it happened a while ago and has taken me a while to put this down anywhere. the nicest thing i have ever seen occured at the London Film & Comic Con in London this July. i was wandering around some of the many illustrious and splendiferous stands they had, offering a great and grand selection of geek merchandise and collectibles. i was already in pretty high spirits as i had purchased a Lost Swan Station slice of memorabilia. but then something lovely happened.
a couple wandered past. a splendid geek couple. the kind you don't see enough of nowadays. that already was wonderful. geek girl was looking at this really cool signed tom savini dawn of the dead photo book, she was chatting to the vendor about how much she liked dawn and so forth. she enquired as to it's price, the vendor reluctantly informed her it was £30, steep but probably fairly valued. dejectadely she put it down with an apologetic shrug and moved on to peruse things more attune to her price range. while she was looking at some trading cards, her boyfriend, who had been overhearing the dawn conversation, subtly approached the vendor and purcahsed the dawn photo book. he set aside the £30 and was awarded a paper bag in which to contain his prize. (the last one the vendor knew of in existence!) he tapped his geek girl on the shoulder and she turned around, he presented her with the spoils of his effort. she looked so pleased, like a little kid at christmas pleased, it was wonderful. they hugged, kissed and many well deserved thanks were exchanged. (and more thanks later, i hope. wink wink) it was one of the nicest things i've ever seen. and shortly after that i met a storm trooper, r2d2 and a dharma worker. it was magical. just magical.
