get/together

All addresses for venues/restaurants/cafes can be found on the Venues post.

This timetable is even more a work in progress than usual, so frankly, friends, if you're looking at it right now don't expect much. It'll trickle in this afternoon and evening. ;-p

As usual, these time stamps are indicative, and some leeway has been built in in places to allow for inevitable overrun.

Friday

11.30am: Brunch
-- Maranui Surf Club Cafe

4pm: Cocktails
-- Library Bar

7pm: Dinner
-- Oaks Noodle House

[8.30: Dessert
-- Olive]

Saturday

10am: Doors Open/Set-up of Hall
10.15: House Rules/Safety Briefing
10.30: Slash Pictionary (shihadchick)
-- second thirteenth verse, same as the first
11.30: Dirk Gently (blademistress)
-- xxx
12noon: Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (maudlinrose)
-- Females are strong as hell
12.30: LUNCH
1.30: Pod Save America (jocondite)
-- The Obama Boy Band
2pm: Moonlight Drawn by Clouds (china_shop)
-- The slash side of an OTV
2.30: Panel I (arysteia)
-- The state of the fannish union
4pm: AFTERNOON TEA
4.15: Battle Creek (cross_stitchery)
-- xxx
4.30: Rivers of London (sixth_light)
-- Now with actual official visual content because comics!
5pm: Supergirl (erilyn)
--
5.15: Set Up for Dinner (Tables and Ordering)
5.30: Pizza and Pub Quiz (arysteia and china_shop)
-- Tonight we dine in Hell!
7.15: Vid Show I (maudlinrose)
-- The policy underpinning this screening has not yet been clearly articulated
7.45: Quick Clean Up
8pm: Doors Close

Sunday

10am: Doors Open
10.15: Quantum Break (blademistress)
-- xxx
10.30: Cozy British TV Murder Mysteries (sixth_light)
-- Why Watching White Brits Die In Unusual Ways Will Make You Feel Better
11am: The Adventure Zone (aworldinside and stickmarionette)
-- xxx
11.30: Smallville (erilyn)
-- Inevitable Renaissance is Inevitable
12noon: LUNCH
1pm: SKAM (jocondite)
-- [cries in Norwegian]
1.30: Wonder Woman (arysteia and stickmarionette)
-- In your satin tights, fighting for our rights...
2.30: Stardew Valley (labellementeuse)
-- Some people only hoard virtually
3pm: The Good Place (shihadchick)
-- Seventh time's the charm?
3.30: Dark Matter (kiwisue)
-- Seventh time's the charm?
4pm: Panel II (arysteia)
-- Identity
4.45: Heads Down Bums Up (erilyn)
-- How well do you know your tags?
5pm: Vid Show II (meelie)
-- She'd tell us but then she'd have to kill us
5.30pm: Thorough Tidy Up
6pm: Doors Close
7pm: Dinner
-- Siam Thai

Monday

11am: Brunch
-- Fidel's

All addresses for venues/restaurants/cafes are on the Venues post.

Friday

11am: Brunch
-- Elements
I know a bunch of you get in at or near 11, so either come straight here or drop stuff off first; either way we’ll be there making merry, and if last year’s anything to go by having second breakfast...
5.30: Cocktails
-- Matterhorn
7pm: Dinner
-- Oaks Noodle House
Newbies, don’t be horrified by the magnificent lack of ambience; this is tradition of more than a decade’s standing.
c8.30: Intrepid souls may venture up Cuba Street for coffee/drinks/dessert, but I might go home to bed; watch this space, and twitter, for updates.

