#nerd hq 2013

[mlobsters]

jared padalecki and jensen ackles nerd hq 2013 (source)

strip poker gin rummy in the laundromat

+bonus clean boys laundry

[aliusfrater]

Can't remember if you've been asked this before so sorry if you have, but what are your favourite con panels that you've watched? (like as a whole or for particular moments).

initial clarification that i don't really have preferences for supernatural panels minus that they have jared and/or jensen in it at some point and because to the extent that i am able to experience a con through recordings, this isn't a production of any kind, there aren't any controlled aspects that i am able to criticise or look at specifically and these are just some guys hanging out that i. observe. like i don't have a '''favourite''' memory of hanging out with my friends it's all just fun, yk?

okay to keep this list as short as possible i just scrolled through my two supernatural playlists and just picked at whatever thumbnails stood out to me (they wouldn't have stood out if i didn't particularly enjoy myself watching them) then went through my #jaytwo tag and added based on the same metric of enjoyment/moments that mean a lot to me

jared's eyecon 2008 panel

vancouver '11, main (i tend to really like their vancon panels)

nerd hq '11 & '12 of course

vancouver '13, gold

vancouver '14, main

minnesota '18, both

nashville '19, main

j2 jib8

nashville '17, main

nashville '16, main

j2 virtual '21

this also made me realise 1) just how many panels they've done (recently watched one from 2018 that was their 100th con, which meant there were approx 200+ panels that included jared, jensen or both of them), 2) how little i've actually watched—i became a j2 fan in early october 2024 and i didn't start watching cons regularly till mid-october, and even then i've maybe watched only approx 70 or so, 3) how many earlier con recordings were just never made/are just little clips of the panel because there was no concrete ritual around con-going on for the fandom until maybe season six OR the amount of pre-2013 con recordings have just straight up been lost because of the degradation of youtube and other fandom sites, and 4) i need to organise these playlists before i go crazy

[churchofthecomet]

one thing about Hardison in Leverage is, you can't convince me this man would be using Microsoft Windows Fucking 7 as his daily driver operating system:

all the real-life hackers, infosec people, and computer enthusiasts I know are running Linux. the only computer folks I know running Windows are establishment SWE types or those who do IT for Windows-centric organizations. Hardison is neither of those archetypes, and he should care enough about defensive privacy-mindedness to not let Microsoft telemetrize his shit. plus Linux is just... easier to hack from. and it has severe nerd cred, even more so in 2008-2013 when the show was made.

honestly with what we see of Hardison, i headcanon him as someone who either

runs Arch, won't stop letting you know the extent to which he runs Arch, switches desktop environments every two weeks (which means that nobody but him can keep up with his constantly-changing keybindings), types in Dvorak

runs something completely wacky like resurrected Plan 9, wrote a modern browser for it in a weekend, claims it's the "OS of the future" despite being one of five people currently using it, won't shut up about "distributed computing" and "new architecture for the 21st century" on programming forums

built the world's first big quantum computer (this is how he effortlessly hacks into securely encrypted systems!) and wrote his own OS for it. every time they abandon their HQ in a hurry, he has to build another one. he sinks 90% of his income into this project, but it's worth it because it ups his effectiveness as a hacker by like 100x

and to go along with that headcanon, I think they aren't showing us the OS that he's really using because it would "be too confusing" or "burn out our eyes" or something. like a mixture of "actually they weren't speaking English in Lord of the Rings, Tolkien translated it so we could understand" and "the angel does not appear to you in its true form because you would be struck down by its sublime beauty"

basically my ideal show is Leverage but the hacking and computer stuff is more accurate. with a little leeway for badassery of course! but please god not Windows... don't do my man Hardison like this please

[j2panelsmedia]

Jared and Jensen - Nerd HQ Panel SDCC 2013

All credit to these pictures go to spnfandom.wordpress. The photos can be found on their blog.

[aborddelimpala]

Handsome & sunshine at #SDCC 2013 & #SDCC 2014

[frostbitten-written]

I couldn’t help myself. I saw the opportunity.

link to the original post on instagram 

[tomhiddleslove]

Tom Hiddleston and Zachary Levi at Nerd HQ, during San Diego Comic Con at Petco Park - July, 2013.

[ohdearhiddles]

Tom Hiddleston kneels for a fan at Nerd HQ (2013) [x]

[jdumblr]

J2 Interview to alloy.com, 2008

[j2panelsmedia]

Jared and Jensen - Nerd HQ Panel SDCC 2013 - Part 2

All credit to these pictures go to Rach. The photos can be found on their Flickr.

[tomhiddleslove]

theactorsstation on IG:

"Acting is like playing the piano...we have every note within us." - TomHiddleston

[mother-of-a-murder]

Always reblogging VelociTom. If I don’t, assume I’m dead from the laughter it brings me.

Tom the Velociraptor, Nerd HQ 2013

[i-go-alone-into-the-danger]

[soulmates-for-real-tranquility]

I recently came across a post on the Nerd HQ 2013 J2 panel. Some beautiful moments were catalogued. Here's more:

A fan asks J2 about their bucket lists. Jared starts off

Jared talks about Jensen doing the Russian accent from The Saint and demands that he do it

0.15 seconds later...

A close-up, just for better appreciation!

@my-sherlock221b 🌞🌈👨‍❤️‍👨

[aborddelimpala]

Classic J2 at #NerdHQ 2013 

[notfspurejam]

Giftober 2020 Day 17: Being cute He’s always cute. But particularly Mark in “Sherlock Conversation with the casts and creators Nerd HQ (2013)” was super cute♥