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27 October 2008 @ 12:02 am
Expo! After being totally disorganised (a theme that lasted throughout my weekend), I finally did arrange to go, and it didn't disappoint at all.

Firstly, meeting all you guys was fab, [info]thisissirius, [info]seektheinfinite, [info]zeitheist, [info]krazykipper and [info]gossy16, you're all absolutely lovely and proved to be amazing at getting there on time, being first in the queue, and then (especially you, Sissi) fielding my calls of "Where am I? How do I get in? What's going on?" with total patience.

And the con itself! Everyone above has coherent and brilliant expo reviews, and I would advise going to them for beautiful pics of the panel - both Bradley and Colin were adorable and looking gorgeous. They both have amazing hair - why didn't at least ONE of us ask to run our hands through it?

Highlights I remember:

1) In the video, I swear there was a clip of Uther in full fighting gear - so I am so excited to see that in an episode soon.
2) Bradley makes as many hilarious faces in real life as he does when he is ACTING. He sat down and immediately knocked his mic, and froze for about five seconds with this genius oh-shit face, wide eyes and everything. He was very witty and funny and apparently has a psychic link with [info]thisissirius.
3) Colin answering the question from the small boy at the front, who wanted to know where he got his powers (said in his lovely Irish accent so it actually sounded more like "pars") was possibly the cutest thing ever. He asked him where he got his powers from - the kid was dressed as Spiderman!
4) At the signing, Johnny and Polly were lovely and said that they were going to find out whether they were going to get a second series very soon, and also that they were really confident! Yay!
5) Asked Bradley how much of his horse-riding he did, while trying not to sound too much like a creep with a total kink for men on horseback, and he said he did as much as possible, and apparently had a 'knack' for it. Colin was adorable and I asked about his accent and keeping it hidden during the show, which I'm going to guess was a question he got asked a lot that day, and then they were very sweet and posed for photos despite the big sign on the wall saying that there would be none! There were no signs warning against inappropriate touching, though, and I do think we should have taken advantage of that!

Such a good weekend, and I have stolen internet access for more than ten minutes for once! I have managed to watch Merlin, too, but with a non-fandom friend so I don't think it had the full impact. I'll catch up properly tomorrow night. And, continuing the disorganised trend of my life weekend, I forgot to bring the paper copy of my fic (12,000 words rough draft, and I haven't had them kiss yet. It needs WORK.) to check over on the train. I suck. (Anyone good at brutal cutting?) But also, it's difficult to attempt to write an NC-17 slash scene while sitting next to a middle-class woman eating an M&S salad. It felt a bit scandalous!