Basauri*Con Photos - Day Three
Okay, the last day of photos. The most epic day of all. There was pranking, there was kissing, there was dancing. My gods, there was dancing.
The full gallery of 472 pics is located here at my Flickr page.
Snag, icon, whatever, just please credit katamaran78 .
Mary's panel was first that day. She came out to riotous and righteous applause,
and she got pretty emotional about it. For anyone who has ever doubted her, this
is a woman who truly, without any reservation, loves her fans. I became absolutely
certain of this in that moment. She said "I feel like I've finally won an Oscar! Or an Emmy!"
She asked that cameras be turned off after the first few moments, so there are very
few photos of her in existence from this panel.
This little guy magically appeared onstage right before Eddie's panel. He's obviously a replicant.
Eddie was his normal "I'm going to charm the pants/skirts off
of you while I ramble" self.
This was during Eddie's discussion of the bed scene in A Disquiet Follows My Soul,
in which he started saying pretty much "who wouldn't want to spend the day in bed
with Mary McDonnell? I wish it had gone on for two hours!" and then he made a motion
like he was pulling her closer to him. The crowd went wild, Mary was in the back of the
theater facepalming like "I can't believe he said that." This went well with the discussion
together later on where they were joking about being naked under the covers. And no,
they weren't, but they played the audience well.
Jesus H. Christ, I have no idea how he got to this point, but he was
pantomiming the Psycho shower scene and saying that to this day, he
checks inside the shower before stepping inside. He also talked about
how everyone was scared of the water after Jaws.
It was a fun little game amongst us throughout the weekend to go
"What was the original question and how did Eddie end up here?"
No idea what was going on here, but at some point, he did say
"That bug is a racist!" It may have been here. He was very animated
and theatrical during this panel.
The beginning of the mustache prank. Mary knows what's out in the
audience and Eddie is oblivious. Here, she's likely saying
"Look out there, you jackass." This is a nice progression of pics to follow...
Annnnnnd now he sees it.
I'm naming this the Stache Dance.
They fiddled with the sticky backs of their staches...
Finally, success!
Wait for it....
Waaaaaaaait for it.....
What? OMG.
F.L.A.I.L.
And there was squee. Oh yes, there was squee.
For everyone who has seen the dancing vid and a few pics that have come out of it, here is the lead up.
We hatched a plot the day before to ask Mary and Eddie, in Spanish, so that Mary would be oblivious to
what was being asked, to dance. Mary said at a previous con that Eddie was the best dancer she'd worked
with and we wanted to see. So quirkynerd , speaking more Spanish than all of us combined, was elected our
spokes-fangirl.
The question was essentially: (English) "The girls in the first three rows put me up to this, so here goes.
(Spanish) Eddie, Mary said you were the best dancer she'd worked with. Can you show us?" The question
was actually much longer, but it was fun to watch Mary's totally random reactions.
Eddie: "You have no idea what they just asked."
Mary: "No, I don't!"
Eddie: "No, really, she has no idea."
Eddie: "Mary?"
Mary: "Yes?"
Eddie: "Will you dance with me?"
Mary: "Of course." (Could have been, "absolutely", "Yes", "love to", but the sentiment is there)
Eddie: "Really? You even have music?"
And there was dancing. God, I wish my camera had focused better for this, but I didn't have the best lens for action shots.
I pretty much just held down the shutter button the whole time. Eddie can move, Mary can follow, both can shake it, and it
was the most magical moment ever, with unicorns and hearts and flailing.
The staches appeared again for one last hurrah.
There were hugs...
Smiles...
Laughs...
Award acceptances...
Lovely home decor given...
I'm pretty sure man-tears...
And then they were done. The last pic. And it's perfect.
The full gallery of 472 pics is located here at my Flickr page.
Snag, icon, whatever, just please credit katamaran78 .
Mary's panel was first that day. She came out to riotous and righteous applause,
and she got pretty emotional about it. For anyone who has ever doubted her, this
is a woman who truly, without any reservation, loves her fans. I became absolutely
certain of this in that moment. She said "I feel like I've finally won an Oscar! Or an Emmy!"
She asked that cameras be turned off after the first few moments, so there are very
few photos of her in existence from this panel.
This little guy magically appeared onstage right before Eddie's panel. He's obviously a replicant.
Eddie was his normal "I'm going to charm the pants/skirts off
of you while I ramble" self.
This was during Eddie's discussion of the bed scene in A Disquiet Follows My Soul,
in which he started saying pretty much "who wouldn't want to spend the day in bed
with Mary McDonnell? I wish it had gone on for two hours!" and then he made a motion
like he was pulling her closer to him. The crowd went wild, Mary was in the back of the
theater facepalming like "I can't believe he said that." This went well with the discussion
together later on where they were joking about being naked under the covers. And no,
they weren't, but they played the audience well.
Jesus H. Christ, I have no idea how he got to this point, but he was
pantomiming the Psycho shower scene and saying that to this day, he
checks inside the shower before stepping inside. He also talked about
how everyone was scared of the water after Jaws.
It was a fun little game amongst us throughout the weekend to go
"What was the original question and how did Eddie end up here?"
No idea what was going on here, but at some point, he did say
"That bug is a racist!" It may have been here. He was very animated
and theatrical during this panel.
The beginning of the mustache prank. Mary knows what's out in the
audience and Eddie is oblivious. Here, she's likely saying
"Look out there, you jackass." This is a nice progression of pics to follow...
Annnnnnd now he sees it.
I'm naming this the Stache Dance.
They fiddled with the sticky backs of their staches...
Finally, success!
Wait for it....
Waaaaaaaait for it.....
What? OMG.
F.L.A.I.L.
And there was squee. Oh yes, there was squee.
For everyone who has seen the dancing vid and a few pics that have come out of it, here is the lead up.
We hatched a plot the day before to ask Mary and Eddie, in Spanish, so that Mary would be oblivious to
what was being asked, to dance. Mary said at a previous con that Eddie was the best dancer she'd worked
with and we wanted to see. So quirkynerd , speaking more Spanish than all of us combined, was elected our
spokes-fangirl.
The question was essentially: (English) "The girls in the first three rows put me up to this, so here goes.
(Spanish) Eddie, Mary said you were the best dancer she'd worked with. Can you show us?" The question
was actually much longer, but it was fun to watch Mary's totally random reactions.
Eddie: "You have no idea what they just asked."
Mary: "No, I don't!"
Eddie: "No, really, she has no idea."
Eddie: "Mary?"
Mary: "Yes?"
Eddie: "Will you dance with me?"
Mary: "Of course." (Could have been, "absolutely", "Yes", "love to", but the sentiment is there)
Eddie: "Really? You even have music?"
And there was dancing. God, I wish my camera had focused better for this, but I didn't have the best lens for action shots.
I pretty much just held down the shutter button the whole time. Eddie can move, Mary can follow, both can shake it, and it
was the most magical moment ever, with unicorns and hearts and flailing.
The staches appeared again for one last hurrah.
There were hugs...
Smiles...
Laughs...
Award acceptances...
Lovely home decor given...
I'm pretty sure man-tears...
And then they were done. The last pic. And it's perfect.