Saturday

10am: Doors Open/Set-up of Hall
10.15: House Rules/Safety Briefing
10.30: Slash Pictionary (shihadchick)
-- second eleventh verse, same as the first
11.30: A Decade of Getting Together (arysteia)
-- Who can truly say they saw this coming in 2005???
1pm: LUNCH
2pm: Show Pimp (blademistress)
-- Killjoys
xxx
2.30: Show Pimp (maudlinrose)
-- Daredevil
Apparently law school doesn’t ruin it
3pm: Panel I (xxx)
-- xxx
Xxx
4.30: AFTERNOON TEA
4.45: Show Pimp (dewey3067)
-- Looking
Friends, lovers, and found families in San Francisco
5.15: Gaming Pimp (stickmarionette and maudlinrose)
-- Dragon Age
Xxx
5.45: Vid Show I (meelie)
-- xxx
xxxxx
6.30: Basic Tidy Up
7pm: Doors Close
7.30: Dinner
-- Tandoori Heritage

Sunday

10am: Doors Open
10.15: Show Pimp (aworldinside)
-- Miss Fisher’s Mysteries
xxx
10.35: Show Pimp (labellementeuse)
-- Sense8
I've heard there's an orgy...
Warnings: non-sexual graphic violence, depictions of transphobia (not editorially endorsed), nudity, sex
11am: Show Pimp (erilyn)
-- The Man from UNCLE
The new guys
11.15: Lit Pimp (dewey3067)
-- M/M Romance
Apparently some people do this for a living?
11.45: Show Pimp (blademistress)
-- The Fall
Because Gillian Anderson is a goddess in every incarnation
12noon: Riddickulous (arysteia)
-- MAYBE
IF I HAVE TIME
12.30: LUNCH
1.30: Panel II (xxx)
-- xxx
Xxx
3pm: PUB QUIZ (arysteia)
-- Fandom Quiz Round Three
Alcohol not actually allowed
4.30: AFTERNOON TEA
4.45: Musical Pimp (shihadchick)
-- Hamilton
I know the history, and that twitter hasn’t shut up for three days…
5pm: AO3: Yay or Nay? (erilyn)
-- Pop Quiz
Literally, pop up and down like a jack in the box...
5.30: Vid Show II (meelie)
-- xxx
xxxxx
6.15: Thorough Tidy Up
7pm: Doors Close
7.30: Dinner
-- Siam Thai

Monday

11am: Brunch
-- The Carlton
6pm: Dinner and Drinks
-- Pan de Muerto
No fuss no muss if you have work in the morning/are all socialised out, but I’ll still have houseguests and I’ll have to feed them somehow; you’re welcome to join us if it suits.

Apologies for not having got this up and out sooner; I was possessed by the restless spirit of a fifties housewife and have been doing housework for days. What is this, I don't even.

Anyhoo.

Timetable for Saturday and Sunday has been updated and finalised.

Friday goes like this:

10am - c11.30: Brunch at Elements Cafe
Free time to settle in/do some sightseeing/whatever takes your fancy
7pm: Fangirl Friday I, aka Dinner at Oaks Noodle House
c8.30: Fangirl Friday II, aka Dessert at Olive

Venues post will be up shortly complete with helpful google (not apple, *g*) maps.

Any questions or comments, please make them to this post. This is basically it though. We've attempted to address any concerns that have been expressed over the last few years, including but not limited to: more panels, more discussion, less/shorter blocks of run-on footage, earlier lunches, etc.

Friday: Typical Wellywood Fangirl Fun

tbc: Skivers’ Morning Tea/Second Breakfast/Lunch/Afternoon Tea (anyone who’s in Wellington, off work, and in the mood)
-- This one needs to be confirmed as I'm actually meant to be at work this year D:
7pm: Fangirl Friday I (Wellingtonians, plus early arrivals)
-- Dinner at the Oaks
8.30: Fangirl Friday II (Wellingtonians, plus subsequent arrivals)
-- Dessert at Olive

