I really need to figure out what costume(s) I want to do this year, and see if I can get (at least) one of them made before ACen. It's very bad trying to think about this while on the Brown Line on my way home... while listening to the Utenamyu. Especially when Grandma Dios (or perhaps, "Fairy Godmother Dios") starts chiming in, because I had delusions of doing that before. Just like I had delusions of doing the Lodoss Island Parn costume (which, if anyone remembers, does not involve Parn in his own armor ^^;;).

However, thinking realistically about this year... I think I've narrowed down a list of characters to consider.

• Georg Prime, in his Suikoden V Queen's Knight wear (last picture on the right)


• Hatake Kakashi from Naruto, because I've considered doing this costume for like the last three years and haven't


• Kiba Inuzuka from Naruto, because as far as Naruto costumes go, this is one that actually suits my build. I've also started to really like Kiba after reading up to the bit in the manga that Viz is up to (him versus one of the Sound Four), and he suits me much better than Shikamaru


• Eagle Vision from Magic Knight Rayearth, which is another costume I considered long (long) ago and am still interested in doing. It will require me getting screen caps because there are *no* findable good images of his whole costume, and a Google search for "Eagle Vision" turns up the cars, curiously enough.


• Syaoran from Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle, which is the least likely of these listed costumes, but immeasurably easier to contemplate than a Mokona costume (which I briefly considered and then discarded as being way too difficult to do and transport, despite how much joy I would get from bouncing and puu-puuing around the con and annoying any Kurogane cosplayers I might find)

I also have a bad feeling I'm going to wind up in a Takashi Morinozuka (Ouran High School Host Club) costume as well... unless the group Jen's committed to finds one on their own. ^_^;;

Next year, though... next year, I am going to get in decent enough shape to not embarrass myself as Suikoden III Futch. That's going to be my goal.