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[nny]

'cos bravecows did it, and it looked fun.

Ask me a question about anything--fandom, real life, music, vegetables, etc--and I will answer you and then ask YOU a question. The whole process could be repeated if anyone wants to keep it up. If this works, by the end we could know each other so well we're sick of each other and have to quit one another for a while.


In other news, have CV, have printed CV, am buggering off to town this afternoon to attack various and sundry with the awesomeness that is myself. Wish me luck!

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[apiphile.livejournal.com]

! I SAW KILLER NET! I forget why or where or what the point was, but I saw it! There was this whole thing about tracking down the actors involved in the making of the computer game and ... you're right, it was dreadful. I too adore his Chaucer, and kick myself that I didn't listen when my youthful friend Jade was raving about the film.

*glee* A man of taste!

Those particular moustaches, no, but I do recall having the most marvellous conversation yesterday about the potential aesthetic appeal of Victorian tashes, and have previously stated my desire to grow a full on Dali.

What would happen were Aziraphale and Bernard Black ever to meet?

[villainny.livejournal.com]

This (http://villainny.livejournal.com/314938.html).

*grins*

No... I think Aziraphale would secretly approve of Bernard's attitude towards customers, although he would berate him for his language. Bernard (upon finding out Aziraphael was an angel) would shriek, attempt to ward him off with the sign of the cross, fall backwards over his desk and then attempt to feed Aziraphale to the sofa.

What's your ideal crossover? Pairing optional.

[apiphile.livejournal.com]

*SQUEAL* Ohmygoodhairydrunkenpagangod. *further undignified girly squealing*

*g* That sounds apt. At what point in proceedings do you reckon they'd get around to the point of discussing Manny? For some reason my brain has cast him as the Nobby Nobbs of this situation.

Oh heavens. Six months ago it was Dr Who/Sin City and there was some truly cracktastic exchange between Marv and Captain Jack taking place. Then I laid off the vast quantities of sugar and stopped standing in direct sunlight so much and the crazy went away. Currently it's probably Lawrence of Arabia and Rome, and my brain has just thrown up a theoretically plausible House/Rome fic and DAMN YOU STOP IT THE PLOTBUNNIES ARE BREEDING. I may have to get back to you on this once I've had a lie down and a cup of tea.

What overriding theme would you say unifies your favourite stories, if any?

[villainny.livejournal.com]

Mmmmm, Rome.

Mmmmmmm, James Purefoy.

(Mmm Black Prince/Chaucer, but that's another story)

My favourite stories tend to be excellently characterised, be canon-universe based, and feature long long long build-ups and lots of UST.

And I totally assumed you were talking fanfic. Were you?

Which fandoms do you identify yourself with, if any?

[apiphile.livejournal.com]

Mmmm, Puresex. And that story had better be online somewhere now that you've taunted me with it.

Hahah, no, I wasn't. I was being a wanktacular English Lit student and burblign incoherently about themes like "forbidden love", "death or glory", "final decay", that sort of thing. Forbidden love is one of my biggies, because I am a disgusting deviant obsessed with incest a sap, but v'rious others seem to be keen on the whole Death-or-Glory theme (witness my best friend blubbing uncontrollably if you shout "THERMOPYLAE" in her direction). But themes in fanfic also good.

*snort* I don't think I identify myself with in the sense of "I am a Good Omens fan" - almost invariably the stuff that I like has a) no fandom or b) fandoms populated by people who make me want to throw my computer out of the window. I tend to avoid Fandom with a capital F and as a consequence no one comments on my fic *WAIL* I have no idea who any of the authors are and look a right pleb when the wars make it into relative LJ public. I also can't find good fic. Woe.

If you were to spend the rest of your life trapped in a house with only Paul Bettany and one very good book, which would you seize upon first?

[villainny.livejournal.com]

The story certainly doesn't exist from my pen, although I have bought a book on the black prince solely so I can research it. And then I put it on a shelf and haven't touched it since, but that's just a failing of mine. It's definitely something I want to do some time, and that's purely because I don't think the Black Prince would let Just Anyone stand on the arm of his chair without Serious Repercussions.

