#dramacon

[salubriousbean]

Yall I went to the first day of dramacon!!! It was incredible; I'm so excited for the next day and a half!!

If anyone happens to be at UTA Level Up, you could come find me :D (and trade for a Shrek pin ?)

ALSO USU'S BETWEEN THE LINES LITERALLY MADE ME CRY OH MY STARS ITS SO GOOD 😭😭😭😭😭✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️

[kittonafoxgirl]

This podfic was made for the Small Fandoms Bang round 12. I had so much fun working on it :3 Dramacon is a comic I have loved since it came out when I was in high school. It’s just about a girl going to an anime convention. It’s adorable and I highly recommend. If you are unfamiliar with it though, I feel like if you have ever been to an anime or comic convention, you will still enjoy this fic. 

AO3 Link: [Podfic] Yattacon 2023: A Long-Awaited Homecoming 

Fandom: Dramacon

Writer: @1001paperboxes​

Text:  Yattacon 2023: A Long-Awaited Homecoming

Reader: Kittona

Rating: T

Audio Length: 01:32:49

Summary:  When Christie decided not to go to Yattacon 2019, she honestly expected it to be a one-year palate cleanser. Suffice to say, life got a little bit in the way of those plans.

Now, five years later, she is more excited than ever to return to her first ever con and experience all its highs and lows all over again as she helps out in the dealer's room, drinks up the atmosphere, catches up with old friends, and is horrified by the length of the various lines. Expect lots of pawky (and other off-brand names), cosplay, and nostalgic feels for cons past and present.

[hockpock]

Facebook gave me a present

Waiting for the nightvale show that wasn't!

[literaryvein-reblogs]

Writing Reference: Lexical Blends

A lexical blend - takes two lexemes which overlap in form, and welds them together to make one.

Lexeme - the smallest contrastive unit in a semantic system (run, cat, switch on); also called lexical item.

Some longstanding examples & a few novelties from recent publications:

motor + hotel = motel

breakfast + lunch = brunch

helicopter + airport = heliport

smoke + fog = smog

advertisement + editorial = advertorial

Channel + Tunnel = Chunnel

Oxford + Cambridge = Oxbridge

Yale + Harvard = Yarvard

slang + language = slanguage

guess + estimate = guesstimate

square + aerial = squaerial

toys + cartoons = toytoons

breath + analyser = breathalyser

affluence + influenza = affluenza

information + commercials = infomercials

dock + condominium = dockominium

NOTES

Enough of each lexeme is usually retained so that the elements are recognizable.

In most cases, the second element is the one which controls the meaning of the whole.

Example: "brunch" is a kind of lunch, not a kind of breakfast – which is why the lexeme is brunch and not, say, "lunkfast".

Similarly, a "toytoon" is a kind of cartoon (one which generates a series of shop toys), not a kind of toy.

Blending increased in popularity in the latter half of the 20th century, being increasingly used in commercial and advertising contexts:

Products were sportsational, swimsational, and sexsational.

TV provided dramacons, docufantasies, and rockumentaries.

The forms are felt to be eye-catching and exciting; but how many of them will still be around in 2050 remains an open question.

Source ⚜ Word Lists ⚜ Notes & References

[fascinatedfinch]

Comment bingo blackout!

This was an awesome event and I found so many good fics! Highly recommend checking out these fics (and many more! Murderbot September #MBS24 is upon us, after all ;) )

Long fic: Broken Half by figowl

Fanart with <50 notes : Broken Risk Assessment Module’s recent mods

Fave trope: Family Portrait by RamshackleFey

Old favorite: Property Exception by tottiki

Crack: WORLD HOPPERS LXXVI by borth

Outsider POV: The MedSystem Is In by words-writ-in-starlight

Author you haven’t read: hope is no uncertain future by RoundedLoaf

Podfic: SecUnit Socialization Services [Podfic] by black glass

Bharadwaj’s documentary : The skinny by gamebird

Fave character: The solicitor and the secunit by CompletelyDifferent

Murderbot participates in fandom: r/AFreeholdPractice by skatzaa (and DramaCon by Tashilover)

Bot POV: Refuge Sanctuary Asylum Home by potatoturnipbean

Short fic: Keep Away (Unless You're ART) by MrsMetta

Someone not on the server: Needle, felt by Rosewind2007

Posted/last updated pre-2020: The Exchange by winter hill

Filk: [Filk] After Ganaka by TSDefiance

Original character: Hide and seek by derwentian

Meta: Evolving intimacy between Murderbot and ART in Network Effect (Meta: long version) by ImitationGame

Additional canonized tag: give it a hand, offer it a soul by dragonyfox

Comic: [COMIC] Murderbot Comic Collection by Dale

Make a rec post: Art for Broken half by figowl

Set in space: A crowded mind by verynotokay

Missing scene: unexpected realism/unrealistic expectations by torpidgilliver

[hils79]

If you have some time this weekend and have an interest in Asian dramas there is a free online convention running from Friday to Sunday.

