Masken Tutorial

Da es viele Leute da draußen gibt, die gerne Masken herstellen möchten, aber nicht wissen wo sie anfangen sollen, ist hier eine Schritt-für-Schritt Anleitung, mir der ihr selbst Masken herstellen könnt – sei es für euch, eure Familie und Freunde oder um sie an eine Organisation zu spenden, die sie dringen braucht. Solltet ihr eine solche kennen, teilt es uns doch bitte mit, damit wir sie weiter unten im Beitrag verlinken können!

Was brauche ich?

Baumwollstoff, waschbar bei 90°C (alte Bettwäsche, Geschirrtücher,… keine elastischen Stoffe!)
Garn
Papier
Schere (und/oder Rollschneider, wenn ihr sowas habt)
Stecknadeln
Lineal
Stift
(Draht)

wie fange ich an?

Als erstes erstellen wir unser Schnittmuster. Keine Angst, das ist ganz einfach.
Nehmt euren Stift und malt ein Rechteck mit den Seitenlängen 17x18cm.
Die kurzen sind folgend oben und unten, während die langen Seiten rechts und links sind.

Wenn ihr fertig seid, messt von oben 3cm ab und zieht eine Linie. Messt von dort aus 2cm und zieht erneut eine und nach 2cm nochmal eine. Macht damit weiter, bis ihr 6 Linien habt.

Lasst uns jetzt die Bänder vorbereiten. Für eure Masken braucht ihr 4 Bänder von je 4cm Breite.
Zwei davon mit einer Länge von 10cm.
Und die anderen zwei mit einer Länge von 85-90cm. Die langen Bändern werden übrigens die sein, mit dem ihr die Maske fest binden werdet. Dafür sollten sie also lang genug sein.
Schnell schneidet es sich mit einem Rollschneider, aber ihr könnt auch eine Schere dafür benutzen.
Wenn ihr zu faul seid, dann könnt ihr auch Bänder mit einer Breite von 2cm kaufen (Schrägstreifen, Köperbänder…). In diesem Fall überspringt den nächsten Schritt.

Wenn ihr fertige Bänder gekauft habt, überspringt diesen Schritt:
Jetzt da ihr die Bänder geschnitten habt, faltet sie mittig, bügelt sie. Anschließend öffnet ihr sie und faltet dann die Seiten zur Mitte hin. Faltet das ganze zusammen und bügelt sie erneut. Ihr solltet nun Streifen von 1cm Breite haben.

Hier geht es nun weiter:
Nun ist das Schnittmuster dran. Legt euren Stoff so hin, dass er doppelt liegt und ihr zwei Lagen auf einem schneidet (wenn eurer Stoff zwei unterschiedliche Seiten hat, legt sie so, dass die Seiten oben und unten liegen, die auch später sichtbar sein sollen). Pinnt euren Schnitt fest und schneidet diesen aus.
Bevor ihr danach das Schnittmuster entfernt, macht auf höhe der Linien, die ihr eingezeichnet habt, an den Seiten kleine Einschnitte (~3-5mm).

Entfernt nun das Papier und steckt euren Stoff sofort zusammen. Die Rechtecke sollten nun so aussehen, mit kleinen Schnitten an den Seiten. Da bei mir beide Seiten gleich aussehen habe ich mir ein X auf die Rückseite gemacht (dann könnt ihr es auch besser im Tutorial verfolgen).

Der nächste Schritt sind die Falten. Lasst dabei beide Schichten Stoff aufeinander, die Vorderseite nach oben. Faltet den oberen Teil am dritten Schnitt nach unten.

Dann falten diesen teil am zweiten Schnitt wieder nach oben. Der erste Schnitt sollte nun auf gleicher Höhe mit dem dritten Schnitt sein.

Macht dasselbe mit den Schnitten 4-6. Falten an 6 herunter, faltet an 5 hoch und 4+6 sollten nun aufeinander liegen. Pinnt alles fest und bügelt es, damit es so aussieht.

Näht die Falten zusammen

Jetzt kommen die Bänder dran! Nehmt ein 10cm Band und dreht eure Maske um. Faltet das Band auf und pinnt es auf die Rückseite eurer Maske, näht es dann in der Falte fest.

Dann dreht eure Maske wieder um, faltet das Band um die Maske herum und näht es von vorne fest, damit es so aussieht. Macht das auf beiden Seiten.

