castalie | Asylum not!report (Reply)

Back from Asylum and from the UK, where I had the most amazing time! After talking with some girls at the con and scanning the flist when I was at

yami_tai's I know that for many it was a bit of a/complete nightmare, but Tai and I were lucky to have a complete different experience so as far as I'm concerned, I had the best of time :-)

Registration on Friday took all of ten minutes for us and our packages were as they were supposed to be. Then again, we only had the autographs so it might have helped. Speaking of, overall I think we queued for a grand total of 1h30? Like, for both sessions. And because we didn't spend all our lives in the - endless - queues, we basically saw all the panels, minus one - and it was repeated on Sunday so technically we didn't miss it at all. We were also lucky to always have good seats in the panel's room, without ever queuing to get in. Seriously, everything ran smoothly for us ♥ ♥

And the panels! Omg, so good! I remember having a great time at Asylum1? But it doesn't even compare. Every single panel we went to was fantastic. Like, the one with Jared and Jensen was just perfect - I swear it was like watching all those con vids on YT! I was squeeing inside (and ok outside) the whole time. Misha was insane and insanely good (god that man is CRAZY! But in such a funny way). Fredric Lehne started his own panel with a folk song turned SPN song which set the tone, it was a delight. Richard Speight Jr was a lot of fun. Samantha Smith, Amy Gumenick and Matthew Cohen were adorable and so passionate about working on SPN.

And then! Omg, and then there was (Charles) Malik Whitfield and Gabriel Tigerman, who are my new favourite guests at Asylum! Ok, after J2 and Misha but they were so fantastic. If you ever have the opportunity to see them at a con? Run, do not walk, and buy the tickets! A) They have wonderful chemistry and b) they're absolutely hilarious. I was laughing so hard I was crying. I'm not exaggerating at all, btw. I had no idea what to expect with those two guys but that was the most delightful surprise of the con ♥ ♥

So, in conclusion, Asylum made me insanely happy. I still cannot believe I actually saw Jared and Jensen live! At the same time! And Misha! And now I can also say 'hee omg I saw Malik and Gabriel in the flesh too' *bounces*

Ok, I'll try to write a report later - though this time I'm not promising anything - but in the meantime, here're some pictures:

First panel; J2 JUST IN FRONT OF ME OMG! It took some time for my mind to really compute, I have to say :-)

JENSEN!

JARED!

JARED AGAIN, sans hat this time.

He-LLOOO MISHA!

Malik and Gabriel ♥ ♥

Malik is a great dancer. Gabriel is not. He kept telling us about his not!moves and when Malik danced - for the third time? - Gabriel decided to show us how he didn't dance.

Samantha, Amy and Matthew.

Hee, I was so happy I got this shot! It was before Jared left. He was leaving but then came back on stage to do the wing thing because "he couldn't not do it".

Jensen couldn't do his last panel and Jared had already left so we had more of Misha, then more of Malik and Gabriel - which, yes, as trade goes was acceptable - and that pic is at the moment when Misha 'passed the baton' to Malik and Gabriel.