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highwaydiamonds · 3 years ago

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Hi Friendly Anon! Thank you for the questions!

1: What eye color do you find sexiest?

Um, oy, this is gonna sound like such a cop out, but the color doesn't necessarily matter all that much to me? I think I find bright green the most striking, but I've been attracted to men with blue and brown eyes before too... And it's not the color that I find sexy as much as the *way* that person looks at me.. The right look, the full attention, that they're only looking at you, only have eyes for you THAT is sexy. Color is incidental - if someone looks at me that way and they really see me, I can get lost in those eyes, no matter the color.

9: Most embarrassing moment from your high school years?

I feel like every day is cringe worthy for me lol - but I was pretty much your average uber goody two shoes in HS. Y'know part of students against drunk driving ( but we actually did NOT drink unlike so many others i hear talk about it), I was in youth to youth ( a drug abstinence group), key club yadda yadda... I was ambitious then but also relatively quiet? So I'd been out for a few days sick from school and came back the middle of the week - andn was in AP american history class. I had a teacher with the wORST name - you'd swear it was fuictional - it was not. His name was Harding Kirchhoff.... I mean can you even believe it?! you can guess the nicknames... Anyhow so he was a total dictator in the classroom - everything by the book. He asked the class - apropos of nothing, if we knew what painter from the ashcan school came from our hometown. Now, I was the art history nerd in our class and we never talked about art history with Kirchhoff because very few questions on the AP exam were about art so he didn't spend time on it. However, I was SO excited that he asked an art question that I didn't raise my hand or call his name for attention - I just BURTED OUT (LOUDLY) , " GEORGE BELLOWS!" I didn't even think before I said it - I just did it. Only a split second too late did I realize what I'd done. I think i turned seven shades of white - Kirchhoff gave me a death glare... The hole class was looking at me like I ws dead student sitting... then, bless her, the girl sitting in front of me yelled out " I think megan should get extra credit - she wasn't even here yesterday and she knew the answer!" That defused the situation but fuck i thought i was going to die.

Also - freshman year I ran into a football player that was a senior in the hallway. I was probably about 5'2" at the time he was - idk over 6 feet and even though i was quite chubby even then, that dude ws as broad as a fucking house. He was fucking architectural he was so broad and tall. i was looking to my left and talking to a friend - not looking where I was going. I ran right into him - like unaware SMACK into the middle of him. And then I bounced backward and started falling back - only he caught my arm and stopped me falling. I dropped my books and was MORTIFIED. I apologized inn a rush grabbed my books and scampered to class - smh- I went and made the awkward MOAR awkward. I am good at that lol

My HS years wer pretty staid and innocent yo. Then again - they were the dark ages :P I am the old.

19: What’s the most delicious food you’ve ever eaten in your life?

That depends on the day you ask me - but it's hard to beat a really good creme brulee - the crispy sugary caramel burnt top against the cool creamy custard - especially if it's chocolate creme brulee. But also a flourless chocolate cake called chocolate decadence fro a restaurant that no longer exists in one of my favorite maryland small towns - god that cake was amazing... but there's also this gorgonzola fettuccine alfredo from s place i know and it was SO good there i once gave my mother the hand when she tried to talk withh me when i took my first few bites. When my mom asked what the issue was to her best friend who was also with us - her best friend replied, " she's having a moment with her food. just wait a minute." that pasta was STUPID GOOD. But I could talk to you about indian food i've loved, schweinehaxen in germany, fresh almond croissants, my dad's woodcock pate (that was fucking fabulous)... Honestly - there are so many amazing things out there to enjoy :) it's hard to choose!

27: If you had to have a cow or a pig, which would you take? Why?

