The Yorkshire Cosplay Con: End of Summer Ball was lovely while it lasted. Pulling up outside the Royal Victoria hotel and seeing everyone dressed up to the nines was lovely. Brian and I attended as Sam and Nathan Drake from Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, suited up for an auction heist. I got to meet up with one of my best online friends who cosplays Jareth the Goblin King from Labyrinth.
Spending the afternoon with my two companions was genuinely one of the nicest times I've had at con. Since I rarely see Jareth, I plan on stealing as much of his attention as I can while he's around. The time is full of hugs and dad jokes, the latter pulling an eye-roll from Brian every single time.
The highlight was probably some young dude in a suit singing You Raise Me Up while everybody joined in, and watching characters from every franchise dancing to Gangnam Style. The thing about con is it brings everybody together - I found myself speaking to people I'd never met before, and with that I gained so many more acquaintances. I have selfies on my phone with people I don't even know the names of.
Imagine; completely sober but checking your phone the morning after and discovering a slew of selfies, phone numbers and usernames that you can't put names or faces to and feeling like the whore of the convention community. It's a good time, I implore you all to find your closest local convention and go there. Socialise, make friends, trade... bodily fluids and- never mind.
Another successful convention to tick off the list. Hope everybody has a good weekend. Night all.
Signed,
Elijah.
Meta Sentience.
22/09/2017
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