#concomics

[digitalmemoriez]

untitled ꩜ gekkOtaku (2009)

[culturacosplay]

[i-am-vita]

(I tried to post this last night but the app hates me. I don't know if that post got lost in the void and will reapear one of this days but just in case here it goes again).

So I went to the ConComics in Guadalajara. The tickets for the meet with Steve J. Ward were sold out for weeks and I was resigned to just see him hugging people from afar. I was NOT prepared for seeing him appeared on stage just at the end of the One Piece cosplay catwalk and give a live Q&A!!! He appeared just right there in front of me D:

Please ignore my histeric and undignified sounds.

For the photo with the cosplayers, he sat right in front of my friend cosplayed as Nami. All the other were trying to be as close to him as posible and she fought for staying in her place and succeeded. We're waiting for the official photos to be released.

For the Q&A he interacted with the public, was super fun and sweet. The AMOUNT of giggles and girls who lost it when he gave them the microphone for questions. Like 2 or 3 times, a girl got all asdsadsafd and wasn't capable of speak and he was all cute just smiling them and sitting at the stage with his hands on his face like "go on, you can do it".

I GOT TO ASK A QUESTION!

Thank god I did not lost it. I was sure I was going to forget english like some aquaintances who got to meet him for photo who were just capable to smile and nod like crazy when he asked them if they wanted a hug XDDDD

But I put it together and asked him which future scene from the anime he was eager to film. I'm pretty sure it was poorly structured but he got it and said he want to film the scenes of Mihawk and Perona because they're so different.

Sorry, I in fact did not have the guts to send him greetings from Tumblr XD And sorry if I don't have many videos or photos. I can't hold a phone and pay attention at the same time.

BTW the last Mihawk cosplayer was incredible!!! He even had an unsheathable cross knife!!!

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[kyuqtq]

Capprico of Nature, Caprice of Man

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Relationships: Tango & Bdubs, Tango & Zedaph, Tango & Keralis, Tango & Bdubs & Keralis

Tags: Apocalypse AU, Sea Monsters, Season 8 Groups

Summary: In a world long flooded, humanity has learned to survive on floating cityships. One such vessel is Big Eyes, crewed by Tango, Bdubs, and Keralis, and life is… hard. But hey, at least they have each other. 

How long can they really keep it up, though?

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[codnasties]

It's definitely Soap! 🫡

https://x.com/lanadelgothx/status/1844558411830280253?t=JQsxkHBY4tF-P4A6UMmpZg&s=19

fuck my life... that's so much soap

soap breaking the condom 🧼 (🌽 link)

my man soap is such a respectful man. his parents had raised him with some of the best values you may ever see. and that includes understanding consent perfectly. that's why if you ask him to wear a condom, he will.

he isn't going to be one of those fuckers that start giving lame excuses about it not feeling as good for him of condoms being too small for his cock. nah. man's just going to pop one on and fuck you nicely.

however, one thing he can't fully assure you of if that the latex material of it will hold up with the asault he's about to commit on your pussy. his hard cock plunging deeply and hard on your cunt, making you moan like a bitch in heat.

and when the concom inevitabl breaks from his harsh thust and the sheer force of them and the tightness of your pussy, you can at least be assured that it was just an accident. and even if he ends up filling you up with his cum thinking he had the condom, yup, just an accident.

and when that keeps happening and soap ends up getting you pregnant? yup, an accident.

[barricadescon]

Thank you to everyone who made BarricadesCon 2024 a success! Whether you joined as an attendee, volunteered your time to moderate, or worked hard all year on a presentation or panel, your hard work and dedication is what drives our beloved BarricadesCon!

With that being said, we would like to announce we will be taking a gap year in 2025 to prepare for BarricadesCon 2026. 

We believe a one year break is the best way to take initiative in building up the con while also giving our ConCom some well-deserved rest and transition time.

