Surprise! I went to another Comic Con. It truly was the winter edition as it snowed a little on my way home.
Day One.
I think it is standard now that I am traveling in my hobbit vibes dress. For the first time ever I tried on a flower crown that had to be tied to on the back, only to learn that it is hard to tie it well since ya know... it's on the back of my head. Ended up needing my bestie (who went with me) to put a double knot in it. Apparently even when applied appropriately, it is recommended to re-do it at some point if you intend to wear a flower crown the whole day, it ended up a little lower on my face than it started, haha. Either way, that was just my little flower crown adventure. I truly wish I could somehow normalize wearing one every day, but my current 'dress code' does not allow for it (it would look out of place).
My bestie and I did not really want to see any specific actors this time around. The voice actor of Astarion was there, but I had already seen him during Comic Con Holland where I learned how hellish his queues are (read about that in the post dedicated to that linked below, can't believe that was earlier this year in 2025). I did originally want to visit his panels (Gale's voice actor and Mystra's voice actress was there too), but they insisted on combining the BG3 cast with the Expedition 33 cast, a game I did not want spoilers for... I am genuinely bothered by that, since they planned it that way on both days. Luckily, despite being such a huge Astarion fan (understatement of the year), I am not as fascinated with his voice actor, so I am not too bummed. They are two completely different entities to me.
That turned into a rant, my bad.
What we did want to see were, as always, all the little shops. My favourite area is always the artist alley, because it is more varied and I usually score at least something there. I indeed did; my first purchase was a little bat someone's mom created and they sold them there. On the image below you can see it is the on covered in stars. Little did I know this started a theme, because later in the dealer hall I found a bat squishmallow (I think it is technically an off-brand variant). It was too cute and squishy; I had to get it. By the time I then found a stand selling bat charms (which I just HAD to get), my bestie started asking if I had a new favourite animal... it was pure coincidence they had so much good bad stuff this time! Though I must say that the white bat charm (also on the image below) is definitely because it reminded me of Astarion. There is more I bought, but let me post the photo first.
I stalled it on the kitchen sink, as the lighting is best over there.
When I later found a box of some mixed mini plush charms I wanted to hold it up to my bestie to show how cute they were, and unconsciously I picked up the bat-shaped one. I swear to god... that was such a hilarious coincidence as I had not noticed its shape when I picked it up. It became a bit of a joke between me and my bestie.
As you can see I also found some new Astarion merch, a small standee and a small charm, which came with sticker designs as well. The weird object below the black bat charm is a 3D printed fidget toy which was satisfying to play with. Behind the charms is a Ladybug figurine; I asked if they had Chat Noir, but it was created in a collaboration with an artist and only Ladybug has been made. You cannot see it in my photo, but it has a low polygon look and it is absolutely sick as hell. Lastly I wanted to mention my candle which looks like a realistic glass of iced coffee.
It actually smells EXACTLY like iced coffee, my mind was blown. Only downside is that its odour is so strong, I have to leave it in the kitchen or my entire living room smells of iced coffee. Now my kitchen is overtaken by the scent, I fear I need to buy a box to store it in; as much as I love the way it smells, to be continuously exposed to the scent of a beverage is perhaps a bit much (and would encourage unhealthy cravings).
I added a close-up of the card (www.cloudcandles.nl), because as real as the iced coffee looks, it is perhaps the most underwhelming design of everything she has in store. What I am saying is, everything else she made is even more impressive. Every candle she makes is an actual work of art, please check it out even if you're just looking. She said she used to work in pastry and it shows. It is amazing. Please keep in mind you absolutely cannot eat these candles.
Speaking of eating though, I of course did not take a picture of the many Starbucks coffees I had, I also had some lovely churros, Korean corn dog, ... yum!
Lastly I did want to show some selfies and you can see that I ended up too tired - this is the flower crown I specifically bought for autumn!
Sadly my eye make-up tends to fade pretty quickly, I should probably look up some tips for that.
Once again a con without photos with other cosplay by the way. I've noticed I've become very critical.
Day two.
Like every Sunday we left a little later, and sadly my bestie also had to leave early. Not gonna lie, that also had me decide to leave a lot earlier than I usually do, so today was a short one.
But first off, it had been freezing overnight and I was all to excited about the tiny bit of lingering snow as I was on the train.
And as you can see, I am not wearing a flower crown. Blasphemy!
I figured that after all the bat things I bought the day before, and all the jokes we were making about it, I had to lean into it.
I decided that today I am a vampire's familiar; vampire familiars are common in some vampire lore, but not all. I think anyone who also loves vampires is aware of the concept.
I really don't know how to make proper selfies, but I wore a necklace with it (of which the pearls kept overlapping) to fit the vampire's familiar theme. Downside of the bat hairband is that even though it really is centered, because of my asymmetrical hair style it looks off. There is no fixing it and it's why I probably won't be wearing it often.
I honestly wish I had a full-body standalone photo of me in my dress, but by the time I made this selfie my bestie already left so I could not ask her to take one and I was way too nervous to ask a stranger. I also made it my goal to find an Astarion cosplayer to make a photo with, but I could not find any. I remembered I had seen an Alucard cosplayer from Castlevania in the morning, but I failed to find them as well. So much for the vampire thing, huh?
Lastly I wanted to show a photo of some snowflakes in my hair; on my way home it started snowing properly! Big flakes.
I may not show excitement in the photo (it's been a long weekend, look at my tired eyes ha!), but I was genuinely excited about the snow.
That roughly sums up my Comic Con I think. Dominic Monaghan was there, but I decided to just skip his panel and go home. Maybe if his wasn't so late in the noon... don't get me wrong, I love Merry, but I kinda also only know Dominic as Merry. That reminds me, I did meet an old acquaintance the day before; a woman I met when I queued for Elijah Wood. That was a lot of fun, I was surprised how quickly she recognized me.
But yeah, that's about it. Thanks for reading!
(Also: two weekends ago I went all the way to Edinburgh to see Joey Batey, I've not posted about it as it's not con related, but I really wanted to mention it somewhere!!! I will post about it eventually as I was excited about our brief interaction)
WHDCC - 2025 - hobbit vibes/OC
HDCC - 2025 - hobbit vibes/OC
CCH - 2025 - Ladybug (Miraculous Ladybug)
WHDCC - 2024 - no cosplay, just vibes
Twitch Con - 2024 - no cosplay
HDCC - 2024 - hobbit vibes / vampire vibes
WDCC - 2023 - hobbit vibes / Mimi cosplay
DCC - 2023 - no real cosplay
WDCC - 2022 - scuffed Ladybug (Miraculous Ladybug)
DCC - 2022 - Ladybug (Miraculous Ladybug) / scuffed Ellie (The Last of Us)
RCC 2020 - Ladybug (Miraculous Ladybug)
WDCC 2019 - Ladybug (Miraculous Ladybug) / Mimi (Digimon)
ACC 2019 - no report, little happened
DCC 2019 - Ladybug (Miraculous Ladybug) / Mimi (Digimon)
DCC 2018 - Ladybug (Miraculous Ladybug)
ACC 2018 - Ladybug (Miraculous Ladybug)
DCC 2018 - Ladybug (Miraculous Ladybug)
RCC 2018 - Mimi (Digimon)
WDCC 2017 - Mimi (Digimon)
ACC 2017 - Mimi (Digimon)
DCC 2017 - Mimi (Digimon)
RCC 2017 - Mimi (Digimon)
ACC 2016 - Hook (Once Upon A Time)
DCC 2016 - Ladybug (Miraculous Ladybug)
DCC 2015 - Sunday - Hobbit (Lord
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