CON REPORT
Oh my god.
Registration was crazy. LONG LINE IS LOOOOOONG. Not much to say - people-watched, saw awesome t-shirts. After we got through, which wasn't for quite a while, we got our badges, and got dinner.
We couldn't go meet him at the airport, but we wound up waiting for him at the hotel he was staying at. He and Safty had been traveling for, like, more than twenty hours, flying in from England. The whole crowd went up to the hotel room, got a little settled in, and then we took off down the street - it was, like, midnight, by the way - and walked a mile or so down the street to the nearest Denny's and had a late dinner. Dragon gave LK a gift she'd been planning - she had a Kuriboh plushie made. It's a really well-made one, too, and it was all kinds of cute. Safty put it on his head. He adjusted it and continued with his conversation.
I MET A FELLOW HUGOMANIAC. NOT EVEN KIDDING. Once we realized the mutual fandom, we spent the rest of the time discussing Hunchback book vs. movie, and hadn't even GOTTEN to Les Mis before we had to leave. It was, like, two AM.
The panel. Was. AWESOME. They were showing the English dub of the new season of YGO - the one where they play card games on motorcycles. LittleKuriboh was with us, and was making comments the whole time. I was making them, too - "Stealing makes EVERYTHING better!" I SWEAR TO GOD THAT THING IS FEMALE. I WILL NEVER, EVER BELIEVE THAT THAT THING IS A BOY. The audience was great - we laughed at Jack Atlas's British accent, the bad dialogue, and at the very end.....well....Yuusei's standing on a cliff, thinking about his Rival, Jack Atlas, and announces, "I'm coming."
Now, I thought I was just being a perverted teenager for finding this amusing.
However, this snickering spread across the room in a slow wave, and I realized EVERYONE was laughing at Yuusei's spontaneous orgasm.
God, how would that go? "ATTACK DIRECTLY!!! *pant* *gasp* Your...life points....hit zero. I....win....unh. *cough* Sorry. I, uh...I get like that sometimes during duels. Excuse me...I gotta go clean off. Anyone got a tissue?"
....would he crash his motorcycle?
Now, Tristan's VA was at the panel, because he's voicing Yuusei, the crab-haired main chracter. I swear to god, the character designs get weirder and weirder with each spinoff series. But anyway, there was a BRIEF Q&A, and LittleKuriboh BARELY got to ask his question. But when he did - he got to the mic, introduced himself, and as soon as he said "I'm LittleKuriboh," the room EXPLODED. He got the biggest cheer of ANYONE. He asked how different it was to voice a main character like Yuusei as opposed to Tristan, a supporting role. And then....he asked Tristan's VA to say "My voice gives me super strength." The room went WILD. XDDD He was a good sport and did it, and it was AWESOME. XDDD I left early - I wanted the t-shirt they were giving away, because it had Yuusei on it and Yuusei is the Kai/Lane crackbaby. No, seriously. He's all tough and grew up in the ghetto, but he BUILT A DUELING MOTORCYCLE FROM SCRATCH. */////////* I just don't know where he got the hair.
Ah, well. Wandered around the dealer's room, looking at art and stuff. I'll post a list after con of all the purchases and swag and stuff. I wound up carrying the backpack - only fair, considering Dragon and Lunnaei are treating most of my meals, and I need the excercise badly.
Anyway, I'm exhausted, and NEEEED to sleep. Getting up at five tomorrow to meet Slifertheskydragon for breakfast. Will post moar later!!
Registration was crazy. LONG LINE IS LOOOOOONG. Not much to say - people-watched, saw awesome t-shirts. After we got through, which wasn't for quite a while, we got our badges, and got dinner.
We couldn't go meet him at the airport, but we wound up waiting for him at the hotel he was staying at. He and Safty had been traveling for, like, more than twenty hours, flying in from England. The whole crowd went up to the hotel room, got a little settled in, and then we took off down the street - it was, like, midnight, by the way - and walked a mile or so down the street to the nearest Denny's and had a late dinner. Dragon gave LK a gift she'd been planning - she had a Kuriboh plushie made. It's a really well-made one, too, and it was all kinds of cute. Safty put it on his head. He adjusted it and continued with his conversation.
I MET A FELLOW HUGOMANIAC. NOT EVEN KIDDING. Once we realized the mutual fandom, we spent the rest of the time discussing Hunchback book vs. movie, and hadn't even GOTTEN to Les Mis before we had to leave. It was, like, two AM.
The panel. Was. AWESOME. They were showing the English dub of the new season of YGO - the one where they play card games on motorcycles. LittleKuriboh was with us, and was making comments the whole time. I was making them, too - "Stealing makes EVERYTHING better!" I SWEAR TO GOD THAT THING IS FEMALE. I WILL NEVER, EVER BELIEVE THAT THAT THING IS A BOY. The audience was great - we laughed at Jack Atlas's British accent, the bad dialogue, and at the very end.....well....Yuusei's standing on a cliff, thinking about his Rival, Jack Atlas, and announces, "I'm coming."
Now, I thought I was just being a perverted teenager for finding this amusing.
However, this snickering spread across the room in a slow wave, and I realized EVERYONE was laughing at Yuusei's spontaneous orgasm.
God, how would that go? "ATTACK DIRECTLY!!! *pant* *gasp* Your...life points....hit zero. I....win....unh. *cough* Sorry. I, uh...I get like that sometimes during duels. Excuse me...I gotta go clean off. Anyone got a tissue?"
....would he crash his motorcycle?
Now, Tristan's VA was at the panel, because he's voicing Yuusei, the crab-haired main chracter. I swear to god, the character designs get weirder and weirder with each spinoff series. But anyway, there was a BRIEF Q&A, and LittleKuriboh BARELY got to ask his question. But when he did - he got to the mic, introduced himself, and as soon as he said "I'm LittleKuriboh," the room EXPLODED. He got the biggest cheer of ANYONE. He asked how different it was to voice a main character like Yuusei as opposed to Tristan, a supporting role. And then....he asked Tristan's VA to say "My voice gives me super strength." The room went WILD. XDDD He was a good sport and did it, and it was AWESOME. XDDD I left early - I wanted the t-shirt they were giving away, because it had Yuusei on it and Yuusei is the Kai/Lane crackbaby. No, seriously. He's all tough and grew up in the ghetto, but he BUILT A DUELING MOTORCYCLE FROM SCRATCH. */////////* I just don't know where he got the hair.
Ah, well. Wandered around the dealer's room, looking at art and stuff. I'll post a list after con of all the purchases and swag and stuff. I wound up carrying the backpack - only fair, considering Dragon and Lunnaei are treating most of my meals, and I need the excercise badly.
Anyway, I'm exhausted, and NEEEED to sleep. Getting up at five tomorrow to meet Slifertheskydragon for breakfast. Will post moar later!!