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Ok first - 😭 Waaa I don’t have any Nicola pictures, my camera started misbehaving in panel and didn’t save anything after Matts sunday panel.

I wanna write a review but my weekend was mostly racing around for photos.

so...some highlights -

The Owl:
after panicking i looked ridiculous and was embarrasing myself and Dom (who the costume was obv based on)  the guests all seemed to love it.
Dom joked “it’s better than mine” which, since I know the detail and care taken with his I know is rot.
Matt looked up in autos and jumped "thats something to look up to."
Luke apparently saw me in his auto cue and jumped out of his skin.
It needs a few tweeks before I can do it again but it won’t be the last time you guys see Liliths Demon Senchel.

Panels:
Matt thinks we’ve lost Dom to being ‘Americanised’
Chai doesn’t understand the boundaries of spoilering,
They all support Isaiah, but i can’t remember the hashtags we’re supposed to throw around to prove it lol,
Nicola seems to love telling AVS stories, and is apparently (note the loud MAYBE here) somewhere in The Boys season 2.
Jade is awesome..thats all that really needs to be said there. but he is ‘planning a tour’ which includes the uk somewhere down the line.
Kat says the crossover is intense but amazing,
Luke wishes he could have an Iratze especially for going out drinking with Dom.

"And forever, brother, hail and farewell."

The post is a memoriam for my best friend, by angel given solace..my doggie. who went to sleep at aprox 11:01am on the 2nd of March 2019. 8 years after coming into my life as a constant companion.

so. In memoriam

we didn’t make registration the next day. but we got checked in, and it tured out our room was right near the main hall so. despite Ally having to face the creaking old elevator of doom sounds. we made the party in good time. I as ‘alternative Harriet the spy’ and ally as an operative of the Federations Section 31.

we called it a night a lot earlier than we usually would, mainly to remove blue (i had a photoshoot the next day)

we went on duty during the final talks and i tested the reach of my new Camera’s zoom.

Very few people I know still read and even less use LiveJournal posts anymore, but its like a tradition to post updates to my strange little world here. ever since I met aeron_lanart .

so.
Its the begining of the 4th month of the year, April 1st 2018 15:00 and the british weather is as dreary and wet as you'd expect for february, only its April. at least in the fandom/music verse, my year is looking good.

Gigs:
Normally I end the year complaining that I've not been to enough gigs. and while 2 bands and one solo artist I want to see are playing and I can't see them, this year I cannot complain 2 bands I thought i'd never get to see are doing brief tours of the UK this year, and I have bagged tickets for my and my little trio to See Within Temptation, and me and my Parabatai to see Nightwish.

Conventions:

I missed my chance to meet Tom Wisdom when he did a Starfury in February. most people don't mark the chances they missed but I do. because it reminds me i want to Cosplay Michael at some future event.

Anyway....At the start of this year I was expecting a quiet one, a bit like last year after Forsaken was, I had my ticket for Italian Institute con in Milan and Sam and i were busy planning that..but as always Sean never lets me rest in peace (and mild boredom) he added 4 conventions to the 2018 roster. 2 regs and 2 new. 2 are one side of TIC two are the other. but its always best to prepare before, not

Currently, Including none starfury I have tickets to 3 conventions but I have 12 on my want to do list (including the three I have tickets for) I tried to be logical, weigh up what I can/could/should do.. but to be logical, well..frankly it never works with cons.

Wales Comic Con was a given. I've only missed maybe 1 April WCC and that was because of New Zealand. I go even if theres no one I majorly want to meet because its tradition. this year so far (after cancelations) I have 2 people I'm interested in : Craig Parker (LOTR, LOTS, Spartacus) and Amy Jo Johnson (MMPR).

Starfury: Ultimates is another thats become tradition, because I am a fan of a lot of the shows it covers, and because it falls around Aeron's birthday. this year I have one draw Melanie Scrofano (Wynnona Earp,Frankie Drake) but Starfury cons themselfs are reason to go in themselves

Collectormania 25 - ok so this ones hit and miss. i've only been to one other collectormania and that was so Aeron could meet Ming Na Wen (again, her birthday) but this year is one for all three of us. 3 cast from the original Highlander movie are going and . well. my little trio and Highlander - has to be done. now. I call it Hit and Miss because I'm..not really a Movie fan. I'm more about the tv show. but for the other two, their fans of both. and Aeron went to see it at the cinema when it first came out.  its not till June so they may yet get someone from the show. but we're all going as Immortals, which, unless you know the verse, for me, will look very underdressed at a con :D I've an idea for a photoshoot, but not sure he'll be up for it, we'll see.

Starfury:Enchanted-  a OUAT convention, which for me, is a must for reasons that have nothing to do with its subject. Jaime Murray (WH13, Spartacus: Gods of the Arena and Defiance) and Kirstin Baur Van Straten (True Blood)

<TIC2: see Pandemonium con at lists end.>


LFCC: so far this is the biggest maybe of all maybes as its the same month as I am in Milan. but if I can make it there is one reason so far. and its an important one.

Invasion: original a "con for actors who don't fit in the wheel houses of other cons but who people want to see attend Starfury con" this years is mainly Dark Matter themed, with Killjoys cast and Eve Myles and Allison Scagliotti along for the madness.
I love Eve Myles, but from the second this con was announced my reasoning has been defined: Killjoys. one of the few decent scifis in the pas few years. and one hell of a cast. the Killjoy guests for this outing will be led by one of the Jaquobis brothers - Aaron Ashmore (WH13, Lost Girl, Smallville, Killjoys)





Destination Star Trek: i've wanted to attend a DST for a while. but I'm currently not sure how to make this one work anymore than i've been sure how to make previous ones happen. its DS9 themed this year with the shows anninversary. but the draws for me both come from the Federations recent Addition: Discovery Jayne Brook (ST:Disco, Chicago hope) who plays Vice Admiral Katrina Cornwell and Jason Isaacs  (Pan, Harry Potter) who plays Lorca

Cal Mah: so. a few weeks..maybe actually a few months ago FCD organiser Will started asking if people would be interested in a convention specifically for Gaters (Stargate fans). then a about a fortnight ago he announced it was happening, in November, and tomorrow we should get the first guest and the final location (we know its leicestershire) now. everyone knows I am a gater. and I have wanted to do an FCD con for ages and missed my chance last year. so this.. this is a 2fer.

Starfury: Vampire Ball 9 - Vampire ball used to be our 'traditional' con but then finances and RL decided to be an ass. and we've since missed 4. now. we were planning on doing 9. this was reinforced by Sean announcing a guest who made even Heather want to say "Holy shitballs." in Ksenia Solo (Lost Girl)



Wales Comic Con 10.2  - ever year I don't seem destined to do Wales point 2. mainly because of whitby. but this year I'm more determined than ever to try because of one man. James Frain (Tudors, Gotham, Grimm, Disco, The Cape...) originaly signed to do point 1 had to reschedule because of filming. its one of 3 events in December so.. could be tight

and that leads me to the most suprising con announcment of the year so far. Pandemonium con;

Pandemonium con- a LONDON Shadowhunters convention has been announced for December, by a Spanish organiser, now, most people would be kicking themselves for not waiting just a bit longer, and buying tickets for a con in Milan. but I'm not. I saw the pics from last year and am looking forward to The Italian Convention2 and if then I meet the actors again in December, I'd say thats a bonus really.

December. My Birthday month, usual deader than tank tops has 3 cons I wanna do. plus the Nightwish gig which I already have tickets for. so. like i said.. could be interesting

in other upcoming things My mother will turn 70 in 4 days.