The Whatnot of TJ

Charleston WV it like an hour and 10 minutes from me. It's closer than Columbus. I think it stems from when I moved down here and back then there wasn't a highway TO the city and you had to poke your way through cow country. I about cried when they moved Tsubasacon back here from Huntington (which is actually further from me!!)


Surely there has to be things to see over here, being a capitol city right? I'm only ever here for Madri Gras casino or Tsu. But the fact this is only 60 miles away is why I never stay for the con and only come one day (it's small and the panels have been...meh). However last year I got here like a half hour after it opened last year and I was in the check in line for TWO hours. It wasn't worth that. So I decided why not spend the night and do the evening stuff.

Turns out that was a such a good idea. Opening ceremonies were at 3. I got here 10 to 3 and was about to check in to the holiday inn across the street. I check in and decide I want to see the 630 panel SOOOO I'm getting too old and lazy to do multiple changes of clothing so I hop over to get my weekend badge and there is NO ONE in line. OMG. I whip in and now I have 1 1/2 hours before dinner (because of reasons)so I check out the vendors room because I know the Hellaverse shit will sell out asap.

I get more compliments on my walks in the graveyard t-shirt from Betty than I was likely to on my cosplay (I was right No one said boo about my Edalyn). I was going at mach one through it but yes I did notice a) almost all the same vendors as usual b) none of them seems to have changed their stock, sigh c) found the coaster guy who I got Valentino by at Mothman fest. Got more overpriced coasters (had to have huskerdust and a beautiful one of Roy Mustang, my forever anime husband) I know I will go much more slowly tomorrow, get some more holiday gifts (not you evil_little_dog I'm good through 4/26)

Don't let me buy more dice. Don't let me buy another t-shirt. Knee cap me if you see me going for wall art. Stickers dana, stick to stickers. Texted BFF from college to get her child. Should text others while tempting I probably should not get JK the wall art of Cherri and Pentious.

So I haul over my goods back to the hotel. The elevator makes worrisome sounds. I change into a non-t-shirt for dinner because the one thing I've noticed about Charleston, it had at least three James Beard nominated/winning chefs running around (That's like the Oscars for chefs for the non-foodies on my list) two are at restaurants with James Beard pricing (30$ for a salad, yeah No. 35$ for fried chicken? I'll hit KFC first). However Ristorante Abruzzi has barely over normal Italian prices and is supposed to be abruzzese inspired (and that's where my family is from)

I pull into the parking garage across the street, get out and into the elevator. It's for the hospital. Okay...I go to the first floor and it opens INTO the hospital. Well then. I return to the car and the lot next to the restaurant is for the ballpark behind it. I go across the street the other way where there is a huge parking lot for family dollar and a lung center and toss up my handicapped tag hoping I won't get towed and go in. Neat menu but I should have gone for the mushroom pasta instead of the blue crab/goat cheese ravioli with a wine cream sauce, sweet corn and asparagus. Honestly the corn seemed weird in this and the goat cheese overpowered the crab (except on my breath). It was good but I expected more. I did get a stuck up waiter who was obviously pissed off to get a solo patron at HIS table (in fancy jeans, not a pantsuit. Eye roll)

I return to the hotel, pull on my Edalyn Clawthorn (The Owl House) cosplay and walk over. I get three Japanese buns for dessert and late night snacks and try to find the panel I want Hot Anime Dads I can't find it. Find one on yokai but it's the same awful presenter I sat through last year. He was still awful and I'm only catching the tail end.

I leave and try my phone out of desperation as I don't have internet access on it...until today! After 3 weeks it's working again and I find my panel in the big room. Yay. Vitamin H are two sapphic partners who are 'professional panelists.' I did NOT know that was a thing but their quality shows that they are doing this often and well. They picked a bunch of dads throughout the years. They were funny and thorough and I really liked this panel. My only problem...my sugar bottomed out (in spite of pasta dinner) had to eat my buns. damn

My next panel isn't for an hour. I should have gone to find the band but instead I stop in to the manga library and read X-Gender (not for me) and made it halfway thru Hooves of Death about unicorns in Yellowstone protecting humans from zombies...

the 830 panel was on urban legends in Japan, also by Vitamin H. I thought this was even better than the first (with the one exception of they couldn't dim the lights and some stuff was hard to see) I couldn't believe how many girl ghost in the bathroom slasher movies there are.

Came back happy with this day. Found the groaning moaning elevator is broken (I'm on the 6th floor) at least one was working and oh this room basically has a fainting couch perfect for stretching out and using my lap desk. the twist I put on my knee yesterday has left it swollen

Have some fandom recs


No Going Back Stargate SG-1

Essentials Torchwood

He Didn't Even Touch It!Hazbin Hotel

Somewhere Between Torchwood

The Aftershow The Amazing Digital Circus

You'll Have to Try Harder Than This Hazbin Hotel

sex is art and you’re the muse (your soul’s my eternal bruise) 时光代理人 | Link Click

Stone Roses The Owl House

No Choice Torchwood

scale to feather, skin to skin 镇魂 | Guardian

Somnosensual Hazbin Hotel

Can You Hold Me? Hazbin Hotel

The Strangest Forms Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle

Experimental Hazbin Hotel

Fuck Hazbin Hotel


This Is New. Sherlock&Co

I'm heading out to an anime con so I might be slow to update everything. In honor of that have an Alastor quote as a writing prompt. Have a character who is hiding something with a smile? Is is a sincere one?

I managed to get 2100 words today (instead of packing or cleaning) and almost finished one of my spook_me stories in a new to me fandom

How is it going for you? Let know and if i forgot you somewhere along the way let me know

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