Week of EPIC Recap (finally)
I’ve been putting off this recap for a couple of reasons. One, limited internet access. Two, recapping it and posting meant that it was over and as long as I didn’t do that, in a way, it still wasn’t over. Three, I don’t remember everything. Four, recaps and videos have already been posted.
( This took my entire life (3 weeks) and is very long and very image heavy. I hope you enjoy!! )
( This took my entire life (3 weeks) and is very long and very image heavy. I hope you enjoy!! )
Again, I wasn't trying to be rude, but that was my first time being around a bunch of fans I hadn't met yet, and I didn't know what to say. A lot of you seemed like you already knew each other and were talking, so I just felt out of place.
I got to meet and talk to some people at the luncheon and NaP. But part of NaP was ruined for me since I had to leave to find my cell phone (and I missed my chance to meet Jake), and then I was upset because my video camera wasn't working so I didn't get footage for my project. But I did my best to just shrug it off and have a good time.
I know I don't have anyone to blame but myself for not having a good time; it just sucks because this was the last one. It'd be different if I knew I would get another chance, but I'm not going to Soapfest or Paris, and I don't know if there will ever be a chance for Nuke fans to get together again. Hopefully there will.
Aw you should have. I don't bite. Really.
LOL, Van said something eerily similar to me at NaP. He was leaving and I had asked him if I could get a goodbye hug. As I was walking away he said something along the lines of "You don't have to be afraid of me, I won't bite" and laughed. Then I darted off, LOL.
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It's a major bummer that you didn't get a chance to meet Jake. Did you at least get to meet them at the Luncheon? I know that's not really the same thing as hanging with them at NaP but it is something. And Van is totally awesome, and he's right, he doesn't bite.
I think if it hadn't been for the Cruise where everything was so laid back and one and one and just far more personable than the Luncheon, or even NaP, was I wouldn't have been so comfortable. But then again it could have been the open bar, too. Ha.
Major bummer about your project. I still have all of your questions in my inbox, but since you said you don't need it until the end of the year, I'm going to wait to fill it out until the show is over. I want to be able to include what being in a fandom is like when the basis for that fandom comes to a close. I kind of know since I was in the Harry Potter fandom pretty heavily and while there are no new books being released, there are still the last two movies so the fandom kicks up every once and a while. This one will be done once the show is over.
I hope, like you do, that there will be another Nuke event here in the States. Now that Jake and Van both aren't going to Soapfest and most of us can't afford Paris, another event is all we can hope for. So keep your fingers crossed that something happens.
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I've tried to get to know people more; I joined Twitter briefly, but I just wasn't catching on so I closed it down. I'm on Facebook but I don't add anybody that I haven't met in real life, so I can't connect that way (although I've considered creating a separate account just for other fans). I know I haven't been as good with leaving comments on LJ lately, but I'm going to try to comment more now that the semester is winding down. Still, sometimes I feel like I try but I'm just ignored, even though I know it's probably not intentional. People have formed some really tight-knit groups, and I just don't know how to break through.
Sorry, I don't mean to rant about all of this to you; I'm just trying to explain where I'm coming from. I know that I've been pretty negative lately, but I'm trying to be more positive and reach out to people because this fandom has meant so much to me over the past few years. That's why I wanted to do the project.
That's totally fine about waiting to answer the questions; I really appreciate your help. And yeah, that's one of the things I want to look at in the project; how once the storyline has ended, how the fandom comes to a close. Already I've started to see changes around the boards and communities. It's sad but inevitable.
I didn't get to meet Jake at all; I skipped the boys' line at the luncheon because it was so long and there were other actors I wanted to meet, and I figured I'd see them at NaP anyway. I did get to meet Van though, and he was nice even though he could tell I was nervous.
Even if there won't be any "official" events after Paris, I hope fans can still find a way to meet up. We don't necessarily need the boys there in order to have a good time, right?
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It's a pretty active place every night and while we do talk about RL things on occasion, it's a lot of show talk. And yeah, it can be daunting to jump in, but that's how everyone got involved - jumping.
It's a shame that you didn't get in the guys' line. Jake is super sweet and Eric was just charming even though he didn't say much. But it's good that you got to meet Van. He's just about the most awesome thing ever.
I've noticed the change on the boards as well. And not just because of the storyline drama. At the end of Harry Potter it was similar. Eventually, despite claims of never leaving and all that, people do leave. With no new material, it's sometimes hard to find a reason to stick around. But that's part of it. It's also why I get so involved when its active. It gives me more to go back to when things die down.
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I'm mad at myself for not getting in their line. If I had met Eric, I would have shook his hand and told him that he's doing a good job on the show. But I did enjoy meeting the other actors; I had brief but nice conversations with Colleen and Terri. And even though I didn't meet Jake, I sent him a PM on Facebook and he sent me a nice reply. So I don't feel too bad.
BTW, I'm going to go ahead and add you as a friend on here, if you don't mind. You don't have to add me back if you don't want to.
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