DASHCON 2: THE LORE

DashCon 2 is unlike most other conventions, as it has a running in-universe story that evolves during each convention. We also have a theme every year that ties into whatever new story is unfolding in convention lore.

2025 – DASHCON 2: A Royal Ball

If you are unfamiliar with what “DashCon” is at all, you can read a short summary on the Our History, but all you really need to know is that one of the amenities offered by DashCon 2 is a ball pit attendees can play in, and everyone is really excited about it.

DashCon 2 credits most of its reach to the endorsement and attendance of YouTuber Strange Aeons, a veritable Tumblr archivist/historian with more than 1M subscribers. In 2025, she began riffing on Tumblr with another infamous Tumblr user, the Muppet Joker, about ‘duelling’ in the ball pit.

The Muppet Joker, also known as the Croaker, is a being beyond understanding. He is like the Joker, but a muppet. But he also has an erotic fixation on his Kermit the Frog puppet. He chuckles darkly. He’s petrified by horses. If you’re still interested in learning more about him, feel free to explore the blog—but suffice it to say, he is a very weird entity beloved by many a Tumblrina.

Regardless, the DashCon 2 staff saw a golden opportunity and transformed this online bit into a real event: The Duel. Alongside the regular ball pit, we brought in a giant inflatable jousting ring where attendees could jump in and fight each other. In the mid-afternoon, Strange Aeons and the Croaker left their respective panels to formally duel in the jousting ring.

The Croaker and Strange Aeons during their duel in the dueling pit at Dashcon 2 2025

They fought, and the Croaker lost, but Strange Aeons went the extra mile to stab the Muppet Joker through the heart with the jousting stick, killing him. His body was dragged out of the pit, lifeless. He was declared “canonically dead now” by co-founder Simone, and disappeared from his blog for several months. (Fortunately, he has since battled his way out of Superhell, and has returned into a new era of posting.)

Lochlan, the Ballpit Queen, posing in their gown

As a reward for her efforts in the Duel, Ball Pit Queen Lochlan O’Neil knighted Strange Aeons as ‘Sir Strange of Aeons’ in the Ball Pit Kingdom. Lochlan, or “Nessie” was the original founder of DashCon. Per the history page, she was fifteen when she conceived of the original idea and the convention planning was really swept out from under her by adults who should have known what they were doing.

She was the one who really fought for the ball pit. Despite the negative connotation of being the founder of DashCon, Nessie never hid who she was, taking the moniker “the Ball Pit Queen” in her social media bios. Therefore, it was only right for the DashCon 2 staff to take her as our real queen, all the convention being her kingdom. Simone borrowed her dad’s replica claymore and offered it to Teya, so that Queen Nessie could formally knight her on stage.

Not everyone was so inclined. One of the attendees was Robespierre, (reanimated in the body of Iron Widow author Xiran Jay Zhao), and he was not happy to see a monarch up on stage. Right after Sir Strange was knighted, Robespierre jumped to his feet, crying out “down with the monarchy!” and attempting to slay the Ball Pit Queen, armed with a pool noodle as his weapon. Sir Strange leapt into action, chasing Robespierre away from the stage with Simone’s Dad’s Claymore. They ran off into the night where she—presumably— killed him.

2026 – DASHCON 2: Vive la Révolution!

Turns out, Robespierre wasn’t dead. He stormed the DashCon 2 offices (read: bouncy castle) and declared revolution in the Ball Pit Kingdom. The staff were able to negotiate a peace treaty: instead of executing the Ball Pit Queen via guillotine, she would be demoted to merely a ceremonial role… and Sir Strange, his mortal nemesis, would be put on the chopping block instead.

She would be executed, but only if the People (attendees of the convention, both in-person and online from the virtual convention, VirtualDash) voted to kill her.

Robespierre believes in democracy, after all: he agreed that the guillotine question would be put to a vote. Either Strange Aeons would be executed, or he himself would be. The execution (naturally, performed via guillotine) will be held on Saturday evening. Each attendee will be given a voting token. They may cast it as they please. Who will you send to the guillotine?

The head of Edmund, the DashCon 2 mascot, floating over a french flag

No matter who is executed, tensions will be high—so what better to bring peace to the Ball Pit Constitutional Monarchy than a wedding! Three couples who got engaged in the DashCon 2 ball pit in 2025 will be getting married at the convention on Sunday. More specifically, they will participate in a grand ritual where they become Vessels of the Three Great Couples (Dean Winchester and Castiel, the Doctor and the Master, and Sherlock Holmes and John Watson). The awesome force of the tripartite SuperWhoLock wedding will have a ripple effect, bringing peace to all for ten thousand years.

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DASHCON 2: THE LORE

2025 – DASHCON 2: A Royal Ball

2026 – DASHCON 2: Vive la Révolution!

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