On conventions, meeting other fans, Jossverse, anime, and location location location.

[timepiececlock]

Well, it's three days until Fanime Con.

My first anime convention in two years. I'm excited.

I'm a little bit nervous about the social situation I'm getting into... I will seeing some old friends which is a good thing, probably gonna have to avoid a person I used to think of as a friend who was shitty to me then didn't talk to me in like 3 months, I've got the almost-awkward-but-not-because-I-am-determined-that-it-not-be-so of staying in a room with 3 guys one of whom I have briefly gone out with, the good of possibly seeing a new friend from my speech class last quarter (if he ever gets his pass which he doesn't think will happen), and a host of other funny but slightly nerve-making things. I am so incredibly excited. The last time I went I was 18...now I'm 20. Will it be different for me? I expect not much, except that I will undoubtedly be in the older half of the people going.

Speaking of Cons...

I wish there was some kind of general SciFi convention in Northern California... I'm always going to regret that I was never able to go to one of those East Coast or Canadian conventions to meet all the lovely people on my friends list last year or the year before when we all watched Buffy and wrote B/S fic at the same time. Still, maybe some day. Are there any major conventions in Southern California? Maybe I could go to one of those next year, and meet all the SoCal Buffy fans.

And the fic writers. God, I wish I could meet more fic writers in person! Of Jossverse, anime, whatever.

I would love to talk face to face to someone whose fanfiction I have enjoyed, reviewed, praised or critized. That would be so wonderful. Just... meeting other fans is wonderful. Knowing that you can talk in a fast, excited voice about how much you loved it when one character said this and another did this, and whether this plot twist changes the characterization for the future, whether something is a symbol or foreshadowing or a parallel, and what does it mean, and oh to talk forever.

I love cons. I love meeting other fans.

Comments

[spikewriter]

I forgot about Anime Expo because, well, not into anime.

Creation Con is...it's basically McCon. They charge huge prices, run the guests in and out, charge for everything they possibly can (reserve seating, autographs, etc.) and really don't give a crap about the fans. The cons are huge -- four to five figures huge -- and it's very much a business. They sign licensing agreements with the studio so they can bill themselves as "official" conventions.

I could go on about the gouging ($349 for their "Gold" package for the upcoming SG1 event in Burbank), but the main reason I won't patronize them is that several years ago Creation actively started scheduling themselves opposite local fan-run cons in an effort to remove the competition. They waved huge bucks at the actors and even tried to get some actors to sign exclusive contracts saying they wouldn't appear at any other convention.

I'm firmly convinced these folks are repped by W&H.

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

How dare someone commercial such a grassroots thing! We're nerd and geeks... we're supposed to be left alone to our own devices because we're not cool enough to be commercialized! Evil! Definitely W&H.