You can reserve a ticket (did I mention that it's free) and see the schedule of panels here: https://upallnightcon.wixsite.com/dramacon

If you want to listen to me ramble about my blorbos and possibly cry over how much I love them I am co-modding a DMBJ panel tomorrow at 5pm EDT with @foxofninetales. It will be an intro to the franchise for those who want to learn more, and general flailing for those who already know about Pangzi the characters and want to share their love.

Then at 9pm EDT tomorrow I am co-modding a panel on Guardian with @merinnan. This one is at 2am my time so I can't promise I will be coherent but I can promise I will cry over how pretty Zhu Yilong is, espexially when he's wearing tailored suits and sleeve garters.

So feel free to come and join us! Did I mention that it's free?

Happy to answer any questions. My DMs are open.

[klapollo]

CosmoGirl magazine (the cosmopolitan offshoot magazine for teen girls) also had a manga strip in it that was called adventures of CG! drawn by svetlana chmakova (of dramacon fame). it was so fucking cute but it's almost impossible to find

[divinemissem13]

Artist sign-ups open!

Fandom list is under the cut ❤️

Preliminary List of Fandoms:

1

10 Things I Hate About You (movie)

A

A Room With a View (1985)

B

Black Stallion, The (Walter Farley)

C

Closer, The (tv)

Closer, The (tv)/Major Crimes (tv)

Constantine (tv)

D

Defying Grafity (1997)

Diagnosis Murder (tv)

Disco, Ibiza, Locomía (Movie 2024)

Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka (cartoon)

Dragon Age: The Veilguard (game)

Dramacon (Svetlana Chmakova)

E

Eerie, Indiana (tv) [Lockwood & Co (books) fusion]

Evil West (game)

Expanse Series, The (James S.A. Corey)

G

Generation Loss (web series)

Ghosts (us tv)/Manifest (tv)

H

Hotel Transylvania (2012)

J

Jeeves & Wooster (tv/P.G. Wodehouse)

L

La Femme Nikita (tv)

Live a Live (game)/Pac-Man (game)

Long Walk, The (Richard Bachman)

M

Mario + Rabbids (game)

Marvel's Spider-Man (Insomniac Games Video Games)

Murder, She Wrote (tv)/Mystery 101 (tv)

Murdoch Mysteries (tv)

Mushishi (manga)

My Little Pony Generation 4: Equestria Girls (cartoon 2013)

N

Natsume Yuujinchou (manga)

Neighbours (tv)

Nightmare Before Christmas (movie)

P

Puyo Puyo (game)

R

Reacher (tv)

S

Sabrina the Teenage Witch (tv)

Scrubs (tv)

Sherlock Holmes (1984 tv)

Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (game)

Sniper Elite (game)

Super Sentai: Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger (tv)

T

Tron (movies)

V

Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light (cartoon)

W

Will Trent (tv)/Reacher (tv)

Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku (anime/manga)

X

X-Men: The Animated Series (cartoon)

Y

Yin Yáng Shi | The Yin-yang Master (movies - Guo Jingming)/Heart, The (tv)

[thatonesimp-e]

I've been in Weber for Dramacon, here are some doodles ^^

[real-total-drama-takes]

i’d love to go to a dramacon

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[ezpegs]

Drawing on loose leaf paper, reread dramacon, am I?? Suddenly 13 again???

The furries are possible designs for my OCs furries. OCception. Duh. Ollie was a sparkle dog at some point

[teafaellana]

Hello & Well Met!

My name is Ren, I am queeeeeeeeer, and I’m a little bit chaotic. The reason this first GIF is from Who’s the Boss? is because back when I was 13 years old this was the very first fandom that I joined, and it feels very appropriate to honor that on tumblr dot com.

Shows and such plus more info under the cut. ✌🏻

I’m a mechanic, an artist, a babysitter, a dog-walker, and an all around workaholic. I’ve got ADHD and myself and others suspect I may also be autistic (but that is not yet determined by a professional).

When I have time I love reading short stories, novels, fanfiction, and comics. I am more likely to read things than to watch things, but I have watched more things than usual as of late and I am making more of an effort to do so in order to try to catch up. I also write fanfiction and make fanart and also make original art and hope to someday get back to writing original stories.

Movies

The Parent Trap (1998)

Alien

Aliens

Matilda

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Chocolat

Under the Christmas Tree

Bad Moms Christmas

Christmas Movies just in general tbh!!!!

Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again

Smart House

Halloweentown

Hocus Pocus

Ocean’s 8

Baby’s Day Out

Aristocats

Lilo & Stitch

Moana

Tangled

Encanto

Spirited Away

Kiki’s Delivery Service

TV Shows

Who’s the Boss?

Agatha All Along

WandaVision

Only Murders In The Building

The Good Place

Maid

The Worst Witch (2017) (but I want to watch others too!!!!!)

