'White Collar Comes Clean' at the Paley Centre, NY (7 June 2010) - Report

[redjeweled]

Hwæt. So.

I attended the White Collar panel at the Paley Centre in NYC on Monday, 7 June 2010. And it was wonderful!

(There are a small number of comprehensive event reports already posted in various locations, so I'm going to focus on my personal highlights.)

It's going to get prolix in here, guys.

Comments

[asimaiyat]

This is the part where I miss the point entirely and say YOU MET JUNOT DIAZ?!?!?! I would have fainted.

And OMG GAYSPLOSION. I have had that moment in class a bunch of times, unfortunately more often because I'm mad and I'm like "but what about us queer folks?" and then I'm kind of like "... well, I guess that cat's out of the bag." :D Good for you for saying that in front of like tons of strangers! That was really brave of you, and the response sounds fantastic. MARSHA. :D

I'm excited about seeing Christie on the show, oh my goodness!

Other stuff I'd heard about this event had made me less excited about the new season, but reading your report sort of fills me with joy all over again. <3

[sethdickinson]

baaaaaaaah you are so awesome. Lovely read.

I assume Gillian has talked to you about her experiences having Junot Diaz as a thesis advisor?

Also, I am doing a story for a not-very-gender-aware community (it is in a game, actually) with two queer lead characters and may ask for input on making sure I have them written correctly. If that is appropriate.

[redjeweled]

Seth, my lovely, I think that you may have responded to the wrong person! But no matter.

You're awesome, too. I miss you!

And OMFG SHE WHAT? (Man, I am so out of touch with you all. Bad, bad me.) I need to e-mail her about this. Exciting!

You're welcome to ask me any questions you have, of course, but please keep in mind that I can only speak for my own experience--not for any queer community as a whole. That said, I'd love to hear about what you're writing now! My e-mail is the same as it's ever been; just let me know.

[sethdickinson]

My Livejournal comment-fu is weak, it seems.

[elrhiarhodan]

Again, it was a terrific pleasure to meet you! Your write up is terrific, and I hope mine is just as coherent.

[redjeweled]

Oh, buh, sorry; I just found this.

Thanks! And I'm enjoying what you've posted so far of your write-up, too.

[midnightsmagic]

That sounds like a fantastic night. I'm glad everything came together so perfectly for you.

[redjeweled]

It was indeed lovely!

And then as soon as I arrived at B's house, I checked my e-mail and found out that I'd been rejected for the internship for which I'd really been hoping (for a number of reasons). But that's a post for under filtre. Maybe sometime tomorrow?

[whitecollarfan]

Here by way of elrhiarhodan write up!

I think it's awesome that you got your question answered so wonderfully. :) and I'm glad to hear we're definitely going to see more of Diana's background and meet Christy - I've been wondering about both since the season finale when Peter asks about her.

[redjeweled]

Hullo! Nice to meet you.

So awesome! And I've been hoping since 'Out of the Box', too; I was so pleased that Peter's mention of Christie (well, Diana had to remind him of her name, but that's Peter all over) fell so naturally in the conversation. Because that's how it should be, really.

[whitecollarfan]

Yeah that conversation is one of my favorite scenes of the episode - I had known Diana was coming back but I hadn't known how and when I saw that scene I just fell in love with the show (and Peter and Diana) all over again. (And then again at the final scene of course)

It's such a perfect scene because of the way it started out - with him greeting her like an old friend first - seeing how she is and asking about Christie and how they like DC. Then, only after he'd done that they moved onto why he asked her to come.

Looking forward to season 2! Only one more month to go!

[redjeweled]

I'm happy to share the love (and the experience). Thanks for reading!

EEE, Diana! <3