I've never felt fannish enough about anything to go to a fan con. I kinda feel like you need to be a BNF to play, which is not grounded in any sort of reality.
ZenKitty just went to a Leverage con and had a great time and made new friends. Adore the show. Know a producer. Drool over the actors. Wouldn't dream of it.
I don't have crowd anxiety--I have crowd impatience. They're in my way! Sitting in my seat! Eating my food!
But...and I've experienced it at concerts and a concert afterparty, there are moments when you operate in synchronicity with complete strangers because you're in thrall to the same creativity or just the same presence, and it's pretty damned lyrical.
there are moments when you operate in synchronicity with complete strangers because you're in thrall to the same creativity or just the same presence, and it's pretty damned lyrical.
I love hearing music live. There's nothing like the feeling of hundreds or thousands of people all singing the same song from the top of their lungs. Absolutely electric.
there are moments when you operate in synchronicity with complete strangers because you're in thrall to the same creativity or just the same presence, and it's pretty damned lyrical.
This sounds like singing in a chorus of hundreds of voices, which I have done and it's like flying, sort of. But the chances of that sort of happenstance at a con are weighted so heavily against that I can't bring myself to gamble on it. I sort of envy those who can, and do.
She also had breakfast with freakin Tim Hutton. Woot. Honestly I'd rather hear about that than do it. I wouldn't be good trying to think of something to say.
See, if I had a chance to sit down with any of the SPN actors or writers, I would jump at the chance. Like, sit down and have a conversation. Like ita, though, I hate the crowd aspect of how they would all be in my way. And standing in line for hours to get an autograph and the chance to seem hi would be a big waste of time for me.
But if I could interview them? That would be awesome.
Maybe. If I wasn't there as a fan girl. I'd have lots of fun partying with you guys instead of standing in a line.
I will never know enough fans to make going for the people a thing, unless it were a Buffista-related event. But I can see that being a draw, if you already have a bunch of friends there.
Maybe like Allyson's parties, but with cons attached. Even so, I worked those, so it was different. They were a job, they were helping out a friend, and they were mini-Buffista-F2Fs. With some actors and writers and stuff there.
TWO WEEKS!
(that's when I'll be at a fan con in Seattle, with Plei and SA and Dana)
That would be fun I think.
