AECON 4 Saturday Con Report
I had an awesome experience during the AECON4. As you already have heard the Friday was chaotic as always but this time the blame can not fully go to RE because the room they had planned to do the registration was blocked till 17 o`clock and the registration should have started on this time. Then they wanted to do it in the Lobby which the hotel didn´t wanted the people. So the hotel personal told the fans to go downstairs and let RE deal with the consequences of having 750 fans there to organize in that moment. Unfortunately a few people b efore me the meet&greet got sold out. I wanted to console me with a Misha Coffee Lounge but no chance at all being in a different hotel then the convention was hold.
But still I had a really great experience - especially because of Richard and Misha. And of course traveling with my friends and being there together and meeting Anja1708 occasionally.
The Saturday started a whole lot better then the Friday because I had a Matt Coffee Lounge which I bought spontaneously 10 minutes before it started. And I don´t regret it at all. Matt could have not being cuter and nicer. He was so perfect and so nearby - two seats away from me - that I had absolutely nothing to say to him. Which was a little sad because he kept looking in my direction more then once but I failed on that. But still he took a photo of us and tweeted it and I got a wonderful hug from him at the end. What a sweetheart!!!
After that we had to hurry to get to our Richard photo op but we made it in time.
My friend Johanna and I decided to take a picture together with him. We wanted to do a sandwich photo with Richard in the middle. So we went to him and said “Sandwich?” and he said “Sure” but he didn´t get it the way we wanted it to happen. So he stood there with his front turned to the photograph and his arms open so that each one of us could go to one side of him. But that was not how we wanted it. As nobody of us was moving he said: “One of you must come to this side.” And we said “No” and my friend tried to explain him what we wanted him to do. And I slowly put my hands on his shoulders (so that if he didn´t wanted it - he had time to react) and tried softly to pull him in the right direction. I wouldn´t have the nerves to do it with anybody else of the guests. But Richard looked like he doesn´t mind and is always so friendly that I just did it. By doing that Richard got it and said “Oh now I get it!”. So now Richard is turned to me and hugging me and my friend Johanna is hugging him from the other side. And all three of us are smiling like there is no tomorrow! We said thank you and left.
After that I had my two Misha Photo Ops taken. (I had to make up for the missing CL ) . My concentration was on what I wanted out of the pics - so that when Misha asked me “how I was?” I failed again and just said “hug from behind”. Another masterpiece of my mind! I like the photo and how I look in it but then came the second one and I don´t like me at all. Misha looks perfect with his Puppy dog eyes but I wasn´t ready to take the picture but the photographs took it anyway.
Then I went to the Autographs and I got better at talking with the guests and interact. Maybe because I started with Kim and she was so nice and had such a calming affect on me. I had a bad headache this morning and when Kim asked me how I felt I told her that. And she was so cute and like a true mother she said: “ I know that feeling, honey. Get some water in you. It helps a lot. I nod and said: You are my favorite female actress on the show…(and the last part is spoilerish so skip to the next paragraph if you don´t want to know.)
and I hope so much that you don´t die in the finale.
Kim: Thank you - I hope so, too.
Me: I really hope sooo!!!
Kim: Thank you.
Next was Ty and I don´t know why but I wasn´t really nervous around him at all. (Unfortunately it changed in the CL and I didn´t get a word out again). I went to the JIB4 and wanted to thank all of them who were there, for being so great and putting so much extra effort into everything after Jared had to leave. It helped me a lot to make it still a fun experience and I wanted to let them know how much that meant to me. So here is how it went.
TY: Hello Marion - Maid Marion!
Me: Smiling
TY: How you doing?
Me: A little headache but otherwise ok.
TY: I am not super-duper either.
Me: I wanted to thank you for being so great in Rom. Putting so much extra effort into it because of Jared. And it help a lot.
TY: Aww that is so sweet of you to say that. Thank you.
Me: Thank you.
Ty writing “You R so sweet “ on my Autographs and smiles beautifully and gives it back to me.
Me: Thank you.
Ty: Thank you Sweety and Bye.
I was dying there because he was so nice and friendly and he looked like it meant something to him too - me tell him that.
The next one was Julian which is a wonderful human being. He took the time to chat some words with every person in front of him and was such a pleasure to be around. He was so lovely that I decided to go to his coffee lounge. But first his autograph.
Julian: Hello Marion - oh Marion! (He said it like my name was something special. I don´t know why he seemed to be so fascinated by it.)
