This. 100% ignore literally any other advice from online strangers and talk to a licensed therapist

I’d imagine it depends a lot on the festival. I’ve never been to anime festivals but several comic & boardgame conventions, if you know people going to hang out with, or you otherwise like massive social situations it can be some great fun. If you don’t and don’t like crowds it can be a bit daunting and feel like you’re basically paying entry to walk through vendors and buy stuff.

Too little too late.

Maybe that’s the key, we need to do some permutation of a rain dance in order to cleanse us of this. Dance and change will come

Do you use a vpn? I find it get a ton more captchas in general when services detect I’m on a personal anonymous vpn

Trogdor!

Hasn’t he already admitted to this while not under oath?