OH MY FUCKING CHRIST IM WATCHING BLACK BUTLER IN ENGLISH FOR THE FIRST TIME AND I SPIT MY FUCKING DRINK AND SCARED MY CAT JESUS CHRIST WHAT SEBASTIAN FUCCK I JUST I FUCK.
THIS MUTHERFUCKER IS TRYIN TO MAKE ME PREGNANT WHAT
So I didn’t share this story yet but I will. So, at Anime Detour this year, I made a Sebastian woodburning for the charity auction. I asked the girl in charge of the auction if I could come by before the con for J. Michael Tatum (Sebastian’s V.A.) to sign it. She asked guest relations and it was decided that, yes, that would be a good idea.
So I was sitting in the hotel lobby on Thursday night (there was a HUGE SNOWSTORM GOING ON BTW THAT WE DROVE THROUGH) and he walked through the door. I kinda just sat there like, “Ahahahaha… not moving, no, just… no he’s… no,” because I get really stuttery stupid around guests I like.
So the guy in charge of guest relations walks over and tells him the situation. Meanwhile, Greg Ayres walks over, and he recognizes me and my partner because he goes to every con in the universe (seriously I adore him) and because we spoke at the “It Gets Better” panel did a few years back. Greg is like, “Hey ladies,” to me and my partner and we hug and stuff, and THAT’S when Detour’s guest relations guy brings J. Michael Tatum over. I’m like, “OMG OMG OMG,” and Greg is like, “Hey these ladies are awesome,” right in front of J. Michael Tatum.
So my brain is like, going into shock, and I kinda just hand him the woodburning to sign. And he SPAZZES over it, like, “OMG YOU MADE THIS AMAZING!” Then he posts a picture on twitter (which ironically we had a bunch of people wander over to our table on Friday lol). Then he hugs me, and I’m like, “OMG HE’S HUGGING ME!”
So I let him pick a coaster he wants, just to have, and he picks the NO H8 Sebastian coaster I had made. I’m like, “Yeah this topic means a lot to me I’ve been with my partner for 11 years.” He’s like, “OMG AWESOME I’VE BEEN WITH MY BOYFRIEND FOR 12 YEARS!” Then he signs my Black Butler boxset and we get a picture together.
BUT THE STORY ISN’T OVER!
So on Sunday we go to the “It Gets Better” panel and he’s on it. So after the panel (in which I shared my story sort of and just… yeah) I go up to him to tell him how the woodburning did (went up to $115, it started at $50, so I call that a victory) and I get hugged again. So I’m standing there like, “Uh… so… can I ask a favor?” He’s like, “Yeah?” And I’m like, “… can you do the Sebastian voice?” And I feel really derpy, like, “Der I can’t stop smiling and blushing and can barely look him in the eye but I’M GONNA MAKE IT THROUGH THIS O.K.?!”
So then he leans in. And whispers into my ear, “Is that an order,” in the Sebastian voice.
And… do you ever feel your face about to melt from how hot it’s getting? Because that’s what happened to me. And I kinda just like turned away like, “Lord have mercy on me,” and ducked into my partner’s arms like, “Oh god I’m going to die right now.” Later, after we left the room, her and my friend were like, “What was that reaction about?” Because they didn’t hear what he had said.
I told them what he said and they immediately understood.
So that’s my J. Michael Tatum Anime Detour story.
On and here’s the woodburning in question:
I still wonder who it went home to. Whoever you are, thank you so much, and I hope it makes you happy :)
