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RoboCoonie
I willingly volunteer to run fan-run conventions.
InsertUsernameJokeHere
Also: extremely elaborate, heavily-detailed, expensive cosplay, and the "budget version" of the same cosplay.
MeanWinchester
Not to mention at least 30 girls dressed as Harley Quinn, most of whom have no business wearing that few clothes in public
BentheG33k
I've been an exhibitor at conventions for the last 4 years. This is true also I love swag addicts
Killertortilla
As an ex security guard I can assure you, conventions aren't something that make us get "weirded-out"
RunAirmanRun
Add in some overly busty Mad Moxxie that borders between too much makeup and "d-dude, i think thats a guy" and you're golden
chupathingy99
don't forget the people who are either drunk, stoned. or on some horrifying swarm of designer narcotics.
BearsBeetsandBattlestarGalactica
morgan0073
How come there is no Ash cosplays?
GorillaBiscuits
Everytime I go to a comic con and actually buy comics, the person in the booth seems genuinely surprised
aDefenseless9yearOldGirl
Fact: Everyone who wears a utilikilt will give you an ear beating about all government services being privatized and why they open carry.
CaibreGreyblade
As a european, nah.
WileEQuixote
You're utilikilling me.
PeopleSeemToHaveLongNamesOnImgur
One day I'll be brave enough to be the fat guy wearing the same shirtless cosplay as the ripped guy.
Bacicot
I have no idea what Hones Truck is
GolddiggingCleric
...and i don't give a fuck about it.
YouArePlayingTheGame
sugii
"Journalist" - wrote an "artist"
ferdturguson
Reasonably priced food and merchandise.....
13thDiablo
DontTazeMeBrah
To be young again *sigh*
vanella
I must go to the wrong comic cons....
Messageforbobwehadababyitsaboy
Where's the disembodied green cloud of con stank?
Fishb20
this is all true, and the craziness is part of what makes comic con so much fun :-)
waitwtf
I stopped going to these because all of the unwashed body odor made me dry heave
Somebullshitaccount
TIL fat is just overly-nourished
drowningfishy
I've been to conventions as a goer, an I have been to conventions working security. I've been both the weird one and weirded out.
drowningfishy
Must say working security at a conventions puts conventions in a whole new perspective.
assholecasserole
XaviersSnakeArm
Socks with sandles. socks with sandles. socks with sandles...
assholecasserole
I've actually never noticed that haha
FullMetalBitch
blackstone459
You left out the 500 Harley quinns, multiple deadpool+somethings, a shit ton of batmans, at least 2 dozen storm troopers and sauron
DatDarthCaedus
There's always a few annually popular ones depending on the most popular game/anime/movie of the year.
blackstone459
Yeah, agreed. Harley's been a bit of a mainstay the last few years. The last one I went to it was every 4th or 5th person :P
StarmanUltra
Please tell me it's the tower/giant eye version of Sauron
blackstone459
There's a guy who frequents all the nearby cons with a 7ft tall suit of homemade foam and plastic armor and a giant mace. Looks amazing
gimmeacorgi
Don't kill me please... what is homestuck?
SomeCrazyNerd
Webcomic. Kind of interesting story and premise. Too many annoying Tumblr fans though.
tanuiglor
An ms paint story that gets weird fast. Truthfully, you are better off not knowing.
gimmeacorgi
Thanks...? I won't dig deeper then
AlaSnackbar
So what is homestuck, I wanna know
Craazyy1
Epic Webcomic about 4/16/20 kids who play a game that brings on the apocalypse and a multiversal creation mythos. Great internet humor.
RandomImgurian
It's a pretty great and definitely unique webcomic with an absolutely horribly cancerous tumblr fanbase.
AlaSnackbar
Please elaborate. Why is the fan base bad?
RandomImgurian
They tend to be very obnoxious (at least the ones you notice), even by tumblr standards, & I hear cosplayers have a bad reputation on cons.
InsertUsernameJokeHere
It's a (now finished) webcomic that's terribly convoluted and hard to follow, that also holds the record for "most fucked up fanbase".
Kspaz13
https://youtu.be/MLK7RI_HW-E here's how I learned what it is.
