Eyes Like Strange Sins
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gehayi:
Leave me a comment saying "Resistance is Futile."
I'll respond by asking you five questions so I can satisfy my curiosity
Update your journal with the answers to the questions
Include this explanation in the post and offer to ask other people questions (I'll also answer more, if asked)
She asked:
1) You can enter another reality for as long as you choose, but it has to be a fictional one. Which fictional universe do you pick and why?
I'd love to ride in the TARDIS. The constant threat of death would be worth the chance to see Alexandria at its height, watch Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis and Johnny Cash perform on the same bill or stand under a flock of passenger pigeons big enough to block out the sky. And I think Fiance and I would make awesome companions.:)
2) What are your favorite and least favorite fairy tales?
Least favorite first: I had a big book of fairy tales when I was young, and one of the stories was called "Babes in the Woods." In the story a brither and sister are dropped off in the forest by their parents (I don't remember if a stepmother was involved), and they wander around until they fall asleep and die. Then all the forest animals are so moved by their plight that they all come and cover the bodies with leaves. Forget how depressing that is, that is not a story. Seriously, people.
Favorite: probably Beauty and the Beast, whether the ending is happy or not. I'm pretty sure my fangirling of Phantom of the Opera comes partly from it being a BatB variation, with a healthy dollop of Gothic vampire lore mixed in.
3) How did you get into D & D?
Fiance and I found out there was a weekly game in the game store in the basement in the nearby mall and we joined in; this was right after 3.5 came out. I'd done email-based rp but this was my first ongoing table top game, but Fiance was an old hand and my sister was kept me updated on her games, so I'd been hoping for a opportunity to jump in on a game would come up. I played a wild elf ranger and still have a soft spot for elves.
4) If you were telling someone who hadn't been to New Jersey about it,
what are five things you'd say about the state to convince the other
person that New Jersey is fantastic?
1) The public transit system really is good. I only just felt the need for a car this year, and I'm 30.
2) We have great weather. Four seasons with none of them being crazy hot or cold, snow almost every winter but not debilitating blizzards, no serious risks of mudslides or tornados (we get tornados very occasionally, but not anything like the midwest) or hurricanes.
3) You can visit/work in NYC without having to live there. (Obviously this is my section of Jersey.:)
4) We get all the good concerts. Between the PAC, the Prudential center, the IZOD center, Giants Stadium, almost all of the big ticket acts stop here. And if you're an NFL fan, don't go in New York; you'd have to go to Buffalo to find the only team that plays there. And nobody wants that.:)
5) Jersey must be pretty awesome if House lives here, right? We have the best diagnostician in the world living right in our state! If any of us start seizing from some obscure malady we are golden.:)
5) What's the crackiest crossover you can imagine?
I'm a firm believer that there's no such thing as an undoable crossover. That said, an A Song of Ice and Fire/Yuugioh crossover would take some doing. (The kids would be so confused! Why isn't everyone carrying decks of cards? What's with all the swords? Although you know someone would be smart enough to put children who can channel destructive monsters to proper use.:)
gehayi:Leave me a comment saying "Resistance is Futile."
I'll respond by asking you five questions so I can satisfy my curiosity
Update your journal with the answers to the questions
Include this explanation in the post and offer to ask other people questions (I'll also answer more, if asked)
She asked:
1) You can enter another reality for as long as you choose, but it has to be a fictional one. Which fictional universe do you pick and why?
I'd love to ride in the TARDIS. The constant threat of death would be worth the chance to see Alexandria at its height, watch Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis and Johnny Cash perform on the same bill or stand under a flock of passenger pigeons big enough to block out the sky. And I think Fiance and I would make awesome companions.:)
2) What are your favorite and least favorite fairy tales?
Least favorite first: I had a big book of fairy tales when I was young, and one of the stories was called "Babes in the Woods." In the story a brither and sister are dropped off in the forest by their parents (I don't remember if a stepmother was involved), and they wander around until they fall asleep and die. Then all the forest animals are so moved by their plight that they all come and cover the bodies with leaves. Forget how depressing that is, that is not a story. Seriously, people.
Favorite: probably Beauty and the Beast, whether the ending is happy or not. I'm pretty sure my fangirling of Phantom of the Opera comes partly from it being a BatB variation, with a healthy dollop of Gothic vampire lore mixed in.
3) How did you get into D & D?
Fiance and I found out there was a weekly game in the game store in the basement in the nearby mall and we joined in; this was right after 3.5 came out. I'd done email-based rp but this was my first ongoing table top game, but Fiance was an old hand and my sister was kept me updated on her games, so I'd been hoping for a opportunity to jump in on a game would come up. I played a wild elf ranger and still have a soft spot for elves.
4) If you were telling someone who hadn't been to New Jersey about it,
what are five things you'd say about the state to convince the other
person that New Jersey is fantastic?
1) The public transit system really is good. I only just felt the need for a car this year, and I'm 30.
2) We have great weather. Four seasons with none of them being crazy hot or cold, snow almost every winter but not debilitating blizzards, no serious risks of mudslides or tornados (we get tornados very occasionally, but not anything like the midwest) or hurricanes.
3) You can visit/work in NYC without having to live there. (Obviously this is my section of Jersey.:)
4) We get all the good concerts. Between the PAC, the Prudential center, the IZOD center, Giants Stadium, almost all of the big ticket acts stop here. And if you're an NFL fan, don't go in New York; you'd have to go to Buffalo to find the only team that plays there. And nobody wants that.:)
5) Jersey must be pretty awesome if House lives here, right? We have the best diagnostician in the world living right in our state! If any of us start seizing from some obscure malady we are golden.:)
5) What's the crackiest crossover you can imagine?
I'm a firm believer that there's no such thing as an undoable crossover. That said, an A Song of Ice and Fire/Yuugioh crossover would take some doing. (The kids would be so confused! Why isn't everyone carrying decks of cards? What's with all the swords? Although you know someone would be smart enough to put children who can channel destructive monsters to proper use.:)