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mrsarnasdelicious · 1 year ago

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EAC 3 - November 3 - 5

What a weekend y'all....

What a travel, firstly. I took the eurostar from Schiphol or Charles de Gaule. I had orginially planned to meet up with @sihtricfedaraaahvicius, but it was soo busy we could not move from our assigned seats. We met once we left the train and crossed the airport in search of a bus that would bring us to the hotel, which we did not find. So instead she ordered us an uber-ish ride, which also was half an adventure.

But we got to the hotel in the end and we had a full welcome commity waiting for us. It was so good reuniting with all the people I met in the Nowalls discord and grew close with after Dortmund. It was like coming home to so many loved ones. I also met a great many new friends and took many of them into my heart.

I received a few wonderful gifts from my friends.

After settling into the hotel, we went to the mall with a group, which was rather chaotic. We had lunch there and I found a Thestral figurine.

Once back from the mall we hung out at the hotel for a while and I changed into my 'party' clothes; white jeans, white tank, hard rock london shirt and black thin cardigan. I looked good, NGL.

While waiting in line for the cocktail party, I met Lucile, who is now my bestie. We supported each other through our nerves and when I felt a litlte faint. This was mostly because I hadn't eaten or drank enough. After two glasses of cola, I was most certainly feeling more perky.

[Photo credit by Lucile]

First at our table [us being Rike, Gemma, Lucile and I and later Carlotta also] was Jacob. Young man was carrying a cup of tea, going 'how British am I, I brought tea to a champain party.' which was too cute. I tried to guess it was fennel tea, to which he said he wished it was fennel, but it was mint. I told him my late granddad was also named Jacob and showed off my newest tattoo. Jacob liked the tat a lot.

Second was Tim and I am still not used to that thin ear ring. It suits him, but somehow still surprises me when I see it, every time. He asked us about halloween and I want to ask him about Fallen, but the convo did not go that way.

I am not sure of the order after this, so bear with me as I sort of wing it.

Stefanie was 'omg you have Eadith hair' right away and I was very awkward about taking the compliment on my hair, even though I am quite confident about my hair.

Eliza started about halloween, but it meandered and she ended up spotting my tattoos. My hands were admired and she was like 'Arnas is gona scream the moment he sees these' and she was not wrong...

James decided he wanted to ask us a question and he asked us what film had most influence on our lives. I of course said Harry Potter. The Wizarding world has absolutely been formative for my passion for stories in all forms. James defo loved that answer.

Christian talked mainly with my friends, demonstrating his talent for languages. I couldn't help getting lost in those beautiful blue eyes, though.

I don't remember what Ossian talked about, I just remember that he came in for a hug right away.

Harry talked about his appearance on Nowalls' first live show, which was a good little laugh. He also remarked on how the cocktail party felt much more posh than it actually was.

Mark greeted me with 'your hair has grown' which made me feel some type of way. I mean, this man remembers enough of me to recall an approximation of my hair length. We then talked about his moustache and how most of us really disliked it.

Last to our table was Arnas and he came in loud. I scolded him for it and he went on a whole spiel about how he still had all the gifts I had given him and how he kept it all on his nighstand and that I was too hard on him. He took a good look at my tats and said mine looked so much better than his on the show, which is of course absolute nonsense, but I appreciate the effort. He comlained about missing the eurostar, because he missed the boarding time. I asked himif he had checked his ticked for the boarding time, which of course he said he hadn't, like a true ADHD man. When he made to leave, I pulled out my rings to put them back on and this absolute man holds out his hands (only later I realised the missed opportunity for me to put a ring on this guy and forever joke about him being my fiance). I go 'Excuse!?!' and he sasses me back with 'wat wil je?'

There was a group photo after that and we were ushered out to await the werewolf games.

Werewolves was an invaritable mess.

I was in a village with Mark, James, Jacob and a reasonable measure of my friends. Barely anyone had ever played the game and the GM was very basic in the story telling.

I had quite a good back and forth with James before the game got started and he was pretty down for having me GM, but I knew that would not be in the cards. No, in the cards for me was the Witch.

We first got a round of introducing our 'characters' and then it was right off to the first night. Cupid matched my friend Angela with Mark, completely at random, but Angela suspected it was me. The werewolves were allowed a victim right after, which happened to be me. I resurrected myself with my potion and the day started. Mark had the bright idea of all putting their hand down and raise your hand if you are a villager. My autism needs computing time, so I was of course the last to raise my hand and I was once more set to die.

