Colin does conventions. I'd love to see him at one. But he is, as kat describes him, pathologically sociable. I'm not sure how he feels about the idea of a mass of fans caring, but I've never seen him look even slightly irritated at being approached on his own time. Boy just loves to talk to people.

I get that feeling about JP, too, if not JA (although I think he's gotten much more comfortable). I'm just always cringing a little bit in case someone asks them something really weird.

I think JP has gotten much more protective of his private life, and less receptive to random people approaching him. Partly it's maturity, and a lot of it is fallout from the public nature of his relationship with Sandy. When he'd opened up his private life as he had done, then had to deal with an ugly breakup just as publicly, I think he realized he had been more open than was wise. He and Genevieve kept their relationship out of the press. They were seen together publicly but he wasn't name-checking her every third second of an interview, and both of them deflected attention. Even their wedding plans were kept private, and not discussed even when they were questioned directly.

Announcement of the engagement was just shortly before the wedding itself, and there were no details, as there had been with the public performance of Jared and Sandy. I have wondered if keeping Sandy in the public's consciousness was JP's way of helping her career, as well as clinging to someone who had befriended him early on when he was new to CA, and probably a little insecure.

At the same time, I've watched interviews with JA from his early 20s and he has always been endearingly awkward, but warm and polite in most cases. He went through a period where he allowed his discomfort with the press and the public at close range. When he started doing cons for SPN, I think he accepted it as being (well-)paid for a performance, and as he became comfortable with that concept, rather than putting himself and his life in the public eye, he took command of that performance and became much more relaxed and in control onstage.

Jared used to take the lead, babbling and mugging while Jensen stood by and rolled his eyes. But from the earliest con footage of them together, whenever Jared is talking about something or nothing and Jensen speaks? Jared pauses to listen. He never talks over Jensen. They back-and-forth, naturally. But when Jared's running away with the conversation? Jensen's letting him, in almost every case. I may have watched a little con footage on You Tube.

It's possible I should get a hobby.

You describe them so well Bev. I feel like River at the end of Serenity the movie. "I do. But I like to hear you say it."

Boy just loves to talk to people.

This is how I think someone would have to be. My mother could do it, no problem. Me, not as much. Hey maybe Colin would let us sit behind him and watch while he talks to the fans for desensitization.

That wouldn't be weird or anything.

When you go places with Colin, you can't leave him alone for a second, because he always gets into lengthy conversations with everyone whose path he crosses.

The funniest recognition was when we were at the Serenity premiere. We'd just about cleared the red carpet when a group of people started screaming "Best Patrick ever!" and suddenly he disappeared to go talk to them.

LACon footage. JA explains that the ring is gone...because the ring is gone. It was beat up.

Meanwhile, Jared is sweating, as usual. Hee.

Aw! But Jared has a ring now! Cutiehead married guy.

My guy friend's reaction to the "My Life would suck without Supernatural" fan vid.

"never seen supernatural.. but there seems to be a little homo-eroticism involved based on the clip. just some man love I guess."

Oh you poor dear pure soul that has no idea what goes on in fandom.

Random Winchester thoughts of the day (because I am certain that you, like me, wander about and have Sam and Dean cross your minds at stray moments): for a while now Sam has known that the rest of the Hunter community has viewed him as a threat, someone who is dangerous and most likely should be exterminated:

In 2.10 ("Hunted") Gordon tells Dean that a demon had told him Sam would be fighting on hell's side in the upcoming battle, which sets Gordon and his pals off on their quest to kill Sam.

In 3.1 ("The Magnificent Seven") Tamara and Isaac know about the opening of the Devil's Gate. Either the demons are spreading the word about it or it has to be Ellen and Bobby; they were the only other people there.

In 5.03 ("Free To Be You and Me") Hank and Reggie try to force-feed Sam demon blood after they're told Sam started the apocalypse by the demons they're fighting.

So anyway, Sam's long been viewed as a danger. Dean not so much. The rest of the Hunter community never knew about his death and resurrection deal, did they? Much less his contribution to starting the apocalypse? Because I can imagine grizzled hunters sitting around a table somewhere, holding beer bottles and shaking their heads, saying "That boy's not right" about either one of them, frankly.

Random thought #2 -- would Dean's idea of heaven really entail him going to a place where he's 4 years old?

Random thought #2 -- would Dean's idea of heaven really entail him going to a place where he's 4 years old?

If he could be with his mom, yes.

What amazes me is that hunters who are stupid enough to listen to what demons say as the gospel truth (even though it largely is about Sam) and act on the info as if it were being relayed for their own good have actually been able to survive up until the time they and the Winchesters cross paths.