bbykimmy

I am home from CAPCon 2018 with a little trophy to show for it - I didn't win, but I got up on that stage in my sloth PJs and I played my ukulele the best I could with my hands shaking badly... and I'm really glad I did it.

Thank you to all the people (especially chansu ragedashi and Merff!) who said hi to me and made me feel loved and welcomed.  I wandered the con floor in my froggy PJs and just sang and talked to people and it was AMAZING.

You get this impression from the fiction that we write and how most of us live in isolation that a convention like this might have a darker tone, but honestly and truly it was the single most accepting and loving group experience I've ever been a part of.  There were hundreds of ABDLs just being NICE to each other and playing together.  There were SO MANY gender non-conforming individuals and people just being themselves - and everyone was accepting.  I LOVED every minute of the con and I know 100% I will be back next year.

I started writing my stories because there wasn't enough love in ABDL fiction at that point in time... I especially wanted to write about gender non-conforming individuals (like Gwen and Melanie, and to a lesser extent Helen), because I don't feel they get enough love.  But nothing prepared me for how much love and acceptance was in that space.  It was simply amazing.