can't really be understood outside that history and context Clearly this is just my personal opinion, but I believe that to be 100% true. And exactly what you say: it's proud of and protective of its history (IMO somewhat damagingly so).
I think you're spot on--it has grown a lot in the last five or so years (I talked to people at the con who discussed a marked shift beginning in 2005). Online I saw a lot of mixed feelings about that expressed, but AT the con, I only seemed to run into people who found the evolution a good thing. (Probably virtue of the fact that I hung out predominantly with the 'new' crowd!) The really really marked thing for me at the con though was the con comm were overwhelmingly in favour of evolution from what I could tell. It seems like there IS a state of tension between preserving the con's origins (legitimately so! it has a proud tradition and I wholeheartedly respect the need to maintain that, and learning more about it was a positive part of the con for me) and embrace change and reach out to a much wider vidding and fannish world. So maybe the fact that it's evolving beyond its slash roots may be the reason you feel participants may disagree. Though IMO I think that would be a minority of attendees. Really! There's a high level of consciousness about this (and deep respect for the slash origins) at the con.
There was also much conversation at the con about how the way VVC is portrayed online is very different to the reality once you're there. Summation: a lot of bullshit and very little straight talk occurs online. ;) You have no idea how good it made me feel to find heaps of con attendees who felt the same way I did!
(Also: HI HONEY! I am back on the internet! Which is very yayful and means I can actually, like, talk to you again! JOY!)
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Re: my kink is not your kink but your kink is ok
Date: 2010-08-26 02:11 am (UTC)Clearly this is just my personal opinion, but I believe that to be 100% true. And exactly what you say: it's proud of and protective of its history (IMO somewhat damagingly so).
I think you're spot on--it has grown a lot in the last five or so years (I talked to people at the con who discussed a marked shift beginning in 2005). Online I saw a lot of mixed feelings about that expressed, but AT the con, I only seemed to run into people who found the evolution a good thing. (Probably virtue of the fact that I hung out predominantly with the 'new' crowd!) The really really marked thing for me at the con though was the con comm were overwhelmingly in favour of evolution from what I could tell. It seems like there IS a state of tension between preserving the con's origins (legitimately so! it has a proud tradition and I wholeheartedly respect the need to maintain that, and learning more about it was a positive part of the con for me) and embrace change and reach out to a much wider vidding and fannish world. So maybe the fact that it's evolving beyond its slash roots may be the reason you feel participants may disagree. Though IMO I think that would be a minority of attendees. Really! There's a high level of consciousness about this (and deep respect for the slash origins) at the con.
There was also much conversation at the con about how the way VVC is portrayed online is very different to the reality once you're there. Summation: a lot of bullshit and very little straight talk occurs online. ;) You have no idea how good it made me feel to find heaps of con attendees who felt the same way I did!
(Also: HI HONEY! I am back on the internet! Which is very yayful and means I can actually, like, talk to you again! JOY!)