so love TB.

Also? Yoko Ishida is the guest of honor. I love her voice. The opening and ending to Ah! My Goddess are gorgeous.

Okay, enough procrastinating.

ETA: And man, thank you, most awesome of Flists, for cutting every single tiny Death Note spoiler! Seriously, that means so much to me. *hugs*