billystripes

Brexit.  It almost sounds like a Transformer, doesn’t it? And just like a Transformer, its most notable characteristic is going to be change.  I often receive questions about Brexit. Will it impact future guest lineups? Will flights (and everything else) become more expensive? Will I need some kind of funky new super-Visa to enter the UK? And perhaps most importantly, who will win custody of Jim Sorenson? The truth is, I don’t know. Nobody does. Not even Jim.  What I do know, however, is the set of values TFN holds which I’m confident will see us through any coming changes. We believe in fandom. We believe in friendship. We believe in people. And that means we believe in you - the TFNation. If there’s one thing this community can definitely handle, it’s a transformation (kibble and all). Whatever Brexit throws our way over the next twelve months, TFN will still be here and you will still be welcome, wherever you reside.  Of course change can only...

Hello. In case you've stumbled in and found this little corner of the internet by accident, here's a brief explanation. My name is Billy. I am one of the organisers of TFNation, which is a convention for fans of The Transformers and other shape-shifting robots. I'm here to talk to you today. I've toyed with the idea of writing something for a very long time. Almost a week in fact. Writing and me is an unusual pairing. I have a non-robot job which requires me to write to different audiences, in different tones through the day. Come home time, I'm into TFN mode, writing very different types of things to completely different audiences. The end result is that on a Saturday morning such as today, it's difficult to remember my actual voice.  Then there's the issues of time and well, being busy, and before long, the blog format just feels like something other people do. Then there's the elephant in the room. The large, lingering question of "what wo...