RamPlunk
As a person who has read the comic, bought the merch, and sold my soul: you don't want to know
LordAwkward
I wanna know too!
RamPlunk
Check the other comments, can confirm
blackstone459
Trust me, you don't
nowservingnotyou
And the people who man the stations like me, who are just happy to be collecting all that sweet comiccon money. Sauce: av tech freelancer
catsaregroundowls
1/2 So I have never been to one, but I bleach skulls and make fake witch gear. Pendants, ect...and tell people who think they are wiccan.
catsaregroundowls
2/? The story of how I found it or whatever. I'm actually native but I can't sell endangered species, only collect them. But I
catsaregroundowls
3/? Find cool geodudes and polished gems, and fossils all around where I live and decorate them all together in sculpture
catsaregroundowls
4/? Can you rent booths at cons and could I make my stuff cultured enough to sell it? Or is it super pricey and not worth it?
nowservingnotyou
So I asked around, and it isn't a priciness thing, it's a connections thing. I don't have the right connections to get anything like that...
aRepost
I got Comiccon plague 4 years ago. I spent 7 weeks in ICU. SANITIZER YOUR DAMN HANDS!
SparelyFunctional
This is going to sound gross, but here it is. I'm a certified national health manager with NEHA. To break it down, I know all of the 1/2
SparelyFunctional
2/2 disgusting things. Hand sanitizer does not work. Not at all. You're far better off with Dawn dish soap and baking soda. Trust me.
ImaSithDuh
I'm going to WonderCon this weekend. I've been doing all I can to prepare my immune system, plus a jug of hand sanitizer.
ButteryCommissar
As a stall holder; Try not to eat right after handling money you got back from a vendor, who got it from the unwashed masses.
ImaSithDuh
Oh gods no. Full decontamination before that.
HarryHamwallet
is it seriously that gross at these things?
aRepost
It's the constant handshakes that does it.
TheIceMaiden
No. Then again, I stay in a hotel with three other people and we all shower daily. There are hotel rooms with 10+ people crammed into (1/2)
TheIceMaiden
them, and I'm sure that's when the chances of infection sky-rocket. Also, there are people who don't sleep, eat, or drink water at (2/3)
TheIceMaiden
cons. That and the constant exposure to other people ruins your immune system. (3/3)
ThrobbinHoodz
There is a lot of hate for the in shape cosplayer. I mean if you've worked hard for it...
LordAwkward
I for one enjoy looking at them!
keyblader1985
I'm trying to trim my gut just for a cosplay I'm doing this summer. I want to actually do the character justice.
ThrobbinHoodz
Good for you! And you'll feel good for it too
Sameriarix
I don't hate them. I question the ones that did it without coats in 20F weather (-4 wind chill).
ThrobbinHoodz
Dedication :')
gamlingcs
There were two brothers at 2016 AX that rocked a pretty good Goku and Vegeta because of their build.
onlyhalfghost
I remember seeing a few jacked dudes rocking a Jecht costume at AN about 6 years ago, nothing against it. Some peeps be jelly, I think.
Mushroombadger
This also makes fun of the out of shape cosplayers.
ThrobbinHoodz
Aye, sad. I just notice more slamming for the fitter thats all.
Xandraelle
OKay but that's pretty much their own fault
Mushroombadger
Being fit isn't?
FullCrimsonic
Point in case. I don't eat until I almost throw up then go lift weights because its fun
ThrobbinHoodz
Yeah diet is important. You actually have to eat much more, just better food! Otherwise its not that good for you
Ostinisdehsechz
...you're joking right?
Bakseed
Not everyone loves eating.
FullCrimsonic
Nope. I hate eating food
Xandraelle
Have you tried doing that the other way around? Usually works better for me to eat after a workout
FullCrimsonic
Best I can do is a mass gainer protein shake. My stomach is wrecked for the next 2-3 hours even if I don't eat. Any tips?
cpnbeeb
theblackcanaryyy
Omg I almost spit out my food
Nottherealslimshadyjusthisbodydouble
"Just keep walking. You're paid to be here, not to interact with the freaks" - The Guard
SexPenguinWhoreNunToTheArchdoiceseAndOligarchy
I did security for a couple comic cons. The last time I was stationed next to the Suicide Girls booth. It was a good day
ravedomo
people started cosplaying as the guard after this photo
IonCaveGrandma
I looked at this for a few seconds and then said out loud through laughter "I don't know what's happening"
SirFormidio
'Fucking white people.'
circlebreaker
Damned weird-ass honkeys...
gothraki
Is that a weirded-out security guard or a weirded-out security guard cosplayer?