Saturday

10am: Welcome; GTKY; Teas and Coffees, etc
10.15: Slash Pictionary (shihadchick)
-- second eighth verse, same as the first
11.30: "Show" Pimp (arysteia)
-- The Avengers
Why the Marvel Cinematic Universe is kicking DC's ass
12.15: Made of Awesome
-- Women in the Nineties and early Noughties
Aeryn Sun, Cassandra Cain, Stephanie Brown, Renee Montoya, Kenzi
12.45pm: Lunch for RPSers/Classic Fandoms Episode Watch
-- Highlander: xxx
Maybe next year someone will finally pimp it
1.30: Lunch for FPSers/Sports RPS (stickmarionette and shihadchick)
-- Ice Hockey
Beauties and Beast Mode: NHL Highlights for Fandom
-- FC Barcelona Class of 1987
Childhood Sweethearts Seek Happy Ending
2.15: Panel I (china_shop)
-- Rare Pairs
Witty comment goes here
3pm: Show Pimp (cross_stitchery)
-- Rizzoli and Isles
Witty comment goes here
3.15: Ship Manifesto (blademistress)
-- Troy/Abed
Witty comment goes here
3.45: Panel II (cyphomandra)
-- Original Slash
A highly biased guide to m/m romance, BL manga, and anything else with unrecognisable (mostly) men smouldering at each other
4.15: Panel III (alasen and meelie)
-- Naming Conventions
Witty comment goes here
4.45: Show Pimp (aworldinside)
-- Fringe
Witty comment goes here
5pm: Show Pimp (china_shop)
-- Archer
Witty comment goes here
5.15: Vidshow I (meelie)

7pm: Dinner
-- Tandoori Heritage
8.30: split programme, tbc

Sunday

10am: Show Pimp (alasen)
-- Hawaii 5-0
Witty comment goes here
10.30: "Show" Pimp (arysteia)
-- X-Men
You thought Clark and Lex were the only ones with foe!yay and an illicit love child...
11.15: Panel IV (vaudevilles)
-- Debutching Strong Women
How a sad lack of butch-girl eye-candy is turning me Bi
12.15: Show Pimp (cross_stitchery)
-- Suits
Witty comment goes here
12.30: Lunch for all -- Freedom! Unity!
1.15: Inaugural Grand Fandom Debate
-- Mpreg is a Blight Upon the Earth!
What do you mean my kink is not okay?
2.15: Panel V (arysteia)
-- Man Pain
I've paid the price twice! But was it the only way to get a backstory?
3.15: Ship Manifesto (blademistress)
-- Alicia/Kalinda
Witty comment goes here
3.45: Made of Awesome II
-- Women of Today
Parker and Hardison¹; Elizabeth, Diana and June; Olivia, Loretta West, Kono, Lois Lane, Dana Scully
4.15: Panel VI (arysteia)
Focus on Feedback/Orphaned Discourse
5.30: Vidshow II (meelie)

7pm: Dinner
-- Siam Thai
8.30: split programme, tbc

1. Honorary Woman Emeritus, *g*

Note 1: I'll let you know about Friday as soon as I've gone to Staff Briefing Monday ;-p

Note 2: There'll be a top level comment to this post where I attempt to wrangle the Ladies of Awesome. Please go there if that's you.

Note 3: Lunch breaks are scheduled at 45 minutes instead of a full hour. Partly to pack in as much as possible, partly to get the second slot on day one as early as possible. You are, of course, free to come and go as you please.

Note 4: The debate has been suggested/requested several times over the last few years, and this year we're taking the plunge. See the second top level comment for details if you're interested.

Note 5: Clearly there is a little buffer space between the end of scheduled programming and dinner. I won't bet against the idea we'll be running late by then... plus we need to clean up. :D

... ooh, alliteration. :-D

Howdy one and all.

Here follows the basic timetable for this year's g/t. It's pretty full, which means we're going to actually have to make more effort to *follow* it than we have in past years...

So on that note, I want to make a couple of comments. This year's g/t is our biggest yet, with twenty-seven registered participants. That's fantastic, and I'm really excited about it, but it does make logistics slightly more difficult. We're in the middle ground between a slumber party (and believe me, I miss SLM more than anyone) and a con. China and I work incredibly hard to make this happen, and I for one have spent hours on this timetable. Above all what we need is co-operation and compromise.

We are, always have been, and always shall be, pan-fandom. Kink meme rules apply, ie no judging other people's kinks. You can't hit BACK, unfortunately, but you can go for a walk, or retreat to the readers' corner, or go make yourself a cup of tea. That said:

We do have some biases, and always have had, eg:

The Tyranny of Those with Loud Voices

Self explanatory. We'll do the very best we can to mod the panels appropriately so that everyone can be heard. With regard to presentations, though, the simple fact is: those who volunteer get to do them. The only known cure is to volunteer yourself!

