Blood will Flow

I haven't finished reading/checking out all the spnspringflings but here's a few recs from what I've seen so far.

Tongue Twister - I have to lead with my gift, of course, which was just wonderfully lighthearted and fun, and full of Winchesters being brothers. I mean, what more could a girl want from an artwork?

The Redhead, the Raven Girl and the Boy - simply magical. A cynical, grieving Jensen finds healing in an unexpected place. The language of this one is beautiful. Nothing convoluted or fancy, but so descriptive and atmospheric. I admit, I wallowed in it, just a little.

The Amber of this Moment - such an insightful and heartbreaking look at Jack trying to fix everything and finding that sometimes, fixing isn't what is needed to make things right. Sometimes the struggle is necessary...

Glory Days - everything I could wish for as an ending for our boys. Sam closes up the bunker and armed with a special spell, drives out to find his Dean. Beautifully written and heartachingly good.

Art - The First Snowfall of the Year. An artist who is instantly recognisable, even without the usual gloriously saturated palette. Bloodied and battered Winchesters with smiles on their faces. Perfect.

(A)Stray - a simply fab J2, with fresh-faced college boy Jared and older, cynical Jensen who is utterly lost from the very first moment, even if he doesn't know it. So well done and in so few words.

upon the breathless starlit air - lyrical and poignant, Sam and Dean at the end of the world. It's one of those short fics that you wish was longer but is actually perfect the way it is.

Lead me to your door - dammit, this one made me sniffle. Nothing terrible happens in it apart from wasted opportunities for love. A really sweet and kind of heartbreaking J2 AU.

Can You Hear Me - this one's another J2 but with a difference - Jared's a character in a computer game, while Jensen's a lonely school kid, struggling with being bullied and being gay. Clever, creepy and romantic all at once.

Ok you are going to think I'm extra nuts now, but I'm stupidly excited because I found this thing in Photoshop I never knew existed and it's ALMOST like the blender brush in PaintTool Sai. Those of you who know PS inside out are going to think I'm ridiculous not to have found this before but wheeeee! I painted this and it turned into youn Sammy, and he decided to wear eyeliner, while enjoyed pushing the colours around his face. Ok the hair isn't wonderful (or very hair-like but it was the rest I was more interested in).

It's not high res because I was on a small file when I started playing then cropped it some more. But I'm going to play with this mixer brush some more now. Squeee!

I just got back from being inducted as a volunteer Pig Trail Blazer (basically standing around town pointing people in the direction of the next pig), and I found out my Swinions pig is going to be slap bang in the middle of the town centre, on the Cornhill!!!! MY PIG! OMG! He'll be up on his pedestal in the one place in town where EVERYone goes, so everyone will be able to see all my wobbly lines and where I forgot to give one of them a snout. And my name will be on the plinth. I'm simultaneously freaking out and doing happy dances.

I can't believe it!

The project manager told us that there were 235 designs entered, from all around the country, and those were whittled down to 80, then the final 39 that eventually got commissioned. Apparently they had to drive blank pigs all over the place so the artists (most of whom are professional artists) could paint them - one of the artists was in Liverpool and I think he said another was in Scotland! At least I saved them petrol costs, LOL!

But still. The Cornhill!!
Just to give you and idea, here's the Cornhill on a non market day. That French-looking building in the centre is the Town Hall.

Yep, it's that time again - little fat hairy hobbit meets tall handsome actor types.

Me and dizzo had the same idea but I cheated and borrowed a folding stool from my friend (who's even shorter than me!) and tried for a reverse height prom photo - trouble was, even standing on the stool (maybe a foot tall?) I still had to stand on tip toes to see over Jensen's head. And he was bending his knees too!!! Oh and added to which, when I put the stool down what happened? Yeah, both of them climbed on it and I had to fight the buggers off for possession of it. Maybe that's why Jared has his "I lost my stool" expression... LOL!!!

