"Suddenly, Comic Con, DragonCon, etc, which were once safe havens for the socially awkward and the obsessive, are being overrun with the general population, who are suddenly interested in knowing more about the origin story of Gambit, or the rules of Warhammer. To any hardcore nerd/geek veteran this is nothing short of an invasion of the society they attend Comic Con to escape.
However, while their anger is understanable, they miss a crucial fact, which is that these peoplewant to be there, and want to learn. While there are certainly con-goers who will lose interest once geek-culture is supplanted as the "in" thing, nerds everywhere have really been handed a gift, social legitimacy. "
- Ethan Case "Cosplay: The Geek Backlash Against Women at Comic Con is Unfair, But Understandable" (via @PolicyMic )
