#hvff2017

[lotzrickards]

[bokayjunkie]

So I know this is like a week late but i’ve been preoccupied during the week to really get this all out! Besides, I like to think back to this amazing weekend. And this gives me a great excuse to do so!

Day 1 of con was meeting Emily, who was absolutely gorgeous in person.  Emily….. I mean…. THERE ARE NO WORDS. The woman is DAMN gorgeous in real life. I WAS NOT PREPARED! First of all, just standing back and looking at her at her booth was mesmerizing enough, but seeing her UP CLOSE! MAN OH MAN I WAS PARALYZED! During her photo op, she played music and was dancing in between photo’s. When I was coming up to get my picture with her, we did a mini dance party and I feel like my life is complete just from that. And not only that, I ALSO TALKED TO HER when I got her autograph! And let me tell you… her beauty up close is even MORE mesmerizing! GOD FRAKING DAMNIT I HAVE BEEN SO SMOAKED!

Now on to Day 2, which was a day full of Emily and OTA. Honestly a perfect day for me.

The day started with the OTA panel, which, btw for anyone going to any future OTA panel try to get there EARLY cause the front row fills up FAST. I got there an hour early and all the good seats were already taken. Course I was just general VIP, so we pretty much had to score the closest row behind the Gold and Platinum holders who got front row. But DAMN did the front section fill up quickly by VIP peeps. So def plan to get there early!

Anyways the panel itself was full of laughs and giggles. If you can find it, i’m sure there are A LOT of videos and recaps of it on youtube and/or twitter. Highlights for me were all the Diggle loving (also Diggle hatchling!!!) and Emily’s want for Felicity to wear pants rather than skirts (same girl, i’ve been thinking the same thing) and also how Emily ran away from law enforcers (and before you ask she did not get arrested, she won *wink*)

It was also a bit deep. Like there were a lot of deep questions and I am so amazed and the well thought out and sincere answers the three gave. When the question got too real, they really thought about their answers and they gave a very eloquent and genuine response. (Especially Emily, my god when she was answering the question about her doppelganger or about the paralysis story line, I swear I was gonna cry.)

After the panel, there was a rush of photo op because I had my Olicity photo op back to back with my OTA photo op. Lemme tell you something. This is when your girl died and went to heaven!

So my first photo op was the Olicity one and just as I was stepping up to take my picture, Stephen walks away to start up the playlist so they can listen to music. (fun fact: Emily LOVES to play music during her photo op. re: my photo op with her during day 1) So I’m standing next to Emily as we wait for Stephen to get the playlist started. Emily literally linked her arms with mine so we were pretty close together.

(cue me DYING ON THE SPOT)

Basically Stephen went to turn on some music saying “Play the music you were playing from the Uber ride last night?”

And Emily says “Yep, that playlist.”

I catch what they were saying to each other and I go “Oohh, are we gonna get some dance music going on?”

And Emily goes “Yeah right, finally! I’ve been listening to his drab songs all night, I mean come on! We gotta get some good jams in here!”

Honest to god, I was trying to hard not to flail cause i’m having  A FULL FLEDGED CONVERSATION WITH EMILY BETT RICKARDS! AND SHE’S TALKING ABOUT MUSIC CHOICES AND HER UBER RIDE WITH STEPHEN FROM THE NIGHT BEFORE (when they went Greg Berlanti’s wedding) HONESTLY HOW DID I KEEP MY COOL????

Anyways Emily asks me how I was doing and I was telling her how I’m having a good day so far since it’s mostly consist of the OTA panel and seeing her. And I showed her the new Sailor Moon patch I got on my jean jacket and she was fawning over it and touching it (MEANING SHE WAS TOUCHING MY ARM)

I told her I wasn’t planning on buying anything but the Sailor Moon patch called out to me.

And Emily said “Hey, when you see something you really want, you just gotta get it! And that looks like it’s worth it to me!”

Wise words EmBett, such wise words!

And then Stephen came back and he said “Sorry I took a while.” But honestly, I did not mind AT ALL. CAUSE I GOT TO CHAT WITH EMILY FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. THAT IS ALL.

Immediately after my Olicity photo op, I was still internally dying but I had to line up for my OTA photo op. Fortunately it took a while so I had time to cool down.

When I got in line for my OTA pic, it was just right before @academyofshipping​ had her photo op, which included a high five celebrating the bride and groom (Honestly look at the photo on her blog it’s awesome!) And David makes eye contact at me looking super proud and satisfied that almost looked like ‘YEAH! OLICITY IS MARRIED!’ and honestly, I feel the same.

Also, there was another hold up because Emily took one of the glasses that were used as props during the photo op and rushed over to Casandra and put them on her so she can look through them. Which is honestly one of the sweetest interaction i’ve seen during this weekend. This whole group is just so sweet!

After the photo ops, I went straight to the autograph lines cause I wanted to get another autograph from Emily and one from Stephen since I actually didn’t get anything with him this weekend. 

But anyways, back to Emily. She looks like a ray of sunshine as always and looks even more beautiful the more I look at her??? LIKE HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN! Anyways, she signed my picture and I told her I was gonna go to Stephen’s line after this and if she would write a message for him.

Which she did “Hey buddy you’re the best!” and told me to let her know on twitter what his reply was.

Oh honey, you betcha I will!

Which I then went to Stephen’s autograph line. I asked him to write a response and he did so immediately “She’s sort of the best” I MEAN CAN YOU TWO LET ME LIVE PLEASE!

Also, on a sidenote, while waiting in line I also talked to Casandra and talked to her about Stephen’s outfit change. (cause he put on a Rams xmas sweater) and I was like, “Is there a game on? Is that why he has that outfit?”

And she was like “Oh yeah, there’s a game.” and got that smirky, teasing look.

And honestly, it was a good way to end the con for me. Getting to talk and interact with my favs.

Yes, this weekend wins.

[jpgrising]

Heroes and Villains Fan Fest San Jose, 2017.

[scandalnewbie]

Olicity scenes during the crossover.

Am I the only one who has rewatched the Olicity scenes over 50 times since Monday? I do have a day job but my nights are filled with this fandom and Olicity. I wish I could meet OTA. Which is on my bucket list and a hug from Tony Goldwyn. Then I will be at peace...;)

[leannkimhill]

New White Canary piece for Heroes and Villains Fan Fest!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/562133964/white-canary-aka-sara-lance-art-painting?ref=shop_home_active_1

[missyriver]

[infinitesimplyrenee]

Heroes And Villians Fanfest Atlanta was an absolute blast. I could gush about how grand everything was but that would be a long post. So I'll make it short. First of all Drew is still my absolute favorite to meet and chat with. Out of everyone I've met he is at the top. Robin was so great that I can't even form words and this picture is priceless. I had a great time with my con family and can't even count how many times someone yelled Fish Mooney!!! This was my last con for the year and I went out with a bang. Thank you everyone who made my weekend the most epic it could be. #gotham #gothamtvshow #penguin #grundy #oswaldcobblepot #solomongrundy #cosplay #cosplayer #fishmooney #jadapinkettsmith #hvff2017 #hvff #heroesandvillians #heroesfanfestatlanta #lookalike

[silenceandsilhouette]

My parents are soooo cool 😍 Seriously, can they be any more married than this 😂😂😂 - - - - - #olicity #smoaked #oliverqueen #felicitysmoak #otp #stephenamell #emilybettrickards #stemily #arrow #teamarrow #hvffatlanta #hvffatlanta2017 #hvff2017 #ota