WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.240 --> 00:00:03.600 Hi everybody. This is Chandler, and this is Chris, This is Stephen, 2 00:00:03.960 --> 00:00:08.720 this is Peyton, this is Cold, this is Sarah, and you're 3 00:00:08.759 --> 00:00:21.280 listening too. X ree. It's the podcast on into episode one oho eight. 4 00:00:21.440 --> 00:00:27.079 We are here to reminisce and remember the incredible Uncanny Experience that happened earlier 5 00:00:27.239 --> 00:00:31.839 in September of sixteenth and seventeenth of September. And Chris and I here are 6 00:00:32.280 --> 00:00:35.759 very excited to have our special gas. These are all ticket holder attendees. 7 00:00:35.799 --> 00:00:39.520 I got to experience it firsthand, yes, and we want to learn about 8 00:00:39.560 --> 00:00:44.560 all of your experiences. But yeah, we'll take it to the top for 9 00:00:44.600 --> 00:00:48.439 the audience. So yeah, the Uncanny Experience is an event that Chris, 10 00:00:48.439 --> 00:00:52.799 myself and Dylan Carter produced. It is an immersive fan convention for x Men 11 00:00:52.880 --> 00:00:57.079 fans. It was two days at the Minneapolis Club in Minneapolis, Minnesota, 12 00:00:57.479 --> 00:01:03.679 and we converted this historic mansion into Xavier Institute with special guests, activations, 13 00:01:03.159 --> 00:01:07.480 dazzler, karaoke so much and it was a blast. Let's tell them about 14 00:01:07.599 --> 00:01:11.200 how it all got started. What was our original story? Yeah, well, 15 00:01:11.280 --> 00:01:15.799 I believe it was yourself and Dylan and I talking about how there was 16 00:01:15.840 --> 00:01:19.719 a lack of X Men content. You know, we are all X Men 17 00:01:19.760 --> 00:01:23.239 fans. We have our podcasts here, Dylan has House of x Podcasts. 18 00:01:23.319 --> 00:01:26.480 We are all involved in the X Men community. There was a lack of 19 00:01:26.920 --> 00:01:30.959 X Men events. You know, there's a Xena Warrior Princess Retreat, there 20 00:01:30.079 --> 00:01:34.920 is Buffy Khan, Power Rader Khan, anything, But where's the X Men 21 00:01:34.959 --> 00:01:38.359 fans supposed to go? So we're like, let's just do a convention at 22 00:01:38.400 --> 00:01:42.000 like a hotel. And we're like, no, no, no, let's 23 00:01:42.079 --> 00:01:46.159 level it up and we're gonna do Xavier Institute and let people feel as if 24 00:01:46.159 --> 00:01:49.439 they are going to the x Mansion. And thus we started on this journey. 25 00:01:49.480 --> 00:01:55.480 We toured the Minneapolis Club. It was just perfect, and we're like, 26 00:01:55.519 --> 00:01:57.159 this is it. We're gonna do this. We're gonna do this in 27 00:01:57.200 --> 00:01:59.640 Minneapolis, Minnesota, of all places, and we're gonna make it happen, 28 00:02:00.079 --> 00:02:02.680 and I'm so glad we did. Now this is where you guys come in, 29 00:02:04.200 --> 00:02:10.159 because you all are ticket holders who randomly saw this event pop up somewhere 30 00:02:10.759 --> 00:02:15.840 and it sparked your interest. So we're going to get to that. But 31 00:02:15.960 --> 00:02:20.360 first I want to know on your journey of X Men fandom. When did 32 00:02:20.439 --> 00:02:23.000 you first fall in love with the X Men itself? Was it the comics? 33 00:02:23.520 --> 00:02:28.879 Was it the animated series? Was it the movies? I just want 34 00:02:28.919 --> 00:02:31.000 to get to know a little bit more about you. Yeah, so let's 35 00:02:31.159 --> 00:02:38.840 let's go with Steve first. Stephen, Okay, well, my introduction was 36 00:02:38.919 --> 00:02:44.919 a combination of the Artcave game that existed in my bowling alley, and then 37 00:02:45.000 --> 00:02:49.360 the pride of the X Men cartoon kind of went along with it. I've 38 00:02:49.400 --> 00:02:53.039 gotten to see that when I was really young, and so those characters were 39 00:02:53.080 --> 00:02:57.960 just exciting and mysterious to me until I figured out where they came from. 40 00:02:58.000 --> 00:03:01.080 And once I discovered the X Men, I was all in, awesome, 41 00:03:01.120 --> 00:03:06.240 what about you? Peyton? For me, it was that very first episode 42 00:03:06.240 --> 00:03:10.000 that aired Halloween Night in nineteen ninety two. From there it just kind of 43 00:03:10.000 --> 00:03:15.719 went on. My brother got a X Men I think it was either number 44 00:03:15.759 --> 00:03:19.680 fourteen or fifteen for my birthday. That was a couple of months after that, 45 00:03:19.800 --> 00:03:22.360 and then I was like, Okay, this is it in print, 46 00:03:23.240 --> 00:03:28.759 and from there I was sold. Let's jump down to Sarah. Mine was 47 00:03:28.879 --> 00:03:35.360 actually X Men. The animated series credits sequence, like the end credits I 48 00:03:35.520 --> 00:03:37.960 happened to catch them, and it's like, well, that looks awesome. 49 00:03:38.000 --> 00:03:40.800 And then I remember the moment I was eleven years old and Scott and Jean 50 00:03:42.000 --> 00:03:46.280 kissed and I was like, there's kissing on Saturday morning cartoons. I am 51 00:03:46.400 --> 00:03:51.960 interested, and so that I was diehearted to the animated series. My first 52 00:03:52.000 --> 00:03:55.000 comic was on Candy three eighteen, the epilogue to the Phalanx Covenant. It 53 00:03:55.080 --> 00:04:00.240 was all over, mm, good one, good one, Let's go to 54 00:04:00.280 --> 00:04:05.159 Melissa. I got involved in it because of the animated series. It was. 55 00:04:05.560 --> 00:04:10.960 I would think I was fourteen at the time, and I told Chris 56 00:04:11.000 --> 00:04:15.000 Claremont that it was either the perfect age or exactly the wrong age to encounter 57 00:04:15.080 --> 00:04:18.360 Gambit. And I was in love from then on. And I would go 58 00:04:18.399 --> 00:04:21.199 to the comics shop and buy comics and it was, you know, it 59 00:04:21.279 --> 00:04:25.600 was the mid nineties and not a whole lot of girls doing and doing that, 60 00:04:25.680 --> 00:04:28.199 and it was always so awkward, but I loved it. It was 61 00:04:28.240 --> 00:04:34.360 so great, amazing Colin Uh. I remember the cartoons as a kid, 62 00:04:34.560 --> 00:04:39.199 and they just didn't speak to me. I think because I was so young 63 00:04:39.279 --> 00:04:44.199 that it just felt like an adult cartoon animals. But I always loved Sean 64 00:04:44.279 --> 00:04:47.079 Ashmore and animals, and my dad one day was like, hey, the 65 00:04:47.240 --> 00:04:50.519 Xman movies on, you should watch this, and I saw Sean Ashmore as 66 00:04:50.560 --> 00:04:55.680 Iceman and I was like, I know that actor. I loved that actor. 67 00:04:55.800 --> 00:05:00.279 And I was hooked by the powers and just all of a sudden, 68 00:05:00.279 --> 00:05:03.560 it was like, wait a minute, these aren't just like normal humans. 69 00:05:03.600 --> 00:05:09.360 These are mutants and they all had different powers, and I was hooked. 70 00:05:09.680 --> 00:05:15.160 And I actually started doing online r GPS. So that was like D and 71 00:05:15.240 --> 00:05:17.439 D back the day. I get out a forum and we go back and 72 00:05:17.480 --> 00:05:19.920 forth and do this. I can see someone who were laughing, but yes, 73 00:05:20.040 --> 00:05:23.759 we would write out our x my characters and do that, and yes, 74 00:05:24.040 --> 00:05:30.120 guilt persons. Then I have been hooked, and I mean it's I 75 00:05:30.160 --> 00:05:31.759 love it. I just can't get away from it. I love every minute 76 00:05:31.800 --> 00:05:35.240 of it. So this was definitely the event I had to be at. 77 00:05:35.319 --> 00:05:40.560 So yes, well, speaking of because I made you go last, because 78 00:05:40.600 --> 00:05:43.639 I had to draw attention to you. You were the first ticket buyer for 79 00:05:43.720 --> 00:05:46.759 the event, and you will forever be minted as the very first ticket buyer 80 00:05:46.879 --> 00:05:51.439 of the Uncanning Experience for all time. Yeah, back to Chris's question, 81 00:05:51.480 --> 00:05:57.040 I'm just curious what made you hit that buy button first? Yeah, where 82 00:05:57.040 --> 00:06:00.360 did you see us? And what was your reaction when you saw all the 83 00:06:00.439 --> 00:06:06.360 promotion or advertisement? Oh my gosh. First of all, you guys are 84 00:06:06.680 --> 00:06:10.639 super kind. I feel like the base laser for buying the first ticket. 85 00:06:10.800 --> 00:06:16.639 But I will take that, Thank you very much. Gosh. I think 86 00:06:16.680 --> 00:06:23.480 I heard somebody like mention it on I'm gonna blame Frank Old Fashioned Herd. 87 00:06:23.480 --> 00:06:27.240 I'm gonna blame him. I think he posted something on there about this event 88 00:06:27.279 --> 00:06:30.000 coming and I was like, hold up, like I need to know about 89 00:06:30.000 --> 00:06:34.120 this, Like there's never been an X Men con, there's it doesn't exist, 90 00:06:34.199 --> 00:06:38.199 This is no way. And I looked it up and I saw that 91 00:06:38.240 --> 00:06:42.720 it was in my backyard, Minnesota, which no celebrities, no one ever 92 00:06:42.759 --> 00:06:46.839 comes to. And I was like, I'm buying that ticket. Like I'm 93 00:06:46.879 --> 00:06:48.920 sold. I was like, take my money, now, take it, 94 00:06:49.000 --> 00:06:54.319 take it, take all of it. I'm going so yeah, I'm gonna 95 00:06:54.360 --> 00:07:00.040 blame Instagram and I'm gonna blame Frank Old fashion Nerd and like and then I 96 00:07:00.040 --> 00:07:02.639 actually upgraded my ticket too because I heard you guys are like, you know 97 00:07:02.720 --> 00:07:08.720 you buy the ticket and then these two, these three start giving little sneak 98 00:07:08.720 --> 00:07:10.680 peeks and they're like, Oh, we're gonna have this. We're gonna have 99 00:07:10.759 --> 00:07:12.720 this, We're gonna have this. And next thing I know, I was 100 00:07:12.759 --> 00:07:15.519 like, there's gonna be customizable badges. I had to have one. I 101 00:07:15.560 --> 00:07:19.600 have to have one. So I became the I P and it was definitely 102 00:07:19.600 --> 00:07:24.759 worth the money again, and my wife just kind of laughed and she's like, 103 00:07:25.399 --> 00:07:27.120 what are you buying now? And I'm like, don't worry about it, 104 00:07:27.120 --> 00:07:29.600 don't worry about it. This is this is my life now. I'm 105 00:07:29.600 --> 00:07:32.639 just gonna accept it. And yeah, so first ticket holder, and I 106 00:07:32.680 --> 00:07:35.680 think I was the first one to upgrade and I will hold that, but 107 00:07:35.759 --> 00:07:40.160 yes, Instagram and other cause players and then I think from there it just 108 00:07:40.279 --> 00:07:46.120 kind of took like wildfire really quick. So yeah, awesome. We'll also 109 00:07:46.120 --> 00:07:49.800 when it took off like wildfire, where the Omega tickets, Oh my god, 110 00:07:50.399 --> 00:07:59.040 sound alarm found there's two Omegas in this chat and you guys are Omega. 