Ok, so when I was little and my family lived in the back of beyond in Virginia, we had a pig. This was back when Mork and Mindy was on tv ( again, I am the old) ... And my Dad knew that I might get attached to the pig. He made it very clear to me that the pig was NOT A PET, MEGAN. How did this get made clear? The pig was on a neighbor's land - we had the hog - they hadd the sow but housed both. I was not allowed to pet the pig. I was not allowed to feed the pig. Also, the pig's name was PORK. The pigs were PORK and Mindy. Ha ha - very funny Dad. But yeah my dad kn ew if I got attached I would cry and wail ovr what was supposed to be livestock - dad was right tho. I would not have handled it well. So, since i theoretically had a pig once, I will go with cow! Also I would get my cow one of those happy cow brush things - cows are so cute when they use those. Honestly cows are just cute anyway - when I was in the Uk - we stayed near the chatsworth estate and there was a cow we got to walk by thatg was in a pasture and it was right by the fence. I wanted to give it pets and hug so badly - but i also didn't want to upset the farmer if he saw me petting and hugging his cow - so i refrained.... but it was the cutest jersey cow. Also calves are ADORABLE/ So, yes, cow please!

Thanks again Friendly Anon for the questions and tolerating my long answers :D

#obscure questions asks :D

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spaceorphan18 · 4 years ago

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The Glee Kids and how well they did in school.

The interesting thing about this is that there are a lot of dependencies -- where the narrative tells us one thing, but my intuition about it tells me another.

Class of 2012 --

Rachel -- Canon says she’s acing all her classes. She’s the girl who is probably talking all the fine arts classes -- Choir, Jazz Band, Art, Shop, Journalism and PE -- that will probably get you all As without trying. (Btw - don’t knock art students, they’re awesome -- but let’s face it HS classes in the fine arts are usually pretty easy to pass.)

Finn -- Solid C/D student. He struggled a lot with school, but probably basses with a middling GPA.

Mercedes -- Solid B student - she struggled a little, but she was a hardworker turned in the best work she could. She also challenged herself by taking lots of AP classes. And probably did well in English Lit and Social Science/History classes.

Kurt -- A’s and B’s depending on how hard the subject was and how much he cared about said subject. Hes he aced French. He also probably got a B- in Calc. I do have a headcanon he loved chemistry and lighting things on fire. He also probably took shop and was fucking great at it.

Mike -- Straight A student who worked his butt off for it (as we saw in canon). There are also some Asian stereotypes wrapped up in this, fwiw, but I do think Mike is a decently smart guy.

Santana -- Another B/C student -- while she often skipped classes whenever she felt like it -- she did care about her education. She’s another one who probably did well in her English Lit and Social Sciences classes -- she also probably had Speech and Debate just so she could take someone down.

Puck -- as we saw in canon, he barely passed any of his classes.

Quinn -- Was Valedictorian. Which I can see -- but it was almost more about status than it was about being smart. She also probably got the highest marks in college as well. But then twenty years later, you wonder what happened to her when she’s a twice divorced, alcoholic mom-slash-housewife. (I’m not knocking housewives - because they are awesome -- I just meant Quinn ends up not living up to her potential.)

Class of 2013 --

Artie -- Apparently was getting straight As? I kind of find this hard to believe, Artie isn’t as much of a nerd as the show tried to make him out to be. But he probably had things like journalism and audio/visual stuff -- he is another who catered his classes to what was easiest for him.

Tina -- Also got straight As. This, to me, feels more like the show doing Asian stereotyping (more so than Mike) because Tina screams solid B student to me. She just doesn’t seem like she cares enough about school for me to buy it. But maybe her classes aren’t too hard.

Blaine -- All As in his classes -- except for one B which still haunts him at 45.

Sam -- Solid C student -- school is hard, especially for someone who is dyslexic. He do think he tries the best he can, school just isn’t easy for him, though.

Brittany -- Brittany is not a genius. She’s special needs (or at least borderline special needs). I’m kind of annoyed by the way the show handled her, but whatever.

Others --

Matt Rutherford -- ah, how little we knew you...

Lauren -- Straight Cs and a wrestling scholarship

Rory - Did he take classes? I just assume he sat in the back and did nothing.

Sugar - Her dad bought her HS diploma

Joe - Letter grades are arbitrary when you’re on the earth to spread the loving message of Jesus.

Marley - Straight As.

Jake - Smarter than he appears, but has to apply himself -- Mostly Cs and a few Bs.

