/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>8463267
Sure!

First lemme be clear it's not an insult, I'm from San Diego and SDCC means our downtown floods with local curious normies. They're spending money, they're excited to see you and want your picture... It's fun. AX is starting to show a similar trend.

The difference though is normies don't consider themselves "part of the show." They're like an audience without theater seats, here to see something entertaining but not participate. They won't call themselves big nerds, they're not interested in sitting through an hour panel, they might have their fingers crossed to meet a celebrity, but basically they don't have a todo list. The con is often an excuse to get drunk, or to entertain the kids for a weekend. Which again, is not bad! Just different.

Con attendees, however, are in a more "businessy" mindset. Even if that business is fun. There's stuff they intend to buy, costumes they want photographed and shown off, panels and workshops, or art and merch they've made they need to sell. Everyone is at minimum a very serious hobbyist, or there to grow a career or as an artist. This fits in more with what conventions in "boring" industries are doing: people going to SoftwareCon or ArchitectureCon are there to network, grow their career, or they're paid to promote.

I think the cons have the ability to be a business AND a party, we just need to balance it.

Didn't think I'd ever have a thing for squirrel girl but then bellechere stepped up to the plate