#marriott carpet

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DragonCon 2025 | DragonCon & Cult of the Carpet

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Style.

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Minor Loki S1E2 Spoilers about filming locations

So, it was an absolute blast seeing the Atlanta Marriott Marquis as the TVA Archives in this episode. I mean, sure we've seen that same hotel interior as the Tribute Training Facility in the Hunger Games Sequels, as itself in Manhunter (the first film adaptation of Thomas Harris' novel Red Dragon), and as a trailer-only scene in Spider-Man Homecoming. But with that being the central host hotel of DragonCon I'm always up for more nerdery to associate with it.

But they didn't just get shots of the dramatic atrium and the spiral staircases, there was a scene with Marriott Carpet, which is kind of a big deal:

Now, that's not the famous carpet, the one that spawned the notorious Carpet Cult, it's only the replacement that usurped it in 2015, but honestly, this one is a much better fit for the TVA.

And onto non-Marriott geekery, the 1985 Oshkosh Ren Faire:

... was actually filmed on the grounds of the Georgia Renaissance Festival.

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DragonCon Gothic

-You are in the food court going to the Hilton. You take the sky bridge. You are in the Marriott. You take the other sky bridge. You are in the Hyatt. You take the sky bridge. You are in the food court. 

-You are in a Very Serious Panel discussing First Amendment Law. You hear Gangnam Style through the wall. 

-You hear a woman scream. She runs. She hugs Darth Vader. She is fine. 

-You hear a woman scream. The escalator is eating her ballgown. It tears. The Addams Family comes to her rescue. Supergirl mends the gown. She is fine. 

-You hear a man scream. His dragonhide stiletto has gone through the grate in the broken Atlanta pavement. He falls. Six anime characters and a Harley Quinn come to his rescue. He...will be fine tomorrow. 

-A mother is dressed as Misty from Pokémon. Her baby is a Togapi strapped to her front. 

-A mother is dressed as Misty from Pokémon. Her children are the Pikachu evolutionary line. 

-A mother is dressed as Misty from Pokémon. Her baby is a Magikarp. Years later you see a young Garydose. You remember the baby. You wonder. 

-There is an hour wait at the Hardrock. You go to the food court instead. It takes an hour to find a table. 

-You are in the overflow seating for the food court. It used to be a Mexican restaurant. You look at the broken floor, the missing ceiling tiles, the shelf hanging crooked on the wall by one last screw. It has not changed since last year, or the year before, or the year before that.... You wonder why nothing new has used the space. You wonder where you would sit if anything ever did. 

-There is...a character. You’ve seen it twenty times today. You have no idea what it’s from. You are scared to ask. 

-There is a character. You have never seen it before. You tell the cosplayer they look great and ask what they are. They excitedly tell you the life story of this fictional person. They finish then hurry to catch back up with their friends. They never told you what it’s from. 

-There is a wolf in the Marriott. An actual wolf. It is a service dog. You want to pet it. You spend the next half hour helping prevent drunk pikachus and storm troopers from petting the wolf. 

-You are on MARTA with Spider-Man. 

-You are on MARTA in cosplay. The train is full of sports fans. You feel the way they look at you, like you are a freak, like their jersey and face paint is any different from your costume. You all exit at peachtree station. The platform is full of Sailor Scouts and Doctors Who. The sports fans realize they are outnumbered. Some of them are afraid. Some of them will be dressed as the joker next year. 

-Someone is crying in the bathroom. They just want to get their contacts out. 

-Someone is crying in the bathroom. They were too far back in line, the room filled, they didn’t get to see David Tennant. 

-Someone cries for help in the bathroom. It’s a variation of Spider-Man you have never seen before. She can’t unzip her suit. You help her. She is drunk and swears she will see you again next year and buy you a drink. You see her next year. She gives you a glow stick. 

-There is a woman in a Marriott Carpet dress. There is a Sailor Marriott with the Carpet pattern on their fuku. The Marriott Flying Carpets quidditch team has the pattern on their robes. There is a car painted like the Carpet. There is a vendor selling Cult of the Carpet merch. The Carpet is copyrighted. You hear there is a lawsuit. The Marriott hasn’t had that carpet in years. You’ve been walking through the Marriott all day. You have no idea what the carpet looks like now. 

-There is a character. You’ve seen it twelve times today. You have no idea what it’s from. You see it for a thirteenth time alongside another character from the same thing. You know both characters. You know the entire life story of the character you’ve seen thirteen times. 

-You want to go to a panel. You find five simultaneous panels. You narrow it down to two. You go to neither of them. 

-You want to go to a panel. You find five simultaneous panels. You narrow it down to two. You go to a sixth because it is in the hotel you’re already in. 

-You want to go to the burlesque. You meant to go to the burlesque last year. They move the burlesque. Everyone gets there before you. You do not go to the burlesque this year. 

-You are in the Dealer’s Room. You want to buy a sword. A vender hands you a D-20 die made of gemstone. You roll it. You nat 20. You spend $100 on stone dice. You do not buy a sword. 

