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Karen C 🏴‍☠️😇😈

@yavannauk.bsky.social

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Avoiding reality one-ish fandom at a time. Currently OFMD and GO obsessed, but DW/Sandman are just waiting in the wings. Also, theatre!! 🎭 Old. She/her. Biromantic, grey ace.

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Karen C 🏴‍☠️😇😈 @yavannauk.bsky.social · 21h

It was German lessons for me.

Karen C 🏴‍☠️😇😈 @yavannauk.bsky.social · 22h

She was! I've been a huge fan of hers since she was the nurse in & Juliet. Added bonus, she is the loveliest person when you meet her.

Karen C 🏴‍☠️😇😈 @yavannauk.bsky.social · 22h

Just realised I'm seeing Melanie La Barrie in two completely different shows this weekend, and I'm very much looking forward to it!

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Karen C 🏴‍☠️😇😈 @yavannauk.bsky.social · 2d

Wow! What is time? Seems I'm being haunted by all my old fandoms this week.

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Karen C 🏴‍☠️😇😈 @yavannauk.bsky.social · 2d

Well, Minnie Driver was really rather awesome in Every Brilliant Thing. A serious subject, but dealt with in a way that involved humour, joy, and a lot of audience participation. I did a proper double take when At Last was one of the songs used though. 🤦‍♀️

Karen C 🏴‍☠️😇😈 @yavannauk.bsky.social · 3d

I've never seen the original films, but I love the tv series. One of the first shows where I travelled internationally to go to cons.

Karen C 🏴‍☠️😇😈 @yavannauk.bsky.social · 3d

And suddenly I am in my feels about another of my forever fandoms. Now, if we're talking (really) old guys, Highlander certainly delivers! And yes, I remain a Methos appreciator.

Jenny Hamilton @readingtheend.bsky.social · 3d

I am forcing my friend, whose mom was in Highlander fandom and wrote Highlander fanfic back in the day, to explain Highlander to me. I will be updating this thread with my findings.

IGN @ign.com · Sep 14

Former Superman actor Henry Cavill was injured while training for the Highlander reboot, delaying the film.

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Karen C 🏴‍☠️😇😈 @yavannauk.bsky.social · 3d

And let missing Methos and Duncan hours commence!!

Karen C 🏴‍☠️😇😈 @yavannauk.bsky.social · 3d

My Ollie Tompsett loving heart just skipped a beat at the lead casting for The Greatest Showman premiere next year. Guess I'm planning a trip to Bristol... maybe with some pirate-y exploration thrown in!

Karen C 🏴‍☠️😇😈 @yavannauk.bsky.social · 10d

Burned forever into my brain! High fives were involved.

Karen C 🏴‍☠️😇😈 @yavannauk.bsky.social · 11d

So tired of this shit, especially as I have so many great friends as a direct result of being in a fandom!

Karen C 🏴‍☠️😇😈 @yavannauk.bsky.social · 12d

It was horrible.

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Karen C 🏴‍☠️😇😈 @yavannauk.bsky.social · 12d

It really was. They sold far too many autographs and basically tried to make it his problem. I got a good photo op, but only because one or other of us blinked in the first take, and the retake we had time to pose properly.

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Karen C 🏴‍☠️😇😈 @yavannauk.bsky.social · 12d

I love when the cast are relaxed and just having fun with it.

Karen C 🏴‍☠️😇😈 @yavannauk.bsky.social · 12d

It was a shame, because I loved being back in New York.

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Karen C 🏴‍☠️😇😈 @yavannauk.bsky.social · 12d

I only did a couple of autographs, but yes, I had a much better time with those.

Karen C 🏴‍☠️😇😈 @yavannauk.bsky.social · 12d

Sadly too many con organisers are greedy and massively overbook guests. Then you wind up paying a fortune for a really shitty experience. Not pirates, but I'll never forget how badly MCM treated Sebastian Stan. They had a go at him for wanting to actually interact with people. 😡

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Karen C 🏴‍☠️😇😈 @yavannauk.bsky.social · 12d

Definitely one of the worst con experiences I've had, and that whole area downstairs was so cramped and unpleasant to be in.

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Karen C 🏴‍☠️😇😈 @yavannauk.bsky.social · 12d

That sounds like a much better experience all around, for everyone.

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Karen C 🏴‍☠️😇😈 @yavannauk.bsky.social · 12d

ECCC or RCCC I'd do again in a heartbeat, but I just didn't enjoy the experience of NYCC at all.

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Karen C 🏴‍☠️😇😈 @yavannauk.bsky.social · 12d

I hate the ones where the staff literally push you at the guest and the photo gets taken before you have time to even pose properly. I've had a few of those over the years.

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Karen C 🏴‍☠️😇😈 @yavannauk.bsky.social · 12d

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Karen C 🏴‍☠️😇😈 @yavannauk.bsky.social · 12d

It's like Basingstoke was an absolute shit show in terms of organisation, but I came away with some of my favourite photoshoots with the cast.

Karen C 🏴‍☠️😇😈 @yavannauk.bsky.social · 12d

Rose City was definitely more fun. I'm not sure I'd ever want to do NYCC again.

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Karen C 🏴‍☠️😇😈 @yavannauk.bsky.social · 12d

Exactly. There was plenty that would have been permissible to talk about with just a bit of thought.

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