Azkatraz [reflection]
Late yesterday evening it felt like "winter holidays" at Hogwarts. You know when only a handful of students are left for the break, because they haven't gone home yet (or in our case, our flights were a day later)? That was us. That was what was left of us after 5 amazing days of friends, jokes, drinks, cosplay, dinners, late night snickering, dancing, wine, bums, tight corsets, piano playing, and presentations.
This was my fifth HP convention and I still cannot say which one was the most fun, because they're all so unique. Each makes me walk away with more memories, funny jokes and the depression until the next one rolls around. Let me ask you...is the HP fandom the only one that feels this way, or do the others for Star Trek/Wars go through the same thing? Is it just that HP is maybe, that magical? Like you can look at others, or muggles, at the hotels and rest of the city and wonder if they know what you know? Do they know that taking slash photos of friends, even though you don't slash at all, is funny? Do they understand that you can justify (not that I did, I was outbid) the purchase of really good fan art based on Sirius in prison with J-A-M-E-S and L-I-L-Y tattooed on his knuckles?
This time around, it really strengthened friendships for me. Those I only knew online and in passing skarlettfever , long time "first family" alabastard , alabastardragon , kozibot , more new ones (too many to count) and the ones I remembered, but never got a chance to really exchange info with. If the message isn't clear in the books, I believe Hollywood Sirius said it best, "Keep your friends close..."
The After-Con depression hit hard this time and I just don't think Infinitus can come fast enough.
Pictures soon.
This was my fifth HP convention and I still cannot say which one was the most fun, because they're all so unique. Each makes me walk away with more memories, funny jokes and the depression until the next one rolls around. Let me ask you...is the HP fandom the only one that feels this way, or do the others for Star Trek/Wars go through the same thing? Is it just that HP is maybe, that magical? Like you can look at others, or muggles, at the hotels and rest of the city and wonder if they know what you know? Do they know that taking slash photos of friends, even though you don't slash at all, is funny? Do they understand that you can justify (not that I did, I was outbid) the purchase of really good fan art based on Sirius in prison with J-A-M-E-S and L-I-L-Y tattooed on his knuckles?
This time around, it really strengthened friendships for me. Those I only knew online and in passing skarlettfever , long time "first family" alabastard , alabastardragon , kozibot , more new ones (too many to count) and the ones I remembered, but never got a chance to really exchange info with. If the message isn't clear in the books, I believe Hollywood Sirius said it best, "Keep your friends close..."
The After-Con depression hit hard this time and I just don't think Infinitus can come fast enough.
Pictures soon.