August 1, 2025

Mericon 2025 lineup!

 Hello everyone!

It's just about time for Mericon it's literally tomorrow and of course I will be there! This is the third Mericon coming up and I will once again be a part of the workforce to some extent, to be more precise I'm one of the cosplay competition judges and you might also find me at the photo booth. But I'm also doing something new at Mericon that I've never done at events before – I'm holding my first ever panel (or activity, program, lecture... whatever they call it nowadays)! I'm super nervous but I've wanted to talk about my tall ship sailing experiences since the very first Mericon but I kept chickening out because Mericon is thematically a perfect place to hold a talk about marine topics! It's slotted into the later half of the event so come listen if you want to hear some fun and chaotic sailor stories~

But anyways, I will of course cosplay at Mericon too. Sadly I don't have an outfit that fits the nautical theme this year but there's a reason for that and the reason is that I haven't been back home since Nekocon and that means that I have exactly two costumes to choose from – which made the choice rather easy because yeah, I have to factor in ease of movement cuz I'm part of the crew.

So with that said...


Character: America (Revolutionary War)
Series: Hetalia

Yeah, who would have guessed? xD No but really, it's a fairly easy cosplay to move around in and put on and that's priority number one. I want to improve Gaogamon a bit before its next outing so my options were either rewearing America or going casual and, err, I'd rather not be casual when I have a functioning costume with me.  Of course, ideally, I would have preferred to wear something that would fit better with my panel (and the con's theme) but I ran out of time for my original plans to work and I was dumb and didn't think of taking with me any gear so I could pull together a pirate-inspired outfit before I left hindsight saves no one when you're 500+ km away from home. :') 


With that said, see you hopefully at Mericon this Saturday! It's free entrance so come on over~