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Ashen Phoenix



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 11:35 pm Reply with quote
O.oU .....My.... My brain.
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GATSU



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 11:37 pm Reply with quote
I actually have seen legal and non-homely chicks at anime cons, but they're usually attached to some other guy.
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Richard J.



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 11:40 pm Reply with quote
Reminds me of that freaky drawing Yamazaki created in Welcome To The NHK. Only less freakish-yet-very-slightly-cute-in-an-insane-way and more what-the-hell-was-she-thinking sort of way.

Having never been to an anime con, are there really people committing random assault like that? (And would I not be perfectly within my rights to snap and kick their ass even if they were a girl if they did that to me?)
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britannicamoore



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 11:49 pm Reply with quote
OMG i've seen something like this! That was a sad day for me.
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Donpablo



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 11:53 pm Reply with quote
Brings back some bad con memories ....
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BalmungHHQ



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 11:54 pm Reply with quote
People like that are quite frightening...
I'm so glad Otakon banned those dreaded paddles
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RadicaLElly



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 11:55 pm Reply with quote
Richard J. wrote:
Having never been to an anime con, are there really people committing random assault like that? (And would I not be perfectly within my rights to snap and kick their ass even if they were a girl if they did that to me?)


More glomps than thwacks with the yaoi paddle, but yes.
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bglassbrook



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 11:58 pm Reply with quote
Richard J. wrote:
Having never been to an anime con, are there really people committing random assault like that? (And would I not be perfectly within my rights to snap and kick their ass even if they were a girl if they did that to me?)

Yes.

Though somebody should have informed her that she didn't need to use ALL of the grab-bag contents at once.
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domino



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PostPosted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 12:00 am Reply with quote
Brings back painful memories...
I always see at LEAST one of these... things every time I go to a convention. The yaoi paddle is the world's worst invention.
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fighterholic



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PostPosted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 12:01 am Reply with quote
It's called tough love, Kevin.
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rogue_gamecube



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PostPosted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 12:01 am Reply with quote
Registered to say this:

SEMEN COLONY!


Keep it up, you might make this a decent webcomic yet!

Cool
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DarkGyraen



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PostPosted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 12:03 am Reply with quote
Hehehehe....there's always a handfull of people that are like that at cons, they wear everything under the sun, but as long as they're having fun, it's all good.

I can't say that I've seen too much random physical assaults at any of the cons I've gone too, security is usually a bit tough on anything they view as weapons. But RadicaLElly is right about the glomps, you never see those coming!
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Crystal



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PostPosted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 12:05 am Reply with quote
You know, this could turn into a less painful version of Norbit.
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poonk



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PostPosted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 12:14 am Reply with quote
domino wrote:
The yaoi paddle is the world's worst invention.
Not to mention, as a yaoi fan, I don't even get the point of them. Seriously, is it a reference to some manga I've never read? Is it supposed to be some sort of blunted (and terribly misguided) cupid's arrow (i.e., if you smack 2 boys within a 10 foot radius will they gravitate toward one another)? Or is it that maybe, just maybe, some fans will buy anything vaguely associated with their fandom?

P.S. I can't help but think they should make them bigger so they can be used as pizza paddles or something in the future...

@rogue_gamecube-- I think she was going for a play on "semicolon," but yeah I noticed that too.
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Roy9076



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PostPosted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 12:16 am Reply with quote
I'm glad that anime has a strong community. Sadly, freaky weird otakus do make up a portion. Furthermore, I really dislike those paddles. I saw one time at AX where some random female swacked a young man out of no where. I was not sure if it was friends or what, but I didn't stick around long to find out.
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