#irrelevants

Back in 2014, @mamahub put together an amazing in-person POI FanCon Meetup coinciding with NY ComicCon. She and her team wrangled actors David Valcin, Bobby Burke, and for the Baddies panel! We also heard from so many production and stunt crew members who were super generous in sharing the show from their perspectives.

POI FanCon was a blast!

Over 10 years later, it occurs to me that virtual fan conventions are a thing. Broadly, it's a weekend where fans get together on Discord, Zoom, or some other communications app to enjoy their show.

Scheduled panel discussions

Fic Recs

Fan art show

Fanvid show

Social hours

Themed games

Group episode watch

And More!

I'm throwing this post out to see if there's any interest in a Virtual Person of Interest Fan Convention. Or, if someone is already working on something, let me know so I can sign up.

7/25/2025 edit-

I'm back! after a long long long hiatus. Here are some fic recs for Foe

Short Codas to the ep (under 1k words)

Death is Just the Beginning by Jedi Buttercup

Name by Narf

Antidoting by talkingtothesky

The Care and Handling of Vigilantes by Little_Cinch

Nowhere Man by November9Noir

Stand-down by radioshack84 a longer extended post-ep piece. whumpy, hurt/comfort. well done.

Fall In by devera a neat character exploration of Harold & John post the ep

A Comfortable Regard by esteefee a lovely post-ep hurt/comfort bit with ofc, a tiny character study of Finch and Reese

On the Chain by Lucky7 Kara's thoughts on Reese in the flashbacks we see. Well written

Tagging ppl under the cut

I’m grateful for this show. I made fandom friends, wrote some not-terrible fic, read lots of phenomenal fic, and did a series of episode reaction posts (check out ‘#miro does poi’) that were fun to write and are fun to revisit when they occasionally get notes.

Ive seen a lot of negativity in the fandom towards the last two seasons, especially season 5, and I absolutely get it. The thing that I fell in love with about the show was the chemistry and connection between Harold and John and how that connection evolved over time and in relation to the other main characters and the numbers. I loved the “case of the week” format.

In season 4 when the show started to get more wrapped up in the war between Samaritan and the Machine, I lost some interest. When that storyline consumed the entire show in season 5, I will readily acknowledge that the story was well done, and compelling, but it felt like a lot of other Fate of the World At Stake “Prestige Television” without the heart and the character chemistry that made me love the show in the first place.

I’m sure the team behind the show didn’t want to keep making the same show forever, and they clearly had big ideas that they wanted to explore (some of which they picked up again in Westworld). I’m curious if they could have kept more of the character focus if they had had 23 episodes instead of 13 in season 5, so they had more time to put all the pieces in place for the big super AI fight.

Actually, Anon, I first coined them Hardcore Shippers, and that got shortened to Hardies, then it became Super Shippers, and then I’m pretty sure it was another non-shipper who started the Extreme Shippers moniker. Personally, I don’t like Super Shippers because the word Super has more positive connotations. I’m Ok with going back to Hardcore Shippers-Hardies or keeping Extreme Shippers–ES, or better yet the new one I coined, Irrelevants–IR’s It almost sounds like the IRS and that always has a negative connotation. ;-)