111 00:07:59.120 --> 00:08:01.439 Ticket levels slowed down out within twenty four hours, which shocked us because 112 00:08:01.560 --> 00:08:05.199 we set a high ticket price with a bunch of perks and we're like this 113 00:08:05.360 --> 00:08:07.439 is going to be a slow trickle. You know, people don't want to 114 00:08:07.519 --> 00:08:13.240 commit that much right away, but you guys proved us wrong. So I 115 00:08:13.319 --> 00:08:16.920 want to know. We'll start with Melissa. Where did you hear about the 116 00:08:16.000 --> 00:08:22.279 event and what made you decide to go full on Omega. I am such 117 00:08:22.279 --> 00:08:24.920 a nerd. I have a LARP group and my LAP group, which is 118 00:08:26.000 --> 00:08:28.680 like a second family for me. They know that I am a huge x 119 00:08:28.759 --> 00:08:35.200 men can and so they somebody in the channel was like, hey, I 120 00:08:35.240 --> 00:08:41.840 think you might be interested in this, and I was, and I kept 121 00:08:41.080 --> 00:08:46.039 I like it must have been just a couple of days in or very early, 122 00:08:46.159 --> 00:08:50.039 because I kept looking at the Omega ticket and I was like, but 123 00:08:50.320 --> 00:08:56.120 all of this stuff, all this stuff I had to I turned to my 124 00:08:56.200 --> 00:08:58.480 husband. I was like, don't say a word. I'm not you live 125 00:08:58.519 --> 00:09:05.840 your dream. Amazing, amazing? What about you, Stephen that you know? 126 00:09:05.960 --> 00:09:09.200 I'm sure I heard about it on social media, either on one of 127 00:09:09.240 --> 00:09:16.320 the house pages or on Instagram, but you know, just the ex event 128 00:09:16.399 --> 00:09:20.399 that's my one true love. So like having the chance to have that immersive 129 00:09:20.600 --> 00:09:26.120 experience where I get to go to Xavier School as a mutant was something that 130 00:09:26.320 --> 00:09:30.039 like was a dream come true to the ten year old child within me. 131 00:09:30.639 --> 00:09:35.399 So like I had to buy the best, most all lacksst to that experience 132 00:09:35.639 --> 00:09:41.879 because I wanted it all. Yeah, well, I thank you so much 133 00:09:41.960 --> 00:09:46.120 for being early adopters and jumping right in Peyton. You have a really great 134 00:09:46.200 --> 00:09:52.440 story because I saw your stories on Instagram about your journey of deciding to come 135 00:09:52.480 --> 00:09:58.559 to this event and then your very heartfelt recap of your trepidations of going into 136 00:09:58.639 --> 00:10:01.039 it, and then how you ended up at end. So before we get 137 00:10:01.080 --> 00:10:05.120 into how you feel about the event, well, how did you finally get 138 00:10:05.200 --> 00:10:11.080 to pull the trigger on that? It was just that thought of it's a 139 00:10:11.159 --> 00:10:13.320 once in a lifetime opportunity. It was like, Okay, I may not 140 00:10:13.360 --> 00:10:16.840 be able to afford it twice, but if I can afford it once, 141 00:10:16.000 --> 00:10:20.679 then do it. You don't know what's going to happen tomorrow. So it 142 00:10:20.960 --> 00:10:24.759 was that that chance to be in the mansion, and I had to take 143 00:10:24.799 --> 00:10:31.480 a thing. Then Sarah, we land on you. I think I first 144 00:10:31.519 --> 00:10:35.320 discovered it like others on social media. Immediately my interest was piqued. I 145 00:10:35.440 --> 00:10:37.759 live in New York, I have a very I'm from the Midwest, but 146 00:10:37.879 --> 00:10:41.240 so I have a very soft spot for any opportunity to kind of come home 147 00:10:41.320 --> 00:10:46.200 to that region. But I was thinking about it, and so I sort 148 00:10:46.200 --> 00:10:48.799 of knowing the back of my mind I was going, but I hadn't pulled 149 00:10:48.840 --> 00:10:52.240 the trigger yet. And finally I told my boyfriend, I said, we're 150 00:10:52.279 --> 00:10:54.600 gonna go. I want to buy tickets, and his face just fell and 151 00:10:54.679 --> 00:10:58.360 I'm just like what And he's like, I got you the tickets for Christmas 152 00:10:58.559 --> 00:11:03.919 and it was oh amazing. So and I told him, I'm like, 153 00:11:03.000 --> 00:11:05.519 don't even worry. I like, I'm so glad to know what it is. 154 00:11:05.840 --> 00:11:09.879 I'm so glad we're going. I'm so excited. So he was ahead 155 00:11:09.919 --> 00:11:13.559 of me on the game. Awesome. Well, we are so grateful that 156 00:11:13.600 --> 00:11:16.440 you guys had faith in us to pull this off because, you know, 157 00:11:16.519 --> 00:11:20.320 this is obviously a first year event. Chris and I come from event experience, 158 00:11:20.399 --> 00:11:24.639 so we kind of knew what we were gonna how to do an event, 159 00:11:24.759 --> 00:11:26.240 but we had never done it in the space, you know, we 160 00:11:26.320 --> 00:11:31.600 had never done this kind of immersive experience, so this was this was the 161 00:11:31.679 --> 00:11:35.759 first for us, and we are so excited that we get to continue because 162 00:11:35.960 --> 00:11:37.759 earlier on Instagram Live, we got to say that we are going to do 163 00:11:37.919 --> 00:11:43.360 year two. It'll be called Sophomore Year. We'll be giving up more details 164 00:11:43.480 --> 00:11:46.799 as things kind of finalize and you know, papers get signed, etc. 165 00:11:48.480 --> 00:11:52.080 But for now we can confirm it's going to happen again. So do you 166 00:11:52.120 --> 00:11:56.000 have another question for the group? I have plenty. Oh, I have 167 00:11:56.240 --> 00:12:00.960 so many. I just want to go through your journey for each and every 168 00:12:01.039 --> 00:12:05.000 one of you, Like when you first saw the venue and the interior itself 169 00:12:05.600 --> 00:12:09.279 when you were exploring it. So as a Minnesota native, I mean, 170 00:12:09.559 --> 00:12:15.080 I never knew that building existed. I've lived here my whole life, and 171 00:12:15.440 --> 00:12:16.919 I've been in Minneapolis. I used to live down there. I didn't know 172 00:12:18.039 --> 00:12:20.080 that buildings this and so when I saw it, it was like my first 173 00:12:20.159 --> 00:12:24.480 thought was like, Okay, this is in New York. And then I 174 00:12:24.799 --> 00:12:26.240 looked at it again and I was like, this is in Minneapolis. How 175 00:12:26.360 --> 00:12:33.840 have I never seen this? The outside is intimidating. You don't expect that 176 00:12:33.159 --> 00:12:37.879 much inside to be in this building, but you kind of take a deep 177 00:12:37.919 --> 00:12:43.039 breath before you walk in because the outside is just so beautiful, and then 178 00:12:43.399 --> 00:12:48.080 you walk in and it's almost everything you think it's gonna be I remember reading 179 00:12:48.360 --> 00:12:52.799 about where everything was going to be, like registrations here, and pick up 180 00:12:52.919 --> 00:12:54.399 is here, and this is here, and you walk in and you're like, 181 00:12:54.879 --> 00:12:58.200 okay, everything's going to be crammed into one spot. No, it 182 00:12:58.360 --> 00:13:03.519 was amaze, Like, I'm pretty sure I didn't know what staircase I was 183 00:13:03.559 --> 00:13:05.720 going up or going down to find what everything was, and somebody's like, 184 00:13:07.120 --> 00:13:09.919 well, it's on floor too, and then you're like, how many floors 185 00:13:09.919 --> 00:13:13.879 are there? Like it almost felt like Hogwarts going up some of those stairs. 186 00:13:13.960 --> 00:13:18.919 You didn't really know where you're gonna end up. But as as big 187 00:13:20.000 --> 00:13:22.960 as the venue was, it was also small enough to where I felt I 188 00:13:24.120 --> 00:13:28.720 was never missing anything, And you also just felt like you were in the 189 00:13:28.799 --> 00:13:33.440 mansion, Like every room felt like, you know, it belonged in that 190 00:13:33.559 --> 00:13:37.840 mansion, and you guys did such great details with even some of the rooms 191 00:13:37.879 --> 00:13:41.799 that didn't we couldn't even go into. I remember walking down the hall and 192 00:13:41.879 --> 00:13:45.279 it's a danger room on one door, and I was like, cool, 193 00:13:45.360 --> 00:13:46.919 I can't go in there, but it's nice to know what exists. And 194 00:13:48.159 --> 00:13:50.840 you go farther down and there was another room, you know, So even 195 00:13:50.919 --> 00:13:54.039 just seeing logans room, I had no clue that even was going to be 196 00:13:54.159 --> 00:13:58.240 there, and that was just kind of like a Okay, somebody lives here, 197 00:13:58.480 --> 00:14:01.159 this is this is even cool. I don't even know where you guys 198 00:14:01.240 --> 00:14:05.440 got that bed, Like where did you find a bed to throw in there? 199 00:14:05.480 --> 00:14:11.279 And just throw this room? And so it was gorgeous. It really 200 00:14:11.399 --> 00:14:15.159 was. The venue I think was my favorite part. Just you know, 201 00:14:15.320 --> 00:14:18.440 I go to CONS. We all go to CONS and it's concrete floors, 202 00:14:18.600 --> 00:14:24.559 it's loud, it's echoing, and it just doesn't feel it feels like you're 203 00:14:24.559 --> 00:14:28.159 just in a giant school gym. And this made me feel like I was 204 00:14:28.279 --> 00:14:33.200 at an event that surrounded by what I loved, and it also felt like 205 00:14:33.679 --> 00:14:39.440 an event that was what we were doing. We were in an x men 206 00:14:39.519 --> 00:14:43.200 mansion. That's what it was. And you can't convince me any you know 207 00:14:43.320 --> 00:14:46.799 otherwise. I'm like, I'm sorry, I know that that's not the mansion, 208 00:14:46.879 --> 00:14:48.440 but that was the mansion. And for those who didn't see it, 209 00:14:50.120 --> 00:14:54.240 it's hard to say you know the details. When you walk in there, 210 00:14:54.440 --> 00:14:56.919 you're just gonna experience it in You're gonna be like, yep, I am 211 00:14:58.039 --> 00:15:01.720 where they told me. I was, so yeah, it's gorgeous. It's 212 00:15:01.759 --> 00:15:05.440 really gorgeous. I can't stop complaining about it or I'm menting about it. 213 00:15:05.519 --> 00:15:11.600 Excuse me. So how about you, Melissa? Do you have any thoughts 214 00:15:11.679 --> 00:15:18.240 to share about the venue itself? Like them seeing the mansion when I got 215 00:15:18.320 --> 00:15:22.679 there. I got in Thursday night so that I could spend Friday looking around 216 00:15:22.679 --> 00:15:28.799 Minneapolis because I'm not from there. And I stepped out of the taxicab in 217 00:15:28.960 --> 00:15:31.480 front of the building and just walked up to it and looked up, and 218 00:15:31.639 --> 00:15:37.559 it was I was there, you know, it was it was. I 219 00:15:37.720 --> 00:15:39.679 was at mansion. Finally I was. I was in a place that I 220 00:15:39.799 --> 00:15:46.799 had seen in my mind a million times, and then it looked just like 221 00:15:46.120 --> 00:15:50.279 it should It was wild. So I get in and I actually was lucky 222 00:15:50.399 --> 00:15:56.519 enough to get to stay at the at the Mansion, and goddess, such 223 00:15:56.519 --> 00:16:00.639 a thrill. It was like being a student because everything everything looked like It's 224 00:16:00.639 --> 00:16:04.399 like Colin was saying, everything looked like it should be there, like nothing 225 00:16:04.519 --> 00:16:08.799 looked out of place, nothing ruined the immersion at any point. It looked 226 00:16:08.840 --> 00:16:12.159 like they had set up a It looked like an orientation of it for the 227 00:16:12.200 --> 00:16:17.759 students. And you could go places and seep it. The Logan's room was 228 00:16:17.840 --> 00:16:19.120 amazing, and I had known that was going to be there, and it 229 00:16:19.279 --> 00:16:25.399 was incredible. Oh, I'm so glad Colin brought that up. The but 230 00:16:25.559 --> 00:16:33.919 the large room that was where they had the perceptions and the party. Everything 231 00:16:33.080 --> 00:16:37.480 was so intimate, though. It was like I kept running into the same 232 00:16:37.519 --> 00:16:42.200 people and it was like you're going to school with them, and that was 233 00:16:42.440 --> 00:16:47.039 that was the most amazing part of it. The location was so incredible, 234 00:16:47.639 --> 00:16:51.000 you know, just to echo what folks has said, it was just wonderful, 235 00:16:51.120 --> 00:16:52.519 and I think it was such a nice surprise. We were staying at 236 00:16:52.559 --> 00:16:56.000 a hotel just around the corner, and so I almost felt like it was 237 00:16:56.360 --> 00:17:00.840 like the best kind of ambush, right where it's like, oh, we'll 238 00:17:00.840 --> 00:17:03.079 go over there, we'll go pick up our badges, and because everything else's 239 00:17:03.160 --> 00:17:08.559 city, and then there are these gates and this beautiful mansion home and it 240 00:17:08.720 --> 00:17:12.200 really just looked perfect and similar to what other folks have said, I was 241 00:17:12.279 --> 00:17:17.240 so the thing that surprised me the most was the interior, because I feel 242 00:17:17.279 --> 00:17:21.599 like sometimes with the historic buildings is the exterior that gets preserved and then the 243 00:17:21.720 --> 00:17:23.319 interior, you know, it's kind of hit and miss what you might get, 244 00:17:23.599 --> 00:17:26.880 but instead it was it was through and through exactly what folks said, 245 00:17:26.880 --> 00:17:30.480 what you would expect of the mansion. And actually one of the moments I 246 00:17:30.640 --> 00:17:33.640 enjoyed most during my time there was I just needed a breather in the opportunity 247 00:17:33.720 --> 00:17:37.519 to just sit in that lounge on the first floor, you know, and 248 00:17:38.480 --> 00:17:42.559 just be in that space as opposed to doing in that space was really special. 