#hvff2017

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#California #SanJose #HVFF2017 . . . . . . . . . #hvff #heroesandvillainsfanfest #killbill #thebride #cosplay #cosplayer #womenwhocosplay #yellowtracksuit #comiccon #cosplayconvention #con (at San Jose, California)

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#California #SanJose #HVFF2017 . . . . . . . . . #HVFF #heroesandvillainsfest #cosplay #cosplayconvention #comiccon #starwars #starwarscosplay #twilek #redtwilek #facepaint (at San Jose Convention Center)

[bokayjunkie]

So I know this is like a week late but i’ve been preoccupied during the week to really get this all out! Besides, I like to think back to this amazing weekend. And this gives me a great excuse to do so!

Day 1 of con was meeting Emily, who was absolutely gorgeous in person.  Emily….. I mean…. THERE ARE NO WORDS. The woman is DAMN gorgeous in real life. I WAS NOT PREPARED! First of all, just standing back and looking at her at her booth was mesmerizing enough, but seeing her UP CLOSE! MAN OH MAN I WAS PARALYZED! During her photo op, she played music and was dancing in between photo’s. When I was coming up to get my picture with her, we did a mini dance party and I feel like my life is complete just from that. And not only that, I ALSO TALKED TO HER when I got her autograph! And let me tell you… her beauty up close is even MORE mesmerizing! GOD FRAKING DAMNIT I HAVE BEEN SO SMOAKED!

Now on to Day 2, which was a day full of Emily and OTA. Honestly a perfect day for me.

The day started with the OTA panel, which, btw for anyone going to any future OTA panel try to get there EARLY cause the front row fills up FAST. I got there an hour early and all the good seats were already taken. Course I was just general VIP, so we pretty much had to score the closest row behind the Gold and Platinum holders who got front row. But DAMN did the front section fill up quickly by VIP peeps. So def plan to get there early!

Anyways the panel itself was full of laughs and giggles. If you can find it, i’m sure there are A LOT of videos and recaps of it on youtube and/or twitter. Highlights for me were all the Diggle loving (also Diggle hatchling!!!) and Emily’s want for Felicity to wear pants rather than skirts (same girl, i’ve been thinking the same thing) and also how Emily ran away from law enforcers (and before you ask she did not get arrested, she won *wink*)

It was also a bit deep. Like there were a lot of deep questions and I am so amazed and the well thought out and sincere answers the three gave. When the question got too real, they really thought about their answers and they gave a very eloquent and genuine response. (Especially Emily, my god when she was answering the question about her doppelganger or about the paralysis story line, I swear I was gonna cry.)

After the panel, there was a rush of photo op because I had my Olicity photo op back to back with my OTA photo op. Lemme tell you something. This is when your girl died and went to heaven!

So my first photo op was the Olicity one and just as I was stepping up to take my picture, Stephen walks away to start up the playlist so they can listen to music. (fun fact: Emily LOVES to play music during her photo op. re: my photo op with her during day 1) So I’m standing next to Emily as we wait for Stephen to get the playlist started. Emily literally linked her arms with mine so we were pretty close together.

(cue me DYING ON THE SPOT)

Basically Stephen went to turn on some music saying “Play the music you were playing from the Uber ride last night?”

And Emily says “Yep, that playlist.”

I catch what they were saying to each other and I go “Oohh, are we gonna get some dance music going on?”

And Emily goes “Yeah right, finally! I’ve been listening to his drab songs all night, I mean come on! We gotta get some good jams in here!”

Honest to god, I was trying to hard not to flail cause i’m having  A FULL FLEDGED CONVERSATION WITH EMILY BETT RICKARDS! AND SHE’S TALKING ABOUT MUSIC CHOICES AND HER UBER RIDE WITH STEPHEN FROM THE NIGHT BEFORE (when they went Greg Berlanti’s wedding) HONESTLY HOW DID I KEEP MY COOL????

Anyways Emily asks me how I was doing and I was telling her how I’m having a good day so far since it’s mostly consist of the OTA panel and seeing her. And I showed her the new Sailor Moon patch I got on my jean jacket and she was fawning over it and touching it (MEANING SHE WAS TOUCHING MY ARM)

I told her I wasn’t planning on buying anything but the Sailor Moon patch called out to me.

And Emily said “Hey, when you see something you really want, you just gotta get it! And that looks like it’s worth it to me!”

Wise words EmBett, such wise words!

And then Stephen came back and he said “Sorry I took a while.” But honestly, I did not mind AT ALL. CAUSE I GOT TO CHAT WITH EMILY FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. THAT IS ALL.

Immediately after my Olicity photo op, I was still internally dying but I had to line up for my OTA photo op. Fortunately it took a while so I had time to cool down.

When I got in line for my OTA pic, it was just right before @academyofshipping​ had her photo op, which included a high five celebrating the bride and groom (Honestly look at the photo on her blog it’s awesome!) And David makes eye contact at me looking super proud and satisfied that almost looked like ‘YEAH! OLICITY IS MARRIED!’ and honestly, I feel the same.

