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Hong Kong Comic Con 1

Just back from my first Hong Kong Comic-Con! It was amazing meeting local and regional fans on and off the floor. I decided to debut my original Feldgrau officer uniform—usually …

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Mando & Grogu Shanghai Premiere

I attended the Mandalorian & Grogu premiere in Shanghai and really enjoyed the movie. I can see why some people might view it as an extended version of the TV …

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Tokyo Comic-Con 25

My yearly trip to Tokyo Comic-Con is always the highlight of my year. It’s the biggest and best con in the area, and it’s the perfect excuse to hang out …

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Celebration Tokyo

An amazing journey full of surprises and great encounters.

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Celebration Japan

Bachi Makoo Imperial Trading Post – The Japanese Troops have done an incredible job in outting this together… This was the best club area I have seen in any celebration. …

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65 Costumes Roster

I currently have way too many costumes, and I thought it would be fun to create a visual representation of them with a contextual background. While this collection doesn’t include …

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Tokyo Comic Con 24

I love going to Tokyo Comic-Con. It’s probably the best convention in the Asia-Pacific region, and the 501st Legion is incredibly welcoming. The event is well organized, and there are …

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#StarWarsAllLifeLong

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Mission Complete: 54 for 50

I’ve completed the challenge! I now have over 50 registered costumes for my 50th birthday, with at least one costume representing each of the five detachments and one of each …

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Inclusive

Inclusivity is extremely important to me. I believe that being part of a costume club should involve being inclusive of people who share a passion for the same franchise or …

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Dr.V

My doctoral work rests at the intersection of Fan Culture and Media Studies informed by auto-ethnography and very much Transdisciplinary in nature.

The dissertation highlights the collaborative nature of participation and the increasing tensions it entails. I examine my existing works to assess the evolution of this community, focusing on how social media influences members' experiences and how participation may serve as a form of implicit religion in which online interactions resemble discussions in religious groups, particularly in the dogmatic interpretation of source material.

This emergence of implicit religious structures gives rise to concerning forms of toxicity affecting participants’ experiences.

SciFi-Holic

My life has been a mosaic built from defining moments. The first tiles were laid in the spring of 1980, when I sat in a darkened theater and watched The Empire Strikes Back, and every Wednesday afternoon at my grandmother’s house, lost in the universe of Star Trek.

These experiences weren't just entertainment; they were the philosophical bedrock of my creative career. They were my initiation into the vast expanse of SciFi, a lens through which I now view our current reality.

As we stand at the precipice of what feels like a pivotal crossroad in human evolution, I see the prophecies of those classic screenplays unfolding before us

In a Future Near You

Step into my world: a megacity of nearly 30 million souls stacked into gated towers, humming with a thousand languages that bleed into one another.

Cash is a relic here. My car knows my voice; my digital self shadows my physical one so closely they're nearly indistinguishable.

Every want, every need—conversation, groceries, a meal, a movie—summons itself on demand at any time.

The texture of the physical world has grown thin, almost debatable. Welcome to Shanghai.

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