[ It had been a little different for Calvin, because Calvin had never been one of the cool kids. He'd been living in the US so long that he couldn't remember his brief childhood stint in Korea that well (something him and his brother Joseph had experienced, but his youngest siblings Katie and Mattie hadn't), but he could clearly remember his struggle to make friends on his first day in kindergarten.
A cultural and language barrier could be blamed on his early struggles, though at this point Calvin has to concede defeat and accept that he might just be kind of awkward.
That's the beautiful thing about conventions like this one, however. Most of the people there are some level of awkward, or at least a good number of them are. There's never been a huge amount of judgement for him and his handful of close friends when they step through those doors and are greeted by a massive throng of people who share their interests, as well as their struggles to comfortably settle into the world out there.
Now of course not every convention goer falls under the typical umbrella of awkward nerd who is teased by many of their peers, but it does make Calvin feel a little better to just default assume everyone is in the same boat as him. There's a feeling of bonding with all of these strangers if they're all on the same playing field.
So when he turns around and sees a pretty girl standing behind him asking what panel he's in line for, Calvin is already assuming she's a lot like him in some ways. Maybe a little luckier in that she's very obviously conventionally attractive, but there are all kinds of cute girls into anime. They're usually the ones in some of the best cosplay, something that Calvin usually opts to avoid thanks to his lack of sewing skills, and his even bigger lack of income in order to purchase ones people are selling online.
She seems like she's doing some kind of dressed down cosplay though, which is cute. ]
Huh?
[ His face lights up as he points to the door in front of him. ]
Oh! No! I mean, it's not really a panel. It's a first screening to a show that's being released in the fall. I mean, the first season is already out in Japanese, so I've watched it online with subs, but it got licensed over here recently.
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Date: 2020-07-13 02:39 am (UTC)A cultural and language barrier could be blamed on his early struggles, though at this point Calvin has to concede defeat and accept that he might just be kind of awkward.
That's the beautiful thing about conventions like this one, however. Most of the people there are some level of awkward, or at least a good number of them are. There's never been a huge amount of judgement for him and his handful of close friends when they step through those doors and are greeted by a massive throng of people who share their interests, as well as their struggles to comfortably settle into the world out there.
Now of course not every convention goer falls under the typical umbrella of awkward nerd who is teased by many of their peers, but it does make Calvin feel a little better to just default assume everyone is in the same boat as him. There's a feeling of bonding with all of these strangers if they're all on the same playing field.
So when he turns around and sees a pretty girl standing behind him asking what panel he's in line for, Calvin is already assuming she's a lot like him in some ways. Maybe a little luckier in that she's very obviously conventionally attractive, but there are all kinds of cute girls into anime. They're usually the ones in some of the best cosplay, something that Calvin usually opts to avoid thanks to his lack of sewing skills, and his even bigger lack of income in order to purchase ones people are selling online.
She seems like she's doing some kind of dressed down cosplay though, which is cute. ]
Huh?
[ His face lights up as he points to the door in front of him. ]
Oh! No! I mean, it's not really a panel. It's a first screening to a show that's being released in the fall. I mean, the first season is already out in Japanese, so I've watched it online with subs, but it got licensed over here recently.