That Fandom Osmosis panel was a BRILLIANT idea--I'm so glad you had fun with it! (Would you consider re-posting the questions to LJ? I'd love to know what you came up with.) And I'm glad you enjoyed MJ in general! Cons are one of the greatest things in life, IMO, and I'm sorry I couldn't make this one because I would have loved to have met you.
As in, you're at a con being SUPER social, then it ends and you're suddenly ALONE
YES. And honestly, I have also specifically planned so that it's not so much a drop as a tapering-off, and it STILL sucks, because it's like ripping of the band-aid (plaster?) slooooooooowly and then it STILL ends sadly. SADNESS. Completely, one thousand percent worth it! But SADNESS.
I feel like I DID get to see everyone I didn't necessarily get to really spend time with everyone I wanted to
This is indeed a very common thing. Cons are an amazing/frustrating combination of "OMG, so many people I love all in one place!" and "SHIT, so many people I love ALL IN ONE PLACE FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY." I'm an extrovert and I adopt an "I'll sleep when I'm dead" approach to cons and I STILL don't feel like I ever have enough time. It can help to plan specific hangout time with people in advance, but even so, I always feel like I missed people. Fannish commune! It should happen! :)
For some reason I read the first line in your comment and thought you were AT the panel and I was like WAIT SHE WAS THERE AND I DIDN'T GET TO HUG HER, NOOOOOO. But then I kept reading! And like, not that I'm GLAD you weren't there, I'm just glad I didn't MISS YOU.
And yeah I'm sure we'll be totally cool to post the Osmosis questions! They are totally not hard, I think we err'd on the side of easy, but the whole point was to make people realise how much they KNOW, not how much they DON'T know about other fandoms, right?
This was my first con experience, and I guess because of the MCR stuff I am not sure how I can rate it as a pure con experience because... well how often does the core of your fandom disband during a con? Not that often, I'd hazard a guess. But it was good to have klb to talk to about the whole con-drop thing and her being there to say "this is a thing that happens" was actually super helpful.
It can help to plan specific hangout time with people in advance, but even so, I always feel like I missed people. I feel like I should try this approach next time, but it probably still won't be enough! I want to see ALL THE FANGIRLS.
As in, you're at a con being SUPER social, then it ends and you're suddenly ALONE
YES. And honestly, I have also specifically planned so that it's not so much a drop as a tapering-off, and it STILL sucks, because it's like ripping of the band-aid (plaster?) slooooooooowly and then it STILL ends sadly. SADNESS. Completely, one thousand percent worth it! But SADNESS.
I feel like I DID get to see everyone I didn't necessarily get to really spend time with everyone I wanted to
This is indeed a very common thing. Cons are an amazing/frustrating combination of "OMG, so many people I love all in one place!" and "SHIT, so many people I love ALL IN ONE PLACE FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY." I'm an extrovert and I adopt an "I'll sleep when I'm dead" approach to cons and I STILL don't feel like I ever have enough time. It can help to plan specific hangout time with people in advance, but even so, I always feel like I missed people. Fannish commune! It should happen! :)
Anyway. I'm so glad you had such a great time!
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And yeah I'm sure we'll be totally cool to post the Osmosis questions! They are totally not hard, I think we err'd on the side of easy, but the whole point was to make people realise how much they KNOW, not how much they DON'T know about other fandoms, right?
This was my first con experience, and I guess because of the MCR stuff I am not sure how I can rate it as a pure con experience because... well how often does the core of your fandom disband during a con? Not that often, I'd hazard a guess. But it was good to have klb to talk to about the whole con-drop thing and her being there to say "this is a thing that happens" was actually super helpful.
It can help to plan specific hangout time with people in advance, but even so, I always feel like I missed people. I feel like I should try this approach next time, but it probably still won't be enough! I want to see ALL THE FANGIRLS.
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