#Basingstoke comic con

[mon-ster-chen]

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💫 without words

SOURCE: thank you Cheryl Bird for posting on Facebook 🙏🏼❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

[thehillywoodshow]

Backstage at Cons with Hillywood be like 😈🕺🏻😇

[salchat]

Another one ready for Basingstoke! Ruth Connell. Can't wait to meet her!

[adoptourcrew]

Basingstoke Comic Con - Saturday Panel

Here's our compilation of clips from the Saturday Panel featuring Rhys, Con, Kristian and Vico!

[hurtslikeyourmouth]

This is so cute!

Is this the first time Tom and Ferdinand have been in a photo together (outside of maybe a huge group photo at the sandman premiere?)

From Vivienne’s Instagram

[stinalotte]

So. Basingstoke Comic Con.

This is going to be a rant. I'm German, so I have a PhD in a) complaining and b) being blunt. Perfect combination for this post. It's going to be long, so buckle up.

I give explicit permission to repost, reblog, screenshot and post to other websites, comment, tag, and add to this in any way you see fit. Feel free to write your own experiences and criticism.

It's a modified version of the feedback email I sent them. Since then, they have put out a statement which directly contradicts some of the stuff other people have told us (and have evidence for) and which blames everyone from attendees to guests to staff to the weather.

First of all, despite all the mess with the actual con, I had a ton of fun. I hadn't seen some of these people in 20 years. I hadn't met some of y'all before, and I talked to so many people this weekend. I don't regret a single meeting, hug, smile, or laugh. I do wish however for the organizers to step on legos for the rest of their lives.

Frankly, they had a huge business opportunity and they blew it. They could have established themselves as THE Stargate convention in Europe. People were taking 15-hour flights to be there. We were willing to spend hundreds, in some cases thousands of pounds. With that lineup, they blew every other current convention out of the water. If they had done this right, this would have been a huge success and an absolute no-brainer for years to come. They could have been one of those cons that sell out in minutes. 

Instead, they let greed and poor organization guide them. They severely underestimated the size of the Stargate fandom. They didn't bother to learn about what the fans wanted and who the guests actually were.

A few things stood out for me:

Health and safety at the venue. No a/c, running heaters (!!) in some rooms, not enough opportunities to get water, way too many people for this size hotel. We are lucky there wasn't a panic or more severe injuries. Crowd control was non existent.

An impossible, ever-changing schedule. You can't put talks back to back, or meet&greets, or photo ops. Everybody knows you will run overtime and then the whole thing collapses. Changes were not communicated. Nobody knew what was going on.

Poorly trained staff. No staff meetings beforehand. Staff had no way to communicate with each other. Seriously, give them radios! Some of them didn't now the names of the guests or in which autograph group they were.

People could not get the things they paid for. Out of all the autographs included in my pass, I only got one, and only because a friend got it for me. [Marion, you're a fucking rockstar] I don't even want to know how many people will be attempting chargebacks on their credit cards in the coming days.

And the most important thing, the one that makes everyone I talked to the angriest: The way they treated the guests was appalling. They are such generous, hard-working people, and BCC shamelessly took advantage of that. Richard Dean Anderson was signing until after 1 am. A 74-year-old man who just wants to make his fans happy.

[BCC are now saying they were told he was a „slow signer“, aka someone who actually takes their time by talking to fans when signing autographs. Oh really? Then why did you continue to sell autographs well into Sunday when it was clear that there was no way he could get through them all in a reasonable time??]

David Blue was setting up his own autograph table. Several Atlantis actors went and got more of their headshots (by taking pictures in the photo room and printing them) because they ran out. Joe Flanigan tried to bring some order to the chaos more than once. He went full John Sheppard in the photo op room and took charge. We are lucky they're such sweet souls and didn't raise hell then and there. Nobody would have blamed them.

Staff were amazing and tried to make the best with what little support they were given. Kathleen, Finn and Nick (with the Stick!) especially, and so many others whose names I sadly didn't get. They worked so hard, never lost their humor, and tried to help as much as they could.

This disaster is entirely on management. It's a failure of leadership and an example of what not to do when you're running an event.

