Last weekend I attended the second annual Em-Con
(East Midlands Film and TV Convention) in the Capital FM Arena,
Nottingham. I had initially planned to put together some kind of Skyrim
cosplay but life- and a lack of motiviation- got in the way, so I
decided to put together a last minute Hermione costume.
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On a pumpkin juice break |
The costume consisted of:
- a white work shirt
- a rather frumpy skirt I bought for my graduation ceremony and have not worn since
- a grey top/jumper that I wear for work
- my boyfriend's maroon tie
- extremely thick tights (in my defence, it was very cold that day)
- Dr Marten's shoes, again usually worn for work
- my homemade Gryffindor scarf
- a Gryffindor badge I found in a charity shop
- a timeturner necklace
- prefect badge from school (we all received one at my school. I was never a 'proper' prefect)
- an official Hermione replica wand
- a striped satchel bag from Topshop
I spotted a few other Hogwarts students at Em-Con- including Harry, Ron and a tiny Hermione- as well as a few people wearing timeturners and Harry Potter t-shirts. I would have loved to get a group photo with them all but alas, the opportunity never arose.
There does seem to be a bit of a Harry Potter curse to Em-Con. Last year Jessie Cave (aka Lavender Brown) was due to attend but didn't turn up on the day and this year James Payton (Neville's father) pulled out a few days before the event.
Also, I managed to get attacked by a Cyberman:
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If this isn't evidence of the curse in action, I don't know what is |
It wasn't all bad though. Highlights of the event included real, moving Daleks:
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I refuse to believe that any creatures offering cups of tea can be evil |
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Sam and Dean not included |
And the 'Three Doctors': Sylvester McCoy, Colin Baker and Peter Davison:
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My photography skills leave a lot to be desired |
The majority of the stalls at Em-Con offered all the usual merchandise you'd expect- overpriced replicas, large men's t-shirts (perhaps with a tiny and inferior selection of women's tops) and signed prints- however I did manage to find one stall that sold Harry Potter and other geeky jewellery that I hadn't seen before! They were also very reasonably priced- amazing! The stall was called 'Harpys' and they have a Facebook page here.
I bought this amazing Harry Potter necklace, worn here just before I went on a visit to the British Library:
I also picked up a Skyrim necklace:
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Definitive proof that I am the Dovahviin |
There were many creepy costumes at Em-Con, including a man with entirely black pupils and some sort of demon. However, the hands-down winner of scariest costume for me was the guy that came as Keith Lemon with a lightsaber:
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Intentionally blurry to protect you from the true extent of the horror |
Fab review, love reading your blog, makes me smile :) xxx
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