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This weekend, me, my sister, and her best friend were lucky enough to go to Auckland Armageddon Expo! It's pretty much the ComicCon of New Zealand, so it was pretty exciting. Above are our costumes - sister's best friend on the left is River Song from Doctor Who, sister in the middle is Amy Pond from the Silence episode of Doctor Who, and I'm on the right as Supergirl!
Costumes all homemade - although I did buy a lot of the parts for mine off of Amazon. Pretty sure my sister said something dumb in this picture which is why we all look like that.
This stand had a full size copy of the Back to the Future DeLorean - you can't tell from the picture, but the interior all matched the movie too, and it even had the flux capacitor!
We met a Dalek too!
I didn't really realise there was someone inside the Dalek, and this picture was right after the Dalek said "Hey Supergirl" in the Dalek voice.
One girl asked me for a photo (I ended up taking photos with about 8 or so different people over the course of the day) and it ended up being this awesome group photo! (The Monopoly man cosplayer made me laugh so hard, they were so cool!)
The place also had a super cool Thor: Ragnarok exhibit, featuring a Hulk! (People unrelated but I couldn't get a pic of the Hulk by itself)
(Sorry for potato quality, I was moving in the line and couldn't get a good photo) The next day, my sister and I got to get a photo with John Barrowman! (Yes, *that* John Barrowman) The con took donations of TimTams and built him a TimTam throne!
It was actually kinda terrifying and went by really quickly, but he was really nice and even held the Jack Harkness PopVinyl we brought in!
These were the Romans that marched randomly around the place - unconfirmed, but they might have been part of the security? Either way, there were about twenty of them, and they were awesome
Also got a photo of these guys!
Again, poor quality photo (because we were quite far back from the stage and I had to zoom) but during the hotdog eating contest, the guy second from the right (dressed as Captain Jack Sparrow) did what we all dream of and pulled out a knife and fork to eat with.
All in all, it was an awesome couple of days! I'd give it 5/7, a perfect score
Dog AND Cat Tax.
Edit: Woah, what the hell? Front Page?? I'm glad you guys like this so much! People normally ask for stuff here, I guess, so send cute dogs and funny memes?
(Also, all your enthusiasm for us is appreciated, and I'm doing my best to not be a buzzkill or something here, but my sister and her friend are only 16, so any comments about their looks kinda come off a little creepy. Just giving you guys a heads up!)
RBBaker
Epic! You all look terrific!
HowWouldIGoAboutShootingWebs
as bad as I think FFXV is as a game, that's a pretty solid Noctis cosplay
Aquatic02
I want a throne of TimTams. +1
laznz1
All ways upvote kiwi posts!
ijustimguredtosay
Not bad jafa not bad.
Ctiyboy
that man and his fucking timtams
TheFassbender
Nice to see my hometown on the front page
filthybarbarian
5/7. Thanks for sharing!
Snotty128
The chick in the flanny is doing an awesome cosplay of kiwi chick! Top marks
GotHereThroughaWormhole
Woo fellow Aucklander!
HeiheiForPresident
Woohoo! Did you see the badass perfectly cosplayed Deadpool? A dude I work with has spent hundreds and now tours professionally!
chipofftheoldblock
Yeah, I did see him! People put crazy amounts of money into cosplay, but the end result is always insanely awesome!
fpierce1997
Great job with the costumes! I always had the impression that John Barrowman was a chill guy to meet .
ghostchips12345
This is gonna sound creepy as fuck op but I saw you gals there !! Awesome costumes !! Does this count as meeting an imgurian in real life?
LaurenPumpkin
Hello fellow new Zealander!
PeaceOut79
New Zeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaalaaaaaand. Love it. Happy kiwis.
Seesees
Hey I saw you walking past my stand. Your outfit was legit.
chipofftheoldblock
Thanks dude!
nmarkroberts
Looks like you have datura in the garden. Best you get rid of it, carefully.
Rowee
Whereabouts? Isn't that a rhododendron?
nmarkroberts
Behind Supergirl's head in the first picture
Helios7719
Damn! I was up in Auckland this weekend and meant to drop in but didn't get a chance! Looked like a fantastic expo this year, though.
chipofftheoldblock
It was really awesome! If you ever get the chance to go, I'd definitely recommend it!
MisterTrashPanda
"Just chuck it in bro"
leelaman
Was hoping to find this.
