First Comic Con Experience

Dutch Comic Con Utrecht: 24^th of March, 2019

Here is my post about my first Comic Con experience! Perhaps you think: Why is this Tom Hiddleston or Loki related? Because it‘s not like he was there or anything. (However I can make anything Tom Hiddleston related.) But I came across of some Loki related stuff and of course made some pictures. I had hoped there was more Loki to be found. The only Loki Funko Pop I saw was the Golden Chrome one and finding a Loki comic, was very rare. And I came across of a lovely lady who was dressed as Loki. Of course I had to take a photo with her which is in this blog as well. I really did see a lot of great cosplayers. If I had a professional camera, I had wanted to photograph them all!

Shannen Doherty

She was really nice and I was nervous.

Two of the guests from Dutch Comic Con were Shannen Doherty & Tom Felton. Also I wanted to experience a Photobooth before I will do one in the future with Tom (Hiddleston, obviously). Both the worlds of Charmed and Harry Potter are really my thing. Charmed took over halve my childhood & teenage years and I also loved my visit to the Harry Potter Studios I did in London (2017). Draco was (shared first place with Sirius Black) my favourite character of Harry Potter, but because Charmed had meant more for me I chose to do a photo with Shannen Doherty. Also in Charmed are hidden a lot of (spiritual) life messages. My sister and I recently started to watch the show from the beginning, again. She was really lovely and kind. As I expected, the photo op happened very quickly. But I was able to give her my letter in which I told her how much I love Charmed and how much I admire her for the strong woman she is. I think you know that she went through a lot and I think she‘s a great role model for many women. I gave her my letter when she was giving out autographs and selfies. Because I don‘t really feel much for autographs, I asked the organisation if it was okay to just give her the letter. It was no problem, as long as I kept it short which I respected. So I just told her that I‘m a huge fan of Charmed and that I wanted to give her the letter. She thanked me and told me she would read it later. Then we said goodbye. (The photo op was halve an hour after that).

Q&A‘s

I wish that Shannen‘s Q&A got filmed, because it was really inspiring! Because of Tom Hiddleston‘s Q&A‘s from Ace Comic Con, I‘m used to watch the Q&A‘s back later but it‘s a bit different here in the Netherlands. Dutch Comic Con did a few life streaming on Facebook during a few panels (There is a part of the one of Shannen from Saturday). Other than that it‘s just for the people who are there, but I had loved re-watching it. One person told her how much she admired her for how open she was during the time of her disease (something similar I wrote in the letter) and asked her if she had any tips for someone who went through it right now. Also I was in line for asking Shannen a question, but unfortunately for me the person before me asked the very same question that I had in mind! And because I couldn't think of another question that soon, I stepped out of the line and took a seat. I wanted to ask her what her favourite episode was. At that moment I couldn't completely hear her answer, but I did catch something about that she loved to work with the horses. So my guess is that she answered ‘The Good, the Bad and the Cursed’ (One she directed, great episode by the way!) But one of my favourite definitely is: ‘All Halliwell‘s Eve’. She also mentioned that the third season was her favourite season, also because she had directed a few episodes from that season. Perhaps part of the reason that I stepped out of the line, also was because of me being afraid of speaking in (big) public and I started to get really nervous when it was almost my turn. I think Tom Hiddleston is needed in order for me to get over that! Later that day, when Tom Felton‘s panel was almost there, I had the chance of standing really close in front of the for asking him a question. But I didn't joined the que. I didn't had a burning question for him and I didn't know if he appreciated it if I asked him about his favourite Marvel movie. I don‘t even know if he‘s into Marvel movies! Also I thought it was a good thing to give his true fans a chance, since the Tom I‘d truly want to meet with deep in my heart has a slightly little different last name. ;)

I went live on Instagram during Tom Felton‘s panel for a while. I managed to save 9 minutes of that and I got it placed on YouTube. I must say his panel was really fun and also this is a Tom who‘s really lovely for his fans. Dutch Comic Con posted a small part of his panel from Saturday in which he spontaneously hugged a fan who became very emotional when it was her turn. (perhaps it‘s to be found on youtube) I can imagine getting emotional probably will happen to me when Tom Hiddleston is standing in front of me. And the very last panel was the one from Benedict Wong. His panel also was very funny and where it was overloaded crowded at Tom Felton‘s panel, there was plenty of room left during Benedict‘s panel. Perhaps lot‘s of people already went home, but Wong totally deserved to have more crowd! His panel also was inspiring and he talked about how Wong became Wong in Doctor Strange. He also joked a little about his character having the same name. I also respect him for doing this con, since it was mentioned that he felt really ill.

