the better part of me

Yeah, same here, come to think of it. I know those fandoms, but I'm not really in them. That's why it's good to keep the discussion as general as possible - if some of the panelists are being alienated, some of the audience is as well. That might be something to make an effort to steer clear of in future years.

My head hurt so much during the panel that I don't actually remember the details of the discussion that went on ^^;; just the positive feeling I had on the whole about how it went.