249 00:17:44.400 --> 00:17:48.000 The venue was absolute perfection. It's that thing of thinking back to the 250 00:17:48.119 --> 00:17:53.160 first X Men movie in two thousand where you see the kids like running away 251 00:17:53.160 --> 00:17:57.000 from the mansion and they kind of do this aerial helicopter shot and you see 252 00:17:57.039 --> 00:18:00.000 the mansion from above. It was that same kind of feeling. And it's 253 00:18:00.000 --> 00:18:04.200 funny because I feel like I'm getting checked up, but it's it was, 254 00:18:06.519 --> 00:18:10.000 like I said, it was perfection. There's one thing that I say to 255 00:18:10.119 --> 00:18:15.720 myself a lot, which is value is perception. And there may be people 256 00:18:15.799 --> 00:18:18.799 out there that aren't exant fans and they're like, oh, you know, 257 00:18:18.920 --> 00:18:22.319 there's this con you know, whatever, you go do your X thing, 258 00:18:22.759 --> 00:18:26.960 whatever that is. But for the people who are a part of this big 259 00:18:26.200 --> 00:18:32.279 X family, it was exactly what we wanted everything we needed and more, 260 00:18:32.559 --> 00:18:37.319 and we appreciate it. Yeah. No, the venue definitely added to the 261 00:18:37.440 --> 00:18:41.079 magic of the experience. For sure. I would actually be way more interested 262 00:18:41.119 --> 00:18:48.720 in hearing how you guys found the venue that was so perfect? A good 263 00:18:48.839 --> 00:18:51.519 question. Do you want to take this one? Chandler? Yeah, absolutely, 264 00:18:51.640 --> 00:18:53.680 So. I live in Minnesota now. I lived in Los Angeles for 265 00:18:53.759 --> 00:18:56.519 the last twenty years. I just moved back. I grew up in Minnesota, 266 00:18:56.640 --> 00:19:00.839 moved back to College Point. I'd never seen the building before in my 267 00:19:00.920 --> 00:19:03.480 life, and it's been there obviously since the eighteen hundred, so it's crazy 268 00:19:03.559 --> 00:19:07.160 to think that, like, I just never went down Second Avenue that far. 269 00:19:07.599 --> 00:19:11.920 When we were looking at locations, I remember we were. We were 270 00:19:11.000 --> 00:19:15.839 actually circling a different location in Saint Paul at the neighboring Twin City, and 271 00:19:17.920 --> 00:19:23.200 the interior also is very stunning, but it didn't have the exterior quality and 272 00:19:23.400 --> 00:19:26.200 it was my dad. My dad was just like, Oh, you're looking 273 00:19:26.240 --> 00:19:29.319 at that venue, well, why don't you also check out this one. 274 00:19:29.440 --> 00:19:33.559 I know somebody who you know is on the board there and they can give 275 00:19:33.599 --> 00:19:37.119 you a tour. And so I was like sure, and I met up 276 00:19:37.119 --> 00:19:38.160 with the person, and then they showed me inside and I was like, 277 00:19:38.480 --> 00:19:41.160 oh my god, this is it. This is absolutely it. This is 278 00:19:41.240 --> 00:19:45.400 not just going to be halfway like feeling like the expansion. This is going 279 00:19:45.440 --> 00:19:49.400 to just feel like it all together. Because it had that exterior quality that 280 00:19:49.519 --> 00:19:52.559 just made you when you walk up to it, you're like, oh wow, 281 00:19:52.640 --> 00:19:55.359 this is it. Yeah. And when I did the initial tour, 282 00:19:56.440 --> 00:19:59.759 I just you know, I knew it was perfect, and you know, 283 00:20:00.119 --> 00:20:02.839 ideas start flying and you're like, Okay, this is what we're gonna do. 284 00:20:02.960 --> 00:20:04.240 This is what we're going to do with these rooms. This is how 285 00:20:04.279 --> 00:20:07.599 we're going to make it immersive and make people feel like they're there. And 286 00:20:08.480 --> 00:20:12.119 the Minneapolis Club staff was all on board. They had never done anything like 287 00:20:12.240 --> 00:20:15.240 this. The Minneapolis Club, for people who don't understand, is a members 288 00:20:15.359 --> 00:20:21.000 club, so it is for people that buy membership. Has athletic facilities, 289 00:20:21.079 --> 00:20:25.119 it has a restaurant, has these kind of you know, banquet rooms, 290 00:20:25.200 --> 00:20:29.400 It's used a lot for weddings. So they are used to this kind of 291 00:20:29.880 --> 00:20:33.519 more high level clientele vibe because you have to you know, there's very rich 292 00:20:33.559 --> 00:20:37.160 people that have memberships here, so going up to them and be like we 293 00:20:37.279 --> 00:20:41.480 want to storm your building with a bunch of comic book fans. Like they 294 00:20:41.559 --> 00:20:45.000 were all about it. They're like, that sounds exciting honestly because they're like, 295 00:20:45.119 --> 00:20:48.240 you know, we need new energy, we need we need fresh bodies, 296 00:20:48.279 --> 00:20:52.319 we need we need life in this building because you know, these institutions 297 00:20:52.400 --> 00:20:55.799 are kind of, you know, falling to the wayside as people grow out 298 00:20:55.880 --> 00:20:59.880 of that society. So they were all in. They jumped in, their 299 00:21:00.039 --> 00:21:03.359 staff was in. They were so excited. The guy at the concierge desk 300 00:21:03.480 --> 00:21:06.160 was hilarious because I was like, I'm so sorry, you must be so 301 00:21:06.359 --> 00:21:07.359 overwhelmed by all these people. He's like, are you kidding me? There 302 00:21:07.440 --> 00:21:11.319 is more life in this building that has been in years. So he's like, 303 00:21:11.480 --> 00:21:14.960 I really appreciate that you guys brought this event here and you chose us. 304 00:21:15.000 --> 00:21:18.720 So they were very appreciative as well. So I think it was a 305 00:21:18.839 --> 00:21:23.200 very reciprocal situation. So the of the guests that we had, did you 306 00:21:23.240 --> 00:21:26.319 get to interact with any of our special guests? And do you guys have 307 00:21:26.400 --> 00:21:30.799 any stories that you want to share. My biggest surprise was when you brought 308 00:21:32.240 --> 00:21:37.559 Daniel Couldmore in again X Men movies that was kind of my origin story. 309 00:21:37.680 --> 00:21:41.119 So seeing clauses, I was like, I got to meet him up and 310 00:21:41.599 --> 00:21:45.920 that's where I met Perch and we talked and she was kind of like, 311 00:21:45.039 --> 00:21:48.359 yeah, I followed him too, and I was like, yeah, I 312 00:21:48.519 --> 00:21:51.160 just you know, it's an X men. I gotta get his autograph. 313 00:21:51.359 --> 00:21:57.319 And what was really cool about this if we waited in line and then we're 314 00:21:57.359 --> 00:22:02.960 brought back into like an and I sat down across the desk from him, 315 00:22:03.599 --> 00:22:10.400 and if people don't know, he's really tall, and it's it's astounded to 316 00:22:10.440 --> 00:22:12.759 see how tall he is. And but we sat there like He's like, 317 00:22:12.839 --> 00:22:15.119 gosh, I feel like I'm giving you an interview or something like that. 318 00:22:15.319 --> 00:22:18.319 I was like, yeah, this is great. And I'm in like full 319 00:22:18.400 --> 00:22:22.440 cosplay, so I have half my face is covered with face paint and glitter. 320 00:22:22.880 --> 00:22:27.440 I was Iceman that day, and so I'm a little intimidated meeting the 321 00:22:27.519 --> 00:22:30.319 celebrity like him. But at the same time, I've done it a couple 322 00:22:30.400 --> 00:22:36.279 times where I've been in makeup and but he was just the nicest guy and 323 00:22:36.680 --> 00:22:40.799 it just blew my mind at how down to earth he was. He wanted 324 00:22:40.839 --> 00:22:44.039 to have a good conversation. We were there for ten minutes. I think 325 00:22:44.079 --> 00:22:48.920 it's not longer talking X men and costumes and all sorts of stuff. And 326 00:22:48.960 --> 00:22:52.440 I know I talked to a couple other people are like, yeah, I 327 00:22:52.519 --> 00:22:55.480 talked to him for about like ten fifteen minutes. It was so down to 328 00:22:55.599 --> 00:23:00.839 earth and what really set me, I mean, what really made this difference 329 00:23:02.200 --> 00:23:07.960 is that the celebrities and the guests that were there were walking around and just 330 00:23:08.519 --> 00:23:12.359 saying hi to people. I mean, I had a conversation with cal who 331 00:23:12.519 --> 00:23:18.519 is the voice sub logan. He just was talking. And I know Rogue 332 00:23:18.599 --> 00:23:23.079 was walking around just having conversations. Chris was walking around having conversations. It 333 00:23:23.240 --> 00:23:27.079 was like they didn't want to be stuck in a room. They wanted to 334 00:23:27.279 --> 00:23:32.200 enjoy the experience as well. And that's what just made this even better because 335 00:23:32.240 --> 00:23:36.039 at other cons, you're not going to see Jensen Akles their time welling and 336 00:23:36.119 --> 00:23:37.720 walk around and just you know, talk to you. No, they're gonna 337 00:23:37.720 --> 00:23:41.240 be behind the curtain. This was like all the celebrities, all the guests 338 00:23:41.279 --> 00:23:45.960 were just happy to be around you and talk. So that's what really made 339 00:23:45.039 --> 00:23:51.079 this really exciting was just to see these celebrities, these people and then just 340 00:23:51.200 --> 00:23:52.640 talk to him again, like I talked to Daniel I think about three or 341 00:23:52.680 --> 00:23:55.640 four other times, just Hey, how are you doing. Oh, I'm 342 00:23:55.680 --> 00:24:00.599 having a great time. Awesome, And so that was really the awesome thing 343 00:24:00.640 --> 00:24:03.599 about this was just they were there to experience us as much as we were 344 00:24:04.039 --> 00:24:08.119 and don't get to see that at other cons. That's what made this really 345 00:24:08.160 --> 00:24:12.599 cool. I'll tag on a little bit about Daniel Cudmore. It was fun. 346 00:24:12.920 --> 00:24:18.960 He was complaining about how they wouldn't let him use a Russian accent, 347 00:24:18.400 --> 00:24:23.359 and so he did a Russian accent for me, and yeah, it was 348 00:24:23.480 --> 00:24:29.599 quite hot, to be honest, it was accent. So that was fun. 349 00:24:30.480 --> 00:24:33.920 But I gotta sit down and have a one on one with Larry Houston, 350 00:24:33.519 --> 00:24:40.839 which was really cool, and it was really exciting to talk about his 351 00:24:41.000 --> 00:24:48.400 experience, specifically being a black man early on an animation that was doing so 352 00:24:48.640 --> 00:24:55.440 many of these favorite cartoons like X Men and like Johnny Quest and like Ninja 353 00:24:55.519 --> 00:24:59.440 Turtles and all these other things, and it was really cool to hear that 354 00:24:59.519 --> 00:25:03.519 he's going to passing the reins down from the new X Men's cartoon to a 355 00:25:03.960 --> 00:25:10.680 black, queer gentleman that's leading the production. So I thought that was really 356 00:25:10.799 --> 00:25:15.680 cool. Yeah, you brought up an interesting point. As a mega ticket 357 00:25:15.759 --> 00:25:18.799 holder, you get these one on one experiences, Melissa, I know you 358 00:25:18.920 --> 00:25:26.920 also had a one on one you chose Lenore. I believe Lenora's on listen. 