(Don‘t mind the quality. Something went wrong in the middle, but that‘s only for a few seconds.) 

Cosplayers and hunting on everything Loki related

I was very impressed with all the cosplayers I saw at the event. I took a picture with Jack Sparrow, Loki & Captain America: all Dutch cosplayers. It amazed me how much this Jack Sparrow looked and acted like the real one! Due a tragedy that happened in Utrecht 5 days before the event took place, they had forbidden all weapon props so there wouldn't be any confusion. That‘s why Loki has no weapon. Also they only allowed visitors to bring really small handbags. If you wanted to bring bigger bags, you had to leave them at the bag-wardrobe or it had to be a transparent one: they were allowed to go in. Due what happened, it was really understandable.

I had hoped to find a little more Loki stuff there. Someone had found a really nice Loki Ragnarok poster on Saturday (the one I‘m using in my profile photo), but I guess it was sold out on Sunday because I couldn‘t find it. The only Loki Funko Pop I saw was the Chrome one. And finding a Loki comic was really hard. Perhaps if I want to see a little more Loki next time, I need to go on Saturday instead!

When seeing this, my heart was very active..

Trip back home

Then it was time for the trip back home. And public transport here in The Netherlands, in general is a drama. My friend who has been in Japan this year, mentioned we could learn about how organized it is in Japan. For almost the whole day there was a big breakdown happening on the railways between Utrecht and Eindhoven. Later I realized about how lucky we were about reaching Utrecht in the first place, because lots of people couldn't because the breakdown started somewhere later in the morning. NS had expected the breakdown would last until 13:00, however on 18:00 that got postponed to 19:30, and around 20:45 finally the trains moved again! The picture below is taken around 19:30, when we had just arrived at the chaos that was happening in the station of Den Bosch (The next stop after Utrecht, it was as far the train went). That was supposed to be the line for the buses they had as replacement. Let‘s just say: two small buses every hour is by far not enough for all the people that got stuck after they had to leave the trains. I‘m standing somewhere in the back and at this point one of my friends regretted about reaching Utrecht in the first place. However she didn't buy a non-refundable ticket for the photobooth. (For me it didn't matter how late I got home.) Luckily we only stood there for one hour since then soon the problem was fixed. Some people really stood there for hours. 

The perfect example of the Dutch public transport going wrong..

And on moments like this, I really desired the Charmed powers like orbing and shimmering!

We reached our end station (where one of my friends had parked his car) somewhere before 22:00 and just when you didn't think the trip could get any crazier, the next ‘surprise’ awaited us: My friend forgot to turn out the lights of his car. Oops. Result: The battery (or how do I call this?) was empty! Luckily for us someone else saw that there was something odd with the car. ‘A rescue Angel’, was the thought I had. We were truly grateful for his presence! Something which I definitely am not is a car expert, so if I need to sum it up: Something with attaching cables between both of the cars to load the battery. Our last stop was McDonald‘s because we hadn't eaten much all day. The food stands at Dutch Comic Con were really crowded. Here we talked about how this whole day kind of was a big learning experience. Our first Comic Con experience, the happenings with the public transport and my friend will definitely double check if the lights of the car truly are out!

All I took home with me, however I bought the Pops on the station before, not on the event.

Conclusion / Statement

I had a great day at Dutch Comic Con. Meeting Shannen Doherty, being present at the panels: I will definitely go again! I‘ll end with a positive thought: One day, I don‘t know when and where, it will finally be Tom Hiddleston I‘m meeting :).

Loki Endgame

The only posts that matters today:

Betrayal is extending

This is a message from Pinter at the Pinter‘s Facebook:

BETRAYAL IS EXTENDING! Due to extraordinary demand, Jamie Lloyd’s landmark production - starring Zawe Ashton, Charlie Cox and Tom Hiddleston will run at the Harold Pinter Theatre for an extra week!