I got to spectate the rest of the game. It was quite a mess and Mark ended up either fogetting he was matched with Angela, or going into his role too deep, because he decided to off her and then he had to go too, because the lovers cannot continue the game if one of them dies. Mark and James were the werewolves and James ended up surviving the whole game on his own and thus winning.

We had some time after that and ended up playing word chain for a good while, until we took another group photo and I rough housed with Angela and Jacob a little bit.

After the games there was a viewing of SKMD, but I was very tired, so Mary and I headed to her friend's flat. The friend was not home that night, so we could get some fangirling in before sleep.

We got up early in the morning, because I had to be in time for the selfie lounge.

I had the selfie lounge with everyone's favourite Sihtric-fic writer. So we waited together and once admitted sat on the last chairs of the first line of chairs. It looked like an AA meeting at first, but once the guests came in, it was more like a fashion runway. Especially Arnas enjoyed showing off.

@sihtricfedaraaahvicius and I stuck together and we even got a selfie with the both of us and Eliza and with James, which was very sweet.

I noticed that most of the guests had to be sort of directed towards us, because we sort of stayed on one side of the room. I am not the person to just accost the guests for a picture.

We got pics with all the guests, but I did not get to the plans I had. No due selfie with Arnas and no Sihtric + Sigtryggr for my friend. I'm sorry bestie. We also both got an Eys hug, which was adorable.

Arnas was the before last to come to us. He had a good back and forth with my friend, but to me he said 'our lives are so intertwined now' and that is genuinly all I recall he said to be in the Selfie Lounge. The sentence most certainly had a running up, but I can't recall it.

My friend said, once we left the Lounge that Arnas enjoys getting a rise out of me. Gee thanks, Guy...

After the opening ceremony, I lined up for the photo op with James.

I left it up to James to make up a pose and he decided he wanted to pretend to take a pic of me, which turned out cute as much as imaginative. Another friend says it looks like he is using the force on me instead, which is also a fun interperation.

I felt very at ease around James, not at all nervous. He is so sweet and kind.

Secondly I had the photo op with Stefanie. We did s simple, sweet hug and I quite like the pic. Stefanie is so wonderful and sweet and I can't wait to see her again. Hopefully next year!

And then I had Arnas' Photo OP...

I still had some nerves about him, so I came up to him a bit tense. 'Oh we're going for nervous, are we' he told me and I just could not let him tease me, so I tried to pull him over.

And he went with it, giving me some pressure in return even.

And then came my moment, the individual meeting with Arnas.

Good gods, this man. He asked about my daughter and what her thing was now. We had a small confusion about miffy/nijntje until I indicated the bracelet I had given him in Dortmund, that is when the dime dropped. It really warmed my heart when he asked about her.

I gave him his giftbag and we just spent the five minutes calmly going through it, along with some small talk. He loved the Jellycat plush, proclaiming he'd take it everywhere and wanted some weed to go with the donuts I brought him. So next year we are bring him edibles.

He was also ravingly enthusiastic about the scribble-drawing Fayen made him and even took a selfie with it. I have yet to recieve it though, hoping he did not forget, Don Chaot!

Then it was time for me to get some autographs and first was Stefanie. She is just such a lovely person to talk to. She gave me a sweet hug and even asked me to sign the rose photo and Nowallsona pics I brought her. I hope she'll return next year because I soooo wana talk to her and hug her again. (Woman Crush Wednesday fo sho!)

I went to Eliza next and that woman is an absolute queen. She said that I attract people to me with my sweet and warm personality and that meant so much to me. She also gave me the sweetest hug and I swear I fell in love a teensy tiny bit with the woman, because Gods she is just everyone's hype woman and I feel that on a spiritual level!

Then I went to James and he sort of got me stumped, and I don't know how, guess I was hit with his awesomeness all of a sudden.

I got a big hug and he wanted me to sign my rose photo for him and he was just so sweet and there were too many things I had wanted to ask him, but I forgot all of them, because he is just too sweet and kind.

Next I went to Timothy, who looked like he was about done with his day. I asked him if he was okay and he admitted to having had a coughing fit a few minutes before. We talked a tiny bit and he gave me a sweet hug.

