{"id":99251,"date":"2015-09-10T13:47:50","date_gmt":"2015-09-10T18:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=99251"},"modified":"2015-09-10T13:47:50","modified_gmt":"2015-09-10T18:47:50","slug":"wizard-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2015\/09\/10\/99251-wizard-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Wizard World!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\">We had a fantastic time at last weekend&#8217;s Wizard World San Jose. Thanks so much to everyone who made the effort to come out and join us!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/wizard-world-YT.jpg\" class=\"no-lazyload\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-99257 no-lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/wizard-world-YT-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"wizard world YT\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/wizard-world-YT-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/wizard-world-YT-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/wizard-world-YT-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our panel, Happy Hobbit: The World Ahead, was a delight on Friday afternoon. In keeping with our theme, there was lots of laughter and learning. It&#8217;s always very rewarding to meet people who watch our show and fellow Tolkien-fans in general. In addition to geeky fun, several creatives\u00a0also turned out, curious to hear about my experience with writing as <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kmrice.com\/\">K.M. Rice<\/a><\/strong> and to see Fili&#8217;s love of capturing the moment with <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alexandraricephotography.com\/\">Alexandra Rice Photography<\/a><\/strong>. We can only hope that Tolkien would&#8217;ve been proud\u00a0to see just how much creativity and inspiration people have found in his Middle-earth, leading them to their own unique forms of self-expression. Like Bilbo, many of us artists just need a little nudge out the door onto our own roads! You can watch our panel\u00a0in it&#8217;s entirety here:<\/p>\n<p><iframe data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cTv-ahQ5_4A\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The short film that we debuted, Wildling, which we made together as a sister team over the summer, can be watched <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=v9_WDMmCEMw\"><strong>here<\/strong> <\/a>(in a bit better quality than what you can see in this panel footage!).<\/p>\n<p>Following the panel, we had time to sweep through the showroom floor before heading over to the Hilton&#8217;s Affinity restaurant for some hobbity and dwarven hijinks that made our panel look like a calm and composed event. TORn staffter Garfeimao and her sister, Carynn Hobbit, were in attendance, along with several friends, some old and some we&#8217;d only met that day! The following\u00a0afternoon\u00a0was none other than Billy Boyd&#8217;s (Pippin in <em>LOTR<\/em> and lead vocals in the band <a href=\"http:\/\/beecake.com\/\">beecake<\/a>) hilarious Q &amp; A panel.<\/p>\n<p>As always with our show, our goal is to make episodes that help you feel like you were at these events, even if you were only present in spirit, so feel free to prop up your feet and enjoy Wizard World San Jose by watching the video below!<\/p>\n<p><iframe data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ua8haBqcErg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We had a fantastic time at last weekend&#8217;s Wizard World San Jose. 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