Nehmt nun eines der langen Bänder, dreht die Maske um, sodass ihr wieder auf die Rückseite schaut. Markiert die Mitte eurer Maske und des Bandes und pinnt beides aufeinander. Näht beides zusammen, wie ihr es bei den Seiten gemacht habt.

Dann dreht die Maske zur Vorderseite, faltet das Band um die Maske und näht das Band vom Ende, über die Maske, zum anderen Ende in zusammen. Macht das dann mit der letzten Seite ebenso.

Versäubert die Enden des Bands. Dafür eignet sich ein Zickzackstich.

Damit ist die Maske fertig!

Für den Fall, dass ihr spenden möchtet, akzeptieren manche Organisationen nur Masken, in die man an der Nase einen Draht einsetzen kann. Hier zeigen wir euch noch wie das geht.

Nehmt ein Stück Stoff in der Größe von 2,5x10cm. Versäubert die kurzen Seiten, faltet und bügelt den Stoff. Jetzt näht die langen Seiten zusammen, schließt aber nicht die kurzen Seiten!

Dreht eure Maske, sodass ihr die Rückseite seht. Legt die gefaltete Kante eures Stoffstücks an die obere Kante eurer Maske und näht so nah wie möglich an der Kante beides aufeinander.

Herzlichen Glückwunsch! Ihr habt eure erste Maske mit Drahteinsatz genäht.

Mask sewing tutorial

As there are many people out there who want to make mask but don’t know how to start, here is an easy step by step tutorial to follow so you can make your own masks – either for you, your family and friends or to donate to a place where needed. If there is a place you know is in need of masks, let us know and we will put a link below!

What do I need?

cotton fabric, washable with 90°C (old bed sheets, tea towels,… stay away from elastics)
thread
paper
scissors (and/or rolling knife if you have one)
sewing pins
ruler
pen
(wire)

How to start…

First of all we’re making our sewing pattern. Don’t worry. It’s really easy.
Take a pen and draw a rectangle with 17x18cm
The short sides are top and bottom, the long sides are left and right.

When you’re done with that, measure 3cm from the top and draw a line, then after 2cm draw another one and after 2cm another one and so on until you have 6 lines.

Now let’s prepare the ribbons. For your mask you will need 4 ribbons with 4cm width.
Two of them with a legth of 10cm and the other two about 85cm-90cm.
The long ones are going to be the long pieces you tie around your head.
I cut them with a rolling knife but you can easily use scissors as well.
If you are too lazy, get prepared ribbons with a width of 2cm in that case you can skip the next step.

Skip this if you bought ribbons at the store:
Now that you cut your ribbons you need to fold them in the middle, iron them, open them and fold the sides to the middle. Then fold and iron them again. You should now have ribbon of about 1cm width.

Let’s go on with the pattern now. Put down your fabrics so it lies double and you can cut two pieces at the same time (if your fabric has two different sides, put the sides you don’t want to see together). Pin your pattern down and cut it.
When you’re done, before taking off the pattern make small cuts into your fabric (~3-5mm) where you drew the lines on your pattern.

After that detach the pattern. Your fabric should look like this now with the small cuts on each side.
Because my sides both look the same I made a pink X on the back side (making it also easier for you to follow this tutorial)

Next step is making the folds. Keep the fabric double, the front facing you. Fold down the upper part at the third cut.

Then fold it upwards at cut two. Cut one should now align with cut three.

Do the same with cuts 4-6. Fold down on 6, fold up on 5 and 4+6 should now align. Pin it down.
Iron it and it should look like this:

Sew together the folds

Now it’s time for the ribbons! Take a 10cm ribbon and turn your mask around. Now fold your ribbon open and pin it to the back side of your mask. Sew in the folding crease.

Then turn around your mask again, fold the ribbon around and sew it from the front, so it looks like the following image. Do that on both sides.

Now take the long ribbon, turn your mask around again so you look at the back of it. Search for the middle of mask and ribbon and pin it down on top, sew it like you did with the sides.

Then turn it around, fold down the ribbon and sew from the end of the ribbon, through the mask and to the other end of the ribbon so everything is held in place. Proceed like that with the bottom of the mask as well.

Hem the ends of the ribbons. I used a zigzag stitch for that.

Now your mask is done!

In case you want to donate it, some organizations only accept them if there is a place to put a wire through. So we’ll show you how to make that.