359 00:25:26.119 --> 00:25:32.400 I was a kid and Rogue was That was the voice of Rogue for 360 00:25:32.519 --> 00:25:34.119 me, like, for the rest of my life, this is the only 361 00:25:34.200 --> 00:25:37.599 sound I hear when I read the comics and I'm reading something Rogus saying, 362 00:25:37.680 --> 00:25:42.079 I hear it in her voice, and I'm for Memphis, and I have 363 00:25:42.160 --> 00:25:45.480 a Southern accent and it's not as pronounced as it was when I was a 364 00:25:45.599 --> 00:25:49.480 kid, but that's because people subtract at que points when they hear your southern 365 00:25:49.559 --> 00:25:56.880 accent. It's terrible. And this was a character who was Lenora's performance was 366 00:25:57.000 --> 00:26:02.359 so vulnerable and so strong, and she was smart and she was capable and 367 00:26:02.519 --> 00:26:06.640 she's super powerful. So it was a huge moment for me to finally meet 368 00:26:06.720 --> 00:26:11.759 her and she was just so lovely. We were talking and it's not just 369 00:26:12.000 --> 00:26:15.759 her voice acting work, but I'm a fan of either. She's gone on 370 00:26:15.920 --> 00:26:22.920 to do great stuff as a member of government in Canada, and she makes 371 00:26:22.960 --> 00:26:27.799 me so proud to be her fan, and I was so nervous about saying 372 00:26:27.880 --> 00:26:32.160 hi to her, but they were all there at the Omega reception. Like 373 00:26:32.200 --> 00:26:33.559 I went up to the bar to get a drink and Caldata is there, 374 00:26:33.599 --> 00:26:37.079 and I'm like, I don't I am not saying anything. I don't know 375 00:26:37.160 --> 00:26:38.640 what to say. But by the end of it, you know, I 376 00:26:38.720 --> 00:26:45.079 am hugging Lenore. And I told Chandler in the elevator, I was like, 377 00:26:45.119 --> 00:26:47.920 I told my husband, it's over. I'm in love with Lenore's on 378 00:26:48.039 --> 00:26:49.480 and I don't know she'll have me, but I am definitely just moving to 379 00:26:49.920 --> 00:26:56.799 Canada with her. I love that. Yeah, you mentioned the Omega Reception, 380 00:26:56.079 --> 00:27:03.039 which is our Friday night get together within the mansion with the Omega ticket 381 00:27:03.119 --> 00:27:08.480 holders and the celebrity guests and the Cosplay guests, And that was a blast. 382 00:27:08.759 --> 00:27:12.599 That was what a wonderful way to start the weekend right. That was 383 00:27:12.720 --> 00:27:18.759 amazing that the Omega Reception was everything I wanted it to be. I had 384 00:27:18.880 --> 00:27:22.400 chosen my dress very carefully, like it was like a whole girl chat going 385 00:27:22.480 --> 00:27:26.240 on about I think this is the dress that I'm going to wear to meet 386 00:27:26.640 --> 00:27:33.160 these people. And I I went in there not knowing anybody and came out 387 00:27:33.160 --> 00:27:37.359 of there with five friends because everybody was just so nice. You were so 388 00:27:37.599 --> 00:27:41.839 nice. And when I finally did work up the courage to like say hi, 389 00:27:41.960 --> 00:27:45.279 little le noirs, we're all sitting at a table. I've got some 390 00:27:45.359 --> 00:27:48.839 of the other omegas with me. And she was an absolute delight. Everybody 391 00:27:49.000 --> 00:27:56.000 was so sweet. Well, I want to ask a question now, who 392 00:27:56.279 --> 00:28:00.680 here was able to attend the Hellfire Club ceremony? Great, raise your hand, 393 00:28:00.960 --> 00:28:06.079 yes, so okay, So Stephen, Colin Melissa were you there? 394 00:28:06.160 --> 00:28:08.200 No, that's right, you were too distracted by Dazzler. You were dazzled 395 00:28:08.279 --> 00:28:12.680 by Dazzling. You missed your rs VP too many regents of a Rocco. 396 00:28:12.839 --> 00:28:17.119 Yes, so, Stephen, we haven't heard from you in a minute, 397 00:28:17.119 --> 00:28:21.200 So why don't you tell us what happened in the hell Fire Club ceremony. 398 00:28:22.519 --> 00:28:27.640 No, the hell Fire Club experience was a lot of fun. It was 399 00:28:29.039 --> 00:28:33.200 a lot of mystery, to be honest. They they allow you into this 400 00:28:33.440 --> 00:28:37.440 room and don't really tell you much of what's going on. But then they 401 00:28:37.559 --> 00:28:41.440 started up a little bit of chatter about you know, queens and who we 402 00:28:41.559 --> 00:28:48.640 support until our queens made their presence known. To us in very exciting ways, 403 00:28:51.920 --> 00:28:56.920 and it was a great time. The characterization was a lot of fun 404 00:28:56.480 --> 00:29:00.480 and I liked they they I don't know what we're allowed to say, what 405 00:29:00.519 --> 00:29:07.240 we're not allowed to say, but that that we were maybe promised that there 406 00:29:07.279 --> 00:29:11.759 would be more to come from the health Fire if we kept our souvenirs from 407 00:29:11.799 --> 00:29:18.200 it. Yeah. Yes, you're referring to those that attended were given a 408 00:29:18.559 --> 00:29:22.839 member card as on their way out. I understand some people did not get 409 00:29:22.880 --> 00:29:26.440 them. Maybe they were too dazzled by what was going on. We had 410 00:29:26.519 --> 00:29:33.759 we had laminated kind of health Fire membership cards and the instructions for those of 411 00:29:33.839 --> 00:29:40.640 you Collins holding one up right now to hold onto it because it's going to 412 00:29:40.720 --> 00:29:45.039 unlock benefits for a year or two. So don't don't don't let go of 413 00:29:45.119 --> 00:29:49.319 those health Fire membership cards. I want to talk about our panel programming, 414 00:29:49.440 --> 00:29:55.160 because you know, we had the lecture hall and we also had our classroom, 415 00:29:55.640 --> 00:30:00.160 and there was different things like Intergalactic Social Studies for people who want to 416 00:30:00.240 --> 00:30:03.839 learn about the alien races of the x ME universe. There was Mutant History 417 00:30:04.000 --> 00:30:07.160 one on one top by Chris Claremont. There was so many things going on 418 00:30:07.279 --> 00:30:15.079 Deadpoll, the musical that was also screened. So of all the panel programming, 419 00:30:15.640 --> 00:30:18.839 tell me each of you which was your favorite and what was your reaction 420 00:30:18.960 --> 00:30:26.640 to it? So why don't we start off with Peyton, my husband off 421 00:30:26.680 --> 00:30:30.559 screen is yelling the POC panel, which was definitely one of one of our 422 00:30:30.640 --> 00:30:38.200 favorites. We got to see brown chick outlaw talk nerdy to me, real 423 00:30:38.319 --> 00:30:45.440 names escaped me of course, and you're all with a great smile. But 424 00:30:45.640 --> 00:30:52.680 it was interesting to see everyone's perspective, especially girl with a great smile. 425 00:30:52.759 --> 00:30:56.799 But Jordan was you know, she was talking to us about not only being 426 00:30:56.960 --> 00:31:03.359 Asian, but being trans and the discussion of how even people within their own 427 00:31:03.519 --> 00:31:07.960 race looked down on other members of the same race, and the funny thing 428 00:31:08.079 --> 00:31:12.359 is it happens in all races, which is absolutely ridiculous. But it was 429 00:31:12.559 --> 00:31:18.400 a beautiful discussion just to hear ideas bouncing back and forth to hear, you 430 00:31:18.519 --> 00:31:22.920 know, to see people kind of open up to seeing, you know, 431 00:31:22.039 --> 00:31:26.519 outside of what they you know, may have you know, had a opinion 432 00:31:26.680 --> 00:31:33.160 when they walked in, or just the thought of okay, I can see 433 00:31:33.200 --> 00:31:37.359 it from this person's eyes. Now I'm a little bit more attuned to what's 434 00:31:37.359 --> 00:31:41.079 going on. I don't know, something ridiculous like that, but it really 435 00:31:41.200 --> 00:31:45.920 was nice just to to get there. And you know, of course, 436 00:31:45.079 --> 00:31:48.640 me being black, gay man, have my own things that I'm thinking about 437 00:31:48.720 --> 00:31:52.799 while I'm here in this this classroom discussion. It's just like, Okay, 438 00:31:52.880 --> 00:31:55.599 yeah, I see that, I see this. Oh, I had no 439 00:31:55.720 --> 00:31:59.240 idea about that. Wait, this is something that we do. This isn't 440 00:31:59.279 --> 00:32:00.519 something that we do. You know, just all those kind of thoughts in 441 00:32:00.599 --> 00:32:06.079 there, and it really was beautiful just to see the whole whole thing. 442 00:32:06.119 --> 00:32:13.000 Apple, Sarah, do you have any favorite programming woments. Yeah, my 443 00:32:13.119 --> 00:32:16.640 friends and I've spent the past year podcasting about the animated series, and I've 444 00:32:16.839 --> 00:32:22.279 I've obviously watched it when it was first broadcasting and reruns, but since I've 445 00:32:22.319 --> 00:32:27.920 revisited it so recently, it was so special too. I had Mettler Houston 446 00:32:28.039 --> 00:32:30.119 before in San Diego, but I had not met the Lee Waltz, and 447 00:32:30.160 --> 00:32:34.039 I had not been in the presence of any of the voice actors, and 448 00:32:34.359 --> 00:32:38.599 to hear their stories altogether, and especially to hear the voice actors interactions, 449 00:32:38.640 --> 00:32:40.880 and to be honest, just to watch them play with each other because you 450 00:32:40.960 --> 00:32:45.839 know their performers at the Tootators. It was a real gift to be present 451 00:32:45.240 --> 00:32:49.559 and to witness that. Okay, you mentioned that you're on a podcast. 452 00:32:49.680 --> 00:32:52.880 Give a shout out. How can people hear it? Sure, it's Jean 453 00:32:52.119 --> 00:32:58.359 dash No with four Ohs and Exped the Animated Series podcast. You can find 454 00:32:58.440 --> 00:33:00.359 us on Spotify, Apple, and Google. You can find us on Instagram 455 00:33:00.440 --> 00:33:06.680 and Facebook. Please join great, go listen to that. Everyone. Let's 456 00:33:06.680 --> 00:33:09.400 see anybody else has any programming elements that they want to bring up, Any 457 00:33:09.519 --> 00:33:14.880 favorite panels, classes, anything that kind of stood out to them. Melissa, 458 00:33:15.839 --> 00:33:21.519 the panel that the Juggernaut built. The guy who did the Juggernaut built 459 00:33:21.559 --> 00:33:25.640 game. It was absolutely extraordinary. I loved seeing his process. I loved 460 00:33:25.680 --> 00:33:30.440 him talking about because he does. If you didn't see it, the Juggernaut 461 00:33:30.519 --> 00:33:35.880 is a gigantic cosplay build that he's created, and like the Torso, he's 462 00:33:35.880 --> 00:33:39.519 got it like he made a frame out of PBC to hold it up. 463 00:33:40.079 --> 00:33:44.319 It was extraordinary and it made me like want to do all of these amazing 464 00:33:44.400 --> 00:33:47.599 big cosplay builds. It was so inspiring. The cosplay programming was excellent. 465 00:33:49.039 --> 00:33:55.079 I really enjoyed the Crocoan age class that was taught by the Wilders. There's 466 00:33:55.119 --> 00:34:00.799 a lot of discussion just about the ethics of motivation behind a lot of the 467 00:34:00.960 --> 00:34:05.519 decisions and the world building, and it created a lot of fun dialogue in 468 00:34:05.599 --> 00:34:12.280 conversation. But all those classes were really well thought out and well done. 469 00:34:12.440 --> 00:34:15.320 So you guys did a really good job on the creativity of that programming. 470 00:34:16.559 --> 00:34:20.719 Thank you, Sarah. You had another point you wanted to bring up, 471 00:34:21.480 --> 00:34:23.400 you know, I did. I actually wonder though if maybe this will be 472 00:34:23.519 --> 00:34:28.639 covered in another section. Actually, one of my favorite parts was the non 473 00:34:29.320 --> 00:34:36.039 traditional programming with tarot and the meditation and the exercise. As an avid congoer, 474 00:34:36.440 --> 00:34:40.199 having those things interspersed were really number one immersive, but number two just 475 00:34:40.400 --> 00:34:45.760 fun because it wasn't consuming in the same way like it wasn't a selling floor 476 00:34:45.880 --> 00:34:51.480 going shopping. I wasn't only listening. I got to have some interaction and 477 00:34:51.559 --> 00:34:53.559 do some activities I wouldn't normally do in that environment, and that was just 478 00:34:53.679 --> 00:34:58.119 so cool to me. So did you do a push up with Wolverine? 