This will also give time for potential panelists to develop meaningful research, to have time to start more long-term creative projects, and perhaps most importantly, to not feel rushed in doing so.

We would like to take this year to continue our work in boosting engagement, continue developing meaningful programming, and bringing those interested on board our Concom. If this is you, please consider joining our planning server here.

Questions? Ideas? Ask in our planning server! We can’t wait to see you all for BarricadesCon 2026!

[philon-awards]

PHILON AWARDS 2024: Nominations are open!!

After last year's successful relaunch of this beautiful celebration of fannish creativity, KiScon is honoured to once again host the Philon Awards. Established by Jenna Sinclair and Shelley Butler in 1997, they originally were an annual event organised by The K/S Press to honour outstanding authors and artists in K/S fandom. With the permission and support of Jenna and Shelley, KiScon is happy to continue this tradition.

There are 8 categories:

Short fic (word count under 10K)

Long fic (word count 10K-50K)

Novella/novel (word count over 50K)

Podfic

Traditional Art

Digital Art

Poetry

Zines

For each category the voters will determine a Gold (first place) and a Silver (second place) winner.

Rules

Nominating and Voting:

Nominations are open until 31 August, 2024. Each fan can nominate up to 3 works per category, but you cannot nominate the same work twice.

For a work to make it onto the voting ballot, it needs at least 3 nominations. Before we add it to the ballot, we will get in touch with the creator to ask whether they are fine with this!

Voting is open from 10 September to 27 October, 2024.

The winners will be announced during KiScon 2024. Each winner will receive a certificate and a small prize.

Nominating and voting both take place via Google Forms, and you need to be logged in in order to submit the form; this ensures that people do not nominate or vote multiple times for the same work. If we suspect sockpuppet activity, we will get in touch for clarification. We keep the nomination and voting process completely confidential! Only the KiScon concom will see the submitted forms.

While *we* won't talk about who nominated what, *you* can still discuss your faves and promote them, if you feel comfortable doing so. Making fellow fans aware of great works and sharing why you love and want to nominate them, is encouraged.

You can submit the nominations form only once, but you can edit your responses if you need to add or change something (just follow the link in the email you receive after submitting the form). Please make sure to include every fanwork you want to see on the shortlist. You cannot edit your responses after nominations have closed.

To answer a question we received last year: yes, you can nominate (and vote for) your own work(s). We won't judge you. ;-)

Fanworks:

The work must focus on the pairing Kirk/Spock or Kirk & Spock. Slash (romantic and/or sexual relationship) and gen (friendship) are equally eligible. If a fic includes Kirk and/or Spock in relationships with other characters, be they canonical or original, this does not disqualify the work for the Philon Awards, as long as the focus is clearly on Kirk and Spock's relationship.

Art must feature Kirk or Spock or both of them; additional characters in the artwork are allowed, but no depiction of Kirk/Other or Spock/Other.

All universes are welcome: TOS (series and movies), TAS, and reboot, Discovery and Strange New Worlds. AUs and mirror universe are equally allowed. Crossovers between different Trek franchises or between Trek and other media are permitted, as long as Kirk and Spock are the work’s main characters.

RPF works (e.g. Shatnoy) are not eligible.

All ratings and genres are allowed. If a work among your nominations includes strong elements that would merit a warning on the AO3 (e.g. rape, major character death etc.), we'd appreciate a heads-up on the nominations form, so that we can make sure to include the warning on the shortlist.

The work must be complete. It can be part of a series, but the work itself must not be a WIP (missing chapters or a draft/unfinished sketch).

The work must have been created and published (print or online) after last year's nomination period. So everything from 1 September 2023 onwards until the end of the current nomination phase (31 August 2024) is eligible. Reprints or uploads of earlier works (e.g. a fic you wrote and published a few years ago and uploaded to the AO3 only recently) cannot take part in this contest. If a multi-chapter fic was started earlier, but the date of completion falls within the eligible range, then it can also be nominated.

