The CONvergence (photos)

By Kiara Truelove

The CONvergence was a combined con for both Farscape and Witchblade fans held July 26-28. A total of 220 people registered for the convention, with about 30-40 of those being Witchblade fans. The CON was a fun filled weekend packed with many creative Witchblade activities. We had obstacles to overcome being off location. The cast and crew could not come and of course we could not go on tours of the set, but the CONvergence chairmen (including IANticipate & Taka) worked hard to make ours a weekend to remember. A lot of time and energy went into the planning of our Witchblade activities including contests, workshops, and panels.

We had many different contests. One of which was a Conundrum puzzle. Wormie painstakingly took images from the different episodes & manipulated them into puzzles. The participants tried to guess the character and episode the image came from. This contest ended in a three-way tie for first. These girls know their Witchblade! Wormie will have this game posted on her website along with other games at http://www.wormieness.com/wbose/OSE_home.htm. Other contests included Name that Tune, Witchblade Trivia (Jeopardy style), *Fan Fiction, and a costume contest. There were four entries in the costume contest: Sara Pezzini, Periculum Sara, Vicky Po, and the Delivery Guy.  The Delivery Guy won the Witchblade contest for best costume and also the overall best costume at the CONvergence.

Workshops available to the Bladewielders included music videos by DEHpenguin and Fan Fiction by Jessica. DEHpenguin had many videos to watch that were breathtaking and inspiring. One of her videos débuted at the CONvergence was “How you Remind Me” and included footage of the comics and previous work by the same actors. Clips were included of Yancy Butler from “Drop Zone”, Anthony Cistaro in “The Nanny”, and Eric Etebari in “Silk Stalkings”. This video and others she has worked on can be viewed at her sight http://www.angelfire.com/tv2/witchblade/index.html. Jessica provided a Fan Fiction workshop where she supplied the beginning and ending sentences and the group had 1-½ hours to create a story.  The completed work can be read at her site http://www.kusine.com/Witchblade/convergence.htm.

Panels were also available on Kenneth Irons and Ian with a question and answer format. Bladewielders had the opportunity to sign Yearbooks for all the cast and crew with our pictures inserted with our comments. Comfy Confessionals were videotaped clips of Bladewielders to be sent to cast and crew.  Raffle drawings and a very creative Witchblade based pool tournament game, compliments of Photog, helped raise $1,214.14 for David Chokachi’s charity.

Overall, we were a little disappointed without the cast and crew at the CONvergence and because of that a lower turnout by the fans. However, because of our circumstances, we had much more time for fellowship and fireside chats. All the time and energy put into the activities available to the Bladewielders made the CONvergence fun for all. We arrived at the CON, drawn by a common love for the show, but left with a greater love and respect for our fellow Bladwielders.