Probably not what you wanted to hear as a new attendee, but you need to temper your expectations.

Conventions back in the day were incredible. It was the highlight of your entire year whenever you went and it would genuinely feel like your life was worth living for one to three days. It genuinely gave you that feeling of stepping into another world that you’re probably wanting and expecting. It got a little bit more sparse in the 2010s, but it was still there, all the way until around 2017. After a certain point around then, every single person who defined the original American “con culture” just didn’t show up any more. Nowadays, they’re superficially the same, but they simply feel empty and pedestrian in a way you’ll be familiar with if you’ve been in a fanbase that went mainstream and was taken over by Instagram users.

You’re going to have to make your own fun if you go. Expect to meet a lot of seemingly charismatic people who flake on you after one day. Bring 300 USD for food and merch or you won’t really enjoy yourself.

>>153272804
I miss when Comic Cons used to smell bad because it was full of actual fat neckbeards
I can still remember the Doritos / old gym socks smell

Nowadays I only go to see if i can get some stuff with discounts, cosplay events and other shit like that dont really interest me.

>>153273128
i dont understand why they dont just crank the AC, knowing everyone's gonna be in hot costumes.

>>153272804
Have fun. Buy stuff.

>>153273866
I long for the days when these two things were not so intertwined.

>>153272804
mysterio should be sucking of green goblinin that pic

>>153274022
I long for the days when we had a functioning economy built on the premise of 'have fun, buy stuff' instead of 'be poor, blame the rich, feel like shit all the time'

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>>153274249
>Mysterio when told 'blow me'

>>153272804
The last con I went to I remember them asking a "Spiderman" cosplayer to leave because he was clearly not wearing underpants and you could easily see his Weiner through the flimsy costume.

>>153274409
Same, anon. But one can long for both.