#Good questions

[reality-detective]

I'll leave this 👆 here... You Decide 🤔

[marvel-lous-guy]

Tony: Be careful when having sex in college

Peter: Yeah, I know, I know, I don't want to get an STI

Tony: I mean, that too, yeah. But you don't want to get pregnant

Harley: How would Peter get pregnant?

Peter: Actually, during sexual intercourse, women are significantly more likely to become pregnant then men

Tony: you know what I mean

Harley: like, how much more significantly? Can I stop wearing this ridiculous condom thing if I wont get pregnant?

Tony: you guys are the worst

[dd-is-my-guiltypleasure]

“X-Files” star David Duchovny on nude scenes, writing own films and embr...

[bazzybelle]

Thank you @samsalami66 and @seiya-starsniper for the tag! I do like these questionnaire things. :)

Were you named after anyone?

I was. I was named after my grandmother. She has passed two months before I was born, and so I got her name.

Do you have kids?

God no... I used to want kids, but in recent years I think that was due to societal pressure to have a checklist completed by 35. Don't get me wrong, I love kids and interacting with them. But... to be someone who gets pregnant and raises them... I don't think that's something I want anymore. I'd rather be free to travel and write and babysit my friends' kids.

Do you use sarcasm a lot?

I mean I try to, but I'm never sure it comes off that way.

What's the first thing you notice about people?

I... don't know? Probably the way they act around others? Maybe their face? I never really paid attention to that.

What's your eye colour?

I wanna say Green... but like green on the inside with with brown circling it, and one eye is a little grey-er than the other? I can't decide if they're just green or hazel.

Scary movie or happy ending?

If it's WELL WRITTEN , I don't mind sad endings. There have been very good sad endings that I've read. I prefer happy endings though. And also... I can't do scary shit....

Any special talents?

According to my friends and family, I have a talent for baking, specifically gluten-free baking. My sibling is gluten-free and I apparently have been blessed with being able to make good gluten-free bakes.

What are your hobbies?

Writing, definitely... I also love building puzzles and baking. Does painting my nails count as a hobby? If I have the time, I'll sometimes attempt an art on my nails... but not often.

Have any pets?

Yes! I have a 9 year old black otter holland/mini lop bunny named Hades. He is the most floof and the most shapes.

What sport do you play/have you played?

I played Rugby in high school. And I loved it. I want to play it again, but I'm 36, out of shape and there doesn't seem to be a friendly rugby league in my area.

Also... the fact that I used to love tackling girls twice my size in high school... how the fuck was I SO convinced that I was straight?

How tall are you?

5'2" (SAM I AM TALLER THAN YOU!)

Favourite subject at school?

Hi, hello... I run a Historical AU fest for one of my fandoms... Clearly it's Math.

Dream job?

Owning a vineyard... Or owning and running a bookshop cafe that turns into a bookshop/gin bar at night. I'd have local artists and writers coming in to do open mics and readings. I'd have weekly write-ins and craft nights. It would be queer as all fuck and I'd love it. That's the dream life I want.

Tagging: @carryonsimoncarryonbaz @fight-surrender @amywaterwings @ninemagicks @aristocratic-otter @aroace-genderfluid-sheep @janimoon @mallory-x @windsweptinred @two-hands-toward-the-sun @messofthejess @garnetcapricorn @nausikaaa @namistrella @dsudis @hushed-chorus @zigzag-wanderer @raenestee @fleabagoftheendless @yellobb

[jefkphotography]

Some smartphone cameras have 50 megapixels, but the photos are quite bad. And the price tags of those smartphones are around 220-300 dollars, so it's to good to be true offcourse.

My DSLR photocamera only has 24 megapixels but the photos are around 2 to 5 times better.

So what's important next to megapixels when it comes to photo quality.

[musewrangler]

20 Questions for Writers

Thank you so much for the tag @wendingways I'm FINALLY getting around to it. :D

How many works do you have on AO3?

132

2. What’s your total AO3 word count?

2, 962, 169

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Star Wars, Hornblower, Narnia [just one]

4. What are your top five fics by kudos?

Mirjahaal

Bajur

He Who Sheds His Blood With Me

Forging Ahead

I Felt You In My Bones

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

I do as much as possible. I appreciate my readers making time to say something. It takes effort on their part and I want them to know I am grateful. Equally, I get lots of fun thoughts from my readers and it's delightful to interact with people. :D

6. What’s the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

Oh definitely the fic I could never write. ;D By which I mean---there was a prompt somewhere that said 'the aftermath of a scene you'll never write'. So I knew immediately what that was and ripped my own heart out to write "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night". Literally, I was ugly crying the whole time. And it convinced me that nope, I can never do this in my 'real' fics if you will. xD

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

Hmmm. I am a girl who likes a happy ending. Granted, it's after kark tons of pain and suffering usually xD, but...

