My Asylum 16 Report
A bunch of random snippets culminating in J2 awesomeness… Friday: Registration queuing nightmare frustration hell. Karaoke! Robbie announces he’s leaving the show, which puts a massive downer on my evening. Jenn and Mads get hilariously drunk. We don’t get much sleep. Saturday: In panels all day - only got called for one auto. Asked Ruth a question (Which was her favourite dress? The red one.) and got two chocolates, a badge and a hug in return. I love her so much. Ty pleading with the audience to prank Mark by only asking questions about Benny. Jason Manns gig, with Gil popping in for a couple of songs, is excellent. Top Heavy are badass. We stay all the way until Carry On Wayward Son. Sunday: Emily’s queue was quiet in the auto room, so gave her my VanCon adventure story from last September to amuse the guests in the green room - I will forever wonder if any of them ever read it. Crying with laughter as fan after fan after fan asks Mark questions about Benny. The whole hall chanting ‘Gracie, Gracie, Gracie’ as poor Gracie tries to stop giggling long enough to get her question out. Mark milks it and makes it even more hilarious. Bumped into Cleo, who had to leave early to catch her flight so gave me her unused Jared auto, and refused to let me give her any money for it. #SPNfamily <3 Rachel Miner and Nicki Aycox being all about women supporting each other. The Hillywood girls being actual delightful chipmunks. Just made it back from the auto room in time for Jared’s panel, which was largely him telling his train story. Even though I’ve heard him tell it before, it was still absolutely hilarious. And now the main event… As I already have Jared’s auto in my special SPN auto book, I decided to ask him to sign my Sam Winchester Top Trumps card from the pack that Jenn made me for my birthday. I didn’t expect him to look at it, but just to sign it and move on - it was the end of the con and the queue was really long and J2 must have been exhausted. However, not only did he sign it, he then paused to read it. Again, I kept waiting for him to give it back and move on. I was gobsmacked when instead he said ‘Can I see the Dean one?’ Me: I haven’t got it out. It’ll take too long to find. Jared: That’s OK. Come back when you’ve found it. Me: What just here? Jared: Yeah. (to the steward) She’s good. So I’m standing next to the auto table, hunting through my bag for my Top Trump cards while Leo, next in the queue, is talking to Jared. I manage to pull out the Dean card pretty quickly, wait for Leo to finish, then hand it over. Jared stops and considers both cards. He makes some comment about Sam beating Dean in almost every category. I’m still expecting him to hand the cards back and move on. But oh no. Jared: (shouting over) Hey, Jackles! Look at this. I beat you pretty much across the board. (to me) Hand them over, let him see them. So now I’m handing the cards over to Jensen, who’s auto I don’t even have. Jensen stops signing to read the cards, frowning. And then the J2 banter begins, with me standing awestruck in between. Jensen: Why do you have more power than me? What does ‘power’ even mean? Jared: Like special powers. Jensen: I beat you at ‘humour’. Jared: You know what ‘humour’ means. You have a funny face. Jensen: You know what is most important to people when they’re looking for a partner, a relationship? A sense of humour. At this point Leo has finished with Jared, the steward has made him pick up my bag, and they’re trying to usher us away, but I can’t go because Jensen still has my cards. I finally wrestle them from Jensen’s hands and run away, on rather wobbly legs, not quite believing what just happened.