Take a piece of cotton. Cut a 2,5x10cm piece and hem the short sides, then fold and iron it.
Sew the long sides together. Don’t close the short sides! Otherwise the wire can’t be put in.

If you’re done with that, turn your mask around, pin the folded part to the top of your mask and sew as close to the edge as possible.

Congratulations! You made your first wired mask!

Guilty Of Acting Like A Nephilim?

[German translation below/Deutsche Übersetzung weiter unten]

We all know our dearest Shadowhunters families are as colourful as they come. And for better and for worse, they all seem to have their very own distinctive characteristic and traits that can be associated with each of their family names (and that even seem to manifest themselves across multiple generations).
Too caught up in your own family headspace? This is how fellow Nephilim might call you out (and what they mean while saying it): when they use your very own Shadowhunter name against you in verb form.

to herondale
Example for an expression: herondaling oneself (and likely others) into a dangerous situation
Meaning: being way too reckless (and maybe a little too confident in one’s own abilities)

to lightwood
Example for an expression: lightwooding around
Meaning: owning the place like the king / queen you are (but maybe coming across as just a little posh)

to carstairs
Example for an expression: stop carstairing your problems
Meaning: enduring too much (and not being as vocal about your own problems as you should be)

to fairchild
Example for an expression: fairchilding a conflict
Meaning: being a total badass and quick to act (but maybe overlooking the option of diplomacy quite a few times in the process)

to blackthorn
Example for an expression: blackthorning that family problem
Meaning: Being wrapped up and busy in your caring for your loved ones (and isolating yourself and being a bit sulky and brooding in the process)

to branwell
Example for an expression: they totally branwelled during that conflict
Meaning: being calm and collected and observant even during crisis (but maybe being a bit too passiv from time to time

to graymark
Example for an expression: graymarking a relationship
Meaning: being very loyal (maybe too much and to one’s own detriment)

to morgenstern
Example for an expression: morgensterning one’s goals
Meaning: Being very dedicated (and..maybe even willing to burn everything down in the process)

At least one thing is very clear, even when they are at their most stereotypical family self, we all love our Shadowhunters regardless.

(special thanks at former tumblr account incorrect-sh-quotes for kickstarting this)

Text by @seaconspiracies

Verhältst Du Dich Wie Ein Nephilim?

Wir alle wissen, unsere geliebten Schattenjäger Familien sind so unterschiedlich, wie man sie sich nur vorstellen kann. Und sowohl zu ihrem Vor- wie auch zu ihrem Nachteil, scheint doch jede der Familien ganz unterschiedliche Eigenschaften und Macken aufzuweisen (die sie offenbar anscheinend manchmal sogar noch an ihren Nachfahren vererben).
Selber manchmal ein bisschen zu gefangen, in deinen eigenen Familiengewohnheiten? Grund genug für die Nephilim um dich herum, dich darauf subtil aufmerksam zu machen (und dir dabei durch die Blume eigentlich etwas ganz anderes mitzuteilen), indem sie ganz einfach deinen eigenen Schattenjäger Namen in Verbform verwenden.

heronadalen (v)
Anwendungsbeispiel: sich selbst (und wahrscheinlich andere) in eine gefährliche Situation herondalen
Bedeutung: viel zu risikofreudig sein (und vielleicht auch ein wenig zu überzeugt vom eigenen Können sein)

lightwooden (v)
Anwendungsbeispiel: herum lightwooden
Bedeutung: den Raum mit der eigenen Präsenz ganz einnehmen und bestimmen (mit der leichten Gefahr dabei auch ein bisschen arrogant zu wirken)

carstairen (v)
Anwendungsbeispiel: hör auf deine Probleme zu carstairen
Bedeutung: zu viel auszuhalten und auf sich zun ehmen (und dabei vielleicht nicht in dem Umfang über die eigenen Probleme zu sprechen wie man eigentlich sollte)

fairchilden (v)
Anwendungsbeispiel: einen Konflikt fairchilden
Bedeutung: total hardcore und schnell eine Situation lösen (auch wenn man dabei unter Umständen mal wieder komplett übersieht, dass Diplomatie hier auch eine Lösung gewesen wäre)

blackthornen (v)
Anwendungsbeispiel: das Familienproblem blackthornen
Bedeutung: sehr beschäftigt damit sein sich um seine Lieben zu kümmern (und sich dabei zu isolieren und ein bisschen vor sich hin zu schmollen)