I think I'll land on the Dragon Speaker. I could name quite a few others, but I spent more time developing the happy aftermath so that's why I choose it.

8. Do you get hate on your fic?

I've said it before---I have some of the BEST readers. And I've had folks who've disagreed with some of my takes on character or plot, but they are welcome to do so if they are respectful and they are. It produces good conversation and perspective. I can think of one time I had someone actively unpleasant, but let's hear it for delete and block! :D

9. Do you write smut?

Nope.

10. Do you write crossovers?

No. It's just not my cup of tea.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not that I know of and I hope not. Obviously, a lot of us have similar ideas----writing is just like that. But I don't think anyone has taken my work directly. That kind of thing does get me riled up because I know the work all of us creators have done to make these stories. Don't do it, kids.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Yes I have and it's very fun! I have a very industrious and delightful reader who has translated a lot of my work into Russian. :D

13. Have you ever co-written a fic?

I have a few times. :D

14. What‘s your all-time favourite ship?

Depends on context here. I don't read or write fics for just romance. I need purpose beyond the couple if you will. If we're talking within Star Wars then canonically it's Han and Leia. If we're going with my own fanfics it's a toss up between Mara and Max Veers and Firmus Piett and Sola Naberrie. ;D If we're talking broad literary ship Benedick and Beatrice from Much Ado About Nothing.

15. What’s the WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

WIP I will never finish? What are you talking about?

Genuinely, I hate the idea of abandoning my fics. Just can't. Some of them are taking longer than I had thought, but that's ok. Life happens. I will finish. ;D

16. What’s your writing strengths?

I think I develop character fairly well. I like to have a plot mapped out before I start writing, so I think I do all right with story cohesion and flow. I am a firm believe that you need to care about the characters more than anything else. World building and correct editing are good things, but if no one cares about your characters, it can get boring and readers lose interest.

17. What’s your writing weaknesses?

A good balance of action, description, and dialogue. Dialogue is easy for me and I like the characters interacting. But action and description are very important as well to SEE the scene and I need to work on my descriptive choices. I'm also ridiculously impatient. I want to publish NOW. And this means that perhaps some needed editing or more polish/depth is overlooked. I'm working on that.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

Absolutely. I've used mando'a a lot now in Star Wars. In history AUs I've dabbled a smidge in French and Latin to set the tone a bit. Definitely do your homework whether using a real or fictional language. People notice!! :D

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Haha. So in terms of more serious writing like I'm doing now, it's Star Wars.

But.

I wrote by hand in notebooks during high school for the original Star Trek. Had all kinds of crush on Pavel Chekov. xD We watched the re runs of it and I liked the movies as a kid so....

20. Favourite fic you’ve ever written?

Oh goodness. Can that really be answered? I like them all for vastly different reasons. If we're going for world building then likely Dragon Speaker. If we're going for in depth history fun, then The War in the Shadows. If we're going for fic I saw most clearly in my brain as I wrote and LIVED it, then Showdown at Alliance Ranch. Within the ER verse, quite possibly Fidelity because writing all that courtroom drama and the intense brotherhood of Firmus and Max going through that was just so satisfying.

But over all story? Honestly can't pick just one. Sorry!

Gently tagging @hollers-and-holmes @winterinhimring @kraytwriter @kanerallels

[threephantomrey]

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[onlygenxhere]

End of years asks: 9, 13, 17 & 19

Thank you my friend!

9. Best month of the year? After scrolling through my calendar I'ma go with July. Kids out of school so I got to sleep in most days. I went to visit friends, alone, for 4 days over the 4th of July. And we had a family beach trip at the end of the month with my in-laws. Twas good.

13. How was your birthday this year? Not terribly eventful. 2023 was a BIG one, so no real celebration at home. I got some amazing "gifts" from my online friends that were so SO awesome.

17. Picture of my fridge with new magnets and stickers from a friend added.

19. What are you excited about for next year? Mentioned in previous ask that the fam and I are going to a con next month. There's nothing else planned ATM that I can think of. Looking forward to summer vacation so I don't have to get up at 6 to take the high schooler to school for a couple months. 🙃

End of year asks

[reality-detective]

Definition of Propaganda 🤔

[danicloth]

Hello! My name is Moriah and I am a junior in high school. I was wondering if I might be able to get your insight on a few questions I have?

