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*gets rather excited*
Apparently Impact's comic shop is not disappearing! It's moving into the old Church of Scientology office. Civic is redeemed once more and I won't have to trek to Belco to get my hideously expensive Vertigo fix.
*has appropriate icon, even*
*mopes* I miss my![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
villainny.
And now, courtesy of Teh Erin:
If you want me to interview you--post a comment that simply says, "Interview me." I'll respond with questions for you to take back to your own journal and answer as a post. Of course, they'll be different for each person since this is an interview and not a general survey. At the bottom of your post, after answering the Interviewer's questions, you ask if anyone wants to be interviewed.
(Added by me - to make it easier all 'round, you could ask me some questions and just tell me if you want me to return the favour. Personally, I could keep this up all night. Throw your interviews at me, yo!)
1) Can't remember if I've asked this, so I'll just ask anyway--do you believe in animal totems, and if so, what's yours?
I'm not sure what meaning of it you're going by here - I don't believe that everyone has a kindred/guardian animal spirit, but I know that most people can identify strongly with one particular animal or another. I have always leaned towards birds of prey, not sure why.
2) I remember once you said you had "impossibly high standards" when it came to partners/relationships. What kind of standards?
Oh, dear >.< First of all, I can look at someone that many people describe as "hot" and not see anything there at all - this happens more with guys than with girls, I am really picky with appearances when it comes to guys. Also, I tend to let first impressions hold a lot of sway, so if someone says something stupid or ignorant or expressing a bias that I disapprove of, I tend to be turned off from the onset. Unless I like someone a LOT they have to work hard to keep my attention, because I've always got a few things happening in my head at once and if I'm not interested in a conversation then I try and I get out of it. I'm kind of rude that way. I think it comes from too much reading of fantasy at an impressionable age, when I should have been learning about real people with real faults and instead I started to form impossibly demanding ideas about what constituted an acceptable partner.
3) What's the first thing you're going to do when you turn 18? (Other than letting me take you somewhere with loud music and get you drunk.)
If you mean how-are-you-going-to-use-your-new-legal-status, I'll probably go and buy a small bottle of some boring alcohol just because I can :D What I'd REALLY like to do is get a cocktail book and cocktail kit and some ingredients and learn to mix drinks properly. I might have to put it on my presents request list.
4) When it comes to pairings, be they het or yaoi or yuri or whatever, do you find yourself identifying with the seme more, the uke more, or do you identify best with switchy or unlabelled characters?
I think it says something about me that I prefer pairings where the balance of power is either close to equal or it shifts. I don't like relationships where one member is very much the dominant and the other is the follower. I like power struggles and defiance and just the respect and shared responsibility of an equal pairing. Keep in mind, though, that that is only true for the deep-down vibe of a pairing - I have no trouble with reading D/S and kink when it comes to sex and playing, but like the everyday life of a relationship to be on an equal footing.
That said, one of my absolute favourite pairings of mine to write is my Mordred/Galahad, and they are very much unequal in power. They're both very insecure and they NEED the imbalance to keep them sane. As it develops more the power shifts somewhat - not in how they act, but in how much they need each other. That becomes more balanced.
As for identification, if I have to lean to one side or the other I tend to identify with the dominant one, but only marginally. I like the idea of protecting someone, being strong for them and helping them when they are crying. I'd feel uncomfortable being the "protected" one because (even though of course it's nice to have your loved one stand up for you) I don't cry and I try not to be weak. I've read a lot on how guys like it if girls cry occasionally because it makes them feel like they're good for something, and makes them feel warm and protective. I'm a bit too self-reliant for that *is Utena, woo*
Okay, that was long *blinks*
5) Copout question time. I need inspiration and I think you can give me some so: Who is your current favourite original character to write/RP as? (Add a description of them to this answer ;P)
At this current moment in time? Erg. Lucifer and Jesse have a tie. And if you're looking for inspiration, you can have both of them :D
Lucifer is awesome to RP - I'm using a mixture of the character in the Mike Carey comics and my own invention. The physical design is based on Stuart Townsend for features, but with black hair and tanned skin. Very bright eyes that appear either blue or brown usually but are red in his true form. He's not too tall or large, if anything he's a bit on the skinny side, but very strong. In true form he also has wings, which are dark red and feathered. As for character, he tends to be proud (of course), confident, quite arrogant, very charming when it suits him and anything from scathing to flat-out rude when it doesn't. He likes quoting things and twisting people's words, and absolutely hates being manipulated or having competition for someone or something that he wants. And, um, he likes to sing.
