By BetteAndTinaForever

INDEX of all photos, interviews, and reports from L5

Day 3 – Sunday

As I mentioned in my report from Day 2, my friends and I had too much fun on Saturday night, dancing and drinking away our sorrows, so the next morning I looked like a troll. Seriously. And I had more photo shoots ahead of me, including a group photo and separate photos with Jennifer and Laurel. I’m not photogenic at all, and being hangover and exhausted didn’t help at all.

Photo shoots – Sunday morning

Group photo was first. It was a little more expensive than at other conventions but only 100 of them were offered, so I got myself one to keep my picture collection consistent. Plus, it was another excuse to have Jennifer and Laurel in the same picture one more time. They both were sitting down again but this time the chairs were much closer to the one in the middle for the attendees. Janina, Adrienne and Rachel were standing behind.

I was first in line because I was already near the room when they called for the group photo shoot, so it wasn’t intentional on my part. I actually tried to switch with someone because I didn’t want to be the first one but alas, I had to go.

I sat down between Jennifer and Laurel and tried to figure out how to position my legs when suddenly Jennifer said to me, “We are waiting for you to start the auction.”

I didn’t realized at first that she probably remembered me bidding like crazy in Philly when they were auctioning Bette and Tina clothes items and photos from The Kiss and so I asked, “What auction, what do you mean?”

Jennifer: “Kate told me that she thinks that you don’t like her because all you talk about is Bette and Tina.”

I was surprised to hear that because even though I do ask the cast members a lot of questions about Bette and Tina but I had never asked Kate about them. I only interviewed her once at LA Convention and I was actually really careful NOT to ask about TiBette. So I turned to Jennifer and said, “What are you talking about? I love Kate.”

Jennifer smiled and said, “You have to prove it then because I have two pictures of Kate for auction and since you seem to have a disposable income, you better make the auction going.”

‘Hmm,’ I thought. ‘I bet the pictures are taken by Jennifer. I have no money but what the heck, I’ll start the auction. Out loud I asked, “What kind of pictures?”

“One is of Kate on the set and another is Kate before the Vanity Fair photo shoot.”

I remembered a few photos by Jennifer posted on OurChart and in Advocate magazine and I knew what photos she was talking about so I said, “I’d like to get the one of Kate on the set…is thousand enough?” Not that I had the money but when Jennifer asks you something to do, how can you say No?

Jennifer smiled again and said, “You can split it and get two.”

Before I could reply, the photographer said, “Ladies, we have to start taking pictures.” Everyone laughed and my group photo came out really good actually, even I looked okay on it and I never look good on my photos.

Then I had my picture taken with Rachel and when I approached her, she offered her hand for a handshake and said, “How are you? What’s you name?” and then she laughed, adding that she was kidding. I replied, “It’s not me, it’s my evil twin.” Rachel laughed again and we have our picture taken.

Photo shoot with Jennifer was next. I actually bought two photos because I’m not photogenic nor I am pretty, so I usually take two photos just in case if one looks like a total disaster. When I sat down by Jennifer to take a photo, I quickly said to her, “I just checked my credit card, so save one of Kate’s photos for me.” Jennifer smiled and I think she said, “Okay,” but I’m not sure because I had to concentrate on the photographer again. I went back in line, took a second photo and then went in line for Laurel. For me the photo shoot was over and I was again on my way to the main hall for Q&A sessions.

Q&A session – Sunday

Janina’s Q&A session was first but I was waiting by the ‘green room’ to get my interview with Laurel so I missed it. While I was waiting, I could hear laughter so I know everyone enjoyed it once again.

Jennifer/Laurel/Rachel

Again, as all three of them came up on the stage, the fans began cheering and applauding loudly for a long time. Rachel was wearing very cute pink cowgirl hat with feathers around the edges and writing ‘Kiss Me Quick’ on the front. Jennifer sat down first and Rachel quickly took her sit in the middle, which left Laurel the only seat on the left. Rachel just looked at them with a smile and said, “Just want to say for the record that they were already broken up. I didn’t do it.” Laurel replied that Tina was pregnant and lonely and no one could have resisted Helena Peabody. It looked like they all are such good friends and they had a lot of fun at this Q&A session. Rachel brought her season 4 DVD and asked the fans to sign it. I don’t know if she was able to collect all 1,600 signatures.