I am in my final years of high school and am starting to think about college but I have no idea what I want to pursue. I know I love art, so for a long time I have been thinking about getting an art major or going to an art school.

I’m reaching out because I ABSOLUTELY LOVE YOUR ART and I think you are a very talented artist! I have been in love with your art for so long and I am curious and wondering how you are able to fit drawing into your life?

1.) Do you think going to school for art or having an art major is worth it? What was it like?

2.) how can I fit art into my everyday life? I’m sure you have work and other things to do in your life so how do you balance it out? (I just want to know how you can draw as much as you do!)

3.) do you do art as a hobby or a career? If it is a hobby how to you balance work, art, and home life? If it is a career or part-time career is it an alright source of income?

Thank you so much! And sorry if these questions might seem personal. I just want to know how other artist manage to draw and create their work and still have an adult life. Thanks again, and thank you for being a huge inspiration in my life to create the art I love! Your art means so much to me!❤️❤️ ❤️

Hi Moriah!! How have you been? :D✨ I'm so sorry it took me sooooo long to respond. I've been busy like crazy 😩 but I'll try to be as honest as possible and make it understandable too, ‘cause, you know, my english sometimes fails me jaja

1. In my case it was 💜, being able to study the things I love made it much easier for me to finish my degree and know what I want to do now, and although I know that now we are in a time in which you can learn many things just by watching videos or tutorials (especially related to drawing), I still believe that if you want that, you like it and you know you can be good at it, do it ✨, it is better to be happy doing what you like than to be stuck in something you don't, although I would recommend having a idea WHAT you want to study, maybe animation, character design, graphic design, etc. That will create a clearer vision of where you want to go. You can ask yourself, of everything you do, what do you like the most?

2. Personally, I am a very organized person >w<, not to the point of writing down everything I do or have to do in the day, but having an idea of the things I should do helps me a lot, since there are things that I obviously cannot skip, such as work, that takes up a lot of my time, so every time I can I start drawing, even if it's just a small doodle, it's well known that if you want to improve you have to practice and you don't know how much just scribbling helps you 0m0, much of which I know I learned by trying and trying and trying just by drawing silly things in my notebooks, but of course drawing all day is not healthy either. For example, if I get tired I take breaks, maybe to eat a snack, go out with my friends or play with my pet, like that you balance your routine a little, doing your responsibilities but improving along the way and without getting tired.

3. Right now only as a hobby jaja, this year I would like to look for a job related to animation so I couldn't help you as much in that aspect, but I can tell you that nowadays you should have two or more sources of income, even if you have a permanent job in something related to art, have another one just in case or if you have a hobby you can also take advantage of it, like me for example, making commissions you could say that it is my hobby and I am taking advantage of it, but as I mentioned before, organizing yourself will help you. It helps a lot in what you want to do, where you want to go and even your life ✨

I feel very honored that you asked me 🥹✨, don't worry, I am also very new to being a functional adult on my own xD but I am happy to know that you can have that trust with me 💜, I hope that some of my answers have helped you ^w^ I send you a big hug 🫂✨

[cobaltsoulsearcher]

2 questions:

- Would you rather be Orpheus or Eurydice? You can't change how the story ends. So tell me, would you rather break a rule in the last second, costing your loved chance to live again and grabbling with the guilt of your actions for the rest of your life, the same life you'll live out, now without them by your side? You can play the music how loud you want but it will never reach their ears.

Or would you rather have the last thing you see be the eyes of your loved one, before you return to the underworld, knowing damn well it's over and you won't be part of their world anymore? All you could do now is to dream of the life you two could've had. You can also pray that your love is able to move on.

But it's not fair isn't it? Persephone can leave for a certain time, but can't. It's not fair.

- Pineapple juice or grape juice? Which would you rather drink or which do you think would win a fight?

Ooooooh okay I love these questions. Second one first cause it’s easier; grape juice would 10/10 win a fight. I’d also generally prefer it but I associate it with special occasions.

For the second…much harder. Given my own history with mental illness I honestly doubt I’d survive Orpheus’s part—and I already relate to him too much, there’s someone I have walked to hell for that is kind of stuck now—so I don’t know if that would make it better or worse for me to choose him. I’d just feel so guilty being Eurydice though. Ahhhhh

Using just your wording, though, I would choose Eurydice. Beautiful writing, by the way. Also, Sidenote, heavily reminds me of Freddie in stray gods.