Me: Hi
Julian: How are you?
Me: I have a headache. Otherwise I am ok.
Julian: Yeah it is really warm in here.
Me: Yes
Julian writes “Marion!” Best Julian Richards and gives it back to me and says: Hope you get well soon.
Me: Thank you!
Rick Worthy was the next one which was a little disappointing because he talked with everyone before me and when it was my turn, he shakes my hand and says: Oh Marion! I had another Marion right before. And this Marion was standing in the line behind me.
Rick: Do you know her?
Me turning around and saying: “Just from this convention.”
And the other Marion starts talking with him about it being a rare name and something like that. And the two talked and again I didn´t have anything on my mind to say to that. So when I put his attention back to me at least I got to say that I loved his voice and he thank me for it.
The last one for this morning was DJ and it was uneventful with just a Hi and Bye from him.
The only panel I got to watch on this day was a tiny piece of Marks because he made 15 minutes longer. After him was the lunchbreak and he said that he doesn´t have to be elsewhere so he will be a bit longer on the stage. As always it was great and Mark was his usually grumpy loveable self. And I got to watch the whole Ty panel which was also fun but I had problems to understand him after of the time.
After the lunch I got my Ty photo which I really love. Because I like myself in it (which is not always the case) and Ty pretends to kiss me and has a priceless look on his face. I am usually to shy to asked something like that from the actors. But Ty is so easygoing and fun and friendly that I took the risk and it definitely worked out.
That being the last photo for the day I went back to get my Autographs from Misha, Mark, Matt and Richard. This time you could not buy a photo with all of them together on it, which for me was really sad and surprising. Especially looking back on the other 3 cons as there always was one. But there were black and white photos for each guest. Only that afternoon Misha and Marks photos were sold out so we had nothing for them to write on and had to wait for the next day to get their autograph.
For Matt there were only 3 people lining up before me so that I did not have to wait at all. Yippie!!
Matt: Hi
Me: Hi
Matt writes Marion and a heart and his signature.
Me: I wanted to thank you for being so great in Rome which Jared couldn´t be there, it helped a lot.
Matt: Thank you! I am glad that you still had a good time.
Me: Yeah, thank you .
For Richards Autograph I had to wait a bit longer but it was soooo worth it. I love him and when he is at a con where I am I always buy a photo op and an autograph. And he is always so lovely, polite, funny and just great overall. So this time he somehow remembered me. - Walking on cloud number seven!!!
Richard: You again - always a pleasure.
Me: smiling
Me: I wanted to thank you for being so great in Rom. Because Jared couldn´t be there, you were so great in the photo ops and everything during it and it helped so much, you being so great.
And Richard was looking straight into my eyes the whole time and I believe he was a little bit touched by my outburst and bubbling about him being so great.
Richard: Thank you its my pleasure and the least I can do.
Then he wrote “thank you for being so great” on my autograph picture.
Me: Thank you
Richard: Thank you Sweety and take care.
Again nothing spectacular happened but it means the world to me. That he took the time to stop everything he was doing and just looking in my eyes and listen so intensely and making it feel like he and I were the only people in the room.
Oh I am mixing things up already the Julian Coffee Lounge was before the autographs. He is such a wonderful person. And he had an awesomely calming effect on me that I could ask him some questions during his Coffee Lounge. He told us that when he was younger that he was an exchange student in Bonn. So I asked him if he could speak some german words. And he said: as every terrible british person he could not speak one single word. But he said it in such a funny way that you couldn´t be mad or something with him. Then someone else asked him what he has coming up next. And he told us that he was part of the new Superman movie which starts in June this year. So I asked him what part he plays in it. And again he told a fun fact that he as he was younger hadn´t read any superman comics and because of that he can`t remember the name of his character. But that he would be the head of qualls???. I am not into Superman and did not understand what he said at that point. But he continued and said that in the Marlon Brando Version it were portrayed as clouds and that he would be one of these clouds. He also told us that he loved the german beer and sausage and bicycle riding. Again I was able to say something , I was so proud of myself. That he should visiting Münster because it is the bicycle town number one in Germany. He asked if it was big or small and I said that it was a middle town. Someone else said that he also should go to Freiburg because it is forbidden to drive with the car in the inner city. He was impressed by that and said that it was an unique concept. At the end I asked him if he prefers comic roles or dramatic ones and he said that with his looks he always gets the bad guy roles. But that he tries with some funny wits to mix it up a little bit. Unfortunately time was running out to fast and it didn´t went much further then this. But it was a really wonderful and joyful and interesting Coffee Lounge and I would did it again in a heartbeat. He definitely won me over at this convention.
