Known as Kapalaka, Orlando cosplayer Christine is making a name for herself with her attention to detail and uber realistic recreations of great characters. To make her even more awesome, she’ll be at Metrocon this weekend so we get to actually hang out with her! Let’s pester her until she agrees to wear a Beaver shirt!

From her bio:
My cosplay alias “Kapalaka” came from two sources: Golduck (one of my favorite Pokémon and it is a kappa), and gibberish my high school best friend used to attach to my first name. We would come up with silly names added onto each other’s first names. The more ridiculous, the better. He called me Cristini, Ku-ristana, etc, the most elaborate of which was Cristanalakakanatini. This was around the time I was looking to create a committable and unique screenname and “Kapalaka” was the natural choice. No regrets thus far, so it’s a winner!

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