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Dragon*Con was awesome. I have anecdotes.
1. When we got there on Friday the line for preregistration stretched out for several blocks. We went out for Chinese food instead, the kind where people dressed up as Captain Kirk pick their own food and pay extra for snooty service from bland twenty-somethings. The line was much better when we got back and my Father and I were done in only a couple of hours. This is still all kinds of ridiculous, I don’t care if you play the Star Trek theme while I wait, I’m still not going to forget how poorly the pre-reg system is being handled. I’m going to do what large groups of fans do best: complain. Then sqwee. Back and forth.
2. The Steam Punk movement is definitely living up to its name and picking up steam. Goggles as far as the eye can see! They had steam punk wheel chairs. We went to a few panels about it, and I will admit it bit my brain something awful. I hate story ideas that need more research than writing. It's like crack to me.
3. Zombie Prom was crashed by vampires, who spent most of the event doing their make up in the bathroom mirrors. There’s something wrong about that…
4. The panel on discontinuity and reboots was really thought provoking, very much about the philosophy and ownership of creativity. I got to talk about comic books in real life and most of the people knew what I was talking about, and the one who didn’t was willing to listen until she understood.
5. There were men dressed up like George Lucus. Meta, what meta?
6. I bought a corset, for some reason, and while I looked awesome I can still feel phantom something on my hipbones whenever I think about it. I have a newly found respect for steam punk ladies and Victorian ones as you have to do a lot of yoga breathing to properly function. Mine you I’m still going to wear it every chance I get.
7. Itty bitty Zuko Firebending with Uncle Iroh. Awww. And they made an Appa stroller! And an Appa bus! Awww. Keep being awesome Avater fans: don’t let M. bring you down.
8. AH AH AH AH AH. WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT TO YOUR SPINE. AH AH AH AH.
9. Rock on, dude dressed as Hermes. Rock on.
10. Jim Butcher is crazy dreamy. I just love listening to him talk about writing. Someday I ought to read one of his books and justify my girl crush. He’s just so articulate.~~~
11. Bruce Timm, Tim Sale, and Neil Adams all in one room. /fangirl happy dance. Neil monopolized the conversation but he had so much to say it almost made it okay. Poor Mr Sale looked so lost, he's an artist who speaks through his art and this whole situation alarmed him. I wanted to squish all their faces.
I am a happy fangirl. Now it’s back to school. I won the consulship and I might get to read for Electra in drama class, so even that looks pretty good.
1. When we got there on Friday the line for preregistration stretched out for several blocks. We went out for Chinese food instead, the kind where people dressed up as Captain Kirk pick their own food and pay extra for snooty service from bland twenty-somethings. The line was much better when we got back and my Father and I were done in only a couple of hours. This is still all kinds of ridiculous, I don’t care if you play the Star Trek theme while I wait, I’m still not going to forget how poorly the pre-reg system is being handled. I’m going to do what large groups of fans do best: complain. Then sqwee. Back and forth.
2. The Steam Punk movement is definitely living up to its name and picking up steam. Goggles as far as the eye can see! They had steam punk wheel chairs. We went to a few panels about it, and I will admit it bit my brain something awful. I hate story ideas that need more research than writing. It's like crack to me.
3. Zombie Prom was crashed by vampires, who spent most of the event doing their make up in the bathroom mirrors. There’s something wrong about that…
4. The panel on discontinuity and reboots was really thought provoking, very much about the philosophy and ownership of creativity. I got to talk about comic books in real life and most of the people knew what I was talking about, and the one who didn’t was willing to listen until she understood.
5. There were men dressed up like George Lucus. Meta, what meta?
6. I bought a corset, for some reason, and while I looked awesome I can still feel phantom something on my hipbones whenever I think about it. I have a newly found respect for steam punk ladies and Victorian ones as you have to do a lot of yoga breathing to properly function. Mine you I’m still going to wear it every chance I get.
7. Itty bitty Zuko Firebending with Uncle Iroh. Awww. And they made an Appa stroller! And an Appa bus! Awww. Keep being awesome Avater fans: don’t let M. bring you down.
8. AH AH AH AH AH. WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT TO YOUR SPINE. AH AH AH AH.
9. Rock on, dude dressed as Hermes. Rock on.
10. Jim Butcher is crazy dreamy. I just love listening to him talk about writing. Someday I ought to read one of his books and justify my girl crush. He’s just so articulate.~~~
11. Bruce Timm, Tim Sale, and Neil Adams all in one room. /fangirl happy dance. Neil monopolized the conversation but he had so much to say it almost made it okay. Poor Mr Sale looked so lost, he's an artist who speaks through his art and this whole situation alarmed him. I wanted to squish all their faces.
I am a happy fangirl. Now it’s back to school. I won the consulship and I might get to read for Electra in drama class, so even that looks pretty good.