If you want to put on a convention, you need to go to people who have experience and listen to them. You need to attend several cons before even thinking about doing one yourself. And before, during and after, you need to take care of your people. You need to take care of your staff, of your guests, of the fans. You need to adjust the size of the event to the size of the venue, or vice versa. You need to actually be interested in this event beyond the money it will earn you. You need to know when you bit off more than you can chew.

I'm not hoping for a better one next year, because all of us said we won't be back. What I do hope is that hey sincerely apologize to the guests and at least double what money was raised for charity.

[cassiope25]

Earlier I posted this wonderful art my daughter made for me, which I took with me to Basingstoke Comicon to get all the autographs on it.

And this is what it looks like now. 💙💙💙

It's amazing and I'm so proud of her and so thankful for what everyone has written on it.

Basingstoke Comicon 2024

It was a weekend with a lot of impressions and tons of queues. It was hot and sweaty, but it was still fantastic.

I'm so grateful and happy that I finally got to meet all the wonderful fandom people I can call my friends in person and share a wonderful time with them. 💙💙💙

@massharp1971 @logicgunn @itstartedwithalex @sgatazmy @bunny-bopper @wonkyelk @stinalotte @acrowbyanyothername @salchat @alienfuckeronmain @inthractus and more who aren't on Tumblr.

[ofmd-ann]

Basingstoke 🌈

I had such an incredible day! My photo with Rhys went so quick and I was so nervous I could barely look at him 🤣 But I got to stare at him uninterrupted for 30 mins in the panel, which was probably my favorite part. It is true, he is 100x hotter in person 🥵

I met so many OFMD fans!!!! I don't think many are on tumblr/or I didn't get everyone's usernames, but the talented @merryfinches is so lovely! 🥰 a few of the things in the pic are made by her (Check out her shop)

And my con buddy @eddie-redcliffe was a complete joy to spend the day with 😍 and gave me a lovely surprise gift of S1/S2 OFMD Blu-rays which she made herself, they are incredible!!! (Thank you a million 💕) ~ Also I'm now a certified Slut for Stede which sounds right✨

[hermscat]

All hail Hillywood!

[mon-ster-chen]

Rhys: 😚"I must have been lifted out. As you know I'm a very good mermaid. I used my very good thrusting abilities to thrust from the bottom."🧜🏼‍♂️❤️‍🔥

Source: AdoptOurCrew/X 🙏🏼🙏🏼

[thehillywoodshow]

👋 GREETINGS BASINGSTOKE COMIC CON! We’re ready for an ineffable day! Come meet us at our table in the Autograph Area, grab a Photo-Op ticket and join us at the Hillywood Panel TODAY at 12:45 on Main stage! WAHOO!! 🎉

[salchat]

David is finished!

This is a charcoal base and then pastel pencils over the top. It's on the really good Sennelier paper, which I don't use often. It takes a lot of layers but if you work it too much the scratchiness starts to come off.

I still have Rachel Luttrell and David Nykl to do, amongst others. But I find out what plans for more chemo etc there are on Thursday... I'm not compromising on Basingstoke, though! I'm going and that's that!

[adoptourcrew]

Basingstoke Comic Con - Friday Panel

Here are the clips we managed to record at Basingstoke Comic Con! Up first is the Friday panel with Vico, Con and Kristian.

[virgo-dream]

my favourite boys ✨ Ferdie and Tom at Basingstoke Comic Con (photos are edited together)

[gentlebeardsbarngrill]

05/10/2024 Daily OFMD Recap

TLDR; Rhys Darby; Taika Waititi; Vico, Con, and Kristian at Basingstoke; Jes Tom; Madeleine Sami's Birthday; New Watch Parties; Fan Spotlight; MerMay; Love Notes; Daily Darby/Tonight's Taika

== Rhys Darby ==

Rhys is on his way to Basingstoke for the con! Also, just recently announced, he'll be joining To_29_And_Beyond on June 7 and 8 in 29 Palms California! You can get tickets here: To29AndBeyond.com

Img Sources: Rhys Darby's Instagram / To_29_And_Beyond Instagram

== Taika Waititi ==

Taika in his cat era <3

Source: Rita Ora's Instagram

== Vico, Con, and Kristian ==

Basingstoke Comic Con is starting off strong! The first day we got to see lots of sightings of Vico, Con, and Kristian from their panels! Rhys is joining tomorrow!