For podfic the creation/publication date of the actual podfic counts, not of the written fic that inspired it.

AI-generated fic is NOT allowed.

Traditional art means that it was hand-drawn or hand-painted; scanning or photographing the finished work in order to publish it online is allowed, of course.

With digital art, we mean art that was created by a fan artist directly on a tablet or computer, or art that started out as hand-drawn and underwent significant digital alterations in the next steps. We do NOT allow AI-generated art! Manips based on still images or photos of the actors are not eligible in this contest.

Zines: Both e-zines and print zines published between 1 September 2023 and 31 August 2024 are eligible.

Last but not least: these awards are meant to be fun and a celebration of the K/S fandom. The shortlist will double as lovely rec list! We get to talk about our faves and let the creators know that we love their works.

You can fill in the nominations form embedded on the KiScon website, or (if your device does not display it properly) you can find it directly at this link.

[ichi--go]

☾ For the IchiRuki Archive ☀ -> "Propuesta de Matrimonio Ichiruki (Bleach) en concurso de Cosplay Concomics Music" by Superchivagdl. Two cosplayers at an event acted out the iconic Fade to Black fight scene between Ichigo & Rukia, with a surprise proposal included at the end. ♡ Upload date October 17, 2009.

[cicaklah]

Hi, I'm on the concom for KiScon (a K/S convention) and we present awards (for K/S fic, art, and podcasts) called the Philon Awards, which are announced during the convention. I'm very pleased to let you know that your wonderful story “The yeomen of the garden (and laundry)” was nominated for a Philon award in the Long Fic category. We are contacting everyone nominated to get their permission to be on the shortlist for voting. So please let me know if this is OK! (And congratulations!)

Absolutely, thank you so much!

[bunbunlittleone]

Beguiled was a whole lot of fun!! Thank you to all the lovely people I chatted with, the fabulous folks who came to classes, the stellar copresenters and collaborators, the incredible concom and volunteers, and everyone else who made the event great. I had a ton of fun dressing up this year, please vote for your favorite look! (thanks to @misscammiedawn for inspiration!!!)

[charmedhypno]

Charmed! 2025 Covid Policy Update

Charmed! 2025 Covid-19 Policy

Charmed! is committed to hosting the safest event we possibly can as the world continues to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic. In light of this, the Convention Committee (“ConCom”) will continue to require up to date Covid vaccinations as well as masking for our attendees, staff, and volunteers at Charmed! 2025.

In addition, hand sanitizer stations will be available throughout Convention Space (“Con Space”) and our Dungeon Monitors (“DMs”) will be extremely proactive in reminding people to clean their equipment - if you need help please ask and it will be provided!

Please read the following policies carefully! They contain several important dates and deadlines – ignorance of these policies will not result in any exemptions.

Vaccination Policy

The newest Covid-19 vaccine update has been evaluated and released for use in the United States to people aged 6 months and older for Fall 2024. People can get the vaccination if it has been at least 2 months since their last vaccination for Covid-19. People who have not previously been vaccinated for Covid-19 are considered “up to date” with their vaccinations after receiving this single dose.

This vaccine update is free under most insurance plans in the United States (including Medicaid and Medicare), but is no longer offered for free by the United States government.

Free vaccinations may be available on a state-by-state basis; so check whether or not your state has a free adult vaccination program if you require a free option. People based in the United States can search for their local Health Department here: https://www.naccho.org/membership/lhd-directory

People who have been diagnosed with Covid-19 may wait 3 months before getting the updated vaccine.

In order to attend Charmed! 2025 in-person you must be up to date with your Covid vaccination: a person who is “up to date” with their vaccinations beginning September, 2024 is a person who has received the latest updated vaccine, released in September, 2024.

Vaccinations typically take around two weeks to reach full efficacy; therefore for the purposes of Charmed! 2025 vaccinations will be considered valid if they are received by or before Monday, January 6th, 2025.