479 00:34:58.559 --> 00:35:01.920 I did many push ups with We also squat. He had real faith in 480 00:35:02.039 --> 00:35:06.559 us. He basically had us doing burpies and it's like that is confidence, 481 00:35:06.760 --> 00:35:14.639 sir, amazing. I love it. We mentioned earlier cosplay Rogers, Cosplay 482 00:35:14.719 --> 00:35:19.599 Class and the Cat We had a cast of cosplayers that were specifically assigned to 483 00:35:19.719 --> 00:35:23.960 certain roles of the action. What was your guys' impression of the cosplay and 484 00:35:24.239 --> 00:35:29.320 did you get to interact and with any of our cosplay guests. I definitely 485 00:35:29.400 --> 00:35:34.719 interacted with a bunch of them gambit through beforeing Loop, I didn't realize he 486 00:35:34.800 --> 00:35:37.159 was part of the guests. He was selling character and I was like, 487 00:35:37.679 --> 00:35:39.840 how are your eyes? And He's like, my eyes are always like this, 488 00:35:40.000 --> 00:35:43.599 And I was like, oh, you're a character. Oh okay, 489 00:35:43.719 --> 00:35:50.400 you're a character. You're you got this down. The stick was on fire, 490 00:35:50.639 --> 00:35:55.280 I mean during the the cosplay contest, she had that audience in the 491 00:35:55.360 --> 00:36:00.320 pulm of her hands. And it's funny because she's such a nice, nice 492 00:36:00.440 --> 00:36:02.960 person and she's like, I hate being mean to like two people, but 493 00:36:04.920 --> 00:36:08.760 she did it without really being mean. She was just being mystique and you 494 00:36:08.920 --> 00:36:12.960 respected that. She'd be like, all right, get off my stage, 495 00:36:13.280 --> 00:36:16.519 or you know, you may clap now, or they all did such a 496 00:36:16.599 --> 00:36:21.679 great job and it was just the little details that they put into each of 497 00:36:21.760 --> 00:36:25.679 their acting and that just sold it. I mean you were just like, 498 00:36:27.519 --> 00:36:31.119 yeah, that's uh, that's definitely the secret there. And that's the fun 499 00:36:31.199 --> 00:36:35.719 with cosplay. I mean it doesn't matter what shape, size, gender or 500 00:36:35.760 --> 00:36:37.960 whatever. I mean, that's them and that's all it took for us. 501 00:36:38.039 --> 00:36:40.480 And I know a lot of people enjoyed that too. Oh yeah, I 502 00:36:40.559 --> 00:36:46.639 was gonna say for London and her mistique also one, her makeup was flawless, 503 00:36:47.440 --> 00:36:52.679 but two, just because she was so in character, she was almost 504 00:36:52.679 --> 00:36:54.280 scary. I didn't really want to like go up to her because I was 505 00:36:54.360 --> 00:36:57.639 like, she might knock me out, so I'll just kind of, you 506 00:36:57.719 --> 00:37:00.760 know, take a step back. She passed by in the hallway of my 507 00:37:00.159 --> 00:37:02.440 husband dipped out of one of the classes to be like, hey, I 508 00:37:02.559 --> 00:37:05.719 gotta get a picture. You kind of take a picture, and that's that's 509 00:37:05.760 --> 00:37:10.159 where the picture came from for her. But my first experience walking in going 510 00:37:10.239 --> 00:37:15.239 upstairs was seeing Alicia as Kitty, and I kind of felt like I attacked 511 00:37:15.239 --> 00:37:16.880 her. I don't think I really did, but I was just like, 512 00:37:17.440 --> 00:37:22.119 oh my god, it's you. How's everything going, You're kiddy, this 513 00:37:22.239 --> 00:37:23.559 is beautiful. I love being here. That whole that whole thing, just 514 00:37:23.719 --> 00:37:28.719 like a kid again. So when you guys kind of were looking at the 515 00:37:28.880 --> 00:37:32.400 rollout of the event, social media posts, et cetera, with the cosplay 516 00:37:32.440 --> 00:37:35.880 guests in particular, because you know, we would announce them and kind of 517 00:37:35.880 --> 00:37:37.639 feature them a little bit throughout. Were you excited to finally see it in 518 00:37:37.679 --> 00:37:39.800 the flash where you're just like, like you said, Peyton, you were 519 00:37:39.840 --> 00:37:45.360 just like, oh my gosh, you know it's or it's the Juggerna because 520 00:37:45.519 --> 00:37:49.920 when you see Roger as Juggerna, it's just it's breathtaking. I feel he's 521 00:37:50.039 --> 00:37:53.960 he's so incredible. He and Black Tom were coming up the street as I 522 00:37:54.159 --> 00:38:00.679 was coming down the other side towards the mansion. It was surreal. I 523 00:38:00.800 --> 00:38:05.400 saw people literally stop their cars in the middle of the street and get out 524 00:38:05.480 --> 00:38:08.519 to take photos of them in front of the mansion. Just regular people from 525 00:38:08.559 --> 00:38:15.719 Minnesota, so impressed by it. Yeah. Absolutely, we thestique and I 526 00:38:15.920 --> 00:38:21.760 and Juggernaut were out of the lawn and I think we were just just doing 527 00:38:21.880 --> 00:38:27.039 some pictures and everything, and this family pulled up in a car and we're 528 00:38:27.119 --> 00:38:30.280 just kind of screaming and they're like, what is going on? You know, 529 00:38:30.400 --> 00:38:37.119 there's all of us are in the yard and he just started I'm taking 530 00:38:37.199 --> 00:38:39.639 them on in the car and he's like on the Juggernaut, I'm gonna come 531 00:38:39.679 --> 00:38:45.079 and get you. And London as mystique was playing on it, and there's 532 00:38:45.119 --> 00:38:49.480 actually a video of me. I was Chamber and I run up and I'm 533 00:38:49.559 --> 00:38:51.760 like, you gotta go, you gotta go. They're gonna get you. 534 00:38:51.800 --> 00:38:54.039 They're gonna get you. And he was just kind of going to the car. 535 00:38:54.400 --> 00:38:58.320 They were screaming in the car, they were laughing, they had their 536 00:38:58.320 --> 00:39:01.800 phones out. I mean, that was just an experience for them to see, 537 00:39:02.000 --> 00:39:06.000 Like it's not something you see down in Minneapolis every day. You know, 538 00:39:06.119 --> 00:39:09.480 you're not seeing a whole yard filled with comic book characters, let alone 539 00:39:09.639 --> 00:39:14.440 x Bed And Yeah, there was definitely a lot of people walking the street 540 00:39:14.480 --> 00:39:16.639 while we were outside who were just like can I get your picture? Can 541 00:39:16.679 --> 00:39:22.559 I can I what's going on? Like what is happening downtown right now? 542 00:39:22.679 --> 00:39:25.679 And I think that the fact that the even stating character for these people who 543 00:39:25.719 --> 00:39:30.480 weren't even part of it was just amazing. And I just remember London and 544 00:39:30.559 --> 00:39:35.280 them were like that was awesome. Just seeing this car just kind of peel 545 00:39:35.320 --> 00:39:38.039 aw Eggs. They're like, oh my god, we're we're around these people, 546 00:39:38.480 --> 00:39:40.960 what is going on? It was awesome, It was it was totally 547 00:39:42.039 --> 00:39:47.320 cool. Yeah, the cosplay was one of my favorite parts of this event. 548 00:39:49.840 --> 00:39:53.320 And it was really cool that this was like all X Men focused cosplay, 549 00:39:53.760 --> 00:39:58.480 so you gotta see some really exciting characters. The ant get to see 550 00:39:58.880 --> 00:40:06.519 like Revenge and and like the like nineties X Factor Hilaris, some ladys Olalandra, 551 00:40:06.880 --> 00:40:10.239 like some really great characters, So that was exciting. Soft Serve was 552 00:40:10.320 --> 00:40:17.239 there, but like the amateur cost play was almost as much was just as 553 00:40:17.360 --> 00:40:22.719 much fun as the pro cost Like the pro cost players looked amazing. The 554 00:40:22.800 --> 00:40:25.840 attention to detail was so incredible. I couldn't even bring myself to speak to 555 00:40:25.920 --> 00:40:30.320 the Gambit cost player because I didn't trust myself, but oh my goodness, 556 00:40:30.440 --> 00:40:37.519 they were so gorgeous, and the siloc cost player every single tiny little detail, 557 00:40:37.840 --> 00:40:42.920 and they talked about the Mystique cost player and how great she was and 558 00:40:43.000 --> 00:40:46.800 how in character she was the second day, the Juggernaut came back and he 559 00:40:46.960 --> 00:40:52.599 was in his Omega red build and it was extraordinary. Everything was so it 560 00:40:52.719 --> 00:40:59.519 felt like you were there. I especially loved the siloc cast player who is 561 00:40:59.559 --> 00:41:05.519 facility hating the cerebro upstairs. That lent a really nice air of authenticity to 562 00:41:05.679 --> 00:41:07.559 that. And I'll also say, as an amateur HAS player, I went 563 00:41:07.599 --> 00:41:10.159 to this Negasonic teenage where headpoke to our listening. Don't know, I have 564 00:41:10.280 --> 00:41:14.239 my head shape, so it's an easy one. But what shocked means, 565 00:41:14.320 --> 00:41:16.760 you know, I wore it in San Diego and maybe one or two people 566 00:41:16.880 --> 00:41:21.239 knew who it was, even at their hell Fire gala. But at this 567 00:41:21.320 --> 00:41:23.519 one, the number of people were like Negasonic were just like it was such 568 00:41:23.519 --> 00:41:28.559 a good feeling, And yeah, it definitely gives those of us who are 569 00:41:28.559 --> 00:41:34.280 amateur something to aspire to. Can I just say, Sauce Serve broke me. 570 00:41:34.960 --> 00:41:38.440 I had no idea who that character was. This girl was walking around 571 00:41:38.519 --> 00:41:42.480 with ice cream cones and I thought they were real, and I was like, 572 00:41:42.760 --> 00:41:45.039 where is this ice cream? Why can't I like where is the ice 573 00:41:45.119 --> 00:41:50.400 cream? And then it was like the first night, don't at the party. 574 00:41:50.400 --> 00:41:54.119 I was at home and googling Sauce Serve and I was like, who 575 00:41:54.360 --> 00:41:59.840 is this? And let me just say, when I found out how Sauce 576 00:42:00.039 --> 00:42:02.840 he got her powers or what her powers were. I was like, that's 577 00:42:02.960 --> 00:42:08.000 enough Internet for tonight. I'm gonna go to sleep because I'm just gonna say 578 00:42:08.000 --> 00:42:10.280 it. For those list things, you should just gonna gole saw a serve 579 00:42:10.480 --> 00:42:15.119 and look up her power set and you'll understand why. It kind of breaks 580 00:42:15.159 --> 00:42:22.719 the internet a little bit. And Marvel character development, but unique powers, 581 00:42:22.000 --> 00:42:24.719 unique powers. That's that's all IM gonna say. But I was like, 582 00:42:24.880 --> 00:42:32.519 it is time for bed, I'm done now. The weekend concluded with a 583 00:42:32.840 --> 00:42:39.079 graduation ceremony where you were all given mutant diplomas by Professor Chris Claremont. He 584 00:42:39.159 --> 00:42:43.599 gave a little bit of closing remarks. Everybody got to walk up to the 585 00:42:43.719 --> 00:42:46.679 stage and receive their diploma. Have you kept your diploma, where are you 586 00:42:46.840 --> 00:42:51.960 keeping it? And what was the experience like for you? And we'll start 587 00:42:52.000 --> 00:42:55.920 with Stephen. Yeah, I still have my diploma. I haven't decided what 588 00:42:57.000 --> 00:43:00.639 I'm going to do it yet, but i'd probably get it framed and probably 589 00:43:00.679 --> 00:43:04.039 put it somewhere to show I'm more proud of that diploma than high school diploma. 