Tickets for June 3-8 on sale from 10am TODAY: po.st/Betrayal_Pinter

Photo: Marc Brenner Photography (so I assume)

Tom Hiddleston on Only Artists

Tom Hiddleston meeting Nicholas Britell

Photo: BBC Radio 4

This morning (the 20th of March) Tom was on BBC Radio 4 talking about film music with Nicholas Britell. It was a very inspiring and lovely conversation. He also talked about Loki.

Here you can listen it back:

Tom Hiddleston on Only Artists

One of the soundtracks that they mentioned was Chariots of Fire of Vangelis, which I always found a wonderful song and I come across in my playlist a lot:

He also talked about Loki. How he used to listen to Mind Heist by Zack Hemsey (for the role of Loki), which has a clicking clock in it. Indeed, it sounds very Loki like. Listen it for yourself here:

Tom Hiddleston also will be on BBC‘s 4 Front Row today on 19:15 (UK time)

Official Betrayal pictures

All photo‘s in this post by Marc Brenner Photography

No headline. A photo strong like this one, doesn't need an extra headliner. Emma & Jerry holding hands and Robert with his head down a little afar from them. The feeling, the emotions. What a small photo can do.

I feel his pain, feel his emotion. What a one of a kind talent Tom Hiddleston is! This is art. This is the best level of theatre.

This picture speaks for itself too

I‘m grateful that these pictures are here. It gives me a little an idea of how Betrayal will look like. And from the other side: I know I‘m missing an amazing theatre play!

To everyone who will see it: Cherish this moment forever! Be nice and if you got a chance of telling the actors what you thought of it: Tell them how amazing and talented they are, how much the play has touched you: because I‘m sure it will!

A little extra (watch closely):

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X-Men, Thor, Avengers & GotG crossover

Crossover with X-men, Thor & Loki, The Avengers and the GotG

This is a crossover with the characters Charles Xavier, Magneto & the Wolverine of Marvel‘s X-Men (First Class). The characters of the Avengers series are: Loki, Thor, Tony Stark & Bucky Barnes. From the Guardians of the Galaxy I added Rocket & Teenage Groot.

Charles Xavier has called the Asgardian Gods to protect his 'powerful'  twin sister Charlene together with Logan, against the God Apocalypse. Meanwhile Magneto made a team out of Tony Stark, Bucky  Barnes & the two smallest members of the Guardians of the Galaxy to go join them.

(I don‘t exactly know where this story is going, I just wanted to do a crossover with my favourite characters. I do not always follow the exact story lines of the films. This just started for my own fun.)

Here are the first 3 chapters/introduction:
Note that I wrote them a year ago! Got some more on my computer, just need to find some more inspiration for continue. 

• Team Charles: The Gods

1983

CHARLES XAVIER:

What if you have no options left? My dear friend Jean foresaw the end of the world and after knowing who we're up against I'd better protect my relatives. Apocalypse, he calls himself. The proof evil Gods existed too, this was one beyond our mutant powers. With what than other Gods would you fight a God? I was standing across them, a strong man with long blonde hair and a pale one with long black hair. Thor, the God of Thunder and Loki the kind of God I'd normally would not have trusted. I'm wondering from what future year I got them from. I'm guessing somewhere between 2013 and 2016, after they were done battling themselves, at least that I may hope. I truly hoped they were strong enough to face the enemy. Eventually, Apocalypse would find them because I'm asking them to protect the one he's after.

'You want us to protect a girl?', Loki asked, like he had better things to do. I thought it was for the best to not tell them everything. They didn't needed to know that they were going to protect the most powerful one of us all. She was able to receive every power she desired, to protect her we isolated her and switched off her powers a long time ago. Now Apocalypse is after her to give them back, kill her and become the owner of her powers himself. If that happens, I think we all are screwed.

'Not just any other girl. She's my twin sister! Please don't ask any more questions, the time will make them clear.' I needed to retain myself. I don't like the talks of this Loki. In my eyes all he represented was egoism and chaos. There was a reason why he was known as the God of Mischief and Lies. But Jean said he shall be the most important one, and I know if there is someone I can trust, it's her. 'There is someone who will join you, his name is Logan.' I made room, in order to let him entrance.

