A discussion I remember about this recently was about how some fandoms (in this case it was vidding fandom, I believe) are very centred on a particular big con where all the important and interesting things happen and anyone who wants to be anyone goes there... and that this is of course completely dismissive of fans outside North America who would have to shell thousands of Euros/other large amount of the currency of their choice to get there.
You know... North American is huge. And a lot of North Americans were/are ALSO unable to attend those cons. It's not personal. They're not doing it just to be xenophobic or dismissive of international fans. But a con, you know, a con must take place SOMEWHERE, if you want to have a con. Anywhere it is located, there will be large numbers of people in the world who are unable to attend.
Out of all the cons going on all over the world at any given time, there's about one, maybe two, I could make it to, IF I could afford it, and I can't. And I'm from the US. I have been unable to make it to several cons that were only an hour away.
And yes, I had to listen to people going on and on about things I wasn't there to see. And no, it's not fair. But neither does it mean that other people simply don't care about whether or not your were able to make it. But cons have to happen somewhere and that somewhere tends to be wherever there are enough fans with enough money and time to bother throwing one.
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You know... North American is huge. And a lot of North Americans were/are ALSO unable to attend those cons. It's not personal. They're not doing it just to be xenophobic or dismissive of international fans. But a con, you know, a con must take place SOMEWHERE, if you want to have a con. Anywhere it is located, there will be large numbers of people in the world who are unable to attend.
Out of all the cons going on all over the world at any given time, there's about one, maybe two, I could make it to, IF I could afford it, and I can't. And I'm from the US. I have been unable to make it to several cons that were only an hour away.
And yes, I had to listen to people going on and on about things I wasn't there to see. And no, it's not fair. But neither does it mean that other people simply don't care about whether or not your were able to make it. But cons have to happen somewhere and that somewhere tends to be wherever there are enough fans with enough money and time to bother throwing one.