Phew...
London Expo, whoo!
So very, very glad I went with oxbridgefemme, it was the most awesome thing in the history of fanstuff ever and we need to have it more. With shiny costumes and everything.
I didn't even have to leave Cambridge before I saw cosplayers. With free hugs signs.
Awesome Tetris guy at the underground station.
Awesome Tetris guy on the London underground.
Awesome Tetris guy playing Guitar Hero on the London underground.
There was something really awesome about riding the underground and seeing all these people in cosplay and Lolita skirts and corsets and kimonos getting on the train and just riding around like normal. There was even someone with a "Shinra Electric Power Company" badge (possibly the redhead Turk from Crisis Core) sitting across from us on the Jubilee line.
Cowboy hat Hot Rod, who we met on the way to the Excel Center. A bit shy, but cute.
A badly done panorama of what we saw once we finally got to the end of the cosplay walk (basically a quarter mile line of all the people walking down to the convention, what a sight we must have been). And this is just ten in the morning.
Just the outside was a complete spectacle. I'm guessing this is Midna/Wolf!Link--that suit must have been broiling.
Awesome boots.
Of course it wouldn't be a proper fan convention without the presence of Lord Vader and his entourage being surprise-hugged by members of a slightly less sinister evil organization.
Mudkip and...I don't know what the brown thing with the leaves is.
Awesome people, awesome coat.
More of Roddy, and a few more con attenders.
And here we finally catch up to Companion Cube guy. Yes, that is in fact his head.
One of several badass Altairs, because crowds are excellent places for assassinations.
Another thing every con needs: A Pyramid Head!
Ghostbusters dudes. We'll meet them again later.
I have no idea who this is, but it's an epic hat.
Beeeeeee!
Dueling Rorschachs. I lined up a shot on the first guy, and then the second just popped out of the crowd. By the way, I apologize for the blurriness on some of these pictures. Many of them were taken in a crowd, where everyone was moving and standing still for the perfect photo would probably get me trampled by a shinigami or something.
Predator about to strangle a bitch.
oxbridgefemme's brush with Death Manny Calavera.
Girly Snake!
...some guy and some other guy! I don't know, they were pretty.
A really good Harley Quinn outfit, kept to comic/cartoon form without looking unflattering.
Obligatory stormtroopers.
Some form of zombie and/or Silent Hill monster group.
More girl Snake!
Someone invoking win by going as a Tardis.
A lonely Phantom.
Some odd cross between the Riddler and David Bowie.
Anyone can go as a One Piece character. How many people would have the balls to go as the ship?
Someone who looked enough like Edoverse Sunstorm for me to snap a picture of.
I want to say Raiden of MGS4? No clue.
Blade. Trust me, much more obvious from the front but he'd turned his back by the time I got the camera out.
And the Ghostbusters are back!
I'm guessing Final Fantasy 8/10? Maybe?
Sleepy Apollo Justice and Edward Elric.
Something from Elfen Lied. I don't care, it was adorable and went 'nya!'.
Hold it!
"You got this injury from being run over by a Dalek? Damn, third one today."
Even spies need hugs. That's why we have Cuanta Vida!
Cutest little Pikachu girl ever.
They were selling all these sugegasa with cloth streamers around the stalls for no clear reason. I considered getting one, but the streamers looked silly and they probably weren't of the best construction. Also, no strap.
Only at a con will you find Rorscach holding a pink lacy parasol while he waits for his girlfriend to get out of the bathroom.
Xenomorphs, escorted by military men with guns who were probably there more to keep the aliens from tripping over their own feet than as crowd protection.
Mars needs women: here they are groping a fangirl.
...not a clue.
Craig Charles, another oxbridgefemme photo request.
Franziska von Karma, most whiptastic prosecutor ever.
Dr. McNinja. Ninjing rather badly.
More nice hat.
Not as nice hat.
I have no buggering idea if this was supposed to be someone, but he's amazing and I want one.
Shinigami photo op!
Assorted people. There's Franziska again.
Not a clue. Just pretty.
Mia Fey, former defense lawyer and mentor to Phoenix Wright, currently in the profession of badass lawyer from beyond the grave.
I'm guessing Heartless Sora from Kingdom Hearts. Really good outfit, really good kinda-creepy movements.
Deceptigrape cosplaying as Starscream and being my hero of the moment.
From the back.
Awesome Starscream boots.
Amidoh, who sent oxbridgefemme many profane text messages while we were there.
Roddy again and...some rather skeptical person that I don't know.
Warren Ellis!
Awesome steampunk people in line for Warren Ellis!
Me getting my con booklet signed by Warren Ellis!
Me standing next to Warren Ellis! He seems a reasonably nice guy with a cool beard, for the two seconds I spoke to him.
Bioshock splicer. Plasmids may make you crazy, but you'll still look pretty damn good.