590 00:43:04.159 --> 00:43:08.920 So you know, yeah, No, I thought that that experienced the 591 00:43:09.000 --> 00:43:13.760 graduation was a lot of fun and it was a lot of fun just to 592 00:43:13.880 --> 00:43:20.760 come together at the end, all of us just fans this group of mutants 593 00:43:20.920 --> 00:43:24.039 that we all grew up to love, and you know, just to do 594 00:43:24.159 --> 00:43:29.599 a last big thing together. That was really cool. Yeah. I still 595 00:43:29.639 --> 00:43:34.840 have my diploma. It is currently in between the pages of Eric and Julia 596 00:43:35.000 --> 00:43:37.199 Leewald's book because that was the heaviest thing I had and I had to like 597 00:43:37.679 --> 00:43:39.760 roll it out and like, I wanted this flat so I can frame it. 598 00:43:40.000 --> 00:43:43.360 So right now it's just kind of pressing. It's simmering a little bit, 599 00:43:43.519 --> 00:43:46.280 but I still got it. Uh. Yeah, mine is pressed between 600 00:43:47.679 --> 00:43:52.760 a Star Trek manual and some D and D book because I got to frame 601 00:43:52.840 --> 00:43:57.239 it and it just needed to roll out, So yeah, press and let 602 00:43:57.360 --> 00:44:00.920 it sim refer a little bit too. Mine isn't the same spot. It's 603 00:44:00.960 --> 00:44:05.599 being pressed between two books. I'm gonna I've got broke out my calligraphy pen 604 00:44:05.719 --> 00:44:07.360 so that I can write, you know, a really fancy name on it 605 00:44:07.599 --> 00:44:12.519 and frame it. Are you going to write your own name or are you 606 00:44:12.559 --> 00:44:15.360 going to write like a mutant name? That's a tough call, man. 607 00:44:15.480 --> 00:44:17.440 Can we tell. Let's say that Perch was like the MVP of it and 608 00:44:17.519 --> 00:44:22.719 parch wants to write her her name on hers and I was like, I 609 00:44:22.800 --> 00:44:27.960 could do that. I could do that. I was alarmed for a moment 610 00:44:28.000 --> 00:44:30.880 there because I thought, oh my god, where is it? And I 611 00:44:30.039 --> 00:44:34.880 realized that it is in the poster tube. It is in me and my 612 00:44:34.960 --> 00:44:38.000 boyfriend shared poster or tube in Queens. I'm going to get it this weekend, 613 00:44:38.679 --> 00:44:44.079 but my graduation had is being warned by a large stuffed gorilla on the 614 00:44:44.199 --> 00:44:51.840 sofa over here. Perfect. Perfect. What did the uncanny experience mean for 615 00:44:51.960 --> 00:45:00.599 you as a fan? The experience was an amazing moment, an amazing memory 616 00:45:00.960 --> 00:45:07.239 for me. Here it is a week later and I'm still getting like teary 617 00:45:07.320 --> 00:45:14.199 eyed thinking about it. I'm looking at people on this call and every single 618 00:45:14.239 --> 00:45:20.079 one of your faces I saw around there, and even though I was afraid 619 00:45:21.079 --> 00:45:25.960 getting there walking in those doors, we were all students and that was the 620 00:45:27.360 --> 00:45:30.519 best thing in the world to me because it was like, hey, there's 621 00:45:30.719 --> 00:45:35.639 such and such from from that class, and I'm gonna be in this next 622 00:45:35.719 --> 00:45:39.320 period with someone else, and it was beautiful. We are all just big 623 00:45:39.400 --> 00:45:44.239 nerds, but we love each other and it's awesome. So yeah, it's 624 00:45:44.760 --> 00:45:46.800 thank you guys. From the bottom of my heart, which I have said 625 00:45:46.840 --> 00:45:52.000 before, but yeah, yeah, I'll echo that and say that I think 626 00:45:52.079 --> 00:45:58.639 the most amazing part of the experience was that so many of us who are 627 00:45:59.199 --> 00:46:06.840 probably if i'd marginalized, felt probably so alone growing up and felt very connected 628 00:46:06.920 --> 00:46:10.639 to these characters and maybe only had these characters to tell them it was okay 629 00:46:10.719 --> 00:46:15.519 to be different, and so for all of us to like come together and 630 00:46:15.719 --> 00:46:22.800 have each other in person in real life, it was instant friendship among the 631 00:46:22.960 --> 00:46:28.360 whole mansion. Every clashing me went to everyone you sat next to, everyone 632 00:46:28.400 --> 00:46:31.320 that was at the hotel you were at, like was just happy to see 633 00:46:31.400 --> 00:46:35.400 you and that you were part of it. And we were all just celebrating 634 00:46:35.599 --> 00:46:38.440 each other and the X Men and this thing that we all loved that brought 635 00:46:38.519 --> 00:46:43.679 us all together. It was an amazing experience in that way. I just 636 00:46:43.760 --> 00:46:47.480 wanted to say another thing, like with a smile brings a lot out of 637 00:46:47.559 --> 00:46:51.360 someone. You know, we're all introverts. No one wants to talk to 638 00:46:51.400 --> 00:46:54.920 anybody. And I'm going to call Sarah out because I was in the Chris 639 00:46:55.000 --> 00:46:59.480 Claremont line and you walked up with your podcast sticker and I was like, 640 00:47:00.320 --> 00:47:04.119 you're Nega sonic. That's awesome. Second, you're just You're like a ray 641 00:47:04.199 --> 00:47:07.920 of sunshine. And that's what we all really need, is just that that 642 00:47:07.199 --> 00:47:12.320 one little strand to kind of pull out your inner geek, I guess. 643 00:47:12.400 --> 00:47:15.559 And then once you do that, and then we're all like set and happy. 644 00:47:16.480 --> 00:47:22.119 That's the nicest Thank you, Kat, to echo what other folks have 645 00:47:22.199 --> 00:47:23.280 said, I mean, to me, the message of the X Men is, 646 00:47:25.519 --> 00:47:29.320 so what if you're different? We love you and there is a home 647 00:47:29.480 --> 00:47:32.480 for you and for anybody who's ever felt different. I think that, at 648 00:47:32.519 --> 00:47:37.000 least for me, that's like the hook into the X Men. And I 649 00:47:37.079 --> 00:47:43.119 feel like I got to see that live during the cosplay competition, because I 650 00:47:43.239 --> 00:47:45.800 feel like I got to see if was that there were some folks who looked 651 00:47:45.840 --> 00:47:49.719 real nervous, and there are some folks who had made up their own characters. 652 00:47:50.000 --> 00:47:54.920 And the amount of support that I saw everybody give everybody just for like 653 00:47:55.159 --> 00:47:59.880 showing up and being themselves. It was it was one of those things I 654 00:48:00.119 --> 00:48:05.880 natural I've ever experienced that live and it was so special, Melissa, So 655 00:48:06.119 --> 00:48:10.920 it was it was just a dream come true for me, and what it 656 00:48:12.039 --> 00:48:17.239 meant to me was sound family, not being alone. You know, you 657 00:48:17.360 --> 00:48:22.119 get into a when you're in a fandom where there's not a whole lot of 658 00:48:22.239 --> 00:48:28.079 media right at the moment, it can feel very lowly like so there haven't 659 00:48:28.119 --> 00:48:30.599 been you know, there hasn't been a movie in a little bit, there 660 00:48:30.679 --> 00:48:35.599 hasn't been a cartoon in a long time, and you know, but getting 661 00:48:35.639 --> 00:48:39.360 there together with all the people who were still reading the comics and people who 662 00:48:39.400 --> 00:48:43.679 had come in through the movies, and everybody had come in like a different 663 00:48:43.719 --> 00:48:47.039 way, but they were all there to share one thing, and everybody was 664 00:48:47.199 --> 00:48:52.320 so happy to be there, and I just immediately felt at home. And 665 00:48:52.159 --> 00:49:00.159 the attention to detail, the thought behind it, the intention that making a 666 00:49:00.280 --> 00:49:04.159 safe space, that it was absolutely a safe space. I never for a 667 00:49:04.280 --> 00:49:07.639 moment felt like there was going to be any trouble for me, and it 668 00:49:07.800 --> 00:49:10.639 was that was so important when you're going into a new environment. And you 669 00:49:10.719 --> 00:49:15.159 guys did amazing, You did amazing. I am so proud of you. 670 00:49:15.440 --> 00:49:19.239 I'm so proud that I got to go to the first year that you did. 671 00:49:19.320 --> 00:49:22.320 This are great. If I could go to school here and replace twelve 672 00:49:22.440 --> 00:49:25.159 years I went to regular high school, I would do it in a heartbeat. 673 00:49:25.239 --> 00:49:30.159 I mean, the the atmosphere, the feel of just safety. Like 674 00:49:30.280 --> 00:49:36.079 everyone else has been saying, I would go to school at this place every 675 00:49:36.119 --> 00:49:40.000 single day if I possibly could, because it just felt so nice. The 676 00:49:40.159 --> 00:49:45.760 thing that really stood out about this was there were such new things that I, 677 00:49:45.920 --> 00:49:52.679 as a person hadn't really experienced. And one was there was a drag 678 00:49:52.760 --> 00:49:54.960 show and I, you know, somebody's like, do you want to go 679 00:49:55.000 --> 00:49:57.440 to drag show? And I'd be like, well, do I have to 680 00:49:57.480 --> 00:49:58.960 pay for it? And they'd be like yeah, and I'd be like, 681 00:49:59.079 --> 00:50:02.840 no, I'm good. There's a drag show and I'm open minded. And 682 00:50:04.400 --> 00:50:08.960 it was amazing. I don't think if somebody said, you know, like 683 00:50:09.000 --> 00:50:13.760 you're going to see a drag show today, just no, it was it 684 00:50:13.920 --> 00:50:20.039 was entertainment. It was impressive. I honestly don't know the name of the 685 00:50:20.920 --> 00:50:24.920 show a person, but they were more athletic than I was, and that 686 00:50:25.159 --> 00:50:30.760 was impressive. And then the Dazzler Show. You guys had a step in 687 00:50:30.840 --> 00:50:37.360 Dazzler, And again shout out to Dylan, Chris and Chandler for just making 688 00:50:37.440 --> 00:50:40.480 this whole thing come together. And I know you guys, I saw you 689 00:50:40.639 --> 00:50:44.719 running around with your heads chopped off, and I'm like, remembered to have 690 00:50:44.880 --> 00:50:47.079 fun. Every time I think I saw you, Chandler and Chris and Dylan, 691 00:50:47.119 --> 00:50:51.280 I was like, slow down, have fun, just have fun, 692 00:50:52.039 --> 00:50:58.000 enjoy what you have right now, because this is just amazing. And you 693 00:50:58.079 --> 00:51:00.559 know, we all know, like you know, especially with cosplay as a 694 00:51:00.559 --> 00:51:04.599 cousplayer, we see our little mistakes, and I'm sure you guys saw them 695 00:51:04.599 --> 00:51:09.400 too, but we didn't see that saw an amazing experience. And the Dazzler 696 00:51:09.519 --> 00:51:13.719 show, I mean, yes, that wasn't probably the Dazzler you chose, 697 00:51:13.880 --> 00:51:16.480 but for us, it worked perfectly. And the cause players that got up 698 00:51:16.519 --> 00:51:21.000 there, the guy who did Banshee, oh my god, I think the 699 00:51:21.159 --> 00:51:27.840 chandeliers were like literally if people had experienced, the room was screaming, and 700 00:51:28.000 --> 00:51:32.039 he portrayed the character perfectly. And his wife was at the hell Fire Club 701 00:51:32.159 --> 00:51:37.239 and she's like, I've seen him before this but never like here, and 702 00:51:37.400 --> 00:51:40.880 she was so bummed she missed it. And I'm not one for karaoke either. 