In-person attendees of Charmed! 2025 will be required to show proof of “up to date” vaccination received in good time – that is, they must show proof that they have received the Fall 2024 vaccine update by or before January 6th, 2025. Proof may be in the form of one of the following: official paper vaccine card, electronic vaccine card, photocopy or digital representation of official vaccine card, website listing your name/vaccination date, dated email for an applicable vaccination appointment, a photograph of some part of the vaccination process (eg. the vial of serum), or other applicable media. If you are unsure that your form of proof will be valid, please contact us before arriving at the event. Proof of vaccination will be verified at badge pick-up.

You can contact us using one of the following ways: Email us at: Covid@Charmedhypno.org Contact us through Charmed! social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/CharmedHypno Fetlife: https://fetlife.com/groups/121240?sp=1 Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/charmedhypno Bluesky: https://charmedhypnocon.bsky.social/ Discord: DM @Noelle - I have answers!

People who are unable to get the updated Covid-19 vaccine for a three month period ending with the final day of Charmed! 2025 (January 26th, 2025) due to a previous Covid-19 infection will be considered “up to date” for the purposes of in-person attendance. Please contact ConCom if you become Covid-positive within this window.

IMPORTANT: if you have a Covid-19 infection that results in you being able to get the updated vaccine within the two week time period before Charmed! 2025 begins – that is, January 8th through January 22nd – you will not be considered “up to date” with your vaccination and will be ineligible to attend Charmed! 2025 in person.

PLEASE NOTE: the three month waiting period is a CDC recommendation and it may be possible for people to get the updated vaccine within that time period.

In-person attendees at Charmed! 2025 will be required to show proof of a negative Covid-19 test taken within 48 hours of badge pick-up, (over-the-counter test is okay), in picture form in order to pick up their badge. Please do not bring a physical test with you to badge pick up - a picture on your phone is sufficient.

Mask Policy

In-person attendees at Charmed! 2025 will be required to wear well-fitting, high quality masks, such as N95s, KN95s, and FFP2s (or equivalent) at all times while in official convention space. This includes both the private convention area and Con Suite, as well as semi-public areas such as registration and the hallway outside of the upstairs classrooms.

If you are unable to acquire an N95 or similar mask, then pleated surgical masks are acceptable as a last resort.

Examples of unacceptable masks include: bandanas, gaiters, and scarfs.

Presenters and demo-bottoms may choose to remain unmasked only while actively presenting.

There are no mask exceptions for evening social events and dungeon play.

Masks may be raised, but not removed, in order to sip water and/or eat small snacks in Convention Space as needed.

A small number of masks may be available via Convention Operations for people who need them; however, we cannot guarantee this so please do your best to procure your own.

Testing Policy

In 2024, we did not require that attendees test daily but did highly recommend that they do so. For 2025, we are again highly recommending that people test daily before entering convention space. Over the counter tests are excellent at detecting a viral load in someone who is contagious, and are currently the best way for people to determine if they need to isolate themselves.

Convention Operations may have a small number of tests available for people who need them; please do not count on this and do your best to procure your own.

Policy Exemptions

Residents of countries that do not offer updated Covid-19 vaccines to the general population may be considered exempt from the requirement to be up-to-date by United States standards as long as they have received and can show confirmation that they received the primary course of vaccinations; that is, the original shot plus the two follow up shots.

We ask that people in non-U.S. countries who are eligible to receive updated vaccines continue to do so.

Attendees who are offered exemptions to the 2025 Covid-19 policy will be required to test daily while in attendance in person at Charmed! 2025 and to send verification of their negative test result to a member of ConCom before they are allowed entrance into official con space.

Failure to follow this policy may result in that person’s badge being pulled and them no longer being able to attend Charmed! 2025 in person.

We will continue to assess the status of attendees with possible medical exemptions on a case by case basis. If you are affected by this policy, please contact us as soon as you can via email at Covid@charmedhypno.org or dm Noelle_8033 on Discord.