I saved Arnas for last that day and my Gods was I not disappointed by what he gave me. I told him he would hate me for what I was going to ask of him, but he was such a good sport about it, telling me knew what this is for. He did his very best and I am actually so enamoured with his handwriting. I adore it.

He gave me a big hug as well and that was a good end of the day.

The next day I had the Marnas shoot I had purchased the day before, first.

I told Mark they had artisic liberty/liscene and they set to work right away. Mark grabbed my pendant, yelling that I was not a real Dane and Arnas jumped right in, knowing that I am indeed a mostly Norse leaning Pagan. That was a lovely little nod to what I had told him in Dortmund, which warmed my heart as well.

Swiftly afterwards I had my OP with Mark and I asked him for a big squeeze. And let me tell you, this man has made up for his loosey goosey hug from Dortmund ten times over. What a squeeze, I adored it!

The photographer had to tell me to lower my shoulder for some reason, but hey, the photo is defo one of my best so far. I am not at all nervous around Mark anymore, after having scolded him, haha.

I had myself a double with Arnas, because I could not choose if I wanted something sweet or something bookspo, so I got myself an extra OP.

First was the sweet one and Arnas offered me his arm and I swear I did not mean to look like I was ready to take my mans home, but here we are.

The bookspo one is the one that really got to me, though.

I asked Arnas to pretend to be angry with me, explaining it was for the book I was writing. And by the Gods did he deliver, shouting 'not this again Tessa, I told you not to do this' or something much like it, grabbing my hand firmly and making an angy Sihtric face. In the moment it was exactly what I needed from him.

Once the photo was shot, he petered off to the side and I was so in my feels that I backhugged him, which made him chuckle and nudge me to go in a gentle way.

After lunch it was time for my Marnas polaroid, my favourite moment of the entire weekend.

I was the first to show up, so I got to be the first in line, before anyone with prio. Sometimes it pays off to be anxious early. I got to see James get his stuff ready and watch Mark and Arnas get themselves amped up. I think they spotted me, because they started to overshout each other.

Mark won.

I sat down between them and Mark asked if I had something in mind, which I obvi did not. So Mark goes 'I am going to look at you very affectionately.' He's set the edge. And Arnas walses his arse right over it with 'I just realised I am madly in love with you.'. HAHAHAHAHAHIMNOTOKAY.

James had left the safety on his camera and it took him like four tries to realise this, but I was happy enough to sit between these two warm men, looking at me like I was the best thing since sliced bread.

Afterwards I got sent two pictures by about all my friends on several insta pages with two different angles from my polaroid. My favourite is on top of the post and the second one is below.

There after I went to Jacob for a signature and got a sweet hug from him as well. I told him I'd whisk him away and adopt him. He said he would not be able to breathe in my luggage though. We had a little laugh together and he was very happy with his gifts.

Ossian was next. Got my hug in, told him I wanted to adopt him and he wrote a very sweet message in my booklet.

He is so adorable.

Later when I was in line for Harry, he came over to Nat for a goodbye hug, which warmed my heart so so so much!

Then I went to Eysteinn, telling his I smelled something about free hugs.

Eysteinn was very gentle and kind and gave me another loosey goosey hug. But I also got the feeling he wasn't fully at ease. I am not sure if that was me or the entire situation.

Next up I went to Christian.

He is such a darling. He loved his afirmation card and we had a lil back and forth about creating your own joy and that he doesn't really agree with carpe diem and is more a crea diem kind of guy.

He gave me a sweet hug and wasn't really good at me telling him he has stunning blue eyes, he made a joke about blaming his parents for it.

Thereafter I lined for up Harry.

I was a few paces behind @charming-merlin who made Harry's fanbook. It was such a well made all round piece of art and I adored Harry's reaction to it, he was so so so happy and so impressed and I have hardly ever seen a man filled with so much awe and delight. All kudo's to her.

Harry tore into my bag of gifts right away, too and I got a big hug as well. He is such a joy to talk to and his hug was real tight.

And off I rushed to Mark.

Mark was already standing on 'my side' of the table, which was great for handing him his gift bag. He loved the Nowalls shirt and the pepernoten.

I got two hugs from Mark. One was for practise and one was for real. He was such a good sport about it and we had a brief little chat. He is genuinly a delight to be around and I just want this man to be my friend!

And last, but not least, of course I had to go to Arnas one more time.

Or ... two times, because I forgot my selfie so I had to line up again like a dumbass, but Arnas was very sweet about it.

