It has arrived!

By Danna Aissa (@DannaAissa)

Fringies! It has arrived! September is here! 

Let’s celebrate this Fringe Event posting September-related pics during the whole month. 

You can post anything: selfies with the fedora or the complete observer outfit or, if you’re shy, you can post just an object which reminds you of September. 

You can post as many pics as you want on Twitter or Instagram with the hashtag #SeptemberTheObserver Don't forget the hashtag, otherwise we won't be able to find the pics ;)

You don't have a Twitter or Instagram account? You can also post pics on 'All Fringe Blog' Facebook Page

At the end of the month I’ll do a big collage with all the pics.

Spread the word please! the more pics, the more fun :)

Oh! And here is the first one ;)

Making Angels

By Kylie Conning (@wildheart71)

Actually, I was a bit late to the Fringe party, and caught up just as Season 4 was ending in the States. When I fall for something I fall for it hard, and that’s what happened about episode one of Season 2 for me. I think I binge watched three seasons in about 2 weeks, devouring episode after episode, but finally catching up with the fandom in time for S5.  Don’t even ask how I managed to keep up with that! New Zealand was way behind, so I had to use other “resources”. I, like the entire Fringe fandom, was left with a huge hole in my heart when it finished.  And in my heart, I believed the Fringe story was definitely NOT finished. The one way I thought I could contribute to the amazing story was through art.

As a kid and young teenager, I used to doodle all the time as well as sketch, but mainly horses, other animals, and of course a few singers. I do think I had a natural talent for it. But then life happened as it does for most young adults. In my late teens and early twenties, I spent a few years traveling the West Coast of the United States and then through Europe. Eventually I settled down in my hometown of Nelson, New Zealand and had children. So I hadn’t so much as picked up a pencil in almost 25 years.

I’m not sure why, but for my own satisfaction I wanted to carry on the Fringe story in pictures. I didn’t even know if I could still draw after so many years without doing so. New Zealand lacks variety in art supplies we get, and what we have is really, really expensive. So the art supply issue coupled with having two rambunctious and growing kids to feed, it was easiest to play around with digital art in Photoshop. To go with the art, I also began writing short Fringe story snippets that I’m sure many Fringe fans imagined or wrote in their own minds.

As I began to share my art, the most wonderful thing happened… I began to meet other Fringe fans and eventually made friends from all over the world. These friends are like-minded people who also cared about these characters and the show. For me that was the encouragement I needed to continue doing something I didn’t even know I had in me. The feedback I got led me to begin to draw again.  Drawing lead to painting, and to be honest, I’ve really surprised myself. It’s my own Fringe event. I love that I can share my art with everybody, and something that we can all enjoy together. That’s the power of Fringe. I now count Fringies as amongst my best friends. I wont have to buy another ballpoint pen for as long as I live!! You are all amazing and I love you and being a part of this amazing fandom. Art is now something I’d like to pursue outside of just a hobby, but maybe as something I do for a living.

So in many ways, I have Fringe to thank for igniting my creative spark, for introducing me to people I love, for opening up a whole new world, and most of all for introducing me to Anna Torv. J

Contact Kylie on:

www.twitter.com/wildheartgirl  -  www.instagram/wildheart71  -  www.society6.com/artbykylie

Last Day Treasure

By Angela514 (@angelamorales18)

Taking a trip over to Vancouver was something I have always wanted to do, even before Fringe. I've never been farther out west from Montreal, Canada than Ottawa, and I finally got my chance on October 29th 2012. It would be my first trip anywhere traveling alone, so it was a pretty big deal for me. I didn't want to spend my week waiting around for Fringe filming sets, and spent my week playing tourist and getting to know this beautiful city. I met Fringe fans, one of whom I knew from twitter, who took me around the city showing me different fringe filming locations, the Bishop house and the Irish Heather pub being my favourites, which was super cool, and I'm forever grateful for them. 

Before I knew it my week in Vancouver was almost over and I was to leave on Sunday, and although I fell in love with the city, I was disappointed I didn't get the chance to see at Fringe filming or meet the cast, I so yearned to meet Anna Torv and Joshua Jackson the most. When I heard a few days earlier that there would be filming a day after I was scheduled to leave, I debated for 5 minutes whether I should delay my flight two days. It wasn't a hard choice and I was quickly on the phone changing my flight. 

Monday was an extraordinary day for me, it was a beautiful clear day when I got up early and made my way to the area I knew they were filming at. I met some really great fringe fans and we spent the day taking pictures, admiring the cast, the crew, the sets. 

It was amazing! I met Anna first, and she is just absolutely gorgeous, and such a sweet girl, and she so kindly stopped to take pictures with us even though she was on her way for a break and set change. 

John was equally adorable, and was so happy to take a picture with me and pulled me right in, grabbing my hand, even though my hands were ice.

Meeting Josh was the highlight of my day, I was so nervous, I was literally shaking, and the extras we were talking to were very encouraging for me to go up to him to take a picture and to get his comic book signed, I finally worked up the courage and had a friend come with me. I had come up with so much to talk to him about, and yet when the time came I went completely blank, I don't even remember much of what I said, but he was so beautiful in person, I was just left speechless. All I remember was he was very impressed that I came prepared with a black and silver sharpie so that he could sign my comic book and my season 1 dvd cover. Best moment of my life!

I managed to stop Blair Brown for a picture and autograph, and although she is intimidating on Fringe, she is absolutely such a sweetheart, and super happy and friendly with her fans.

Before long, it was dark, and the filming just wrapped for the day, we realized we were outside watching filming for 10 hours straight, but it was one of the best days of my life and I will forever treasure it, I am so lucky to have had the chance to meet them.

And... Action!

