Anime Expo 2017 – Cosplay Deviants Party

Near the last leg of our trip to Anime Expo 2017 we were invited to go to a free 21+ party. This party was being hosted by cosplay deviants, a risque group of cosplayers who are not afraid to show a little more skin. My fiance and I left the hotel and rode in our Lyft down to the entrance of the convention. “Are they really throwing the party here at the convention center?”, I asked. A con goer approached asking for pictures with my fiance. Of course she had to dress up as a japanese school girl for our night out. I can’t blame her though, being that it is a cosplay convention. After snapping the picture we found the area where we figured the party would be and made our way inside past security. Happy-hardcore played on the speakers and we started to wonder if we were at the right party, noticing that everyone around us appeared to be under age. We walked out and asked the guard, he pointed down the hall to a giant line. That was our party, an enormous line awaiting us to get into this free night of delicious debauchery. After sitting down in line with some very cool people for what seemed like 2 hours, the line started to move. After about 25 minutes we were at the front of the line and we could see the guard checking ids. We got our ids out and we were ready, just then we hear the fire marshal tell our side of the line that we aren’t a real line anymore and that we need to get to the back of the line on the other side. Just so you understand, there were two lines and both of them were just as long as each other and ours was legitimate with tape and guards checking ids and everything. And then it wasn’t… We got into the other line, and waited. Apparently the party was at max capacity, it only had another 3 hours before it would be over. Many people left fearing that they couldn’t get in. The line started to move at a steady pace and we were inside.
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Is that Kristen Stewart? The theme of the night was Final Fantasy, a guest walked up to us and since he was leaving he gave us his drink ticket. The drink I was sipping on was cactar juice and it was delicious. The girls of cosplay deviants were scantily clad and some had some great skills on the pole. Many of them kept asking my fiance if she wanted to get up and dance thinking that she was part of the event. She was sitting on my lap on a couch and a con goer walked up to my fiance and told her he wanted a lap dance after she was done with me. She explained that she was not part of the cosplay deviants party, that’s what you get for dressing up as a Japanese school girl…

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Anime Expo 2017 – Filming and Photographing Cosplay

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Saturday morning 8:45am, just enough time to grab a few muffins, coffee, and apple juice before the free continental breakfast closed at the hotel. Coffee was empty, but the excitement for the convention insured we were awake and ready for the day. My fiance was working hard to get her Sub-Zero(Mortal Kombat)&Elsa(Frozen) cosplay ready for the day ahead. A few small parts of the costume needed some repair. I rushed over to 7Eleven to grab super glue sticks and energy drinks. The glue did the job for the time being and we were off to the con. I grabbed my camera, our badges and our energy drinks. The Lyft driver pulled up with a smile from ear to ear, the driver knew exactly where we were headed. As we were arriving to the convention I started filming, sure not to miss a moment because you never know what you might see. As the day passed we saw some very amazing cosplays and met some very nice people. Before going to the con I was feeling a bit negative about it, I bought a camera to photograph what I saw there, but wanted to do something more. I have always had a passion for film, aspirations to become a director someday still stick in my mind. Fear that I would not be able to support myself financially kept me in the world of information Technology, with a decent job as a system engineer. With the advent of YouTube and other video upload sites my hobby can be realized. In the future I plan on filming much more conventions and possibly starting a vlog series. I am also starting this blog, I will get into why I am starting it at another time. For now though, I would like you to see what I saw at the convention: very hard working people who are extremely passionate about their hobbies/careers and they show their passion and creativity by making amazing costumes out of foam, paint, and plastidip. It is quite inspiring to meet people who take their passion this seriously, some even have made careers from it. When you see these costumes, you can see why cosplay isn’t your average fashion show and that the work these people put into it truly shows something unique and special.

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