It's been awhile, as you can tell. But I'm happy (and tentative) to say I'll be back with it over the summer. At least until August, when the stress of moving and Sophomore year begins. (Also, both cosplay making and blogging becomes 1000x more difficult while babysitting our 8-month-old nephew. This kid's a handful)
Anyway, losing focus. Back to the point.
Phoenix Comicon was this past weekend and it was a great time. Despite the fact that it was at least 83% stress, thanks to missing costumes, parking, and broken phones, we really enjoyed ourselves.
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This year, we had a larger group with us than ever before. While its sufficiently more difficult to keep track of 6+ people as opposed to just the two of us, group cosplays are way more fun and garner a lot more attention.
Thursday
First day of PCC, we did a Peter Pan group cosplay. I cosplayed Tinker Bell while Michelle pulled off a fabulous Captain Hook. I loved this one in particular because I think it was one of my personal best and people love seeing their favorite fairytale come to life. Also, Tinker Bell is a favorite with the little ones and getting to see their excitement at meeting me really brightens my day.
(Michelle as Captain Hook, our friends: Mercy as Wendy Darling, Mariah as a Lost Boy, Jesse as Peter Pan, and then myself as Tinker Bell)
Friday
Our second day was our second group cosplay. Today, we were DC heroes and villains. This cosplay was particularly fun because people love to see characters from classic comics. I finally got to wear my Supergirl cosplay that I've been working on and wanting to wear for awhile. Michelle was Poison Ivy. It was definitely my favorite of all the costumes she wore this year.
(Myself as Supergirl, Michelle as Poison Ivy, Jesse as Harley Quinn, our friend Star as Joker, and Mercy as Wonder Woman)
Saturday
Day 3. By this point, our feet are killing us and we're dying of heat. Something I don't consider too much when designing cosplays is the fact that I live in a desert. Well, at least its a dry heat *sarcasm* (every Arizonan simultaneously glares).
Day three's cosplay was Assassin's Creed, a game that I have never played. But the cosplays were *on point*, as they say. Huge shoutout to Michelle for making our fantastic costumes, as I really had nothing to do with these. Also, unfortunately I don't have many pictures of these costumes as 117 degree weather and coats and capes do not go well together. I ditched my costume about 3 hours in and didn't get many pics.
Haytham Kenway (literally the only picture I took that day)
Jesse as Edward Kenway and Michelle as Connor Kenway
Shenanigans
Sunday
And finally, we come to Sunday. Sunday was a rough day. By that point I was exhausted and in pain and quite ready to go home, but I was looking forward to being joined by our older sister. Michelle and I cosplayed as Hogwarts students, Slytherin and Gryffindor, respectively. I love this costume cause it looks great but its also super comfortable and easy. Today was the day of the broken phone, so again, I don't have many pictures.
I don't have much to offer but here's a photo of our sister Casey and friend Luke in their awesome Fire Emblem cosplays. (Lucina and Robin)
All in all, I'd say it was a successful Comicon. Despite our series of unfortunate events, we had a great time. I'm already planning for and looking forward to next year. Hopefully, you might see some more pictures from Michelle's side (hint hint). Check back soon to read about next year's cosplays. (Hint: Disney fun, the always favorite Firefly, the Fellowship of the Ring, and a particular Agent of SHIELD)
Thanks for reading,
Lainee
