Comic Conmon Courtesy
July 25th, 2011Although this sub culture isn’t too keen on conformity or rules from authority figures, there are some do’s and dont’s that need to be restated every once in a while for new converts, convention newbies, and for those people who just can’t seem to remember year after year that some behaviors are hard to deal with on a massive level like a comic convention.
The ToplessRobot.com covered some great points that I’ll also be sharing with you today.
- “Cosplaying the character everyone loves” in a terrible way. Just like we don’t want to hear someone cover a song by Bonnie Raitt and butcher the hell out of it, we also don’t want to see someone cover the look of our favorite character and make it look like poo.
- “Doing the Swamp Thing.” We are not just talking about the character, …we are also talking about being the smelly swamp thing walking the floor.
- “Remember it’s Cosplay not Cosserious”. It’s not advised to dress up as Batman and actually try to beat up thugs on the streets. That’s just moronic.
- “Being a Characterist”. You know that character you love beyond reason and are at a complete loss to understand why everyone on Earth doesn’t love him exactly as much as you do…be tolerant of other people’s fandoms, because let’s be honest, you just spent three hours discussing whether Green Lantern could beat Superman in a fight (he couldn’t). You’re not exactly solving the world food crisis either.
- “Asking stupid questions” is not allowed during the panels at Comic Con. There are tons of other people in there wanting to get their questions in too and everyone hates to see the time wasted. If you’re not sure on the stupidity level of your questions, it’s probably stupid.
- “Cutting in line.” Just don’t do it. If you do, prepare to meet your doom.
- “Don’t be creepy.” Sniffing, touching, following, making quiet/strange remarks, or asking personal questions to females walking by in their cute little costumes is a no-no. Photos are cool, but even then it’s really creepy to ask someone you don’t know to take a photo with you in a close manner.
- “Don’t stab your friend in the eye.” Or a stranger for that matter. We’ll be seeing metal detectors before long.
Take notes folks. Maybe next year will be better.
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