What I adore about him as an RP character is the power, it gives me a real buzz to have that and be able to grind the other character down with just a look and a comment and a flick of my wrist. It also gives me a bit of freedom from inhibitions - take a look at the last thread I RPed. Disturbing kinky shit, especially if you know how important wings are in this universe.
Jesse has a great voice for first-person realism, so I enjoy writing any scenes that he's actually involved in rather than having him passively narrate. He's twenty, a career hooker - smaller than average with a thin build. Fairly dull, normal blue eyes and very boring brown hair that he dyes bright auburn - it's in choppy layers that are just long enough to pull into a ponytail at the back. Gay as anything, likes to think he's streetwise and cynical but he can still fall for people without warning and then all his independence falls to pieces. When he falls, he falls HARD. He's got a smart mouth (fun to write) and is usually good at reading people but can be stumped by introverts.
Wow. I like this game. Somebody ask me some more?
*has appropriate icon, even*
*mopes* I miss my
villainny.And now, courtesy of Teh Erin:
If you want me to interview you--post a comment that simply says, "Interview me." I'll respond with questions for you to take back to your own journal and answer as a post. Of course, they'll be different for each person since this is an interview and not a general survey. At the bottom of your post, after answering the Interviewer's questions, you ask if anyone wants to be interviewed.
(Added by me - to make it easier all 'round, you could ask me some questions and just tell me if you want me to return the favour. Personally, I could keep this up all night. Throw your interviews at me, yo!)
1) Can't remember if I've asked this, so I'll just ask anyway--do you believe in animal totems, and if so, what's yours?
I'm not sure what meaning of it you're going by here - I don't believe that everyone has a kindred/guardian animal spirit, but I know that most people can identify strongly with one particular animal or another. I have always leaned towards birds of prey, not sure why.
2) I remember once you said you had "impossibly high standards" when it came to partners/relationships. What kind of standards?
Oh, dear >.< First of all, I can look at someone that many people describe as "hot" and not see anything there at all - this happens more with guys than with girls, I am really picky with appearances when it comes to guys. Also, I tend to let first impressions hold a lot of sway, so if someone says something stupid or ignorant or expressing a bias that I disapprove of, I tend to be turned off from the onset. Unless I like someone a LOT they have to work hard to keep my attention, because I've always got a few things happening in my head at once and if I'm not interested in a conversation then I try and I get out of it. I'm kind of rude that way. I think it comes from too much reading of fantasy at an impressionable age, when I should have been learning about real people with real faults and instead I started to form impossibly demanding ideas about what constituted an acceptable partner.
3) What's the first thing you're going to do when you turn 18? (Other than letting me take you somewhere with loud music and get you drunk.)
If you mean how-are-you-going-to-use-your-new-legal-status, I'll probably go and buy a small bottle of some boring alcohol just because I can :D What I'd REALLY like to do is get a cocktail book and cocktail kit and some ingredients and learn to mix drinks properly. I might have to put it on my presents request list.
4) When it comes to pairings, be they het or yaoi or yuri or whatever, do you find yourself identifying with the seme more, the uke more, or do you identify best with switchy or unlabelled characters?
I think it says something about me that I prefer pairings where the balance of power is either close to equal or it shifts. I don't like relationships where one member is very much the dominant and the other is the follower. I like power struggles and defiance and just the respect and shared responsibility of an equal pairing. Keep in mind, though, that that is only true for the deep-down vibe of a pairing - I have no trouble with reading D/S and kink when it comes to sex and playing, but like the everyday life of a relationship to be on an equal footing.
That said, one of my absolute favourite pairings of mine to write is my Mordred/Galahad, and they are very much unequal in power. They're both very insecure and they NEED the imbalance to keep them sane. As it develops more the power shifts somewhat - not in how they act, but in how much they need each other. That becomes more balanced.
