(no subject)
Greetings from Birmingham. So, today marked a highlight of my fandom life. I got to ask "the last question" today. For those of you unfamiliar with the Supernatural fandom, Jared and Jensen have a tradition at the end of their Creation convention panels: for the last question that person gets to come up on stage. Or, gets pulled up by Jared, rather.
So I was standing in line, shaking (that was nota typo on Instagram), all the while hoping it wouldn't cut off right before me. I could only pay attention to half of the answers before me. The girl in front of me was trembling so much when it was her turn, I almost put a hand on her shoulder for comfort, but didn't want to startle her. Anyway, then the girl on the other side of the stage asked her question and I thought, yay, getting a turn after all. I hadn't looked at the clock from the moment I'd lined up. But when she was done, the band started this last question song, only I wasn't sure if they were really doing that in Birmingham as well or if it just marked the end of the panel, so I kind of just stood there, unsure, until Jared strode off the stage toward me. Someone behind me said "oh my god". Jared held out a hand, and well, how can you not take that. He has nice hands, by the way, and a comfortable grip. I wanted to leave my backpack by the microphone, but he picked it up (even though I told him to just leave it), and off we went. He asked my name while we walked up, but even though it's a fairly simple name, sorry, no English native speaker ever gets it right on the first few tries. At one point he just passed the introduction off to Jensen, who couldn't, either. :D
The rest can be seen on youtube, I'm sure.
dizzojay later asked me how I was still standing, but to be honest, I was way more nervous in line than on stage. Even though I get anxious talking in front of more than a couple of people.
I also met some other Germans, other nice people, and there was a stand of people raising awareness for mental health. When I filled out a little sheet there of embracing something about myself and making it a power, I chose my shyness. And the girl behind the stand said she thought I was doing just fine. All in all a pretty great day.
This entry is crossposted to https://stellamira.dreamwidth.org/697688.html. You can comment href="https://stellamira.dreamwidth.org/697688.html?mode=reply">there, too.