That was the Saturday and the Sunday will be up soon….
But still I had a really great experience - especially because of Richard and Misha. And of course traveling with my friends and being there together and meeting Anja1708 occasionally.
The Saturday started a whole lot better then the Friday because I had a Matt Coffee Lounge which I bought spontaneously 10 minutes before it started. And I don´t regret it at all. Matt could have not being cuter and nicer. He was so perfect and so nearby - two seats away from me - that I had absolutely nothing to say to him. Which was a little sad because he kept looking in my direction more then once but I failed on that. But still he took a photo of us and tweeted it and I got a wonderful hug from him at the end. What a sweetheart!!!
After that we had to hurry to get to our Richard photo op but we made it in time.
My friend Johanna and I decided to take a picture together with him. We wanted to do a sandwich photo with Richard in the middle. So we went to him and said “Sandwich?” and he said “Sure” but he didn´t get it the way we wanted it to happen. So he stood there with his front turned to the photograph and his arms open so that each one of us could go to one side of him. But that was not how we wanted it. As nobody of us was moving he said: “One of you must come to this side.” And we said “No” and my friend tried to explain him what we wanted him to do. And I slowly put my hands on his shoulders (so that if he didn´t wanted it - he had time to react) and tried softly to pull him in the right direction. I wouldn´t have the nerves to do it with anybody else of the guests. But Richard looked like he doesn´t mind and is always so friendly that I just did it. By doing that Richard got it and said “Oh now I get it!”. So now Richard is turned to me and hugging me and my friend Johanna is hugging him from the other side. And all three of us are smiling like there is no tomorrow! We said thank you and left.
After that I had my two Misha Photo Ops taken. (I had to make up for the missing CL ) . My concentration was on what I wanted out of the pics - so that when Misha asked me “how I was?” I failed again and just said “hug from behind”. Another masterpiece of my mind! I like the photo and how I look in it but then came the second one and I don´t like me at all. Misha looks perfect with his Puppy dog eyes but I wasn´t ready to take the picture but the photographs took it anyway.
Then I went to the Autographs and I got better at talking with the guests and interact. Maybe because I started with Kim and she was so nice and had such a calming affect on me. I had a bad headache this morning and when Kim asked me how I felt I told her that. And she was so cute and like a true mother she said: “ I know that feeling, honey. Get some water in you. It helps a lot. I nod and said: You are my favorite female actress on the show…(and the last part is spoilerish so skip to the next paragraph if you don´t want to know.)
and I hope so much that you don´t die in the finale.
Kim: Thank you - I hope so, too.
Me: I really hope sooo!!!
Kim: Thank you.
Next was Ty and I don´t know why but I wasn´t really nervous around him at all. (Unfortunately it changed in the CL and I didn´t get a word out again). I went to the JIB4 and wanted to thank all of them who were there, for being so great and putting so much extra effort into everything after Jared had to leave. It helped me a lot to make it still a fun experience and I wanted to let them know how much that meant to me. So here is how it went.
TY: Hello Marion - Maid Marion!
Me: Smiling
TY: How you doing?
Me: A little headache but otherwise ok.
TY: I am not super-duper either.
Me: I wanted to thank you for being so great in Rom. Putting so much extra effort into it because of Jared. And it help a lot.
TY: Aww that is so sweet of you to say that. Thank you.
Me: Thank you.
Ty writing “You R so sweet “ on my Autographs and smiles beautifully and gives it back to me.
Me: Thank you.
Ty: Thank you Sweety and Bye.
I was dying there because he was so nice and friendly and he looked like it meant something to him too - me tell him that.
The next one was Julian which is a wonderful human being. He took the time to chat some words with every person in front of him and was such a pleasure to be around. He was so lovely that I decided to go to his coffee lounge. But first his autograph.
Julian: Hello Marion - oh Marion! (He said it like my name was something special. I don´t know why he seemed to be so fascinated by it.)
Me: Hi
Julian: How are you?
Me: I have a headache. Otherwise I am ok.
Julian: Yeah it is really warm in here.
Me: Yes
Julian writes “Marion!” Best Julian Richards and gives it back to me and says: Hope you get well soon.
Me: Thank you!
