Hello then, hello. Back as I promised and I gather most of you are still asleep from being up until 05:00 in the morning. No matter – you will be roused from your warm bedding when you will and this post will be waiting for you. Friday (the 13th) ‘s event went through quite a bit of turmoil before it turned into a success, first by having it canceled and then moved to its new location. Furthermore, the new location could not be properly communicated, some people got mixed up and then, those who finally got an idea of where the actual place was (in fact ridiculously close to Kerameikos Metro Station), were not at all sure they had the right building and so members of the team took turns standing outside to point them in.
One of our first mistakes was closing both front doors, so that people would use the (actual) side entrance, but I realized pretty early on that it was practically invisible, so we reverted to half the front entrance again. I must confess to being extremely nervous when there were only a very few people until 22:00, but at some point you started seeing each other (after the habit of standing outside, rather than going in – I realize that you may have gotten used to it due to the more tight past party spaces, but I cannot imagine how the cold did not motivate you quickly enough to enter the vastly larger Art House) and in time gathered a big crowd.
Sigh of relief then and the party was on. There were lots of amazing costumes, lots of good cheer and humor and a crazed photography marathon. When it was my turn to take helm at the decks (I played the first half-hour from 21:00 to 21:30, then it was Namida until22:00, then our guest DJ, Force_Impulse until 23:00, then the almighty KrizD until 24:00, Namida again until 01:00) at 01:00, someone remarked to me that I had such a long face that it practically touched the mixer (I believe it was Ioli the loli). Truth be told, I was very tired, not from the party, but from a rather tough week and I will admit I have not been in my best mood recently, for a number of reasons pertaining to work and everyday problems. However, it is at times like these when taking pictures becomes most precious to me, especially when I see so many unabashed, careless smiles. More than once, I heard the remark: “noooo, take another, I am smiling like an idiot”. Well, this geezer believes the world (and if not, at the very least this poor, messed up, sad country) needs more people to smile like idiots, not masking their true feelings for the sake of appearances.
At the other end, people who are sour and spray bile on anyone around them (yes, I see those as much as I see my favorite “smiling idiots”) should give it a rest, take a deep breath and try to do something for themselves instead of concentrating their efforts on making others feel as shitty as they do. Trust me, it will do you a world of good. But look at me, getting all philosophical again at the wrong blog. You are here for the pictures and pictures you will get! The other half of the meaning “Blues” in the title refers to the three colored spotlights we had at Art House, among which the blue one was the most widely used, especially on Evaofdawn, Takara089, Vegatasmate, the Dinner Loli (a.k.a. Anna-chan) and in general that was where extensive photo-shoots took place.
I think you will enjoy some of the creative editing: lights out, curtains up!
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…as well as a (for now) parting shot with the 4 people (Aya, Evaofdawn, Didi and Flexxy) who kept dancing untiil we closed shop, as Namida and I indulged in our most POPpy music selections. Good show, kids!
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*ahem* Having regained my composure, a shot from above to show the crowd during peak time…
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“RRRAAAAAAARRRGH!!! Give it back you dastardly !@#$%@!!! There can be only one! I’ll kill you! KILL YOU! KILLKILLKILL!”
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…and he wears my bleedin’ HAT! (Well, Nerethil’s actually but if you came by fnac, you know what I mean).
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Now… what’s this then? Same height as me, bearded, bearing the same name (Andreas, not Speedgrapher)…
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Possibly the night’s most popular and unexpected duo (i.e. they had NOT aranged it), Tomodachi as Sally and Ren_Sucks as Jack Skellington from Tim Burton’s Nightmare Before Christmas.
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…and even darker Helen and Sophia, yet still bubbling with good humor).
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…Anna and Ioli, captured on the fly and unexpectedly (who cares about skin? Flash me those teeth!)…
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My favorite careless smiles: Andromache, an honest-to-God modern rockabilly girl…
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…and Zero feasting on the very scrumptious Dinner Loli (sorry, bit of drool mixed with the blood there).
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…along with Victoria Cindry and avery thirsty Zero (some of this blood MUST be nosebleed)…
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…Plastic Nurse Evaofdawn (no.comment.ahem)…
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Guilty pleasures: Euthimia with Natali and Daphne, in a very easily misinterpreted scene…
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…as well as fan-favorite Atridis, as the Axe Man from Resident Evil 5! (He nearly got arrested ths time! An upgrade from The Mall’s security! Kudos, KUDOS!).
