#swampcon

Aaaaa forgot to post this earlier today, but here’s my setup for @swampcon

I think it’s the most put together and organized booth I’ve had at a con pffff

HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT, EVERYONE!

As you may have seen on our Twitter, we have been invited as guest panelists to SwampCon, a large multi-media con taking place at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida! We are SO thrilled to be a part of a convention, and are the ONLY audio drama/podcasters being invited to participate!

Stella "Rowan" Odom, creator and producer of Syntax, will be presenting a panel with a few of our voice actors and technical crew from Syntax! Our panel will be titled "Horror In Audio: How to Scare Your Mind" and will focus on SFX and the world of horror audio dramas! We will be showing how we create some of your favorite monster noises from the ground up, as well as using examples from other audio dramas to really SELL the horror aspect with audio only!

Not only that, but our voice actors will be speaking on how it feels to voice in the horror sphere, and how to sell the emotion of being scared out of your mind! There will also (hopefully) be a Q&A portion at the end!

The panel will be in the Auditorium of the Reitz Union Center on the University of Florida campus in Gainesville, Florida, on March 25th at 6pm EST.

If you're unable to attend in real life, we will be streaming it to our YouTube here! The panel will be taking place on Saturday, 3/25 at 6pm EST! https://t.co/MlGXOxXAQd

Turns out, things CAN get weirder.

In this second set of episodes, we have an entire plot surrounding Ogiue fantasizing about her male friends being in a gay fanfiction. Sidenote: In my opinion, the idea of fanfictions as a whole is already tiptoeing close to the morality line, especially when actual people are used. Using fictional people is somewhat understandable as people like to imagine different twists and scenarios with their favorite characters but as with any other media, some take it too far. Turning back to Ogiue, she basically runs over this morality line by imagining real-life people that she interacts with daily in such a sexualized fashion. At least she has some common sense and is too embarrassed to say anything out loud but the whole plotline was quite uncomfortable to watch.

I thought it was interesting that we got to see the new characters from America, which showed us some Japanese perceptions of the west. The American characters have blue eyes and blonde hair and are presented as loud and to the point. There seems to be some slight ‘othering’ as the American fans are not 100% accepted into the club, but the show seems to acknowledge the similar interests in anime that both American and Japanese fans have.

Just a reality-breaking gal and her coffee can roaming through the wasteland.

Don't forget that SwampCon Online is next weekend May 1st & 2nd ! 🤩🐊

SwampCon is a fellow free anime college convention, check out their online event next weekend. ✨