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Okay one last squee about this weekend and John Barrowman. If anyone wants to know why I love the guy, I can point to this:

Friday night, reclusiveq​ gave me my awesome birthday present. I tweeted it at Barrowman, not really expecting any kind of response, but hey, cool handmade Torchwood stuff!

Saturday morning I went up to see John first thing, book in hand because, well I had to have him sign it since I had it. Got up pretty quick, didn’t even think to turn my phone camera on as I handed the book to him. He was like “Oh I saw this online last night!” and I was like “Really?” and he said “Yeah, I don’t always respond, but I do read all the tweets.” He said he really liked the book and as he went to sign it I told him about some of the struggles I’ve had with depression and how I’m doing better, but he’s helped me so much. John said there’s lot’s of resources out there on twitter and stuff and then as he finished signing and handed the book back he looked me in the eyes and said, “Just remember, you’re important.” I stammered a ‘yes,sir, thank you, sir’ and left.

Saturday afternoon I had my photo op with him and Alex Kingston. I’m totally hugging him in that picture.

Sunday morning I went to have John sign jazzforthecaptain​’s fanart of Jack and Castiel. There’s the video, but when we walked up he said “Nice to see you again,” and promptly squeed over the picture. But then as I turned to walk away he was like “Merinda wasn’t it?” I said yes, thanked him again, then made the worlds biggest OMG face when I had my back to him.

But what’s important to me is John took those few seconds to really talk to me, and then recognized me and remembered my name (even though I wasn’t in costume or anything) the second day. That’s someone that pays attention to their fans. And I’m so glad for him and the chance to meet him (multiple times now!)