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We went to Fan Expo once again, and just like the last two years, it was amazing! Always have such a blast; I get to release my inner nerd and go wild and geek out!

My mom, Sean, and I went on Friday, and we were the perfect examples of people who dress up at the convention: Sean being the person who only wears a "costume t-shirt", my mom dressing up but having a simple costume, and then me, who goes all out with their costume. Sean wore his Halo, Master Chief shirt, my mom went as Mary Poppins, and I went as Nightcrawler from "X-Men: Apocalypse". My mom's costume was simple - a skirt, blouse, jacket, bow, hat with flowers, hair done up, laced boots, and an umbrella. Mine, on the other hand, took a lot of effort and time to do.
I had to style my hair, use liquid latex to glue on the ears, draw out where the scars/markings would be before cutting and applying the string using liquid latex, cover my entire face, neck, and ears blue, and apply fangs to my canine teeth - all of which took about 2 hours and 15 min. to do. I can't sew, so my mom made the gloves, feet, and tail for me. The gloves, I had to trace my hands and then she sewed the material before I made the nails out of card tags and glued them on. The feet were a pair of dark blue fuzzy socks my mom had, which she cut and sewed to make two separate toes in each. I did the nails the same way I did for the gloves. And the tail was made using a foam tube that's used to go around electrical wires, and the tip was made from a piece of sturdy foam. My mom ended up cutting a hole into my pants and then put the tail through and sewed it into the pants so it wouldn't go anywhere when I walked. As for my clothes, I wanted to go as Nightcrawler when he's in his circus clothing - The first scene we're introduced to him. The jacket I had gotten from Hot Topic awhile back and I figured it'd work best given the design on it. As for the rest, I got the frilled shirt, pants, and scarf (which I used as a belt) all from Value Village. It was a LOT of work, but damn, it all paid off and was TOTALLY worth it.

Both my mom and I got a TON of pictures taken of us - every now and then, someone would come up to one or both of us and ask if they could get a picture with us or a picture of us. A lot of people commented on our costumes too. It was insane! I felt like a celebrity! I can't tell you how many times I got pulled over to get my picture taken; it had to have been over 20, it felt like it was anyway. Definitely the best year of Fan Expo ever!

Bonus: After the convention, we went out to a Wendy's for dinner (20 min. drive away) and we went inside, still in costume. As we're eating, sitting at a small table across from where I'm sitting is a small boy (probably 7-8 years old) with his mom and possibly his grandma. I noticed how he kept staring at me. He then started tugging on his mom's arm and was pointing me out while saying, "Mommy! Mommy, look! Look, it's him! It's him!" and then went on to start talking about X-men with his mom, I guess to remind her of what movie my character's from. And as we were going to leave, I glanced at him and he was all like, "You're him! You're the blue guy from the X people!" And I couldn't stop smiling at this point. He then was like, "You're so cool!" and then both he and his mom asked if it was alright if he could get a picture taken with me, which really, how could I say no to an adorable kid like him?! He came over and commented on how he liked my tail and then got in a fighting stance beside me, looking ready to fight bad guys. it was SO cute! And right when I was going to leave, he asked why I was all blue and I told him I'd gone to a convention, which he thought was totally cool and he said, "When I'm older, I want to go to a convention!" I made that kid's night and he made mine. it was awesome!

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We went to Fan Expo once again, and just like the last two years, it was amazing! Always have such a blast; I get to release my inner nerd and go wild and geek out!

My mom, Sean, and I went on Friday, and we were the perfect examples of people who dress up at the convention: Sean being the person who only wears a "costume t-shirt", my mom dressing up but having a simple costume, and then me, who goes all out with their costume. Sean wore his Halo, Master Chief shirt, my mom went as Mary Poppins, and I went as Nightcrawler from "X-Men: Apocalypse". My mom's costume was simple - a skirt, blouse, jacket, bow, hat with flowers, hair done up, laced boots, and an umbrella. Mine, on the other hand, took a lot of effort and time to do.
I had to style my hair, use liquid latex to glue on the ears, draw out where the scars/markings would be before cutting and applying the string using liquid latex, cover my entire face, neck, and ears blue, and apply fangs to my canine teeth - all of which took about 2 hours and 15 min. to do. I can't sew, so my mom made the gloves, feet, and tail for me. The gloves, I had to trace my hands and then she sewed the material before I made the nails out of card tags and glued them on. The feet were a pair of dark blue fuzzy socks my mom had, which she cut and sewed to make two separate toes in each. I did the nails the same way I did for the gloves. And the tail was made using a foam tube that's used to go around electrical wires, and the tip was made from a piece of sturdy foam. My mom ended up cutting a hole into my pants and then put the tail through and sewed it into the pants so it wouldn't go anywhere when I walked. As for my clothes, I wanted to go as Nightcrawler when he's in his circus clothing - The first scene we're introduced to him. The jacket I had gotten from Hot Topic awhile back and I figured it'd work best given the design on it. As for the rest, I got the frilled shirt, pants, and scarf (which I used as a belt) all from Value Village. It was a LOT of work, but damn, it all paid off and was TOTALLY worth it.

Both my mom and I got a TON of pictures taken of us - every now and then, someone would come up to one or both of us and ask if they could get a picture with us or a picture of us. A lot of people commented on our costumes too. It was insane! I felt like a celebrity! I can't tell you how many times I got pulled over to get my picture taken; it had to have been over 20, it felt like it was anyway. Definitely the best year of Fan Expo ever!

Bonus: After the convention, we went out to a Wendy's for dinner (20 min. drive away) and we went inside, still in costume. As we're eating, sitting at a small table across from where I'm sitting is a small boy (probably 7-8 years old) with his mom and possibly his grandma. I noticed how he kept staring at me. He then started tugging on his mom's arm and was pointing me out while saying, "Mommy! Mommy, look! Look, it's him! It's him!" and then went on to start talking about X-men with his mom, I guess to remind her of what movie my character's from. And as we were going to leave, I glanced at him and he was all like, "You're him! You're the blue guy from the X people!" And I couldn't stop smiling at this point. He then was like, "You're so cool!" and then both he and his mom asked if it was alright if he could get a picture taken with me, which really, how could I say no to an adorable kid like him?! He came over and commented on how he liked my tail and then got in a fighting stance beside me, looking ready to fight bad guys. it was SO cute! And right when I was going to leave, he asked why I was all blue and I told him I'd gone to a convention, which he thought was totally cool and he said, "When I'm older, I want to go to a convention!" I made that kid's night and he made mine. it was awesome!