Terrific, another beast! At least this one isn't green, but the hair! Hair everywhere! Thoughts coming from Loki's mind, or at least everything I was able to catch. His mind was a chaos and so was Thor's, I assumed it must be a Gods thing. 'Oh please, if I wanted a pet I would have gotten one at the local pet store!', Loki said while giving Logan a false look. I guessed these two weren't going to be the best friends. Logan always had a short temper, within seconds he pointed his iron claws at the better knowing God. I realized Thor had a handful in keeping these two out of each other's hairs, quickly he stood between the two of them. 'Come on Loki, do me a favour and act nicely for this once!', he said. Loki sighed. 'Then he should wear a t-shirt!', he answered. 'What, you're afraid of getting all hot on me? Don't worry I have plenty of t-shirts..', Logan responded. Luckily I discovered some humor in his voice.

• Team Magneto: Tony Stark, Bucky and the Guardians

ELSEWERE

'So Magnet, want to tell us why you brought us here?' Just when Tony Stark thought he was done saving the world, he found himself among the mutants Magneto and Mystique together with Bucky Barnes. 'MAGNETO!' Erik Lehnsherr probably asking himself the same question, because to be honest he had expected a little more when he requested these superheroes. Perhaps he would be more satisfied if he got to see the Iron Man suit. 'Something beyond us is predicted to come. We could really use all the help we are able to get', Mystique answered. 'Predicted? So you don't even know if it's for real or not?', Bucky rolled his eyes.

'I know what this is!' Tony Stark looked around to explore the place. 'This must be one of Thor's worlds. I'm pretty sure the blue girl is Loki's grandmother or something. We are in the past right?' Tony glanced a look towards Bucky. 'He's talking about those Gods Charles wanted to bring here', Mystique said to Magneto. 'Look Stark. I have this device which is supposed to find me the best superheroes. Below the name 'The Avengers' your name was the first one to pop up!', Magneto explained. 'Then where are the others?' 
'Follow me, then I'll show you..'

The small tour ended up in front of a cage. Inside of the cage were Rocket and Teenage Groot. 'Unfortunately your original teammates were unavailable, this is what I got instead.' These creatures were the last Magneto expected when he clicked the names 'Rocket' and 'Groot'.

'Somebody call the zoo, I think they are missing a few!', Tony laughed when his eyes discovered Rocket. Groot and Rocket walked out of the cage, which Magneto had opened. 'I don't like that guy! If you want us to team up with them you'd better grant me the other guy's arm!' Rocket said, bargaining on his best.

'If you guys succeed you will be granted. If it's true Charles brought those Gods here, you'd better find them and team up with them.. Tony?' Magneto was about to slap Tony with Bucky's metal arm to get his attention. 'I'm sorry I just got a little distracted seeing it speaking. Find Thor you said? Piece of cake!' Now Tony had all the attention. 'Just follow the chaos, then we'll be with Lightning McThor and his brother Reindeer Games in no time!', Tony grinned. 'I AM GROOT!' 

'No Groot, he doesn't mean we are heading to a Game Shop!' Rocket sighed deep. 'This Thor and his reindeer better have some good gadgets for me to use!' 

• Charlene and her haunted house

We are standing in front of a house what looked like a house inhabited by nothing but a bunch of old ghosts. The house seemed to come right from a nightmare and it was located far away from the living world. ‘Is this it? He must really hate his sister if he lets her live in a haunted mansion like this!’ Logan was knocking at the door. ‘Gladly we brought you Thor, I think it needs a little electricity’, I said to my brother. ‘Make him shut his mouth before I do!’, the hairball spoke and then I heard my brother taking a deep breath before the door was opened.

In the doorway stood the portrait of her brother, female of course. Caramel coloured hair, creamy white skin. ‘Logan!’ She seemed to know the beast. ‘Charlene, your brother send us to protect you against Apocalypse. This is Thor, the God of Thunder.’ And just like I had expected, when he started to lay his focus on me a silence fell. Are you going to introduce me or must I do it myself? ‘And this is Loki, the God of Annoying Words! I have no clue why your brother asked him to come along!’ In an eye corner I saw Thor keep in his laughter. ‘God of Mischief!’, I improved him.

