This year I was again at the JIB Con and I had an amazing time. So let me get started with the Saturday and the opening ceremony. My friends and I were sightseeing in Rom on the Friday afternoon so on Saturday morning the con started for us. We all were so nervous if everyone especially Jared would be there after last year disappointed. The opening ceremony began and Jensen, Osric, Sebastian, Misha, Rob, Jason, Richard, Matt (at this point I got really nervous) and finally Jared, Tahmoh and Mark came on stage. They began to throw stuff animals in the audience and were having a good time. Me and my friends couldn´t be happier. We were in Rom and we would finally meet Jared again after we waited 2 years to see him the second time in our life. And he couldn´t have been more of a sweetheart and an awesome human being then he was. But back to that later.
My first photo op was with Jensen. He looked soooo good in the black shirt and I was melting away when I saw him standing there. Last year I got a hug photo with him where he had only one arm around me so I went for a hug again. And I asked shyly “Can we do a hug?” and he smiled at me and said “Sure”. He put both of his arms around me and pushed me to him and I was in heaven. And it did turn out so much better then last year. And I think that Jensen can handle it better if you show him how nervous you are rather then trying to hide it and be over excited as I did with him last year.
After that was the J2 panel which of course was really great and a lots of fun and interesting answers of them. I will not go into detail because there are already videos out there where you can look what happened. Just watching these two together you can see how close and at ease they are with each other.
Then it was time for my Jared photo op. I had three pictures with him - one for each con I went to see him and he wasn´t there at the end. And if you thought I was nervous before Jensens photo op it was nothing against what I was feeling before Jareds. But the fortune was on my side. Two people before me a girl wanted to switch sides with Jared on her photo op and Jared said, that he couldn´t do it because he had a spot on his shirt which you could see in the photo later. One of the staff came out of nowhere and put a spot remover spray on his shirt. Jared was so adorkable when she did it. He first looked confused and then apologetic to us. He asked how much fans where still there and if he had enough time to change his shirt but there wasn´t. So he waited til this spray did his work and told us with his eyes that he was sorry he was holding up the line so much. Which we didn´t mind at all because watching him during this was such a wonderful sight. And it took away some of my nervousness.
Finally it was my time for the photo and he said “hi, how are you?” and I said from the bottom of my heart and with nothing else on my mind “NERVOUS” and he said “awww don´t be” and “come here” and pulled me into his arms and I was dying right there and then. After that I told him that I had another one and if we could do the “prom date pose” and he said “sure” and we did that. After that it came to the last one where I asked him to do the thing with his hand when he pulls demons out of people as Sam. Again he said sure and wanted to pull me at his side. As hard as it was I told him that no I wanted to hide behind him and looking scared. A little confused he said okay and did it. And let me tell you he has such a great expression on his face and I am okay with me, too, so that it did turn out much better then I had hoped for. Before I left I thanked him and he smiled his big smile and said thank you, too and it was over way to fast but he was so lovely during it.
After that it was time for lunch and to calm down a little bit.
Fortified with pasta I went to get my first autographs.
Tahmoh: He is such a sweetheart. I haven´t met him before so I went to him with a open mind and no real expectations. You could tell that he was a freshman on this con circus but he did really great and wonderful. He looked everyone in the eyes and asked them how they were and tried to have a little Smalltalk with every single fan. And he looked so much better in real life then on TV.
Tahmoh: Hi how are you?
Me: Great! I am so sorry that you died in the finale but it was such a cool go out.
Tahmoh: Yeah it was really a great go out.
Me: but still sad
Tahmoh: I had a blast filming all of these scenes and on set.
Me: And we watching it.
Tahmoh: Awww thank you.
Sebastian: Was really nice, too, but I didn´t know what to talk to him. So it when Hi how are you? Great and you? Having a great time, thank you.
Matt: Was even worse, because I never know what to say to him at all and he isn´t very talkative by himself. So same with Sebastian but insteat of having a great time he only said fantastic.
Ty: I like Ty and I had always a pleasurably time when I met him on the other cons in the past. So I wanted to tell him that I am glad that he is there. After what happened on previous cons and him changing and learning from his mistakes. He was sober the whole time. He greeted the fans when you met him on the hotel floor and was just nice.
He signed my plakat and didn´t even looked up to me. He ordered something from his staff and was talking with everyone else but not me. So for a moment I thought about not telling him that. But then he looked me straight in the eyes, said: Hi (looking down on the plakat to read my name) Marion, how are you? And he was so focusing on me that I told him that I was glad that he was there. He lighten up a little bit and thank me.
Jared: Jared is such a people person and sooo good with his fan. It is such a pleasure to watch him interact with his fans. He really made an effort to talk to each fan in line. Make eye contact and given his full attention to the one in front of him. You could hear him laugh out loud and having such a good time.
