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- !event log,
- adam parrish | n/a,
- elena fisher | n/a,
- harleen quinzel | harley quinn,
- jonathan walsh | snake man,
- kang | n/a,
- n/a | the midnighter,
- noah czerny | n/a,
- ronan lynch | greywaren,
- † akira kurusu | joker,
- † anatoly eldarov | n/a,
- † andrew pulaski | apollo,
- † cisco ramon | vibe,
- † count dooku | darth tyranus,
- † daisy johnson | quake,
- † danny pink | n/a,
- † daryl dixon | the angel,
- † dio brando | n/a,
- † eda | n/a,
- † frederick chilton | chief of staff!!,
- † gwen wynne-york | n/a,
- † han solo | n/a,
- † jesse pinkman | diesel,
- † jon snow | lord snow,
- † jorah mormont | jorah the andal,
- † jyn erso | kestrel dawn,
- † k-2so | n/a,
- † karen desonne | n/a,
- † lando calrissian | n/a,
- † mick rory | heat wave,
- † nike lemercier | n/a,
- † otabek altin | n/a,
- † reggie mantle | n/a,
- † richard gansey | raven king,
- † rosa diaz | espada de muerte,
- † sadie doyle | n/a,
- † skeets | n/a,
- † twice | the untouchable,
- † veronica sawyer | dead girl walking,
- † viktor nikiforov | n/a,
- † yusuke kitagawa | fox,
- †: armitage hux | starkiller
FANPORT JUNE 2017
WHERE:Nonah Convention Center
WHEN: June 23-25, from 9 AM - 12 AM every day.
WHAT: Registration is in motion alongside FanPort, the most popular imPort convention around! Come on in and see imPort-led panels, the artist's alley, cosplayers, and more! If you have any questions, or wish to amend the way we have written up your characters' panels, let us know here!
WARNINGS: None anticipated; please let us know if this should be changed.
Locals, imPorts, come one and all to FanPort, the annual gathering of imPorts and imPort enthusiasts! Registration volunteers are wrangling the long, long lines wrapping outside the convention center, but attendees are passing the time by competing in a contest sponsored by a local radion station: to create the best imPort-themed viral video clip and post it to social media! #PowersPower #Fandemonium #FanPortVIP
Unless they choose to mingle, as guests of honor, imPorts get to skip the line, receive a gold-trimmed IMPORTANT badge and be escorted through a secure entrance into the convention center proper. But there's no escaping the crowds once they're inside, you will be rubbing shoulders. This year's FanPort is seeing record attendance, and the venue is swarming with enthusiastic con-goers. Once they make their way past an impromptu welcoming committee of squealing fans, imPorts can explore...
ARTIST'S ALLEY
The bustling ballroom is full to brimming of fans selling their creative wares. Hundreds of prints are available for purchase, featuring everything from Magnus Burnsides striking a heroic pose to an artful portrait of Dandy Mott in his study, with his tie unknotted and dribbling down his front. There's even an action crossover depicting the Blue Beetle versus Iron Man, or Jesse Pinkman dancing with Reggie Mantle. Crossover time!
Other tables feature 3-D creations, with maskets full of keychains, buttons, T-shirts, homemade plushies and more. If you can dream of it, it probably exists, and it would be a challenge to name an imPort without some kind of creative representation!
Some artists and fanfiction writers have teamed up to create doujinshi about various imPort couples. imPorts who are known to be seeing each other are likely to see a drawn version of their relationship in this section, but there are also true rarepairs that go against canon, like Lapis Lazuli/Shale, Frederick Chilton/Sam Merlotte, Kitty Jones/John Murphy, Danny Pink/Mitchell Hundred, Jessica Jones/Laurie Collins, Han Solo/Luke Skywalker, Count Dooku/Archie and Rusty Venture/Sadie Doyle. And some of these books are sultry! Outright SHOCKING. You really must buy a few, if only as gifts.
If you don't see what you want being sold already, there are plenty of commissioners who would leap at the chance to provide an imPort with a custom print or doll, just for them! Although some of the dolls getting in the way of the big, popular ships may just be used as voodoo dolls, so watch out!