By Marielle van Veen (@mariellevveen)

Me and my boyfriend were in Vancouver for two weeks. We were able to see a few days of fringe filming. 

We saw them filming scenes for episodes 6 and 7 of season 5.

We were so lucky to see this being filmed! 

My now husband took the broadcasting clips and put in some shots that we filmed.

As soon as I have the time I will tell the full story!

For now enjoy!!

Fringe Media Archive Project

By Andrew Moore (@ashok0)

As time has passed since Fringe ended it's run in 2013, Fringe promotional material has slowly been disappearing from the Web. Fans are taking their accounts off-line and the network has been aggressively taking down promotional material due to expired licenses.  

I have created a comprehensive catalog of all official Fringe promotional material released by FOX, including all media related to its lead, Anna Torv, which was ever released "in the wild". It can be viewed HERE.

The purpose of this project is to prevent media related to our show from being lost forever. Because this material is property of Fox/WB, it cannot be re-uploaded to a public website. However, steps have been taken to make all of the above material freely available for all the fans. If anyone is interested in any of the above content, feel free to contact me privately via Twitter (@ashok0) or e-mail (ashok0@gmail) for more information!

The Observer & the Tabasco sauce

By Danna Aissa (@DannaAissa)

Do you remember that scene on 1.04 'The Arrival' where the observer puts tons of Tabasco in his sandwich?

Michael Cerveris reveals the secret!

An Enemy of Fate: Meeting John Noble

By Andrew Moore (@ashok0)

As a huge TV enthusiast, I've always hated that I've never been to a single Comic Con nor ever met anyone from the Ten Thirteen or Bad Robot family. Between school, work, daily life, etc. it just never really seemed that practical.  When I heard John Noble was going to be at Second Stage Theatre in NYC, traveling to "Substance of Fire" didn't even cross my mind.

But after reading other Twitter stories from other Fringies who had life-changing experiences because of our show, I started thinking... is it really an impossibility? In late April, I was talking to a Fringie in real life who worked for an airline. I rather non-seriously said, "We should just get on a plane and go see John Noble." I'm not even sure if I expected the conversation to go anywhere, but he said that he'd love to do it and could probably get excellent travel rates from his job.

Within a week, we organized our flight plans to see John and pre-ordered theater tickets for May 21st, but I still has this sinking feeling that the trip was a dream too good to be true. And on May 14th, I came home from work to read that John Noble was dropping out of the play between May 20-23 due to Sleepy Hollow conflicts. And flash floods had grounded all flights from Ohio to NYC during Noble's final performance dates. My friend and I were both contemplating on just cancelling the trip and rather discouraged, I tweeted that things in life were falling apart.  

Later that day, I got a tweet from Danna Aissa with the classic Fringe 'Dream Logic' puzzle: "Y̶o̶u̶’̶r̶e̶ ̶b̶n̶e̶n̶ ̶g̶e̶f̶i̶a̶n̶e̶o̶. Y̶o̶u̶’̶r̶e̶ ̶g̶o̶n̶n̶a̶ ̶b̶n̶e̶e̶f̶i̶.  You’re gonna be fine."  Wow, she couldn't have spoken truer words. That week, my friend and I readjusted our work schedules, snagged tickets to John's performance a week early, and we drove to NYC. We figured if POlivia could create a gateway to 2167, kill the Observers, reset time, and get Etta back... we could surely find a way to see John Noble.

The first day of the trip I was just awestruck by seeing John on stage at "Substance of Fire". There wasn't a bad seat in the house. It was an enjoyable play and his Walteresque lines related to food were an absolute killer. After the play ended, we waited for a few minutes outside the theater. We almost left for our hotel when JOHN NOBLE walked out onto the street from the lobby and was standing literally a foot in front of me. A few other fans came up to him holding White Tulips. :'-) John stopped and chatted with everyone that waited for him. He took photos with us and gave us all autographs. Just a really nice guy, and he seemed just as lovable in real life as he is on screen.  <3 At this stage, I don't even know how I was still breathing and I don't honestly know if I said anything remotely coherent. I just remember vomiting vocabulary about thanking him for making Fringe, and telling him how much the Bishop family and the symbol of the White Tulip meant to me. 

The next day we went to see "American Hero" with Ari Graynor. It was a funny play and Ari had great presence on stage. After the play ended, Ari stopped and chatted with us briefly on the street. It's really strange talking to Olivia Dunham's sister in real life, and if I hadn't conditioned my nerves from talking to John Noble the day prior, I probably would have blacked out.

On the third day of our trip, we concluded our Fringe adventure by taking a ferry past Liberty Island. We also went to Grand Central Terminal and visited the location where 'Bad Dreams' was filmed for Fringe.  This was very cool for me because 'Bad Dreams' is one of my favorite episodes and I particularly loved the cold opening. Just seeing the architecture of the building in real life is quite breathtaking. After leaving the subway station, I couldn't get 'Nellie the Elephant' out of my head all afternoon.

After returning back to Ohio, I couldn't help but think how many times our trip almost never even happened. Just like September almost never distracted Walternate, I almost never signed up on Twitter to tweet #ChangeYourWorld. In which I never would have connected with the fandom and never would have mentioned "Substance of Fire" in a passing conversation. And this blog post never would have happened. But it did, because Fringe was a rare show that was more than a TV show. For me it was a show that added up to something far greater than the sum of its individual pieces, and just being part of the fandom --- many of whom are Philes that started this same journey as far back as the 1990s --- has been a life changing experience. Or as my friend Jeremy who went to NYC with me so succinctly summed up Fringe, "It uses all these sci-fi themes and creates all this in this world, it's like a dream. It's a fancy platform to explain and convey all these awesome things about life. It's like, okay lets make a story about family and love and friendship but instead of something boring we can make it awesome!"