Ready to have a heart attack? Jason and I attended FanX in Salt Lake City this fall. Anyone need a defibrillator? Maybe a hypospray of vasopressors for the shock? No? Was FanX nerdy? Yes. Was it nutty? Yes. Here’s how it fanned out.

The two of us got pictures with Megan Follows, Pearl Mackie, Matthew Lewis, and lost boys Kiefer Sutherland and Jason Patric. From the likes of Hayden Christensen, Ian McDiarmid, Jason Isaacs, and Charles Martinet we acquired autographs. We attended panels featuring the rowdy characters of Evermore and approachable stars like Pearl Mackie and Matthew Lewis. We found the celebrities we interacted with this time to be real human beings, even the ones who regularly portray aliens.

We embraced cosplay on two of the con’s days. On one of those we dressed as Strawberry Shortcake and the Peculiar Purple Pieman of Porcupine Peak. Those that recognized us, and there were more than we anticipated, were treated to one of the Peculiar Purple Pieman’s pastries… well, Hostess’ really, but that shady pieman was happy to take crust credit.

We met up with friends who were also attending at J. Wong’s Thai and Chinese Bistro. Eating drunken noodles and discussing which comic artists billow capes correctly all while donning an Auror’s wand and wig- that’s the stuff the finest temporal causality loops are made of.

Tickets for next fall’s FanX just went on sale. It’s sure to tickle your ear lobes. You may find us there along with over 100,000 other caped crusaders and masked troopers.