703 00:51:42.000 --> 00:51:47.679 But the show was amazing, and yeah, the school, everything down 704 00:51:47.760 --> 00:51:52.719 to the whole experience was just eye opening. And I think, like everyone 705 00:51:52.800 --> 00:51:55.559 else had said too, there is a lot of things that we all have 706 00:51:55.719 --> 00:52:02.440 insecurities of and there's things that were not really excited to venture into. I 707 00:52:02.519 --> 00:52:07.880 know, Perch said, you know, I'm very introverted. This is a 708 00:52:07.000 --> 00:52:10.960 con I haven't been to in years. And she fell in love and she 709 00:52:12.119 --> 00:52:16.440 said just the you know, being around people that felt safe, like Molisso 710 00:52:16.519 --> 00:52:20.519 saying, and Sarah, you know, and everyone you felt safe, and 711 00:52:20.920 --> 00:52:22.840 that's something that you really wish you could get out of high school and then 712 00:52:23.000 --> 00:52:28.840 to be in a mute school where everyone's got their own identities and you know, 713 00:52:29.920 --> 00:52:35.960 sexual orientation. You just we all came together and you just saw the 714 00:52:36.079 --> 00:52:39.440 person. You saw the family. No one was different. We were all 715 00:52:39.599 --> 00:52:45.079 just one family. And that's something that I really enjoyed, was just seeing 716 00:52:45.159 --> 00:52:50.239 everyone feels safe and had fun. And again, shout out to you three 717 00:52:50.400 --> 00:52:54.920 for putting this together. You guys did the live broadcast earlier today and I 718 00:52:55.280 --> 00:53:00.480 cried when you said, oh, Collins Chamber was one of my favorites, 719 00:53:00.519 --> 00:53:02.639 and I'm like, I must have worked so hard on that and just to 720 00:53:02.760 --> 00:53:06.440 have like a shout out for you guys and just from everyone, and like 721 00:53:06.800 --> 00:53:09.880 like Sarah was saying too, the amount of like creating characters. I think 722 00:53:09.960 --> 00:53:16.400 kill Kenny is that his name Kennedy was Kennedy. Oh my gosh, and 723 00:53:16.840 --> 00:53:22.400 and there's devastation, and I think there's a third one too. We felt 724 00:53:22.480 --> 00:53:25.119 safe to create our own characters and bring them into the space, and no 725 00:53:25.239 --> 00:53:29.159 one was like, oh, who are you? It was what can you 726 00:53:29.280 --> 00:53:31.559 do? Like, I'm so excited to Farrell what you can do and what 727 00:53:31.639 --> 00:53:36.840 your backstory is and who this character is. And that was something you can't 728 00:53:36.840 --> 00:53:38.280 do at other concepts on something you can do with some of your friends are 729 00:53:38.280 --> 00:53:39.920 gonna be like what are you? What are you? Why are you wearing 730 00:53:39.960 --> 00:53:44.840 a pink wig? And you're like, I'm you know, I'm ice cream 731 00:53:44.920 --> 00:53:46.920 girl. You know, like that's it's just it's fun. And that's the 732 00:53:47.000 --> 00:53:52.159 best part about this whole experience was bringing creativity, yourself, feeling safe and 733 00:53:52.239 --> 00:53:58.360 being able to have a great time. And again, I can't I know 734 00:53:58.480 --> 00:54:01.320 we all can't thank you guys enough for bringing this together. And I think 735 00:54:01.360 --> 00:54:07.280 you got all of us got to round your finger for the next ticket holders, 736 00:54:07.400 --> 00:54:10.360 so also, well, I will I will fill in some of those 737 00:54:10.400 --> 00:54:15.960 blanks. A shout out to Mischika Shadows, our drag performer. She opened 738 00:54:15.039 --> 00:54:19.440 up for our dazzler, who was Lauren Asheim, And yes she was a 739 00:54:19.480 --> 00:54:23.840 replacement, but she was fantastic. She actually came in nailed it and she 740 00:54:24.079 --> 00:54:29.079 was amazing. And Chris and I Dylan always joke that we so wish we 741 00:54:29.119 --> 00:54:32.000 could just go to this event. We just wish that we could buy a 742 00:54:32.079 --> 00:54:36.760 ticket and go to it, because you guys were having so much fun and 743 00:54:36.800 --> 00:54:40.880 you were expressing such gratitude to us all weekend, and we appreciate everybody that 744 00:54:42.000 --> 00:54:45.159 came up to us just to say this is amazing. Keep it going. 745 00:54:45.400 --> 00:54:47.880 Yeah, try to have fun. I know, like as Colin you were 746 00:54:47.960 --> 00:54:52.360 saying, but you know, we are also passionately trying to make the show 747 00:54:52.800 --> 00:54:57.480 go super smoothly and be as entertaining as it was. So it's also very 748 00:54:57.559 --> 00:55:00.840 rewarding to just get that feedback and if we are working so hard behind the 749 00:55:00.880 --> 00:55:04.360 scenes to make sure that you guys are having a good time, because we 750 00:55:04.440 --> 00:55:06.480 did have a good time at the end of the day. You know, 751 00:55:06.599 --> 00:55:10.199 we we got to enjoy you know, the karaoke, the hell Fire Club, 752 00:55:10.280 --> 00:55:14.280 We got to you know, get to interact with all of our guests 753 00:55:14.360 --> 00:55:16.159 and you know, be in the graduation ceremony. You know, Chris Claremont 754 00:55:16.199 --> 00:55:19.960 gave me a diploma. It wasn't expecting it to turn around and just give 755 00:55:20.000 --> 00:55:23.559 one right to me. So it's like we also got to participate as creators. 756 00:55:23.639 --> 00:55:28.239 So it was a lot of fun. I want to also make mention 757 00:55:28.440 --> 00:55:30.360 that, uh, you know, if you guys are listening and you want 758 00:55:30.360 --> 00:55:35.639 to follow us on social media, you go to the Uncanny e XP on 759 00:55:35.960 --> 00:55:39.800 a Twitter or x or Instagram across social media. Or we also have a 760 00:55:39.880 --> 00:55:45.159 Discord channel, which Melissa is all over, So if you want to interact 761 00:55:45.239 --> 00:55:49.320 with Melissa on every level she is, she is all over our Discord channel, 762 00:55:49.320 --> 00:55:52.840 which is great. She is the mother head of this Discord channel and 763 00:55:52.880 --> 00:55:54.360 I love it. It's a lot of fun. So if you guys are 764 00:55:54.440 --> 00:55:59.440 Discord members, Melissa, why don't you give a shout out to discord listen. 765 00:55:59.519 --> 00:56:00.920 I love to scored. We've run my lark out of it and so 766 00:56:01.039 --> 00:56:04.800 I use it all the time. And it was just very natural for me 767 00:56:04.920 --> 00:56:08.840 to transition into this family here and I'm having this Discord is so nice. 768 00:56:08.960 --> 00:56:13.679 It's so much fun and I'm having the best time, and I've so many 769 00:56:13.719 --> 00:56:17.920 people have joined post the experience that this whole week has just been me going. 770 00:56:19.440 --> 00:56:24.000 You were that persted and I am already Hey, I've completely stretched out, 771 00:56:24.119 --> 00:56:29.519 made myself at home. Come see me. So yeah again. If 772 00:56:29.559 --> 00:56:31.360 you guys know Discord, if you're on Discord and you want to reconnect with 773 00:56:31.400 --> 00:56:36.000 people that you met over the weekend, maybe you forgot to exchange social channels 774 00:56:36.199 --> 00:56:39.679 or whatever digits. Everybody is kind of joining this Discord to kind of keep 775 00:56:39.719 --> 00:56:45.360 the community going. And if our audience wants to know about any of our 776 00:56:45.400 --> 00:56:49.920 special guests that we've had today, if anybody wants to share their social media, 777 00:56:50.360 --> 00:56:53.880 you get check me out at Steven dot com, Stephen that pair studio. 778 00:56:54.039 --> 00:57:00.920 You can bind me Peyton. I am at p RG Comics. I 779 00:57:01.000 --> 00:57:06.239 am trying to do my own thing as a comic artist slash color slash slash 780 00:57:06.360 --> 00:57:09.440 slash, but yeah, you know, drop some likes, look at some 781 00:57:09.480 --> 00:57:15.920 of the crazy stuff with you. Colin. You can follow me at Instagram 782 00:57:16.119 --> 00:57:22.360 at Iceman Cosplay, I am going to try and do a little bit more 783 00:57:22.480 --> 00:57:28.719 photos with some of my new cosplays, get a little more into taking photos. 784 00:57:28.880 --> 00:57:31.119 I'm not used to taking photos of myself, So I'm grateful for everyone 785 00:57:31.159 --> 00:57:40.400 who took some for me. Thank you, Melissa. My social media presence 786 00:57:40.519 --> 00:57:45.199 is strictly limited to arguing with randos on Twitter, so if you want to 787 00:57:45.280 --> 00:57:52.480 talk to me, come at me on Discord misball on or Discord Cool Sarah. 788 00:57:52.679 --> 00:57:59.559 Sure you can follow me personally on Instagram and Muscle Theater muc e k 789 00:58:00.039 --> 00:58:06.199 Al Theater. The podcast is Jeane desh No with four ohs and me and 790 00:58:06.280 --> 00:58:10.079 my collaborators also have an x Men holiday musical that is theater ready. We've 791 00:58:10.119 --> 00:58:15.719 developed it in Seattle and New York called Xmas a very musical, So if 792 00:58:15.760 --> 00:58:17.280 you have a theater or a space, we want to know about it. 793 00:58:20.599 --> 00:58:24.039 Awesome, beautiful. Well, guys, thank you so much for taking the 794 00:58:24.119 --> 00:58:29.960 time to come relive your experiences at the Uncanny Experience and tell us all about 795 00:58:30.000 --> 00:58:32.760 your feedback. We really appreciate you taking the time and we can't wait to 796 00:58:32.800 --> 00:58:37.559 see you sophomore year. Wow, that was super special to be able to 797 00:58:37.639 --> 00:58:42.880 talk to the ticket holders of the event to get their perspective. Yeah, 798 00:58:42.920 --> 00:58:47.039 absolutely, no, it's We've been receiving such incredible feedback from everybody that went, 799 00:58:47.199 --> 00:58:51.519 and it's been it's been amazing. What was your favorite moment of the 800 00:58:51.639 --> 00:58:55.719 event. Oh, was there any like special things that happened, special things 801 00:58:55.800 --> 00:59:02.000 that audiences or attendees might not catch just because you know, there's a lot 802 00:59:02.119 --> 00:59:07.400 going on. Yeah, that's a good question, because I felt like I 803 00:59:07.960 --> 00:59:14.119 was all over the place. But I will say my favorite thing to witness 804 00:59:14.480 --> 00:59:22.840 was Alicia Wilder's burlesque performance. Oh yeahalifier clop, because this was a collaboration 805 00:59:22.960 --> 00:59:27.840 that we worked on together once we decided because of your suggestion for a burlesque 806 00:59:27.880 --> 00:59:34.119 performance and she agreed to it. I collaborated with her on the whole concept 807 00:59:34.280 --> 00:59:38.000 of stripping into Selene and doing the wig reveal and everything like that. So 808 00:59:38.320 --> 00:59:43.679 witnessing it, witnessing your creative idea kind of you know, embodied in a 809 00:59:43.760 --> 00:59:47.400 person was really amazing and oh my gosh. She also brought in the cellist, 810 00:59:47.800 --> 00:59:51.840 Yes that's right, which was like such a great touch. Yeah, 811 00:59:52.360 --> 00:59:55.400 it's funny and invent planning everybody. I think one thing to make clear is 812 00:59:55.480 --> 01:00:00.599 that things are changing rapidly, Things are jumping in into your mind. And 813 01:00:00.960 --> 01:00:06.679 the cello player, Charles Aush is his name. He is a classical and 814 01:00:06.760 --> 01:00:10.079 electronic cello player, and he came in and really elevated the Hellfire Club experience. 815 01:00:10.719 --> 01:00:15.480 And earlier we talked about Michiqua Shadows coming in as a drag performer. 816 01:00:15.360 --> 01:00:20.440 That was just an amazing kind of addition as well. So what was your 817 01:00:20.480 --> 01:00:23.239 favorite moment? Well, there were so many magical things that happened, Like 818 01:00:23.440 --> 01:00:30.280 cal Dodd came out and he's a beautiful singer. His voice is so captivating, 819 01:00:30.880 --> 01:00:35.239 and I didn't, you know, necessarily think that he was going to 820 01:00:35.320 --> 01:00:39.079 be singing and performing in front of people in that capacity this weekend. But 821 01:00:39.159 --> 01:00:43.719 I manifested it. I said, you know what, Universe, I want 822 01:00:43.760 --> 01:00:47.360 this to happen so bad. Well, in the Rose Row, where people 823 01:00:47.400 --> 01:00:51.159 were waiting in line to bet, you know, the different celebrities like Chris 824 01:00:51.239 --> 01:00:55.480 Claremont and whatnot, there was a piano and he just, I guess, 825 01:00:55.559 --> 01:01:00.000 felt cold, and all of a sudden, there was an impromptu performance by 826 01:01:00.079 --> 01:01:04.920 kel Dodd, the voice of Wolverine from Ximen, the animated series, and 827 01:01:05.519 --> 01:01:10.519 it was amazing. So many people got Instagram video of it, so you 828 01:01:10.559 --> 01:01:14.960 know, if you're listening right now, try to look it up. I'm 829 01:01:14.960 --> 01:01:16.679 sure you'll find it somewhere. I got a postmine, I took a like 830 01:01:16.840 --> 01:01:21.599 thirty seconds while I was running around. Nice. Yeah. My favorite kel 831 01:01:21.639 --> 01:01:24.159 Dodd moment, of course was when he posed in the bed for Wolverine. 