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critrolesketch · 6 years

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Jess’s adventures at Gen Con 2018: Friday

These next few posts will be my reflections and re-tellings of the events that occurred at Gen Con 2018 this past weekend. If I don’t tag you, but you think you were present and/or your name was mentioned, let me know and I’ll properly tag you. Otherwise, sit back, relax, and catch my stupid adventures under the break.

I’m hung over, I’m up after five hours of sleep, and I’m cosplaying modern Beauregard. I thought that I was going to be late for a panel but I ended up being mistaken and was first in line to one that started at 12pm. Drunk Jess had thought it started at 10 am.

I decided to embrace it and play up my grumpy Beauregard bit. Met several people in line who were Shield of Tomorrow and Wednesday Club fans as well as a few Beauregards. Every time I met a Beauregard I’d greet them as a lesbian and had a pretty good time doing that.

When I spotted a Yasha cosplayer enter the line, I rounded up the other Beaus, shouting “Let’s Go Lesbians!” I did that for the rest of the con every time I herded around Beauregard cosplayers.

I also made some critters cry when I ran into the cosplayer playing someone who just picked up Molly’s coat on the side of the road. She let me borrow it for sad pictures.

We got some good pictures, I think. For the G&S panel, I sat right behind Gina, Sam, B. Dave, and Xander (all Geek and Sundry personalities for the more Critically Rolled inclined). They were all happy to see me and it was pretty fun to chat with them and watch their over-the-top reactions to all of the G&S announcements. We all stayed behind for a bit in order to talk to one another. I gave Sam the lesbian space whales I sketched on my flight over while talking to Xander. I finally snapped a picture of Eric and I as well.

Oh and @dainesanddaffodils was there too I guess.

We then all went over to see Matt Key at the Crit Role booth and greet him (Lets Go Lesbians made it’s very silly return) and we separated to do various tasks before the SOT and Wednesday Club meet up.

At the meet-up, I chatted with the entire SOT cast, sat right next to Eric and Gina, got a lot of pictures with everyone, and in general had a lot of fun.

Amy showed up later as well and we snapped some selfies.

(The sun burn has set in)

When we all got up to take a group photo and were trying to get ourselves organized, I started trying to get a Beauregard cosplayer to stand by me and Amy, who was in front of me, said this:

After this I met up with Steve to head over early to the Crit Role live show. I found a Yasha and Miss Sunflower again so shenanigans happened as we waited.

We met a few other people in line and a few friends, but eventually we got to our seats in the front row, dead center. I was wearing my “Could Be Gayer” tank because A. It was hot and B. I was still technically cosplaying Beau. For the live Q&A, the cast came out and I was very much displaying my shirt for Tal to see, who had direct line of sight on me. He gave me a wave and smile. Sad I couldn’t follow up with a conversation with him later at the con, but he happily acknowledged and recognized me, which is really all the situation allowed for.

Halfway through the panel I caught Tal looking at me and we engaged in a staring contest. My contacts were being pretty buggy but I pushed through and won that little game. You hear that @executivegoth ? I won, even if it was unclear whether you were challenging me or were staring at the monitor in front of me really intensely.

As the night progressed and general admittance started, I had two moments where I rallied the crowd to sing. The first was when a friend started belting the D&D beyond song and I upped the ante by joining in with my voice that tends to project.

https://twitter.com/zebardbaird/status/1026287754190233601

Then another person came up to @tieflingofcolor and I as we were talking to tell us she planned to get the crowd singing Travis a happy birthday. She wasn’t able to project very loudly and I ended up stepping in to manage the crowd. Pulled a muscle in my side doing so, but we got it done.

https://twitter.com/LMTiefling/status/1025539585693163520

The show started and it was pretty great. Lots of fun and lots of lesbian action. I had my feet up on the railing in front most of the evening like a true gay that can’t sit normally.

Taliesin stop looking at me.

OH Steve successfully handed a full set of our @searchpartydnd tarot cards to Matthew Mercer. I didn’t expect Matt to stop or even be as interested as he was. That man never ceases to amaze with his genuine love for what the community produces as a result of his creation. I hope he enjoys them and finds some inspiration in them.

After the show, it was pretty late but the Search Party had the munchies. We ended walking to the center of town for a cheaper Uber and then bummed around a Steak and Shake for an hour before crashing.

@gatherthewords Sorry, I’ll take down this picture upon your request.

To be continued...

