Thread by @Hevros633

My thoughts and feelings about #NFC, be warned, long thread. Also feel free to answer me here on twitter, or send me a message on telegram if you have comments. I'm really curious about points of differences and agreements.

I'm writing this on my bus home.

NFC was my first real furry convention. Before joining the fandom recently, I never really used to party, i never had the right friends, or was in the right place to let loose, drink, dance and have a good time.

I was straight edge for many years, and a bit boring - and so I'm viewing this as a recent furry joiner - immediately gone greymuzzle - who feels like I missed out on a couple of years of all of this.
Obligatory: I wanted to thank everybody who made my experience what it was.

I won't call out individuals on a public twitter account, you people know who you are. I had an absolutely amazing time, including a lot of the ups and downs everybody always describes.

We'll I nearly won't call out any...

The first days nervousness, the rush of meeting people, the general FOMO of everything happening everywhere all at once, friends circles forming, shifting and falling apart, the amazing dances, the sadness of the last day(s), and so much more - I'm sure I've missed tons.

I also genuinely think the first day was pure cringe and panic attack, but that got better subsequently.
This convention was also the first time a LOT of my twitter followers/following's translated from the screen into real people. I got star struck so so so often.

I'm thankful I got to meet and talk to, and in many cases even just see/co-exist with so may of you who inspire me, and make me happy through your life-updates, art, music and so much more.

I wish I had more of this weird superpower - that I already have: this borderline-mad self-confidence to walk up to and chat up cool people. But there were a lot of you really cool people out there, that I didn't dare to say anything to - and I mean, often it would be weird.

If some of you have thousands of followers, it would feel unnatural to come up to you and chat you up with "hey, I like you[r art, etc.], I'm random Hévrós, let's have a drink".
Also can we talk tech wear, gear and fursuits?

If some of you have thousands of followers, it would feel unnatural to come up to you and chat you up with "hey, I like you[r art, etc.], I'm random Hévrós, let's have a drink".
Also can we talk tech wear, gear and fursuits?

I was happy I got to talk to, walk around with and help out many of you. Definitely have to get myself a suit.
I also want to mention a couple of self-doubts that I have bout my con-experience. I know we all experience those doubs, and often we know better, but bear with me.

This superpower of approaching people - i.e. I will go up to people and (aggressively?) chat them up, even though I might hardly know them, will have confused some of you I think.

I usually hope that about 85% of people will think I'm kinda impressively socially approching, while at least 15% of y'all might think I'm a nob of a sociopath (Let's prsy I'm not.).

I hope you can cut me some slack, as this is just a strategy to deal with my social anxiety - it's a bit like jumping into ice water, rather then descending slowly.

Feel free to send me a message about this, I'm curious as to how people percieved me socially, as I'd like to improve that.
The dances were on fire.

Like I told you, I used not to dance - like I said, but I had three evenings where I drank (reasonably, I hope), and just let loose completely. This was soo good, I had no Idea how much I needed that.

Similarly to the point above I danced at/with a lot of people that I hardly knew, and I think I made many friends and surely some enemeys along the line. If you're reading this and wondering who I am, I'm the idiot that translated the lyrics into sign language while dancing.

I can still hear the music in my ears now on the bus home, it's actually kinda scary. Also, this weasel dancing in puppy mask - you know who you are - just pure magic to dance with.
The "abandonment" issues are also real, man.

It's weird how some days are filled with fun, room parties and friends, and sometimes you find yourself alone and nobody responds on telegram and you just end up kinda lost. Uff. I believe this is a pretty common experience.

The room parties, the discussions there and the general fun athmosphere (in my particular cases) was really good. What a great platform to make new friends, thanks to all people who invited me. Not having a roon in Main is a bit of a bitch :/

Let's see how post-con depression treats me. I'm a bit down right now, but writing this make me rather happy than sad, but I'm not gonna lie: I'm worried about having to deal with the normie-world (= irl) again.

This whole con had temporarily elevated my life to a whole new plane of existance, where the frame of the allowed was so much broader and you could be who you are irregardless. Though back in irl-land again soon, I will cling to these feelings.

I'm okay with being a bit of an excentric irl, more than ever before, after many years of masking - obviously this thing is about balance.
Final words, what can I say? Thanks to everbody involved in my experience, everbody who participates in my furry-life in general.

I need more of these experiences, I'm definitely turning into a con-furry. Let's see what irl-constraints will let me get away with. FRIENDS: I hope to see you all soon again, this was soo awesome.