danekez:

I’ll never forget the cinematic perfection that was my experience at the BlizzCon Cosplay Gathering. It was almost scripted.

The announcer is helping everyone get into place, calling out for spaces to condense or for people to step back so everyone can be seen. There is a pause as someone comes up to him and they quickly talk. Then the announcer speaks into the megaphone “someone just turned in a phone? Is anyone missing a phone?”

There is a pause. People exchange looks, some people pat themselves and shrug. The announcer continues.

“It’s a black iPhone. The background is… uhh, Hanzo?”

I feel the camera zoom in on me as though it’s an episode of the office. From the back-left of the Crowd I raise my hand. I am clad completely in an ornate cosplay of Hanzo’s legendary Lone Wolf Skin. The crowd focuses attention on me and there is silence.

“Black iPhone with a picture of Hanzo- oh. Hanzo. Of course.”