Pictures will be forthcoming
So turns out I didn't get very many pictures of myself. But here are a few:
Here I am posing with Ursula. She was very friendly and we kept bumping into each other throughout the convention. She seemed like she'd make a fun con buddy. Wish I'd hung out with her more.
This girl came running up when she saw me and wanted to get a "Disney Villains" picture. I have no idea who her character is though. I assumed she was from the like one Disney movie I somehow missed or something, but nobody else I asked has any idea who she is either. If anyone recognizes her, let me know. I applaud her decision to wear tennis shoes. I was wearing four inch platform shoes because I figured Jafar and to be tall and intimidating. My feet weren't bleeding at the end of the day, but the way they felt I was surprised that they weren't.
EDIT: She's
Dr Facilier from The Princess and the Frog.
Finally, towards the end of the day I met a Jasmine and Aladdin pair. We ended up posing together for a while with me trying to steal Jasmine and hypnotize her with my staff. DIdn't get any pictures of that, but here we are after we bumped into each other again in the line for the Masquerade:
Apologies to the Jasmine I missed. One of the convention staff pulled me aside and said she had a Jasmine costume she was waiting to put on just as soon as her shift was over and wanted to take pictures. Should have given her my number, but just didn't think of it.
Also, a shoutout to the girl took took two pictures of me on the street in the Gaslamp district, "Ja far" and "Ja close" from faraway and up close. Hopefully somebody can find those on google. That was hilarious.
This was my first Comic Con, and I was surprised at how ordinary it felt. This is supposed to be pretty much
the convention, but it really felt like any other convention I've been to. Actually, if anything it was a bit impersonal compared to Wondercon, Anime Expo, Anime LA, etc. In fact, the panels I attended were all especially bad, but most of the fun at conventions for me is meeting and talking to people. It seemed like there were far fewer people in costume here. At Wondercon, for example, which is operated by the same people as Comic Con, fully 80% of attendees are in costume. Here, it was more like 5-10%. For example, in the above pictures, counting only people in the background that I wasn't specifically taking pictures of, I count 22 people, and only 2 are in costume. That was fairly typical.
I'd do Comic Con again, but my impression is that it's more for the average Joe than for hardcore geeks. People in any given fandom who watch television shows about it, rather than for geeky weirdos to dress up and be silly. And the latter is more my style. It was fun being one of the more notable people in costume for once rather than being yet another guy in an adequate costume surrounded by people wearing 100+ hour masterpieces and $100 in makeup. But it did also make me miss the socially awkward camaraderie and impromptu dance parties in the halls of a smaller con like Anime LA.
But now I get to start thinking about who I dress as next. Thinking maybe Shredder. This is the first time I've dressed as a villain, and it's something I think I could do again.
Anyway, there's my brief con report. Glad I made it, sorry to everyone who couldn't come, and Mephansteras: charge your phone next time so we can meet up!
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