branwellen (v)
Anwendungsbeispiel: sie haben während der Auseinandersetzung total gebranwelled
Bedeutung: ruhig und gesammelt sein, auch in Krisensituationen Dinge und Zusammenhänge beobachten (und dabei vielleicht von Zeit zu Zeit etwas zu passiv zu sein)

graymarken (v)
Anwendungsbeispiel: eine Beziehung graymarken
Bedeutung: sehr loyal sein (vielleicht sogar zu sehr und damit zum eigenen Verhängnis)

morgensternen (v)
Anwendungsbeispiel: die eigenen Ziele morgensternen
Bedeutung: sich seeeehr auf Dinge konzentrieren und ihnen hingeben (und…vielleicht dabei sogar willig zu sein, Dinge vollkommen dem Erdboden gleich zu machen, sollte es denn nötig sein…)

Eins steht dabei aber auf alle Fälle fest: selbst wenn sie mal total den Gewohnheiten ihrer eigenen Familie verfallen, unser Schattenjäger lieben wir selbst dann noch.

(Danke an den ehemaligen Tumblr-Account incorrect-sh-quotes, die das hier überhaupt erst losgetreten haben)

Text von @seaconspiracies

The Stew? I still have nightmares.

And friend and I spent a very entertaining two hours trying to establish what went so horribly wrong with The Stew. We came up with a recipe for a culinary catastrophe… which started as a perfect valid stew ingredient list and turns into a nightmare if you don’t have proper instructions, and wrongly translate some ingredients. It also explains the radish.

After some research we came up with the recipe for a stew called Menudo, a popular hangover dish in Latin America according to several recipe sites, that comes with a sauce and other components for serving. The ingredient list is… interesting as it is (contains cow’s feet and the lining of a cow’s stomach), but it’s a perfectly valid stew recipe. Then we found us another stew recipe and added that to the disaster zone. And when you make a few mistakes in translation and don’t have proper instructions, you end up chucking the components of two dishes (plus additional periphery for serving) into a single pot to make a stew.

Starting point was my own cooking, or more precisely, how I treat my personal recipes. I usually just jot down the ingredients to aid my memory because I know what to do with them. If you don’t, then all you see is a list of various ingredients in no particular order. Also, me being bilingual, I sometimes write things down in the language they first pop up in, leading to some recipes being in a very random mix of two languages.

We did that with the Menudo recipe and translated a few ingredients into Spanish, and god did we spend a long time trying to find ingredients that you can confuse with something else if you’re not fluent.

Then I wrote the ingredient list down onto a card the size Alec shows to Magnus, and used a tiny scrawl – because the ingredient list is long – with a blunt pencil.

I then added another stew ingredient list on the same card and separated the two with a line, but still, no instructions because I don’t need those, right? Because I’m grandma Trueblood and I have been making these stews for five decades.

So the ingredients list for Menudo (left purposefully vague because these are my recipe notes and I know what I am doing):

First the stew, then the chili sauce.

Honeycomb tripe, beef tripe, beef feet (patas), yellow onion, 3 small heads of garlic, cloves of garlic, peppercorns, salt, oregano, bay leaves, arbol chiles, guajillo chiles, chicken stock, white hominy, cumin

And the part that says To Serve

Oregano, red chile powder flakes, limes and lemons, onions, cilantro, corn tortillas, butter

Now without instructions you end up chucking all of the above into a single pot instead of making the stew, a sauce for the stew, and keep the things that are served together with the stew.

The translation mistakes we put in were:

Patas: instead of the beef feet the poor kids read patacon, which are fried slices of cooking bananas, ergo, bananas. Cloves of garlic can be misinterpreted as cloves and garlic. Honeycomb tripe… that’s honey, right? Bananas and honeycomb, makes total sense. Hominy is specially treated and if I understood correctly, fermented corn, and cooked, is slightly reminiscent of old popcorn. So, popcorn it is.

But then comes the right half of the card, which contains another stew, a stew made of calamari and potatoes. But the Lightwood kids don’t know that they are looking at two recipes.

Again, this is a vague ingredient list because grandma Trueblood knows her stuff:

Squid rings, onions, 1 large red pepper, cloves of garlic, olive oil, bay leaves, dry white wine or sherry, fish or shrimp stock, diced potatoes

The squid rings are called rabas, but the Lightwood kids mix up rabas and rabano, which means radish.

