Aki Con and Pokemon (Hey, that rhymes!)

So since I live in the greater Seattle area I try to make it out to as many of the local conventions as I can.  On October 26 and 27 I attended Aki Con.  This convention recently decided to take up it's annual residence out in Sea-Tac.  My favorite part of any convention is the Artists Alley.  Aki Cons Artists Alley is a bit small, but they have some amazing talent.  I am always excited to see what new things they've come up with :-)

But I got to say, my hands down favorite event: the Final Fantasy Fight Tournament.  Cosplayers fight each other (pretend of course!) as if they were the character they are cosplaying and fighting Final Fantasy style.  They even have Summons!  And I was one!  Why you ask?  Because I was dressed as a beautiful Glaceon!  I was joined by an equally stunning Flareon and together we took on our enemies!  Unfortunately, I didn't manage to get a photo of my partner in destruction - I need a better camera :"-(

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Aki Con

In any case, you may be wondering why I went as Glaceon . . .  Because Pokémon Y is amazing of course!  I went out at 1 o'clock in the morning hunting for this game.  First store (a retail-giant-who-shall-not-be-named) we went to said "We have them in back, but you we won't be putting them out until the morning."  Oh really?  Called the another store location (of the retail-giant-who-shall-not-be-named) and they said "Oh yes, we'll sell one to you right now!"  Success!  I have a lot of Pokémon games - check it out - 

So I thought it was time to cosplay one of the lovable creatures.  The costume was rather successful and the game is rather awesome as well. The new Amie system is one of my favorite things in the game.  You can pet, feed, and play with your Pokémon - makes me wish my Pug lived with me!  And you can catch Pokémon from every generation - I was pretty surprised when I ended up with a Squirtle.  In any case, the costume itself wasn't too hard to make.  I got a pattern for a regular hoodie (men's because I had more to work with) and kind of played around with all the embellishments.  My boyfriend thought I should wear chuck and fishnets to finish the ensemble because he always thought of Glaceon as a little punk.  Look at the face; she does look a little punk-ish . . .

And here is a shot of the finished outfit.

And a professional photo by the talented Ed Tan.

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Cosplay Photos by Mr. Ed Tan

All in all, it's been a fun couple of weeks . . .  And that's all for tonight folks!!!!!!!!!!