How would you best describe being at a con, meeting the guys?? Do you remember particular smells, was there a certain level of anxiety? How did you feel during your photo OP or just being in their presence..
Hi, Sabrina! Thanks for the ask. I’mma try to play it cool, but truly, I’m elated that you sent me this ask.
I’ve been to four cons now. Minneapolis 2016, 2017, 2018. Technically, I crashed Vegas last year in 2019 on Sunday without a ticket and I managed to find a wrist band and get a photo op. That story is detailed here. And then just last month I went to Vegas with @atc74 and met several other Tumblr folks. I consider myself a con pro at this stage.
I remember my first con. Minneapolis 2016 with @fuckyou-mavhenan (my sister) was a learning experience. We did a photo op with Misha Collins and Mark Sheppard. I can only compare the nerves I felt then to the nerves I typically felt before judge solo performance for competition (band). But the picture came out great. I didn’t get to meet Jared or Jensen at this con; we’d only bought individual Saturday and Sunday passes.
2017, however, we went all out. Silver passes for @fuckyou-mavhenan and I. THAT was a trip and is detailed here. Meeting Jared and Jensen was amazing. They’re wonderful. They’re sweet. And that time, I felt an odd sort of calm meeting them. Like I was prepared. I knew what to expect. So when my sister and I did our photo op, it went super smooth. And we had our own memories to take away from it. I’ll never hear Separate Ways without thinking of them ever again.
And then there was 2018. I was pregnant. VERY pregnant. @atc74 can attest to just how pregnant I was. Great with baby. I was due in three weeks. And unfortunately Creation had moved the Minneapolis convention to November so my sister couldn’t come with. I bid on and won VIP as a consolation. VIP was amazing but I can’t really talk about it much. I did Jared’s meet and greet, too. I documented as much of the con as I could here (day 1), here (day 2), and here (day3).
I got a solo photo op with Jared that year. And because I was in VIP I got to go first (of four VIP folks). I remember that he always smells strongly of fresh deodorant. And not in a bad way. Jared’s got this distinct smell, I can’t really put words to it. A little bit of Irish Spring Sport, maybe Old Spice, super clean clothes, and hint of whiskey.
In that Day 3 recollection of MinnCon 2018, I detailed my experience meeting Jared in the photo op. My being pregnant led to a very interesting experience that you can read there. Bang a Gong will never not remind me of Jared (I even wrote a me-insert series based on that singular experience, sans pregnancy).
I’m glad I’ve met them both multiple times. Vegas 2020 wasn’t exactly as memorable given the no-touch policy but it led to a very creative photo op (thanks @atc74 for letting me copy your idea). And I’m still working on that photo album which will go up in imgur this weekend. I’ll be adding to it regularly.
Meeting any cast member of Supernatural, personally, has been nothing short of fucking amazing. Every single actor I’ve meet and talked to has been absolutely stellar in meet and greets, photo ops, autographs, and Q&A’s (I asked David-Hadyn Jones a question at Vegas this year and it was wonderful.)
I could go on. And on. And on. I wish every fan could experience this at least once because it’s such a wild and surreal trip. I hope I answered your questions. Thank you so much for asking and thank you for the new follow!