Ryder - had a learning disability, much like Finn Cs and Ds.

Unique - Her fabulous is beyond letter grades.

Kitty - Probably a lot like Quinn, got better grades than she let on.

I’m too tired to do the new newbies, so I’m gonna leave it at that <3

#that's how s.o. sees it

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peachymess · 5 years ago

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If attack on titan was in the Harry Potter universe, what subject do you think the veterans would have been teaching at Hogwarts (like all the veterans including Nile, Hannes, pyxis and such) and what houses would 104 been in? It’s okay if you don’t like au’s like that then you don’t have to reply, hope you have a good day :) !

Hi, anon! Finally, I’ll be answering your Harry Potter AU ask! I knowit’s been ages and ages – I’m really sorry about that. To pay you back for thelong wait, I’ve done headshots of the entire 104 plus some of the vets for thisAU. Please accept my apology-drawings, haha. Art posts for vets here, and 104 here.

For the vets, I assigned each of them one of the HP subjects, and I’m reallyhappy with where they ended up. I can see them all in these positions, and Ihope you can too; if you’d like a deeper explanation as to why some of themended up with what they did, just shoot me an ask about the specific charactersin question and I’ll be happy to explain.

Erwin (Slytherin): Defence against the dark arts

Levi(Hufflepuff): Potions

Hanji(Ravenclaw): Transfiguration

Moblit(Hufflepuff): Muggle studies

Mike(Gyrffindor): Herbology

Nanaba(Gryffindor): Flight class

Nile(Ravenclaw): History of Magic

Pyxis(Slytherin): Astonomy

Hannes(Hufflepuff): Groundskeeper

Petra(Hufflepuff): Divination

Oluo(Slytherin): Charms

Eld(Gryffindor): Arithmancy

Gunther(Gryffindor): Apparition lessons

Ness(Hufflepuff): Care of Magical creatures

Now, forthe houses, and where to put everyone: I have to talk about how I view the HPhouses first…

To start off, I’m not the biggest fan of dividing young, impressionable kidsinto groups based on personal traits to begin with. I feel like it’s likely toshape – and restrict – how the kids view themselves and the people around them.I feel like someone who’s more like, say, a Ravenclaw, at eleven years old,might develop into more of a Gryffindor during their years of schooling (atwhich case, it would be inappropriate for their development, to put them intothe house they not yet fit into, just like moving them mid-school would be). Notto mention it can restrict what social interactions they allow themselves; onegroup villainizing another, or avoiding befriending those they won’t share acommon room with, etc. Even more, I feel like saying people are EITHER brave ORsmart OR driven OR loyal, is doing the complexity of personalities a massivedisservice. If I had a dollar for every person who’ve ever told me they areboth one house and another, or a little bit of all, I’d be… well, richer than Iam now. So. My point is, I’m not a fan of saying someone is one thing, as it can sound likeI’m saying they’re NOT the other three things – which simply isn’t true. HarryPotter houses is something a lot of people have a lot of emotional investmentin. As such, I’m sure some of you will disagree with where I personally see theSNK characters. That’s ok. For most of these, I struggled to settle on onehouse, and I’d probably be swayed to change my mind on many of them, ifpresented with the right arguments. However, I have set some guidelines formyself, and I’ve landed on something, following these:

I’veseparated the HP houses into two categories: action-driven (active) houses andREaction-driven (passive) houses: Slytherin and Ravenclaw are action-driven:while Gryffindor and Hufflepuff are REaction-driven.

Beingaction-driven, in this context, means you actively seek out something. ForSlytherins, this is a personal goal. Be it a wish to become the most powerfulwizard alive, the richest, or for your moral compass to be universallyacknowledged and followed. If your path is dictated by where you want to endup, your path is unfolding through the actions you take to get there. This isSlytherin. Ravenclaws, similarly, are first and foremost seekers of truth andknowledge. They spend their time actively improving their insight into whateverfield they find most worthwhile; their path is created from the steps they taketo improve on this knowledge.