Once Upon a Time

Agent Carter

Wheel of Time

Soy Luna

Dead to Me

Gilmore Girls

Charmed

The Good Witch

Spy x Family

The Owl House

Ms. Marvel

Bingos Stray Dogs

My Hero Academia

Bluey

Probably some other stuff, but this is what comes to mind right now.

Books & Comics & Manga

Thursday Murder Club

Wheel of Time (almost finished w/ book one)

Uncanny X-Men (2024)

Exceptional X-Men (2024)

House of Harkness Infinity Comic

Batman - Santa Claus: Silent Knight (2023)

Dazzler (2024)

Vision (2015-2016)

DramaCon by Svetlana Chmakova

Princess Ai

I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga

24 girls in 7 days by Alex Bradley

Afternoon of the Elves by Janet Taylor Lisle

That Summer Feeling by Bridget Morrissey

Dungeon Meshi/Delicious in Dungeon

Sailor Moon

Special Mention: I am currently reading Patricia Wants to Cuddle and I will see how I feel about that when it’s over, I also started reading The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year which is probably going to mean Patricia Wants to Cuddle takes a backseat until I am done with the seasonal reading haha

Truthfully I read a lot so a lot and enjoy a lot of what I read, and this list has to end eventually 😂

Video Games

The Sims 4 (I have been playing since TS1)

Horizon: Zero Dawn

Legend of Zelda: TOTK (one quest left!)

Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Various Pokémon installments

Bayonetta (still working through the first game)

Horizon: Forbidden West (not finished)

Neopets (??? Is this even a video game ??? Not really, but I am at a loss for where else to shove it on this list)

Ratchet & Clank

I have a lot of games that I haven’t played through yet, because I have too many fucking hobbies and jobs and not enough time 🙈💀😂😭 One example is that I own BG3 and just … am never home to play on my PC so I haven’t gotten far AT ALL.

Music

This probably shouldn’t even be a category because I am not about to make a list of music I like. That would be even more absurd than making a list of books and shit that I like. I love music so much, I cannot imagine living without it. Genre couldn’t even begin to limit me or my musical interests, and I often listen to music while I draw or walk or paint or work or drive or even read or sleep. It is the backbone of my existence. I scrap along playing piano and guitar, and if I could get my hands on other instruments I would. I played trombone in elementary school briefly, and wouldn’t be mad if I still had access to one to play (alas, I do not). I struggle to read music, but I can play something if I learn it and set it to memory.

[hockpock]

aren't you the person who thought someone wanted to shoot you because you went to dashcon

Technically yes. Scrolling while sleep deprived doesn't help to beat the Piss On The Poor website allegations, kids.

Saw dashcon, saw a gun gif, brain did not comprehend it was a Portal gif at 3 am and while I regret derailing OPs silly joke with their friend, I still stand by the position that the harassment, abuse and hate Dashcon attendees got and sometimes stil get is unwarranted, inaccurate, sexist and ableist.

It was not a personal threat to me even if the post had been the way I read it while in an altered state, but that sort of post and attitude certainly existed and it pisses me off. Telling people to kill themselves is just fucked up behavior, no matter how some people try to justify it to themselves.

"We went, conrunners were shit, stuff happened and we had the best time we could anyway" just doesn't feed insecure egos like "ooh annoying stupid tumblrinas got what was coming to them" ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Anyway, imma hang on until tumblr crumbles into dust or Automattic breaks the site trying to force it onto the WordPress engine. You can't kill me, I'm already cringe.

[1001paperboxes]

Follow up fic asks: 35 and 38 ?:D

35. What’s your favorite fic you’ve posted?

Oh man. Ask me a hard one why dontcha? Let's do three.

On Cosplay and Cuddlepiles - First Wotakoi OT4 longfic; I think it turned out really well.

Meet Me at Mickey D's - pure silliness based on a real life thing, and something that would Absolutely Happen in canon

The Lutece 𝖥̶𝗂̶𝖾̶𝗅̶𝖽̶ Fic - I got to play around with style for this one, because the Luteces are the Luteces. And I like the result a lot.

38. What is your most self-indulgent posted story?

There's... a few smutty things that I could very easily put in this spot, but let me go another way: There's a fic I wrote for Dramacon, which is a pretty self-indulgent fandom for me in the first place, while I was very much missing cons and wanting to experience them again. So this is very much me living vicariously through feels, a few months before attending my first convention since Lockdown.

Yattacon 2023: A Long-Awaited Homecoming

Also, honourable mention to The Ouran High School Host Club Special Twentieth Anniversary Reunion because anything catching up with my favourite characters as they age alongside me is going to be pretty darn self-indulgent.

[kmcook65]

Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: Neck and Neck Tokyo Pop Dramacon Comic Books.

[fidjulie]

your art style quite reminds me of Svetlana Chmakova's Dramacon trilogy! Some of the jokes aged really poorly, but the overall story and art style is very cute and reminds me of when I was a kid and read it for the first time. I read it every time before I attend a convention now., as I have for nearly half a lifetime.

idk dramacon but i like Crush!! its really cute so tyyy❤️❤️