Animazement 2024 – page 5
I mean, in total fairness, the pain factor has less to do with how heavy things are and more with what an unnatural position my arm ends up in. There’s just something about the shape of our man Servo that results in my arm spending hours at weird angles it normally doesn’t twist, and it’s all downhill from there. Still, though, I had a LOOOT of crap in that bag on Friday. Even with all the pockets on that Dr. Forrester jacket, I still had a lot of stuff that needed carrying around externally, and one of the many joys of cosplaying is the way it restricts your options on how haul said stuff. Also, there’s an added punchline to just WHAT was in the bag and WHY I felt the need to have it all directly on my instead of stashed at a secondary location, but that’s gonna have to wait for a later comic.
Also, just gotta take a second to acknowledge the ABSOLUTELY BLINDING SUN that hits that side of the convention center every evening. Hi there, absolutely blinding sun!
Actually, I feel like the pain & “weight” factor has more to do with the fact that backpacks are kind of designed to carry weight in an optimal manner for the human body. The weight is evenly distributed across the back, meaning that it’s not awkward, and it presses down on your shoulders in a way that aligns akin to you want to stand anyway.
Carrying everything in your arms, meanwhile, is awkward, unbalancing and pulls you forward. And that’s before paying attention to the fact that you’re using your arm muscles to hold the weight, something you weren’t doing with the backpack. Particularly problematic when you want to use your arms for something, only to find out that they’re already being occupied.