While everyone was taking pictures, Laurel mentioned that Jennifer and she started yesterday with moans, referring to the previous Q&A session and Jennifer said that Rachel owed us an orgasm. Actually, at the Vagina Monologs in LA last year, Rachel was the one doing the different kinds of orgasms, the same sequence that Jennifer performed in New Orleans. Practice makes perfect, so when Jennifer said it, Rachel happily obliged and it was hilarious.

Again, I just will go through the highlights of this session since you all have probably read other reports.

- An Alice’s fan asked them to describe Leisha and how was it working with her. Laurel replied that it’s impossible to describe Leisha in one word because she’s a renaissance woman and she’s good at so many things, because she’s an amazing actress, singer, queen of improvisation and a comedienne. She has a great memory because you can give her a ten-page monolog and she will know it perfectly in an hour. When Laurel was auditioning for Tina, she saw Leisha in the bathroom doing her hair and thought, “If she’s here to audition for Tina, I’m f***ed.” Leisha just smiled at her and she was very warm and friendly. And then Laurel added that this is the essence of Leisha. Rachel and Jennifer also said that Leisha is great and hilarious and she can do anything, and it was so great working with her, because Leisha has great instincts about the scenes. Jennifer mentioned that sometimes Laurel and she would just sit and watch Leisha do her thing, especially during the group scenes.

- Talking about sex scenes, Jennifer said again that they were all choreographed and then someone asked about stir-fry sex and what happened to all the food that Bette was cooking. Everyone laughed and Jennifer said that the dishes were probably ruined and they would have to throw them out. Then the same fan asked again if they heard the smoke alarm because they could’ve burn the house down. Laurel just shrugged and Jennifer replied, “I think the smoke alarm went off for a different reason.” She said it with such a serious face, you wouldn’t think she was making a joke. Everyone laughed, including Rachel and Laurel, and Jennifer just smiled.

- Ilene was always good about improvisations and had a very open door policy so the cast could have some influence on the storylines. Ilene had a pretty good idea where their stories were going but there were always possibilities of changing some lines of dialogs because the actresses got to know their characters pretty well in the last 6 years and Ilene was fine with some changes.

- Someone asked what was Bette thinking when she had the throw-down scene with Jodi in episode 507 and Jennifer said that Bette was feeling ashamed for having an affair with Tina behind Jodi’s back, but she was also confused and angry with her. Bette knew that she loves Jodi but Jodi was not her home and Bette was thinking, ‘Why can’t she be the person I need’. It was very complex and emotional scene.

- When asked if she will consider doing another TV series, Jennifer said that she would do it but it has to be something she believes in. And then she said that it would be hard to compare because she feels spoiled being on the L Word with such fantastic crew and the cast.

Then they began talking about difference in making a movie and TV series and Rachel said that in the series there are a lot of opportunities to explore different layers of relationships and develop sort of a background story for your character or a couple, which pretty much never happens in the movie.

Laurel said she also feels spoiled and that it’s so different to do cable series because every episode feels like a mini-movie and they have freedom to explore their characters, especially when you doing a story arch for the duration of six years. Laurel also added that during this time a lot of same things happened to her as they happened to Tina and it made her feel really close to her character, things like wanting to start a family, which was exactly as Bette and Tina storyline. Then Laurel joked that they have an adoption story in season 6 and she just adopted a baby girl, so Rose Troche even called her at one point and said, “I promise, we’re a not stealing ideas from your life.”

- A question was asked if Bette and Tina ever grieved together for the loss of their son in season one because he was never mentioned after that and didn’t even have a name. Jennifer said that we have to assume that they grieved for him but it was off screen because you can’t show everything. Some gaps we have to fill for ourselves. Laurel said that some people don’t name their children until they are born and it was important to show that Bette and Tina moved on from it together.

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