Alright everyone! So Fan Expo has come and gone and I wanted to share my experience with all of you!
We only spent one out of the three days there this time around, since the last Fan Expo was only a couple months ago. We decided to attend Saturday since it is the busiest of the three days with the most going on schedule wise. I was pleasantly surprised at how many vendors actually came since there was such little notice for them, and some vendors who hadn't been to the year previous came to this one which was great! We wandered around looking at all the vendor's and artist's alley for a while. Next was lining up to get some celebrity autographs. My friend and I stayed in line to meet George Takei for 30-45 minutes, but well worth the wait. He was extremely nice and fun to talk to! Next we went and waited to meet Patricia Sommersett who is the voice of Princess Zelda from Breath of the Wild. Very kind lady. I was super excited that she had memorized the Hylian alphabet and signed my book in it! After wandering around a bit more and grabbing some lunch. I decided it was time to get into costume and go check in for the costume contest. It's funny how the entire con atmosphere changes once you are in a costume. When I walk around as myself I'm just invisible, another con-goer, but once the costume goes on everyone wants to talk to you, take your photo. I had a line up at one point for getting pictures! The most exciting part for me though was when I walked past the professionaly cosplayers, and one group immediately stopped me and asked for my photo. It's so amazing when someone who is more experienced than you, more talented wants YOUR photo, and compliments YOUR work. I was also stopped by one of the Fan Expo officials and asked to do a pose and jig so they could post it on instagram which was amazing! So after wandering around as Skull Kid for a bit, we made our way to the main stage to get ready for the costume contest. There were so many awesome costumes, such talented people. Once we were back stage the nerves really set in. This was the first time I have ever been in a costume contest. I was super concerned about my lack of visibility and the fact I needed to climb stairs BUT it all worked out in the end. I ended up being the last contestant to go on stage. I was mostly surprised at how many of these people were in the novice and journeyman categories. In master's it was just me and one other person. Once it was my turn on stage, the nerves really took over. It's funny how you practice your answers to the questions and when you actually get asked...all the wrong stuff comes out. I had so much more I wanted to say about my costume, and my mouth just stopped working. OH well. I was absolutely thrilled to have my name called as the winner of the master class in this years contest. Such an honour! So overall we had a fabulous time at Fan Expo and are definitely looking forward to the Fan Expo Vancouver 2020 experience.
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