#con of thrones

The Three-Eyed Raven is coming to Con Of Thrones! Get ready to meet Isaac Hempstead Wright and hear his behind-the-scenes stories from Game of Thrones!

LONG PSA in case everyone is hating on NCW again (also a bit of a rant). I was at Con of Thrones. Not THAT panel, thankfully, or I might have burst into tears. But even at the panel I DID attend...Nikolaj is probably not going to say what we want him to for a LONG time. If he ever does. Not because he really agrees with Jaime’s ending. No one who loves Jaime could accept that ending and I KNOW he loved his character. But because he’s too NICE.

A fan asked him if he had a favorite director to work with on GoT. He answered honestly (David Nutter) and then seriously spent FIVE MINUTES backtracking/explaining so it didn’t seem offensive to any of the other directors he worked with. That’s who he is. He’s going to defend D&D because he sees them as people, not as the stupid writers who ruined almost every single character and storyline in the last 2 1/2 episodes. And I can’t entirely blame him for that. I still think they should be held accountable for ruining the show (and do NOT agree that they cared 100% until the end, sorry NCW), but I understand where he’s coming from with his defense. I also think he’s become a bit of cast spokesperson, since he’s one of the bigger names who’s still going to cons and things so maybe not everything he’s saying is entirely his personal opinion (let me have my delusion).

I haven’t met that many celebrities in person, but seriously, he is probably the NICEST one I have ever met. I didn’t see a single fan walk away from him unhappy. The man knighted people for photos. The girl behind me had an Oathkeeper prop (and was also dressed as Brienne) and was letting people borrow it for knightings and Nikolaj asked personally if an additional person behind her could use it. There was an entire family who wanted to use it, but I think only the dad asked at first.

I know other celebrities do things like this too, but he was so genuine with EVERYONE who came through his line. The man saw my magazine, started to autograph it, and instantly started fretting that because it was shiny, the autograph wouldn’t stick. So he signed it not once, but TWICE, all while I stupidly stood there and assured him I would be careful with it and would blow on it. I also babbled at him about being the perfect Jaime and that he tried to be book Jaime even when he wasn’t always written that way and now regret it because of what he did say (I didn’t know about the Saturday panel at the time), but I still think it’s true and I wanted to tell him. Really hoping he took it the right way. It was supposed to be a COMPLIMENT.

So long story short. Nikolaj is AWESOME in person. Pay the $ to meet him if you can. He will not disappoint you. Don’t take everything he says to heart. And don’t hate him for sticking to his script most of the time. It’s his job.

And as an aside, I went to Con of Thrones searching for absolution. I wanted to be with people who loved Jaime. I wanted to see NCW. That was accomplished, but the absolution...outside sources can’t give me that. Only I can. I will never accept this as Jaime’s ending. Even if Martin DOES write the same damn thing (there’s NO WAY), I won’t accept it. But I CAN tell myself that I WAS NOT, nor will I ever be WRONG about Jaime Lannister. D&D were and are. Not me. Not the fandom. Those bozos who couldn’t write a gray, complex character to save their lives are forever WRONG. Jaime is who I believe him to be and for me, his story will always end before he leaves Brienne. Because my Jaime would never do that. So I will just pretend and I will be happy and maybe one day my love for Jaime Lannister will not pain me more than it did when he was just the man who slept with his sister and pushed a boy out a window and everyone looked at me like I had lost my mind when I said he was my favorite character. Because who he is to ME is what matters, not those nincompoops.

This shirt started as a joke.

I was still in my season 7 feels getting ready for Awesome Con 2018, and jokingly told my husband I needed a shirt that said "Jaime + Brienne 4eva", or something like that. After I made my own (see OG shirt selfie) and posted pictures of it, I started getting requests from like-minded folks who wanted one for themselves.

The response hasn't made me a millionaire, but it did give me lots of new friends, and the confidence (and validation) I needed to open my shop and start sharing these crazy ideas.

TLDR: I love fandoms and the people in them. Let's keep making cool shit for each other 4eva 💙

9 selfies of 2019 tagged by @fineosaur and @ohnoshefell (and ffs if I didn’t type in @ Raniyah again 😂)

Soooo, I didn’t take a lot of selfies this year, and as you can see most of mine feature my dog because my phone is like 10% me/other things and 90% Lucy...