#godddd that weekend was awful. only a few redeeming qualities and they were in the form of my mutuals lmfao

[aturnoftheearth]

You said you didn’t want to know so feel free to ignore me, but:

creation cons that charge hundreds of dollars for photo ops are still happening for sure. and will probably continue.

I went to my first (and probably last) one in March and my thoughts are thus:

the people keeping these cons going are women in their 40’s or older who have parasocial attachments to the actors and money to burn. They are PASSIONATE about this. Some even go to multiple cons a year. They know a lot of the regular con staff by name.

The die hards are like WAY into the other actors too so it’s not *just* j&j worship. Mark Sheppard was the belle of the ball at my con. The winchesters cast was there and everyone I talked to fawned over them and were very very supportive of the show.

there is a culture around creation cons that is very much uhhhh. it’s own thing.

I had a ton of fun talking to these people out in the smoker’s circle - I even made a genuine new friend and so for that alone I have no regrets.

HOWEVER I wish there were more free activities. Like. It could be so easy to set up a viewing room to watch selected eps of the show or a silent disco or have more space for gaming and relaxing. like almost EVERYTHING cost money and was focused around the actors. I had the most fun at karaoke which was the only free event.

I refused to pay to meet the main cast but I did get a pic with Kim Rhodes. It was alright! But I probably wouldn’t do it again.

oh so same old same old i gotcha