Being REaction-driven,on the other hand – in this context – means that you are mainly passive,waiting for something to occurs that requires you to react; you respond to anenvironment, rather than cause an environment to occur. For Gryffindor, whosemain trait is their unwavering drive to withstand and overcome even thescariest, most personally endangering obstacles, this means they’ll REact tosaid obstacles by tackling them head-on, because it is the right thing to do(even when it’s also the hardest thing to do). Hufflepuffs, similarly, willrespond to an environment by letting their loyalty tell them how they shouldrespond, when situations occur.

Using theseguidelines, I’ve ended up placing the characters like this:

Eren(Slytherin): Let’s start this off by getting one thing straight: being aSlytherin and being driven by a personal goal, does not have to be a bad thing!By placing Eren in Slytherin, I am in no way saying he’s a bad guy or that Idon’t support him. No. Eren is here, because, after thinking about it, I can’tdeny that his drive, is an intense, active personal goal of making things rightin the world. Sure, his goal of making the world titan-free (and seeing thefree world later), has taken him down a dangerous path that requires him to bebrave – but he’s not driven by bravery as much as an idea that he just “has todo this, danger level being whatever it is”, for his goal to be reached. He’snot wrestling his fears as much as he is wrestling the danger of not winningwhat needs to be won to advance towards his goal. Lucky for us, his personalgoal, is to give all of us the justice and freedom that is our birthright. Eren’sstrength, is his relentless strength to pursue this freedom.Armin(Gryffindor): I’ve got two names for you to suck on: Hermione and Neville.These characters have taught us that there is no such thing as being “toointelligent” or “too scared” to have the brave heart of a lion. Armin is veryintelligent, and he’s also very human in the face of danger. He also has a dreamto explore (which could make you advocate for Ravenclaw), but more thananything, his dream remains a backseat driver to his rising to the occasionsthat occur; saving humanity before pursuing his own dream. He uses hisintelligence to very skullfully aid in the brave battles he end up in. His maindrive, is wrestling his personal demons, and rising to the occasions. He’sbrave – so incredibly brave – and he’s a Gryffindor.Mikasa(Hufflepuff): A friend of mine said “anywhere but Hufflepuff” when we talkedabout Mikasa. But I beg to differ. Mikasa is strong, and she’s proud. But she’sloyalty bound most of all. She has amazing skills that take her far in battles– but they are not the product of her facing her fears and being brave, butrather the product of her being willing to give it her all to defend what she’semotionally bound to. She’s peak Hufflepuff, because she’s got the skills toback up what she’s loyal to. Honestly, I’d say EMA are all the peaks of theirhouses. Jean(Gryffindor): I’d got Slytherin, had it not been for the fact that once hispersonal desires had to face off against the world’s need for him to rise to adifferent standard, he answered. Jean puts on a good “bad guy slytherin”persona, but his actions say something else. He’s very human, and he’s a slowgrower (as I’ve talked about before), but he DOES grow – and it’s in responseto the world’s need for him to, not for his own personal goals and gains. He’sa Gryffindor.Marco(Ravenclaw): To be honest, we just need someone in Ravenclaw at this point. Ibased this off of Isayama’s HS AU; Marco and Armin are both smart guys, butwhile Armin is shown to be a geek (more devoted to his interests outside ofschool; not being defined by his cleverness), Marco is a “nerd”; school smart –defined by his intellect. I’d say this is better shown in the AU than in canon,but then again, Marco didn’t have much time to blossom. That’s why I’ve chosento go with the context Isa has given us, and say he’s someone who strives toalways be better, learn more, gain knowledge – be it how to fight better, howto strategize more, or how to read situations.Sasha(Hufflepuff): Sasha very nearly ended up as a Gryffindor for me. I held backpartially because I love the idea of her and Connie being Huff-buds. And atfirst I felt like I was cheating; after all, the ways she saved that child andtook out a titan on foot, is still one of the most amazing moments of thisstory for me. Like if you cry every time… But I had to take a step back andremind myself that Hufflepuff is not BELOW Gryffindor. Hufflepuff is not alower tier than any