I told him a little bit about the inspiration for my book and asked him to write something motivational for when I have writers block. He listened closely, which sort of messed up his writing, but I love it all the more because of that.

I got in a few more hugs and the selfie turned great!

I had an amazing weekend, making new friends and meeting so many lovely people. I laughed and loved so much and I fell in love a little deeper.

Thank you, friends and fabulous people for Paris!

#eac3 #the last kingdom #everlasting adventure 3 #nevastalgia #arnas fedaravicius #mark rowley #james northcote #stefanie martini #eliza butterworth #jacob dudman #Ossian Perret #timothy innes #christian hillborg #harry mcentire #eysteinn sigurðarson

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mrsarnasdelicious · 2 years ago

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German Comic Con May 2023

First and foremost I want to talk about the amazing connections I have made on my very first con. I met people I had already been talking to online and new people who I brought into the Nowalls fold.

I was in amazing company with a vast array of different people, who were all so open minded and so sweet. I had a hoot and I developed myself a bit more, socially. These girls made the con unforgettable and I carry each and every one of them in my heart. They were amazing to hang out with and to chat to and to exchange idea's with. The connections we made will last me this life time.

Saturday was the biggest day for me, I had two photo ops and two autographs planned. Arnas first and then Mark. I could not have been more nervous even if I tried. Especially because Arnas was first, so I got thrown into the deep end big time. But it was sink or swim and Arnas was a lovely life guard.

He was so sweet asking for my name and smiling gently and I could barely get a word out. He asked me if I had a pose in mind, which I did, but I defo was far too nervous and feeling the pressure too much to be able to ask him to dip me. He suggested to just hug me, for which I am very grateful still. People say the photo turned out really good.

He was so warm and so gently and I felt like I fucked it up and was so awkward, but he tried his best with the nervous wreck I was.

Mark was next up and although I was not as nervous, I still felt the pressure a lot and I was very closed off to him, which I am sorry for, Mark did not deserve me locking him out like that. I think he felt it and he tried to make the best of what little I gave him to work with. He suggested we look up in the camera all bad ass and that went as well as I could be trusted with at that moment.

I am not very happy with the picture I took of Mark, but the way he turned it on it's head was when it came time to sign it for me.

I lined up with the giftbag I constructed with the amazing contributions of Nowalls. Mark was very happy to receive his giftbag and thanked me for it, promising he'd look through it later. I confessed to him that his moustache makes him look a lot like my dad. He used to have the exact same moustache in the 90s. So Mark suggested he'd write 'I swear I am not actually her dad' on the pic. I told him to do it, but he changed his mind and said he'd put down a cool film title instead. He came up with '2 Take On the World' and I told him I have to write about that now and he told me I'd better.

My experience with Mark was very pleasant. He is very sweet and kind and is so ready to just have a chat.

He told me about the plans for Nowalls and tried to convince me to participate in their gaming plan, but no dice there, because I am not a gamer, and I have to plan around Fayen. He asked me if my partner was a gamer, trying to get him into the fold too, but I told him that was also not really going to happen.

After Mark I went to Arnas' line.

To say I was starstruck is an understatement. My heart was beating so fast it showed under my skin. I was nervous and excited and amazed by how open a person he is.

I gave him his Nowalls giftbag, which he took and sprinted backstage with it. He returned after a few second, having gone through it and discovering I mixed up something adressed to Alex. So I asked my friend to go swap it from what was still in my backpack. Arnas made the joke he gets confused with Alex a lot. That broke the ice for the most part and I told him not to be like that. Then I gave him the smaller baggie with his birthday gift in. I made him pinky promise not to open it until his birthday and he better keep to that, or I will fly out to London and spank him.

He signed the photo and we had a small chat about where I was from (boy clocked me as Dutch, saying Dutch people always speak English a gentle way, unless they speak Dunglish) and he displayed his talent for Dutch swearwords. We somehow ended up in an exchange about NL having a lot of atheists, and me thinking it is bc we have a lot of academic inclined area's, though I meant to say scientific and Arnas mentioned Karl Jung being Christian.

