Supanova! Or, there goes another weekend

[rallamajoop]

Perth sure has been accumulating extra cons at a frightening rate over the last couple of years.

Last weekend was Perth's first Supanova, which meant probably neither the organisers nor the customers knew quite what they were getting into and half the guests canceled at the last minute, possibly because they weren't even sure where this 'Perth' place was meant to be. On my side it was one of those cons where you wind up spending most of your time wandering around the vendors' hall (which did take up most of the con) looking at everything twice and vaguely wondering where all the other stuff that's supposed to be going on is supposed to be and whether it would be worth checking out even if you could find it, and waiting for the cosplay competition to roll around. Not a candidate for this year's most memorable con, but I Still had a decent time, and just about any comp harveystoat is MCing for is going to be worth being around for.

Things didn't go entirely as planned. We were going to pull out our Yu Yu Hakusho costumes again on one of the days, but then jaseroque couldn't find her obi and pinneagig was still getting over being sick and decided she didn't feel up to it, so it wound up with just me as Hiei, which was not quite the same. pinneagig did bring out her Kaylee 'Shindig' dress on the other day though, which was pretty much a must after one of those last minute guest changes meant Jewel Strait - as in, the actress who played Kaylee on Firefly - was coming to Perth (and there was much rejoicing!) So we got a photo taken with her and pinneagig's giant hoop skirt autographed, which is as close to asking an celebrity to sign a piece of our underwear as any of us ever intend to come.

The guests also included the voice actor who did Axel and Reno, which was unexpectedly great because not only does that make him one of very few English speaking voice actors who I recognise and don't secretly want to garrote who's performance genuinely impressed me, but also because he and his director/fellow voice actor/general partner in crime have a great sense of humour and host a pretty terrific Q&A panel. This included a performance of 'The Yaoi Song' - which they apparently had to write to dispel the all the Internet rumours that arose after they an incident when they once walked into a yaoi screening at a con by mistake, and it was every bit as hilarious as it sounds.

And this weekend I've got the rollerskating state championships to get ready for. Some months it just never ends... x_x

Comments

[oozaru-angel.livejournal.com]

Oooh, another Perth-girl? That makes two I've met online. *smiles* Shiney.

*rolls eyes at Perth* They would pick the weekend before I come back home to host Supanova, wouldn't they? I went to one in Sydney once and it was brilliant.

[velithya]

Hey, glad AxelReno guy was cool! :)

[rallamajoop.livejournal.com]

Yeah, very much so. Lisa got him to sign a copy of her Axel+Reno poster while we were there too, and they made a lot of wow noises about the quality of the art and were just generally very cool about it. Though if she ever winds up broke, that poster is now the first thing that is going to wind up on ebay.

[velithya]

Oh, that sounds kind of awesome! :D

SUPANOVA

[(Anonymous)]

SUPANOVA is fun, isn't it? I was volunteering at the Sydney one a couple of weeks ago, working around where Jewel was signing... one of my friends was her PA for the weekend xDDDD

And Quinton and Jeff are awesome too!! Those guys are so much fun... by the end of the con I think they got sick of our little group just hanging around them 8D

[immelmanturn.livejournal.com]

Quinton Flynn and Jeff Nimoy are cool dudes. We made them a gift basket when they showed up at our con in Dallas.

[rallamajoop.livejournal.com]

They sure get around to a lot of cons. What did you put in the basket?

[immelmanturn.livejournal.com]

Quite a lot of candy, some rubber ducks, and a card. High School Musical, but I claim no responsibility for that one.

[phred-has-sonar.livejournal.com]

Good luck with the championships. My crowbar is on standby as usual :D