Con.txt post the first!

Okay, we're going to have to do this in parts because it is taking too long to write and it would be too long to digest anyway.

con_txt! Happened this weekend, as it does every two years in D.C.; this was my second time. There were many enjoyable panels, a party, a vid show, and meals with friends and new acquaintances. The local crew was there (cinco, alpheratz, v_greyson, ellen_fremedon, coyotegestalt, recrudescence, deelaundry, holli, kinetikatrue), and corbae, who I forget is not actually local, and linaerys came down from NY, which was great even though I didn't get to see her much. Most dearly missed from my personal experience was synn, who's on a long business trip across the sea. And kassrachel, but that is tempered somewhat by the likelihood of seeing her at Vividcon in August.

And that is enough about names. Let us talk panels.

First, I must say that Small Fandom Speed Dating won my heart on Friday as anticipated—and from the sound of it, also the hearts of many others who attended; it's been requested to become a permanent part of the con programming. ( ellen_fremedon and sanj set it up to run like The Dating Game... )

Most of the panels I went to over the three days of programming were meta or pan-fandom, but I did attend one show-specific panel and two impromptu single-fandom/single-actor "DIY" discussions. So let us cover those now.

( Community 201: Queer (Meta) Narratives in the Contemporary Sitcom - contains general spoilers through S3 )

( Tom Hardy party )

( Star Trek DIY panel )

Whew. Next post, we will do some of the meta panels, and probably the vid show! For now, I need a nap to head out to see Riverdance tonight. Thank goodness for telework tomorrow.

ETA: Part two now posted.