Full Transcript for When at Comic Con, Do it Joyfully!

lot of the stuff that you're getting on Disney plus now. Easy costume. I wear a cowboy hat. 00:03:53.312 --> 00:04:26.595 Wear a t shirt that says Star Wars with a nametag. Hi, I'm Dave. Most people got it. Well rephrase. Most Star Wars geeks got it. Because when you go to cons, you're going to meet people who are very attached to their fandoms. Which brings me to my point today. I don't want to give a report on the blow by blow of this. It was fun. And it's also a tremendous reminder. 00:04:22.247 --> 00:04:31.338 Whatever you do, do it passionately. Do it joyfully. 00:04:26.673 --> 00:05:38.930 And one of the great things I got to see while I was at the con yesterday was people doing just that. enjoying themselves with others with similar similarity of interest. Just being together and sharing a common love. In this case of a fandom, start with my kids and then move on to what I witnessed there. have raised geeks There's no way around that. And I'm pretty pleased with that fact, because that means I actually have something that can even talk to my preteen and teen about other than schoolwork and sports. Each of them had their own idea and fandom that they wanted to address. For instance, the youngest, pulled out her Wonder Woman costume and jumped right in that and couldn't wait to show off his Wonder Woman, and very disappointed that she'd lost her lasso of truth. My oldest, when is a Shadowhunter, from whatever young adult novel series that she was reading on. 00:05:39.009 --> 00:05:43.752 She seems to really enjoy it. 00:05:39.009 --> 00:05:52.923 And people recognized her. And based on the books, because I don't think there's been a television series on this one. 00:05:48.338 --> 00:06:15.612 I'm probably wrong, because every young adult series seems to have one now. My middle daughter sat down in a very short period of time and borrowed my mando helmet that she had bought for me for Christmas several years ago, and built herself cardboard Mandalorian armor with the help of her mother. And we're that. 00:06:15.690 --> 00:07:18.935 And I already mentioned my Filoni costume. Yes, that is probably a geek deep cut on that. But I'm pleased with the number of people who recognized it. The older two specifically, problem solving with joy, so that they could pull off showing off what they loved about that fandom. They can feel pure joy in doing this, which is powerful from the perspective that SEEN PEOPLE DO something they enjoy puts you ahead of people who are just constantly grinding, which admittedly is in my tradition, to a certain extent. And it wasn't just my girls, Gem state Comic Cons a small regional con, which is really cool. I've been to at least two larger ones much larger one in Boise when Wizard World came to town, and then I've been down to Phoenix in Salt Lake. Both of them great experiences, very different. 00:07:19.014 --> 00:07:28.896 Here, there was more opportunity to sit and talk to people. I kept going up and visiting with people from the five oh, first. 00:07:28.975 --> 00:07:47.552 And if you're not aware, it's a cause play group that is dedicated to being screen accurate, because they go and do hospital visits for kids. They do have a relationship with Lucas Films. And it's pretty incredible. They do great work. 00:07:47.632 --> 00:09:23.208 And their costumes are incredible. The passion these people feel for the work they're doing and it's great work. They were donating their time and their proceeds to the Jayden Maloof DeLuca foundation here in town this weekend. And then afterwards, after one of them was out of costume, he and I sat well stood out in front of their display and visited about variety of Star Wars properties had a great time. They'd found a way to have fun and to do good at the same time. And with that came acceptance of other people's enjoyment of their own fandoms and their their own take on fandoms whether it was Star Wars comic books, anime, some of them I don't have any clue what they are. I've aged way out of this, the recognition and acceptance that my kids got there. I mean, my middle daughter who had her cardboard armor on was posing with people had 3d printed Mandalorian armor that was screen accurate for paws Vizla and a couple others that I didn't even recognize them. I think I'm a pretty big Star Wars geek. But there was joy and acceptance on both sides. I know I've talked in the past about gatekeeping and toxic fandoms. And they do exist. But I didn't see any evidence of it. 00:09:18.860 --> 00:11:03.600 While I was at the con yesterday. No one getting after someone because they were dressed is Boba Fett because they were overweight or female or whatever else. No one complaining about no one getting after anyone for not liking the sequel trilogy or the prequel trilogy. And for all the ComiCon examples today. And it was a great one. Good job Jim state ComiCon and everyone who attended. It ends up where we started. It doesn't have to be about comics or movies or anything else or books What it is, is finding somebody to talk about something you're passionate about something you enjoy and enjoying their company. You can do it with sports fans, you can do it with hikers, you can do it with kayakers, you can do it with just about anyone. You just have to get out there and look and walk in with an open heart so that you realize that your way is not the only way. And this weekend, at least, I had a great experience with it. Now after meandering around on this for a while, I am going to share a couple of cool moments for me at the con. Finding someone else who is still aware of the 1930s to 50s Buck Rogers, and had been 3d printing and making the chips from this comic strips. That was really cool. I did an episode My first or second season, talking about how some of it doesn't age well. And let me tell you, some of it really doesn't age well. 00:11:03.750 --> 00:11:59.399 I'll try to remember to put a link to that episode in the show notes. But it brought a lot back I bought a ship from the comic strip and I'm going to display at my office. Because there was a joy in those comic strips, those adventure strips that I loved growing up. I didn't recognize the problematic parts till much later. The joy my kids had from interacting with people who recognized what they were trying to do with their costumes. And finally running into my friend Russ, and getting to visit with him. Bout all this fandom and the con even while we are surrounded by adding huge huge crowd of people. It was good day. Animator Java 10. At least try to go check out a small regional con when you have the opportunity. Well friends, that's it for this week's edition of strife seek find. 00:12:00.179 --> 00:12:03.299 Thank you again for listening. 00:12:00.179 --> 00:12:10.379 If you'd like to join the discussion, or have ideas for future episodes, hop on over to the strife seek find podcast group on Facebook. 00:12:11.429 --> 00:12:28.019 Alternatively, if Facebook's not your thing, you can find me on Instagram at strife seek find podcast on Twitter, as at chance Whitmore five, or even on email. 00:12:23.039 --> 00:12:35.460 Links for all those are in the show notes below. Until next time, my friends, keep seeking your own brilliant future