Snapefest anyone?
I hope it is appropriate for me to ask my f-list whether anyone was thinking about, or had already decided to go to the Portus convention in Dallas in July, and in particular, was going to try their luck getting a ticket for Snapefest which is on the 9th July. Perhaps it is due to being a relative newcomer to the HP fandom, (I only signed on to LJ a few months ago, and before that I was chiefly a lurker on a few HP websites and listened to a couple of podcasts after HBP came out), or the fact that I have never been part of a fandom prior to this one, but I find myself gripped with a sudden urge to attend this con! Maybe I feel that after the disappointment of DH, as well as upcoming changes in my career and personal life this year, I won't keep up with HP for too much longer, and I want to experience the thing whole-heartedly with fellow enthusiasts one last time (I'm sorry if that sounds maudlin, but the end of, sorry, the "hiatus" of the Snapecast podcast was the last straw for me). I guess the fact that no-one in my family and none of my friends share my HP and especially my Snape enthusiasm, (ok obsession is the mot juste) adds to my trepidation that my Snape-filled days are numbered. Hence, I really, really wanna go to Portus and meet like-minded individuals there! I don't care if that makes me sound like a whiny kid craving a trip to Disneyland. I feel like need to do this just for me! However, I'm also fearful of going without really knowing anyone and feeling completely bewildered and lost. Worse still, I have no wish to be surrounded by DH squee-ers and JKR fangirls. So I wondered if any normal people, ahem, I mean, Snapefen, or anybody on my f-list is likely to be there too?