Source: Vico Ortiz' Instagram Stories

== Madeleine Sami ==

Happy Birthday to our wonderful Archie! Hopefully she didn't have to crawl out of snake for this one! Getting some chill time with her Double Parked co-star: Antonia Prebble!

Source: Antonia Prebble's Instagram

= Jes Tom =

Jes Tom was out performing at Netflix Is A Joke Fest!

== Watch Party Reminders ==

Palm Royale WP May 16 via @LCWebsXOXO with the lovely @ dominicburgess approx. 4pm EDT/9pm BST/1pm PST! Available on Apple TV.

Wrecked S3 WP May 13-May 17 - 3:30pm PT / 6:30pm ET / 11:30pm BST! If you need access feel free to dm me here at @gentlebeardsbarngrill or @aspirantabby42 on twitter.

== Fan Spotlight ==

= Cast Cards =

Tonight, @melvisik's Cast Card's from the last two days were Jenna Carley (aka Eugenia "who I hear had a child with Sebastian...") and Mawie D Lewis, aka one of the Piano Workers that helped make Stede's Fuckery complete!

== OFMD Colouring Pages ==

Our darling crewmate @patchworkpiratebear has more colouring pages for us! 31 days of pages! Wow!

Source: PatchworkPirateBear's Tumblr

== Mer May ==

The daily prompts from @saveofmdcrewmates have been:

Day 9: "Revenge" Day 10 is "Where's the fucking loot?!"

= Snejpowa =

@snejpowa Has really be hitting it hard this May! Check out these gorgeous colors for the last couple days of prompts!

@snejpowa's Tumblr

== Blueberreads ==

More MerMay prompts from our dear friend @blueberreads! I love all the detail in the Revenge pics!

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== Love Notes ==

Hey there lovelies! Happy Friday! I hope you've started your weekend off having fun and are getting some rest!

It seems like spirits are up today! I don't know if it's just from the polite menacing yesterday, or all the excitement and sightings with the convention happening-- but I'm really loving seeing people in good spirits. I know we've all had a bit of a rough time of it lately, and we deserve to enjoy life a bit for a change!

This life has so many wonders to offer-- if you happen to be in Europe, the Northern Lights are going on right now and all the pictures everyone has shared have been absolutely stunning. I've never gotten to see them in person before-- but the photos are radiant, I can't imagine what it'd be like IRL-- please if you haven't seen them and they're still around tomorrow go out and take a peek!

Something else I've noticed the last couple days crew, is a lot of you are feeling more comfortable talking about your insecurities and fears with each other. This is really wonderful, because so many people are coming out and are trying to support one another in them-- and that's what crew is all about. Seeing people build their confidence bit by bit with every interaction, it makes me feel so incredibly fuzzy inside. Every day you continue to grow into these wonderful little remarkable beings, and getting to see that blossoming in you all over the past few months has been a serious privilege. You aren't your insecurities lovelies, and while those feelings are absolutely valid, I hope you can get to a point (if you aren't already there) where you can hold them in your heart, feel them, give them love, and let them go so they too can heal the parts of you that caused them in the first place.

We're all on your side crew, I hope you know that. You are an etherial soul in a delightfully beautiful little shell, remember to love yourself too so you can keep blooming into that exceptional gleam of wonder that you are. Happy Weekend Crew, I hope your next few days are filled with good times and laughter <3

Art by @thelatestkate

== Daily Darby / Tonight's Taika ==

Tonight's theme is Gifs I don't think I've seen before!

Gifs Courtesy of @ fandomsmeantheworldtome and @ neverswungonswingingstars!

[eddie-redcliffe]

hi all! I've been debating this with myself for a couple weeks now and today I lost all self control and I bought tickets for Basingstoke (sunday) to see Rhys and also for Dan's show on Monday.

I'm excited but mostly terrified because I've never been to a comic con in my life and I know no one, is anyone else going by themselves and wants to team up or is there group chat/discord thing I could be part of just to know what to expect?

Whatever help you could offer would be really appreciated! thank you!!