Jared: Hi how are you?
Me: Great! I wanted thank you for who you are. I met to of my best friends because of you.
Jared: Oh that’s cool.
Me: Yeah we all love you so much.
Jared: Awesome! And put his arm/hand in the air to give me a high five.
Me: Doing the high five.
Jared: Thank you so much. (Maybe I was imagine it but I had the feeling that it meant something to him)
On the after look I am so glad that I went Saturday because on Sunday he couldn´t have done the high five anymore. And after my photos with him and the autograph I love him so much more. I didn´t thought that was possible, but he was so sweet and humble and did everything in his power to make it an unforgettable experience for every single fan that I just love him so much more now.
Then I catched Jensen panel and for the most part the Misha panel. But had to leave early because of Rob and Richard autograph which weren´t there before.
Rob: Is soooo sweet. You want to hug him the whole time put him into your pocket and take him with you.
Rob: Hi how are you?
Me: Great! And you?
Rob: said something like great or good too. I don´t know for sure anymore.
Me: I wanted to tell you that I am so glad that you are healthy again…
Rob: aww thank you
Me: and that our photo op last year with him, Richard and the toilettepaper will have a special place in my heart.
Rob: aww great, thank you!
Then I was lining up for Richard. And he took his time with every fan. And I love that he does that and takes his time no matter what. But right in that moment it was getting me frustrated because the Jared panel was about to start and I didn´t wanted to miss that. So when I was slowly going forward in the line, I was thinking to myself that it wasn´t the right way to do this. Richard is my favorite after the big 3 (J2+Misha). So I left without his autograph and saved it for Sunday.
I didn´t know that there wasn´t going to be a Jared panel anymore on this day. Ty, Matt and Sebastian had to fill in for him because Jared had a “misshappening”. Later at the Jason concert Daniela told us, that Jared had tripped, trying to catch himself with his elbow and then dislocated his shoulder twice. It wasn´t until the next day to find out the details of what happened with Jared.
HOW JARED DISLOCATED HIS SHOULDER:
Jared and Osric where in the green room and Jared was bored. So he asked if someone wanted to wrestle with him. Osric said ok but wanted to go to another more safe room with more space. Jared being Jared said no that is alright here and began to come up to Osric. In the middle of this Jared tapped on the ground and Osric let go and Jared said with a straight face that he thinks that he just dislocated his shoulder. They put it back in and Jared went up to his room where he thought he must stretch himself. During that his shoulder disclocated completely again. And this time it was really painful. Clif and Tahmoh who were luckily there, hold his body and put his shoulder back in it again. Osric feeling so bad about it that he went to Jared watched him sleep together with Clif, so that if Jared wakes up and is in pain again, someone is there to help him. Clif said to Osric that he shouldn´t miss the diner with the others because it is his first time in Rom. Still feeling guilty he left. So when Jared woke up again he went to the diner to make sure that Osric wouldn´t worry to much.
Here is a link to the video where Osric tells this story. He is so cute during it!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4ILjQCo1QY&feature=youtube_gdata_player Sunday
The first panel on this morning was Jareds. You could tell that something wasn´t right with his right arm. He started with talking about Osric and his shoulder and told us that Genevieve told him that he isn´t eight years old anymore and that his brother wanted to know how big this guy was and when Jared told him that he was only shoulder high couldn´t understand it. He still was in a good mode and tried to hide in how much pain he was.
After that was the J2 photo op and Jared was sitting on a chair and Jensen was standing. You weren´t allowed to touch his shoulder in any way. First I was a little disappointed that he wasn´t standing. But also really glad that he was there at all and didn´t cancel it. And he was such an professional and did everything in his power to still make it a beautiful picture and special moment for everyone. And Jensen was so awesome, too. He was so flexible and tried to compensate that Jared was sitting with findind a good pose for us. When it was my time I asked Jared if it would be okay if I put my head on his other shoulder carefully. And he said sure and Jensen should do the same with me. I laid my hands really carefully on this other shoulder and on top of that my head. Jensen is holding is head on my shoulder even if it didn´t really touch it. And what can I say it turned out to be one of my favorite photos of this event.
After a short break for Jared it continued with the Jared and Misha photo. This time both of them are standing but the no touching rule for his shoulder still stands. I wanted a sandwich photo which I thought wasn´t possible anymore. But Jared and Misha made it work. Jared pulls me with his healthy arm to him and Misha is squezzing me from the other side. I couldn´t move at all just putting a smile on my face and it turn out as well as the others. Before I left I told Jared that I hope he gets better soon and he thanked me for that.