COSPLAY CONTEST
What's a fan convention without cosplay? There's not a single room in the convention center that lacks multiple cosplayers, but many of them are in it to win it at the cosplay contest. Some have gone to store after store to buy just the right street clothes to accurately portray imPorts like Daryl Dixon and April Ludgate, but others are up for a challenge and are showing off incredible armor creation or sewing work with their Riptide, Maeve Millay, Jean Grey, Petyr Baelish, Doreen Green, and Kanaya Maryam costumes.
And what of imPorts who want to join in? There are only two rules: imPorts may not enter as themselves, nice try jerks, and nor are they allowed to use shapeshifting powers. Other than that, they're welcome to join in on the competitions and the festivities! There are awards being given for everything from Best Performer to Best Costume to Most Accurate Posing, so jump in, and enjoy! ImPorts ARE free to give their own input (or imPut! Haha! So funny!)
IMPORT HALL
Aside from the panels, this is where imports are welcomed as special guests! Above the entire affair is a huge sign that reads, cheerfully: "WELCOME IMPORTS!". Here, imPorts are welcomed to set up their own booths to sell their goods, autographs, and pictures, advertise their businesses, or to simply meet some of their fans! A special photo-op booth is available for imPorts who are game for one-on-one meetings but don't want to set up a booth. Security is tightest around this area, but only for the safety of imPorts; if any fans get a little too touchy-feely without the imPort's consent, rest assured, they'll be hauled out in short notice. There is also a special demonstration area, marked off with cones, where imPorts may show off crowd-appropriate powers for some oohs and aahs.
This is also the place where willing and participating imPorts are showered with special gifts featuring everything from fanmade scrapbooks of their public exploits and fanart, home baked goods, or samples from all sorts of corporate representatives eager to have imPorts represent everything from their makeup lines to their gas-buster pills.
REFRESHMENTS
Forget the generic, slightly stale burgers and fries most commonly found at convention centers. Just outside the venue is a series of imPort-inspired food trucks and stalls. Ready for some Persephone Paprikash? What about some Emmett Brown-ies for dessert? Delicious! And we can't forget the line of So Carbonated They'll Make You
DESIGN-YOUR-OWN POWER STATION
This year's FanPort has a special charity room for imPorts who feel like doing some community outreach. Long-term patients at Nonah Children's Hospital who are well enough to travel have been brought to the con, where imPorts who sign up to volunteer will help them dream up their own powers, design their own superhero costume and dress up using a wardrobe of donated costume parts. Each child can then pose in front of a green screen with their favorite imPort to create a superhero team-up!
RAVE
The first two nights of the convention, attendees can get their groove on after hours! The grand hall is opened up to various imPort inspired acts, such as the Woden-inspired Welcome to Valhalla, the Yurio Plisetsky-inspired Ice Ice Babies, and the Stark family-inspired Kings of the North. All of these shows are complete with light shows and complimentary glow sticks, and once the clock hits past 9 PM, a bar opens up in the back for natives and imPorts alike, provided that they're of-age — and yes, they will be checking their IDs!
Want to get your rock on? These acts will gracefully step aside to allow imPort musicians to take the stage, but will respond even more happily to jam sessions.
