Sherlocked? No, bloody knackered!

[amberdreams]

Never mind being Sherlocked, I'm bloody knackered. That was the most exhausting convention I've ever been to - a ridiculous amount of queuing and my feet are killing me, even though it's at least three hours since I last stood on 'em. Bloody OW!

But still, there were some highlights.

• ​I got a smile out of Mr Cumberbatch in my photo op, which was more than most folks managed from what I saw of other people's pics.


• I got to tell Andrew Scott how much I fucking LOVED Pride, and how I bawled my eyes out at the end, and he was so thrilled that I liked it, he drew a little heart on my autograph, gave me a beaming smile and shook my hand.


• Mark Gatiss remembered me from yesterday's photo op and said he didn't just kiss anyone's hand, you know...


• I had a little hug from Mrs Hudson and discovered that though Una Stubbs is tiny she's still a tad taller than me!


• Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss were a comedy duo on stage which was unexpected and awesome


• Then at the end of today I was the very last person in the autograph queue for the absolute darling Louise Brearley (she plays Molly in Sherlock by the way, in case you are like me, and didn't know her name before this weekend), and as a result, she took her time writing all over my auto picture and stood up to give me a huge hug. What an absolute sweetie.

At the risk of boring y'all, some photos!
My fave photo op (with the lovely Louise). It says 'last but by no means least'! :D

Little John still standing tall! The warm and cuddly Clive Mantle

Mark Gatiss being charming (LOL!)

The Cumbersmile!

Comments

[sleepypercy.livejournal.com]

Eeee so cute! I'm all kinds of jealous. And that flower in the last op is so cute. Is it just a fun prop or does it mean anything?

(and good job getting him to smile for your cute self)

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Oh I just took the flower for something to brighten the photo a bit. I had no idea what to do with it or the actors - I put a bit more thinking into my SPN ops!! Ben's photos were ridiculous, it was even more of a production line than usual with three security guys giving everyone glares when we walked up to him. He seemed very tense too, so I think I was bloody lucky to get that smile!

[kazluvsbooks.livejournal.com]

WOOH!!! I always love your photo op's!!
You always look so happy to be there..hee!

Oooo yes, that is a lovely Benedict smile!!How did you do it?

How do you compere this Con with the SPN ones? (panels, fans etc)

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

I've actually no idea why Ben was laughing - I did get a few seconds more than most with him because I had to get him to do another photo before mine holding a birthday greeting for a friend who couldn't be there, so maybe that loosened him up a bit!

It was nothing like an SPN con - it was more focussed on the treadmill of photos and autos and we must have spent at least 80% of the time queuing for one or the other. I only saw 2 stage talks on the first day and 3 and a half on the second day. The fans though - pretty much the same kind of people as SPN fans! All very friendly and chatty in the queues, happy to be there dressing up and geeking out.

[matchboximpala.livejournal.com]

Lovely pics!

I would so enjoy seeing Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss together at a con. Lucky you.

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

They were great together! I hopefully recorded most of their panel - I just need to work out how to transfer the voice memo from my phone onto my laptop so I can share it.

[el1ie.livejournal.com]

Oh what lovely warm and happy photos, you look amazing I'm sure it's your smile that infected Mr Cumberbatch!

Not surprised it wasn't quite like an SPN con, from what I've heard I don't think there's anything that works on a level quite like the SPN cons!

Yes, he's always be Little John to me too!

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Aw thank you - I am happy with nearly all my photos of me for a change (maybe the blue backgrounds suit me!)

[milly-gal.livejournal.com]

Aieeee! So jealous and so cute and SO happy for you! Gatiss kissing your hand, GORGEOUS and so amazing and a smile out of Mr Stoic, well done you! :D And Louise is such a sweety, she's always so polite to fans from what I've heard and so loves being involved with this kinda stuff :)

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

I'd never come across Louise Brearley before but she certainly won me over straight away - so enthusiastic about everything and marvellously outspoken about women in television etc. Very cool person!

[milly-gal.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad you had a great time, and like I said, SO jealous :D

[beelikej.livejournal.com]

Great photo ops, everyone looks marvelous and happy:) I haven't seen much Sherlock, but I just finished the Graphic edition of Mark Gattis' novel The Vesusius Club, such a fun and exciting read!
Yay for having a great con experience:)

Are you now counting down to Birmingham? I saw Samantha Smith is coming too\o/

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

The whole family Winchester (well, not including Adam of course!) is coming now, can't believe it! When I recover from this one I'll be extra excited about A14... :D

Sherlock is actually really, really good. I wasn't sure about it but it grows on you - and it's one of those series that gets stronger and stronger. I'd recommend it!