for non-profit events, that makes sense. For profit events have an entirely different structure with volunteers, and a ton of problems. It’s likely just flat illegal what cons are doing with volunteers if they are for profit cons. See the case with Emerald City Comiccon

Matthew Solberg, Convention Director of Phoenix Comicon, told previous staffers in an email that they’re implementing the new system because more and more volunteers were showing up to collect badges without doing the work, and there was no way to prevent it from happening again “under the existing structure.”

I’m not guessing here, there’s clips showing their process online:

Couldn’t agree more. Honestly I loved the show, what art medium could make something as boring and mainstream as male figure skating feel fresh, new, and above all hilariously entertaining? None, that’s what.

He did turn out extremely troubled, just like the chatacter. Maybe Jake Lloyd was just really method.

They animated very basic 3D models to choreograph their routines then hand-animated based on the 3D guide. The guides are not polished or something they could trace over, just a starting point. The vast majority of work was still left to the animators. I’m a professional 2D animator, myself, and I can tell you what…

I know it’s popular with the current European and World Woman’s Figure skating champion and anime otaku Evgenia Medvedeva.

Yuri on Ice I think is the exact opposite of fujoshi pandering. It is a genuine love story between two men without any potential women partners or women slobbering over them on the sidelines due to their sexuality. It shows a romance between the characters, their evolution as a couple, and how they grow because of…

Some of my favorite shows and manga are Yaoi, a good romance is a good romance, it doesn’t matter the gender.

Dude, no one’s being pandered to - the show is a yaoi. Deal with it.

In interviews, Kubo has been baffled by Western fans not getting that it was a kiss, by the way.

There’s one portion of this show that took it from ‘I like this show’ to ‘holy shit when is the next episode?!’. It’s a great LGBT show, sure (lord knows I want more positive representation everywhere), but it also depicts a couple with one member having what appears to at least be a whole lot of anxieties and…

You’re definitely the first person to make that joke.

I have to admit that I was on the fence about their sexuality. Don’t get me wrong, as part of the lgbt audience I absolutely loved the anime, but it felt like the writers always kept an “emergency exit” open.

I’m kind of surprised at how critical this review. Not anything against you Cecilia, just with these more sensational shows that come out I see a lot rose tinted glasses with some reviews.

The animation shortcomings really did not bother me at all, and I’m willing to give them quite a bit of leeway as I can’t even imagine how hellishly difficult figure skating would be to animate. That said, I’m certainly a person who would happily trade animation that is perfect in every frame for a good story and…

Some of the real big names are – Brian Boitano, Jonny Weir. Oddly enough figure skating as a whole is pretty homophobic, apparently. I only follow the sport peripherally, though.

She has a big, curly red hair (Mr. SideEye is Irish) and it really is amazing. But for some reason, people feel like it’s okay for them to touch it without permission. (They also try this with my Afro, so I’ve taken to slapping hands.) We’ve taught her from an early age that no one touches her without permission,…

My 7 year old bit a boy on the shoulder when he grabbed her from the front, pinning both of her arms and squeezing her. Both kids got in trouble, my daughter scolded especially for not “using her words.” I told my daughter that she had my permission to defend herself in any way she sees fit.

Man, we got that phone call this year. A boy wouldn’t stop touching my daughter’s hair. So after repeatedly telling him to stop and requesting to be moved, she snapped on him. Do you know what they told us? “Well, she has fun hair.” Oh and, “her reaction was hostile”. So I then had to let them have it. We left,…