JP looks awkward in those shots. Like every wanna-be youngster with no taste and clothes that wear him rather than the other way around at the clubs.

Those were dreadful photos of him. He looked uncomfortable, and that was an awful makeup job. Poor JP.

How much do I love that Jim Beaver didn't like the movie list meme so he made his own from 250 films that he has rated 10 on imdb? [link] Ha. There isn't enough of an age difference for Jim to even be my father, but his grumpy old man attitude so reminds me of my granddad.

I saw Friday the 13th ! Jared acquitted himself admirably, and was ADORABLE and huge and fighty and often muddy. And rode a motorcycle! Which was weirdly too small for him. As many things are, I suppose.

Beverly, thanks so much for taking the time to answer. I had much the same impression of JA: polite, professional, witty and charming, yet a bit reserved. Certainly the stalkery thing would explain that. How you describe JA and JP together on stage is precisely what I observed while watching the Chicago con YouTube vids. JP is definitely the more effervescent of the two and JA seems more than content to let Jared drive.

I have to add that I think this impression of JA is what made Eye of the Tiger so much fun. Seeing him really go with that and have fun was really cool.

I have committed SPN-fic. 800 words of Ruby and the price she's willing to pay. [link]

I get the impression that JA is very much as he was in Eye of the Tiger around his friends, the crew. It is only in interviews and when he feels less a part of the ensemble that his shyness appears.

There is definitely a progression of JA becomming more at ease as the panels and con appearances have progressed. In earlier appearances you see him looking frequently for JP's social cues and support. His smiles didn't always reach his eyes. Now they are much more of a team. JP said he was not afraid to do the church window stunt with JA beside him. I have gained the impression that this is a very similar feeling that JA has towards JP regarding public appearances.

We got to watch them turn from boys into men. I am hopeful their future is fulfilling to them both, whether in front or behind the camera. It would be a nice thing for the fifth season if they were allowed to direct an episode. I don't expect genius, but then again they did have Kim Manners as a model.

eta: Yay 'suela! I can't wait to read. I guess I have to though because I can barely keep my eyes open. But I have that to look forward to tomorrow!

I realise that there is a danger of being a total pillock here, but I'm pretty much empathising like hell with this assessment of the Ackles. Even whilst realising that this is very silly, because heaven knows we're wildly different people. Still - I definitely grok the whole bouncing-around-being-funny-and-confident-and-shit-in-one's-comfort-zone (which in my case can happily include acting, and hosting shit with a big audience, and teaching classes) whilst also being secretly quite reserved in other circumstances. (And people who have met me within the context of me being sunny and Leo-ish are often downright incredulous about the whole shyness thing. But reserve: I haz it. It's just so shy that it hides really well.)

Meanwhile - YAY for 'Suela-fic! Looking forward to that one!

(Just need to finish my own gorram SPN story before I read, you know, anything. Finish, damn you! Finish!)

Yay! 'Suela fic! Next on my list to read.

Yes! Finish your story, Fay. Num.

Not so much with the pillock. I think all of us who tend to the shy can pretty much identify. Um, witness F2Fes, where many (most?) of us are manic for a while, then have to disappear into a dark, quiet space to breathe and recoup before going forth to be party Buffistas again. And some of us don't manage the rebound well, or often.

As regards the con thing, I'd be unable on so many different levels to attend such a thing. But if you have the chance, and you think you'd enjoy it, by all means, consider going. You might want to take a look at Super-wiki's account of Jared at last year's Aussie con, to get an impression of how things flow.

As regards the con thing, I'd be unable on so many different levels to attend such a thing. But if you have the chance, and you think you'd enjoy it, by all means, consider going.

See, really I'd just like to buy the boys coffee and talk about acting, like I can with my mates. But that? Not so much on the cards, and although I am tempted by the notion of getting to hear anecdotes and things, and quite tickled just by the idea of having a big geeky geekfest day as part of a holiday to Australia, I'm mostly wincing in sympathetic embarrassment at the thought of the bacchanalian frenzy of estrogen-charged Beatlemania that it must surely be.