Also, there was another hold up because Emily took one of the glasses that were used as props during the photo op and rushed over to Casandra and put them on her so she can look through them. Which is honestly one of the sweetest interaction i’ve seen during this weekend. This whole group is just so sweet!

After the photo ops, I went straight to the autograph lines cause I wanted to get another autograph from Emily and one from Stephen since I actually didn’t get anything with him this weekend. 

But anyways, back to Emily. She looks like a ray of sunshine as always and looks even more beautiful the more I look at her??? LIKE HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN! Anyways, she signed my picture and I told her I was gonna go to Stephen’s line after this and if she would write a message for him.

Which she did “Hey buddy you’re the best!” and told me to let her know on twitter what his reply was.

Oh honey, you betcha I will!

Which I then went to Stephen’s autograph line. I asked him to write a response and he did so immediately “She’s sort of the best” I MEAN CAN YOU TWO LET ME LIVE PLEASE!

Also, on a sidenote, while waiting in line I also talked to Casandra and talked to her about Stephen’s outfit change. (cause he put on a Rams xmas sweater) and I was like, “Is there a game on? Is that why he has that outfit?”

And she was like “Oh yeah, there’s a game.” and got that smirky, teasing look.

And honestly, it was a good way to end the con for me. Getting to talk and interact with my favs.

Yes, this weekend wins.

[bokayjunkie]

So I wasn’t really planning on doing any photo op or meet and greet with John Barrowman this year as I had already did that last year. The only thing I did want to do that involved John Barrowman is watch his panel since I didn’t get to last year (as he had to cancel).

But then I saw on the list of photo-ops that said John Barrowman + Wonder Woman, I said to myself “I have no idea what that is but I WANT TO BE PART OF THAT” So lo and behold, my photo op with Wonder Wo(man) John Barrowman! LOL

But more importantly, I FINALLY EXPERIENCED A JOHN BARROWMAN PANEL, which is more like a 1 hour stand up special. Honest to god the entire time I was just cackling because so many jokes, so many hilarious stories shared. Including his 50th birthday with Stephen Amell in a speedo and his make out scene with James Masters on Torchwood. Honestly, if the panel is online, go watch it cause it’s hilarious. I’m actually gonna do that right now.

As for the Wonder Woman bit...I mean I think the photo above is self explanatory lol.

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One of the things I knew I HAD to do was meet Ming Na Wen because she’s one of my fav. However, she was only gonna be there on Saturday so her booth was always SO JAM PACKED. Honestly, ever since the beginning of the day her line is always so long. Fortunately I secured a photo op with her which, but I also really wanted an autograph. Unfortunately for my timing, I ended up heading to her booth at the end of the day which means I WAS LAST IN LINE.

And god DAMN It was a long line!

I think I was standing there for a good hour, hour and a half maybe. Because she only had one day, everyone wanted to meet her. And DAMN the woman is a champion cause she literally met everyone! She even went over her time, wanting to meet everyone who was in line already.

The con ended at 6 but I think her last meet and greet was just shy of 7pm. (Even though she had to be at the airport at 7:30) WOMAN IS A DAMN CHAMPION!

The thing about Ming Na, which I will never forget, is how much time and care she spends with each and every person she met. Yes, she was rushing, but she always took time to say hello to people, thank them for waiting and to see her, and make sure to have a moment with them, even if it was a short one. 

And it wasn’t just during the autograph booth, even at the photo op she took time to say hello to everyone and thank them for being there. And if you’ve ever been to a photo op, it’s usually a quick in and out. But with Ming Na’s, she said hello, how are you doing? 

Honestly, she’s not a princess, she’s a MOTHER EFFING QUEEN!

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One of the things I was looking forward to this year was visit Katrina Law again. Last year, the experience of meeting her was so amazing and memorable that I just had to meed her again.

So I stopped by Katrina booth, which was even more fun this year. They were listening to Christmas music at her booth, and her ambassador’s were singing along and I couldn’t help but sing along. And when it was my turn to meet Katrina, we did a little dance to the Christmas music. 

While I was getting my picture with her, someone at Ming Na’s booth behind us started to do a hypman yell along the lines of “GIVE IT UP FOR THE UNDEFEATED AGENT OF SHIELD MING NA WEN!” and Katrina immediately bolted to see what was going on. A moment later she came back completely amazed.

And just as I was leaving Katrina said, “Wait, aren’t you gonna do that for me?”

And me, being put on the spot by this unicorn (no really she was wearing a unicorn horn headband) I said, “Okay.”

And then proceeded to scream “EVERYBODY GIVE IT UP FOR THE UNBELIEVABLE, INDESCRIBABLE, KATRINA LAW!”

And Katrina said “Oh my god you actually did it!”

So, yep, making a fool out of myself for my fav. That is me.

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Heroes and Villains Fan Fest San Jose, 2017.