Convention Stories

[The Real Raijin]

Hey, in this thread, feel free to talk about the good stuff or the bad stuff that has happened to you at conventions.

What was your 1st experience like?

Anyone ever creeped you out?

Have you ever been hit on? what were they like?

Was there any cosplayers you had a crush on?  

[The Real Raijin]

The Thirteenth Lament

An Axel cosplayer I know beats up photographers, and got arressted once.

That's actually kinda funny, ya know? but a little crazy too xd  

[The Real Raijin]

I met a cowboy bebop cosplayer at anime expo and for anybody that doesn't know who cowboy bebop is....he is a half naked cowboy from guitar hero.

And no I didn't take a picture of him....that would be just to gay, ya know?....

That was just too much for my eyes to see.... gonk  

[PastelCyanide]

Man-Faye...

Need I say more? xD  

[Abigail_Blaire]

A few drunk people on their way to the rave were kinda creeping out me and my Songstress group last year. We just thought they were weird at first, but then when they wanted a picture with us, using a non-existent camera... yeah. They REEKED of alcohol. We felt nothing but the upmost sympathy for their DD though. He was trying so hard to keep them in line. xd  

[Zacky Stardust]

At EXP Con 2008, someone asked me to do the Zack death scene with a Cloud cosplayer who was there. So, I layed down on the floor and the Cloud cosplayer leaned against me and people took pictures. Suddenly I hear someone shout out "NO, ZACK!" and was tackled. One Zack-obsessed fangirl is bad enough, but suddenly like five more came and jumped on top of me. I was under like 800 or so pounds of fangirl. The girl who requested the picture had to help pry them off because I couldn't breathe. D8 It was kind of scary.  

[CherryBlossoms-Princess]

What was your 1st experience like?

It was pretty crazy! I was running around the con like some girl high on sugar or something!

Anyone ever creeped you out?
Yeah! There was this guys who kept on following me. He was like holding his camera and following me around like some stalker.

Have you ever been hit on? what were they like?
Hit on? Not yet. XD

Was there any cosplayers you had a crush on?
A crush huh? Hmmmthere was this Naruto cosplayer I was like somewhat in love with. But I found out he had a girlfriend so yeah. I gave up on him as I could never compare to her. *shrugs* Got my heart broken.  

[Turk Shuriken]

What was your 1st experience like?
Kind of... intimidating. I was really really young at the time, and had no idea what I was getting into. It was a lot of fun, though. I'm just glad that it was a tamer, smaller convention. sweatdrop

Anyone ever creeped you out?
Many times. Even though I'm not a cosplay idol or even close to being one, I got stalked so much I just ended up working at booths -- and even then, you get some really creepy employers/customers...
And I don't know if you all know Harry from JPopHouse/JHouseRock booths, but that man terrifies me!! gonk

Have you ever been hit on? what were they like?
Yeah. They're your typical otaku (I mean this in the true Japanese way): They obviously didn't know what a shower and deodorant is for, they still lived with their parents, and they looked like they ordered in from McDonalds way too often.
A few times it was someone cute and sane, though. heart I like those people. heart

Was there any cosplayers you had a crush on?
DieDono and Teh Chino-san, for certain-sure. Poor, poor Chino... redface  

[Mshaaaa]

at zenkai 08 i was cosplaying as roxas. there was another girl cosplaying as axel. being yaoi fangirl,we got married with a random larxene we found standing in the backround. heart heart heart  

[Astrum Aeternus]

Heh well I was Tifa Lockheart, AC, and I saw a Zack Fair (I am a MAJOR fangirl for Zack<3) so I glomped him full force, but he picked me up and we spun in happy circles. heart He's now my best friend. XD  

[Yazoo the Awsome]

funny stories
I got some funny ones too.
A At my first convention i got way tooo hyper. I was Yuffie. I took my friends wooden sword( =it was one of the ones from bleach) threw it over my shoulder zack style and knoked several poor bystanders in the head. lol. it was at a bookstore, so there was normal people there too. i ran around with the sword for several minute, wackin peeps by accident. lol. we were heading down an escalator n i turned to talk to one of my friends n accidently wacked several people riding the other way. The sword was soon tooken away from me. i was still hyper and grabbed the nearest cosplayer, that i didnt know, and gave em a hug. lol it turned out to be a shino(fromNaruto). the shino flipped and ran of, only to pop back up two minutes later with a Tobi(Naruto). the tobi told us something but you couldnt understand him because of his mask.... he was creepy.


Me and my friend were just chilling, watching the cosplay contest when BAM! My friend gets poked my a Cid cosplayer who was using a broo, stick as a staff. then the guy noticed I was Yuffie, he flipped, called his friends over n they flipped n i got fan-hassled.

I yelled at three sasuke(naruto). lol. need i say why.

Liked my stories? I have mores and pictures too.  

[Gray BloodStone]

lol this one time i went down south for a con and i went as sephiroth and im pretty tall guy im like 6 foot 3 and i found a cloud who was like up to my chest and i walked up to them then someone yelled CLOUD LOOK OUT BEHIND YOU!. we got into a short sword fight and then he got tackled by a tifa girl and me just a some fan-girls who were all like SEPHY. kinda hard to move when your being squeezed by fan-girls. later that day cloud became a good friend on mine and we still talk about that funny fight today xD  

[Kairi_Kozplayr]

What was your 1st experience like?
It was awesome. I met some awesome friends there and we still go out and do cosplays and videos and stuff.

Anyone ever creeped you out?
This really fat guy dressed as a school girl. He didn't shave his legs either!!! It was discusting!!!! crying gonk

Have you ever been hit on? what were they like?
Yes. They were really nice. We dated for a few more months, but we broke up cuz we never see each other.

Was there any cosplayers you had a crush on?
Mhm! There is a Sora cosplayer, and a Cloud cosplayer. Both are very good cosplayerz! blaugh  

[Princess Augustine]

What was your 1st experience like?
I was eleven, and my anime-routed weeaboo brain nearly exploded from the sheer awesomeness of the whole thing. I was into Fullmetal Alchemist, so of course I almost died when I saw a Hughes cosplayer. TvT

Anyone ever creeped you out?
Many people. But it comes with the territory.

Have you ever been hit on? what were they like?
I was hit on by virtually every male who knew who I was dressed as when I was Tifa. There was also this past AX dance, and this guy tried to get me to leave with him. b***h, I'm seventeen. Get your a** thrown right into prison, you will.

Was there any cosplayers you had a crush on?
There was only one Cloud cosplayer at the Gathering in 2009, who had an outstanding costume and was generally a wonderful human being, and I got to be his Tifa for five minutes.