Steamcon!

 Fight like a girl!
This very kind gentleman let me pose with his sword (it was very heavy, hence my not holding it properly ^^)

and here's the lovely girlfriend holding the lovely sword.

Steamcon was absolutely wonderful. Everyone looked magnificent, I was a little too busy staring around at everyone to take many photos, but here are some :)

 Here we are on the first day :) Friday night! It took 8 hours for me to get to Seattle, and I picked her up 3 hours away.... loooong trip, but totally worth it. I've never been around so many people who like the same things I do! Everyone was so polite and their clothes were so beautiful! I'm already planning what I'll wear next year so I don't get an inferiority complex, heh heh... 

 Argentine dance lessons in the Grand Ballroom!

 my outfit for the second day! I ended up changing my corset, this one was very uncomfortable to sit down in (but I think I've solved that now)

 My pretty girlfriend, day two... and an Abney Park Q&A panel! Captain Robert is very funny <3

we sat behind a steampunk villain group... these two are Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn... (Harley had a Bad Wolf tattoo, it made me very happy) 

this kind lady let me take a photo of her magnificent dress! 

 steampunks, ASSEMBLE!!

at a panel... if I remember right, this one was about the polar expeditions. They were all pretty great, I love the alternate history! 

 standing around waiting for the concert... 

 Professor Elemental opened with something I never thought I'd hear- a rap about tea. He was quite amusing, and apologized profusely for Piers Morgan ;D I liked his music, too!

Quite British 

 Then Abney Park came on to do their first set! It was marvelous, I enjoyed it so much... Frenchy and the Punk performed next, they were decent but nothing mind-blowing in my opinion, though they did have an audience-participation can-can, which was fun. Then Abney Park returned to do their second set! I was so happy... dancing was fun because everyone was just sort of bobbing, maybe waving their hands or stepping in a box, which was really great for me because I can't dance properly to save my life, so the sort of drifting and waving was wonderful.

 After the show, we got to take photos and do autographs and things with the wonderful Abney Park band members! I got a hug from Captain Robert- let me tell you, the man can hug. He should put it on his resume. Great singer, snappy dresser, very funny, wonderful hugger. 

I got his autograph too, actually, in my Russian notebook. He wasn't really sure which way was up (I guess he probably doesn't have much experience with Cyrillic lettering, haha)  

 All in all, it was a wonderful trip. I got so much style inspiration, got to see my lovely girlfriend, listen to awesome music and attend lectures about fascinating things... I'll definitely be going again next year, and I'd suggest you all do too if you have any interest at all in steampunk.
Meanwhile, happy Halloween!
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