Comic con

[Braineack]

remember when occupy wall street had to setup "rape free" zones?

 

[tecboy]

Well, I guess I'm back talking to Runnah.

So, Runnah, they are not clowns, so be very careful what you are saying, because you may not live another day.




This guy is older than you. You have to respect the elder!




These cosplayers are the same woman, and she is a pro-photographer!




One of these days, this can be your daughter. What are you going to do about it if she wants to be a "Hit Girl?" Does she look like a whore to you? If she ever get grope or being sexual harass by several male photographers, you damn well better do something about it and defend her!!!!!




This woman, I met her in art school. She has a Master of Art in Illustration, and she had a rich childhood life. She is very open minded and very social. She enjoys being a cosplayer a lot!




You better get use to it, because cosplay is growing rapidly!!!




I have to admit I have seen several Bronies episodes in the past. It is My Little Pony in adult version, and it's very stupid.

 

[spacefuzz]

Ok so after some deep thinking and a couple adult beverages I have figured out why cosplay bothers me. It's like the sports fans who paint their faces and bodies with team colors. It embarrassing to acknowledge that you like the same team as that guy.

i like comic books and some stuff like that buts its embarrassing to be associated with the 40 year old who dressed up like a bear from Star Wars.

Ok so the problem isnt them, its you. You're afraid of being judged based on someone elses actions. It's a legitimate concern, I used to feel that way when I was younger and didnt know any better. At some point you'll have an epiphany and realize it doesnt matter what someone else does and you shouldnt let your insecurity turn into anger..... because that is the path to the dark side.

 

[tecboy]

A lot of misconception about women cosplay. Not all women wear skimpy clothes. These women you see in these photos are dressed quite lovely. Bring your dslr and go to you nearest Con, and you will have a lot of fun. It is a safe environment. No drug, sex, alcohol, dangerous real weapons, and no gang bangers.

Enjoy!!!

 

[tecboy]

I want to hear more Robbins vampire story.

 

[IByte]

Hey, I give props to any HS kid that wants to rap about My Little Pony! (yeah, I just said that I would give "props"! lol Because I'm cool like that.)

Epic Rap Battles.....buff said lil miss.

 

[IByte]

Sometimes I like to pretend I'm R2-D2 smuggling Lukes lightsaber into Jabba the Hutts palace.

True geek using Star Wars innuendos lol!

 

[IByte]

Wow you have some **** on your tv over there, my partner keeps watching slags of Atlanta oh sorry housewives of Atlanta what a load of ********

Lol I know that British no-no word, thank you!

 

[robbins.photo]

I want to hear more Robbins vampire story.

Lol, ok, the whole sordid tale. This was quite a few years ago, I was in my late 20's and at the time I was working part time in a bar as a bouncer. Not really as glamorous as it might sound.. lol. Anyway one of the bartenders and I were really good friends, he was a really great guy to hang with and we generally had a lot of fun.

He started dating this girl and it got pretty serious, she was a really wonderful gal and also a lot of fun to hang around with so we all got to be really good friends. She got invited to a party by a girl that she knew from her home town, when they were both in middle school they were best friends. She was really excited, they hadn't seen each other since they were like 13-14 years old.

Well at the time my buddy really didn't have a very reliable vehicle, and his girlfriends home town was a couple hundred miles away, he wasn't real comfortable with the idea of driving it himself so he asked me if maybe I could run them out there, go to the party with them and basically just hang out for the weekend.

So I agreed, and we went. We show up at the party - and apparently this girl had changed.. well lets say quite a bit from middle school.. lol. She was into all this vampire stuff, they had a whole group of people who basically thought they were vampires. At first I thought it was a little weird, I mean I just figured they were pretending to be vampires. Nope, they really went whole hog and decided they were vampires.

So here I am at this party with a rather eclectic group, the vampires, a collection of starving arteests - pretty much every misfit in about a 200 mile radius (myself included).. lol.

Well I'm there with my buddy and his girl and it's important to her so I figured I'd just go along, granted I stood out like a sore thumb but I figured why not, just relax and go with it. So I didn't tell the vampires I thought they were idiots or make a big deal out of anything, I just let them talk and yammer on about what it was like to be a vampire, etc.. etc..

Well this girl who was seriously into the vampire thing and her pasty faced boyfriend cornered me and she wanted to know who I was and how I got invited, etc. So we started talking and she goes into the whole vampire spiel, one thing leads to another and she pops off with the whole "what would you do if I bit your neck" question, I gave her my response and her boyfriend somehow managed to turn even whiter.. which I wouldn't have thought was possible if I didn't see it.