There are no exemptions to the masking policy.

Covid Infections & Isolation Policy

Attendees, including all staff members, volunteers, presenters, etc, will be required to report and self-isolate if they test positive for Covid-19 while attending Charmed! 2025.

For the purposes of Charmed! 2025, an attendee who is “self-isolating” will remain in their private room as much as possible and will not enter any shared hotel spaces with convention members, including but not limited to: official Convention Spaces (areas past our security check points), shared convention spaces (eg. the badge pick up area, the hallway outside of upstairs classrooms), and the Charmed! 2025 Consuite (the enclosed room outside of regular Con space that is across from the public fireplace seating area.)

ConCom reserves the right to expand this list during the Convention in order to accommodate the number of in-person attendees present at Charmed! 2025.

Out of an abundance of caution, an initial positive test result will be taken as confirmation of infection, regardless of subsequent testing.

**The identity of anyone that contracts Covid-19 while at Charmed! 2025 will be kept anonymous unless otherwise unavoidable, unless that person wishes to share their identity.

Failure to report and self-isolate will result in the infected attendee’s badge being pulled and potentially a ban from Charmed! in the future.**

Reporting & Contact Tracing Policy

Anyone becoming positive for Covid-19 while attending Charmed! 2025 will be required to report and self-isolate. They will need to identify to ConCom classes/areas where they have been, including private spaces, and ConCom will inform the attendee population that they may have been exposed to Covid-19.

**The identity of anyone that contracts Covid-19 while at Charmed! 2025 will be kept anonymous unless otherwise unavoidable, unless that person wishes to share their identity.

Failure to report and self-isolate will result in the infected attendee’s badge being pulled and potentially a ban from Charmed! in the future.**

Charmed! 2025 is committed to providing as safe an environment as possible for our attendees. This may mean that our vaccination/mask requirements are stronger/stricter than those of other events or organizations. We understand that this can be frustrating, and we appreciate your adherence to these policies that are for the benefit of every attendee at Charmed! 2025.

[kiscon]

Cosplay Contest:

It's time to polish those Starfleet boots and bust out the turquoise eye shadow – our traditional KiScon cosplay contest wants you to join! As it behooves a hybrid con, our cosplay fun will also combine the in-person and online parts of the con. If you are an in-person attendee, show off your amazing cosplay live at the Saturday night (2 Nov) banquet! If you are an online attendee, you can either show off your cosplay live via Zoom (mind the time zone! con time = Seattle!) or by posting pics or videos of your cosplay in the #cosplay-competition channel on our KiScord (only visible to con attendees). We will include you in our cosplay parade by showing your pics/videos on the big screen. Rules for the competition:

One entry per person; this is especially important for everyone who joins us online. Don’t post pics in the channel of five different cosplays you made, but focus on one. If you were at the con in-person, you could only wear one costume at a time too. Feel free to show up in various cosplays all throughout the weekend, but for the competition only one will count.

Your cosplay can be sewn by yourself, tailor-made, or bought – the important point is how you transform into the character of your choice. It must be a costume of sorts; Trek T-shirts do not count for this competition. (But we love to see them during other panels.) 

TOS costumes were never prude, but please steer clear of excess nudity at the con; we do not want to make attendees uncomfortable. (When in doubt, please ask the concom first: concom@kiscon.org) 

If you post pics or videos of your cosplay instead of presenting it live on Zoom, please only submit recent pics ( = from the year 2024). While we all love the Horta costume or Spock's space suit you wore to a con in 2010, it would not be eligible for the competition in 2024. 

We will determine the winners (1st, 2nd, and 3rd place) at the end of the Saturday night session via poll. Non-competitive cosplay is also heartily encouraged all weekend long, both in-person and online. :-)

[vex-verlain]

Escapade Online 34.5 will take place next weekend (July 13th and 14th, 2024)! If you enjoy fandom and slash, please consider registering for this online slash convention! (Registration is $20; here's the expected programming.)

