This weekend was amazing. I met new friends, had even more incredible experiences with Jared and got my favorite photo op in the world. Unfortunately, the very last thing I experienced leaves me heartbroken. While waiting for some friends to get their Jared auto (and having a clear view of him which was great to start), I watched someone tell what must have been a very personal story. Jared came around the table and hugged the crying girl for a long while, got down to her level and spent longer than he needed to speaking with her. I am not sure what she said, and I’m sure it meant a great deal to her, but Jared was not prepared for it. He immediately after went out through the doors behind his table, his handler said he need a breather, and came back a little shakier with red eyes. Make your own assumptions or don’t, that’s not what this is about.
This is about treating these people who you don’t /actually/ know, as close very personal friends. Yes, we are all the SPN family. But family is supposed to have /each other’s backs/. Not just one side. Please please do not just dump your stories on Jared or Jensen. Everyone has stories that would mean a great deal to them if they were able to tell J2, I’m sure. But these conventions are neither the time nor the place. To truly be a family, in my opinion, you have to listen and respect one another. Which not only means others fans, but the actors so many claim to love. Listen to what they are telling you. The stricter rules apparently set forth by Creation?? We’re not just implanted for no reason, they were not last minute decisions, something that came about for no reason. They are because the actors are having a more and more difficult time during these conventions, because some fans just won’t listen. I wish I could say this weekend ended on a high note for me, that I was left with nothing but joy and content. I really do. But I’m not. And I’m not upset for me, I still have all the wonderful and happy memories from this weekend. I’m upset for Jared. Because I was about to start crying seeing what he had to go through, just seeing the look on his face, how he started to go through the remaining autographs a little quicker. It made me feel disappointed. A little disgusted. Please respect the other part to this so called family. Please. I only witnessed what happened, and I feel so much like shit that I can’t even begin to imagine what these actors must go through, hundreds of times over.
I apologize for this getting rather long, I just needed to share my thoughts.
I’m sorry you had to have your own experience affected by someone who felt her story was more important than everyone else’s experience; more important than Jared’s feelings. A while back – before Creation completely stopped individual J2 autographs because of this issue- I posted an entreaty to all fans to respect the rules that Creation had set forth, or we would all pay the price. Those rules were not followed, and so we permanently lost the individual J2 autographs. My own for SeaCon were refunded. I was not a happy camper to say the least. I love the fandom, but this issue has made me lose a lot of the warmth I had for it and has really affected how I view and experience conventions.
Thank you! Luckily for me, it’s easier to remember all the good from this weekend than that one moment of bad. I’m so sorry you had to suffer the consequences of a few people!! I have been foruntate enough to be able to avoid moments like these at cons, and up til now have been nothing but a weekend of crazy fun. While this could never stop me from going, it does cause me to worry that j2 will one stop conventions completely because of incidents like that. And while I would rather they stop doing autographs or even stop conventions if they need to take care of their mental health, I really don’t want it to get to that point. Unfortunately, I don’t see any ways to avoid it because there will always be those people that believe they deserve more.
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