[Unsigned, undisguised]

[stiffserpent.livejournal.com]

Does anyone know what laws were passed in the Otaku Convention?

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[host-club-honey.livejournal.com]

Oh! I bet if Renge-chan was here, she'd know the answer! She always had lots of really strange rules. Like, pretty boys have to angst a lot. In the rain (or sometimes cherry blossoms work too). And I had to be a bully instead of the loli-shouta type, so it was really sad! But she said the most important thing was Moe. She really liked Moe.

[stiffserpent.livejournal.com]

Who's Moe?

[host-club-honey.livejournal.com]

Not "who," it's "what." Moe is anything that's cute I think. Or that Renge-chan says is cute at least. I don't know if I completely understand it either. :(

[stiffserpent.livejournal.com]

What does cuteness have to do with the Otaku Convention?

[host-club-honey.livejournal.com]

Mmm, well I just know Renge is definitely Otaku. And I know she's mentioned conventions before, but I thought they were mostly about doujinshi. I think she was working on one about the Host Club or that dating sim she really likes.

[stiffserpent.livejournal.com]

This whole conversation makes no sense. Start answering my questions.

Was the Convention passed in Japan?

[host-club-honey.livejournal.com]

I thought I was answering them! D:

The only convention I know of is in Japan, but I don't go to that kind of thing!

[stiffserpent.livejournal.com]

I'm starting to think we're talking about two totally different things.

[host-club-honey.livejournal.com]

Well what kind of Otaku Convention do you mean? Is it like, secret code for something else?

[stiffserpent.livejournal.com]

Beats me. I think it's a treaty, possibly a human rights treaty like the Geneva Convention.

[host-club-honey.livejournal.com]

What a strange name for a treaty! I've never heard of anything like that, sorry! And I thought I knew my history pretty well. :(

[stiffserpent.livejournal.com]

What time are you from? The late Nineties, like me?

[host-club-honey.livejournal.com]

Try early 21st century! ^^ That's not that far from me though!

(I'm going to hell for this)

[bullygeneraleva.livejournal.com]

I think it banned tsunde-rays using children to operate walking tanks.

[141-12.livejournal.com]

I don't think that's something to joke about.

[fffff there was supposed to be an 'and' in that first one, I don't know how I missed that -_-]

[bullygeneraleva.livejournal.com]

You thought wrong.

[141-12.livejournal.com]

You don't happen to post in /b/, do you?

[bullygeneraleva.livejournal.com]

Is that some internet thing?

[141-12.livejournal.com]

Yes. You'd fit right

It doesn't matter now. Metal Gear's gone and there's no reason to make any more.

[bullygeneraleva.livejournal.com]

Is that an internet thing too? From what I've heard people don't really need reasons where the internet is concerned.

[141-12.livejournal.com]

Too true. Besides, my job might be a lot harder if people weren't allowed to write whatever they wanted on the Internet.

...Wait, "an internet thing"? What else do they call walking tanks in your world?

[bullygeneraleva.livejournal.com]

What kind of job is that? Are you some kind of blogger?

Oh, is that what you were talking about? They're not called anything in particular because they haven't been invented yet. I've seen a few designs that were imported from the future, though.

Re: (I'm going to hell for this)

[stiffserpent.livejournal.com]

What!?

I thought the use of child soldiers was already covered under Protocol I. There was some kind of loophole?

[Unsigned, undisguised]

[141-12.livejournal.com]

Snake? Oh no

It's a convention for fans of Japanese animation, held in Baltimore every year since 1994. An "otaku" is someone like me who's into anime, that's all. It has nothing to do with human rights. Well, not unless you think of it in terms of being a place you can go to to find people who share your passions. I think everyone should have the right to that, don't you?

[stiffserpent.livejournal.com]

A convention for fans of Japanese animation?

What do they do there? Blink in the sunlight?

[141-12.livejournal.com]

Hey! Otakon is one of oldest and most respected anime conventions in North America! And it's just the usual things: watch videos, attend workshops, buy merchandise, play games, cosplay...

Anyway, you'd be surprised by how mainstream anime becomes in the new millennium, as technology allows for more efficient methods of distribution among fans. Now any kid with an Internet connection can call themselves an otaku.

[stiffserpent.livejournal.com]

I guess if the label becomes that widespread, people who clung onto it from the very beginning find their value going down.