Last weekend, I attended St. Louis comic con. Although I paid for my ticket, I covered the event as press, with stories from Q&A sessions, the costume contest, cosplay and a story on the artists in attendance. From a fan-girl perspective, though, I was definitely looking forward to a couple of the celebrity Q&As.
Eliza Dushku was one of those. She was the little girl in “True Lies,” Faith in “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” Tru in “Tru Calling” and Echo in “Dollhouse.”
.@ElizaDushku Q&A #wwstl pic.twitter.com/Ipuakm2wBC
— Erica Smith (@ericasmith) April 5, 2014
Saturday afternoon, a young questioner asked Dushku if she’d ever met a girl named Buffy. Dushku said she hadn’t, and the girl revealed that her name was Buffy. Dushku invited the girl down to the stage and shook her hand.
Audience member: "have you ever met a girl named Buffy? … I'm named Buffy." @elizadushku met Buffy: "I could take her." #wwstl
— Erica Smith (@ericasmith) April 5, 2014
It was cute.
Twitter is made for breaking news and events. That Buffy-“Faith” encounter prompted Buffy’s mom to join Twitter in her hunt for photos of the exchange.
@ericasmith @ElizaDushkuNews Any chance you know how to find pics from @elizadushku panel? I'm little girl Buffy's mom and was in balcony.
— Stephanie Parrish (@smpc87) April 7, 2014
I didn’t have any photos, but since I’d live-tweeted the session and wrote a story about Dushku’s appearance, I knew some of her fans were reading my tweets, so I tried to help get word out.
Were you at the @ElizaDushku panel at #STL comic con? Can you help this mom find a photo? https://t.co/dFYJEZGZrL #wwstl
— Erica Smith (@ericasmith) April 7, 2014
Sure enough, it caught the eye of another Dushku fan, Sydney.
@ericasmith @smpc87 Is this her? pic.twitter.com/AupO1KDzvP
— Rubi Malone☆ (@andcitylights) April 8, 2014
@andcitylights @ericasmith thank you thank you thank you!!!!
— Stephanie Parrish (@smpc87) April 8, 2014
And that’s why Twitter is my super power.
See the whole session. (Find Buffy a little after the 11-minute mark.)