Why I won't be Seeing Karen and the Babes Down Under (A Rant)

[dweomeroflight]

Karen and the Babes were announced last year as coming to capitals in Australia including Sydney. My friends and I were ecstatic and we all planned to make a day of it. I claimed I would sell my right arm to go. It turns out, I lied. Of course, we shouldn't have trusted The Hub. It seems to have quite a bad reputation within fandom for not really

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[dweomeroflight]

Your icon reflects my rage! Though I haven't been to fan run cons for popular culture, I have been to fan run cons for speculative fiction and they offer you so much more! Last year I went to a four day con for about 350 which included multiple panels, a disco, a steampunk high tea and a five course Regency Ball. I know authors are a bit different in that it is expected that authors sign their books if you've grabbed one but it's interesting that actors feel they need to be paid for doing their job :/

Thanks for telling me about Arthur. I was feeling really quite upset and it helps to know it's not him. Um wow Karen. No offence, but you're not even BIG outside of Who fandom. Just saying.

But even if Matt and Karen are that expensive, in my view, it's the event organisers job to find ways to make the event affordable. Maybe that means inviting more lower profile who guests. Maybe that means having a bronze tier for individual actor photos. Maybe that means having proper exclusive events for gold and silver packages. And if the guests management declined to do a special event and you seriously HAVE to charge that much, don't bother. Seriously. Thanks but no thanks. I mean it.

Ya'know, sorry Karen and the Babes but get a grip. The truth hurts. Australians aren't mugs. Where's your sense of charity and of respect for the people that made you? Carrie is bigger than the three of you put together and she came cheaper. Just saying.