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Aug. 2nd, 2020 02:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
seekingferretWorldcon Day 5
I got back in time for the panel on fanfic, which was about as good as could be expected given the constraints of the panel topic. Good, smart panelists talking about an only moderately interesting subject. There's so much more interesting that can be said about fanfic, but I am preaching to the choir here.
Afterward I spent the next four or hours in various virtual bars and parties, videochatting with other fans and pros. These have definitely been the best part of the con for me. I drank a lot of whiskey and I filled a bookmark folder with so many recommendations and interesting historical factoids and games and academic papers to read because everyone had such interesting things to say and everyone was coming from such a different perspective.
In spite of the drinking I woke up early, took a nice leisurely bike ride because it was too damned hot to push myself, watched some replays of earlier panels from the con including a great one featuring Cory Doctorow and Ada Palmer talking about the history of censorship, and then caught a couple of ConZealand Fringe panels, including "There Was Only One Panel", which was a really fun watch.
And that was the end of my Worldcon. It was not anything like being at a Worldcon in person, but it had some really good moments and I think on the whole I am glad I decided to participate, even though there are things I am also really frustrated and angry about.
I got back in time for the panel on fanfic, which was about as good as could be expected given the constraints of the panel topic. Good, smart panelists talking about an only moderately interesting subject. There's so much more interesting that can be said about fanfic, but I am preaching to the choir here.
Afterward I spent the next four or hours in various virtual bars and parties, videochatting with other fans and pros. These have definitely been the best part of the con for me. I drank a lot of whiskey and I filled a bookmark folder with so many recommendations and interesting historical factoids and games and academic papers to read because everyone had such interesting things to say and everyone was coming from such a different perspective.
In spite of the drinking I woke up early, took a nice leisurely bike ride because it was too damned hot to push myself, watched some replays of earlier panels from the con including a great one featuring Cory Doctorow and Ada Palmer talking about the history of censorship, and then caught a couple of ConZealand Fringe panels, including "There Was Only One Panel", which was a really fun watch.
And that was the end of my Worldcon. It was not anything like being at a Worldcon in person, but it had some really good moments and I think on the whole I am glad I decided to participate, even though there are things I am also really frustrated and angry about.