Supergirl and Jessica Jones Con

So last weekend was my first starfury con since the Catherine Tate one several years ago. Then I decided not to do any more cause Sean was such a dick. While the con was happening he was online getting into an argument with Colin Baker and was insulting him about his weight, among other things! Then there was the Doctor who con after that that he cancelled at the last minute (after reassuring everyone he wouldn’t) and people were out of money for hotel and transport and he took months and months getting people refunds. Then the same thing happened with the OITNB con.
But decided to risk it with Ultimates as even though he’s a Tory bastard who accused me of playing party politics and couldn’t understand that no actually I’m just a leftie who votes on issues with my conscious. I figured the con was big enough that other competent people would be doing things and it was worth trying as Chyler, Flo AND Melissa would all be there. But of course cause it was one of Sean’s cons one of the big guests (Melissa) cancelled two weeks before. But he managed to get Carrie Ann Moss instead as a replacement guest which I was actually quite happy with that as I much prefer her. So risked it.

The Good
I did have a really fun time at the con. I made some new friends who kept me company during the weekend which was really nice.
Seeing Floriana and Chyler together was AMAZING! At the photo shoot on Saturday it was quite overwhelming seeing them together. Getting to hug them both was wonderful! I instantly went back to the photo booth and bought an extra photo with the two of them for the Sunday.
Briana another last minute guest was AMAZING! Such a fun positive queer woman. She stepped in and chaired the Sanvers panel which was perfect as the two had deer in headlights looks for a few seconds before she sat down and then huge relief went over them. And it was WONDERFUL. Never cried so much at a panel in my life. Both the Supergirl panels were FANTASTIC. Chyler was SO emotional and clearly still heartbroken over Maggie and Alex’s breakup!
I had an awesome time with Krysten Ritter and Carrie Ann Moss talking about knitting! I had KR sign a giant pair of needles and then knit with them for me in the photo. There panel was fun too, though unfortunately I missed their second one as I had to get the train back early (though I would have missed it anyway as if I hadn’t left early I would have had to get my autos for supergirl then)
All my photos were lovely. Floriana kept telling me how beautiful I was and I *DIED*


The Bad
The autos were SUPER busy, no personalisations which meant they were ZOOMING through them as fast as they could. I still managed a few sentences with each guest but didn’t really have the chance to say what I wanted. To be able to tell Floriana how much I admired Maggie’s speech to her dad about him rejecting her, having gone through the same rejection with my mom. But as busy as the room was and with that kind of energy it just wasn’t the right place or time so I just told her I loved Maggie, that the first episode I ever watched was the one she was in and that’s why I decided to watch the show because she was so amazing, and that I hoped she’d do more cons. (She said she would as she was loving it which made me VERY happy!)
And after spending the whole week making Chyler her hat I couldn’t give it to her as there was a no gifts policy except through their mail and I didn’t spend that many hours making something to not be able to give it person. That and even though I gave myself an hour to get through the busy no personalisations queue I still barely made it for the taxi to go home, so just quickly told her how much I loved the gig and that was it. (Spent more time with her aid demanding giving me the sheet to tick off – even though she wasn’t included in there and the other guests hadn’t needed it the other day). So that all kinda sucked.
The con had just been totally oversold and was way too busy for getting it all done. And there was the usual Starfury BS of having “official” photos by which they mean the screengrabs they printed off and not any other photos. (Thankfully of a slightly better quality than previous years).

So it was fun. I really enjoyed seeing the Supergirl and Jessica Jones guests. Next year it’s in Birmingham which will be MUCH easier to get to! Though a more expensive hotel! But will hold off to see which guests they have before buying a ticket. Somehow I don’t think I’ll be as lucky with guests two weeks in a row. Though it has made me strongly consider doing their dark matter con in October. We’ll see.