I first found out about the Twilight conventions after New
Moon came out. There was one coming to a city near me, Daniel Cudmore, Chaske
Spencer, Justin Chon, Gil Birmingham and Tinsel Korey were there, but I was set
and ready as soon as I saw Dan’s name.
I was a fan of Daniel Cudmore since he was in X-Men as Colossus
so when I heard and saw he was going to be Felix in the Twilight movies; I was
thrilled to the moon and back. He has the size of how Felix was described in
the book; I knew they had it right when they picked him.
Armed with my camera and my ticket to the convention, I had
no idea what to expect. I was kinda shocked when I walked in seeing it was
almost empty and more surprised when they sat me in the front row (I hadn’t
bought those seats) but there I was smack in the front and inches away from the
stage. I wasn’t sure my heart was going to be able to handle it. Daniel finally
took the stage and I couldn’t breathe, my heart was racing and I was trying to
control myself, and keep quiet (not easy if you know me). All the questions
that were being asked over and over again were simply asking Dan if he was Team
Edward or Jacob, I muttered or thought I had muttered quietly, “No, he is Team
Sexy Volturi Guard,” which he heard, laughed and quoted me and winked and
smiled. It was a true fangirl moment to me.
The convention was an overall flop, but I had my moment with
Dan. I also made some friends that are my closest and dearest friends to this
day. I learned that there was a more reputable company hosting the conventions –
Creation Entertainment and they were coming to town in a month, yes I grabbed
my tickets right away. This convention was epic and more awesome then my first
round, these guys knew what they were doing. They had meet and greets, and
auctions and were so much more organized. I saw some of my new friends at this
con in Miami and true friendships were born. At this con I met Christopher Heyerdahl,
Marcus of the Volturi; Charlie Bewley, Demetri of the Volturi and Peter
Facinelli, Dr. Carlisle Cullen. I am sure there were more, but I am lost of
whom. I basically tuned out after I met the men of the Volturi I cannot lie.
I can’t remember the last count of how many conventions I
was at, but I crisscrossed across the country a few times and made a few repeat
conventions. The times and money we had, and the bonds made with the actors and
our little community is something we will never experience on this level again.
It well they have to be the best and most amazing times and memories of my
life. My weekends were consumed with traveling to a different city about every
other weekend, and living out of a suitcase and I loved every minute of it, it
was even better when the stars of the big screen started to recognize me, and
not in that stalker kind of way, but friendly, not friends, but friendly. Well
some did become friends, but that wasn’t the plan. We clicked; we had things in
common beyond the conventions and movies and the growing world and obsession of
Twilight.
In the upcoming weeks, I will talk about what it means to be
an adult to camp out for the movie premieres going to Forks and bringing it all
full circle, but most importantly what to do now that the Twilight saga is
over.
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