Convention roundup! JIB IV picspam thingy - days 1 &2

[amberdreams]

I should probably have kept some proper notes and tried to post at the time but...too late now.

So JIB IV, Roma the eternal city and my fave place.
As everyone now knows, Jared didn't show, or rather had to rush home - and unbelievably there were so called fans we overheard complaining about that fact.  What they actually said was "oh I don't see why Jared had to go, it was only someone in Gen's family."  Sometimes, fandom, you are a bunch of total insensitive, entitled, immature wankers.  Way to start this on a low note.  But hey, it got better.  And better.
(Unlike the quality of my photos - I was only 3 rows back but they are pretty poor)
First little adorable Rob sang

Then Richard and Matt pornstached

Then Richard insulted Misha who was mortally offended

Misha was Misha-esque until Ty crashed his first panel of the weekend and discovered the pornstache chair

Ty was - Ty. Apparently he hadn't had more than 2 hours sleep a night since his last US convention (NJ?) and thought it was very disturbing that Daniela (who owns JIB) had told him he wasn't to drink beer before 5pm...I think he'd decided to drink baileys instead.

He called my lovely new friend Nell (mostly10 on tumblr) up onto the stage to sketch him while he talked.

The evening of the first day was the cocktail party for Angel passes and meeting up with friends like adrenalineshots and her brother, and edina clouds (Viv) and dizzo (Jane).

As well as VERY brief meetings with each of the guests (excluding Jensen of course!)




Saturday, Jensen arrived but not before lots of shenanigans on stage from Matt, Ty, Rob, some boxes, a mute kid with glasses and various inflatables including a disobedient remote-controlled flying fish, a frog and some hammers.  Oh and the banana hammock made it's first appearance of the weekend.
Ty got into more trouble with JIB for organising a breakout from the Sinners' pen outside the main hall and leading them in to see his panel.  They were sent back to their Crowley-esque queue after a few minutes of freedom and much hilarity.


What's in the box??!!?  No severed heads this time though Rob wouldn't have known as the boys were holding it up so high he could barely see over the rim!
Apparently Rob gets handsy when drunk (and climbs statues in fountains). Ty demonstrated his head locks, Rob found a new safeword - yup, banana hammock. Oh and if you search the web you should be able to find photos of Rob in a banana hammock for some film he did a while ago.

Jensen. Hirsute and in plaid, with bonus tongue porn.

Others have better shots of Jensen's Hello Kitty moment but this is my blurry one

Ty pretending to be Jared.  Jensen definitely relaxes when someone else joins him on stage.

I know that last one is totally blurry but I just love the way the spotlight caught his hair.
Right that's enough for now, I'll do another post later with some more pics and stuff.

Comments

[adrenalineshots.livejournal.com]

Awesome pictures! And you're right, the blurry one of Jensen at the end, the way it catches the light, its just beautiful :))))))

PS: did you notice that FlickR ate some of your pics? It did the same thing when I tried to do a big post *grumbles*

[heavenli24.livejournal.com]

Great post and lovely pictures - they are much better than mine, but then I was much further back than you (even though I thought the zoom on my camera was pretty good, it doesn't compare to the quality of the pictures from people much closer to the stage)!

I had an amazing time in Rome last weekend - it was my first ever convention so I wasn't sure what to expect at all, but it was great (especially Sunday) :). I had a Jensen M&G ticket and got to ask him a question personally, which basically made the weekend for me, because I felt much more comfortable in that setting than in the photo ops (plus he held eye-contact with me the whole time he answered the question) :P.

It was so sad that Jared couldn't be there, especially as he had already in Rome for a few days beforehand and was all ready for the con, and just terrible that some people were even complaining about it (?!), but family comes first and that's how it should be. All the more reason to go back next year (assuming both Jared and Jensen go) :P.

[borgmama1of5.livejournal.com]

Fun to get your perspective!

[quickreaver.livejournal.com]

I abhor it when 'fans' forget that the celebrities are human beings with feelings and families. Years ago, my little sister was in a serious car accident -- in a coma -- and when I called my employer to tell her I was still not in-town and didn't know when I'd be back, her response was "But what am I supposed to do?" I nearly came through the phone and bit her face off.

If we act like jerks (whining, asking the guests uncomfortable questions) they won't come back, or the con will be forced to make more nitpicky rules.

At annnny rate, sounds like a fantastic time in a fantastic city and BOY would it be fun to meet you someday. We can be dirty old women together...

[darklondonsky.livejournal.com]

Love your pics!! I was so far away from stage and missed so many panels, that it´s awesome to see what actually happened XD

And Tyyyy. what a hunk, huh?!

Thanx for your work!!

[http://users.livejournal.com/tesserae_/]

Dang. Ty really has taken to the whole con gig. I hope he's on the bill for L.A.; he'd be a total hoot.

[embroiderama]

Lovely pics--thank you so much for sharing! And yeah, it's sad that people complained about Jared having to leave. I think that people get so focused on OMG J2!!!! that they forget that any of the guests can drop out. I've only been to one con with the actors (the first SPN Creation Con) and while seeing the guys was amazing the general fandom experience and meeting friends was the larger part of the con for me.

[lylithj2.livejournal.com]

I would have been really disappointed if either J had missed the cons I went to-- but-- it seems from notes and pics from you guys that were there-- that Jensen tried really hard to make up for Jared being gone. God help me-- I hope I'd never say any crap like that in my disappointment.

Your pics are great. Enjoyed them. Thanks for sharing!

[tifaching.livejournal.com]

All your Jensen pictures are unseeable! At least to me. Sigh. Story of my night. The last shot I can see is Ty in the hat. Man's got some beautiful eyes.

Looks like you had an amazing time!

Ooops, never mind! If I click on the flickr I can see them there!

[ladywillin.livejournal.com]

Great post Amber I loved it, kind of made me wish I'd gone to Rome again ... if only to see Ty!

Such a shame that Jared had to leave early but it sounds as though the others, Jensen in particular, tried to make up for it, and I'm sure no one was more disappointed than jared himself.