Bronycon 2014 Day Two (Late Edition) · 9:06pm Aug 3rd, 2014
Bronycon 2014
Day 2
Plushes Bought: 0
Shirts Purchased: 1
Art Acquired: 5
Other Swag: 5 Pony Badges, 2 Large Buttons
Total Money Spent: ~$244
Bronycon Day Two. Fight!
This day got off to a slow start, mostly because I was terribly tired and I ended up sleeping too late to go to the first panel of the day (The Do’s and Don’ts of Fanfiction). Instead I ended up wandering around the vendor hall, where I made the first purchases of the day: a large Rainbow Dash button, a Nightmare Moon t-shirt, and a simply framed Princess Luna photo. I forget what those expenses totaled up to; all I remember was the muffin I grabbed that morning was $3.86, same as yesterday.
Afterwards, I went to the EqD Q&A (I refuse to call it by its pun name), where I happened to meet up with Ruirik, Skeeter, and Loyal (I honestly forget if Dusk Watch was there as well; I was like half-awake at the time). After that we went to Five Guys for food (so good), upon which we returned to the Quills & Sofas, consumed said food, and then went to the Crossovers panel, which had a host of awesome panelists. Said panelists included ABagOfVicadin, Aquaman, Pen Stroke, and a few others (sorry, I can’t remember the names of everyone on the panel and I don’t know what happened to any of the schedules in this god damn room to check). That was a blast; my favorite part was when someone asked “how do you go about writing a historical story without any real canon characters?” and I leaned towards Loyal and said, “Write about Commander Hurricane, obviously.” I mean, they were talking about historical fics and Game of Thrones spiritual crossovers, and I’m sitting there near the front behind Applejinx and Wanderer D with a smile on my face because that’s exactly what A Song of Storms is all about. Oh, if only they knew…
More reason to do a panel next year. We even have a few ideas: World-Building, Writing Cooperatively, a few others. Who knows what’ll happen? I definitely want it to, at the least. It’d be a blast.
Anyway, after that I went back to the vendor hall and blew even more money on four large posters, one of which is a Flutterbat poster I plan on having Andrea Libman sign tomorrow morning (alongside the Princess Luna I plan on getting Tabitha St. Germain to sign [Assuming I can get to her in a reasonable time {Is this how inset parentheses work?}]). When I was just about finished with that, I finally saw the one plush that was actually within reason in terms of the price-quality matchup. It was an awesome Spitfire plush by something-something Waifu Studios, excellently made, and only $180. Considering that I found out that aforementioned Cadance plushie I mentioned yesterday was NINE-HUNDRED DOLLARS (I know, right?!), this was by far the most reasonable plush at the con. I wanted that thing bad.
Of course, Fortune had another plan.
Turns out the people running that panel only take cash (you only take cash for a $180 plush?! Why not a card!), and I did not have $180 on hand at the time. What I should have done was asked them to reserve it and supply some collateral with the money I had on me while I went to get more. Instead, I left for the hotel room to deposit everything else I had with me at the time and to pick up the sufficient funds to acquire the plush. Of course, when I return, the vendor is already closing down and the Spitfire plush is nowhere in sight. I can only hope tomorrow that when they set back up again they have the plush I so desire so I can acquire it then. One can only hope.
After departing from the vendor hall, I made plans to go to P.F. Chang’s with LoyalLiar, Ruirik, Dusk Watch, TheBigStallowski, Gary Oak, and Web of Hope after attending the Medieval Equestria panel later that day. Then I hung out again at Q&S, where I got to spend an awesome half hour talking with Cloud Hop about OSLF and other projects that I’m working on/have finished. He was an awesome guy, and I’m glad you’re so enthusiastic about my work, Cloud.
Once we finished the Medieval Equestria panel (which was awesome, by the way. I am willing to pay money for that game, and they said that they’re looking to make it available on Steam and maybe even Xbox/PS4. Seriously, it’s built on the Unreal 4 engine, and it’s awesome), we went out to get dinner at P.F. Chang’s. It was amazing, and we took some pictures afterwards, but they may be shadowy because of lighting. If that’s the case we might have to take new pictures tomorrow.
On that note, the PoL team took pictures (which we know we need to reshoot). Ruirik has plans for them. That’s all I’ll say about the matter now.
After that, we went back to the room and chilled out for a bit. Then I made this post and am posting it now.
Day Three tomorrow! The sad conclusion, but at least I’ll make the most out of it.
Ante Legionem nihil erat, et nihil erit post Legionem
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Yes, you used insert parentheses correctly. I prefer triangle brackets then curly ones though. You could also alternate normal brackets and square ones, those work too.
Spent under 300 at a con... That's an academy record! Explain your method?
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It wasn't the final day.