I also hate crowds and noise... but I do enjoy conventions (so long as I have a single room I can escape to when I'm tired and need to get away from the crowds and noise). What I love is: 1. meeting people I've liked online in RL (like talimama and biffsbabe 2. getting see favorite writers/actors speak: I can certainly understand people who don't really care about meeting actors & writers, but I do get a huge kick out of it, particularly when someone is a good speaker with something to say. It isn't as good as seeing an actor in a play, but it is a performance of a kind, and most of the writers I've seen really have interesting things to say. 3. participating in silliness like dressing up in costume
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1. meeting people I've liked online in RL (like
2. getting see favorite writers/actors speak: I can certainly understand people who don't really care about meeting actors & writers, but I do get a huge kick out of it, particularly when someone is a good speaker with something to say. It isn't as good as seeing an actor in a play, but it is a performance of a kind, and most of the writers I've seen really have interesting things to say.
3. participating in silliness like dressing up in costume