#postgleemeetup

[marauder-in-warblerland]

are you still doing this? top 5 moments in nyc (not just exclusive to the meetup) ;)

THERE ARE SO MANY! God, Kat, you make my life so hard. Since I already gushed about the meetup (ULTIMATE FAVE), I’ll focus on other joys.

Seeing Fun Home: Specifically the beginning of “Raincoat of Love,” when I first burst into tears. It was touch and go on whether we were going to make it to the performance, so I was already emotionally compromised, and then the show tore me apart in the best possible way.

The Lottery for Hedwig tickets at the Belasco. I’d had the process described to me several times, but I hadn’t realized that it would be so much fun. Even with more than 70 people vying for about 30 tickets, everyone was chill, and I wasn’t expecting anything as low-tech as a box, paper, and mini-pencils.

The sleepless apartment. On Saturday night, a whole slew of us were awake, drinking wine and talking in the common area. We compared adventures from the day, got more excited about the meet-up the next morning, and didn’t even notice that it was almost 3 in the morning. 

Marie’s Crisis. This former theater kid was in heaven. Between the drunken Irishman (who wanted us to believe he was French), on the one hand and the exasperated piano player on the other, I could have stayed there all night. Many thanks to the people who kept me from doing just that.

The Long Grift. I could talk about Hedwig forever, but I think this number packed the biggest unexpected punch in person. Not only do you get Yitzak killing the song, but there’s Hedwig in the background slowly recovering from the previous scene. Breathtaking.

[marauder-in-warblerland]

redheadgleek replied to your post “*glee fandom flails*”

Such an absolute joy meeting you this weekend!

You too! It was brilliant!

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flickerthenflare replied to your post

“ASK ME MY TOP FIVE ANYTHING”

Top 5 moments of your post-glee meet-up trip that you're willing to share?

Oh gods . . . 

When we were playing Glee trivia at the meet-up and I was just in awe of the depth of knowledge in the crowd. We weren’t quite so strong on Sue, but the rest was ON POINT. Plus, then carojane said that she “found her people” and everything was fantastic.

Okay, so when we were standing outside of the Belasco for the first time, someone recognized istytehcrawk, and she just about jumped out of her skin she was so surprised.

The ongoing story of love (and broken eardrums) between constantcompanion and Bobby, Darren’s bodyguard. First she laughed so hard, she hurt his eardrums and then he complimented her necklace . . . it was a meet-cute in the making.

khal-blaine already mentioned something like this in her post, but there was something special about every time someone left the meet-up. They’d make their goodbyes and then EVERYONE would say good-bye right back. It was like instant-Cheers in the middle of Central Park.

This isn’t so much one moment, but I talked with several people about the projects that they were writing, reading, beta, and drawing at the moment, and it was exciting to see all of that creation and love in action. We get so much out of an internet connection, but we don’t get to see the way that peoples’ eyes light up when they talk about something they love.

[itallstartedwithabook]

Glee Meetup!!

khal-blaine and I were able to stop by and I’m SO glad

I’m definitely majorly bummed we couldn’t stay longer and play CAH and hang (and we would have come earlier if my train hadn’t gotten delayed) but STILL I’m so SO glad that Victoria and I were able to stop by and say hi. It’s so funny because usually meeting a group of people makes me nervous and anxious but I just…wasn’t. You all were so open and welcoming and friendly and it was just so obvious that we all had a special bond/connection and I just loved it. Oddly enough, one of my favorite parts was when we had to leave. I stood up and literally just went “I wish we could stay but we have to leave because we’re going to the matinee but bye!”  And with 110% genuine happiness you ALL waved and called out bye and it was just the NICEST THING <3 I hope I get to go to something like this again :)

Shout out to all the amazing people we met, thanks a million to @istytehcrawk and others that put it together, and of course reuniting with stut--ter *heart eyes emoji*

[marauder-in-warblerland]

*glee fandom flails*

I’m still in a travel coma, but I have to say something about the remarkable people that came out to Central Park for the Post-Glee Meet-up this past Sunday.

There’s so much that I could gush about, from the Cards Against Humanity and Glee Trivia to the fact that you are ALL too damn pretty in person, but I think my favorite had to be the meeting moments. There was something remarkable about watching so many fandom folks do the dance of--

[surreptitiously checks name tag] “OHHH. I know who you are! HI!”

“Hi! But wait, you know who I am?”

“Of course I do!”

“No way. You’re . . . YOU. I know who you are!”

“Duuuude.”

It was a beautifully confusing love-fest.

I also appreciated the tacit understanding that not everyone experiences a social situation in the same way. Some people mingled, some found a group for a game, and others quietly took in the chatter, but (as on tumblr) there was room for everyone to create their own meet-up experience.

Finally, I’d love to flail about all of my new, fantastic friends and old-friends that finally have faces (carojane, sharicat, chocolateforyou, flickerthenflare​, constantcompanion & andercas to name just a few), but this post could get unwieldy. Instead, I’ll invite anyone who attended (or who followed the antics from abroad) to reblog or comment with a moment or an interaction that meant something to them. After all-

"Being a part of something special does not make you special. Something is special because you are a part of it."

[ckerouac]

I’m so bummed that my terrible summer cold prevented me from driving up to NYC for the post glee meetup today, but considering that all I’ve been able to do this weekend is drag myself out of bed to go to the grocery store and then come back home to a pile of tissues and couch napping I know it was the responsible choice.  

Still... I really really wanted to put faces with names *le sigh*.

[jackabelle73]

You really are MY people! --carojane at NYC post-glee meetup

[marauder-in-warblerland]

"Wait! Guys! We should have gone to Lima on our way through Ohio! Then we could have just taken the teleporter and emerged from the subway system singing!" -- tchrgleek on the drive to New York City It might be time for someone else to start driving.