Please read Part 1 first: Part One
And so here we are in Part Two - the unabridged, unedited, Cliffs Notes, snarky behind-the-scenes version of "as Narnia sees Austin and the Return to One Tree Hill weekend that was". Because you know. You know that when Jake and/or Austin are involved, there cannot be simple and pure. Oh no. We at Narnia have been around too long with these two rascals to know that there is no such thing as a 20/20 view with them.
In Part One, we saw where Austin's return to One Tree Hill was going to be delayed, but he was still coming! Can't miss this one, can you?
Interesting timing of all this. Austin attends The Walking Dead London convention the previous weekend (Mar 9-11) and early in the day on Monday the 12th, we find out that Austin has a new project in the works; he is to start work in Canada on a pilot for a new show called In the Dark. By that evening on the 12th, he is already spotted in Toronto.
it was such a nice surprise/shock to run into austin nichols today. suuuuch a sweetheart. 😭💕 pic.twitter.com/6uUB4EMNXz— becca.⚡️🇨🇦 (@omfgbooks) March 13, 2018
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An Austin civilian sighting? Well, we here at Narnia, already had our suspicions piqued since he isn't spotted much at all anymore.
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On the 14th, EyeCon announces he's being delayed and won't arrive in Wilmington until the afternoon of Saturday the 17th, thus missing the day's early scheduled photo ops. On Saturday morning, we receive this social media evidence that Austin had indeed been 'filming' on Friday.
Saw the man himself @AustinNichols in Toronto yesterday filming. I forgot his real name so I kept calling him Julian @OneTreeHillHQ @InsideBates pic.twitter.com/PHsP6CPymG— Kevin Mutuga (@kvnMvtvga) March 17, 2018
Good thing we had Austin's face clearly in the picture because otherwise, we would have no clue who the other two parties were since they were totally unidentifiable, wouldn't you agree?
But, Austin arrived in Wilmington on Saturday and as if to answer our questions as to the identity of the unidentifiable ones, as it often happens, our paranoid curiosity was addressed by late in the day on Sunday the 18th.
@AustinNichols shooting in Toronto on Friday March 16 pic.twitter.com/ohvEarmk3z— 🤦🏾♂️ (@__LuckyNumber3) March 18, 2018
Alrighty then! Hoods come down!
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The Return to One Tree Hill convention came and went, folks went home and the celebrity guests resumed their professional activities and Austin? Well, we presumed Austin flew back to Toronto to finish that pilot filming which had been briefly started prior to the convention.
Or did he?
While one of us wondered out loud if we were to receive any further filming reports,
— ToothyTile&GGoose (@GoosesTile) March 21, 2018
amazingly, as (again) it so often happens, our question and concern was addressed by nightfall.
@austinnichols of #thewalkingdead and #onetreehill at Pai!!!! So awesome!!! @ Pai Toronto https://t.co/VomFp9LPjX— Pai (@PaiToronto) March 22, 2018
And not just one, but two sightings! We repeat, two sightings. Extraordinary and fortuitous. Amazingly, this fan's name just happens to be the same as the Stronger co-star of Jake, Tatiana Malany.
Nice running into @austinnichols on my lunch break today! What a nice guy. #AustinNichols… https://t.co/XtU8dbHubg— Tatiana (@tatiiana) March 22, 2018
Pretty amazing "lunch place" wallpaper, isn't it? ;-) And both Instagrammer's were up late around the same hour last night downloading pics and posting on their Instagrams as well as Twitters. Busy bees!
We thought so too, Bradley. Now, if you still have any kind of skepticism as to the extraordinary-ness of this double Austin sighting, perhaps this spontaneous twitter conversation may help fortify a wavering belief.
— nikki (@halsteadsass) March 22, 2018
— Tatiana (@tatiiana) March 22, 2018
— nikki (@halsteadsass) March 22, 2018
— Tatiana (@tatiiana) March 22, 2018
— nikki (@halsteadsass) March 22, 2018
— Tatiana (@tatiiana) March 22, 2018
— nikki (@halsteadsass) March 22, 2018
Hmmm, wow. So was Austin with his pilot co-star, Perry Mattfeld already? Or was it....or was it his cyber beard,
Well, once again, ask and thou shall receive. I don't know about you, but I'm quite thankful!
It looks like HH has provided a location of "Toronto" so it very well could have been this lassie, couldn't it? I guess we at Narnia will just have to keep an eye on this secret romance of Austin's for any further breaking developments!
Meanwhile, Austin's real life love muffin Mr. Jake Gyllenhaal has finally been seen out and about in Los Angeles, CA where he allegedly is supposed to have been for awhile, also filming.
Here he is following a meal at Crossroads Kitchen:
and grocery shopping at Erewhon Market!
I love the visibility of the reusable shopping bags at the checkout counter right before Jake exits with his paper bags, lol. Aw, his reusable bags were probably stuffed holding toys and auto bingo cards in the back seat of his car, what am I thinking?
A double photo op day for Jake in Los Angeles! When is the last time we had this treat? Perhaps because Family Jaustin is finally settled and hunkered down after that brief stopover while one parental unit filmed his pilot and now it's time for the baton hand-off. Time for the other one to earn some college fund moola.
Oh, and by the way, don't visit IHJ expecting to see pictures of Jake leaving Erewhon's in the Family Truckster. His team took care of that and furnished him with a roomy BMW "mature person's" sedan. ;-)
Or could it be that the truckster Q7 was merely left behind before the trek westward? Look at what was parked along the street as Tom and I left the convention center on Saturday the 17th:
Now, wait a doggone minute.....is that what I think it is, you ask? Let's zoom that puppy up.
LOL! It is! You can't make this stuff up, folks. Swear to pete, this was parked at the meters on Saturday. Florida Tom will attest to this as he was leaving me in the dust because there was dinner to be had while I was snapping these pictures.
And so there is our tale, the Rainbow Brite (Rated G for Good) version in Part One. And then, the Dastardly & Mutley (Rated T for Typical) version in Part Two. And Narnia will leave you with this thought.
Would this lovely dazzling smiling man fib to you when it comes to protecting his mate and goslings?
Austin Nichols aka Julian Baker— JoannaMFoster (@MWhiteShelley) March 20, 2018
Amazing Q&A at @EyeCon3000 #RTTH #OneTreeHill #OTH #TreeHill #Wilmingtonnc @AustinNichols pic.twitter.com/GJ89kr0gSZ
If you've been following Oh My Godot or Narnia Dispatches long enough, I think you know the answer to that question.
We love you anyway, Austin!!! THANK YOU for one of the best experiences ever.
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pic sources: Giphy, IHJ
our playlist: Inner Smile - Texas
O "Fly On" Dedicated to Austin Nichols - Coldplay
Waiting - Seal
I Can't Get Next to You - The Temptations
Extraordinary - Mandy Moore

















