Otakon was a pretty cool weekend. I walked away with some nice memories and a ton of nice swag, as well as some embarrassing memories and a few impulse buys I'm still shaking my head over (DAMN YOU, SIREN CALL OF THE DEALER'S ROOM, YOU GET ME EVERY TIME). I met some very nice people: Rus, who waited in line and sat next to me for AAA; Josie, who wandered over to eat with me in a corner of the Dealer's Room on Saturday; all the girls from Richmond, who talked and squeed with me in the line for and during the yaoi panel; as well as Megamix Panda chick and Sakura cosplayer from the Maki autograph line on Sunday.

Nobody spoiled me for DH. Even though I literally was trapped on a floor full of 4chan frequenters for fifteen minutes. Even though I picked up one of the Deathly Hallows boxes from the Dealer's Room (the Borders stand was throwing them away) and was walking around with it for the rest of the day. Really, I only got two impertinent comments ("SNAPE IS HARRY'S FATHER!" and "EVERYBODY DIES," neither of which are spoilers).

So I finished the book around five on Sunday and really, I can't express what kind of experience this was for me (  although I can try. SPOILERS FOLLOW. )

I'll probably have more to say at later points. I hope to God I can sit down and actually reread it in the near future because reading the first 350 pages on Wed/Thurs and the other 409 on Sat/Sun has left me a little hazy on some stuff. But really. I loved it. It wasn't my favorite of the series (that's HBP probably), but it was wonderful and it was closure and it made made me love Harry even more (which I thought was pretty much impossible). It made me love everybody just a little bit more dearly. It's the end of an era of my life that I'll never forget.

BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN I'M LEAVING FANDOM. I want me some AS/S and some T/J and epilogue-compliant fic and AUs galore and I want it NOW. *makes grabby hands*