Exactly how many places can you go where the question of "Where's the TARDIS?" will be met with a serious and helpful answer? This was one of them.
Cats trying on corsets. No explaination needed.
oxbridgefemme wanted me to take this. I think it's an FLCL thing.
Glittery mind-control cat ears!
The assassin silently stalks his prey through the unsuspecting crowd...
...and then strikes without warning!
Giselle from Enchanted.
V with Silk Spectre, who was probably wearing one of the more comfortable outfits of the day in terms of temperature.
The Batman lot again.
And just something for the scale of the whole thing. To the left we had at least that many over again.
Nurse Joker converses with a thoughtful Altair, while on the right a rather worried-looking gentleman notices that he's surrounded by crazy people.
Piratish people.
Very nice looking Azula and Wonder Woman.
I'm guessing World of Warcraft night elf and blood elf. Can't vouch for if they're specific characters or not.
Tidus and Yuna have a romantic discourse by the river.
Not a clue, but it looks like Lordi's Awa before she died.
oxbridgefemme's friends, who are fun people. On the far right is Ace Rimmer, who we were looking for during most of the con and the reason we spent so much time looking for the TARDIS in the first place.
Very nice looking guy--after I took away his "Free AIDS hugs" sign.
Cute sleeping girl.
Cute steampunk girl!
Spy with a pocket watch.
...no idea.
Kimono girl.
Happy box is full of happy!
People leaving the con.
Turks escorting Red XIII from the building.
Pretty but unidentified woman.
Man valiantly trying to raise his flag.
Sexy Black Cat.
And the inevitably Twilighters. I vote Team Jacob.
I don't know what they're actually all staring at, although it's probably just the train arriving, but it looks very dramatic.
After we left, we wandered around looking for a Yo! Sushi, as oxbridgefemme had promised to introduce me to the joys of little plates of Japanese food going around on conveyor belts. While I sadly forgot to get pictures of the actual restaurant, we did find this rather amusing message on a TV screen in one of the shop windows.
Apparently Jesus can rise from the dead and save your soul, but your computer's virus protection is on its own.
Random dancing Hari Krishnas on our way through Chinatown to get some bubble tea. I don't get it either.
And to round out our evening, Engrish diet tea ad at the convenience store. Not included: pictures of me missing the next to last train back to Cambridge and going all flail at oxbrigefemme and faithinfire on the phone before getting back to Cambridge at half past midnight.
So very, very glad I went with oxbridgefemme, it was the most awesome thing in the history of fanstuff ever and we need to have it more. With shiny costumes and everything.
I didn't even have to leave Cambridge before I saw cosplayers. With free hugs signs.
Awesome Tetris guy at the underground station.
Awesome Tetris guy on the London underground.
Awesome Tetris guy playing Guitar Hero on the London underground.
There was something really awesome about riding the underground and seeing all these people in cosplay and Lolita skirts and corsets and kimonos getting on the train and just riding around like normal. There was even someone with a "Shinra Electric Power Company" badge (possibly the redhead Turk from Crisis Core) sitting across from us on the Jubilee line.
Cowboy hat Hot Rod, who we met on the way to the Excel Center. A bit shy, but cute.
A badly done panorama of what we saw once we finally got to the end of the cosplay walk (basically a quarter mile line of all the people walking down to the convention, what a sight we must have been). And this is just ten in the morning.
Just the outside was a complete spectacle. I'm guessing this is Midna/Wolf!Link--that suit must have been broiling.
Awesome boots.
Of course it wouldn't be a proper fan convention without the presence of Lord Vader and his entourage being surprise-hugged by members of a slightly less sinister evil organization.
Mudkip and...I don't know what the brown thing with the leaves is.
Awesome people, awesome coat.
More of Roddy, and a few more con attenders.
And here we finally catch up to Companion Cube guy. Yes, that is in fact his head.
One of several badass Altairs, because crowds are excellent places for assassinations.
Another thing every con needs: A Pyramid Head!
Ghostbusters dudes. We'll meet them again later.
I have no idea who this is, but it's an epic hat.
Beeeeeee!
Dueling Rorschachs. I lined up a shot on the first guy, and then the second just popped out of the crowd. By the way, I apologize for the blurriness on some of these pictures. Many of them were taken in a crowd, where everyone was moving and standing still for the perfect photo would probably get me trampled by a shinigami or something.
Predator about to strangle a bitch.
oxbridgefemme's brush with Death Manny Calavera.
Girly Snake!
...some guy and some other guy! I don't know, they were pretty.
A really good Harley Quinn outfit, kept to comic/cartoon form without looking unflattering.
Obligatory stormtroopers.
Some form of zombie and/or Silent Hill monster group.
More girl Snake!
Someone invoking win by going as a Tardis.
A lonely Phantom.