Charlene, apparently that was her name, greeted us. She had the most innocent smile I‘ve ever seen. ‘Tell my brother I don‘t need any protection. I‘m very well capable of protecting myself!’ Also she seemed to be just as stubborn as her brother looked. ‘With what powers?’ Logan pushed her back inside and then he just invited himself into the house. Where were his manners? ‘Now give us a place to sleep, we are exhausted from the trip to get here!’, he continued. Thor and I stepped in the house as well. Like I thought, she had to create light by using candles! The hall was great, but you would expect lots of dust and spider rags in a house like this. I assumed Charlene had plenty of time to clean and she looked to be a neatly girl, definitely not the kind of woman who likes living in dusty houses.

‘But if you don‘t want to welcome us we totally understand!’, I said but in a way I could imagine she wouldn‘t mind sharing this scary big house with three strong men, and the thought of two of them being Gods surely sounds reassured. ‘Two of you can sleep in the attic and close to mine is another bedroom’, she said. ‘Loki, shall we take the attic?’, Thor asked me. The attic? Isn‘t the attic the place where ghosts are building parties in houses like this? Charlene looked at me with her lovely big eyes. ‘What‘s wrong? You look like you‘ve seen a ghost’, she probably smelled my fear. ‘Great, one who never stopped believing in ghost stories! You‘ll take the bedroom!’, Logan said with rolling eyes. I couldn‘t have felt more relieved.

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Also comments and thoughts are welcome!

Captain Marvel

Captain Marvel

Men, beware! Also in the film-industry, the women are after a take-over, so it looks. We will most definitely see it happening in this year’s superheroes films. After the Marvel male related superheroes such as Thor, Iron Man, Captain America & Black Panther, now it‘s up to actress Brie Larson (In my Dutch review I couldn‘t resist on mentioning here that she‘s also known for the movie Kong: Skull Island in which my favorite Marvel actor Tom Hiddleston has a big role. Even if we will see Loki in Endgame, I know he‘s one of the characters I can‘t mention for my Endgame review..) to crawl into the skin of a superhero: Captain Marvel! Also, later this year Marvel will release the movie: ‘X-Men: Dark Phoenix’ which will also be dominated by (not all heroes) female characters. Talked about this: We‘ve seen it at DC too with ‘Wonder Woman’, earlier ‘Catwoman’ and the ‘Supergirl’ show (from which was made a movie in the 80s and apparently there are plans for a new Supergirl film). I thought it was very accurate for me to go see ‘Captain Marvel on International Women’s Day! However, if you just look at the title, you might just not directly assume it concerns a woman. When a few years ago I first got crossed with the title ‘Captain Marvel’, before knowing any details, I assumed it would be a male character. (No, ain’t really a comics-reader..) Funny thing I recently read in a blog titled ‘Everything you need to know about the new Captain Marvel film!’ from Wilson Worldwide Productions (Award-winning Film & TV production company which I am following on Instagram), that the character originally was a man!

I shall not go in too deep about the story, because that‘ll mean concerning a Marvel movie, mostly too much is said. But I think I can refer this: I thought it was highly respectful that instead of the usual Marvel intro, one completely in theme of Stan Lee was present as a tribute to the in November passed away legend Stan Lee. In Captain Marvel you will see one of his last cameo’s. Known is that he also recorded one for Avengers: Endgame. Do you think he also recorded one for the new Spider-man movie?  

Photo: Gage Skidmore (Wikipedia)

It took me a while for me to really get into this movie. Of course, I had this question in my head: Who‘s Captain Marvel? What is her story? Well, if you are curious about that yourself too, then for one evening travel back to the 90's in which this film takes place (with the presence of the typical 90s music such as Nirvana, I assume that‘ll work just fine). Together with her, Nick Fury and among others cat Goose, you go with them on their adventure in which not everyone is who he/she looks like & in which the special effects once again are mind-blowing!

Luckily, the male superheroes are definitely not planning on disappearing! Around the end of April, we will finally (and hopefully) see Iron Man, Thor & among others Captain America in action again in Avengers: Endgame! After seeing Captain Marvel, I‘ve already gotten the chills for Avengers: Endgame. What about you?

Streaming Device Disney+ first arrives in the Netherlands!

Good news: Streaming Device Disney+ first arrives in the Netherlands!