As I left the room I could line up again for the Misha photo. This time I hug Misha and it felt so good. Unfortunately the picture is my least favorite because I look a little bit like the huntchman from Notre dame. But still Misha looks good and I look really happy as I was so somehow I am okay with it.
Before lunch I went to get Jensens autograph. The lining up for that took forever but I guess you are not on a convention if you haven´t stand in line for almost an hour to get an autograph or a photo. But it was worth it. If you stand right before Jensen and he looks soooo good and you right into your eyes it doesn´t matter anymore. I wanted to thank him for playing Dean so perfectly as a awesome big brother and a scary guy hooked up on the first blade. The problem only was that when I began the speaking the frame scary little guy came to my mind but I don´t wanted to tell Jensen that he was little. So it went that way:
Jensen: Hi
Me: Hi, I wanted to thank you for playing Dean so perfectly…….as a awesome big brother and a scary………guy…with…the first……blade.
Jensen smiling encouragingly: thank you!
He listened to my stuttering with so much patient and a smile on his face it was so loveable.
Then I gave Richard another try. And Richard remembered me again. It is such a great feeling!
Richard: Ah you again. How are you?
Me: A little bit tired but happy. I wanted to thank you for eight wonderful photo ops and so easy to talk to and just being a wonderful person.
Richard: Awww that is so sweet of you. A pleasure to meet you as always.
What can I say I love this guy and the photos with him always turn out beautiful. He has such a calming effect on me that I don´t look nervous or something in his photo. And I just wanted to let him know how amazing he is and me as a normally shy person helps it a lot that he is who he is.
In the Jared Meet and Greet Jared was talking about his shoulder again. That it gets better but that it will take some time. Gen will be probably happy about it because that means no time on the gym for him for a while. And he was asked about the Sam and Dean relationsship and he answered the same as in the panel that he hopes that Sam will have to look for Dean who dissapears with Crowley and we will see his journey during this time. One fan pointed out that there is no Sam POV for quite some time now and he said that he didn´t realise that but that he will talk to the writers about that.
He also talk about books that he likes to read and asked if we could tell him some who he needs to read. He likes the Harry Potter books, Lord of the rings, Star Wars books and tries the Game of thrones books next. There were more talk but I don´t remember it anymore. It was more a casual conversation then a real Q and A. But it was great to see him up this close and so relaxed.
Then it was time for the Jared Misha Panel which was a lot of fun, too. Misha forgot on one point that Jareds shoulder was hurt and touched it and felt sorry for that and the looks between Misha and Jared were priceless. Even if they prank each other so much you can tell what great friends these two are beside of that.
After that it was time for my last photo. I asked the mother of my friend if she wanted to be on a photo with me and Richard. And she was so sweet!!! She had already a photo with Richard because she really likes him but she wanted to go with her daughter. But she surprised me on the next morning with another photo op of him just to go with me on the photo. It was so nice of her! Thank you Agnes for that! We decided to put Richard in the middle and pull him in each direction because we both wanted him. Agnes told him that and he was yeah sure. And his face in this photo is so great and as always with Richard it looks really cool.
And then it was time for my last autograph which was from Misha.
Misha: Hi, how are you doing.
Me: I think it was great as always but I don´t know anymore.
I wanted to thank you for the last time I got your autograph. It was such an awesome experience with you holding my hand. It always will hold a place in my heart.
Misha: holds my hand again and thanks me.
The last panel of the con was again the Jensen Misha panel. I don´t know what they both do before this panel but it was crazy again and lots of fun. It was the one where the fewest questions got answered but that doesn´t matter. Maybe because it is the last panel and there are so many boxes to open left on the stage and they are both happy that the stress of this con is behind them that they goofing around so much. It really doesn´t matter it was just great! Our flight back was on 8 pm so we had to leave on 6pm but we stayed a few extra minutes because we didn´t want to miss a second of this panel and the short closing ceremony.
Overall I had a fantastic time! The staff was always nice and helpful and all the guests were great again. And I can not thank Jared enough for pulling through on Sunday. You could tell that he was in pain but he wrote autograph after autograph on Sunday with the injured shoulder. He had a sling for his arm to put it on rest and don´t move it to much. When he came into the autographroom on Sunday he wore it and the fans go “aww” and he only said “naaa I am fine” but when he had to sit on the chair and removed this thing from his arm you saw in how much pain he really was.
And I wanted to thank Grit, Johanna and Agnes for a wonderful time at this convention. I was such a wonderful time because of you. Because we could share our moments with the guests and with each other together.
And Anja and Melanie thanks to you, too. You always were happy for me when we spoke about our moments with the stars.
And the two older ladies which I got to knew because I was waiting in line for my Jensen photo op. Brenda who were so sweet and helpful to me and encourage me to talk to them. And her friend who was also really supportive. Thank you both!!!