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Originally Posted by Hoshikaji
I was extremely nervous after seeing all the other entries. We were a cartoon show at a sci-fi convention?!?!?!?
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I was nervous, when I brought my Bloo to Anime Expo 2006. I know that people over did costumes not related to Anime or even Video Games, but this was the first really nice costume I wore to any convention (this was my fifth year at AX). So, yeah, you never know, but most people will show some support.
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Then the best part of the night happened, something that made me completely forget about the horrible photographer--during the half-time (where they show live-entertainment while the judges judge), the MC came backstage to find us. "I'm so sorry to ask this when you've already undressed," he told us. "But there's a little boy out there who was sick for most of the Masquerade. He really wanted to see you guys perform, but he missed it! If it isn't too much trouble, do you think you could put your costumes back on and go see him?"
Would we?! waynekaa and Furtech jumped back into Ed and Blake, my sister put on Bloo, liddo-chan got Cheese and I got Wilt. It took me a minute to get him upright again, so the others went on without me. When I got outside of the green room, I couldn't even see the kid--he was engulfed by AGSMA and a horde of people taking pictures of the event. I came up behind him, so he didn't see me, but a woman (his mother/sister?) asked if he wanted to stand next to "Mac." When the kid saw me, he stopped dead. "It's Mac!" he whispered. I almost cried. We gave him Wilt's hand to hold, and his smile was so big! It was too awesome. Unfortunately, we don't have any footage of this, since we were all in costume, but it was easily the best part of the night. It's thrilling to see the fandom hitting its target audience!
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That is just awesome -- being able to brighten someone's evening by doing what you guys did.
I'm glad you guys won, but what you did afterwards is even more significant.
I'm glad you guys had a great time. Thanks for your story and the photos. You should really consider doing a masquerade for Comic-Con, or something. Please, don't be a strange to NF. I hope to see you visit more in the future. If not, that's okay.
