Fannish paradise...

Spent half the day, rather pleasantly, on the train with explodedteabag, maaseru and gamergrrl, going to Toronto for FanExpo 2010.

FanExpo: Toronto's annual comic book/gaming/anime/sf extravaganza.

I just got back from the X-Men panel, held by various X-Men writers, editors and artists. I feel like such a fangirl: all my enhthusiasms aroused. They said Magneto is and will be important in at least two major plotlines coming up: yay! And there will be Gambit material. My two favourite Marvel characters: I done died and gone to heaven. I didn't have the nerve to ask about Pete Wisdom. Two out of three isn't bad.

Coming back to my hotel room in the Royal York, there were several fans in the elevator, one in a "Blackest Night" T-shirt, and a man and a women who were obviously tourists. I'm sure they thought I was a mundane too. When the other fans go off, the women said, "I never knew there were so many people into comic books. Did you see all the people in costumes?"

"I thought maybe Canadians celebrated Halloween early," said the man.

Highlights at the con so far:

• We saw the Impala from Supernatural. explodedteabag and I fangirled over it like two demented fools. We also saw the Batmobile from the 1960s TV show, but I didn't care about that.
  
• Many great costumes. Waiting in line to get into the building, we were standing with Hawkeye and Wiccan from The Young Avengers. Wiccan said that Hulkling would be at the con with them tomorrow.
  
• I bought graphic novels at a great price.