SFW TW: Jealousy, Descriptions of an overstimulating environment, Anxiety, Parasocial Relationships -- You joined an online community a year ago, and now you're finally meeting your friends for the first time at the largest pop culture convention in North America. One friend in particular, the content creator who created the online community you love, is there too. This is the story of how you met IRL at the convention. -- Mentions of characters belonging to Ishness and the Land of Ishness. All rights to those characters belong to him.