Because of the events of the Fyre Festival, I decided that it was time to educate people on safe con/festival practices again. Knowing how to spot something fishy BEFORE you give them your money is important, and I feel like maybe Dashcon was too long ago and we need to have this conversation again
This is all super good advice but I’m left with a burning question — the LOTR con that never happened? Do tell
The short version is that a person who is both a con artist and a bit of a cult leader once ‘organized’ a lotr con but when fans and actors showed up there was nothing booked or organized at all and they ran with the money, leaving at least one financial baker in shit and in dept.
The full story involves at least four fandoms, several cults, three cons, a murder-suicide and a hike to canada, and it’s a bit of infamous fandom history (strap on for a wild ride, someone took care to keep the archives even after fandom wank was closed down): http://www.thefanthropologist.com/?p=215
AND THIS IS WHY YOUNG FANS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THESE THINGS this weirdo is still around
Woah
If anyone wants to learn more more fandom history and details about the Bit of Earth saga I was there for all the wank and god do I love talking about it 😀
Jesus christ that was a wild ride from start to finish
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