EQLA was, quite simply, illegal amounts of fun.
Literally so much happened over the last three days I cannot actually write about it all – I’d be here for a month. So I’m just going to post a few photos for posterity and note a few of the more amazing events…
So, to begin at the beginning – the convention began.
I was a ‘star sponsor’, one of the 20 people who paid large sums per ticket for the convention, so I had awesome seats, front of the line privileges, private meet and greets with the guests, a VIP mixer, room perks, and on and on… I was literally royalty for the show, which was kind of nice and apropos for the Empress of Roanoak I suppose. 😉
So from my reserved seat at the front of the auditorium the convention began:
From here I used my “Star Sponsor” powers to get into the autograph singing room before the mile long line of other fans to get this signed:
Autographs of the two ladies who created the core aspects of ‘pony’… And thus my collection is now complete. 😀
Following this I sat in for the ‘creator’s panel’, which was the first time Bonnie and Lauren actually sat down and chatted… It was, well, amazing – and culminated in this:
Lauren asked Bonnie to autograph her “My Pretty Pony”, which is the toy Bonnie designed that led to the ponies everyone is familiar with…
It was a pretty emotional thing for everyone, and I’m pretty sure there wasn’t a dry eye anywhere in that auditorium.
After this I had pretty much achieved fandom nirvana, so all that was left was to browse the dealer’s room and then spend the evening hanging out with friends.
And that was Friday! Saturday will be recounted in the next post.