Then my friend reminded me I had two questions to ask Arnas. The first question was 'What do Sihtric's tattoos signify?' and I at first forgot to specify it's about the finger tattoos, so he asked me which I like better. I said I meant the finger tat, that the scalp tattoo fits Sihtric well, but that I am not very fond of Jormungandr. He made me repeat the Midgard Serpent's name and then I pointed out I am a Norse Pagan (mostly) and he seemed very impressed by that. His answer was initially that the tallies are indeed that, to count how many people he's killed before he met Uhtred. But then Arnas added on that Sihtric might have just really liked tigers and wanted himself some stripes. And I had to be the killjoy to say 9th century England probably did not know tigers. My second questions was 'What is the name of your season 4 horse?' and he first answered with the actor horse name, which sounded pretty but I can't remember for the life of me. So I specified I was wondering about how Sihtric called the horse and Arnas stated it had been Heimdall, in his mind. He did not need to think on it long, either.

And then I gave him my miffy bracelet. He held out his wrist for me to put it on, but the last few links were all jumbled up, so I could not get it around his wrist properly. My hands were shaking a lot and Arnas first told me to take a steadying breath and then sort of cupped my hand with his free one. I did not manage to get the bracelet to close, so Arnas suggested he'd do it himself later in the green home after he'd managed to untangle the last links, but I told him I would really like to do it myself. So Arnas suggested I untangle the last links outside his line and come back to him once I got them undone. It took me a few minutes, together with my friend. I gave a hoot and Arnas was already coming back around his table to receive my bracelet. I was once more shaking and he again cupped my hand, assuring me it's okay and to take it slow. He also said I didn't have to be so careful, but I then said I did not want to cut off his circulation, which he agreed with.

Arnas gave me a good few hugs (against Mark's single, very half arsed hug. It was soo losey goosey) but I asked to be squeezed real tight. I felt so floaty and kind of like I was falling apart and Arnas gave me such a nice firm squeeze that it put me right back together.

After that, I spend time wandering around with my friend and chatting up a storm with all of them. When we left it was raining and my friend and I foolishly spent a lot of time wandering around before we found the hotel. We spent a little while catching ourselves in the hotelroom and then went out to eat with a good group of other girls.

The second day I was feeling really under the weather. I had had an aweful night and felt like hellheim shat me out. But I want back to the con anyway, because I still had Alexander's giftbag and one of Arnas' envelopes had managed to stay in my backpack. My own poem to him, even.

We had the panel to attend to first, though. I lined up for a question and so did one of my friends. I asked the lads where Sihtric's family had gone and Alex answered they were with Stiorra and Uhtred's old age, which is a cop out if I have ever smelled one. But I was too nervous to press him for it and went back to my seat. My friend, mostly inspired by me asked Alex for one last 'SIHTRIC', which he readily did. Arnas, almost reflexively went 'Yes Lord' right away, which was such a joy to see, too.

After the panel we wandered a little (I got myself a huge jumping spider plush) and I went up to Alex' assistant to ask if it was okay for me to give Alex his giftbags, whihc I could, as long as I got somewhere in the front of the line. I managed this and we waited a good long while for Alex to come back from the Photo Ops. By the time I was up, I was desperate for the bathroom. I have the feeling that I rushed through giving him his giftbags, but my friends assure it went well. Alex thanked me warmly and liked the scrabble tile candle I got him.

Once I had sorted my bladder out, I went to Mark's line and asked him for some writing ideas, but did not get much out of him, he really wanted to go on break, which I understand.

I went up to Arnas again and shilled out for a selfie. He asked me how I was and told me a bit on how he was doing and what he had done the prior night, which was so sweet. I took my phone out for a the selfie and the first thing he spotted was the picture on my phonecase, which is of my daughter when she was not yet a year old. I said that it's my kiddo and then turned the case around for the picture of my at the same age. He said he coulda sworn the pics were of the same baby. I showed him a pic of my dad and my kiddo, which is more recent. He loved my dad's garden and wanted to know where in NL it is.

He took two selfies and then made a bit of a face, for which I gave him a gentle slap on the shoulder.

I asked him for example pics of the finger tats, for my tattoo artist, as well. He DMed them over insta and then DMed me again at midnight with the bracelet pic.

I went back for a last hug a bit later on and I might have made a bit of a weird noise. But he's still talking to me on insta, so I did not freak him out with it, too much at least.

I had a blast of a time, even though half of the weekend I felt like utter crud. Paris cannot come soon enough.

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#german comic con #arnas fedaravicius #mark rowley #the last kingdom #if you are in these pictures and don't want to be in the post DM me #if you are in these pictures and want to be tagged DM me #a live report of my falling in love

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