GaleHaroldFanmeet 2016 Bilbao First, that's not a "report" about the questions, answers, news. Others can do this a lot better.

Okay ... I was thinking about do I really want to comment on the weekend or is it better to just let it be. But there are comments out there ... I can't believe it.

I can give you only MY opinion, what I've heard, what I've understood, what I think might be meant. I know there are other people who have heard, understood and think not the same. This is not about the one and only truth and not about the one and only way to do it right. I wish we could more often more easily agree to disagree and be nice about it.

English isn't my first language. Please excuse me if I understood things wrong or if I use the wrong expression, grammar or spelling. I'm still learning ...

It wasn't allowed to take pictures? Was it allowed to take pictures?
Yes! It was allowed to take pictures inside the panel room for the first few minutes of every panel.
Do I think Gale liked it?
No! I don't think he ever likes it very much to be photographed. And especially if you're not feeling well, no one enjoys to have a picture taken then. Plus it was much quieter and Gale and Randy were much more relaxed when the clicking ended. So maybe that's not so bad to keep that for the next event.

Was it allowed to share them?
Gale and Randy both talked about their relation to the Internet/Social Media at some point. Gale asked us in the beginning of the first panel to, that's what I've heard, "minimize the amount of pictures we share". I want to remind you, that was after there have been taken a lot of photos where it was not allowed, there have been shared (tweeted, instagrammed, facebooked, whatever it's called) a lot of these photos and they have been sent to him and Randy with more or less nice comments.
So, is it possible to minimize the amount of pictures to zero? Yes, I could. But I, just for myself, took the decision that the few pictures I shared from inside the panel room after that, for the ones who couldn't attend this time or can not attend these events ever, are not pictures that will hurt anybody. That are not the pictures that "are out on the Internet and sometimes come back later and bite you" = I'm trying to quote Gale here from what he said on the panel about taking and sharing pictures, if I do it wrong SORRY!

Was Gale hurt, was he in pain and uncomfortable?
Yes, he was. Sometimes more, sometimes less = only MY feeling about it! He was talking about the effects of the medication, he was talking about the itching, about his shoulder.
But HE has decided to attend this weekend. He fulfilled the contract, he was very professional. But MUCH MUCH MORE IMPORTANT than that, only MY feeling about it!, he was "fighting" through every event trying to be as friendly and charming and caring as possible to make it a great weekend for us. A weekend that we can enjoy. And to not let us down (imagine he would have cancelled ...). He apologized over and over when he wasn't as attentive to our questions as usual because he was tired. He was caring about a girl looking sad, going to her asking if she is okay, if he could help. He was caring for us having a good time despite him not feeling well.
(I know some people are saying he isn't all that usually ever. Friendly, caring, charming. Sorry, not sorry!, your experience is not my experience. He might be sometimes a little bit strange, but the best kind of lovely strange.)

Should we have let him "rest" and not "force" him to do so much, do the really tight and strenuous schedule, the autographs?
Maybe. That sounds good. But ... he's a man, a grown up man. He decides what he wants to do. He told us to Chill! more than once when we tried to help him being more comfortable or to have it easier with his lunch. (Now you all can chill, nobody tried to feed him :D we only tried to make helpful suggestions.)
He wanted for us, to have a good time.
Zarata was caring about the lost medication immediately. They tried to do everything as easy for him as possible. As far as I could see.

Maybe there'll be people complaining, some things have been too short, some have been too full, Gale was "grumpy, it was boring. I'm sorry that you couldn't enjoy the weekend or are disappointed.
But I feel everyone, Randy, Gale and the Zarata girls, tried to do their best.
Randy was great, he was very friendly, very open, very funny.
I've had a great weekend with Randy and Gale. I very much appreciated that they both have agreed to doing this fanmeet and having a good time with us.

A big big THANK YOU to Gale and Randy!!!
You're awesome and I hope I'll be able to meet you again some day.
And a big THANK YOU to the Zarata staff. You're great.


P.S. If you don't like what I wrote, if you don't agree, you don't have to! Let's just be kind anyhow.
If I'm all wrong, and I think it's only Gale who could tell it, I'm very sorry!


Other P.S.
I got credits for pictures that I DIDN'T TAKE or TWEETED and it was sent to Gale and Randy. (I didn't take any picture of Gale and Randy outside the museum. The picture with the monitors was mine.) To sit in front of Gale and Randy the next morning, seeing how upset and pissed off they've been about people not respecting the rules, it was a unpleasant start in the weekend. They probably know zero about who I am, but for me it felt like they're looking right at me. I felt terrible! I still do about that.
Please, think and check twice before sharing on social media. Care about what you're doing. Show that respect to them and everyone else.
I know mistakes can happen, I've made some myself for sure, but it's not an excuse to be careless again and again.



Thanks to everyone being nice and kind here in Bilbao and out there on the WorldWideWeb. You know who you are ♡♡♡

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