โฆ In the photo, I'm the one in the white dress holding Cheshire's ear (ยดโข ฯ โข`)๏พ - Collage & Edition in FotoJet, photos by @Tesmoforia โฆ
๐ช๐ธ ~ Normalmente las convenciones manganime terminan a una hora temprana, es extraรฑo encontrar eventos que se extiendan despuรฉs de las 7 u 8 pm, especialmente los que tienen clasificaciรณn de aptos para toda la familia.
Curiosidades de estos encuentros para fans y artistas es que la salida o la รบltima hora del cronograma siempre tiene esta atmosfera curiosa entre el relax y la urgencia; pasaste el dรญa recorriendo el evento, disfrutando del cronograma, los concursos, las largas charlas con amigos que veรญas solo 1 o 2 veces al aรฑo, ocurrรญan muchas cosas en una sola tarde y el tiempo vuela.
Cuando se hacรญa de noche, por allรก a inicios del aรฑo 2010 (estas fotos son de 2011) era difรญcil conseguir taxi para regresar a casa despuรฉs de las 6 pm; ยฟpor quรฉ?, las lรญneas de taxi no daban abasto con toda la cantidad de personas que llamaba a las operadoras por taxi para regresar a casa del trabajo (no existรญan sistemas automatizados como ahora), tambiรฉn, Maracaibo era una ciudad en ese entonces algo peligrosa, con muchos casos de asaltos, secuestros y robos violentos.
Entonces era normal que quienes trabajaban como taxistas por seguridad propia buscaran guardarse temprano en casa con sus familias, tambiรฉn recuerdo que tenรญan mucho cuidado de a quien subรญan a sus taxis, y eso para un montรณn de "chamos" que salรญan "disfrazados" de una convenciรณn en un tiempo donde todavรญa se creรญa que jugar "YuGiOh!" era culto al diablo, podรญa ser un problema.
Afortunadamente con el tiempo aprendรญ a gestionar bien el tema del transporte, a saber quรฉ decirle a las operadoras para que supieran que รฉramos personas seguras y asรญ tener al menos, un feliz retorno a casa sin incidentes.
Lo que digo aquรญ se que puede sonar redundante si lo lees desde el contexto de 2026, ahora tenemos Ridery, Yummy, LaWaWa, y otros servicios de traslado seguros, asequibles, y hasta programables a casi cualquier hora del dรญa:
Pero para que se entienda la rareza de esta foto hoy te explico el contexto de hace 15 aรฑos, lo extraรฑo que era estar afuera al final de una convenciรณn de noche aquรญ, tranquilos, incluso si tenias auto propio.
ENGLISH VERSION
๐บ๐ธ ~ Manganime conventions usually end early; itโs rare to find events that go past 7 or 8 p.m., especially those rated family-friendly.
One interesting thing about these gatherings for fans and artists is that the end of the event or the final hour of the schedule always has this peculiar atmosphere, somewhere between relaxation and urgency; you spent the day wandering around the event, enjoying the schedule, the contests, the long chats with friends you only saw once or twice a yearโso much happened in a single afternoon, and time just flies by.
When night fell, back in early 2010 (these photos are from 2011), it was hard to get a taxi to go home after 6 p.m.; Why? The taxi dispatch lines couldnโt keep up with the sheer number of people calling operators for a ride home from work (there were no automated systems like there are now). Also, Maracaibo was a somewhat dangerous city back then, with many cases of muggings, kidnappings, and violent robberies.
So it was normal for taxi drivers, for their own safety, to try to get home early to be with their families. I also remember that they were very careful about who they let into their taxis, and for a bunch of โkidsโ who were out โdressed upโ from a convention at a time when people still believed that playing โYu-Gi-Oh!โ was devil worship, that could be a problem.
Fortunately, over time I learned to handle the transportation issue wellโknowing what to tell the dispatchers so theyโd know we were safe people and thus ensure, at the very least, a safe return home without incident.
I know what Iโm saying here might sound redundant if youโre reading this from the perspective of 2026โnow we have Ridery, Yummy, LaWaWa, and other safe, affordable ride-sharing services that can even be booked at almost any time of day:
But to help you understand how unusual this photo is today, Iโll explain the context from 15 years agoโhow strange it was to be out here at the end of a night convention, feeling safe, even if you had your own car.
โฆ A friend took this photo while I was trying to fix my wig. I remember that I made that costume, including the accessories, in two days โฆ
Este es uno de los recuerdos bonitos que guardo cuando todavรญa un grupo de amigos cosplayers de diferentes estados del paรญs coincidรญan en mi casa, a todos los recuerdo con mucho cariรฑo. Hoy tambiรฉn pienso en cรณmo se desarrollo el camino de cada uno a medida que avanzamos en la vida, digo la adultez.
De esta foto tengo conocimiento de al menos 4 que actualmente residen en el extranjero, emigraron, y muy posiblemente nunca volvamos a vernos en persona, pero los recuerdo y tengo presente con mucho cariรฑo; y tambiรฉn de todos en esta fotografรญa, creo que solo 3 continuamos haciendo Cosplays cuando el tiempo y las circunstancias lo han permitido.
Es lindo recordar, y seguir comparando un TBT a la vez cuรกnto han cambiado y evolucionado las cosas.
ENGLISH VERSION
This is one of the fond memories I cherish from back when a group of cosplay friends from different states across the country would gather at my house; I remember them all with great affection. Today, I also think about how each of our paths has unfolded as weโve moved forward in lifeโthat is, into adulthood.
From this photo, I know of at least four people who currently live abroadโthey emigratedโand we may very well never see each other in person again, but I remember them and hold them in my heart with great affection; and of everyone in this photo, I think only three of us continue to do cosplay when time and circumstances allow.
Itโs nice to look back and, with each Throwback Thursday, see how much things have changed and evolved.
โฆ Do you remember "K-On!"? โฆ
This is my entry for the โTBT Contest: One Photo, One Story, One of Those Daysโ from the TopFiveFamily community, organized by @lanzjoseg ๐
I hope everyone in the community is doing well, and I wish you all a good night ๐ โจ
Esta es mi participaciรณn para el "Concurso TBT, una foto una historia un dรญa de esos" de la comunidad TopFiveFamily organizado por @lanzjoseg ๐
Espero todos en la comunidad se encuentren bien, y les deseo una feliz noche a todos ๐ โจ
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