of the other houses. It’s supposed to be your main note.And for Sasha, what we see her do most of, is being a very quirky, goofy, funnygirl who enjoys the simple things (good times with friends, food, etc.). To me,that’s a Hufflepuff. She’s sweet, and she’s fierce. Precisely like a Huff who’sthrown into a world where her loyalty is called upon a lot.Connie(Hufflepuff): He’s in the same boat as Sasha; he’s brave in the face of danger,and he’s the Lion’s heart worthy, but more than that he’s a simple guy who’soften shown to fit snugly into the simpler times-life. Who said Hufflepuffscan’t also be brave when they’re called upon by something or someone they careabout?Reiner(Gryffindor): To be honest, I’m the least sure about the BRA trio. Partiallyfor the sake of mirroring the EMA trio, I decided to put them all in differenthouses. But also, I partially wanted to emphasis that they all have differentpersonalities. Lumping them all into Slytherin and calling it a day, woulddoing them and their individual causes a big disservice. And at the end of theday, while Reiner was the left-over after I placed Annie and Bert, I do thinkReiner’s struggles warrant recognition in the Gryffindor way. After all, nobodyworked harder to get a spot amongst the shifters than him, he took on the roleas Marcel 2.0 after BRA were thoroughly lost, he kept going even after theintense mental struggles he suffered from that point onward, he genuinely triedto be just be best tm - even though he’sstruggled to find out what IS the best. I’d say he’s got a drive to mimic aSlytherin, but on the other hand, he became very passive inside the walls, oncehe found a comfortable place to play pretend, so I’d say he’s more a re-actor.Annie(Slytherin): Since the beginning, we’ve seen that Annie does not put much stockin loyalty for the sake of loyalty. Sure, she can stick to a side/idea once shedecides on it, but how she decides on it, is driven by her own interest. Shejust wants to be ok, and to have a better life for herself. She’s not exactlyshooting for the stars with this goal, but it’s her final compass none theless. Again, she’s not bad; wanting to wathc out for yourself is not inherentlyevil – it just is what it is.Bertolt (Hufflepuff): Bertolt is loyal to the side he’s picked, preciselybecause it’s what he’s decided to stick with. Loyalty for the sake of loyalty.He says he’s not sure what’s the right thing anymore, but he sticks with Marleybecause that was his entry point. He’s also – while powerful – more of areactor; doing the work he knows he has to do, once it’s possible or asked ofhim. He’s a Hufflepuff to me.Ymir(Slytherin): Ymir’s selfishness is a front she puts on. It’s aself-preservation mechanism that kicks in, understandably, after everythingthat’s happened to her. She’s not a Slytherin because of this. She’s aSlytherin, because at the end of the day, she’s made the choice to follow thatfront’s example, and put herself first for once. Perhaps she’s a convertedGryffindor. All I know is, she’s chosen to put herself and her interest(s)first, and she’s actively sought out these benefits – Slytherin by fomula – butthe more I think about it, the more I want to replace her in Gryffindor.Historia(Slytherin): Historia may appear to be a selfless, brave Gryffindor, and sure,she’s in dangerous situations, like everyone else in 104 – but she’s therebecause that’s her goal. Her personal goal is to appear selfless. To me, herentire arc was about accepting and beginning to love and blossom as herSlytherin self. A Gryffindor wouldn’t say they didn’t care if someone was indanger in their stead (Armin standing in for her), nor would a Gryffindor telltitan Ymir to tear down the tower to save herself, dooming three other people (Connie,Bertolt, Reiner) to death in the process. Historia is not a selfless personfirst and foremost – and while I personally don’t appreciate her, I’m not goingto say she’s in Slytherin for being selfish. No; she’s there because her drivehas been facing inwards, and that’s ok. She’s had little choice but TO have herown back. And she was a child, and can thus not really be blamed for ending uptrying to tend to herself in a harmful way (attempting to die in a heroic wayfor how that will appear outward). But she is, in the end, a character drivenby self-preservation and (the search for) self-acceptance. And that puts her inSlytherin for me.

… And that’sit, anon. I hope you found this interesting and/or entertaining. I put quite abit of effort into this, and I hope something positive will come from it ^^

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