The other day I came across this article of the Dutch Superguide, which says that Disney+ is first to be expected here in the Netherlands. But don‘t worry, something that comes in the Netherlands I‘m sure soon will be available world-wide anyway!

Here is the Dutch article: Superguide: Disney+

You don‘t need to copy the text into Google Translate, I already did it for you + edited it a little bit more decent than Google Translate did (at least I think).

Here is what the article says:

Wow! We had expected that Disney +, the new sensation in the streaming area, would release in America first. Well: wrong! Disney would like to use the Netherlands as a test area and that is why the service will first come to us!

And if the platform comes later in America, there are certainly no more ‘bugs’. That’s the idea, according to the news site The Insider. According to insiders, Disney + is coming to the Netherlands this year!

Yes, let‘s absorb this for a while. Month after month we are receiving one surprising announcement after another! All those goodies! The Disney super villains series - announced last week - is just the beginning!

Marvel party

Who‘s not that into the Princess side of Disney, has more than enough to look forward to with Disney +. For example, Marvel heroes (They had ‘and bad guys’ in between parenthesis, but I don‘t see any bad guys in the following list! Do you?) like Loki, Scarlet Witch, The Vision, Falcon and the Winter Soldier all get their own series, exclusively on Disney + (Disney Originals?). In addition, according to the rumors, the cancelled Netflix Marvel series The Punisher, Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist would once again get a sequel to Disney's streaming service.

Star Wars feast

And if that is not enough: Disney also owns Lucasfilm, the company that owns everything from Star Wars. So expect a lot of original Star Wars stories! Two have already been announced: The Mandalorian, about the famous Bounty Hunters, and a prequel series on prequel-movie Rogue One: A Star Wars story (prequel-ception!).

When Disney + comes to the Netherlands isn‘t known yet. Of course, we will keep you informed!

BAFTA Young Presenter Braydon Bent interviews Tom Hiddleston

BAFTA Young Presenter Braydon Bent interviews Tom Hiddleston.

The interview


Lovely video by BAFTA‘s Young presenter Braydon Bent interviewing Tom Hiddleston! I had to laugh at Tom‘s crossed eyes. Can you believe me practicing it in front of the mirror? Of course I can‘t see. (I probably don‘t want to see my failure..) 

Photo‘s screen-capped from Braydon Bent‘s video by @teddy_bear_hiddles (IG)

I hope you had a lovely birthday yesterday Braydon! It didn‘t snow, but I bet that didn‘t spoil the fun for you! 

Carnaval

Carnaval

Now let me introduce you to my reason of not posting much anywhere these days, It‘s an tradition in the part of The Netherlands I live in. This is called Carnaval.

Got the faces of my sister & the other people hidden(, not that
they would mind being on my blog..)

The photo above with me and my sister is 2 years old now. I remember how much fun we had back then, but for some reason I‘m growing out of it. I don‘t really experience the same fun as I did 2 years ago. (Mostly only Tuesday I enjoy the most, less crowded) 

However, let me explain Carnaval to you. Officially it‘s a 3 days (4-5 nowadays since Friday and Saturday have been added..) long celebration of fun, music and craziness. Perhaps it‘s something like Halloween, because people dress up in anything they want. Only there‘s no theme, like Halloween people mostly dress up like something spooky right? You just wear anything you want, crazy (itsy) wigs. I can‘t do much with my own hair, so the long wigs aren‘t so bad to wear for a few hours. It‘s also not comparable with cosplay. At these crowded places where people drink a lot of beer, it‘s not the best idea to be wearing an expensive costume. Of course dressed as Loki would be awesome.. I usually go for pirate, angel/devil (only this year I‘m leaving the devil behind..). On the photo I tried to be a powerpuff girl, because back then I still had my hair dyed red. And a few years ago I tried to be Scar from the Lion King. Sprayed my hear black, Lion costume, some hairspray, a little lion-like facial paint: trying to make the scar at my eye. (Everyone thought I was a cute lion, so guess I failed a little on that..)

On Sunday the day always starts with a parade with handmade
chariots like this one. (photo: Brabants Dagblad)

March 3rd 2019: Angel (with and without wig)

Oh and also every year people have their own songs, to dance and have fun on. Some are really nice. Now, only 2 days to go, I hope the weather will be a little better.. What are your traditions?