Wizard World Philly

This past weekend I went to Wizard World Philly! (aka, Philly Comic Con).  It was amazing.  There were probably 40 thousand people there.  So much to see, so much to do!

I wore three different cosplays over the course of the weekend: Liv Moore, from iZombie

Liv Moore (iZombie)

 Ty Lee from Avatar: The Last Airbender

Ty Lee (Avatar: The Last Airbender)

and a genderbent 10^th Doctor from Doctor Who.

10th Doctor (Doctor Who)

Holy cow did my Liv get some good attention!  So many people told me that they thought I was Rose McIver (the actress that plays Liv on the show) when they first saw me.  It took them each several moments to realize I was not her.  I met a man who does specialty makeup for films (werewolves, zombies, vampires, sci-fi, etc) who complimented me on my makeup job.  And by complimented, I meant raved every time I saw him.  He even took a picture to show his coworkers

There were so many amazing vendors there, challenging my wallet.  I wanted to buy everything!  There was a booth that specialized in making old time looking blueprints of sci-fi inventions!  I really wanted the print of the Star Ship USS Enterprise, but it was outside of my price range.  Luckily, I can contact them online for smaller sizes, which I might just have to do.

Look at the shops behind me!  So much to look at!

Comic books, figurines, 3D photograph scans, 3D prints, novelty t-shirts, numerous Doctor Who gadgets, Princess Bubblegum leggings, Harry Potter wands, beautiful artwork, swords, swords, swords, lightsabers, I can’t even keep track of all of the beautiful things for sale….that I wanted. 

So many people!

The whole convention was a constant buzz of excitement.  Looking at all of the merchandise, looking at all of the cosplays, looking at all of the people, listening to the on-going hum of thousands of people moving and talking, the loudspeaker playing music, conversing with thousands of people, posing for hundreds of pictures…it was a wonderful, non-stop process.  I probably only stopped once a day to sit and…drink soda.

A rare moment of sitting!  This was at the David Tennant/Billie Piper Panel.

So many wonderful celebrities also visited Wizard World.  I got autographs from the Weasley twins (James and Oliver Phelps), as well as from Oliver Queen/The Arrow (Stephen Amell).  

I took my picture with Summer Glau, 

Summer Glau! (Firefly, DollHouse, Arrow, Terminator)

Scott Wilson, 

Scott Wilson (The Walking Dead)

and Michael Rooker.  

Michael Rooker (The Walking Dead, Guardians of the Galaxy)

But my all time favorite was meeting David Tennant!  

Doctor Action Pose with David Tennant! (Doctor Who, Broad Church)

He was so very sweet and seemed to care about the lives of everyone he met.  I am very proud to say that I kept myself together when meeting him…and then freaked out/fangirled for a good 10 minutes straight afterwards.  What can I say?  He is one of my favorites.

One of the best parts was making new friends.  I can’t seem to go to a con without making new friends!  Some of my new friends host a Podcast: The Emergent Gamer Podcast.  I was on their show several times this weekend! 

While recording a podcast with Emergent Gamer.

One of the best parts of a convention is that everyone is there for the same reason.  That makes it easy to get to know people – just start talking!

Making new friends because we clearly love the same fandom!

Two Livs? Friendship!

Can’t wait ‘til next year!