Our continuing (and seemingly year-round) coverage of TitanCon had to end somewhere, and so here it is: the final day of titanic TitanCon, wherein two busses filled with galavanting gadabouts took to the Northern Ireland roadways in search of various Game of Thrones filming locales.
This misadventure is told by me (with the aid of the tireless HmR) to you in various short video snippets—possibly exceeding 20 snippets in number but surely falling short of my personal goal of 8,456.
As an active opponent of “Home Movie Night with the FaB Family,” this goes against my better judgment. But why the hell did I bring a video camera if not to share this with our fans? So it has to be said: This is really the sort of thing you should go through if you have some times on your hands and are just a little bit bored. I will concede this is probably a lot more interesting to people who were actually there.
That said, I’d like to invite you all to join with me on FaBio and HmR’s Road Hijinks! If you watch all the way to the end I have a special treat for you.
PLEASE NOTE: I suck at taking pictures. Moving pictures are no exception. You have been warned.
We began the day being organized into two busses—or rather into two lines for two busses…
You Tube Link!
(I see you, Silverjaime…)
(I see a lot of familiar people, actually. I think I found Waldo too!)
Who goes to the back of the bus?
So we rolled on down the highway, visiting first the Painthall (no pics) and then on to Tollymore Forest… which I apparently thought was pronounced Tollymere…
You Tube Link!
Hear Me Roar: Man, that first part of the tour really was wet! Luckily, I’ve spent the deluge in the great company of bottom supporters, of which I would particulary like to mention Dennai (the real deal from Spain and more recently Scotland), Pod (the real deal from Dublin), and Roger & Alice (the things he did for love, from the US and England). Thanks, it was lovely meeting you guys! Everyone was happy when the rain abated later in the day. /Hear Me Roar
I shoot Kristian Nairn’s butt! Seriously, I must have been mesmerized.
We arrived at the spot where the direwolf pups were found…
You Tube Link!
More slogging begat the location where the prologue was filmed…
You Tube Link!
Reenacting the death of Gared.
Next was Inch Abbey…
You Tube Link!
The King in the North! Ah, nerds and their spontaneity. Miltos started it. Pod was thus crowned, and reigns to this day.
A Very Special Message for WiC!
Finally, our last stop was at Castle Ward—that’s right, folks—Winterfell! When we arrived we were given a show of puissant pugility put on by “Lord” Jo and featuring Clann Ulaidh’s skilled swordsmen…
You Tube Link! … and FaBio wouldn’t last eight seconds against any of them.
Art-chery!
HmR’s coach tour photo gallery.
And I promised you all something special if you stayed with me. And I mean to follow through.
Or I …did.
I had a lovely bit of video with Sophie and Maisie, filmed during TitanCon’s first night, giving Winter Is Coming a lovely personal greeting. And thanking Phil. And telling me how awesomely great I was. Wouldn’t you know it that would be my sole corrupted file.
(I finally have proof that yes, I am awesome… and my computer eats the proof. Kismet?)
So with that disappointment in mind, I give you instead something I filmed that very same night:
It’s Rabbit, doing the Running Man.
What? It is Rabbit. And she is doing the Running Man. Somewhere in the dark. I saw it.
Fine. Here are some pictures as well:
The heights of Winterfell (Castle Ward)
Kept expecting Arya to come running up in a Stark helm...
Art Parkinson - happy to be doing Thumbs Up with FaB
Miltos Yerolemou - not quite as happy as Art Parkinson
I think my face was frozen that way.
Two Valiant and Attractive Men Who Should Not Be Named
Redshirt, Redhead, Greyjoy
Faceless Man, JackityMackity, SCHoot, and Hear Me Rawr
Nein Schnauzen! (Dire Schnauzen)
And with that we wrap up the—wait, no we don’t! We still have one more TITANCON post to come!
Ahahah!
Stay patient—and stay FaB, people!
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23 Comments
Nice pics
More importantly, who’s the goodie between redshirt and grey joy?
BrianQuote Reply
Brian,
One of many FaBiettes. We called her “Heelie.”
What’s actually more important is the answer to the question: what was a Trekkie with zero Game of Thrones knowledge doing with us? I can’t count the number of times dude steered the conversation back towards Star Trek. Pretty funny.
Fire And BloodQuote Reply
Fire And Blood,
you rrrrrreally shoot Kristian´s butt… more than once!
I don´t understand what people are saying in “A very special message for Wic”. Could you translate, please?
This is silly: I always thought that what Arya wore on her head was a pot, not a Stark helmet.
andreaQuote Reply
andrea,
Kristian has an awesome butt. I will defend it to the last!
Fire And BloodQuote Reply
Ah, good stuff! Thanks.
LangkardQuote Reply
That’s pretty cool. Looked like you guys had a lot of fun. :)
FacelessManQuote Reply
“Hodor”, said Hodor.
Varamyr FourskinsQuote Reply
Fabulous stuff, Fab! :)
Hear Me RoarQuote Reply
Great post, even conveys the wetness of that day.
I just have a question: What is the caption under the last picture supposed to mean? ;)
LisaQuote Reply
Lisa,
That’s FaBio German, or Fabdeutsch. As such, it never means much.
Hear Me RoarQuote Reply
I’m waiting for photos/footage of that roast hog and crackling. I’ve got a lot of fond memories of that hog. Mmmmmmmm.
QthulhuQuote Reply
Hear Me Roar,
Okay, Fabdeutsch, good to know. :D I figured that he meant to say something like “No Schnauzers”.
LisaQuote Reply
Hear Me Roar,
lol
:)
The_Rabbit01Quote Reply
Hear Me Rawr,
Der hund ist loose en der bundesposst!
(You should hear my Flemish. I call it Fabish!)
Fire And BloodQuote Reply
Qthulhu,
There’s one such photo sneaked into my Sunday gallery linked in the post ;)
Hear Me RoarQuote Reply
Hear Me Roar,
Ohhhhhhhhh so taaaaasty. I hope you got some mead with your hog.
QthulhuQuote Reply
Zeko, nice moves XD
Andrija Andrew PQuote Reply
Alfie was lucky I didn’t go to the audition for Theon. He woudn’t have stood a chance. And now the proof is there for the all the world to see :)
DennaiQuote Reply
FaB, you mean “Der Hund ist lose in der Bundesbank“?
Let me teach you something new then. “Indigo” means “Indigo” in German.
NorthRemembersQuote Reply
NorthRemembers,
I think he meant “Der Hund ist lose in der Bundespost/Der Hund läuft frei in der Bundespost herum.” Not, that that makes more sense. ;) But it’s definitely an interesting statement, usually people only know “Ein Bier, bitte!”. :D
LisaQuote Reply
my god.. im pretty sure ive never seen anything THAT nerdy…
…… and im sooo jealous :( what did i do instead? walking around in london, standing in forbidden planet and realise they’ve only lannister shirts left ;(
@lisa thats all you need ;) (at least in austria/bavaria)
Mario MjoedQuote Reply
… And I can’t believe I just sat and watched all those little videos! Great stuff as usual Fab but you also succeeded in making me even more jealous than I was before.
BroQuote Reply
What a great day and I’ve just about dried out! Fabio you’ve definitely caught my good side on the bus video.
(I didn’t realise my coat was that red!)
RimshotQuote Reply
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