-There are hundreds of men in kilts. This is normal. A woman chases them with a leaf blower. This is normal. You would worry if she weren’t there. 

-There is an ambulance outside the Sheraton. You hope everyone is okay. You think there was an ambulance here last year. You can’t remember. 

-You are in the Walk of Fame. You meet your hero. They are the sweetest person you have ever met. 

-You are in the Walk of Fame. You meet your hero. They’re a creep. 

-You are in the Walk of Fame. There is almost no line for George Takei. You do not understand why. You talk to him. He is the sweetest person you have ever met. 

-There are hateful protesters outside the food court. No one can hear them. Darth Vader is playing bagpipes. 

-You walk past a woman wearing a censor bar and pants. You walk past her again After Dark. She is no longer wearing a censor bar. Or pants. 

-You are at the Yule Ball. It is a fun, family party. The Golden Trio run by in their Hogwarts robes. They are too young to go to Hogwarts. 

-You are at the Yule Ball. It has just hit ten o’clock. The children are escorted out. The lights go down. A belly dancing elf pulls out a flask. You don’t know from where. 

-You are at the Yule Ball. Batman is on a date with Sailor Moon. He asks if he can kiss her. She says no. He leaves. She dances with the elf, then with Madam Hooch. 

-You are at a panel. Someone has the mic. There is feedback. The sound guy tries to fix it. There is still feedback. The sound guy tries again. There is still feedback. There is always feedback. No one blames the sound guy. 

-You need an elevator to go down. An elevator arrives. It is going up. You get on. You go up fourteen floors then go down. You clutch the handrail in the zero gravity. 

-A drag queen who is not a drag queen compliments your cosplay. You almost buy a corset from him. 

-Your shoes are not comfortable but they go with your cosplay. You’ve been walking for hours. Your feet hurt. 

-You are wearing your most comfortable shoes. You’ve been walking for hours. Your feet hurt. 

-You’ve wanted to do this cosplay for years. You’ve been working on it for months. You finished it last night. 

-You poured your soul into this cosplay. No one has recognized it all day. Someone thought you were Robin Williams. You return to your hotel, blocks away from the heart of the con. The night porter compliments your cosplay by name. You are Validated. 

-There is someone checking into the Marriott in a suit. A battalion of Storm Troopers pass. The person in a suit looks confused, maybe scared. The person behind the desk is unfazed. 

-You are in the Marriott where the Blood Drive used to be. The Blood Drive hasn’t been here in years. You still think of this place as where the Blood Drive used to be. You still think vampire costumes should be mandatory for the Blood Drive crew. 

-A Blood Drive volunteer tells your group you should donate. Most of you are gay. Two of you have new tattoos. One of you just returned from abroad. The rest have medical conditions. None of you have eaten in hours. None of you can give blood. 

-You are in the Marriott where the Blood Drive used to be. A chorus of elves are singing, each of them carrying a lantern. They are beautiful. You are almost moved to tears. They are a chorus of angels, except they are elves, and the only angels you’ve seen all weekend are Castiel and Aziraphale, neither of whom seem to sing. The elves leave. BB-8 appears, followed by R2. The droids interact with the crowd. A small girl dressed as Leia pats BB-8 on the head. A second BB-8 approaches her, then a third, then a fourth tiny BB-8. The girl is delighted. It is adorable. You are moved to tears. 

-You had the con crud last year. You do not want it again. You load yourself up with vitamin C and zinc. By Sunday your throat is raw. You have the con crud. You will have it next year too. 

-You are in the CVS on Peachtree. The rest of the con is there too. You are buying tissues and cough drops. So are they. You all have the con crud. 

-You see a badge on the floor. You are overcome with dread. You check your own badge. It’s still there. You exhale in relief. Your heart breaks for a stranger you have never seen. 

-You buy a piece of jewelry and put it on. You go to a panel. Your jewelry is gone. You don’t know what happened. There is nothing to be done. You may go back to the vender tomorrow if you still have money. You may not. 

-You are at a panel. The panelist makes a sex joke, then realizes there are children in the room. They apologize profusely to the parents while the children giggle. Five minutes later, it happens again. 

-You see a character. You ask your friend where it’s from. “Anime,” they say. That explains nothing. That explains everything.

-A ducky squeaks in the distance. 

-It is Monday. It hits five o’clock. Everyone is chased out of the venders hall. In the hotels, the Hunger Games breaks out over luggage carts. The crowds and madness disperse. The city is as quiet as it ever is. The con is over. You must return to the real world. You’re not sure you know how, but you’ll be okay. You begin to plan for next year.

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One of my DragonCon 2018 art drops! Watercolors and colored pencils on 4x6 Bristol board. Jonah wearing the Manos robe, but the hands are decked out with the famous Marriott Carpet pattern.  (AKA “Psychedelic Manos!”)

I did three MST3K based art drops for that convention, since they were celebrating the show’s 30th anniversary.

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If you didn’t see this old Marriott carpet pattern, was it really Dragon*Con??

[oraclecrank]

definitely bringing the marriot carpet monk cosplay to dragon con again this year