The Fandom that Ate Fandom

Just as lj is occasionally overrun by orcs from a fandom you cannot see the attraction in, so too g/t is sometimes swamped by a fandom du jour. Often not anyone's primary fandom, but everyone's secondary, kinda like STV voting. Wai halo thar, Doctor Who 2008. I think we've got this one licked this year, because our spread is massive.

Shiny and New Trumps Cherished and Old aka Sluts have More Fun than the Faithful

Pretty self explanatory. Pimps and presentations are 9/10 times for new obsessions, and if you can juggle five fandoms at once you'll obviously be readier to squee than the monogamous. We've taken active steps to counter this, at least in small part, this year, and we'll be screening an episode each day from the glorious old skool.

Lastly, we do have the Obligatory Squick Warnings (taken from your registration forms):

Incest is/is not Best

Some love it, some hate it. End of Story. No one's pimping it, and no one gets to criticise it. Obviously you can exercise your free will and your freedom of speech anywhere you like, and I would actively anticipate some conversations, and willingly participate in them. They won't be on the main floor though (except possibly during the Kink Meme panel, for which there will be warnings as appropriate). My Supernatural reel is for the show, not the pairing.

Real People can Dislike Real Person Fic

Good old Spn, where RPF is the morally preferable choice, *g*. Still, the fact is, RPF remains a squick for many people, including people registered for g/t. It gets a slot this year because it's very popular, and some elements of democracy apply. What I've done, and I hope you'll agree, is seek the greatest possible happiness for the greatest number of people. To that end, the RPF presentations are scheduled against lunchbreaks, and additional lunchbreaks against the ep watches. Those who wish to can thus absent themselves while the RPF crowd have the main floor. In neither case is there an obligation to vanish for your break -- you can grab food and come straight back and see everything if you want! The point is to have choice.

Without further ado then:

Friday: Typical Wellywood Fangirl Fun

12.30: Lunch out Beachwards
-- I, V, C, C and K (and anyone else who happens to be free)
The Chocolate Frog? Breakers? Scorchorama? Elements!
2.30: Possible Acquisition of some Australians
7pm: Fangirl Friday I (Wellingtonians, plus arrivals)
-- Dinner at the Oaks
8.30: Fangirl Friday II (Wellingtonians, plus subsequent arrivals)
-- Dessert at Olive

Saturday: Blast from the Past Day

10am: Welcome; GTKY; Goodie Bags and Meme Challenges (surprise!)
10.15: Slash Pictionary (morebliss)
-- second sixth verse, same as the first
11.30: Star Trek (arysteia)
-- All your Cliches are Belong to Us
Five Six Series, Eleven Movies, and did I mention, We Invented Slash???
12.30: DC (stickmarionette)
-- Masks, Capes and Dysfunctional Relationships
DC (Superhero) Comics: a brief and biased introduction
1.30: Lunch for RPSers/Episode Watch
-- The Professionals: Mixed Doubles
Bodie and Doyle kickin' it (and kickin' ass) old skool
2.30: Lunch for FPSers/American Idol (erilyn)
-- A glittery alien from planet Fierce (and friends)
Music, makeup and making out with boys
3pm: Boston Legal (blademistress)
-- Alan and Denny: The Practice to Boston Legal
A PG-tastic love story. (Warning: may contain traces of William Shatner.)
4pm: Panel I (arysteia, erilyn)
-- title goes here
witty caption goes here
5pm: Due South/Canadiana (china_shop)
-- pimpreel
5.30: Panel II (arysteia, erilyn)
-- Orphan Questions
Everything you Ever Wanted to Know, but were Afraid to Ask
6pm: Vidshow I (china_shop)
-- title goes here
witty caption goes here
7pm: Dinner
-- Siam Thai, Kilbirnie
8.30: split programme, tbc

