Somewhere Different Now

Various tv, movie, and fandom things that have been pleasing me lately:

-As expected, I am utterly besotted with Agent Carter.  Everything about it is glorious.  I love every Bechdel-passing, smashing-men-with-hefty-objects, magnificently costumed moment of it.

-I have also watched the first two episodes of Leverage, a show I've been meaning to watch for a while.  After seeing that Mark Watches had just started the show, I decided that the time was ripe.  I am already smitten with all of the characters.  (Lead white dude--Nate?--less than everyone else, but whatever.)  Hardison is so great.  I am impressed by how much has been crammed into each of the first two episodes and will be interested to see how well they keep that up.  I appreciate that it takes a critical stance towards corporations.

-On a heavier note, I saw Selma over the weekend.  It was really powerful and well made.  It was both inspiring to consider how much courageous people changed society and upsetting to consider that parts still felt far too relevant.  It is also worth taking the time to recall that the events of the civil rights movement really weren't that long ago in the arc of history.  John Lewis, who is portrayed in the film as a young leader within the movement, is still going strong as the congressman for the district in Atlanta where I grew up.

-Gallifrey One is less than a month away!  Among the many, many excellent guests, John Barrowman will be there.  I've seen him before at DragonCon, but he's always hilarious, and the smaller setting should be nice. I really need to figure out what I want to put on ribbons this year and order them.

This is a drive-by post from Gallifrey One.  A full con report will follow, but I need to file a quick report on my moment of great fandom winning today. 

As I mentioned in my previous post, I came with "I believe in Sherlock Holmes" badge ribbons.  I've now used 124 of the 125 I brought.  Of those, 122 are on the badges of assorted wonderful Doctor Who fans (and it was LOVELY to add to their happy ribbon collections and share the cross-fandom love) and one is on my badge.  The remaining one I handed to Toby Haynes, who directed "The Reichenbach Fall"!  He knew about the "believe in Sherlock" movement and seemed to approve.

After he finished doing a live commentary on the DW episode "Day of the Moon," I went to the front of the room, where several other fans had already accosted him to discuss Sherlock, including the Believe in Sherlock post-its that some other person had been sticking around the con.  I was fortunate to have such a handy opening to overcome my normal awkwardness around famous people (one reason I usually avoid the autograph lines and such at cons).  All I had to do was pull out the baggie of ribbons and ask who wanted one. He took one (as did the other excited fans), then I lurked while other people talked for a minute before I ran away.  Suave it was not, but the mission was accomplished.

I see taking the ribbon as proof that the director of the episode that broke Sherlock fandom's heart believes in Sherlock Holmes and the fandom.  (Also, on  a side note, Toby Haynes is really distractingly attractive. I would usually be awkward starting a conversation with someone that hot even if he hadn't directed an episode of a TV show that I am rather obsessed with.)  We certainly don't need the validation of the Powers That Be for fandom movements like this, but it's great to have it anyway.

This con has been so much fun.  Previously, I'd been falling maybe a teensy bit out of love with Doctor Who because of the problems with S6 and the way Sherlock took over my brain, but right now I am so full of love for my show about a madman, the blue box who stole him, and the amazing people who travel with them.  I just want to hug everyone in this fandom right now.

Now time to stop lurking in my room blogging and go back to lobbycon. 

I'm at Gallifrey!  (The convention, not the planet.)  Driving here yesterday, a trip that should have taken maybe 4.5 hours, instead took close to 7 due to pouring rain and heavy traffic.  That really sucked, but now I am surrounded by people who speak my particular dialect of geek language.  I had fun confusing the people running the blood drive with my fem raggedy Doctor costume.  Anyone else on the f-list here?