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So....I kind of forgot I had this blog and have not written anything in a million years (rough estimate). However, I just rediscovered it and wanted to do a follow-up to my last post from several years ago.
This year for Comic-Con I again dressed as the TARDIS (my costume has evolved over the years, but it is still my favorite one to wear), but this year I got only one, count 'em ONE, inappropriate box related remark made at me. And that one joke came from a Metal Gear Solid Deadpool with an actual cardboard box!! (I can't remember what it was exactly, but something about my box and his box, etc.) And I would expect nothing less from DEADPOOL.
So I just wanted to say, great job Comic-Con 2015.
Love,
A
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Dear People Interested In Reading More About The Cosplay Girl Argument (If there are any of you left),
I know that by now if you have an opinion about this topic, or really have just been on the internet recently, you have been inundated with various takes on the subject of cosplay girls and the attention they receive. I too have read many articles, blog posts, and comments and pretty much every side has been covered so I won't bother adding much to the conversation except for two things:
1. The kind of outpouring of negativity that started this most recent chapter of a long running controversy is exactly what I am against on the internet, no matter what the topic.
2. Although it is but one of many, after reading this post and comments specifically, I would like to say that it is not just the people in so called "sexy" costumes that are involved in this. Last year at Comic-Con was the first year I cosplayed. I turned a dress into a TARDIS (which seemed to be a popular choice that year) by painting the dress myself with the appropriate signage, and paneling and making a lamp hat that lit up. I put a lot of work into it and was appreciative when far more people than I thought would be interested wanted to take my picture. Some even told me I was the best TARDIS they had seen, which meant a lot.
The point of this story is that the dress I chose would in no way fall into the category of sexy. Sure it was strapless, but it being a size too big (the color was why I bought it) and me not being especially well endowed in the chest area, there wasn't much to see. Also it was one of those floor length, fancy, not at all tight-fitting, bridesmaid numbers. And now that I am thinking about it I had caught the Con Plague and had a fever that day so I was looking especially haggard. Despite all of this I was harassed a bit. Most of the people I interacted with were very polite, asked to take my picture, and then went about their business. However, some made crude jokes and said things that I am sure they would not have said to a stranger in another venue. I got a lot of "Are you bigger on the inside?" and "Nice box" type stuff. Sometimes to my face, other times yelled at me from afar as I walked by, but pretty much always involving sexual innuendo.
At the time I was not too bothered by it (being delirious from sickness may have helped, as I was pretty much focusing my energy on trying not to fall over) and really mostly just sad that that was the best they could come up with. I did in retrospect feel that maybe those are not things you should say to a person you don't know and perhaps this whole "Con Courage" thing is a bit of a problem. Heck, isn't the fact that I basically accepted it when if something similar had happened anywhere else I would have been like "What the F is that dude's problem?!" a solid indicator that there is definitely something going on here?
To sum up: This issue cannot simply be blamed on the girls in sexy or revealing costumes. I was dressed as a non-slutty inanimate object for goodness sake and I was still the recipient of rude sexual comments. Common courtesy is still a thing, right?
Love,
A
1. The kind of outpouring of negativity that started this most recent chapter of a long running controversy is exactly what I am against on the internet, no matter what the topic.
2. Although it is but one of many, after reading this post and comments specifically, I would like to say that it is not just the people in so called "sexy" costumes that are involved in this. Last year at Comic-Con was the first year I cosplayed. I turned a dress into a TARDIS (which seemed to be a popular choice that year) by painting the dress myself with the appropriate signage, and paneling and making a lamp hat that lit up. I put a lot of work into it and was appreciative when far more people than I thought would be interested wanted to take my picture. Some even told me I was the best TARDIS they had seen, which meant a lot.
The point of this story is that the dress I chose would in no way fall into the category of sexy. Sure it was strapless, but it being a size too big (the color was why I bought it) and me not being especially well endowed in the chest area, there wasn't much to see. Also it was one of those floor length, fancy, not at all tight-fitting, bridesmaid numbers. And now that I am thinking about it I had caught the Con Plague and had a fever that day so I was looking especially haggard. Despite all of this I was harassed a bit. Most of the people I interacted with were very polite, asked to take my picture, and then went about their business. However, some made crude jokes and said things that I am sure they would not have said to a stranger in another venue. I got a lot of "Are you bigger on the inside?" and "Nice box" type stuff. Sometimes to my face, other times yelled at me from afar as I walked by, but pretty much always involving sexual innuendo.
