Eliyes

claravoyant posted the following exercise (and then deleted or moved their blog, so I can't link the original post):

1. of the fic you’ve written, which are you most proud of?
2. favorite tense (past/present/future)
3. favorite POV (first/second/third/etc)
4. what are some themes you love writing about?
5. what inspires you to write?
6. thoughts on critique
7. create a character on the spot…. NOW!
8. is there a character you love writing for the most? the least? why?
9. a passage from a WIP
10. what are your strengths wrt writing?
11. what are your weaknesses wrt writing?
12. what’s your favorite place for writing resources?
13. who are your favorite writers?

I think the original gist was that people were supposed to give the poster a number and they'd answer (it was on tumblr, that seems to be a thing), but I am not going to do that. I'm just going to repost these here because I think all my writerly friends might get some benefit from thinking about what their answers are to some of these. I may post some answers in a future edit.

Post with a character from a fandom I follow, and I'll respond with...

* How I FEEEEEL about this character
* All the people I ship romantically with this character
* My non-romantic OTP for this character
* My unpopular opinion about this character
* One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.

FYI, fandoms I have more recently gotten into include: The Losers, Magnificent Seven (the TV show, not the movie), and Invaders (the Marvel team that started in WWII era -- I was already into them, but I'm much more so lately). I'm also having a Highlander renaissance. Let this information influence you as you will~

Here's that annual meme where you (well, I) post the first sentence of the first post of each month of the past year! I exclude Writer's Block posts, and posts only I can see, but allow all other quotes.

Let's look at ( 2011! )

Give me a character (or ten) from any fandom you know I'm in, and I'll let you know:

* How I FEEEEEL about this character
* All the people I ship romantically with this character
* My non-romantic OTP for this character
* My unpopular opinion about this character
* One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.

Meme from everywhere!

If I made Cinderella, the audience would immediately be looking for a body in the coach.
— Alfred Hitchcock

When I write a story, what do you immediately look for?

See subject. Although I am not including "Writer's block" posts, because the first sentence is nothing I wrote. Other quotes are allowed.


( Every time I do this, that school song that taught the order of the months, and then the names in French, starts going through my head. )

♫Those are the months of the year! ♪♫

[When you see this, post a poem in your journal.] Chose this one because it makes me think of Bahzell and Brandark, lately.

The Thousandth Man
Rudyard Kipling

One man in a thousand, Solomon says,
Will stick more close than a brother.
And it's worth while seeking him half your days
If you find him before the other.
Nine nundred and ninety-nine depend
On what the world sees in you,
But the Thousandth man will stand your friend
With the whole round world agin you.

'Tis neither promise nor prayer nor show
Will settle the finding for 'ee.
Nine hundred and ninety-nine of 'em go
By your looks, or your acts, or your glory.
But if he finds you and you find him.
The rest of the world don't matter;
For the Thousandth Man will sink or swim
With you in any water.

You can use his purse with no more talk
Than he uses yours for his spendings,
And laugh and meet in your daily walk
As though there had been no lendings.
Nine hundred and ninety-nine of 'em call
For silver and gold in their dealings;
But the Thousandth Man h's worth 'em all,
Because you can show him your feelings.

His wrong's your wrong, and his right's your right,
In season or out of season.
Stand up and back it in all men's sight --
With that for your only reason!
Nine hundred and ninety-nine can't bide
The shame or mocking or laughter,
But the Thousandth Man will stand by your side
To the gallows-foot -- and after!

1. Reply to this post, and I will pick five of your icons.

2. Make a post (including the meme info) and talk about the icons I chose.

3. Other people can then comment to you and make their own posts.

4. This will create a never-ending cycle of icon squee. Whoo!

I poked kiffie, and she put on her bitchinest hat and asked about these:

( Ooh er, a cut to spare my f-list! )

- Leave a comment saying "Beam me up Scotty!"
- I'll respond by asking you five questions to satisfy my curiosity.
- Update your journal with the answers to your questions.
- Include this explanation and offer to ask other people questions.

Got this from ladyblahblah. ( Here's her questions for me. )

Feel free to answer these questions in the comments, whether or not you ask me to give you questions of your own!

picked up from poisonivory: [when you see this, post a poem in your journal]

One of the things people are surprised to learn my father and I have in common is a love of poetry. This one is a favourite of his that has become a favourite of mine.

Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds — and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of — wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there,
I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air.
Up, up the long, delirious burning blue
I've topped the windswept heights with easy grace
Where never lark, or even eagle flew.
And, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.

"High Flight" by John Gillespie Magee Jr.

Lifted from poisonivory:

ONE. Give me a character, a series, or a pairing and in return I'll give you three reasons why I love that character, that series, or that pairing (unless of course I don't love that character, that series, or that pairing, in which case I guess we'll just sort of stare awkwardly at each other through the internet).


and, separately, lifted from taichara:

TWO. Give me a character/characters/relationship I've written/fangirled about, and I'll give you a bit of my personal headcanon for them.

You'll have to say if you want it to be about a pairing or two (or whatever) characters if you've asked for more than one, and feel free to make multiple requests.


Let me know which you want me to answer by the numbers!

Comment with the name of a female character (in any show, movie, book, comic, etc that you think I'm familiar with) and I'll tell you one thing I love about her. In return, you can do the same in your journal (if you like!).

Separately:

Comment with the name of a male character (in any show, movie, book, comic, etc that you think I'm familiar with) and I'll tell you one thing I love about him. In return, you can do the same in your journal (if you like!).

And I'd like to do one for genderless or multigendered characters, but there's just not enough in non-SF stuff for me to be sure anyone is familiar with them... Feel free to think of one and ask, though!

I really don't get to use this icon enough.

5 Questions Meme

-Comment with "Resistance is Futile!"
-I'll reply with 5 questions to satisfy my curiosity.
-Update your LJ with the answers
-Include this explanation (if you like or want) to ask other people.

taichara asked me:

1. What character(s) are you really attached to that you never thought you would be? (Pod excluded)

Ha! Kiryuu Touga. ;P


2. What would convince you that you needed to give up on a fandom?

If it was making me really unhappy all the time.


3. Would you ever move out West?

Yep. I'm from out West!


4. Ninjas or pirates?

No disrespect to your ancestors, but ninjas are clearly superiour.


5. Do you think you might think of going to Japan again?

Er. Yes, maybe? I'd like to visit before I decide anything about moving there, but I would really like to visit.

Comment and I'll give you three fandoms, for which you must answer these:

01: What got you into this fandom in the first place?
02: Do you think you'll stay in this fandom or eventually move on?
03: Favorite episodes/books/movies/etc.?
04: Do you participate in this fandom (fanfiction, graphics, discussions)?
05: Do you think that more people should get into this fandom?


taichara gave me Yoroiden Samurai Troopers, Starsky & Hutch, and King of Fighters.

THESE WERE KINDA HARD ONES. :O

And also, ( I seem to have gotten rid of a lot of my icons. D: )

P.S. If I have already given you three fandoms, I won't again, unless you specifically request it.