Fan expo Vancouver 2015

For the second year in a row, I managed to hit up some of Fan Expo Vancouver! Only a week after Emerald city made for a busy as hell comic con run, but it was a lot of fun. The nice thing about the one here in Vancouver is that it is still pretty small, so its much less chaotic. The downside is that, sometimes, the guests are less than super impressive. And more likely to cancel (*cough* Karen Gillian*cough*)

Anyways, the big draw for me was seeing Jennifer Morrison, who plays Emma Swan on Once upon a Time. She was funny as hell, and I recorded a smidge of her talk. They SAID no recordings but a little one doesn't hurt right?

Did you go to Fan Expo? Are you going to the one in Toronto-which is the big one? Let me know in the comments!

Hair was on point. So was my Loot Crate shirt.

The Delorean, from Back to the Future. I think it was here last year too.

I wish I had this much time on my hands. Like, for real.

I think this was for charity?

Jennifer Morrison. She moves around a lot.

So, i assume you don't know these guys by sight, but the fellow is Brad Swaile, better known as Light in Death Note, and Gohan in Dragonball Z. The lady in the middle is Veronica Taylor, best known as Ash (and his mother) from Pokemon, Sailor Pluto from Sailor Moon Crystal, and April O'Neil on TMNT

Have you watched the cycling anime? WAY better than I was expecting! Little cards are great for all the travelling I do too!

One of my fave, top 10 animes for sure. If you haven't watched it, drop everything, and start. Its amazing. Seriously. Go.

Also drop everything and run to get the Rat Queens comics. As long as you are into badass babes, who put the sexy back into wholesale slaughter. Hannah is my spirit animal.

New deadlifting socks! Now I just need to deadlift more often

And, obviously, I needed the Boba Fett dress. I mean, who doesn't?

Emerald city comic con 2015

You know, this is one of the comic cons I go to the most, I think. This has to be, what, my 4th? maybe? Something like that. I go so often, and I am always impressed at Emerald City. The sheer amount of panels, the guests, the gaming, the availability of STUFF, the size, and the accommodation of people-be it kids, new families, gender-fluid bathrooms, quite zones and what not are all spectacular, and probably the most inclusive of all cons. Seriously, they had gender free washroom facilities-how awesome is that?

We only went one day, due to finances and time constraints from school, which sucked, but it was still a great time. We got there when it opened, and stayed for a full 12 hours, staying to watch the AMAZING cosplay contest. I really need to u my cosplay game, by the way. I have two in the works right now, and I want to do one for Hannah from Rat Queens, which, by the way, if you haven't read, you NEED to.

My outfit for the show, and showing off my swanky badge

The opening to Anthony Daniels panel, which was introduced by Grant Imahara. The video was exactly what you would expect-a compilation of C3PO in all the Star Wars films currently released. 

Anthony Daniels himself-he is such a sassy man!

Display, not cosplay.

We even had a visit from R2D2!

I NEED that Yoda picture.

And this one. Actually, I just really need a lot of art.

The R series builders were in the house, which was awesome to see.

This Thrall cosplay was AMAZING and was this guys first BIG cosplay project. He made the entire thing, from the muscle suit, to the mask, EVERYTHING. He won both his category, and the overall.

Loot crate of heroes and a Giveaway!

I got more loot crates! To counter the villains theme, we got heroes this time. I was pretty excited about this one, as I knew that there would be some awesome Guardians of the Galaxy loot, and I was totally right. We are Groot!

*giveaway details at bottom of post*

I would totally watch this

I love getting personalized boxes

The ultimate anti-hero

I put this in my bathroom, and it smells GREAT

Going to put these on a pair of Chucks when I get some

Donatello!

How awesome is this to open?

This was a pretty exciting crate. There was also some extras, like free games from Steam and time on other games, but, really, I don't have time to play more than just Warcraft. It gets time consuming, and adding another game, with school, is just impossible for me. That said, I have a giveaway!

First come, first served! Email me at maliceorchid@gmail.com and I will give you EITHER

1. Doctor Who Legacy App

2. Defense Grid: The Awakening game on Steam for PC

3. Gauntlet in game helm-Mask of the Wrym Slayer (loot crate exclusive)  on Steam

Good luck! <3

Loot crate of awesome villains!

So, I posted a video a few months ago about my awesome loot Crate that I signed up for with my new fab credit/debit card. I had some troubles with the June Loot crate (themed Transform) and had to wait to get it for a few weeks. I don't have a video or post about that one because I didn't like it that much. July's theme of villains, however, I LOVE! 

Seriously, how awesome is the BOX!?!

What it looks like to open a Loot Crate.

Totally awesome Joker/Loki shirt. I cut the sleeves off, because I HATE things with sleeves, and it fits wonderfully. And it looks badass, right?

My awesome swag, including 2 posters (Harley and Joker) a Darth Vader key chain, Deadpool socks (which I gave to my  husband because my feet are too small) and a special cover/edition of Rocket Raccoon comic!

And, of course, the baddest of the bad, Bowser magnet!

If you guys are into geek/gamer/comic goodness, I highly recommend signing up for a Loot Crate. Awesome fun goods delivered to your door once a month-how awesome is that? I got one for my sister for her birthday, and I really hope that August has a theme that she will like!

Want to try it out? You can sign up for 1, 3 or 6 month subscriptions! Use this link to get me a free crate! 

http://mbsy.co/lootcrate/5772815

Fan Expo-Vancouver style

This is way late in the coming, but back in April, I went to Fan Expo here in Vancouver! For interest's sake, Fan Expo is one of the largest comic conventions in North America and the Toronto counterpart is actually the biggest in Canada (which isn't saying much, since we are all of 33 million people up here) and takes place in August. I want to go to that one, but, alas, my travel dates have me leaving right before that convention.

Now, the totally unfortunate thing about this convention is that I dropped the ball. I actually forgot the charge my camera, and my battery died! It actually died in the middle of filming of Billy Boyd singing the Edge of Night. It was tragic!

So, these are the small amount of pictures I managed to get before the camera died, and the video is one that I stole from someone else.

 I LOVED The Last Unicorn when I was young. My parents bought me the new released DVD, but I have to convince the husband to watch it still. But, that is totally the author, Peter Beagle.

Original Star Wars concept art? So awesome!

Billy Boyd, of Lord of the Rings fame

Tom Felton. I had to keep my distance, otherwise I would fangirl too much. Seriously. Sorta in love with him

The reason I can't lose weight-sweet, delicious mini donuts. So good!

Billy Boyd, again.

More Billy Boyd!

The things that some people can do with lego is nuts.

I tried to record this, but my damn camera died, as mentioned. It still pisses me off. But, here is his talk about the song, and the making of it, and, finally, singing Edge of Night (the King Denethor scene for those who don't know)

Fan Expo, Part 2 The photos!

A collection of all the amazing things/artists/guests/cosplay at Fan Expo! Enjoy! 

<3