So what the poor kids ended up with is a stew made of bananas, honey, cloves, a shit ton of garlic, red pepper, salt, onions, oregano, a handful of bay leaves, peppercorns, chicken stock and fish stock, squid rings, potatoes, popcorn, cilantro, cut-up lemons and limes, a shit ton of chilies, white wine, sherry, and radishes.

I would spit that into my coffee mug as well.

-written by @lakritzwolf

A few Information for Conventions

Recently we got a text about conventions via mail and would like to share it with you. There might be some information that’s also relevant for you…
Also available in German.

So, Conventions.
General rule: be nice, be kind and remember everyone is doing one hell of a job there.
Gifts for actors
Keep them small, keep them simple, keep them safe. Food, sweets, cookies? Please don’t. One thing: people have allergies you may not now about. If you know a person has allergies but not which ones, stay away from that area even more. If you know they like a specific thing, remember that they probably get that thing from everyone and their aunt and there’s only so much of any one thing that a person can eat. If it has to be, use store-bought. You know, with an ingredient list on it (for reason, see above). Do not give self-made things. There’s hardly anyone in the world worse at self-care than actors at conventions, but don’t make it even harder for them (and the staff who are, among other things, also supposed to make sure nothing happens that shouldn’t). Yes, if you give off the impression that you expect them to open your gift and try, they will probably do that. On average, even if they know the thing isn’t /likely isn’t for them, they’ll suffer rather than disappoint you. So don’t do that. Please.
Not too long ago, there was an incident at a con (that was on a different continent from me and I wasn’t there, but it’s certainly been talked about a lot among us). A day into it, one of the guests developed symptoms. Bad ones. First thought was stroke, but then quickly the word was “environmental influences”. That is, in that context, a fancy way of saying poisoning without using the word. Turned out eventually she was reacting to something her room was painted or cleaned with, but you bet I wouldn’t have wanted to be the person who had to answer the question “Did anything she was given go into her mouth?”
If you give sweets etc., expect that it will end up shared among the staff, not the actors. As per the above, there’s only so much a single person can eat.
There’s also only so much a single person can easily take on a plane, especially if they’re not flying home but to wherever they’re working next. If you give anything non-food that is bulky, fragile, heavy, difficult to transport etc., expect that it will stay behind. People’s time to take care of transporting stuff is limited to non-existent on tight schedules, no one’s likely to go and mail stuff after them (the staff are also going home after the con closes…). If it can’t be easily fitted into luggage, it’s got to be a pretty damned great present to go home with the recipient. Unless maybe it’s their first con and everything’s pretty damned special.
For one of the 2019 cons, someone had the idea of starting a fundraiser for an anti-bullying thing and have the donation certificate made out in Dom’s name & give it to him. Now THAT is a gift I’d say is about perfect. It’s something he cares about, something that’ll resonate with him and something that’ll be easy to take along.
Autograph sessions
First thing: Don’t expect them to recognise you. They may go to half a dozen cons a year and more, meeting XXX people there, plus work, other events, random fans catching them anywhere they go… it’s not going to happen. It’s rare for them to recognize the staff they’ve worked with before, for the same reason, and that’s okay. They WILL pretend, if they can at all, that they remember you. That’s part of their jobs. They’re usually good at it, too. That’s also part of their jobs. They’re actors. They act. It’s what they do. They may use much the same techniques that a fortune teller might to tell you just what you want to hear. It takes a lot of focus, it’s exhausting. Make it easy for them. If you want them to know you’ve seen them before, tell them when and where, don’t make them guess. If they can’t figure it out or don’t have the cope left to try, don’t get angry.
If you are really, truly recognised across cons, that is, in most cases, not a good thing. It means you stood out, and most likely you stood out negatively enough that someone took note of you and committed you to memory.
Yes, they’ll talk to you, and they should. That’s also their job. Please, keep it short on your end. If you have a long, complicated message for them, write it down beforehand, give them the letter. (But expect that it might be screened by someone else first, because you wouldn’t believe the sort of “letters” some of them get.) On the other hand, there might be situations where they read it then and there. It depends a lot on the situation. Con scheduling is narrow. The organiser wants to sell as many autographs/etc. as possible. Time is never enough. The actors will talk to you – as they should, see above – and you likely won’t be cut short unless you REALLY overdo it, but remember this: The time you use up that goes beyond the time scheduled for one autograph isn’t going to come out of the next person’s autograph time, or the one after that. It’s going to come out of the actor’s break time. Which is scarce to begin with (one con I worked at in 2018, one actress had three (3!) 5-minute breaks SCHEDULED for one afternoon. You can guess at how much break she got. No, that is not usually the case and that was really extreme, but you get the idea).
