Rambling: Dragon*Con 2008

[buttononthetop]

My First Time at Dragon*Con
by buttononthetop

(apologies to the wonderful thrace_adams, whenever I do the LJ link on your name it totally messes up the post!  *shrugs*)


Thursday
- Stood in line forEVER to register (almost passed out from heat and humidity, seriously like dizzy and sweaty and ears ringing passed out, not fun)


Friday
- Saw Gareth’s panel with Anthony Lewis (OMGSQUEEEEEEE)
 

- Met my lovely and talented beta in person (hi thrace_adams *big hug*)

- Saw the Doctor Horrible Sing-a-Long Blog done Rocky Horror Style with aforementioned lovely and talented beta and her charming hubs and several other friends and then right afterwards we saw the Buffy Horror Picture Show (i.e. Once More With Feeling, the musical episode done the same way) (WHEDONGASM)


Saturday
- Saw Gareth’s panel with Anthony Lewis AND James Marsters (OMGSQUEEEEEEEx100)


- Saw Smallville panel (Michael Rosenbaum is seriously entertaining and cute!)


- Got Gareth’s autograph (*blushes* felt dorky doing it but couldn’t resist. Hey! For 2 seconds he knew my name!! *faints*)


- Saw Firefly panel – thanks to previously aforementioned lovely and talented thrace *blows kiss* holding a place in line for me



Sunday
- Saw Gareth’s panel with Anthony Lewis (OMGSQUEEEEEEE)


- Saw broadcast of the end of the tribute panel for Don S. Davis (will miss you Don! *sniff*) and a broadcast of Edward James Olmos and James Hong talking about Bladerunner (very cool)

- Saw an awesome panel called OMG You Killed Jenny! which counted down the 10 most devastating in the Whedonverse (thanks again to the most awesome thrace holding a seat for me, you rock sweetie!)


Sunday Night/Wee Hours of Monday
- Had party in our suite, fun for a while but eventually kinda lame since I haven’t been going to D*C for years like my friends I was staying with. But got to hang out with thrace and hubs so that was fun.

- Ran into GDL in the atrium of the Marriott, literally. Saw him get off the escalator and stalked him out to the smoking area outside. There was a fight going on and he stopped to watch and I went and stood right next to him, just to watch the fight too, ya know? ;) Anyhoo, he turned to go back inside and totally bumped my arm. *faint*


Things that are just cooler when said by Gareth David-Lloyd:
“fanny nugget”
“brilliant”
“arse twinge”
“into the lift, eye candy”
“Cariad” (seriously, you haven’t lived until you’ve heard him say “I love you, sweetheart” in Welsh *faint*)


Singing!
Gareth and the rest of the panel sang Happy Birthday to a girl at Friday’s panel and then he did a bit from Labyrinth (Dance, Magic, Dance) on Sunday. *sigh*


Best Torchwood News:
Torchwood is NOT moving towards a family-friendly format. He said, “It’s still post-watershed. It’s still sexy and bloody and John Barrowmany.” (hee)


There were people there besides Gareth?? Just kidding…
James Marsters was fantastic – absolutely charming and funny and OMG even hotter in person. Anthony Lewis was great, hope to see him in lots more things. Michael Rosenbaum was hilarious and really warm and so fun. He got down from behind his panel table and walked out in the crowd, taking questions and telling stories. The Firefly cast (Alan Tudyk, Nathan Fillion, Jewel Staite and Morena Baccarin) really made me miss the show even more. They were all so fun and so much like a family.


All in all it was a blast! I’m a terrible re-capper so apologies for that. If you want to know more – just ask and I’ll do my best to remember!! :) I have my pictures uploaded to Photobucket here. Sometimes it just opens right and sometimes you need the guest password which is “buttononthetop” – enjoy the pretties! Check out the YouTube vids that people have posted as well – just search on “dragoncon 2008” or “dragoncon gareth” and there are lots, including him saying “cariad” *melt*

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Comments

[cjharknessgirl.livejournal.com]

Awesome, thanks for sharing! *squee* So glad you had a good time! And lovely pics! :) Gareth saying cariad is guh, *melts*. Now every time I write it in my fic, I'll hear him saying it! I watched a few videos on youtube and was laughing when Gareth was talking about all of John's suggestions in Meat and how the director told Gareth to tone it down. And Gareth was saying they weren't his ideas, LOL!

[buttononthetop.livejournal.com]

You are so welcome! I still can't believe that I talked to him! OMG when he said "cariad" we all just swooned. Thanks for commenting!

[cjharknessgirl.livejournal.com]

Me either! I can't remember much of what I said to him lol, other than he was brilliant on TW and Dw, and we talked about Ianto having the best lines. And then I felt really bad because I was using my sisters camera, I thought the flash was off and it wasn't. I nearly blinded the poor guy and he smiles while I'm apologizing and says don't worry about it. He was so sweet!

[butterflycell.livejournal.com]

OMG!!! I asaw some videos and I practically burst with jealousy!

I'm so glad you had a good time though, thanks for these photos to drool over!

