This year the powers that be put a Supernatural convention during my spring break – yay! That meant I was able to travel to California, spend some time with my daughter in the Bay area, then take a short flight to Burbank for the con. The hotel is one of my all time favorite con hotels, with a lovely pool and a spacious outdoor dining restaurant right there between the con area and the hotel itself. It was the perfect place to gather and have a drink and a bite in between panels and events, which was great because I got to reconnect with some friends I haven’t seen in far too long.
I also met alot of wonderful new people and fans of Supernatural – and of The Boys, including this mini Homelander who was adorable!
Shout out to everyone who came to say hi in the vendor room and picked up a copy of one of the books with chapters by the Supernatural actors and fans, Family Don’t End With Blood and There’ll Be Peace When You Are Done – or everyone who just stopped by to tell me they’d already read them and enjoyed them! We were also able to bring the new book on ‘The Boys’ to this con – let me know what you think if you picked one of those up. It should catch you up and get you ready for Season 4 in a few months – can’t wait!
There was a substantial break in between the last convention of 2023 back in December and this one in mid March – so everyone was extra happy to be reunited, both fans and cast. And we were treated to some guests we hadn’t seen in far longer than that!
I inevitably miss a few people thanks to working in the vendor room, but I managed to catch quite a few this time – It was wonderful to have Lisa Berry back at a con. She talked about how she was already a passionate Supernatural fan when she was cast on the show, and then finding out there were so many other passionate fans! She enjoyed fans’ complicated canon questions because she is a fan herself.
Lisa: In my incarnation of Billie, she was always right next to Death.
Her character was continually frustrated with Sam and Dean.
Lisa: Billie’s whole thing with the Winchesters is that they always kept coming back to life. Now fangirl Lisa, she was like YES!
Favorite line?
Lisa: Hey.
It’s true, she could give Billie one word to say and it would come out memorable. She said that sometimes she was flown into Vancouver just to turn around to the camera and say ‘hey’!
One of her favorite scenes was the one in the library with Dean, with all the books.
Lisa: Jensen was so generous in that scene – everyone there is, so it’s safe to play.
A fan stepped up to the mic and shared that she had an AKF tattoo.
Lisa: That’s awesome – and yes please do (always keep fighting)!
It was also wonderful to have Matt Cohen back at conventions. I came into the ballroom a little late and Matt was standing in front of the stage and when I walked up the center aisle, he swept me into a hug to say it was good to see me – not a bad way to start the day! He made his way around the entire ballroom to greet everyone he possibly could. It was early so it wasn’t all that crowded, but the people who were there were treated to a great panel.
It does, however, mean that I hardly got any photos of Matt as he walked around.
Matt: There’s no better place to be in terms of diversity and acceptance than the SPNFamily.