mynxii is in the process of doing the same sort of thing over here (http://mynxii.livejournal.com/400580.html).
I think being reassured that I was actually welcome would have been nice. Perth fandom in particular is so cliquey that it's hard to feel like anything other than an outsider. The thing I noticed most at my first con was that I interpreted other people's attempts to make conversations as very combative and geek one-upmanshipping. I don't think I was wrong in this perception, but I didn't realise that I didn't have to look after the feelings of people who were approaching me in this fashion.
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Date: 2007-03-21 04:47 am (UTC)I think being reassured that I was actually welcome would have been nice. Perth fandom in particular is so cliquey that it's hard to feel like anything other than an outsider. The thing I noticed most at my first con was that I interpreted other people's attempts to make conversations as very combative and geek one-upmanshipping. I don't think I was wrong in this perception, but I didn't realise that I didn't have to look after the feelings of people who were approaching me in this fashion.