Asstd. Misc., etc.: Convention edition
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silveradept- Atari Women is a project being run out of the University of Washington with the intent of foregeounding the contributions of women to games and gaming and telling their stories of what it is like to be developing and being awesome at games. (I've met the first woman eSports champion from that panel. She would then go on from being the Queen of Space Invaders to do things like be the lead developer on The Bard's Tale III. How cool is that?) I think this is a very worthwhile project and that people who have stories or know stories or work in game development should contribute, because this is history that needs preserving. (There's even a modified Pac-Man game to play on the website.)
- Because of our shared taste in that panel, I got to reconnect with someone I had fallen out of contact with, which was great. Rebuilding friendships and getting back in contact with people after a long time in isolation is helpful.
- Also in serendipity, one of the event staff turns out to have been one of my teens at the library who is now doing coursework in media at the local technical college.
- I may have picked up a new podcast, if all of the episodes are like the live show that I listened to, but I'm going to listen to a few before making a final decision or recommendation on it.
- It's telling that the answer to the question of "What sort of things can I read if my wish-fulfillment is to see more of the Batwang?" is "Find a good fanartist and make sure you have an AO3 account."
- The author and artist of 100 Demon Dialogues personalizes books by putting the response to the question "What does your demon say to you?" in the front where there's a demon character ready to have a speech balloon added. For some people, they think about what their demon says to them and then come up with something.
It probably says something about me that I already know, and that it has a few talking points to rotate through. - I got some new T-shirts from a Mystery Bag, all of which are quite good. When I first opened the first bag, one of the shirts was pink and I said "Well, if it's not my taste, then I'll pass it on." It turned it to be an adorable picture of Cat!Rose Quartz and Cat!Steven Universe nuzzling each other, and so it's mine just fine.
I had a twinge of "is someone going to be an asshole if a masc-presenting person shows up at con in a pink shirt?", but it didn't happen. I got compliments on the shirt instead, and I have to say thank you to Steven Universe the show for helping make all colors available to all people again. And also I have Questions for society about why anyone should have to be worried about color choices and their presentation. - I have seen exactly one Smurfette at the convention.
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Date: 2019-03-19 04:14 pm (UTC)The 100 Demon Dialogues are amazing. I've promptly sent that link to someone else I know. As they say, that's a mood.
It does say something that you know what to put; namely, you have some self-awareness and keep an ear on the inner voice, and that at least one of those voices is mean. I'm sorry about the mean, but the rest is a good thing.
...Mine's a chatty bugger. This might be an interesting way to capture some working responses to its usual set of attacks.
Cat!SU shirt sounds adorable. Here's to pink being for everyone that likes it.
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Date: 2019-03-19 04:36 pm (UTC)Those demon dialogues are definitely A Mood. And somewhat familiar, although they're not always that chatty unless there's something that set them off.
Working responses sounds like a good way of going at it.
The short is definitely adorable, and it's going into the weekend rotation. Here's to pink for everyone that likes it.