RevelCon

[amalthia]

Is anyone going to this convention? http://www.severalunlimited.com/revelcon/index.html

I plan to be there Saturday. So far the panels sound intriguing and the best thing is, it's in Houston. :)

(okay there's a Supernatural and Heroes panel that I really want to go to) :)

Comments

[gridlockjoe.livejournal.com]

Wow... I had no idea they were still around. I went to one of the earliest Revelcons (may have been #2) and had a good time.

[morgandawn.livejournal.com]

I won't be going, but the con is under new management these past few years and is struggling to attract people (the not having a LJ or any mailers may be a factor). So I am glad you are going - and if you have time, a con report would be nice.

ps. gridlockjoe - love love love your icon.

[logovo.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, they don't have an LJ? No wonder "Baby Fen" get their own panel ;)

[morgandawn.livejournal.com]

well ...to be fair LJ is not the end all in fandom as there are still many fans participating on mailing lists and other bulletin boards (and my space - let's not forget myspace)....but I am very practical - you go where the fans are. Until you all head over to the brain implants...at which point I may have to re-consider.

[logovo.livejournal.com]

I do hope it isn't! And yep, I strongly believe that eventually there will be another mass migration to some other space. It has to happen sometime, although everytime I mention it to friends they recoil in horror. Maybe they're picturing those implants ;)

[amalthia]

I'll try to type up something when I get back. :)

[amalthia]

i wasn't too impressed with the website...I know just because a website is shiny does not necessarily mean it's legit...however websites that look like they were hastily constructed don't inspire confidence. I wasn't sure this was a real convention because I hadn't heard of it before but a few friends did vouch for them...so i'm game.

[morgandawn.livejournal.com]

nods - keep your expectations low - think of this as a fan gathering (the con has asked that people potluck to fill the con suite with food) and that way you will have fun.

[amalthia]

i'm mostly going for the panels and hoping to meet fellow fans. :)

[amalthia]

This is the first time i heard about it myself but I'm still feeling new to Houston. :)

[logovo.livejournal.com]

11:45 14. Baby Fen – Meet Fans Under Age 25 – Find Out Where the Future Leads

I had to smile at this. I have no idea what the average age is for fen in general, but I always thought that here in LJ fen it averaged in the mid20s.

[morgandawn.livejournal.com]

well the average age on fans who go to cons may be in their 30s (and in some cons that have been around for years - look to the 40s). A key factor may be one of finances perhaps? The big exception has always been anime which skews younger (or so I've been told).

[logovo.livejournal.com]

I've always tried to picture fen as being more diverse than what I see in LJ, but only until Escapade did I get to see it. In mailing lists and YahooGroups I saw people closer to my own age, but as soon as I opened an LJ account the average age seemed to have dropped by about a decade. My friendslist has a few people closer to my own age (I'm 39) and I still hope that some of my friends from YahooGroups will come and play here, but so far it's been only a handful.

The big exception has always been anime which skews younger (or so I've been told).

It's *very* young in my experience with Spanish speaking fen. I've had very little luck in finding people close to my own age from Spain or Latin America.

[amalthia]

I haven't been on mailing lists in forever, are they really younger there?

[logovo.livejournal.com]

The consumers of media who are also easy enough with technology are incredibly young. It makes sense, even as I try again and again to find people over 25. I've had some luck, but they tend to feel a lot of pressure to "grow up", to be interested in more acceptable "girl" things. I believe that expectations of "femininity," combined with limited access to online communities really squash older fen.

[amalthia]

wait so young people are trying to grow up and the older fen doesn't have time to get caught up on technological changes.

I"m glad i'm somewhere in the middle. :)

[amalthia]

I smiled at that too.