Welcome to WIP Hell

First off, we got there pretty late Thursday and went to go pick up badges. This was my first time wearing my completed Oracle outfit and I immediately noticed some things that need fixing before I can wear it again, but it was well received and on the outside you can’t really tell that it’s held on by hopes and dreams and safety pins. Of course, when we got back we promptly changed and went drinking like responsible adults. It’s fine, we’re all over 21.

Day 1

We started off the convention with RWBY, because it’s not Otakon without our RWBY cosplays. At the convention we met up with a huge group of RWBY cosplayers and just hung around meeting people and taking pictures for over an hour. Then we hit up the dealers hall for a little bit and let me tell you, it was epic. There were so many booths and so many things I wanted to buy. My only saving grace was there wasn’t a lot of Persona stuff to blow my money on.

After that it was time for the RWBY photoshoot. It was kinda hard for us to find, but we were able to get directions and made it mostly on time. The convention center is really big and disorienting at first, but by the end of the weekend we could mostly find our way around. So hopefully next year we get a little less lost.

The RWBY shoot was a lot of fun. The only issue was it took too long to do all the single shots so we ended up running out of time to do some of the scenes. But we still all had a good time and that’s what matters. After we changed into our Love Live cosplays because wearing them for just one day didn’t seem right. We didn’t really do much else on day 1 though, mostly just hung out and made friends and partied some more. Also Rave RWBY was a thing and that was awesome!!

Day 2

It was finally Persona day!! I was legitimately in my Oracle cosplay for over 12 hours. It’s not that it was uncomfortable, but it’s a very involved cosplay. So we did three photoshoots in one day and that was incredible and hectic and I loved it. The official SMT/ Persona shoot was ok. The location wasn’t very good because the lighting washed all of us out. Also, the fandom might slowly be getting too big to group them all together in one photoshoot. Regardless, it was fun and I met some really nice people. There was only one other Oracle too so it was cool to be one of two people in our cosplay. The same happened with Queen.

Our second photoshoot was a private one with my good friend Ryan. He was so sweet to do the shoot with us and put up with us floundering around totally unprepared. We took a lot of silly pictures and maybe a few serious ones too.

We hit up Iron Editor which is tradition for us at Otakon and it continues to be amazing. I literally made it to only one full panel and it was this one. After that Queen and I saw a little of Boku no Pornarama which is another favorite and then we were off to our third Persona photoshoot of the day. This one was unofficial so it didn’t feel rushed and we got all the pictures we ever could have wanted. And of course we met so many amazing people and it only served to remind me that the Persona fandom is a friendly and accepting place. I can’t wait to cosplay more Persona and hanging out with these incredible and talented people again.

Day 3

Today was all Love Live. We ended up leaving a few things off because finishing them meant rushing and possibly doing this poorly. Regardless, I’m really proud of how they turned out. We mostly just hung around and did last minute shopping today. Then we met up with Weiss (who couldn’t come to the con) and went out for lunch. Then the con was over and we all had to say goodbye and we were so sad to leave but it was an amazing weekend and I can’t wait until next year!!

Here are some of my favorite selections from the two shoots I did. The rest of them can be seen on my facebook page.