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askkayleefrye · 7 years

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About two and a half weeks ago, I received an email acceptance of three panels for Wizard World St. Louis Comic Con! Despite the short notice, I was able to rearrange my schedule for an earlier flight into Chicago so Matthew Drake and I could rent a car and drive down to St. Louis. I got into Chicago very early Thursday morning (after recording my new Cargo Crate Unboxing video very late on Wednesday night), took a nap, then re-packed my suitcase for the trip on Friday. My co-panelist Matthew stayed at my house that night so we could put the final touches on our panels for the weekend. Friday was another early day of catching public transit to the Midway airport then taking a shuttle to the car rental place.

When we got to the rental place, we found out that unless we had a return ticket for the day we returned the car, we needed to have a credit card with $100 on it. Neither of us had this and neither of us knew we’d need this. Our original plan of getting to St. Louis in a leisurely fashion with ample time to drop off our things, shower, eat, and change into cosplays turned into driving as fast as we could just so we could try to make it to our panel on time.

Somehow, we made it both to St. Louis and into the convention center at 3:52pm (our panel started at 4) to grab our wristbands and then could. Not. Find. Our. Panel. Room. We knew it was room 151 but were directed first through a hallway that was locked, then outside to re-enter through doors that were locked. We finally cut through the exhibitors’ hall and found the room…with a much smaller audience than we anticipated. It turns out that attendees weren’t able to find out room either (unsurprising, due to volunteers giving us differing information). After brief technical issues, we connected the computer and had an awesome time presenting “What Not to Ask at a Celebrity Q&A.” After the panel, we meandered the show floor, then headed to a comedy panel presented by Aaron Rabe as Cpt. Jack Sparrow. Rabe’s comedic rapport with his audience was great but the audience volunteers were a bit lackluster. We left the con before it closed for the day so we could order pizza and work on tomorrow’s panels.

Saturday, we slept in before heading to the convention for the Caleb McLaughlin of Stranger Things panel. He was totally adorable but, despite the moderator saying something to the effect of “Don’t ask him questions about season 2, don’t ask him personal questions, etc.” she didn’t do a great job of buffering these questions when they were asked. We then walked the floor a bit more before getting sandwiches at a nearby shop. Compared to other conventions I attend, Wizard World St. Louis Comic Con is on the small side. I estimate that it’s the size of Totalcon, Templecon, or Wizard World Madison, which are the smallest cons I’ve been to. The limited number of vendors at WW St. Louis meant we didn’t feel like spending the whole day inside the convention center. Instead, we opted to leave after our second panel, “Comic Con on a Budget.” We stopped for groceries on our way back, dining on snack foods and wine as we finished up the next day’s panel.

Sunday, we went to the con first thing in the morning so we we were able to get a parking spot in the less expensive garage right next to the convention center. I woke up early to contour my face in hopes of evoking more Keira Knightley and less Jewel Staite. I think I did a pretty good job for my first try. Rather than wearing my beloved Kaylee cosplay, I elected to wear the Elizabeth Swann outfit that I made last fall. It worked perfectly with our pirate panel that day. The panelists before us ran late, which was frustrating as we needed all the time we could get for “Historical Accuracy & Trivia in Pirate Media (Black Sails & PotC).” At previous Wizard World events, a Wizard World representative comes into the room at 20 till the end to give a 5 minute warning before ending panels at 15 till. This was not the case at this event where Matthew & I sat at the back of our panel room, waiting for the folks in front of us to wrap up. Unfortunately, many of the clips we wanted to show did not work, but we still had an awesome and informative panel. It’s one of my favorite panels to present, especially because I learn something new every year! After that, we finished at the con, packed up, and got going on our long trip back to Chicago.

Overall, Wizard World St. Louis was a pretty different convention than what I am used to. Its smaller scale meant it was a more intimate show and, had we been interested, we could have met some of the cool celebrities more easily there than at other events. Most conventions stage celebrities in their own section with curtains and lines for meeting them. At Wizard World St. Louis, the celebs were easily approachable in the center of the exhibitors’ floor. St. Louis also had multiple stages, mostly notable a large main stage behind registration where the costume contest and the Rocky Horror Picture Show occurred. Inside the exhibitors’ hall, there were three smaller stages: the Entertainment Stage at the front, where we saw the kids costume contest and an acapella group perform; the Creative Stage in the back, where artists and cosplayers spoke & presented; and the Kids Stage which had magic & puppetry. Down the hall, the panel rooms were hidden away and quite hard to find. Matthew and I agreed that the convention hall seemed much too big for the convention itself. We thought a nearby hotel would be better off housing this convention, given its current size.

All things said and done, it was an enjoyable convention experience. It was definitely more relaxed than other conventions I’ve done, but there are benefits to going to smaller cons. My next convention is the Chicago Comics and Entertainment Expo (C2E2), and it will be interesting to compare the differences between the two!

#wizard world st louis #wwstl17 #wwstl #wizard world #kaylee frye

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