At the time I was not too bothered by it (being delirious from sickness may have helped, as I was pretty much focusing my energy on trying not to fall over) and really mostly just sad that that was the best they could come up with. I did in retrospect feel that maybe those are not things you should say to a person you don't know and perhaps this whole "Con Courage" thing is a bit of a problem. Heck, isn't the fact that I basically accepted it when if something similar had happened anywhere else I would have been like "What the F is that dude's problem?!" a solid indicator that there is definitely something going on here?
To sum up: This issue cannot simply be blamed on the girls in sexy or revealing costumes. I was dressed as a non-slutty inanimate object for goodness sake and I was still the recipient of rude sexual comments. Common courtesy is still a thing, right?
Love,
A
Dear Comic-Con,
THANK YOU for having a second chance sale for those who registered, but got jacked by the link failure when passes went up. I am reluctant to use the word "devastated," but not getting passes the first time was sad. Luckily the second time worked out, four days with preview night here we come! (I am sure it was pure luck that I managed to get passes the second time around and there were still people who got jacked, and to those people: you have my sympathy. However, I am now happy.)
Thank you!
Love,
A
Thank you!
Love,
A
Dear Panel Attendees,
I realize that you really want to ask a question so that you can talk to famous people (I mean who doesn't?), but please, try to ask GOOD questions. Now I am not saying that every (or any) question that I could think up would be genius. However, I am saying that I could filter myself and not ask the stupid ones. Rude and idiotic questions are just not necessary.
You do not need to ask the same question someone else just asked, but in a slightly different way. You do not need to ask a question just for the sake of asking a question. You do not need to point out how it is "unrealistic" for a lady in an action show to be wearing high heels (yes I am talking to you Button Lady). You really do not need to say negative things at all when these people have come in person to entertain you. I could go on, but I think you get the point.
Please, next year just think a little before you immediately ask the first question that comes to mind. And to those with interesting and pertinent questions: keep up the good work!
Love,
A
You do not need to ask the same question someone else just asked, but in a slightly different way. You do not need to ask a question just for the sake of asking a question. You do not need to point out how it is "unrealistic" for a lady in an action show to be wearing high heels (yes I am talking to you Button Lady). You really do not need to say negative things at all when these people have come in person to entertain you. I could go on, but I think you get the point.
Please, next year just think a little before you immediately ask the first question that comes to mind. And to those with interesting and pertinent questions: keep up the good work!
Love,
A
Dear People Who Complain About Things That Are Free,
I know that you were very upset that the shuttle bus to Comic-Con was ten minutes late, or missed your stop, or was purple, or whatever not-that-big-a-deal thing you were whining about to management was, but you do realize that it is FREE right? They are not obligated to have a large comfy bus available to transport you directly from your hotel to the convention center at convenient intervals. They are in fact not obligated to make your life easier in any way, but they do out of the goodness of their hearts and their desire to provide good customer service to an unruly throng of nerds.
If your complaining creates a problem and they decide to scrap the whole bus idea and I have to wait for the damn Red Line for three hours and then pack in like sardines with many other unwashed folks overburdened with what are quite possibly the largest bags I have ever seen (on the up side you can use them as blankets while camping out at the tram station like hobos waiting for the Red Line to show up), I will quite possibly murder you from sheer exhaustion. I love the Con, but at the end of a really long and amazing day it is freaking awesome to be able to get back to the hotel so easily. Please just appreciate that the bus is there, and free, and don't ruin it for the rest of us. Thank you.
Love,
A
If your complaining creates a problem and they decide to scrap the whole bus idea and I have to wait for the damn Red Line for three hours and then pack in like sardines with many other unwashed folks overburdened with what are quite possibly the largest bags I have ever seen (on the up side you can use them as blankets while camping out at the tram station like hobos waiting for the Red Line to show up), I will quite possibly murder you from sheer exhaustion. I love the Con, but at the end of a really long and amazing day it is freaking awesome to be able to get back to the hotel so easily. Please just appreciate that the bus is there, and free, and don't ruin it for the rest of us. Thank you.
Love,
A
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