WachZilson
Damn weird ass crackahs.
sslih
"Fucking white people"
Treblaine
Ohhhlookaunicorneatingasamurai
"Freakin' weirdos"
Geminiwolf800
It is such a dead fandom now. I never see them and I use to be one!
StarmanUltra
Pretty active at /r/homestuck, but I think that's the only place left. Definitely excited for Hiveswap though!
Geminiwolf800
I can't wait to finally get that damn game!
Hunkasaurusflex
Un-freaking-canny. Cosplayed the weirded out security guy perfectly.
GloriousRace
If any of you want a real taste of the cancer that this community is just go to their discord(homestuck) I swear to God that the voice 1/
GloriousRace
Chat is just a bunch of people talking over each other about old dead memes and weird porn fanfics that are extremely cringy but they /2
GloriousRace
Somehow find funny, I read the webcomic and overall it's pretty unique with it's style, witty sometimes kinda epic and long af, recommend /3
GloriousRace
If you have the time I'd say it's pretty worth it, just avoid the community at all times, sorry for bad text managing skills.
vwyx
For those who don't know, that guard has been named Lemmie Telya, as in Let Me Tell You About Homestuck by the Fandom.
TigerMaskAlsoMagic
When did this happen? Did I stop reading too soon? What the hell.
vwyx
He even has a parallel universe counterpart, and has been made a fan himself.
DrIvoRobotnik
I don't know much about homestuck but I'm pretty sure those are the homestuck cosplayers
cpnbeeb
You're not missing anything at all, avoid at all cost.
KaptainSigyl
ElRadis
Here's another one!
KiyaSeraphia
If nothing else, the music is very worth it. The comic is a acquired taste. The fanbase/community is literally cancer flavored cyanide.
ElRadis
Ignorant old person here. What's homestuck?
TheRealSpaghettiMonster
Weird as fuck.
NZSheeps
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestuck (from another ignorant old person)
megopie
long webcomic with adequate writing and a small but devout fanbase. It's not nearly as big as it used to be, mostly cause it's over over.
KiyaSeraphia
Webcomic with Flash animations. It's a okish story, excellent music, and the most toxic community on the net after the entire MOBA genre.
ElonMustToke
please explain the toxicity of this community
DatDarthCaedus
Eh, DOTA community has gotten better lately at least. Still shit at times, but way better than that fanbase (and some others) at least.
StarmanUltra
Some kids play a video game that directly affects reality, the apocalypse happens and they survive due to the game, lots of time travel
MajyykPhD
It's an internet narrative designed to be meta, simultaneously attracting deep thinkers and fucking nitwits alike. Like Deadpool, honestly
RamPlunk
We're not *ALL* bad
GloriousRace
*Sees a person who reads Homestuck* What year is this???
ProjectKurtz
As someone who enjoyed Homestuck mostly, I distance myself as much from the average Homestuck fan as possible.
ElRadis
Here's one! Let's teach him a lesson!
AimlessSavant
Now now, if the Undertale fandom is anything to go by. :V
DrIvoRobotnik
Some webcomic that managed to get one of the weirdest and worst fanbases ever, something along those lines
ColonelCasual
I liked the comic, the author has a lot of wit, but holly hell is the fan base off putting.
whimsicalsamurai
its mostly due to the portrayal of the troll characters they dress as but yes, a good portion of them are strange
ReginaldButterwinkle
I managed to completely avoid all knowledge of the fans up until the very end of the comic. I'm fucking lucky. Good read, putrid community.
KekmateMeinFreund
teach me your ways oh master
ReginaldButterwinkle
Oh and the whole thing has great music. I still listen to a lot of it while I work.