So remember A16 and the little girl in Jensen's coffee lounge who asked why Dean never ages? This led to a discussion on Twitter about Jensen being Dorian Grey, which led to me stealing the idea and getting this photo.
Retake

This is the second take because on the first attempt he turned too far round to look at his portrait, so you can't really see it's him. The best bit was on the first take, I was the last one in the room, they were just about ready to pack up, so I got Jensen all to myself. I showed him the mocked up oil painting and reminded him about A16. He got quite animated and then said he'd bumped into Reeve Carney in the hotel and completely fanboyed over him, because he loves Penny Dreadful, it's virtually the only show he watches. So that was rather awesome. :D
Outtake!

I've got a few more to share but I'll post them when I get back from my day out in the city!
And finally here's the first part of the Jensen & Misah panel which will explain the influence innuendo...

As Millie would say - love your faces!

Oh my god , guys. Seriously, I can't tell you how fucking fantastic this whole convention has been. Honestly the best EVER. I just got back from the Jailbreak and the concert was amazing. Laura, Rob, Richard, Tim, Jensen, Jason - they fucking knocked it out of the park. Every song was just wonderful, they even kept the stage lighting bright so people could take brilliant pictures, and Jared and Gen came to watch Jensen's bit then stayed while the whole room cheered for Daniela and the announcement that there will be a JIB8 next year.

Then we waited outside for the coaches to arrive and we had the best laugh I've had for ages thanks to me mishearing herminekurotowa's retelling of her M&G where she told Jared she loves his beanies. I thought she said she told him she loves his penis. Sorry, you probably had to be there LOL!!!

Anyhow. Youtube and the slowest internet in the world means loading my vids from the concert will not happen tonight, so in the meantime, here's the second half of Jensen and Misha's panel, together with the closing ceremony. Watch out for Gen still being high, and Jensen throwing himself on the floor to lick up some more spilt "apple juice"...

Just got back from the new format Cocktail party - such a weird set up and no better for us than last year in terms of talking to the guests, except this time we could at least see that they were all present. I sat on a sofa with Mark Sheppard and we ended up talking about my previous job, Paul and how long we'd been together (Mark was impressed by our 36 years LOL!) and then I asked him how fatherhood was suiting him this time round which meant we then spent the rest of the time looking at pics of his new baby on his phone. That at least put a smile on his face! When Daniela came to take them away Misha came over and grabbed my hand, saying how sorry he was he had to go already and he hadn't even said hello yet. So I asked him if this was inappropriate touching (because he'd suggested this is what the evening would be about when they'd all arrived at the start) and we agreed we'd count it and tick that off the list. I think from the huge goofy grin on his face he was a wee bit pissed.

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So ages ago I entered that competition to paint a giant pig and yesterday I got a call to say they had a sponsor for my Swinions design! So yay! The only drawback? It has to be painted by 30th May, and I'm now away from tomorrow until 27th so I'll have a massive three days to get it done when I get back from Italy. Just as well it wasn't a complicated design and there are only a few colours involved! LOL!
This is the one


I'm all packed for A16, bag full of god knows what, decisions semi-firm about what to do for photo ops, a list as long as my arm of extras I have to try and get for friends who won't arrive until late on Friday and the knowledge that there will be something I've forgotten. But soon I'll be hanging out with so many flisties its utterly awesome. Can't wait!

I succumbed, I've bought my ticket for Friday and this Loki vid has me even more pumped now! Got to say, her trailers and better than the official ones. Trailer-level spoilers (obviously)

Echoing dizzojay - what a wonderful little get together in London we had today!

Thank you herminekurotowa for the fabulous Dean shoulder bag - I still can't believe it's handmade, you should sell these on Etsy if you aren't already doing so. Even my hubby was really impressed!

Hopefully we will be able to do something like this again - it was really great to meet big_heart_june, alexisjane, deceptivemirror, andiivalo, deanshot, the_rant_girl and riyku in person! So sad jj1564 didn't make it after all, and that milly_gal couldn't come. Next time, ladies, next time!