PANELS
What does it take to be a champion on ice? How do the pros spin so fast without getting dizzy? A Q&A session will be followed by an exhibition skate on imPort power-created ice. Starring imPort Guests: Otabek Altin, Viktor Nikiforov and Yuri Plisetsky
There are 50 states in America and seven kingdoms in Westeros. What's life like in this land far far away? Attendees will receive a short introduction, followed by a Q&A session and other activities. Clean cut folk, reconsider—anyone with a majestic beard gets front row seats! Starring imPort Guests: Robb Stark and Theon Greyjoy
An introductory-level discussion of the science and logic behind the predominant theories for the existence of imPort powers and the nature of alternate universes. Adam Parrish will be expounding upon the most modern studies and theories, with Skeets providing practical experience, expertise, and exposition. Starring imPort Guests: Adam Parrish and Skeets
ImPorts are the life of the convention, but what if they're dead back home? This panel will offer helpful tips on coping with certain mortality. Starring imPort Guest: Danny Pink
This panel discussion includes audience participation as it explores how natives and imPorts alike can (re)connect with the Earth via singing, and explains other-worldly philosophies on creating more worthwhile connections with others in being one of the keys in restoring the balance of the world. A concert demonstration will promote the beginning of a peaceful connection between those living on Earth and the world they live in. Panel sponsor HNBN (Heropa's News Broadcast Network) will provide weather-related merchandise to be donated to multiple charities that are connected to natural sanctuaries, parks, animal shelters, homeless shelters, and other charities that promote imPort and native unity. Starring imPort Guests: Nike Lemercier
This panel reprises last year's edition, with a focus on Miracle Springs. Attendees can witness an introduction and demonstration of healing powers on native volunteers, particularly those suffering from conditions that are incurable with this world's medical technology alone. Participants must sign a waiver, with priority given to terminal patients. Panelists will administer treatment based on greatest need. Coupons for Miracle Springs will be distributed to anyone who doesn't get a chance to be treated during the panel. Starring imPort Guests: Jesse Pinkman and Haen Hithiel
An episode screening and Q&A panel with the teen stars of ETV's edgy reality hit, which reviewers have alternately described as "a cinéma vérité glimpse into the lives of troubled imPort youths and the emotional complications of confronting alternate realities" and "basically just two assholes who look alike pranking each other for a half hour every week." Witness the controversial duo in person and decide for yourself! A memorabilia-signing session will follow. Starring imPort Guests: Ronan Lynch and John Murphy
Along with some brief demonstration, this session provides a brief overview on gaining powers, tips on how to deal with them, how to control them, how to best utilize them in daily life, and how to support your friends and family through adjusting to them. All information is high-level, and panelists will be available to mentor powered individuals on a more one-on-one basis. Starring imPort Guests: Erik Lehnsherr and Charles Xavier
An open discussion with various guests on how their imPort celebrity status has impacted their lives, through scandals and through influences. This panel will conclude with a series of mean bweets being read by their directed subject. Starring imPort Guests: Erik Lehnsherr and friends
Is your ship grounded or does it fly? What's the cannon situation? Who has the best ship of all? ImPorts who have touched the stars are invited to share their experience in an intimate talk about their ships, what it took to make them fly, ways to be safe and other related topics. Attendees are invited to bring fanart of their favorite imPort ships! Starring imPort Guests: Han Solo and friends
A two-day historical recounting of Maurtia Falls, Pennsylvania as an imPort city -- how it started, how it has changed, and what is in store for its future. One the second day of the panel, imports who either currently live or have lived in Maurtia Falls are invited to speak about their experiences and why more imPorts should choose this city as a place to live. Starring imPort Guests: Petyr Baelish
Get up close and personal with the Northern Mockingbird as you learn facts about them and get to have the chance to see them mimic other birds and even human voices! All birds are friendly and love treats and head scratches. This panel will run on day three of the convention. Starring imPort Guests: Petyr Baelish and mockingbird entourage
An advice show for the modern era! Come listen to the sage advice given by your fantasy friends, and maybe learn a thing or two about life! Starring imPort Guests: Taako, Magnus Burnsides, and Angus McDonald
Senator Mitchell Hundred and available Ambassadors will engage in a discussion panel that includes multiple resources, pamphlets and giveaways for attendees. A Q&A session will follow. Starring imPort Guests: Mitchell Hundred and associates
This discussion between humans and aliens who now make their home on Earth seeks to foster greater understanding. Panel moderator Supergirl will relate her own experiences and encourage others to share theirs. Starring imPort Guests: Supergirl