Some odd cross between the Riddler and David Bowie.
Anyone can go as a One Piece character. How many people would have the balls to go as the ship?
Someone who looked enough like Edoverse Sunstorm for me to snap a picture of.
I want to say Raiden of MGS4? No clue.
Blade. Trust me, much more obvious from the front but he'd turned his back by the time I got the camera out.
And the Ghostbusters are back!
I'm guessing Final Fantasy 8/10? Maybe?
Sleepy Apollo Justice and Edward Elric.
Something from Elfen Lied. I don't care, it was adorable and went 'nya!'.
Hold it!
"You got this injury from being run over by a Dalek? Damn, third one today."
Even spies need hugs. That's why we have Cuanta Vida!
Cutest little Pikachu girl ever.
They were selling all these sugegasa with cloth streamers around the stalls for no clear reason. I considered getting one, but the streamers looked silly and they probably weren't of the best construction. Also, no strap.
Only at a con will you find Rorscach holding a pink lacy parasol while he waits for his girlfriend to get out of the bathroom.
Xenomorphs, escorted by military men with guns who were probably there more to keep the aliens from tripping over their own feet than as crowd protection.
Mars needs women: here they are groping a fangirl.
...not a clue.
Craig Charles, another oxbridgefemme photo request.
Franziska von Karma, most whiptastic prosecutor ever.
Dr. McNinja. Ninjing rather badly.
More nice hat.
Not as nice hat.
I have no buggering idea if this was supposed to be someone, but he's amazing and I want one.
Shinigami photo op!
Assorted people. There's Franziska again.
Not a clue. Just pretty.
Mia Fey, former defense lawyer and mentor to Phoenix Wright, currently in the profession of badass lawyer from beyond the grave.
I'm guessing Heartless Sora from Kingdom Hearts. Really good outfit, really good kinda-creepy movements.
Deceptigrape cosplaying as Starscream and being my hero of the moment.
From the back.
Awesome Starscream boots.
Amidoh, who sent oxbridgefemme many profane text messages while we were there.
Roddy again and...some rather skeptical person that I don't know.
Warren Ellis!
Awesome steampunk people in line for Warren Ellis!
Me getting my con booklet signed by Warren Ellis!
Me standing next to Warren Ellis! He seems a reasonably nice guy with a cool beard, for the two seconds I spoke to him.
Bioshock splicer. Plasmids may make you crazy, but you'll still look pretty damn good.
Exactly how many places can you go where the question of "Where's the TARDIS?" will be met with a serious and helpful answer? This was one of them.
Cats trying on corsets. No explaination needed.
oxbridgefemme wanted me to take this. I think it's an FLCL thing.
Glittery mind-control cat ears!
The assassin silently stalks his prey through the unsuspecting crowd...
...and then strikes without warning!
Giselle from Enchanted.
V with Silk Spectre, who was probably wearing one of the more comfortable outfits of the day in terms of temperature.
The Batman lot again.
And just something for the scale of the whole thing. To the left we had at least that many over again.
Nurse Joker converses with a thoughtful Altair, while on the right a rather worried-looking gentleman notices that he's surrounded by crazy people.
Piratish people.
Very nice looking Azula and Wonder Woman.
I'm guessing World of Warcraft night elf and blood elf. Can't vouch for if they're specific characters or not.
Tidus and Yuna have a romantic discourse by the river.
Not a clue, but it looks like Lordi's Awa before she died.
oxbridgefemme's friends, who are fun people. On the far right is Ace Rimmer, who we were looking for during most of the con and the reason we spent so much time looking for the TARDIS in the first place.
Very nice looking guy--after I took away his "Free AIDS hugs" sign.
Cute sleeping girl.
Cute steampunk girl!
Spy with a pocket watch.
...no idea.
Kimono girl.
Happy box is full of happy!
People leaving the con.
Turks escorting Red XIII from the building.
Pretty but unidentified woman.
Man valiantly trying to raise his flag.
Sexy Black Cat.
And the inevitably Twilighters. I vote Team Jacob.
I don't know what they're actually all staring at, although it's probably just the train arriving, but it looks very dramatic.
After we left, we wandered around looking for a Yo! Sushi, as oxbridgefemme had promised to introduce me to the joys of little plates of Japanese food going around on conveyor belts. While I sadly forgot to get pictures of the actual restaurant, we did find this rather amusing message on a TV screen in one of the shop windows.
Apparently Jesus can rise from the dead and save your soul, but your computer's virus protection is on its own.
Random dancing Hari Krishnas on our way through Chinatown to get some bubble tea. I don't get it either.
And to round out our evening, Engrish diet tea ad at the convenience store. Not included: pictures of me missing the next to last train back to Cambridge and going all flail at oxbrigefemme and faithinfire on the phone before getting back to Cambridge at half past midnight.