**HUGS!**

[buttononthetop.livejournal.com]

I practically burst when I was there! :D

Glad you enjoyed the pics! *hugs* back

[qaffangyrl.livejournal.com]

OMG! Sounds like you had a FANTASTIC FANASTIC FANTASTIC time! I have to look on youtube for the OMG You Killed Jenny panel. I so belong to the church of Joss *prays* "Our father who art in heaven, Whedon be thy name"

[buttononthetop.livejournal.com]

I had SO MUCH fun. I haven't been able to find the OMG You Killed Jenny panel - but I can send you the list if you're curious! We all cried. :D It was awesome. And yes - Joss is totally my god too!!

[qaffangyrl.livejournal.com]

yes send me the list. please

(also waits impatiently for 50)

[buttononthetop.livejournal.com]

50 is up!

And here's the list of the 10 Most Devestating Deaths in the Whedonverse as put together by votes on the WhedonTrack website. Spoilers for Buffy, Angel, Firefly, and Dr. Horrible's Sing-a-Long Blog.

*note: all deaths incurred by those already dead, i.e. Spike or Angel or Darla, were disqualified.* Ah-HEM - drumroll please....


10. Wesley Wyndam-Pryce
(personally, I found his death a lot less shocking than the time he got his throat slit - THAT freaked me out)

9. Penny
(poor doomed Penny, dumb ol' Captain Hammer...)

8. Francis Allen Doyle
(*sigh* I still cry!)

7. Jenny Calendar
(just absolutely one of the most brilliant moves Joss ever made, rips my heart out every single f'ing time I see it)

6. Buffy Summers (in The Gift)
(did I already mention ripping my heart out? This one also reduces me to tears every time)

5. Anya Christina Emmanuella Jenkins
(bummed but not surprised when she went, gave Xander a great line tho "That's my girl. Always doing the stupid thing."

4. Winifred "Fred" Burkle
(yes, Angel kind of sucked, and the whole 'oh Fred loves Wesley now' thing kind of sucked, but her death scene? fabo!)

3. Tara Maclay
(RIP. HEART. OUT.)

2. Joyce Summers
(sobbing out loud, heart ripped out and stomped on and then poked with forks and then stomped on some more)

1. Hoban Washburne
(we saw a pre-screening of Serenity and my roommate swears I was staring at the screen for a full 5 minutes with my hand over my mouth after Wash bit it - Joss is GOD!!!!)

Hope you enjoyed the list! They showed a video of all the deaths in order - I think everyone cried at least a little!! :D

[weeviltrends.livejournal.com]

YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH I ENVY YOU.

i must find this on youtube!

It looks like you had a blastttt.

[buttononthetop.livejournal.com]

Blast indeed! It was a ball - watch whatever you can find on YouTube, it's so worth it. :D

[alba17.livejournal.com]

Thanks for posting. Last pic of GDL so cute. Fanny nugget? what the hell is that? Love the story about watching the fight right next to him and him bumping into you. Of course, I had to go check out the cariad vid before this comment. Could hardly hear him for all the women squeeing - heh. will check out other photos.

[buttononthetop.livejournal.com]

You are so very welcome! I spent the first two panels trying to get a piccy of him smiling and finally got some on Sunday. :D He's so cute!

"Fanny nugget" was a joke from when he and Anthony Lewis and James Marsters were asked what their favorite swear words are. The panel is on YouTube. And yes, there is much squeeing in the vids. There was much squeeing whenever he spoke. :D

[unrequited1984.livejournal.com]

Isn't Dragon Con the best! I'm so glad that your first time was amazing, this was my second year and I swear it only gets better. I really hope GDL will be back next year and maybe bring John Barrowman with him. Hearing him say Fanny Nugget was definately a highlight though I might cry as I think I missed the panel where he said 'Cariad', will definately be you-tubing that moment. I will say that meeting him, for autographs and photo op was amazing for me (though I will totally admit I basically spent the weekend stalking James Marsters). He was so sweet and funny. I hope you're planning on going next year as I'm gonna try and plan a big TW party in my suite!

-Niki

[buttononthetop.livejournal.com]

I had a ball! I was a big dork and went to every single one of GDLs panels. :D Yeah, hearing him say Cariad? OMG *melt* God Bless the YouTubers! Next year is definitley on my radar... a TW party would rock! *grin*

[morgia.livejournal.com]

Ok, really, but, really, I understand nothing what GDL said in the video, really, its like german... But yours pictures !!!! Wow !!! I hope some day I will go in a place like this (with my dictionary !) I can imagine the scene, me in front GLD with a big smile a red face (I don't have a doubt about my capacity to not blushing...) and absolutely no idea what I supposed to say or worst he say something I dont understand anything. But, hé, I promise myself if one day I'm him front on him I will say to him: t'es vraiment beau et avec ton accent tu es vraiment sexy ! Anyway, he don't speak French ! LOL Ho, I'm jealous of you !!!!And what ? No picture of you ???? Prends soin de toi ma geek préférée !! ;)

[buttononthetop.livejournal.com]

Hee - his voice is very low and the microphones weren't great, I'm not surprised you have a hard time understanding him. :)

Nope, no picture of moi. I'm camera-shy. *blushes* Besides, GLD is SOOO much prettier than me!

[morgia.livejournal.com]

Ouf, you reassure me about the video, maybe my English its not so bad... Ho and about the picture, its just I'm curious, its weird to have some conversation with GLD icon... lol Do you know he came at Toronto this summer ????? And I was not there !!!! Grrr, I swear, if he return next summer or at your geek party (but its far away to my home) I gonna be there !!!! ;)