Today I was surrounded by a large number of extremely happy people. Geekdom unfurled itself and the proud ran free in their element. This is Comicon. For the first time I took my three boy tribe to the ‘con for a chance to experience the people who I generally write for and the side of me they don’t know. The event draws together elements from sci-fi geekdom, gaming, role playing gaming, tabletop, cosplay, and of course, comics.
This is the first day of the 2015 convention. Most of the stuff opened late in the afternoon, giving us time to hang out in a handful of under visited areas and tables where we could really learn about the convention and what it has to offer. By 3:56 we were down in front of the main ballroom with hundreds of people pressed in around us waiting for the doors to open. Here’s the thing: everyone was happy and energized. The gaggle of people wanted nothing but to enjoy each other like some alternate universe borg collective that numbered each other as friends and not pods. I struck up conversations with everyone and felt once again in my element. It reminded me of who I write for and why.
It also turned my clan into a bunch of sniggering fanboys. More on that later…
Some Thoughts:
- I struggle with the apparent divergence between objectivism and christianity. The two are often at odds, so why then is Ayn Rand often thought of as a leader of conservative thought when conservative thought is so clearly tied to the tenets of christianity?