|I know this forum is about to be filled with gazillions
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|of convention posts (at least they're on topic), so mine
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|will probably get lost in the flood. But I just had to post this
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|since this was my first convention, and in case
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|some of the people I met there are on this forum. So here goes:
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|The Good
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|1). I got to meet some really awesome people and be able to
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|talk about XENA to actual people --in person! I could talk
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|shamelessly about things like net forums, handles, etc. Back
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|at home, I'm the only person who knows that I watch the show.
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|At first, I felt awkward talking to people about Xena
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|topics, but as the night drew on, I became more and more
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|relaxed, and it was so cool to be able to *analyze* or debate
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|issues about the show (ex. when did the rift technically begin?
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|Who's fault was it?* etc.) and not have to worry about being
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|carried off by men in white uniforms! (Though perhaps,that
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|wouldn't be such a bad idea). Furthermore, the ENTIRE
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|building was just about filled with Xena fans all night and all
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|day so you never ran out of people to talk to!
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|2). I had some heavy debates with whole groups of subtexters
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|(I'm a non-subtext fan) and nobody ever got mad! If anything,
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|we actually agreed on just about everything! It was all in fun, and
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|it's amazing how much it changes the mood of things when you
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|actually see the person to whom you are talking, and thus be able
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|to understand *how* they are saying things as much as *what*
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|they are saying. Imagine that- I made some good friends by
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|debating about subtext!
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|3). I never saw such devoted fans for a TV show. (But then, like
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|I said earlier, this was the first convention I ever went to.) People
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|volunteered to help set up the tables and stuff and to help sell the
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|merchandise, etc. I helped out a little too, so I could have gotten
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|a free T-shirt which the others got for helping out. But then I
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|thought, "What would I do with a 'Xena' shirt? Wear it in public?
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|Hmmm...no."
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|4). I got to pose with Hudson, and get her and Danielle's
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|autographs. I'll post my collection of convention pics sometime.
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|5). Hudson lifted her skirt for all to see. (Until her dad gave her a
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|nasty look).
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|6). Got to see Hudson's parents and find out a little what Hudson
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|was like as a kid.
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|7). Hudson screamed for us several times, though none of them lasted two
|minutes like the one people said she did a at Burbank.
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|8). I met people who've actually read my fanfic! I never thought anyone
|actually read that stuff!
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|9). A fight broke out at the hotel afterwards at a wedding party.
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|Cops came, and had to bust a wedding party of all things!
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|10). I might add more later on to this thread, but you're probably
|getting bored so:
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|The Bad and Ugly
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|1). The convention got a little cheesy at points. Little things like
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|having *VIDEO 1* on the screen for the opening video (it just
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|takes the push of a button guys). The stage was low so visiblity
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|was hampered by those sitting in front of you. Much of the merchandise
|was overpriced though I guess that's to be
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|expected since this is a convention. But basically, I wasn't too
|impressed with the audio/visuals and thought they could have
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|done a lot more).
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|2). The hotel sucked. This wasn't what I'd expect from the
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|"Hilton". For instance, there were only eight or so channels on
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|TV! Of course, I never stayed in my room long enough to watch
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|TV anyway, but it's the principle. And don't even think about
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|eating at the hotel restauraunt- 12 bucks for a furkin'**
|cheeseburger!!!!
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|3). Remember when your teachers used to tell you that there is
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|no such thing as a stupid question? They'd think again if
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|they ever attended a Xena convention. Questions like,
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|"Danielle, will you give me a hug...again?" After the guy explicitly
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|told the audience to not put the guests on the spot like that the
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|first time around. Some of the fans also seemed to ignore the
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|"one question per person" rule. This one girl got so annoying that
|Hudson said, "If I answer your question, will you leave?". And
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|then there was this guy who kept pointing at Hudson and got all serious
|and stuff. It's like, does this guy even TRY to not be such
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|a GEEK?
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|4). Is there really such a thing as a "Hudson haze"?? (In reference
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|to a question posed by someone in the audience).
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|5). Something about the convention just exhausted me. I think it was
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|all the waiting in line and crowds and stuff. I was having fun but in
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|honesty, I think I had more fun going around meeting fellow Xena fans in
|the hotel.
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|6). I think it's healthy for people to be creative and imaginative
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|and to allow themselves to be silly once in awhile. But I did meet
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|some people, who (and I'm not trying to be callous here),
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|are disillusioned and in all seriousness should seek help.
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|6). But the absolute worst thing I can think of as far as how this
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|convention went for me----Sharon Delaney (the lady at Creation) called
|me "young lady" (I'm a guy) during her question/answer session!! I mean,
|I can understand why people might make that mistake about me on the
|forum because my handle is somewhat misleading. But sheesh, Sharon- GET
|NEW GLASSES! I know
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|I'm pretty, but that's a stretch!:) (I'm not really ticked about this.
|People know that Sharon has bad eyesight, and I WAS pretty
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|far away. Anyway, I got hit on by several female Xenites and not
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|one male so that confirms-- oh wait...).
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|richi
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|* I used to think that both Gabrielle and Xena were responsible
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|for the "rift", until someone at the convention pointed out to me
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|that Gabrielle's whole defense was that Xena left her alone when
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|she went off to fight Caesar hence Gabrielle was raped by
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|Dahok. But really, it wasn't Xena's obligation to watch over
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|Gabrielle 24/7, and it was Gabrielle's idea to go follow that
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|cult to begin with. It wasn't Xena's fault that Gabrielle got
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|involved with that and ended up stabbing that priest. After
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|all, when Gabrielle first imposed herself on Xena to take
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|her on as a companion, the deal wasn't that she would
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|have to baby sit her every single minute. Okay- you get
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|the picture! Ordinary people would think
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|these types of discussions are inane. It's just
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|a stupid show and we take it too far. But it WAS so much fun
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|to be able to talk to people about things like this and at least
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|feel comfortable in the fact that if I'm a nut for doing this,
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|I'm not alone!
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|** In case you're new here, "furkin''" is our altenative to
|swearing.
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