So she gets loud and does this whole big scene in the living room, she calls me a neanderthal, tells me that she had considered making me one of her "vassals" but that I obviously was far to much of an idiot to appreciate the "dark gift", yada yada. I just let her yammer for a bit, then she grabs her boyfriends hand and starts to storm off.

Well I probably should have left it at that but I was in a bit of a feisty mood anyway and at the time I had no filter between my brain and my mouth, so I wait till she's about halfway across the room and I shout out, "Ok, so help out the neanderthal here.. would that be a no on the sex thing then?"

Well I can't really adequately describe the sound she made, I think she was trying to actually say something but it just wasn't coming out and it was sort of this string of flabbergasted noise - she throws up her hands and finishes storming out with her boyfriend in tow.

Evening progresses, most everyone giving me an even wider berth than what I had to begin with, which was pretty wide.. lol. My buddies girl friend comes over and apologies profusely for getting me into this, I told her not to worry about it, I was actually enjoying myself. I found the whole thing tremendously amusing.

So after an hour or so my buddies girlfriend is trying to say her goodbyes and her childhood friend is stretching it out and begging her to stay, I head into the kitchen to toss my empty bottle and that's when things went from bizarre to downright surreal. I drop the bottle in the trash, turn around and here's the girl who was calling me a neanderthal earlier standing right behind me, no boyfriend this time.

She hands me what I'm guessing was her phone number, tells me to call her and then bails.. rotflmao. Well my buddy and his girl and I left, headed back to the hotel we were staying the night and drove home in the morning. We all got a pretty good laugh out of it, her friend actually called her again like 3 months later and invited her to another party but only on the condition that she leave the caveman at home. She declined.. lol.

So yes, I passed on what will likely be my one and only chance to join the legions of the angsty undead. But hey, free beer and pizza, so it was a win.. rotflmao

 

[pixmedic]

dang...much better than any of MY stories...
most of mine were just naked pool/jacuzzi parties. the water slide made things pretty entertaining though.

 

[robbins.photo]

dang...much better than any of MY stories...
most of mine were just naked pool/jacuzzi parties. the water slide made things pretty entertaining though.

Sounds like something starring Shannon Tweed, that went straight to video.. lol

 

[Braineack]

Sometimes I like to pretend I'm R2-D2 smuggling Lukes lightsaber into Jabba the Hutts palace.

True geek using Star Wars innuendos lol!

I just watched episode 6 in BR last night. I watched the entire Saga over this weekend. I didn't dress up once.

 

[Braineack]

 

[weepete]

Anyway to go way back to the OP, what happened apparently were not complaints about just being photographed. Of course if cameras were allowed according to the policy of the event and/or the venue then there would be an expectation that your picture might be taken, especially I imagine if you're dressed in a costume.

But according to this article on Time magazine's website there were complaints about women being grabbed/groped and attempts being made to take photos under their clothing. That is obviously crossing a line and if it happened, absolutely not acceptable - to me that seems to go beyond what I'd consider to be harassment if it got physical. There's a group that started a petition asking Comic Con to address the concerns.

San Diego Comic-Con 2014: Geeks of CONsent Protest Sexual Harassment - TIME

Yes, somehow did you all miss this? It wasn't just about being photographed. It was about the photographER being a creep.

Wow you have some **** on your tv over there, my partner keeps watching slags of Atlanta oh sorry housewives of Atlanta what a load of ********

Um...EastEnders anyone? Get off your British pedestal because you've got plenty of mindless crap on your televisions over there, too.

You know, I think those complaining deserve a swift kick to the back side.

I mean really? Dressing up like a whore and going to a convention which is filled with horny guys, most of which have never touched a women, and you complain?

"Gee I dressed up like a steak and walked into a lion's den and for some strange reason they bit me!"

Morons.

Dude, that's dangerously close to, "Well she was asking for it." If the "attention" stops at some comments and gawking, fair enough. People are going to look and people are going to say stupid things. But I do hope we agree that these women DO have the right to complain if someone takes it farther than that.


Beyond that, I'm just saddened by how everyone seems to pile on the crap when talking about anyone who's not "normal." Sure, people do weird things and not all of those things are accepted by "polite" society. Doesn't mean they don't deserve some respect. No, I don't cosplay - never have and don't feel any need to do so in the future. But jeez, live and let live, y'know?

That's pretty much summed up my feelings on this too.

It doesn't matter if these women decide to walk about naked covered in green jelly. Their appearance doesn't give anyone a justification for that kind of behavior.

 

[robbins.photo]

It doesn't matter if these women decide to walk about naked covered in green jelly.

Ok, so where do I go to get tickets for that convention?

Lol