I arrived at the convention centre in Telford and we got all confused on where to go and then I spotted some people dressed up as Pikachu’s and so we just followed them to where we were meant to go and I literally died because it was just a line of Pikachu’s and it got even better when we got inside. I started to queue up and EVERYONE was cosplay and I felt so left out because I didn’t cosplay but I actually didn’t know who to dress up as! But I FELT SO PROUD OF MYSELF BECAUSE I NAMED LOADS OF CHARACTERS WOO! There were Eleven’s, Amy’s, Adventure Time characters, loads of Pokemon and Digimon, Minecraft, A FREAKIN SLENDER MAN I LITERALLY CRIED WHEN I HAD TO WALK PAST HIM and loads more, it was amazing!! And basically took us about half an hour to go through this massive queue to actually get into the con but you can never go to a con and expect no lines (LINECON WOO)!
This is the hall from the queue:
and a picture I thought Tumblr would appreciate, from one of the stands:
Then I walked around a few of the stalls and I saw A FREAKIN TOTORO ONSIE AND PIKACHU ONSIE (I didn’t buy it though :()! But as soon as we got to the autograph tables I had to pay to get signing and I found someone dressed as Merlin, holding a freakin' 'have you seen Arthur sign?' IT WAS LITERALLY THE CUTEST, then someone had a hand-made Pendragon cloak and was getting all the fans to sign and so naturally I signed it and it was so well made! Then we walked around a little more until I noticed that both Hannah Spearritt and Andrew Lee Potts were signing right at that moment so I went to line up (hello linecon once again but hey ho it didn’t bother me) —-
So basically I was freaking out because ALP is literally my favourite actor in the whole world and I’ve wanted to meet him and say how inspirational he is and I FINALLY GOT TO DO IT. And well Hannah is also lovely and since I started watching Primeval I wanted to meet her too (but basically the whole cast haha) As soon as I got to the table of where they were signing, there was a girl in front of me who gave them an amazing picture that she had painted, like it was so detailed and as soon as she had gone I was just like ‘Well I’m sorry but I can’t follow that up’ and both Andrew and Hannah laughed for about 5 minutes and Andrew was like ‘well then you better just leave darling, go on’ and so I had a joke with him about that. And he signed my boxset DVD and I couldn’t get Hannah to sign it because I didn’t have two signature tickets for them :( I apologised to Hannah for leaving her out and she was so sweet about it like ‘AW it’s fine honey don’t worry about it’ and I was like ‘well I’ll come back’ and she was like ‘Well that’s fantastic news’ (I never got to go back :(). So me and Andrew had like a 10 minute chat about Primeval: New World and how good it was and he was asked me if I had seen it and I said YES OF COURSE and he said that that was really cool and that he was in it again (after the first ep) which is really something I’m looking forward to. And I was like well nothing can beat old primeval eh? And he agreed haha! And that was basically my conversation with him, a part from thanking him for coming him and being able to meet him and I GOT A PICTURE, he asked if I wanted a picture and I said if that’s okay and he said ‘Of course it is’ and so I got a picture and it was time to say goodbye to him and before I left Andrew said ‘it was lovely to meet you, see you around Beth’. Literally he is the sweetest person ever, truly a great guy, as well as Hannah of course! —- Then as soon as I got out of meeting Andrew and Hannah I went to line up for Eoin Macken!! And as i was queuing this girl was dressed as a knight in full chain mail and a proper pendragon cloak and it was so good! And basically long story short it was about a half an hour wait for Eoin and as soon as I got up to him I asked him how he was and he said he was doing well and he signed by Merlin Series 3 boxset and he was lovely and I asked if I could have a photo and he said sure of course it was okay and so I went to kneel beside him near the table and he put his arm around me and then I told him that Gwaine shouldn’t of died and there were tears in the household when he did and before the photo was taken he just turned to me and said ‘there were tears on set too don’t you worry’ and gave me a wink and smile and I DIED I SWEAR. And I said thank you and he said thank you back and just aw he is the sweetest guy. But literally he was so kind!! SO I MET THREE OF MY FAVOURITE ACTORS FROM TWO OF MY FAVOURITE SHOWS, I HAVE NEVER BEEN MORE HAPPY IN MY ENTIRE LIFE. —- Then whilst we were waiting for the Merlin/ Primeval talk I went around the stall and bought SIRIUS BLACK’S WAND HELLO!! They didn’t have it out so I asked and they did and I had to buy it, I am so happy I got it!!!! I NOW HAVE A WAND WHEEEEE. And I bought a few more things such as tshirts and a really pretty hunger games bookmark. LOOK:
--- So my dad then wanting to go to a panel about a comic book and a heavy metal band so we went to that and finally got seats and so we stayed there during that and the Star Wars panel and then moved forward to the second row to watch Eoin talk.
Eoin’s Q&A was hilarious, someone asked him about Percival and Gwaine’s relationship and the question was ‘What do you think about the hidden chemistry with Percival and Gwaine’ and Eoin got really confused because he thought it was friendship chemistry and then they had to explain about it being a relationship and not a bromance and just he got so so confused over it. Then they asked if he knew about Merthur and he was all smiling and was like ‘Yes I do’ and again got confused over love relationship and bromance and was all like ‘oh you’ll have to ask Colin and Bradley over what happens behind the scenes with Merlin and Arthur’ and I just CANT HE WAS SO LOVELY. — Then we moved to the front row for Andrew and Hannah’s Q&A and well IT WAS THE BEST. They do interviews and q&as so well, and I asked a question that I’ve been wondering for so long (Is there a meaning behind the ring that Connor wears throughout the whole of Primeval?) and he answered it and was like Yes and laughed and I laughed because it was a blunt question and then people shouted why and he was looking straight at me and was like ‘well I like to keep the story private but yes there’s a meaning and it always makes me smile when I get asked that question’ SO I WAS SO HAPPY BECAUSE IM GLAD THERE IS A MEANING BEHIND IT (literally his smile was huge answering this question!! Then someone asked the most awkwardest question ever and said ‘Are either of you single and if you are will one of you marry me?’ and Andrew just came out and said ‘Well er.. we’re together so no but maybe we’ll both marry you’ DEAD. THIS MAN I SWEAR. And then other questions like ‘if you were to go through an anomaly what time period would you go’ and the best question was ‘what fruit would you be if you could be one’ because Hannah and Andrew must of sat there discussing fruits for about 10 minutes (SO CUTE) that were really good and just they were awesome! Then it was over and we went to look around a bit more and watched robot wars (so cool) and just it was the most perf day ever. I HAD SO MUCH FUN WHEEE!!! Sorry for this being so long but yeah. ALSO I'll post pictures of what else I bought and Eoin, Hannah and Andrew's Q&A in a second :D!