AgtSpooky's Hangout

I want to apologize now for getting ready to spam your flist with a zillion pictures. But I had an AMAZING weekend and wanted to share the evidence with all of you. :-)

I went to the Heroes and Villains Fan Fest here in Chicago on Saturday and Sunday. It's a brand new convention put on by the folks who do Walker Stalker Con. This one featured guests from Arrow, The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow, Gotham and Heroes Reborn. I was ridiculously excited for this because I've never met any of these actors. I splurged and bought the Gold VIP pass and OMG, it was the best money I've ever spent at a convention! It got me in an hour and a half early, which allowed me to get 6 out of 7 autographs I wanted right off the bat. Then for the rest of the day I was walked to the front of the line for any other autographs I wanted and also to the front of the line for all my photo ops. I mean, it took me 10 minutes to get Stephen Amell's autograph and his line was hours long! Then I also got to sit in the first 4 rows for all the panels and I could keep my seat all weekend. Which meant I got some great pictures. I was very impressed by this con in general. I think it was well run, it was very well attended and the guests were having a blast, so I hope they come back again next year!

So without further ado, I thought I'd start with my photo ops….

OMG, the Green Arrow hugged me! LOL! Look at Stephen's smile! SQUEE! He's freaking GORGEOUS. And so very sweet. In his autograph line I told him I had my first curling lesson and he said that was one more than he'd ever had! And he's Canadian! LOL! He shook my hand, said it was nice to meet me and said he hoped my bruises would heal soon. Ha!

Next up was Robbie Amell. OMG, he is SO freaking handsome! For his autograp I brought a I Want To Believe poster from X-Files for him to sign. We had such a wonderful chat about XF. He told me this hysterical story about the first name of his character being Kyd - which happens to be David Duchovny's son's name. Chris Carter did it as a joke and didn't tell David. When "Agent Miller" hands Mulder his business card, David did a total double take at seeing Kyd and then refused to give the business card back when they needed to do the scene again! Ha!

I adore this pic of me and Colin Donnell! At his autograph table we chatted about poor Tommy Merlyn and that I was excited that he's here in Chicago now filming Chicago Med. He was just the sweetest guy.

Photo ops part two, coming up next….

And speaking of Gotham I met Bruce Wayne himself! David Mazouz was such a wonderful young man. It was a pleasure chatting with him. He was so pleased when I told him that I started watching Gotham for Bruce and Alfred's story and how impressed I've been with his performance. He also had his dog with him all weekend, walking him around the convention center with a Batman cape on the pup. :-)

Continuing on with Gotham, I met Penguin! Robin Lord Taylor is such a doll! Sweetest guy ever. Had a lovely chat with him. I had no idea that he went to college here in Chicago. I told him he was delightfully creepy as Penguin and he really laughed, said he took that as a compliment. :-) I asked him if his leg hurt walking like that and he said it's actually his other one, since he puts all the weight on it. But said it's worth it since he's having such a blast playing Penguin.

Here I am with Neal McDonough. Had a very nice chat with him at his autograph table. Told him I'd been a fan of his since Medical Investigations. He was really pleased by that! Then we talked about Damien Dhark and playing a bad guy and how it was so much more fun than playing a good guy. :-)

My last photo was with Katrina Law. She was so awesome and so freaking beautiful! She loved hearing that I thought Nyssa was such a strong female character. Then we talked about archery and how she learned it filming Spartacus first so she was well prepared for Arrow. She was so pleasant to talk to.

What I absolutely loved about the autograph experience was that everyone I went to just wanted to take their time and chat with you. They were all truly thankful for the fan support and made sure to tell us. They were all interested in what we thought of their shows and their characters. They just wanted to engage with us. And not only were they taking selfies with fans, but I saw several record video messages for people's friends who couldn't be there. How sweet is that? It was SUCH a contrast to the crappy Creation convention where they push you through the autograph lines and you get 0.5 seconds with each guest.

OH! And get this - take note Creation! This con did ten times the volume of photo ops that a single Creation con does - and the photos were ready IN 45 SECONDS! I kid you not. By the time you left the photo op room and walked down the hallway, the Celeb Photo Op people were literally standing there holding your photo for you. I was dumbfounded! And it takes freaking Creation four hours!

Next up…panel photos!

And last but not least was the Men of Arrow panel. OMG, these guys were a riot! Mainly because of the great questions they were getting asked. Several of which made Colin, Echo and Neal burst into song - including Whitesnake. I kid you not. :-) This was probably my favorite panel of the whole convention.

And that's a wrap for Heroes and Villains Fan Fest 2016! It was such a delight to meet all new actors and actresses. :-)

How was YOUR weekend??