832 01:01:24.360 --> 01:01:29.199 He put the photo frame I X went the animated series. It was just 833 01:01:29.360 --> 01:01:32.800 inception upon inception. I couldn't believe it that he went and did that, 834 01:01:32.960 --> 01:01:37.000 And so that was one of my favorite standal moments from Cayl for sure. 835 01:01:37.320 --> 01:01:42.440 Oh my gosh, it is so amazing. Yeah. So we had a 836 01:01:43.360 --> 01:01:50.039 cosplayer and psychic Taro reader come out who is my friend Phoenix, and she 837 01:01:50.519 --> 01:01:54.400 read Taro for everybody throughout the weekend, you know, telling them to or 838 01:01:54.559 --> 01:02:00.719 helping them unlock their muteant power potential. A lot of people had great reviews 839 01:02:00.760 --> 01:02:05.679 about it, and you know, really was impactful for them. But something 840 01:02:05.760 --> 01:02:08.679 that was special for me and my friendship with her is the fact that I 841 01:02:08.840 --> 01:02:13.800 know that Phoenix, the character written by Chris Claremont and Dark Phoenix, that 842 01:02:13.880 --> 01:02:19.039 whole saga was so important to her in her lifetime. We all have the 843 01:02:19.199 --> 01:02:23.360 stories that we connect to the most, you know, and for Phoenix, 844 01:02:23.960 --> 01:02:29.960 it was the Dark Phoenix saga by Chris Claremont, and she was sitting in 845 01:02:30.039 --> 01:02:34.199 the back of the lecture Hall, you know, at graduation, right before 846 01:02:34.239 --> 01:02:38.719 we were about to start, and she wasn't really you know, up front 847 01:02:38.760 --> 01:02:43.599 and participating with everybody. She probably felt like an outsider. And in that 848 01:02:43.760 --> 01:02:46.519 moment, I was so glad that I saw her as I was passing by, 849 01:02:46.960 --> 01:02:51.199 because I grabbed her by the arm and I said, no, your 850 01:02:51.320 --> 01:02:52.880 cosplay guests, you're one of us. You're gonna get up on that stage 851 01:02:52.880 --> 01:02:57.840 and you're gonna, you know, get your diploma from Chris Claremont. And 852 01:02:58.800 --> 01:03:02.800 there was a photo that was snapped of her receiving her diploma from Chris Claremont, 853 01:03:02.880 --> 01:03:07.960 the writer of the Dark Phoenix saga. That was just so special. 854 01:03:07.039 --> 01:03:12.280 It's such a life memorable moment for my friend to have. I was so 855 01:03:12.480 --> 01:03:15.480 happy for her. Yeah, she looks so happy in the photo. Yeah, 856 01:03:15.800 --> 01:03:20.920 yeah, No, that was a beautiful moment. And I really I 857 01:03:21.039 --> 01:03:24.519 was really taken by Claremont's reaction to everything, because I think he's been to 858 01:03:24.599 --> 01:03:28.239 so many conventions, you know, throughout his life. He's you know, 859 01:03:28.320 --> 01:03:32.079 in his seventies, and he this is the first time we did this, 860 01:03:32.159 --> 01:03:36.440 so he didn't know what he was getting into, and I think he came 861 01:03:36.519 --> 01:03:38.519 at it with a little bit of walls up, and then by the end 862 01:03:38.559 --> 01:03:42.639 of the weekend, it was all walls down and he was so involved. 863 01:03:42.719 --> 01:03:45.719 It's so happy and like, as more and more and more elements were revealed, 864 01:03:46.239 --> 01:03:50.079 his creations were kind of coming to life in front of him in an 865 01:03:50.199 --> 01:03:53.119 environment that he also imagined, and I could just see on his face the 866 01:03:53.320 --> 01:04:00.320 joy of that realization of seeing Tarot a hellion that he created, doing Tarot 867 01:04:00.400 --> 01:04:04.679 readings in the room, watching the White and Black Queen and the hell Fire 868 01:04:04.760 --> 01:04:08.599 Club, you know, doing this saucy routine. You know, Like I 869 01:04:08.639 --> 01:04:11.639 could just see that he was just so enamored with what we were doing, 870 01:04:11.800 --> 01:04:15.159 and that was really special to see see his face throughout the weekend, just 871 01:04:15.280 --> 01:04:20.440 being so in love with what was happening. And looking back, there was 872 01:04:20.559 --> 01:04:27.599 just so many cool meta things that we're so awesome that we did. You 873 01:04:27.679 --> 01:04:30.360 know that, just as a fan, my nostalgia was on overload. I 874 01:04:30.440 --> 01:04:34.800 mean that Pizza Hut spoof commercial, yes, that we produced with Eric and 875 01:04:34.960 --> 01:04:41.719 Julia Leewal, the architects of our childhood, recreating an iconic thing that I 876 01:04:42.079 --> 01:04:45.920 used to adore as a kid. Yeah. Now, the run up to 877 01:04:45.960 --> 01:04:46.880 the event, of course, was a lot of fun. You know, 878 01:04:46.960 --> 01:04:50.400 we did so many promos. We shot that sizzle reel in the in the 879 01:04:50.599 --> 01:04:55.639 mansion. There was a lot of fun, creative things that we were doing 880 01:04:55.679 --> 01:05:00.480 to try to express what this event was going to be like. And you 881 01:05:00.559 --> 01:05:02.280 haven't even talked about what it's like to sleep in the mansion. Oh my 882 01:05:02.440 --> 01:05:09.679 gosh. Yes, I slept in the Xavier Institute. Wow. Okay, 883 01:05:09.760 --> 01:05:13.840 so at night it's kind of creepy because you're all by yourself and it's like 884 01:05:13.880 --> 01:05:19.159 a big old mansion. But I gotta say it was so it was so 885 01:05:19.360 --> 01:05:25.039 awesome to wake up and walk down the stairs and there you are in the 886 01:05:25.159 --> 01:05:29.800 school. Like there was moments where I kind of like was walking around the 887 01:05:29.840 --> 01:05:32.559 hallways just letting my fantasy like take over and be like, yes, this 888 01:05:32.719 --> 01:05:39.760 is real. Yeah. I highly recommended. The Minneapolis Club has about like 889 01:05:39.880 --> 01:05:45.199 what ten rooms, and they're nice. You know, you don't feel like 890 01:05:45.239 --> 01:05:47.440 you're in a dormitory of the school. It's not like a school dorm. 891 01:05:47.480 --> 01:05:50.719 It's a hotel room. But they're nice, old tower rooms, very old 892 01:05:50.760 --> 01:05:57.639 fashioned. And I took a bath, oh lovely, because I just have 893 01:05:57.719 --> 01:06:00.719 a shower at home. But I was just like I'm going to be luxurious 894 01:06:00.760 --> 01:06:05.000 and ever bath inside the X eighter. It's top manship amazing. But yeah, 895 01:06:05.880 --> 01:06:10.960 I loved it. I loved every moment of it. I loved every 896 01:06:11.000 --> 01:06:14.400 moment of the weekend. Yeah, No, it was really beautiful. It 897 01:06:14.559 --> 01:06:18.760 was it was amazing, And I just will say the amount of feedback has 898 01:06:18.840 --> 01:06:26.400 been emotionally overwhelming for all three of us. We keep sharing your posts, 899 01:06:26.519 --> 01:06:31.320 your stories, your photos, everything that we see shared we see and it's 900 01:06:31.400 --> 01:06:35.480 been it's been an emotional roller coaster processing it because one, I think we 901 01:06:35.599 --> 01:06:41.239 were just at our end of energy by at the end of the weekend. 902 01:06:41.800 --> 01:06:49.320 But what I didn't anticipate was everyone's sense of home. I knew that they 903 01:06:49.360 --> 01:06:53.519 were coming in to have fun, and I wanted them to have fun. 904 01:06:54.039 --> 01:06:59.639 But what I didn't anticipate was everybody's emotional connection with the event, with the 905 01:06:59.760 --> 01:07:04.280 people and the sense of safety that they mentioned in the in the episode earlier. 906 01:07:05.840 --> 01:07:12.400 That really struck me and yeah to an emotional level. So it was 907 01:07:12.440 --> 01:07:15.559 pretty cool. We're internally grateful for all the help, Like, we did 908 01:07:15.639 --> 01:07:16.840 not do it just the three of us. There were so many people that 909 01:07:16.960 --> 01:07:20.119 helped out all. Oh yeah, all the staff, the volunteers, the 910 01:07:20.199 --> 01:07:26.920 cost players. Of course, everybody really stepped up to the most amazing level 911 01:07:27.079 --> 01:07:30.840 of support. Yeah, and I'm just there's way too many people to think 912 01:07:30.320 --> 01:07:35.880 a thousand, but I'm just gonna give quick shout outs to Colbert Cosplay Nikki 913 01:07:36.519 --> 01:07:44.800 amazing helped out so much. Ticing what an MVP. I lost my voice. 914 01:07:45.079 --> 01:07:47.239 Yeah, I could not direct photo shoots and usually I'm out there, 915 01:07:47.400 --> 01:07:50.519 you know, directing the photographers, make sure the cost players get where they 916 01:07:50.599 --> 01:07:54.880 need to be. I could not speak at all. I'm still like, 917 01:07:55.519 --> 01:07:59.199 you know, gaining my voice back. But Tyson stepped in. I was 918 01:07:59.320 --> 01:08:00.360 like, he's just tell me what you want me to say. And I 919 01:08:00.480 --> 01:08:06.320 was like, Dyson, you have to direct the shoot entirely. And He's 920 01:08:06.360 --> 01:08:10.199 like, okay, I got it, and he just like jumped up on 921 01:08:10.280 --> 01:08:14.960 the wall and you know, Spider Man his way up that. Yes, 922 01:08:15.319 --> 01:08:23.319 you know Vanessa, which is so good as Emma Frost deliver that speech beautifully 923 01:08:24.960 --> 01:08:28.239 in Elish show. With that Help Fire Club reformance, It's like, I've 924 01:08:28.359 --> 01:08:32.439 never been so turned on by somebody putting on their clothes. Yes, like 925 01:08:32.760 --> 01:08:36.319 you know, brainstorming that and coming bring that to life for the Help Fire 926 01:08:36.359 --> 01:08:44.600 Club Channeler. That was brilliant. I'm really happy with it. So yeah, 927 01:08:45.079 --> 01:08:47.680 you know, is there anybody else you want to jump in there with 928 01:08:47.760 --> 01:08:50.800 a quick thank you? Oh my god, Darryl Daryl, thank you so 929 01:08:50.960 --> 01:08:57.720 much. X Factor Files podcast Darryl. He yeah, he helped out run 930 01:08:57.800 --> 01:09:00.840 the lecture hall. It was a big lift for him, and I'm really 931 01:09:00.920 --> 01:09:03.199 grateful for him. I mean, there's so many I don't I don't even 932 01:09:03.239 --> 01:09:06.479 know where to begin, but you know, Samanthan Regina, thank you so 933 01:09:06.600 --> 01:09:11.119 much for being our support system as well. You know, it goes on 934 01:09:11.199 --> 01:09:13.479 and on. Of course, Dylan, who's not on the podcast with us, 935 01:09:13.640 --> 01:09:15.600 Yeah it's Dylan. Yeah, you know, Dylan did an incredible job 936 01:09:15.880 --> 01:09:19.439 splitting all this work with us, wrangling the cost players, taking charge of 937 01:09:19.479 --> 01:09:23.680 all that sort of stuff. So yeah, like I said, it was 938 01:09:23.760 --> 01:09:27.520 a whole village of people. It wasn't just us doing it, so you 939 01:09:27.640 --> 01:09:29.800 know, and in order to do it again, we need even more people 940 01:09:30.039 --> 01:09:32.760 exactly. And the great thing is it's like so many people into community, 941 01:09:33.119 --> 01:09:36.520 like we're so inspired. They've been reaching out saying hey, I have this 942 01:09:36.680 --> 01:09:40.279 skill or I do this craft, like I want to be more involved in 943 01:09:40.359 --> 01:09:44.760 participating now about you know, you know, we're a community and we are 944 01:09:44.960 --> 01:09:48.560 building and yeah, we want to give people a platform to shine. Absolutely 945 01:09:48.720 --> 01:09:53.800 absolutely well, thank you all who attended, and if you didn't attend and 946 01:09:53.920 --> 01:09:58.319 missed out, don't miss sophomore year. 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