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kittydesadeDragonCon highlights involving fan interactions:
* Meeting Alexander Siddig/Siddig El Fadil (look I still have problems with that) and talking to him a bit about DaVinci's Demons and saying it was beautiful history mixed with magical realism. And then immediately being asked if I was familiar with the works of Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Why yes, as a matter of fact, from early childhood. He seemed startledly approving of that. And then going my design for an art based on a phrase from DaVinci's Demons and he was approving and wrote me a something for it. He was every part of every character he's played that I adore and eeeeeee.
* Meeting Reggie Lee and Sasha Roiz again and both of them remembering me from the set visit I did withlireavue. That was. Ulp. Sasha even said he still had that picture we gave him in his trailer. ULP. I got autographs, including a fucking hilarious one from Sasha, and then the next day I went back and got Bitsie Tulloch and David Giuntoli. Who was actually much more clever and with it and smart in person than he is on his twitter! I wonder if he'd actually gotten sleep that night. I hung around quite a bit with Reggie due to him having no line, and we talked some and he let me babble at him about Killjoys a bit and what else we're blogging. Sasha ended up giving me double autographs because he accidentally started signing one and then realized that was the one meant for lireavue. Adorable man. Bitsie loved my dress, which was the butterfly dress. David signed my picture "don't let sasha and reggie get you down" when I told him Sasha and Reggie could vouch for me honest I'm a nice fan. I didn't get to Jacqueline Toboni's line because I ran out of cash. :(
* Sitting down at lunch with friends one day and then the fucking cast of Dark Matter sat down next to us. Well, four of them, the actors for Six, Five, Three, and Android. I did talk to them a little, because they'd accidentally got a spinach dip accidentally meant as a second order for me (the waitstaff were absolutely slammed, because DragonCon, and I think they got confused) so since they were also confused since none of them had ordered spinach dip, I explained. And those dips are huge, I suggested extra nachos. Six's actor was all n'ah, we'll take it, so I guess they enjoyed it. I hope I didn't stare too much, I spent most of the lunch trying not to explode because once I realized who it was I couldn't un-realize it. But we didn't really talk to them. Well, I did say something else because I was emptying my bag onto the table trying to find my damn charge cable, so I saw Six staring and smiled and was all jokingly 'yes, I come overprepared.'
* Meeting Kevin Hearne was fun the first time and then a bit of a disappointment the second time because he was co-opted by fans, including one bro who hovered and made a much greater intrusion of himself than I would have (although I damn well kind of wanted to). If he'd been .... no, come to think of it, most of the authors I would have been with else are women, in which case I also damn well would have intruded for entirely other reasons.
* But Delilah Dawson did comment on my hippo, she didn't recognize Abby (who I was dressed as at the time) but I explained it and we discussed tacos briefly and thenlireavue called me and bethany_lauren came by both to rescue me from the bro-ness and that was much better. And later on I met Fran Wilde and EC Myers (authors who were much more introduced as regular people because of being friends of friends) and that was pretty damn fun. And I may have also networked myself a cover artist. So. All good!
* Meeting Alexander Siddig/Siddig El Fadil (look I still have problems with that) and talking to him a bit about DaVinci's Demons and saying it was beautiful history mixed with magical realism. And then immediately being asked if I was familiar with the works of Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Why yes, as a matter of fact, from early childhood. He seemed startledly approving of that. And then going my design for an art based on a phrase from DaVinci's Demons and he was approving and wrote me a something for it. He was every part of every character he's played that I adore and eeeeeee.
* Meeting Reggie Lee and Sasha Roiz again and both of them remembering me from the set visit I did with
lireavue. That was. Ulp. Sasha even said he still had that picture we gave him in his trailer. ULP. I got autographs, including a fucking hilarious one from Sasha, and then the next day I went back and got Bitsie Tulloch and David Giuntoli. Who was actually much more clever and with it and smart in person than he is on his twitter! I wonder if he'd actually gotten sleep that night. I hung around quite a bit with Reggie due to him having no line, and we talked some and he let me babble at him about Killjoys a bit and what else we're blogging. Sasha ended up giving me double autographs because he accidentally started signing one and then realized that was the one meant for lireavue. Adorable man. Bitsie loved my dress, which was the butterfly dress. David signed my picture "don't let sasha and reggie get you down" when I told him Sasha and Reggie could vouch for me honest I'm a nice fan. I didn't get to Jacqueline Toboni's line because I ran out of cash. :( * Sitting down at lunch with friends one day and then the fucking cast of Dark Matter sat down next to us. Well, four of them, the actors for Six, Five, Three, and Android. I did talk to them a little, because they'd accidentally got a spinach dip accidentally meant as a second order for me (the waitstaff were absolutely slammed, because DragonCon, and I think they got confused) so since they were also confused since none of them had ordered spinach dip, I explained. And those dips are huge, I suggested extra nachos. Six's actor was all n'ah, we'll take it, so I guess they enjoyed it. I hope I didn't stare too much, I spent most of the lunch trying not to explode because once I realized who it was I couldn't un-realize it. But we didn't really talk to them. Well, I did say something else because I was emptying my bag onto the table trying to find my damn charge cable, so I saw Six staring and smiled and was all jokingly 'yes, I come overprepared.'
* Meeting Kevin Hearne was fun the first time and then a bit of a disappointment the second time because he was co-opted by fans, including one bro who hovered and made a much greater intrusion of himself than I would have (although I damn well kind of wanted to). If he'd been .... no, come to think of it, most of the authors I would have been with else are women, in which case I also damn well would have intruded for entirely other reasons.
* But Delilah Dawson did comment on my hippo, she didn't recognize Abby (who I was dressed as at the time) but I explained it and we discussed tacos briefly and then
lireavue called me and bethany_lauren came by both to rescue me from the bro-ness and that was much better. And later on I met Fran Wilde and EC Myers (authors who were much more introduced as regular people because of being friends of friends) and that was pretty damn fun. And I may have also networked myself a cover artist. So. All good!
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Date: 2016-09-07 03:25 am (UTC)Also, Dark Matter! Android! OMG. I am so in love with her. I also think the cast in general is really interesting and I feel like I would've tried to talk to them, too.
I think I'd be starstruck during the entire con. Good thing I can't go to such things.
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Date: 2016-09-07 12:09 pm (UTC)I was torn between really really wanting to just make conversation and really really not wanting to be That Person and interrupt their lunch! (Although the random spinach dip, I feel, required an explanation.) They looked like they were having a good time hanging out though.
It's definitely a learning curve. the first few times I went to get an autograph I was damn well terrified. Although one time, not at a con but at a concert, I was babbling about being terrified and my boyfriend looked at me and said something about "well, I just passed him in the bathroom, so" and that somehow made it easier by humanizing him and making him less of a figure and more of another person. If that helps. :D