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…GTP as the Texas Chainsaw Massacre killer (or Doctor Salvador from Resident Evil 4, if you prefer), mauling Takara-chan (as a Visual Kei Bloodied Zero from Vampire Knight. *phew* Couldn’t pick a longer name there, gal!)…
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Friday Bloody Friday the 13th: Flexxy and one of his students (no, I mean literally) as Jason Voorhees…
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…and spontaneous transformations with only the appropriate expression for a costume (well, and Nerethil’s hat), like Estorial here.
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There were, of course, more… traditional choices, like by ViKrizD, metal master (Ourga!)…
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Soul Eater was expectedly a party favorite, also featuring Namida as DJ Shinigami-sama!
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Naaah, I believe we need a big mop for the blood with this one: Medusa, *ahem* gauging Blair, while Akihisha-kun (Soul from Soul Eater)… observes.
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The notorious “Kiss Scene” Gaara and I have been ranting about: cotton for your nostrils?
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…and Wabbit as Blair from Soul Eater, very risky!
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Dark loli Fireroses, very classy…
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Vegetasmate as Victoria Cindry from One Piece: right, and then it’s MY fault I am an ero-jiji!
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Memole as Rin Tousaka from Fate/Stay Night: great cosplay and very in-character.
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Kingdom Hearts Double Darkness: Didi as Sora and Aya as Kairi (my helm’s off to you Didi, because I honestly confused you with a boy!).
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Loli-sentai: Julie, xxEllonex, Amelie-chan and Noh as Lelo (?!) from D.Gray-Man!
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Group cosplay for the Halloween Episode of Wallflower (left to right: Marilou as Takenaga Oda, Maria Spidey as Noi Kasahara, Nerethil as Kyoukei Takano, Camus as Sunako Nakahara, Raziel as Ranmaru Mori and Velvet Vortex as Yuki Toyama).
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Our guest dai-otaku DJ: Force_Impulse!
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Once, I commented Xa0s on looking like Lemmy of Motorhead: well, he embraced it! Well done indeed! (Here with Lucy-Nyu as Medusa from Soul Eater).
Well, here was a first good taste, since it will take quite some time before I can upload the rest of the cache, but hopefully I have chosen some of the best moments over here, to keep you going.
Incidentally, my two lists were the following (thanks for the kudos Six Winged!):
Playlist – 2008-04-27 – Mini (yup, from way back when)
01 – Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai – Naraku no Hana (TV OP).mp3
02 – Weiss Kreuz – Velvet Underworld (TV OP 1).mp3
03 – Koi Suru Tenshi Angelique – Infinite Love (TV OP).mp3
04 – BGC 2040 (TV OP).MP3
05 – Bleach – Rolling Star (TV OP 5).mp3
06 – Fullmetal Alchemist – Ready Steady Go! (TV OP 2).mp3
07 – Gundam SEED – Believe (TV OP Final).mp3
08 – The Soul Taker – Soultaker (TV OP).mp3
Playlist – 2009-11-13 – Walpurgisnacht
01 – Hyaku Monogatari – The Flame (TV OP).mp3
02 – Kara no Kyoukai – Oblivious.mp3
03 – Hellsing – The World Without Logos (TV OP).mp3
04 – Gilgamesh – Crazy 4U (TV OP).mp3
05 – Vampire Knight – Futatsu no Kodou to Akai Tsumi (TV OP).mp3
06 – Higurashi no Naku Koro ni – Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (TV OP).mp3
07 – Buck-Tick – Muma the Nightmare.mp3
08 – Anima Mundi – Dark Alchemist OP.mp3
09 – Final Fantasy VII – Dirge of Cerberus – Longing.mp3
10 – Mnemosyne – Alsatia (TV OP).mp3
11 – Onmyouza – Nemuri.mp3
12 – Kaya – Kagami Oni.mp3
13 – Shion no Ou – Lady Love (TV OP).mp3
14 – D-Gray Man – Brightdown (TV OP 2).mp3
Keep smiling carelessly,
Speedgrapher
P.S. Many thanks to Wabbit for filling in many of the blanks! Great job, as always.
Otaku Lens 