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Understanding the cycle is the key to breaking it.

Understanding the cycle is the key to breaking it.

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This seems to be what happened/is happening to the Sci-Fi/Fantasy fandom. 25 years ago, going to a convention was a party, you'd see women in wench costumes and men in armor, and everyone had a good time because it was Fantasy. Last few I attended, it seemed that stuff was starting to get suppressed in favor of muh privilege, and it just wasn't fun anymore.

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Conventions of all kinds got taken over. PAX went from banning booth babes to having panels on diversity bullshit. It was fairly alarming how fast the change went.

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You're right, it was quite dizzying how fast stuff changed. Last one I attended was about 5 years ago, it was rather boring, and they didn't run the next year due to declining attendance. A 50 year-old event closed due to Whiny Wendy being unable to accept that some people like to dress up in medieval garb for a weekend and drink themselves stupid.