A-Kon 19

I was gonna type out a big post about A-Kon, but fuck that, I'm lazy! So please enjoy these cosplay pictures I took and whatever random commentary I decide to put here. ♥



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And what's a con without buying random shit you probably don't even need!



× Three Legend of Zelda t-shirts
× Catbus plushie (with two mini Totoros inside!)
× Set of Twilight Princess gashapon (4 figures). Will post pics of them once I put them together.
× Two Ghibli mascots (keychain-type-cameo-thing + circular tin); one Kiki's Delivery Service and one My Neighbor Totoro. The contents of the tins were a mystery, so I had a one in six chance of getting the keychain I really wanted. I ended up getting my second least favorite of the Totoro one (I got Mei, who is a character I find kinda annoying), and my favorite from the Kiki one (Jiji!).
× Two posters; one Hot Fuzz and one Shaun of the Dead. I am weak against the fabulous trio of Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, and Edgar Wright.
× Dragon Incarnate, a Gackt photobook. Basically its Gackt looking inhumanely beautiful (as always) in Heian-era fashion and long hair. Seriously, its like they took a random list of things I enjoy (Gackt? Check. Attractive men with girly hair? Check. Historical dress? Check.) and created something out of my dreams. ♥
× Sex Pistols vol. 5
× Love Mode vol. 4
× Meiji Fruit Drops, you know, that hard candy Seita and Setsuko ate in Grave of the Fireflies before they ever so slowly died of starvation. :| I am a strange person who enjoys collecting glass bottles and random tins.
× Puchirin Kompeitō

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Links.

Metal Gear's Top 5 Awkward Moments. "Do you think love can bloom on the battlefield, Snake?"

Gaming Culture: Video game papercrafts -- 1UP's look at the papercrafts created by Tubbypaws. And judging by a comment made in the final paragraph, it looks like a Metal Gear pattern will be coming up in the future. Yes! I enjoy making these way too much.

Gear Up! A Metal Gear Retrospective. Since I've already linked to two of 1UP's MGS4 countdown articles, why not check out the rest.

Cubeecraft papercraft. Even more papercrafts!