This panel of teen heroes will discuss the importance of using extraordinary gifts for the betterment of their community, as well as tips and tricks to stay safe during missions. Other topics will include: The Importance of Secrecy, What Not to Wear, Pros and Cons of Crime Fighting, and more! There will be Q&A sessions for both the panelists and any superhero guests that join in. Panelist Kyle Conlen will also discuss plans to create a youth center dedicated to keeping extraordinary teens on the right track. By organizing teens with experienced leaders, it will give them an outlet for their powers in a healthy and safe environment. Donations are appreciated! Starring imPort Guests: Kyle Conlen, Yusuke Kitagawa and friends
Panel moderator Aurican will host a Q&A session on what it's like to be a dragon, how to deal with dragon mythologies, and how to live with the fact that people are scared of fire-breathing lizards. Demonstrations will include the reveal of his true draconic form and safety-checked flame snorting. Starring imPort Guests: Aurican
As host of the panel, Doctor Frederick Chilton will analyze the emotional and psychological consequences of imPorts having lived in this world, a universe foreign to their own, for over twelve months. He explicitly explores the manifestation of dissociation, maladaptation, codependency upon other imPorts, and the rare case of expressed criminal psychopathy. His presentation includes statistical data as well as anecdota, using Dorian Gray as an example of codependency with fatal but ultimately beneficial outcomes. Chilton's conclusion is that the longer you are in this world as an imPort, the more dramatically the environment affects you, sometimes profoundly influencing your behavior in unpredictable way, and he argues that the data supports a myriad of impacting variables within that environment, with no one singular cause to blame. Starring imPort Guests: Frederick Chilton and Joseph Kavinsky
Bela Talbot will present an overview of the steady growth of her business and how she learned a great deal through hands-on work and research. She will pass on tips and guidance, with a Q&A session to follow. Starring imPort Guests: Bela Talbot
This panel will explore magic as a general concept, the theory of magic, how it is used in different worlds and advice for dealing with it. It includes a practical demonstration in which Sabriel and other interested imPorts show off some basic skills. A Q&A session is included. Starring imPort Guests: Sabriel
This panel discusses how the law interacts with superpowers, both in this world and the imPorts' worlds of origin. Starring imPort Guests: Sabriel and RISE members
Kayana's annual showcase on superhero costumes and the design philosophies behind them pulls examples from throughout the imPort community, and now some natives as well. Following this, there will be a demonstration of new developments made as a part Kanaya Maryam's partnership with OsCorp that may change the face of crimefighting in the future! Time will be allotted for a closing Q&A session.Starring imPort Guests: Kanaya Maryam, Normie Osborn, Peter Parker and Revan
This open discussion tackles the issue of how imPorts and native citizens alike can be a hero in their city. Detailed focus will go to social programs, charity work and opportunities to beautify the city. It will also include a brief lesson in self-defense and the ways people can protect themselves in case of disaster. Starring imPort Guests: Jon Snow
IDs will be checked at the door for this adults-only panel! Renowned TV host and alcoholic expert Sadie Doyle will lead an audience discussion on favorite drinks and trends in spirits from their own worlds, followed by a sampling of locally-produced beers and liqueurs that are known to be imPort favorites. If time allows, there will be a group sing-a-long of the best bar songs. Starring imPort Guests: Sadie Doyle
A panel to explain all of the questions you may have about artificial intelligence and to offer their own perspective. Are AIs going to take over all your jobs? Can AIs feel? Do AIs get their feelings hurt when jerks start questioning their validity as people? Is it okay to literally store them in a box for a number of years? Check that all that out here and more! Starring imPort guests: Skeets, Blue Beetle III & Friends
The world premiere of Daryl's off-grid survival living show The Next World! Episode One (of six) will be screened live before it hits televisions in July with a Q&A Discussion Panel following. Be sure to check in for some hot, hot behind-the-scenes insight with the Executive Producer, the Director, and even one of the clients that appears on the show! But, of course, nobody's really there to see them, so be sure to pop in to see the real stars of the show. Starring imPort guests: Daryl Dixon, Carl Grimes & Enid
An open Q&A for the denizens of De Chima to discuss the direction citizens wish to take their fine city! How can the city give back to its people? What is really important to those who live in De Chima? Will people ever stop getting angry over consequential nonsense like disliking the water fountains in the local park? Hear about all of that and more, including a touching dedication to Lucy Pevensie. Starring imPort guest: Jon Snow
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"I've never met anyone from that planet or moon, I admit. It's not a very significant system," he remarked thoughtfully. "But I assume you managed to leave Jedha if you found yourself on Scarif. It must have been an interesting trip." He knew more about Scarif and what had been there before the Death Star had destroyed it. Starkiller's preliminary plans had been there and had been lost for many years before someone had put them together again. "I wouldn't have thought Scarif was a planet where many people went for a vacation."