As for identification, if I have to lean to one side or the other I tend to identify with the dominant one, but only marginally. I like the idea of protecting someone, being strong for them and helping them when they are crying. I'd feel uncomfortable being the "protected" one because (even though of course it's nice to have your loved one stand up for you) I don't cry and I try not to be weak. I've read a lot on how guys like it if girls cry occasionally because it makes them feel like they're good for something, and makes them feel warm and protective. I'm a bit too self-reliant for that *is Utena, woo*
Okay, that was long *blinks*
5) Copout question time. I need inspiration and I think you can give me some so: Who is your current favourite original character to write/RP as? (Add a description of them to this answer ;P)
At this current moment in time? Erg. Lucifer and Jesse have a tie. And if you're looking for inspiration, you can have both of them :D
Lucifer is awesome to RP - I'm using a mixture of the character in the Mike Carey comics and my own invention. The physical design is based on Stuart Townsend for features, but with black hair and tanned skin. Very bright eyes that appear either blue or brown usually but are red in his true form. He's not too tall or large, if anything he's a bit on the skinny side, but very strong. In true form he also has wings, which are dark red and feathered. As for character, he tends to be proud (of course), confident, quite arrogant, very charming when it suits him and anything from scathing to flat-out rude when it doesn't. He likes quoting things and twisting people's words, and absolutely hates being manipulated or having competition for someone or something that he wants. And, um, he likes to sing.
What I adore about him as an RP character is the power, it gives me a real buzz to have that and be able to grind the other character down with just a look and a comment and a flick of my wrist. It also gives me a bit of freedom from inhibitions - take a look at the last thread I RPed. Disturbing kinky shit, especially if you know how important wings are in this universe.
Jesse has a great voice for first-person realism, so I enjoy writing any scenes that he's actually involved in rather than having him passively narrate. He's twenty, a career hooker - smaller than average with a thin build. Fairly dull, normal blue eyes and very boring brown hair that he dyes bright auburn - it's in choppy layers that are just long enough to pull into a ponytail at the back. Gay as anything, likes to think he's streetwise and cynical but he can still fall for people without warning and then all his independence falls to pieces. When he falls, he falls HARD. He's got a smart mouth (fun to write) and is usually good at reading people but can be stumped by introverts.
Wow. I like this game. Somebody ask me some more?
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And I have one more question for you:
Given that you write so much, what are your ambitions of actually getting published in the conventional sense at some stage? Are you writing or anything with the idea of trying to turn pro with the help of that original output?
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I would love to be published, more than anything else I can possibly think of. I would love to know that people are reading my books and enjoying them and I'm getting good feedback from honest critics. I also know that it's a hard business to break into and I may never write anything good enough - but yes, I'm writing as much as I can and TRYING to finish particular stories. I have a shocking attention span, though, so may never finish anything ever >.< I have piles of really good plots and ideas that I'd love to use, some that I am saving for later in life when I have more talent.
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I know follow-ups are unfair/against the rules/what have you, but was there ever any particular story that has hit you with the realisation of "This is IT - it's saleable - I have to do it, whatever the cost?"
Dos it happen that you walk into a bookshop, pick up a book that looks midly interesting, look inside, and go "Urgs, I could do so much better"?
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Oh, God, yes. Just reading the blurb on most fantasy books. "So and so discovers they are the chosen one who will develop such and such a power and rid the world from such and such an evil..." At least my ideas are fairly original.
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Does that bookshop phenomenon make you more angry or more confident?
*makes large, hopeful eyes at you*
Do you have any questions for me to answer?
It's either that or write some deathly boring reviews. Please, please help me procrastinate...no subject
Okay:
1) Is there anything about yourself that you absolutely hate despite other people expressing admiration or even envy towards it? Can be physical or personality-wsie.
2) What's the one song you can listen to over and over again and still love to bits?
3) Best cocktail ever, and why. Include the recipe if you can :D
4) Why do you like to RP male characters?
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And yes, I normally fear a mixture of amusement and anger at such bookshop moments, especially when looking at the stacks of historical novels. First amusement and confidence, because I know mine is better than seventy percent of what is being sold, and I only have to finish writing it and then enlist the help of one certain lady that I know who's been an inroad to published authordom to two other friends already, so her contacts are good. And then I get angry at myself because I'm stuck since last autumn at the point of having to replace one dog throughout all I wrote so far. One dog!!! Arghh!