Dragon Con Post the First: Yes, Mary McDonnell is Frakking Awesome

[asta77]

I'm back from DragonCon. I've been back almost 24 hours, but this the first time today I felt like I could sit at the computer and post. I don't think I've developed a full blown illness, but I was sick both Friday and Monday at the con and have felt exhausted all day. So while I feel better at the moment, I thought I would attempt making a post

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[nicole_anell]

"Lighten up, it's only the end of the world." was Sam's line that Trucco picked. :)

Your Mary McDonnell story was one of the things that MADE MY DRAGON CON, I hope you know. I'm so, so glad you mentioned that to her. I really wish she HAD said something at the panel, but I understand it could've made things more uncomfortable, especially if it was their impression that most of the audience agreed with Aaron.

(And now I can add the "actively hateful toward women" line when I repeat this to people, lol. I was going to ask you about that because I wasn't sure when frolicndetour told me the story whether she used that phrase or you did.)

[asta77]

I appreciate the clarification and I've edited the post. My audio recording is not great and it was hard to hear parts of the panel and that makes more sense!

I wish she had said something at the panel too, but I get how it could have changed the mood on the panel and in the room and could have dampened people's enthusiasm so I understand why she chose to not say anything. Maybe since she now knows others feel as she does she'll say something in an interview some day? ::hopes::

I posted "actually hateful toward women", though I could have used actively when I first recounted the story. My memory is starting to get hazy, but I'm positive about the rest. :)

[nicole_anell]

Well I'll just stick to "hateful to women" so I'm not misquoting anyone -- that's good enough.

[callmeonetrack]

I'm so sorry I missed you! Allie told me a little about the Mary story and I'm glad to hear the whole thing. The overwhelming cheers at the bloodthirstiness exhibited was incredibly distasteful and disappointing (and also further depressing because it was rather unsurprising too. Sigh.)

[asta77]

It was a panel packed schedule for me this year with five of my fandoms having awesome representation. I didn't have nearly as much time as I would have liked to hang out with people.

I agree with everything you said about the cheering. And not that this really makes it any better, but part of me thinks that at least some of the people cheered because they thought they should/that's what Aaron wanted to hear. I hope a clip makes it on YouTube where you can see the cast reaction. While it was Mary and Kate that got my attention, I don't recall seeing anyone enthusiastic on the stage about the response. And as her costars, maybe they feel Rehka deserved better.

[callmeonetrack]

I'm sure they did. I wonder if he would have been quite so gleeful if Rehka had been on the panel.

[sabaceanbabe]

Maybe they should have planned for Chief to fall over the damn railing

I said this almost verbatim in a conversation with rebelliousrose. We missed the panel, but heard all about it from others.

[rebelliousrose]

She totally did. And I was mad that Tory didn't use her cylon strength to fight back and kick Chief's ass, since she was the one who had most embraced being a Cylon and how to work within those parameters.

Great meeting you, too!

[asta77]

Good point about Tory's strength. Maybe they could have fought to the death with both ending up dying. Again, I had zero problem with her dying, but her death made her look like a helpless victim at the hands of an abusive psycho.

[cutemaggie]

Thank You very much !!
and ohhh that things with Aron and all about that - I don't like that scene and I don't understand that reaction of people on DC and I agree with Mary and I'm disappointed Aron's and audience's reaction, really :/
ohh I just wana to say that I love Mary very much and I'm happy for You, I'm jealous ofcourse because meeting with Mary is my dream but I'm realy happy for You :) and congrats !!!
*hugs* and sorry for my english ;P

[asta77]

I would never criticize your English because I only speak and write one language! ;)

I never thought I'd get to meet Mary and I've done so twice so you may get your chance some day. :) Overall, I liked the finale, but there were a few moments that did not sit well with me and Tory's death was one of them. She was a murderer and deserved to be punished, but her death seemed excessively violent.

[cutemaggie]

;) english is hard sometimes :P
ohh sweetie maybe do You have a pic with "that Mary's face" when Aron told about this scene ?? or maybe is a vid with this somewhere ??
*thank You for all one more time :) and ohhh I hope to meet with my sweetie mary in Spain ohhh I really am &hearts

[asta77]

I was scrolling through my pics last night to see if I got a shot of Kate and Mary at that specific moment and didn't. I think I was too focused on them to snap a picture. Nothing on YouTube yet, but I will link if I come across anything! :)

[wesleysgirl]

I read very few con posts and I'm not even sure how I ended up here, but I'm very glad I did because I really enjoyed reading this. Thank you so much for sharing it.

[asta77]

You're welcome. :)