Let's just say he and Virginia Hey made the Save Farscape campaign a bit more interesting than it really needed to be.

I shan't ask you to elaborate, for your discretion is admirable, but I confess to being intrigued.

....there are ball gags for sale?

I mean, swords and corsets are fair enough, but... gosh. Conventions may not be quite what I expected them to be, from the sounds of it. I don't remember this much porn in Galaxy Quest.

....there are ball gags for sale?

We saw a mother covering her child's eyes and herding her away.

And yet, were people carded to get into the dealer's room? No.

Just be grateful they were carded on the way into the slash panel.

I saw some scary porn I wish someone had covered my eyes and herded me away from. They ought to have put the adult stuff in one area, and carded people to get into, or given special badges to the underage ones.

Frankly, I wish someone had saved me from the women dressed only in body paint.

And all the suspected reasons I've always shied away from cons are being rapidly confirmed...

Frankly, I wish someone had saved me from the women dressed only in body paint.

... what colour? Was there any kind of context?

The one I remember had sort of tiger stripes. It's possible there was a context, but I didn't ask. Personally, I suspect she was whoring for pictures. There's a lot of costuming at D*C and a lot of picture-taking, and unsurprisingly, people like to take pictures of pretty girls, especially those who are scantily clad.

I hasten to add that there are plenty of sedate SF cons out there, at least in terms of what's on the fans outside of the masquerade, and I've never seen sex toys at a panel.

I hasten to add that there are plenty of sedate SF cons out there, at least in terms of what's on the fans outside of the masquerade, and I've never seen sex toys at a panel.

Yes. DragonCon is ... different. (Speaking of which, I wonder if one of the people I know won anything in the Cry For Dawn costume contest.)