#it was a good con this year!

[itsjustevil]

Gentlemen and non gentlemen.

We got Loose Duked in tonight's episode.

[urproblematicfav-arsonk]

I have a new essay for everyone its called "OFMD S2 is an insult to Con O'Neill both as a person and his legacy in his acting career as a queer man"

Like, this man did not spend his ENTIRE FUCKING CAREER playing almost exclusively openly queer or heavily, heavily coded queer characters to be treated like this??? In fucking 2023??????? He got better, more queer happy endings in the 80s and 2000s, the fuck?

I think it's incredibly telling that David felt like he had to hide what he was doing with Iz' character arc from Con till it was too late in filming. Hey, hey David? What did you think he was gonna do if he knew beforehand what was happening?? David? David do you think he would've walked? Do you think he would've used his leverage both as the fan favorite and integral part of the story to demand BETTER from you and everyone else writing the show?

Con has been making queer art since the fucking 80s when he was in his 20s. He has openly talked about trans rights and the fight against homophobia that we have been fighting for years and decades. I can't imagine what kind of push back he had to deal with to get all the gay shit he was doing to come to fruition. I can guarantee that at least part of the reason he doesn't have as big of a career as he absolutely deserves is because of how openly queer he has been since the start. I think if Con had been allowed to have some input in the direction of Izzy's character that something like this wouldn't have happened, at least not this messily and uncompassionate.

I legit can't imagine how fucked he must've felt after being given the genuinely very beautiful Unicorn scene and then be casually taken aside and told "lolol anyway Izzy is gonna die now, without love and without the acceptance he had already been given". But at least he was given a cuddle????

Anyway watch Dancin' Thru The Dark. Its on YouTube and it's about an openly genderqueer/bi man who goes on a sad but fun music adventure and it's actually really really good. Con sings and its a fucking bop AND he doesn't die at the end or watch Bedrooms And Hallways, it's a fun romcom about a found family of all queer people doing stupid gay shit. Also you can see Hugo Weaving's entire dick and balls in one scene and if that's not better gay rep then ofmd s2 then idk what is

[cozylittleartblog]

small PSA: if you shop at craft shows or artist alleys, please bring more than apple pay or a virtual card - especially if you're not comfortable entering your card number manually. not all of us have fancy card readers, so please also bring your physical card or cash, even if it's only as backup 👍

[dracothedeatheatingcupcake-ao3]

And that’s a wrap for Comic Con 2024! Ha, it was a lot of fun, but I really enjoyed dressing up as Mondo today! I even had a couple people recognize him! And a few others just liked the hair, one of whom asked how long it took me to get my hair like that, which tells me that at least it looks natural enough for people to mistake it as my actual hair, ha.

Overall, Comic Con was cool! On Thursday, I attended a live podcast recording for Braving the Elements, which is an Avatar the Last Airbender podcast hosted by Janet Varney and Dante Bosco (the voices of Korra and Zuko, respectively), and I actually got a trivia question right and I should (hopefully…) get an email from them soon to get a prize for answering the question right. If not… oh well. At least I’ll be featured briefly on the podcast answering trivia correctly, even though I usually suck at trivia, ha.

The rest of the days were a bit more meh, but I still had fun. I won a Pokeball ornament from a Hallmark panel, since I knew how many Squirtles were in the Squirtle Squad, aha. Which leaves my trivia score 2 for 2 at the moment.😅 I also got a free shirt and scarf for the upcoming Yakuza live action show, which was neat. I’ve never played Yakuza, but my brother has, so I was able to give him the shirt at least.

Still, while Comic Con was fun, I’m definitely glad it’s over so I can go home and clean up from my frantic cosplay creating the last several weeks, oof.

Also! On the first day I dressed at Taka, but since I was by myself I only have the one photo my dad was able to quickly take of me before he had to drive off and a quick selfie I took in the car.

[lokis-wager]

"Ciel is not in love with Sebastian!!!" Uh okay I don't care. Have you ever heard of non con?

[nalyra-dreaming]

So to recap…

* Talamasca is coming

* There was more s2 footage

* They brought in Amy Lee for the presentation

* Sam, Delainey, Assad and Eric were there, supposedly Jacob is filming, and Sam knew he couldn’t come 😭

* Our cast is cute as hell 🥰

[haarute]

here's my recording of kouji wada performing butter-fly at a convention i attended to in 2010. hypest moment of my life btw.

[spocks-kaathyra]

lola's done!!! hopefully I get picked for karaoke at the con so I can sing fever hehe

[the-grays-of-ink]

Me? Having a phase? No . . .

I have most definitely not been having a phase

[mamath]

I'm glad I finally drew some mob psycho fan art!! Had to put them on holo of course. :)b The stickers arrived too late for SMASH even though I ordered with time to spare so I just..have a ton of anime stickers and no anime cons to go to now. ;_; It's ok though. I'm just really prepared for next year lol.

I really love pairing holo with black. Bit of a cheap trick but the contrast... *chef's kiss*

I'm prepping to have the new batch of stickers up in the store by Friday! Plus...everything else. Lots of things!

[ingravinoveritas]

How it started:

How it’s going:

[inga-don-studio]

It wouldn't be a FNAF cosplay day at Comic Con if I didn't get my traditional pizza :)

[serenity-black]

A Mad Moxxi fanart I drew this week and got printed off for Brina Palencia to sign today! On my way to Collect-A-Con now!

[triaelf9]

dang, try being a fan of a series in Japan

-limited items that sell out instantly the minute they go on sale, mostly to resellers who put them up on sites for 500 x the price

-trying to collect a physical version of a show when the DVDs are 8,000 ish yen and the DVD holds TWO EPISODES

-Series that only get merch that's a collab with a Brand Name and cost what you'd expect from brands

-Being part of a fan club that DOESN'T INFORM YOU WHEN THEIR LIMITED ITEMS GO ON SALE so they're all gone by the time you get to the page and, even tho it's a preorder, they somehow can't make more.

-The only way to get a figure for not 500 x the cost after preorders are close if you missed preorders (not even after it's RELEASED, just when the ORDERS are shut) is to get EXTREMELY lucky at a used store or recycle shop, and even then it will be marked up.

[bleaksqueak]

While I absolutely hate not posting, I'm also very glad Soli is on mini-july break because guess who has two thumbs and just spent the past two days in a migraine coma!? THIS GUYYyyowowwww.

[theliterarywolf]

You know, that last post reminded me... And maybe I just didn't look around enough (because I wanted to be able to keep an eye on my cousin), but do cons still have doujin tables?

I may be telling my age here, but I remember back before the dark times of AX, there was that huge table full of doujinshi with the guys shouting 'COME GET YOUR YAOI! STEAMY HOT MAN-SEX!'

And, granted, while hearing that shouted at a con in current year would make my soul leave my body faster than Snagglepuss exiting stage left, I would at least imagine there would be enough of a market for people to still sell. Just not, you know, as obnoxious.