I would rather look at love one last time knowing damn well it’s over.

Sodnkdodi what good questions.

Mind if I steal (I’ll credit you) the idea and do a poll on @polldownhadestown?

[xx-sketchy-xx]

bruv imma feel stupid a minute

is there any more officials tadc content other than the pilot? I finally watched the pilot after this app said I should and now I need to know if there is a show. Cuz like usually big shows reveal their pilots after they come out right???

I’m new to the fandom and I need to know

I’m pretty sure a pilot is pretty much a test run to see if the audience reaction is positive, and if they should continue.

but I have no idea lol xD

[elizaellwrites]

A problem for me was that from (nearly) the get-go, I knew that Roselle and her family could speak both French and English, specifically Quebecois after living in Montreal for quite some time as she grew up.

I don't speak French. I only understand a few words- and I'm not even confident about those. I'm learning Spanish, and there's a little crossover, just as in English, but not enough.

So I end up spending an hour searching Quebecois slang and cross-checking definitions and usage to make sure it comes across the way I want it to. Where that is not ideal is that there is still room for error. So if you know French, specifically the Quebecois dialect, I apologize for any errors that appear and feel free to correct me. These lines are sparse because they are now around people who speak English (and/or use my fantasy languages), and are primarily aside comments not dire to the conversation at hand, but I still want them to be accurate to the language/dialect.

[nsharks]

Ok what are the age differences between the kids? Idk if you've mentioned it before but I'd like to that into consideration with the retirement thing. Tell me more about the kids, what are their personalities like what do they do with simon together like when they're older(10-18) do you think simon becomes a Stay at home dad or does he get a job?

age differences: by the time last one is born i imagine it as 8, 5, and baby

personalities: haven’t thought tooo much about it yet. that would be fun to explore! from what I have written, the oldest son is energetic and independent. middle daughter is talkative and a daddy’s girl. haven’t even decided the sex of the third.

after retirement: I imagine simon would get a job (money ya know). something outdoorsy and hands on. something chill.

[jefkphotography]

How can you make money with photography.

[chordsykat]

I like your ideas on Magnus as it relates to him studying music theory. What about Charles? What about your own characters, also?

You can thank @fishklok for most of it. I'm just snowballing off ideas from the master. :D

Charles, though? Charles is a dabbler who goes to open mic nights and wows the crowd before his impostor syndrome sets in and tells him it was all a fluke. He's got some skills on the guitar, but has no idea how good he is. Charles could absolutely be a professional musician, and his discipline along with having no desire to hang out in spotlights for very long would make him an ideal session-guy. He's simply chosen a more secure, probably more lucrative path in life, and hasn't thought much about doing anything besides lawyering, I guess.

Then again...

I answered some of the questions of my own OCs in their character sheets. But since we're talking about the guitarists, specifically (I assume!):

Caj is a musical genius and plays a shit-ton of different instruments very well (Skwisgaar hates this). She leads by emotion over technique when playing anything, especially guitar (Skwisgaar hates this). She can dazzle you with an intricate chord progression or bring you to your knees with one note (Skwisgaar can certainly do this too, but for some reason, he especially hates this).

Eden is a prodigy. She has this ability to play by ear that is utterly superhuman and can do that thing where she hears something once and plays it back, exactly. Make no mistake -- I see her as being extremely good at improvising music as well, but it'd be the type of improvisation that feels heavily-borrowed from something else. She lacks formal training and has learned most of what she knows by her own exploration, which makes her a bit "quirky" when it comes to music terminology. She could very easily play you a major scale from G, but you'd have to describe it to her as "play the do-re-mi on the top string, third fret." She plays guitar, and guitar only, so is very capable with her instrument. She could play bass enough to get by, but I'm not sure she'd be as interested in it as a form of expression to ever prefer it.

Sparkles is a "pocket monster" (the music kind, not a Pokemon), and while she can play both guitar and bass, I see her the same way I see myself -- enjoying the ways the low-end can compliment everything else that is going on in a song in the interest of cinching it all together. She's got an excellent sense of rhythm and doesn't go in for showy bass solos. Sparkles would be the kind of bassist everyone in every band wishes they had. She just sticks to the job at hand and is amazing at it. She's on-time, on-note, and can come up with great fills, walks, and anything else as-needed without overstepping her place. Honestly, she probably doesn't even prefer to play "up the neck" at all (else, why not play guitar?) Come to think of it, Sparkles might secretly be the author self-inserting her hopes and dreams for her own musicality into a character. In fact, that's probably not a secret at all. :D