So! Denver Comic Con (DCC henceforth) was pretty fun last weekend. This is DCC’s third year, and last year was a ginormous mess because the people running the convention didn’t expect the 60,000 people who showed up, and there was
Denver Comic Con, Cosplay, and Miscellany
So! It’s Denver Comic Con (or, as I shall refer to it from now on, DCC) this weekend and I’m of two minds. 1) I am really excited because it’s been a long time since I’ve gotten to really do
Interesting Notes on Japanese Religion
Here we go, as promised. So, as I mentioned on Tuesday, the Japanese people tend to be both Buddhist and Shinto(ist?). Shinto is the native Japanese religion, founded 2000+ years ago, and is a ritualistic system that believes in a
The Land of the Rising Sun
Well, Squiders, I am back from two weeks in Japan! If all went well you got regular updates and didn’t notice anything weird (aside from the posts being on time). Japan was very nice and not as much of a
Fandom Aspects: Cosplay
Cosplay is perhaps the most visible of the ways people show their love for something. And I don’t mean that in the way that means “the most people are aware of it,” but in the way where, while most fandom
Fandom Aspects: Memes and Gifs
I feel like this has really only become a phenomenon in the last five years or so, probably because of the prevalence of digital images and video which make it easy to make a screen capture of something and stick
Fandom Aspects: Fanart
Fanart is probably the second thing people think of when they think of fandom. As is probably obvious, fanart is when people take (usually) characters from stories, games, movies, etc. and create art around them. Drawings are probably the most
Fandom Aspects: Fanfiction
Well, Squiders, we’ve talked about fandom a bit in the past, but I’ve had a rather worrying bout of it recently. (Not even about anything specific. Just…stuff.) You see, I am going to a con in mid-June and not only
Antagonist and Protagonist
Craft post today, Squiders. Protagonist, antagonist. Self-explanatory, right? Well, to some extent, yes. But let’s talk nuances. Your protagonist is the main driving character of your story. It is the person whose dilemma we care about the most. In most
When Things You Love Betray You
Have you ever really loved something, only to have that thing/person/band/television show/etc. do something that so completely turns you off you have to just cut them out of your life? And you feel silly about it, because it’s just a