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She almost scoffs at the suggestion of a "mining accident," but manages to keep herself clamped shut. She'd seen the way the ground levitated into the air, the horizon crumbling and rising as though no force could ever be big enough to keep it intact ever again. She'd felt the rumble of the moon from beneath her feet, had thought of the little girl she'd saved in the market place and how she'd met her end after all.
Mining accident. The fact that that's the story of Jedha's destruction makes her grit her teeth.
"It was significant to the people who lived there," she remarks, swirling galaxies burning up at him. "Yeah. Funny thing about ships and space travel; allows you to go all over the galaxy." She plants the soles of her feet down flat against the floor as she straightens her spine in her chair. "Had you ever been? Lovely place. Blue water, sandy beaches. Could've been paradise to some."
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He was starting to understand why Tarkin had chosen Alderaan, a planet with little military significance, to destroy. It had been the heart of the rebellion in so many ways and Tarkin had ripped that out in a moment, just like Hux had ripped out the heart and soul of the Republic by destroying the Hosnian System. He wondered if Tarkin had felt that same rush of having literally shaped the galaxy in an effort to restore order to the galaxy as he had.
"But I did hear it was lovely as well. It was a posting that many Imperial officers wanted since it was supposed to be well-protected and with little threat of a rebel attack. It's not a lovely place now, it's mostly just a wasteland and all those lovely beaches are gone as well as the vast database." All that research had been tragically. Garrisons could be replaced, research was much more difficult to replicate.
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She shouldn't be surprised. Imperials were all the same, weren't they? She remembers Commander Solange at Five Points, how she'd snarled and gritted her teeth at the mere insinuation that her own bad choices (namely, gambling herself into astronomical debt) had the power to keep her from rising the ranks. Because that's what mattered; that's what was important. Of course. They're all alike, the lot of them.
But if Jyn had any doubt, the series of thoughts that trickle through afterwards seal the deal. Thrill at murdering stars know how many people? Thrill at stealing their life force, at silencing their screams, at destroying dreams and hopes and families? Children? She clenches her jaw so hard it feels like her teeth might shatter under the pressure.
"That's the thing, getting so confident about being fortified and impenetrable. It's almost never entirely true." She wants to scream about how she knows the whole planet's been destroyed, how she'd been destroyed along with it. But that's revealing far too much, to a man she'd rather not reveal anything to.
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"Indeed. The Emperor was so confident about his first Death Star-" and the second....ugh. "-that he and Tarkin did not take the necessary precautions. But you can rest assured that there won't be any more Death Stars." There was nothing nice about the smirk on his lips and in his mind were the shadows of things far bigger, far more dangerous than either of the Death Stars.
"So what about you? Did you join the Rebellion to revenge Jedha?" Could she be the Erso the damn droid had mentioned? Hm. He knew little about Galen Erso and hadn't recognized anyone by the name of Jyn. He doubted that Jyn was just some distant cousin twice removed, at least.
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One eyebrow twitches at the thought of a second Dear Star. Safe to assume that the second's been destroyed as well (she wonders if someone had figured out how to put the same flaw in the thing that her father had put into the first, but bites the tip of her tongue to keep any sort of question from blurting out). She remembers the conversation they'd shared on the network, how he'd talked about "solving the issues" of the Death Star. She catches the ghost of what he'd meant, but none of it is clear enough to know for certain.
Her throat tightens; he's trying to fit together the pieces of the "Jyn Erso" Kay had mentioned and the woman sitting before him, hands neatly folded next to a sign advertising Neojedha.
