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Con report: Nimbus and Vulkon were entertaining, though the chunk of Florida separating them, not so much. Florida drivers are the spawn of Satan. I did enjoy the long stretches of highway where the official, posted speed limit was 70 – it was like a dream come true.
I also enjoyed my Nimbus panel on legal aspects of fandom, even though it started at the ridiculous predawn hour of 8:30. The Nimbus con was half academic, with panels on book-banning, Harry/Hermione versus Ron/Hermione, slash (huge), and justice in the wizarding world, the last by the incomparable AJ Hall. Many of the people there seemed to have HP as their first fandom, which made them an interesting bunch. Vulkon was straight-up fangirls and boys – the James Marsters lookalike was creepy, especially since we also had![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
mustangsally78's Spikebot in the very same outfit.
I finally got Clark and Lex action figures at Vulkon. Clark has detachable Kryptonite hands! You can also pull Lex's hand off, but there's no black-gloved replacement, sadly. And then Sally gave me Rosie the Riveter, which makes six or, depending on how you count, seven figures for my office windowsill, the other three/four being Mulder, Scully, Spike, and Scully's autopsy corpse.
Had a lovely visit with Sally, during which we shopped, played in her pool, ate, and saw "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen," more's the pity. I also got a preview of her new series with Chase, and it made me remember why I loved Xander so much in the early seasons. Good stuff, people. Next visit: Disney! (The Swan & Dolphin, where Nimbus was held, was Disney enough to call the staff "cast," but I didn't see any characters. The food was terrible, in the main, though the onion rings were okay.)
The challenge responses have been great so far. Many people, however, have yet to speak up. I'm looking at you. Metaphorically, anyhow. Although it's not a formal part of the challenge, I will give extra love to stories that have Clark leap tall buildings in a single bound, or fly faster than a speeding bullet, because we should have some cliches that are just for Superman. Z. has agreed to make some graphics -- he's thinking action figure Clark & Lex against a cartoon desert island backdrop. Most of the others would be harder to illustrate, especially since the action figures' clothes don't come off.
Unscheduled book review and rant here. ( Read more... )
I also enjoyed my Nimbus panel on legal aspects of fandom, even though it started at the ridiculous predawn hour of 8:30. The Nimbus con was half academic, with panels on book-banning, Harry/Hermione versus Ron/Hermione, slash (huge), and justice in the wizarding world, the last by the incomparable AJ Hall. Many of the people there seemed to have HP as their first fandom, which made them an interesting bunch. Vulkon was straight-up fangirls and boys – the James Marsters lookalike was creepy, especially since we also had
mustangsally78's Spikebot in the very same outfit. I finally got Clark and Lex action figures at Vulkon. Clark has detachable Kryptonite hands! You can also pull Lex's hand off, but there's no black-gloved replacement, sadly. And then Sally gave me Rosie the Riveter, which makes six or, depending on how you count, seven figures for my office windowsill, the other three/four being Mulder, Scully, Spike, and Scully's autopsy corpse.
Had a lovely visit with Sally, during which we shopped, played in her pool, ate, and saw "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen," more's the pity. I also got a preview of her new series with Chase, and it made me remember why I loved Xander so much in the early seasons. Good stuff, people. Next visit: Disney! (The Swan & Dolphin, where Nimbus was held, was Disney enough to call the staff "cast," but I didn't see any characters. The food was terrible, in the main, though the onion rings were okay.)
The challenge responses have been great so far. Many people, however, have yet to speak up. I'm looking at you. Metaphorically, anyhow. Although it's not a formal part of the challenge, I will give extra love to stories that have Clark leap tall buildings in a single bound, or fly faster than a speeding bullet, because we should have some cliches that are just for Superman. Z. has agreed to make some graphics -- he's thinking action figure Clark & Lex against a cartoon desert island backdrop. Most of the others would be harder to illustrate, especially since the action figures' clothes don't come off.
Unscheduled book review and rant here. ( Read more... )
