#Jenni Fair

[the-uncanny-dag]

[ladytemeraire]

The main thought ringing in my head at the three-quarter mark of Jenny Nicholson's Star Wars Hotel video is how badly Disney missed the mark on not targeting the demographic of LARPers, cosplayers, and RenFest nerds as opposed to... whoever the hell they were actually targeting, with that combination of experience and price point.

Like. Not to further out myself as a massive goddamn dork, but there was a span of nearly ten years where I was going to the Ohio RenFest at least once a season, every season. And even there, the years where I went in some form of costume and played along with the actors as opposed to wearing jeans and a t-shirt, my experience was so much richer. There was such a different level of banter and playfulness and entertainment when I actively leaned into the immersion. I had so much fun interacting with the shopkeeps and cast members as an elf or random Fantasy Medieval Maiden, because they saw the costume and on some level went, "You! You are One Of Us!" and matched that energy, and thus gave me the chance to match it in return.

(One year, early on, when my "costume" was a frilly blouse, leggings, boots, elf ears, and a hastily sewn cloak, I had a random older gentleman run up to our group, press a gold coin into my palms, kiss the back of my hand in a very respectful and courtly manner, and disappear into the crowd. No context, no further story or plot or interaction, but almost fifteen years later I still have that gold coin on a shelf of tchotchkes.)

Watching every time Jenny tried so desperately to lean into the Galactic StarCruiser/overall Star Wars experience, to actively engage with the story and the characters, only to be lowkey ignored or actively rebuffed or scorned, legitimately broke my heart a little. (The bit in the experience finale where she was like "it felt like we were supposed to respond somehow, but I didn't because it was embarrassing, which is its own form of Force torture" was simultaneously hilarious and extremely relatable and incredibly sad.) Setting aside the issues with the app and tech, let alone the refusal to address legitimate complaints until she took to Twitter, not even getting a hint of reciprocal interaction from the actors when your choices supposedly matter in your overall experience would be so incredibly disheartening.

Ohio RenFest tickets were about $20 when I started going in high school, plus whatever food and merchandise you wanted to buy. Nowadays, even with inflation, they're still only $35 for adult tickets, which gets you access to everything, and you can absolutely get a full day's experience out of that with only the additional cost for food and beverages. I cannot fathom spending six thousand fecking dollars for two days ("two dollars per person per minute" will live rent free in my head for a while) on what is supposedly an immersive experience, marketed as living out your Star Wars story, only to get the absolute bare minimum in return. It really feels like such an indicator of how modern-day Disney is willing to cut corners as much as possible while leaning on brand recognition, and especially on nostalgia, in order to milk every last red cent out of their customers, until they run out of both money and goodwill. And that is so, so incredibly sad.

[pzyii]

BTVS + text posts pt 3

Pt 1, Pt 2, pt 4, pt 5, pt 6, pt 7, pt 8, pt 9

[ghostlyarchaeologist]

"Gonna need a bigger gun."

Primeval S02E06 Traitor Revealed.

[pennaraptor]

Terrence has one tail feather left at the moment. excitedly awaiting the no tail photo op of the season

[snappysprinkledog]

[jennyandvastraflint]

Jenny for sure loves sea shanties! (I need to get me a Pirate!Jenny cosplay and redo this then)

[mathildejr]

page count : 18/38 so far ! A month to the deadline. Les Oiseaux de l'Orage (Birds of Storm) coming to Shortbox comics fair this October ⛈️

[icannotholdmypen]

I'm rewatching the 15th series of taskmaster and I had forgotten how giggly everyone was, it's lovely

[marigoldbaker]

sometimes i read stuff where giles has a sibling and it’s such a cute concept bc his siblings would be similarly adorable and traumatized (would kill a man for any hypothetical sister of giles’s who i am certain would be even less normal than him) but in my heart of hearts that man is such an only child. same as jenny. jenny incidentally has Dead Parents Energy and i do not know how to explain that one either

[spaghetti-taako]

I'm sure I'm not the only one who got overly attached to these characters, and i wondered which one of these people consider their favourite/most memorable. btw I excluded Madame de Pompadour because I had a feeling she would sweep and wanted to give everyone a fair chance (probably should have taken out Sally as well, but that's already too much meddling)

also it's not about whether or not they'd even want to be a companion just that they deserve to be one so don't come at me for putting Joan there, I love her dearly she can do whatever she wants forever.

[pookachuka]

SHES ALIVE

[louiisaa]

i cannot get over the fact that i am the same age as charlie spring like what

season 3 will come out just after i've gone into year 11 and all my friends have gone into sixth form except he's been in a relationship for a year and i have never held hands romantically or had someone take even a slight interest in me. i think im cooked

[myjunkisyuzuruhanyu]

Not a useful post...just a bad memory...don't mind me being a bit salty...

The resemblance of the pattern of GPF 2019 and GPF 2023 is really something...

No good reminders...nope...

An overscored American winning, a Japanese 2nd place judged with strictness...

Even Yuzu's and Shoma's performances had similarities - both popping the 3A and losing a full combination bc of it, getting a call on the 3F in combination...

And even both having almost exactly the same PCS...Yuzu had 93,64 Shoma 93,37 💀

I really don't like this repeating pattern...😭😭😭😭

@ Shoma: I know you like Yuzu but you really didn't need to repeat his path 😅 just kidding obviously...

Can we go back to GPF 2022??? All was well...

[bluehandprint]

Me watching the dexter reboot: omg i know this actor but i can't remember from where!! So frustrating

Me two minutes later: oh he was on dexter. I could have guessed that