WTF BBQ Beefcake Stick FC 2011 post
Well I haven't posted jack shit since FC so it's about time, and being a lazy ass, I will post what I wrote back then but never put up... or even really finished writing:
FC2011 -Thoughts
It’s hard for me to think of where to start describing my FC2011 experience. I suppose you could say I had a mildly disappointing consistently good time. What I mean by that is the entire experience was pleasant, essentially drama free, and very often fun, but it felt like there was something missing that kept it from being really amazing, though several things came pretty close. Ironically many of the things that did happen would have counted as pretty amazing if I wasn’t so jaded on the whole furry con thing. I actually am not even sure how many furry cons I have been to anymore…I lost track after 20…
Anyway I was glad to get to spend more time with a handful of good friends that I tend to hang out with now. I only wish that I was able to spread out my time more with a few I mostly missed. Ironically I often complain I don’t have my own “clique” of people… that I only float between groups that I am welcome in but not really a part of. Now that I spent more quality time with fewer people, I feel that I didn’t spread out enough and try to make new friends. It occurs to me that there may not be a scenario that would totally satisfy me because of this. I did miss a lot of out-of state friends that I have seen in years past as well. Perhaps like me they are cutting back on travel this year for economic reasons.
One other thing I noticed is that fursuiters seem to behave differently than I remember. There are so many now, and it seems so close to being universally “popufur”, that I feel like there is much less of a sense of community. I remember I could just walk up to almost anyone in suit and just play around with them or give a big hug for no particular reason. We were almost automatically friends based upon our similar slightly insane interest in wearing terribly hot and often uncomfortable costumes. I would spend hours in the headless lounge chatting as if were in some kind of club back there. This year, unless I already knew the ‘suiter well, I felt like I was more likely to get a “who the hell are you” than a return hug. This is pretty ironic of me to say now since I used to find all the frequent hugging and scritching furries did strange and uncomfortable. Who even scritches anymore?
On the upside I have seen a lot of good things happen to the fandom. It seems that the average fur is more apt to behave in a more socially acceptable way and more easily interact with non-furs. We seem to be seen as more of a fun curiosity than an especially strange group of geeks and freaks. There seems to be more diversity of people in the fandom as well. I enjoy meeting people from backgrounds I wouldn’t necessarily think of as likely to be in the fandom. It’s really strange… good strange mind you, but strange…
FC2011 -Thoughts
It’s hard for me to think of where to start describing my FC2011 experience. I suppose you could say I had a mildly disappointing consistently good time. What I mean by that is the entire experience was pleasant, essentially drama free, and very often fun, but it felt like there was something missing that kept it from being really amazing, though several things came pretty close. Ironically many of the things that did happen would have counted as pretty amazing if I wasn’t so jaded on the whole furry con thing. I actually am not even sure how many furry cons I have been to anymore…I lost track after 20…
Anyway I was glad to get to spend more time with a handful of good friends that I tend to hang out with now. I only wish that I was able to spread out my time more with a few I mostly missed. Ironically I often complain I don’t have my own “clique” of people… that I only float between groups that I am welcome in but not really a part of. Now that I spent more quality time with fewer people, I feel that I didn’t spread out enough and try to make new friends. It occurs to me that there may not be a scenario that would totally satisfy me because of this. I did miss a lot of out-of state friends that I have seen in years past as well. Perhaps like me they are cutting back on travel this year for economic reasons.
One other thing I noticed is that fursuiters seem to behave differently than I remember. There are so many now, and it seems so close to being universally “popufur”, that I feel like there is much less of a sense of community. I remember I could just walk up to almost anyone in suit and just play around with them or give a big hug for no particular reason. We were almost automatically friends based upon our similar slightly insane interest in wearing terribly hot and often uncomfortable costumes. I would spend hours in the headless lounge chatting as if were in some kind of club back there. This year, unless I already knew the ‘suiter well, I felt like I was more likely to get a “who the hell are you” than a return hug. This is pretty ironic of me to say now since I used to find all the frequent hugging and scritching furries did strange and uncomfortable. Who even scritches anymore?
On the upside I have seen a lot of good things happen to the fandom. It seems that the average fur is more apt to behave in a more socially acceptable way and more easily interact with non-furs. We seem to be seen as more of a fun curiosity than an especially strange group of geeks and freaks. There seems to be more diversity of people in the fandom as well. I enjoy meeting people from backgrounds I wouldn’t necessarily think of as likely to be in the fandom. It’s really strange… good strange mind you, but strange…