Hey, kids! Mandalorians! This one’s from the Mandalorian Mercs cosplay group.
Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover:
In 2019 my wife Anne and I attended our very first Dragon Con in Atlanta, Georgia. As one of the longest-running science fiction conventions in America, Dragon Con had received rave reviews from our internet friends over the past two decades, some of whom recommended it to us more than once and, according to my notes, would never shut up about it. We had so much of a blast that we returned in 2021. Third time was the charm this Labor Day weekend as we repeated the eight-hour drive from Indianapolis to that amazing colossal southern spectacle…
Hi-diddly-ho! It’s our fourth gallery from D*C’s annual Saturday morning cosplay parade, always one of our favorite events. The starter exhortations in Part 5 still apply here: if you recognize any characters we didn’t, by all means please let us know! We like meeting new faces, broadening our knowledge, correcting errors, and bridging the gaps in our aging memories where those character names used to be. Between us we took over 600 photos and couldn’t possibly have known everyone. Related note: if you or someone you know was in the parade and you’re hoping for shots of them, pretty-please let us know! We’re taking requests! We’ll be happy to search our files and post ’em if we got ’em. You might come away disappointed, or you might not!
For superfans of the most popular fictional milieux in world history that just so happen to share a single monolithic corporate overlord, please enjoy a gargantuan batch of names drawn from and/or inspired by their decades-long IP lists — Disney, Marvel, Star Wars, and more. Enjoy yet again!
Beloved Disney mainstays such as Tinkerbell, Smee, Alice, and the Cheshire Cat.
Snow White and her anonymous Prince.
Kida from Atlantis: The Lost Empire.
Merida from Pixar’s Brave.
An Atlanta Braves-themed Iron Man.
War Machine is mum about his baseball fandom.
A blocky Captain America and a Spider-Man 2099 variant, possibly symbiotized.
Spider-Society members patrolling the Spider-Verse, plus the symbiote Scream.
Peggy Carter and the USO Dancers represent for the Team Captain America and Company cosplay group.
The Red Guardian from Black Widow, Agent Peggy Carter, and Captains Carter from What If…?
An agent of SHIELD, Agent Venom, Scarlet Witch, and Cap with an old prototype shield.
Nick Fury and more of his Agents of SHIELD.
Pink Vader, whom we’ve seen before.
TV’s Ahsoka Tano, star of Ahsoka.
Old Man Luke Skywalker, with the “Dragon Con Over 40” cosplay group.
Mash-up time with Marvin the Mandalorian, and Baby K-9 in lieu of Grogu.
The 501st Legion, one of the most venerated fandom groups around.
Count Dooku demands his own photo.
Darth Bane in his Orbalisk armor from the novel Darth Bane: Rule of Two and The Old Republic game.
A Knight of Ren and a Sith Lord, I presume?
Rey Skywalker and an Adidastrooper.
Commander Fox from The Clone Wars and Vi Moradi from Delilah Dawson’s Phasma, who then moved on to Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Disney World.
Mandalorians from the Mandalorian Protectors, a different cosplay group from the Mandalorian group we mentioned in our lead photo caption.
More Mandalorians.
Still more Mandalorians. They just kept coming and coming.
Jawas thieving, as always.
Jawas who just got back from a five-finger-discount spree in San Francisco.
Jawas who swear their merch totally ain’t hot, not even that counterfeit Mjolnir.
Bender sneaking his way into the Star Wars section by stealing IG-11’s shtick.
The Futurama fun continues with two Zapp Brannigans and Scruffy the janitor.
Futurama-rama with three Frys, Leela, another Zapp, and a hidden pink Bender.
One last Zapp and Professor Farnsworth sneaking in a Cult of Marriott Carpet shirt.
The lone representation for FX, my favorite Hulu section: Nandor from What We Do in the Shadows.
To be continued! Other chapters in this very special MCC miniseries:
Part 1: The Stars in Our Galaxy
Part 2: Friday Cosplay (The First Half)
Part 3: Friday Cosplay (The Other Half)
Part 4: Saturday Cosplay (Non-Parade Edition)
Part 5: Our Favorite Cosplay Parade Moments
Part 6: Cosplay Parade Presents Barbie and Deadpool
Part 7: Cosplay Parade Vehicles and Riders
Part 9: Cosplay Parade Animation and Gaming
Part 10: Cosplay Parade Teams Sampler Platter
Part 11: Last Call for the Cosplay Parade
Part 12: Three Days of the Con-Doers
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