Okay, so my convo at Megacon with Gareth, Naoko and Kai so I can never forget it.
Okay so first of all, they all decided to troll the panel runner by coming on in the wrong order to how he announced them. Gareth seemed to be the lead-troller. The guy went “give a round of applause for Kai Owen!” And Gareth came leisurely walking on, hands in pockets. So the other two followed suit. When Naoko flopped down, she sorted out her bag and there was a muffin in it, so she asked us “does anyone want a muffin?” and she literally yeeted it (badly yeeted it) to this guy to have.
The cast’s whole dynamic seems to be “let’s bully Naoko for being lovably silly.” She’s chatty too. Like all I could think about is how she’s the complete opposite to Tosh whereas Kai is more Rhys than Rhys and Gareth is an even funnier Ianto (also, somehow, even more fucking gorgeous in real life his whole face seems to GLOW).
When it came to my convo, I asked “is it okay if I ask two questions?” because there was loads of people behind me queuing. Kai went “NO!” Naoko laughed. Gareth said: “Only if both questions are directed to Naoko.” This was a running joke since the beginning of the con because Naoko for some reason couldn’t understand any questions that day. Her excuse throughout the con was “English is my second language” – btw at some point, Gareth said “you have a lot to say for your second language.” He was hilariously savage.
Anyways, my two questions were: “what is your favourite Big Finsih audios you’ve done? And, if you could have one Doctor Who monster that could’ve been in Torchwood, which one would you pick?” Naoko didn’t quite get the questions (again). Kai went “bloody hell she only asked it two seconds ago!” Everyone laughed. Gareth tried to explain it to her, but he got it the other way around himself and said “which Torchwood alien would you like to be in Doctor who?” I explained the question again and Gareth went “oh sorry I got it the wrong way around”.
Naoko answered that she liked the Dinner and a Show audio and she loved the adipose because she thinks they’re really cute. Kai’s first audio mention I can’t remember… in the moment, you sort of find it hard to take in everything they say because you’re so overwhelmed and excited. It’s killing me, but he said he loved Rhys and Ianto’s Excellent Barbecue as well. He agreed that he liked the adipose but also the daleks and the weeping angels. Gareth’s fave audios I can’t remember either, but my friend thinks he said Fall to Earth because he mentioned a ship falling out of the sky. He also spoke about earlier, in answer to another person’s question, how cool Absent Friends was with DT (alas, as we know, never to be released). He immediately agreed with Kai about weeping angels. He said that he’s kinda been with the daleks in Doctor Who, but the Master would’ve also been amazing. I immediately jumped in and asked my third question: “which one?” He said John Simm. I nodded in agreement because all Masters/Missy are incredible choices.
During Kai’s talk he looked straight at me, smiling so wide, teeth showing, and lovely. And when they all thanked me for the questions, he said: “you look great by the way.” I was in a gender-bend Jack costume.
Along with Gareth shaking everyone’s hands during the Photo op, asking our names and then saying “nice to meet you [insert name]” with the sweetest smile… highlight of my day.
