Hils's journal

I am home! Did I mention I watched the first two episodes of White Collar last night? Well, I did, and I liked it a lot!

Anyway I don't know if it's because I'm tired but I'm really struggling to remember much of what was said at the Hallowhedon panels. I definitely remember Nick being squicked about something that happened in the comics, which I think then transpired was a spoiler for the UK as that issue hasn't come out here yet. All I will say is I'm glad I stopped reading.

James talked about Shakespeare a lot. I love listening to him talk. He's very perceptive and insightful. Actually I think he and Misha are quite similar in terms of levels of intelligence. It's just Misha goofs around a lot more. James is quite serious a lot of the time but that's ok. There wasn't anything he said that I didn't find interesting.

He talked about the differences between stage and screen a lot which was really interesting, and he talked about human nature a lot. I didn't know he was a humanist. Would have loved to have talked to him about that in a bit more depth. Really interesting.

Mercedes, as I said, didn't have much to say. She was paired with Nick for the panel on Saturday where he did most of the talking and with Leary on Sunday which was just awkward because he was hungover and not really up to carrying the panel on his own.

Mark Lutz was wonderful. He was with Leary on Saturday and the two of them were hilarious together. He was with James on Sunday which was cool because Mark got James to lighten up a little and James got Mark to talk about some of the more technical and interesting stuff. A good pairing. Both of them said their favourite episodes on Angel were the ones where they got to fight with David. LOL!

Oh, someone asked Nick what the show would have been like if Xander had been gay instead of Willow. He wanted a Spike/Xander spin-off where they lived together like the odd couple. Hee!

The final panel was everyone together but it might as well have just been James, Nick and Mark. Nick and Mark were brilliant. It was obvious that by this point James was in A LOT of pain. Seriously, you could see him clenching onto the chair. Nick and Mark did everything they could to keep the attention off James when he was suffering. Absolute pros, all three of them

I'm sure the other girls I was with will chime in with the stuff I've forgotten to mention but I shall pop back later and post some of the photos. I really need a new camera.

Now I'm just counting down the days to Misha. Seriously, if I'm this excited now you don't even want to know what I'm going to be like in three weeks

J2
Listen Through Silence by lazy_daze
In which Jensen is shy and Jared is smart.
Oh, I love this so much. The boys are both so adorable and it feels very in character (even though Jensen has said that he's not shy, just reserved)

A Jared's Rules For Dating His Jensen by breea1
Jared Padalecki loves Jensen Ackles. No, really, he does. He also has very high standards on his best friend's behalf. Standards that Jensen, aside from being unaware of, apparently doesn't apply as highly as he should to the people he dates. That's okay though because he has Jared to watch out for him. And Jared is very serious about standards being met.
Oh, I loved this! Really funny and cute.

Fragments of a Glass Marble by furor_scribiend
Famous writer Jensen R. Ackles is pretty sure living in the middle of nowhere isn’t going to help him get over his case of writer’s block. He’s got this new book to write, a looming deadline and an ex-girlfriend who’s trying too hard to stay in the picture. But here he is, and he’ll make the best of it. He’s just not too sure what to make of his reluctant landlord though. Medical examiner Jared Padalecki has been divorced for just over three years now. He keeps mainly to himself, has a cat and works the nightshift at the Raleigh Police Force morgue and likes it that way. Only he’s got this huge house and decides to rent out the lower half. It’s just sitting there, he might as well make some extra money from it. His new tenant however, is definitely not what he was expecting in the slightest.
This was wonderful. I loved how slowly but easily Jared and Jensen fell in with each other.


Dean/Castiel
I'd Come For You by morganoconner
Dean never had any friends until the day he met Castiel. But the question that would haunt him for many years was this: was his friendship with Castiel a gift or a curse?
Oh, I loved this! So tender and sweet and a really nice idea

Getting A Word In Edgewise by elementalv
They stumble across God at 4:16 on a Friday afternoon in a park that sits along the edge of Lake St. Clair.
I really liked this. Really neat idea and the boys are very much in character

Psychosomnia by seraphwings
Dreams are complicated things.
This is lovely! Has a real modern day fairy tale feel to it


Merlin/Arthur
Preposterous Charms by scribblemoose
"What are we doing out here again?"
This made me grin. Very cute.

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