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Spent the last 5 days in Dublin for Worldcon (plus a day before on train/ferry getting there). It was awesome; I am now very tired.
There was lots of time hanging out with lovely people: some who were already good friends, some I was meeting in-person for the first time (hurrah for internet people!), and some folk I already knew a bit in person but got to spend more time with. All of which was wonderful. I was intending to prioritise socialising over programme content this time (especially given that some of the people I wanted to hang out with are folk who I am unlikely to see again for years at a time), and that worked out really well :)
Programme-wise I was on two panels (one on fanfic and representation, one on art/craft), moderated another (on fanfic and community), and co-'ran' the Stitch & Bitch, which is very low effort as it just means "turn up on time and be friendly to people". And attended between 2 and 4 panels a day, almost all of which were excellent. There was one I left halfway through because they weren't addressing the topic, there had been one too many heteronormative comments, and I hadn't had my TEA yet so wasn't coping; I was chatting online with a couple of other folk also in it, so we all escaped and went for TEA and a cathartic rant which turned the whole experience into one of my fun con memories.
(edited to add) Also went to the orchestra concert on Fri evening, which was great.
The Archive Of Our Own won a Hugo! It was a damn good Hugos list all round (winners and nominees and long-list), but I was especially thrilled about that one. Partly because it feels personal (I use the Archive all the time, I've had an account since the closed beta, I volunteered for a while) and partly because I can't imagine that happening 10 or even 5 years ago. It feels really important as a marker of the way the overall SFF community is changing. I wasn't at the ceremony but I was watching in the bar, and there was cheering in there too. I may have done a little cry.
I bought an art! (A small thing by Sara Felix.) And picked up my beautiful rainbow bracelet from V Anne. Not only is it gorgeous, but being able to fiddle with it whilst chatting to people means that this is the first con I've ever come away from without having wrecked all my nails gnawing on them. I am proud of myself!
But yes mostly my highlights are all the lovely people, and generally 5 days spent being fannish and surrounded by delightful fannish folks :)
Bloody hell I am SO TIRED today though.
There was lots of time hanging out with lovely people: some who were already good friends, some I was meeting in-person for the first time (hurrah for internet people!), and some folk I already knew a bit in person but got to spend more time with. All of which was wonderful. I was intending to prioritise socialising over programme content this time (especially given that some of the people I wanted to hang out with are folk who I am unlikely to see again for years at a time), and that worked out really well :)
Programme-wise I was on two panels (one on fanfic and representation, one on art/craft), moderated another (on fanfic and community), and co-'ran' the Stitch & Bitch, which is very low effort as it just means "turn up on time and be friendly to people". And attended between 2 and 4 panels a day, almost all of which were excellent. There was one I left halfway through because they weren't addressing the topic, there had been one too many heteronormative comments, and I hadn't had my TEA yet so wasn't coping; I was chatting online with a couple of other folk also in it, so we all escaped and went for TEA and a cathartic rant which turned the whole experience into one of my fun con memories.
(edited to add) Also went to the orchestra concert on Fri evening, which was great.
The Archive Of Our Own won a Hugo! It was a damn good Hugos list all round (winners and nominees and long-list), but I was especially thrilled about that one. Partly because it feels personal (I use the Archive all the time, I've had an account since the closed beta, I volunteered for a while) and partly because I can't imagine that happening 10 or even 5 years ago. It feels really important as a marker of the way the overall SFF community is changing. I wasn't at the ceremony but I was watching in the bar, and there was cheering in there too. I may have done a little cry.
I bought an art! (A small thing by Sara Felix.) And picked up my beautiful rainbow bracelet from V Anne. Not only is it gorgeous, but being able to fiddle with it whilst chatting to people means that this is the first con I've ever come away from without having wrecked all my nails gnawing on them. I am proud of myself!
But yes mostly my highlights are all the lovely people, and generally 5 days spent being fannish and surrounded by delightful fannish folks :)
Bloody hell I am SO TIRED today though.