Sunday: Shiny and New Day

10am: Fast and Furious (erilyn)
-- The "we're not watching for the cars or plot" edition
It's the only 20 minutes of the movie you need to see
10.30: Generation Kill (sinden)
-- pimpreel
11am: Meme Challenges (surprise!)
12pm: Josh and Drake (alasen)
-- pimpreel
12.30: The Authority (arysteia)
-- Apollo/Midnighter: Married with Child
What do you mean we're a gay pastiche of Superman/Batman???
1pm: Outrageous Fortune (china_shop)
-- pimpreel
1.30: Lunch for RPSers/Episode Watch
-- Robin of Sherwood: The Sheriff of Nottingham
Why yes, the new sheriff does look like Lewis Collins. And very, very gay.
2.30: Lunch for FPSers/Bandom (morebliss)
-- Gerard Way: the man, the myth, the motts
He wants to save your life. Seriously. It's adorable.
3pm: Supernatural (arysteia)
-- Devil's Spawn and Hottest Man in the World (tm)
A scrunchy monkey face, a destiny, and a single, perfect, crystal emo tear.
4pm: Star Trek: the Next Generation (the_antichris)
-- title goes here
witty caption goes here
4.15: Panel III (china_shop, stickmarionette)
-- Writing and Canon
and a bunch of other stuff no doubt
5.30: The Daily Show (china_shop)
-- clipshow
6pm: Vidshow II (meelie)
-- title goes here
witty caption goes here
7pm: Dinner
-- Tandoori Heritage, Kilbirnie
8.30: split programme, tbc

Friday

SG1 will be entertaining itself all day, and would welcome visits from SG2. SG5, you're very welcome too, of course, if you feel like bowling up.

SG3 and SG4 both appear to be hitting town around 6pm, so the day proper will start thenceabout.

Two Tribes go to War!

Okay, no, not really. But there is a split programme planned for tonight.

1) The decorous Canadianians will be at the china shop, hosted by *shock horror* Chinashop, for an extravaganza of Due South, HCL, related RPS ect ect.

2) The not remotely decorous are hitting town for beer and strippers (tm Erilyn). Okay, that's not true. But we will be doing [something else] at the pixie palace, hosted by yours truly.

Saturday

We'll all head from our various locales up to the china shop for meet and greets from 10am.

11am: Slash Pictionary!!!1! So, so made of win.
12.30: Lunch and Erilyn's Vidshow (Part One)
1.30: Intros and Pimps (Part One)
Soccer RPS (Stickmarionette)
SGA (Morebliss)
2.30: Open Mike Night (Part One)
Online Friendship vs the 'Real Thing' (Chinashop)
Badfic (Morebliss)
3.30: Intros and Pimps (Part Two)
Pegg and Frost, Zombie Cops (Blademistress)
NCIS (Erilyn)
5pm: Assorted DVD watching and Ridiculous Amounts of Squee
8pm: Dinner in Town and Inevitable Embarrassment of Neighbouring Diners

Sunday

11am: Morning Tea and Squee
12: Lunch and Erilyn's Vidshow (Part Two)
1pm: Intros and Pimps (Part Three)
Rugby Pretty Boys (Morebliss)
Doctor Who/Torchwood (Arysteia)
Psych (Alasen)
2pm: Open Mike Night (Part Two)
Fanservice - Friend or Foe (Arysteia)
Our Boys - Handsome or Just Loved? (Erilyn)
3pm: Intros and Pimps (Part Four)
The Daily Show (Blueraven)
Banddom (Erilyn)
4pm: Season Premiere of Stargate: Atlantis

People start heading off to catch trains at that point, so it's the end of regularly scheduled programming, but those who are still around are most cordially invited back to the pixie palace to continue squeeing. It's a hard job, but someone's got to do it.

If you can't keep to the timetable you will be whipped! Okay no, seriously, nothing ever goes entirely to plan. But we always have one. Meh.

If I accidentally missed your moment in the sun, let me know and I'll add it.

All together now, let's cross fingers this a) works, and b) doesn't flash up on the network in front of 2000 people.

My ten cents worth:

Because I always have something to say. And because we have new coins – Ockers are in for a treat – and tens are now a) the size of old twos, and b) copper.

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And re content:

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Final Thought

I really am hugely excited about this. It's sustaining me through some very trying times. I just went to a blogging seminar, and everyone goggled at the concept, let alone the educational applications. I was this far from flicking my lj up on the viewscreen and letting their heads explode.

I restrained myself.

Barely.

But roll on Friday.