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Balticon 2015 con report
May. 27th, 2015 01:01 amBalticon is my Home Convention. Like, there's many cons that feel like home to me, but Balticon was the first con I ever went to as a Real Person (and not a kid-in-tow), and it's close enough to the homestead that I always see a lot of my lonnnnnng-term Maryland friends.
Plus, it's the con where I've got the most friends who I made at a con. Arisia, I generally spend a lot of time hanging out with friends from outside the convention scene, who I already know through dance or burns or parties or whatever. Balticon has the werewolf group, and the Balticon Kink Collective, and the Giggle1, and a TechnoFandom subset that feels warm and vibrant and welcoming, and a handful of costumer acquaintances, and it's just such a wonderful reunion, every year!
This year? No exception. This year was _incredible_, not just one of the best Balticons I've ever had, but probably one of the best *cons* I've ever gotten to enjoy. It was my tenth year, and I am so incredibly glad I made it.
Now onto the report! ( I'm cutting the Ugly section separately, since there's a tw for creepy rape culture )
Someday I'm gonna have a con report that doesn't have an Ugly section and it's gonna be awesome. :/
( Bad-Meh-Good-Awesome-Transcendent below this cut )
Okay!
This is already a pretty long con report, and I keep finding new bits and remembering other lovely pieces and I LOVED THIS YEARS CON SO MUCH.
Hopefully pictures will forthcome. For now though, sleep!
~Sor
MOOP!
1: I only learned this year that there's a name for 'em, and also just how vast the conspiracy goes. H'apparently, there were five girls born to fannish parents in a span of about 54 weeks back in 95ish. I've been friends with Nikki and Maura for ages, and got to know Victoria a lot better this year, which was great.
2: I may have met Matt at my first Balticon, I have known him _forever_.
3: Did you read this line and immediately know where I got it?
Plus, it's the con where I've got the most friends who I made at a con. Arisia, I generally spend a lot of time hanging out with friends from outside the convention scene, who I already know through dance or burns or parties or whatever. Balticon has the werewolf group, and the Balticon Kink Collective, and the Giggle1, and a TechnoFandom subset that feels warm and vibrant and welcoming, and a handful of costumer acquaintances, and it's just such a wonderful reunion, every year!
This year? No exception. This year was _incredible_, not just one of the best Balticons I've ever had, but probably one of the best *cons* I've ever gotten to enjoy. It was my tenth year, and I am so incredibly glad I made it.
Now onto the report! ( I'm cutting the Ugly section separately, since there's a tw for creepy rape culture )
Someday I'm gonna have a con report that doesn't have an Ugly section and it's gonna be awesome. :/
( Bad-Meh-Good-Awesome-Transcendent below this cut )
Okay!
This is already a pretty long con report, and I keep finding new bits and remembering other lovely pieces and I LOVED THIS YEARS CON SO MUCH.
Hopefully pictures will forthcome. For now though, sleep!
~Sor
MOOP!
1: I only learned this year that there's a name for 'em, and also just how vast the conspiracy goes. H'apparently, there were five girls born to fannish parents in a span of about 54 weeks back in 95ish. I've been friends with Nikki and Maura for ages, and got to know Victoria a lot better this year, which was great.
2: I may have met Matt at my first Balticon, I have known him _forever_.
3: Did you read this line and immediately know where I got it?
