#roguearcanis

part 1: sariel telling vanden, “it’s okay to be scared, it just means you’re about to do something very brave”

This is my third year now meeting Parle Productions at Metrocon in Tampa, Florida. Every year is just gets better and better after I meet them, even if this year I wasn’t able to go all four days because of work and prior plans with family. 

To me, its still so surreal that I get to meet the people who actually inspired me to start cosplaying. Their videos helped influence me to come out of my shell, and attempt to cosplay, and I’ve come so far. I’ve gone from my rather poorly done Zexion cosplay, to my Peggy Carter cosplay which I’m insanely proud of, and while it’s still missing a proper jacket, I love Peggy, and without watching Parle’s videos, I never would have had the confidence to try it for the first time. 

The fact that when I got to go up to them after their panels and they remembered me is absolutely astonishing. I don’t see anything particularly memorable about myself. In theory, I’m just another fan of their stuff, and they could easily just pass me off, but they’re not like that. The first year I met them, I was amazed at how kind Jack and Kelly were. I had heard stories about how friendly they were to their fans, but experiencing it was entirely a different thing. And the following years, the fact that they remembered me, Sasha as well this year from meeting her last year, was enough to leave me almost in tears. Their videos helped me through a really tough time in my life, and even now, when I have a rough day, I pull up their videos and they just make me laugh even when I’m finding it hard to smile.