"I hadn't been given a choice other than joining," she replies cooly. "It was that or rot in -" Kriff, don't say Wobani. "- on my own."
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"I was unaware they forced anyone into their ranks. That is simply awful," he shook his head with a soft tsk of disapproval. "Yet you are still loyal to them- why?" There was a personal motivation that kept her in their ranks even here and he wanted to know what it was. If she is related to Erso, why wouldn't she be proud to serve the Empire? The Death Star failed but in its time it was a triumph of technology and engineering. It was confusing and he felt as if he was missing a big piece of the puzzle.
"Sitting here advertising something with the name of Jedha.....you're not just loyal to the Rebellion, you have a personal connection to it."
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But the biggest distinction between the Rebellion and the Empire, for Jyn, was their greater goal. One sought to bring about "peace" through forced obedience, fear, and control. The other sought freedom for the galaxy. That's what contributed to the rather large chasm of "almost."
"No worse than the Empire," she retorts. What gall this man had, to lift his nose up at the Rebellion for doing something the Empire did, and worse. "It isn't so much about the Rebellion as a whole as it is the people. The people of the Rebellion, the pilots, the fighters. The people of Jedha who'd been doing nothing but living their lives before the Empire destroyed them all." The little girl screaming in the market floats through her mind's eye again. "It isn't any more personal than it would be for anyone else with a modicum of a conscience." Which you apparently don't seem to have.
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There is no flicker of any kind of sorrow or sadness in his thoughts, nothing but cold anger and hatred for the Republic and the Rebellion. But that was moved to the back of his mind as he looked at Jyn.
He leaned over to take a pen and a piece of paper from the table, taking a moment to write out a message. "I have to ask a favor of you- I need to pass a message along to someone you may know and I hope you are able to help me with that."
With neat and precise handwriting he wrote out the note in Aurebesh- 'Jyn Erso- any relation to Galen Erso, by any chance?' before folding it and handing it to her. If she was Jyn, he would see a reaction and if not, the real Jyn would know that he was aware of that he knew she was here.
Either way, he was interested in knowing just how she was related to the Death Star even if it had long since been reduced to space dust. "I wish you the best of luck with this- what exactly is your business?"
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She quirks a brow as he writes, then reluctantly takes the paper from him. She glances down at it only briefly, but if were astute enough, he'd see the flicker of something in the jade stardust swirling about in her eyes when she lifts them back to his face. Something like recognition, something like disgust, something like sorrow. Even if the exact emotion isn't clear, it'd be obvious to the careful observer that the message has struck some kind of chord within her.
"I believe the term for this world is called a 'dojo.'" She has no intention of explaining it to him, but instead gathers a pamphlet and hands it to him. "Hopefully this isn't too much reading for you, if you're curious about the concept."
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"Have her get back to me, will you? I'm sure we have much to chat about." He wanted to know why an Erso would want to work with the Rebellion unless she broke with Galen and had disowned him in some way. Either way, it was curious.
He took the pamphlet with a little surprise. Granted, a business was public and he would have been able to look up the location but he was still surprised that she handed him the information so freely. She didn't strike him as stupid but it was still an interesting move. "I will have to look through it, certainly. I wish you the best of luck in your business venture- ah, I'm afraid I forgot your name."
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"Can't forget something you never got, can you?" It's the first time in this interaction that she smiles, but there's no joy or altruism behind it. "Tanith Ponta." The name rolls off her tongue as easily as her real name would; in fact, it might slip off even easier than Jyn Erso does. She's a convincing act, convincing enough that, when she was thrown into Wobani, it had been under one of her other aliases, Liana Hallik; no one had any idea she was truly Jyn Erso.
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"It is a pleasure to meet you, Tanith Ponta." He didn't recognize the alias, he doubted he would, but he did notice how easily she said it. His smirk didn't fade, however, he knew how easy lying got eventually. It came so easily to him, he never thought about it anymore. "I'm sure we'll run into each other again so until then, Ms. Ponta."
And with that he turned on his heel, making his way back into the crowd.