So just got home after my first con. TFF 2025 and I must say I had a wonderful time at it. Things went fantastically and much of the fears I had about attending a con were wiped away. It was far from awkward, and the people were quite amazing. Everyone was very respectful and I had the chance to meet a lot of folks I had known from the online world. Which was also a really good experience. Meeting folks you've chatted with online, and even shared art with after all these years was wonderful. Everyone was super respectful.

The suits to my goodness. Everyone had such amazing suits. Pictures and videos online do not do suits justice when you see them in person. It is way cooler, higher quality, and fun to physically see them. They are amazingly well crafted and its really cool to be around them. All my expectations were blown out of the water. I certainly plan to attend more cons in the future. Really looking forward to meeting more folks and seeing more of long time online friends.

In that regard, I also learned that I really ought to branch out from just FA as my social platform. At least in part, so I've officially made a Bluesky. Should make communication a bit better and its quite a bit easier to share things than FA alone. So you can now find me on there!

https://bsky.app/profile/zhali-z.bsky.social
https://bsky.app/profile/zhali-z.bsky.social
https://bsky.app/profile/zhali-z.bsky.social