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thegrrrl2002I'm home from Toronto Trek! And I miss everyone already. ::sniffs::
I had fun. Big time fun. More fun than I could have possibly imagined. I really had no idea I would enjoy the experience so damn much. First of all,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
kylielee1000 is incredibly lovely, fun and gorgeous and so sweet! I love her madly, and want to run away with her and live happily ever after while writing slash and watching slashy subtexty shows together. And I was fascinated by her spiky blonde movie-star hair, which is the complete opposite of mine. I also met Leah and sophias_sake, which was a real treat. Leah is so lively, very funny and outspoken and cute and so much fun to be with. She was a gracious host, too, during our very fun day in Toronto. Sophia is sweet and lovely too, and looks absolutely gorgeous in elf ears. She also promises to write more Archer/Tucker, yay! I'm so happy I got to share a room with the three of them, it was such great girly fun. It only took me a little while to feel like I had known them all my life. It's just so wonderful to meet folks and immediately feel comfortable and at home with them.
The con itself was a blast.
We saw both of Christopher Judge's Q & A sessions. He's as entertaining as everyone says. He really puts on quite a show, very funny, and yet comes across as very real and sincere. He genuinely seems to enjoy the experience. Douglas Arthurs (Heru'ur) joined him during the second session, and they played off of each other beautifully. In response to a question about Teal'c's hair, CJ said that he fought really hard for it, and is a little anxious about the fan reaction. He said that it took some convincing for MGM to go along with it, because they were concerned that the fans wouldn't recognize him if he wasn't bald. Yeah, right. The man just blends into the background. Goes to show that TV execs really are some of the dumbest folks around. He also mentioned that there are some small continuity errors in the season opener, that even within the same scene, his hair varies in length because of the crazy filming schedule. There's one particular scene where he walks through the door with longish hair, and on the other side he has really short hair. He and his hair person got a lot of crap for it.
I went to the Lexx Q & A, too, with Brian Downy (Stanley Tweedle) and Jeffrey Hirshfield (voice of 790, and co-writer of the series), which I enjoyed because I've always had a thing for Stanley. Really. And Brian Downy is just adorable, even cuter as himself than he is as Stanley. And with the same great accent. They were quite funny, more low-key than CJ but told some great stories about filming Lexx and had plenty of wise-ass comments. We also stayed for the Farscape Q & A with hunky Lani Tupu (Crais) and Raelee Hill (Shanu). LT was quiet but answered his questions very sincerely, and Raelee Hill was very sparkly and pretty and energetic. They had just finished filming the new miniseries, if I remember correctly. They didn't give away any spoilers for it, though.
Everything about the con was really fun, the panels, the attendees, the dance--everything. I really liked the fact that it was small (at least I'm assuming that it was small, as compared to some of the others I've heard about). I got a chance to meet and chat a bit with the lovelyartifuss, bria_ferguson, and slb44, so nice to have faces to go with the names now!
I think one of the best things about it all was that being around so many other fans was such a freeing experience, a great chance to revel openly in the geeky joy of being a fan and a slash writer. It was the first time I had a chance to actually talk about slash with people who understand what it's all about, rather than just writing e-mails and LJ entries about it. I can't wait for next year's con!
I had fun. Big time fun. More fun than I could have possibly imagined. I really had no idea I would enjoy the experience so damn much. First of all,
kylielee1000 is incredibly lovely, fun and gorgeous and so sweet! I love her madly, and want to run away with her and live happily ever after while writing slash and watching slashy subtexty shows together. And I was fascinated by her spiky blonde movie-star hair, which is the complete opposite of mine. I also met Leah and sophias_sake, which was a real treat. Leah is so lively, very funny and outspoken and cute and so much fun to be with. She was a gracious host, too, during our very fun day in Toronto. Sophia is sweet and lovely too, and looks absolutely gorgeous in elf ears. She also promises to write more Archer/Tucker, yay! I'm so happy I got to share a room with the three of them, it was such great girly fun. It only took me a little while to feel like I had known them all my life. It's just so wonderful to meet folks and immediately feel comfortable and at home with them. The con itself was a blast.
We saw both of Christopher Judge's Q & A sessions. He's as entertaining as everyone says. He really puts on quite a show, very funny, and yet comes across as very real and sincere. He genuinely seems to enjoy the experience. Douglas Arthurs (Heru'ur) joined him during the second session, and they played off of each other beautifully. In response to a question about Teal'c's hair, CJ said that he fought really hard for it, and is a little anxious about the fan reaction. He said that it took some convincing for MGM to go along with it, because they were concerned that the fans wouldn't recognize him if he wasn't bald. Yeah, right. The man just blends into the background. Goes to show that TV execs really are some of the dumbest folks around. He also mentioned that there are some small continuity errors in the season opener, that even within the same scene, his hair varies in length because of the crazy filming schedule. There's one particular scene where he walks through the door with longish hair, and on the other side he has really short hair. He and his hair person got a lot of crap for it.
I went to the Lexx Q & A, too, with Brian Downy (Stanley Tweedle) and Jeffrey Hirshfield (voice of 790, and co-writer of the series), which I enjoyed because I've always had a thing for Stanley. Really. And Brian Downy is just adorable, even cuter as himself than he is as Stanley. And with the same great accent. They were quite funny, more low-key than CJ but told some great stories about filming Lexx and had plenty of wise-ass comments. We also stayed for the Farscape Q & A with hunky Lani Tupu (Crais) and Raelee Hill (Shanu). LT was quiet but answered his questions very sincerely, and Raelee Hill was very sparkly and pretty and energetic. They had just finished filming the new miniseries, if I remember correctly. They didn't give away any spoilers for it, though.
Everything about the con was really fun, the panels, the attendees, the dance--everything. I really liked the fact that it was small (at least I'm assuming that it was small, as compared to some of the others I've heard about). I got a chance to meet and chat a bit with the lovely
artifuss, bria_ferguson, and slb44, so nice to have faces to go with the names now! I think one of the best things about it all was that being around so many other fans was such a freeing experience, a great chance to revel openly in the geeky joy of being a fan and a slash writer. It was the first time I had a chance to actually talk about slash with people who understand what it's all about, rather than just writing e-mails and LJ entries about it. I can't wait for next year's con!