Rick Worthy was the next one which was a little disappointing because he talked with everyone before me and when it was my turn, he shakes my hand and says: Oh Marion! I had another Marion right before. And this Marion was standing in the line behind me.
Rick: Do you know her?
Me turning around and saying: “Just from this convention.”
And the other Marion starts talking with him about it being a rare name and something like that. And the two talked and again I didn´t have anything on my mind to say to that. So when I put his attention back to me at least I got to say that I loved his voice and he thank me for it.
The last one for this morning was DJ and it was uneventful with just a Hi and Bye from him.
The only panel I got to watch on this day was a tiny piece of Marks because he made 15 minutes longer. After him was the lunchbreak and he said that he doesn´t have to be elsewhere so he will be a bit longer on the stage. As always it was great and Mark was his usually grumpy loveable self. And I got to watch the whole Ty panel which was also fun but I had problems to understand him after of the time.
After the lunch I got my Ty photo which I really love. Because I like myself in it (which is not always the case) and Ty pretends to kiss me and has a priceless look on his face. I am usually to shy to asked something like that from the actors. But Ty is so easygoing and fun and friendly that I took the risk and it definitely worked out.
That being the last photo for the day I went back to get my Autographs from Misha, Mark, Matt and Richard. This time you could not buy a photo with all of them together on it, which for me was really sad and surprising. Especially looking back on the other 3 cons as there always was one. But there were black and white photos for each guest. Only that afternoon Misha and Marks photos were sold out so we had nothing for them to write on and had to wait for the next day to get their autograph.
For Matt there were only 3 people lining up before me so that I did not have to wait at all. Yippie!!
Matt: Hi
Me: Hi
Matt writes Marion and a heart and his signature.
Me: I wanted to thank you for being so great in Rome which Jared couldn´t be there, it helped a lot.
Matt: Thank you! I am glad that you still had a good time.
Me: Yeah, thank you .
For Richards Autograph I had to wait a bit longer but it was soooo worth it. I love him and when he is at a con where I am I always buy a photo op and an autograph. And he is always so lovely, polite, funny and just great overall. So this time he somehow remembered me. - Walking on cloud number seven!!!
Richard: You again - always a pleasure.
Me: smiling
Me: I wanted to thank you for being so great in Rom. Because Jared couldn´t be there, you were so great in the photo ops and everything during it and it helped so much, you being so great.
And Richard was looking straight into my eyes the whole time and I believe he was a little bit touched by my outburst and bubbling about him being so great.
Richard: Thank you its my pleasure and the least I can do.
Then he wrote “thank you for being so great” on my autograph picture.
Me: Thank you
Richard: Thank you Sweety and take care.
Again nothing spectacular happened but it means the world to me. That he took the time to stop everything he was doing and just looking in my eyes and listen so intensely and making it feel like he and I were the only people in the room.
Oh I am mixing things up already the Julian Coffee Lounge was before the autographs. He is such a wonderful person. And he had an awesomely calming effect on me that I could ask him some questions during his Coffee Lounge. He told us that when he was younger that he was an exchange student in Bonn. So I asked him if he could speak some german words. And he said: as every terrible british person he could not speak one single word. But he said it in such a funny way that you couldn´t be mad or something with him. Then someone else asked him what he has coming up next. And he told us that he was part of the new Superman movie which starts in June this year. So I asked him what part he plays in it. And again he told a fun fact that he as he was younger hadn´t read any superman comics and because of that he can`t remember the name of his character. But that he would be the head of qualls???. I am not into Superman and did not understand what he said at that point. But he continued and said that in the Marlon Brando Version it were portrayed as clouds and that he would be one of these clouds. He also told us that he loved the german beer and sausage and bicycle riding. Again I was able to say something , I was so proud of myself. That he should visiting Münster because it is the bicycle town number one in Germany. He asked if it was big or small and I said that it was a middle town. Someone else said that he also should go to Freiburg because it is forbidden to drive with the car in the inner city. He was impressed by that and said that it was an unique concept. At the end I asked him if he prefers comic roles or dramatic ones and he said that with his looks he always gets the bad guy roles. But that he tries with some funny wits to mix it up a little bit. Unfortunately time was running out to fast and it didn´t went much further then this. But it was a really wonderful and joyful and interesting Coffee Lounge and I would did it again in a heartbeat. He definitely won me over at this convention.
That was the Saturday and the Sunday will be up soon….