Worldcon. Highlights
Aug. 20th, 2014 09:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
luckykaaWorldcon is big! Really Big! And lots of things happened and I have no idea how to approach it. I don't want to do an "I did this, then I did that" and I don't want to switch to by habitual review mode! Because it's not really about that.
I spent so much time sitting around the bar. I met lots of people I hadn't seen since Redemption 2013! And some people I hadn't seen since Nineworlds who I was just as happy to see! And at least one person I hadn't seen since before Maelstrom ended.
I went to the retro Hugos! They did a crossover with War of the Worlds! I'm so glad I went to them. Felt the actual Hugos were a bit dull (grumble grumble could have had Jonathan Ross pwesenting).
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emmaroberts) was in the Masqeurade and won a prize because she made the most gorgeous Kimono. I really loved lordofthewheel's entry. Actually thought it was better than the master entries, especially with the presentation. Maybe I'm biased.
Chatted to a Nanny Ogg impersonator who had a cuddly Greebo.
Dressed as The Dread Pirate Roberts (or maybe another dread pirate - nut certainly a man in black) and 3 people thought it was Zorro. Actually 5 but two of them were in response to by bitching about it on twitter. Also have decided that a mask is the most useless means to conceal your identify ever! Everyone recognised me! Okay, I wasn't in disguise so I don't care, but Buttercup must have been blind not to recognise her true love.
And there were plays! I saw most of them.
Kinda took me a while to get into con-headspace. I think this may be some general issue I have with capital-F Fandom. I don't think I really felt in con space until the dead dog party, by which time it was too late. Can we go round again?
I spent so much time sitting around the bar. I met lots of people I hadn't seen since Redemption 2013! And some people I hadn't seen since Nineworlds who I was just as happy to see! And at least one person I hadn't seen since before Maelstrom ended.
I went to the retro Hugos! They did a crossover with War of the Worlds! I'm so glad I went to them. Felt the actual Hugos were a bit dull (grumble grumble could have had Jonathan Ross pwesenting).
My awesome friend (
emmaroberts) was in the Masqeurade and won a prize because she made the most gorgeous Kimono. I really loved lordofthewheel's entry. Actually thought it was better than the master entries, especially with the presentation. Maybe I'm biased.Chatted to a Nanny Ogg impersonator who had a cuddly Greebo.
Dressed as The Dread Pirate Roberts (or maybe another dread pirate - nut certainly a man in black) and 3 people thought it was Zorro. Actually 5 but two of them were in response to by bitching about it on twitter. Also have decided that a mask is the most useless means to conceal your identify ever! Everyone recognised me! Okay, I wasn't in disguise so I don't care, but Buttercup must have been blind not to recognise her true love.
And there were plays! I saw most of them.
Kinda took me a while to get into con-headspace. I think this may be some general issue I have with capital-F Fandom. I don't think I really felt in con space until the dead dog party, by which time it was too late. Can we go round again?
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Date: 2014-08-20 07:33 pm (UTC)Try SDCC - 180,000! (Or rather, don't!)
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Date: 2014-08-20 07:42 pm (UTC)I was put off SDCC when someone pointed out the improbability of actually seeing anything I might want to after hours of queueing.
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Date: 2014-08-21 06:47 am (UTC)