{"id":58861,"date":"2012-07-14T13:25:38","date_gmt":"2012-07-14T18:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=58861"},"modified":"2012-07-15T21:10:32","modified_gmt":"2012-07-16T02:10:32","slug":"a-newbie-at-comic-con","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2012\/07\/14\/58861-a-newbie-at-comic-con\/","title":{"rendered":"A Newbie at Comic-Con"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_59035\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-59035\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2012\/07\/14\/58861-a-newbie-at-comic-con\/6db072a6\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-59035\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-59035 no-lazyload\" title=\"6db072a6\" src=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/6db072a6-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-59035\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Waiting in line Saturday morning for Panel H<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"intro\">Intro: One of our Ringer Spies, frenz, didn&#8217;t know quite what to expect when she received her ticket to Comic-Con 2012. Orcs and goblins and bears, oh my! Not to mention a line of over 7,000 people to get into Hall H (capacity of 6,500) for the WB panel, scheduled for 2:30 p.m. Pacific time today. Here are some of her impressions:<\/p>\n<p>So what happens when a new Tolkien fan finds herself at Comic-Con? A sensory overload? Certainly. Everything is big and loud and insane, and it&#8217;s caused an unstoppable grin, which is quite something since I&#8217;m not normally much for grinning incessantly. But at Comic-Con, you will be miserable if you can&#8217;t grin:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_59026\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-59026\" style=\"width: 478px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2012\/07\/14\/58861-a-newbie-at-comic-con\/7559377426_74040d4f84_z\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-59026\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-59026 no-lazyload\" title=\"7559377426_74040d4f84_z\" src=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/7559377426_74040d4f84_z.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"478\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/7559377426_74040d4f84_z.jpg 478w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/7559377426_74040d4f84_z-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 478px) 100vw, 478px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-59026\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A cosplayer of sorts?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And then there are the sane people:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_59028\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-59028\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2012\/07\/14\/58861-a-newbie-at-comic-con\/7567280420_ec65c962b8_z\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-59028\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-59028 no-lazyload\" title=\"7567280420_ec65c962b8_z\" src=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/7567280420_ec65c962b8_z.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/7567280420_ec65c962b8_z.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/7567280420_ec65c962b8_z-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-59028\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A couple camping out for Hall H Panel.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Of course I would never find myself in a line of over 7,000 people. No, that would never happen:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_59035\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-59035\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2012\/07\/14\/58861-a-newbie-at-comic-con\/6db072a6\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-59035\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-59035 no-lazyload\" title=\"6db072a6\" src=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/6db072a6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/6db072a6.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/6db072a6-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-59035\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Waiting in line Saturday morning for Panel H<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Gotta run. 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