SpiltPint
Neville Longbottom lurking in the background of #5
chipofftheoldblock
I didn't even notice that the first time, but damn that kid does look like him
Sweet350z
Awww I'm sad you didn't get a picture of the pirate ship at the stand I was at :(
chipofftheoldblock
I remember seeing the pirate ship! It was so cool! It was for Magic: The Gathering right?
Sweet350z
Yea me and some mates were helping teach people to learn to play. The amount of times people asked if they could climb it though xD
Selash
Cute Kiwis in Costume! I like it!
Ulthirm
I want to go one day but i cannot stand the noise... it's like eating a circuit board.
Ulthirm
Oh dear entire half of the message is missing. "I want to go to one of these" yeah
Pethodieus
Understandable, my partner uses headphones at cons, maybe it will work for you too?
clutchthepearls
I've always heard the smell is the worst part of these things.
omgturtles
It wasn't toooooo bad, there was definitely a slight tang but it was bearable.
JaydashCub
#9 You even got a picture with elon musk!
JustCallMeNickel
Ol' Musky at it again!
WellWellWellLookWhoItIs
Literally no one has ever called him that.
centu
Why don't you have shoes on the last photo?
chipofftheoldblock
That was my sister without shoes! We'd just gotten home but decided to squeeze in one last quick photo!
Rowee
Wow ya racist, everyone knows us NZers are all hobbits and reject footwear as often as possible
IdHaveSexualIntercourseWithHerIfSheLegallyConsentedToDoSoWithMe
*Amy Pond
chipofftheoldblock
Damn dude, totally missed that! Thanks!
DonnaNobleInTheLibrary
Tbh, I first thought your sister was the girl from Gravity Falls. Erm ... Wendy. Only missing the hat.
IdHaveSexualIntercourseWithHerIfSheLegallyConsentedToDoSoWithMe
No problem, you all look AMAZING!
youcantbanmeimabadbitch
It's the strangest thing, but when I see your face I can hear your accent.
GiantAsteroid2021
*eggcent
SmellOfMonkey
Bobcat Goldthwait?
Deseno
I wish I could hear my accent ;-;
DinkBott
What accent? Fun Fact: New Zealanders are the only people in the world who dont have accents
chipofftheoldblock
This is absolute truth
PmMeGifsForSauce
It's funny maybe it's the hair but I hear scottish
chipofftheoldblock
My family's super Scottish a couple of generations back so you aren't wrong!
Lilithet
That would explain the hair.
lychgate
I'el 'ave sux fush and suvern dolars worth of chups pleese.
CuntsAreFun
Yew mean lark a potato chup? But I only eat plenkton.
downunderacrosstheditch
Chur bro! Are you gonna sit on the dick and eat those fush ad chups bro?
lychgate
Well et is a nice dick but ets a but wet.
chipofftheoldblock
Yeah, the Kiwi accent's just like that I think haha
namiasdf
Grammatically, that sentence is very kiwi.
RedArkChief
Did you see Jessica nigiri??
Jonokiwi
Sup, cuzzie bro?
MarvelousShiggyDiggy
OMG I WAS THERE AND I SAW YOU!! I was like woah shes got a cool costume. You're famous to me now.
chipofftheoldblock
Oh awesome! I'm glad you like it :D
Confu33ed
A fellow Kiwi! There are 10's of us!
Vostronicle
Hey fellow Aucklanders!
chipofftheoldblock
firefarter10
Rep auckland
Woahouch110
12...
PeterMoyer
One here
MatterDynamic
Kia Ora from Whangarei
ImNotNermal
Me too
MatterDynamic
Ayyyyy. If you see a small white fluffy dog being walked by a guy, that's me!
lennonjane
Make that 11
Andrewwashere
Tweeeeeeeeeeeelve
Ctiyboy
*cough* garbage Australia *cough*
Confu33ed
Accurate ????
Cilvaa
New Zealanders: Australia's biggest import.
snakeoilsalesman
And here I was thinking it was still criminals.
ImAShittyTransAm
As the old joke goes, when a kiwi moves to Aussie they raise the average IQ of both countries...
Andrewwashere
Hahahaha my ex moved to Melbourne, brilliant
WinchesterTavern
ilovemypiratedog
Nooo. As an Aussie, New Zealand is like our Canada.
oshea
Not Mexican's ?
Ctiyboy
culturally appropriating their things is not something the us does to Canada, that's just us
Resitas
Oi cunt
mustpickrelevantusername
Ditto
HeiheiForPresident
Oi fuck off mate