{"id":22261,"date":"2025-04-17T18:58:18","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T18:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scarlet-rhapsody.com\/?p=22261"},"modified":"2025-04-17T19:18:44","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T19:18:44","slug":"con-report-wonder-con-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scarlet-rhapsody.com\/?p=22261","title":{"rendered":"[Con Report] Wonder Con 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wonder Con took place on March 28 to March 30, 2025 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, CA. Wonder Con is the sibling con to San Diego Comic Con. In some ways, Wonder Con\u2019s smaller size and larger artist alley does have its advantages over the bigger and Hollywood-focused San Diego Comic Con. This three day convention attracts pop culture addicts all over California and the Southwestern part of the United States.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I have been attending Wonder Con on and off during its days at the San Francisco Moscone Center and its arrival to Anaheim. I did not have the best experience in 2023, which made me apprehensive to return. However, I couldn\u2019t say \u201cno\u201d when I was asked to run my \u201cIn My Y2K Era\u201d panel at the spring event.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This report&#8217;s theme is &#8220;brat,&#8221; though the brat summer train died, I was living that life von dutch at Wonder Con promoting my book.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Special Thanks<\/strong>: Gekinetic for hired goon duties\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Disclosure<\/strong>: I was invited to present a panel about my book, <a href=\"https:\/\/scarlet-rhapsody.com\/?p=21953\">The Fangirl Diaries<\/a>, under the panel, &#8220;In My Y2K Era.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Con Report:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/scarlet-rhapsody.com\/?p=22266\">fandom is brat<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Galleries<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/141116356@N06\/albums\/72177720324741395\/\">Friday<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/141116356@N06\/albums\/72177720324745237\/\">Saturday<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/141116356@N06\/albums\/72177720324812400\/\">Sunday<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Podcast<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/scarlet-rhapsody.com\/?p=22251\">Convention Tea<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/ko-fi.com\/widgets\/widget_2.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\">kofiwidget2.init('Love Us? 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