Online cons are so important to those of us who are disabled or otherwise unable to travel. I had been participating in fandom for over 20 years before I attended my first virtual convention in 2021. Though I realize the importance of in-person conventions, I hope online conventions are here to stay—especially since the two can peacefully co-exist!

More information about Escapade can be found below the cut.

Escapade is a fan-run convention for slash fans that has been taking place in person for more than 30 years, with fans meeting in hotels up and down the southern and central Californian coast. Since 2021, there has been at least some virtual component of the con, allowing fans from all over the world to attend. In addition to the traditional in-person convention, Escapade's concom hopes to also have a mid-year online con going forward, but in order to do that they need people to attend!

There are currently three panel tracks: fandom-specific, meta/general, and tech/workshop/alternative.

Fandom-specific panels focus on a particular canon. Some of the fandoms represented at last year's online convention were D&D: Honor Among Thieves, Interview with the Vampire, Kinnporsche, MCU, The Old Guard, Our Flag Means Death, The Professionals (1977), Scum Villain’s Self-Saving System, Star Trek, Ted Lasso, Teen Wolf, Transformers, and The Untamed.

Meta/general panels cross fandom lines or focus on fans and fandom. "Bechdel Variations," "How to Keep Your Fandom Alive & Vibrant," and "The Writers’ Strike and Fandom" are a few of the meta/general panels from last year's online convention.

Tech/workshop/alternative panels are more instructive (vidding, fan/web integration, writing, etc.) or don't quite fit into the other two categories. "Accessibility in Fandom," "Fanfic Book Binding," and "Manage Your Ebooks with Calibre" are a few of the tech/workshop/alternative panels from last year's online convention.

[wildheartzine]

Hi, I'm on the concom for KiScon (a K/S convention being held November 1-3 in Seattle, and also online). We present awards (for K/S fic, art, and podcasts) called the Philon Awards, which are announced during the convention. I'm very pleased to let you know that your wonderful zine “Wild Heart” was nominated for a Philon award in the Fanzine category. We are contacting everyone nominated to get their permission to be on the shortlist for voting. So please let me know if this is OK! (And congratulations!) Elanorsam Website page for Philon Awards: https://kiscon.org/page-2/philon.html 2023 Philon Award Winners: https://kiscon.org/philon.html

Ohhh thank you so much!!! Yes, definitely okay with us! Thank you again, we're so excited to be shortlisted!!

[kyuqtq]

CONCOM Chapter 5

Biting the Hand That Feeds

Relationships: Tango & Bdubs, Tango & Zedaph, Tango & Keralis, Tango & Bdubs & Keralis

Tags: Apocalypse AU, Sea Monsters, Season 8 Groups

Summary: In a world long flooded, humanity has learned to survive on floating cityships. One such vessel is Big Eyes, crewed by Tango, Bdubs, and Keralis, and life is… hard. But at least they have each other.

Chapter Summary: Something is wrong.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/45502690/chapters/116340103

[asyncamestel]

Hi, I'm on the concom for KiScon (a K/S convention being held November 1-3 in Seattle, and also online). We present awards for K/S fic, art, and podcasts called the Philon Awards, which are announced during the convention. I'm very pleased to let you know that your wonderful commission for BurningAmber's fic "Bodyguard" was nominated for a Philon award in the Digital Art category. We are contacting everyone nominated to get their permission to be on the shortlist for voting. So please let me know if this is OK! (And congratulations!) Elanorsam Website page for Philon Awards: https://kiscon.org/page-2/philon.html 2023 Philon Award Winners: https://kiscon.org/philon.html

OMG

THANK YOU UM OFC ITS OK

but how did i get nominated anyway? i don’t recall anything about submitting my work to the award

Thank you again for the kind message!!!