Photos
Poses: keep them simple, quick, and safe. Seriously. Again, the time you use beyond what the organizer scheduled (and that is never enough time) goes out of one place only, and that is your favorite actor’s break. Cons may/will have rules against certain poses, touching, etc. Actors will break them. It’s known. The organizers sort of tolerate it, the staff hate it, but a lot of the time you don’t stand there and tell your charge what to do where any fans can see. If you, as the fan, insist on a thing, if they can at all handle it, they’ll do it. If you make it seem like your personal happiness depends on the thing, same.
But you may be told you can’t have the thing you asked for. Please, accept that. There’ll be a reason for it. Even if you wouldn’tdo any anything bad, ever, remember that the benchmark for keeping the con safe isn’t you. It’s the worst credible fan present. And you know what? Worst credible fans have a way of making themselves look harmless right up to the moment they grab their actor and try to French kiss them (yes, this has happened). It’ s not personal. It’s that we can’t look into your head and tell what sort you are.
And even if people don’t mean it, accidents happen. At one con last year, we had an elbow in an actor’s face, an actor with a badly bruised foot, a bleeding hand and a torn sweater, most of these genuine accidents (jury’s still out on the foot). So please consider going back to the simple poses from the 1990s. Nice and safe. Thank you…
Also, if someone gives any sort of indication that they don’t want to be touched/hugged/whatever anymore, staff will stop you. Before you complain about the horrible staff or the stuck-up actor, please take a moment to remember that you don’t know what happened before you came in. Any single person can only stand so much in one day. Yes, they know that when they go to cons they will be touched, accidentally groped, “accidentally” groped, and totally unabashedly groped under pretence of taking a picture, have hands in inappropriate places and suggestive things happen. If the point has come where the actor needs a break, let them have that. Most likely, it’s not personal. But you might also just remind them specifically of that person who did that totally unacceptable thing that other time and they just can’t. Give them that break, too.
And if you just show up with some nice, safe, simple pose, I promise you you’ll be both the staff and the actor’s favorite person in the world for that moment.
In the hallways
If you meet a random actor in the hallways, please ignore them if you can at all. They’re on their way somewhere. If they’re on the way to their break, the time they spend talking to people additionally goes out of their break. If they’re on the way from their break, they’ll be late to their next thing and the time will come out of their next one.
Taking souvenirs
Do not.
You are in a room with an actor and they have some item of theirs lying around unsupervised?
Do not touch it. That is not an invitation for you to take home a souvenir. Keep your hands away.
No, even if it’s something tiny.
No, even if it’s something that’s “not worth anything”.
No, even if it’s just a water bottle.
Just don’t. (Also, stealing someone’s ready access to a quick drink in a situation in which they’re probably already borderline dehydrated is not a fun joke. Again, and seriously: there’s so much stress on those days, so little time, things like drinking gets forgotten. A lot. Taking away the opportunity to do so quickly does not improve the situation. Weirdly specific? Yeah, that’s because it actually just happened.)
Evenings
This should not need saying, but unfortunately it does: Don’t follow them. If you know where they’re staying the night, don’t go there, don’t try to get an extra talk, or photographs, or autographs, or any other -graphs. They’re coming from what probably was at least an 18-hour day, they had far too few breaks, they’re probably borderline dehydrated, approaching hypoglycaemic, in need of a shower, some food, a lot of water and a bed, not necessarily in that order. They have to be back up and alert the next day. Let them rest.
Speaking of which… this is not con-related, but please? You see an actor somewhere – in the company of friends, doing something, maybe, say… celebrating a friend’s wedding? Don’t approach them. Please do not. No, they probably won’t send you away. Yes, they probably will agree to a picture and to talk to you. Because keeping fans happy is part of how they earn their money. No, the actor will probably not make a fuss and ruin his friends’ wedding party by telling you to go away, not knowing what sort of reaction will come from you afterwards (again, they can’t tailor their reactions to you. They have to tailor them to the worst credible fan). The point is, they shouldn’t have to be in that situation in the first place. And there’s no reason for being proud to have sat at your favorite actor’s table at his friends’ wedding. It’s not evidence of that actor’s nice-ness to his fans. It’s evidence of your inability to tell where you have absolutely no business being. They’re people, not property.
@AlterEgon