Also, sadly I've never done any English Lit past GCSE, so my knowledge of themes is quite pathetic. I am entirely uneducated and forge my way blindly through life. Huzzah! (I don't consider an english language degree to count).

No fandom is good in a way, if the right people eventually find it, because then you have your niche. And people go OOH NICHE OMG SOMEONE WROTE IT and get all excited. I used to try to find niches, which engendered the squick fest. XD

It... depends on the book.

I'm not a very sexual person, IRL. I'd probably go for Paul first, but not in a pouncing way. More in a 'let me make you tea and then we can talk geekily about Many Things including Eddie Izzard' kind of way.

How long would it take you to exhaust Jake, you reckon?

[apiphile.livejournal.com]

I agree. There has to be some kind of force of buttsex at work to allow such disrespect to take place. But I *am* going to whine piteously about that fic now until it happens, because I'm that kind of rude bastard. Rude, but easily distracted.

(English Language is MUCH more of a degree than mine, trust me) Eh, I only got the equivalent of the Usborne Big Book of Literary Themes as part of my degree, and it was certainly not a great loss not knowing all that. Although sometimes it helps you work out what it is you've just written about, as opposed to what the story you're telling is.

Perhaps, but it does mean that I am forever stuck having to write fics instead of being able to read them, and I'm a lousy writer, so they never turn out as well as they would if there was anyone else in the world actually writing Three Investigators slash, or if Regeneration fic came up anywhere other than in Yuletide challenges.

In what sense?

Oh, aye, that was implicit in the question, I suppose. But people > books? Get out! You can't be in the nerd club anymore! (except, you know, I'd probably do the same thing and keep the book in my pocket for later)

Oh, weeks, possibly. I think I'd wear myself out frequently and have to stop for breaks, but I'd break him eventually, and then he would do a monkey dance for my amusement! Huzzah!

Which strikes you as being the "better" course of fiction - exploring an idea and using the characters as a means to this, or exploring a character through a series of hazy situations?

And, er, which character of yours/which you have borrowed would you most like to meet?

[villainny.livejournal.com]

In what sense what now? I'm a little lost.

I don't... any conceit which is visible makes me feel that the writer is missing the point. So any book about which I can answer which is the 'better' course of fiction, as you put it, has failed as a story. I read to get lost in it. It is the ultimate in escapism. If I can hear the author's voice it jolts me out of that; I'll never be a one for postmodernism, I suspect. That said, probably much of my resentment hinges on my lack of education in it. I do resent things that I don't understand, and that's very small of me and therefore I don't particularly want to admit it. But there ya go. Another reason why I'd like to do at least an A-level in English Literature.

The character I'd most like to speak to is Aziraphael. That's because he's far more intelligent than me, and has a far greater breadth of intelligence, but he wouldn't make me feel stupid. I suspect he'd get enthusiastic and pull out books for me to read, but in return he would ask that I be involved and actually put effort into the conversation. He wouldn't be talking merely to hear himself talk, because the Aziraphael I play is genuinely interested in these strange mortal types.

I love intelligent discussion, but I frequently allow myself to be completely sidelined. I will watch but not participate for fear of looking stupid. As a result, I don't end up expanding on my ideas or bouncing them off other people, which means I'm far less well-rounded than I'd like to be.

*sighs*

What's your most long-held ambition?

[apiphile.livejournal.com]

It... depends on the book. <-- In what sense does it depend on the book what themes you enjoy? (that took some internet archeology, damnit)

I think it's ... fairly normal to resent things one doesn't understand, actually. I spent a good hour over Christmas sitting under a brazier trying to demonstrate with dialogues what falls under the incredibly broad umbrella of postmodernism to a friend, and all we really got out of it was an amusing battlecry for drinking binges ("Ought we clash register every night, do you think?" / "I think we should be postmodern every night."). Er, meaning that I don't think I have an entirely solid grasp on it either, but I've discovered a liking for texts that come under that heading, d'you see? Blarg. Rambling, sorry.

That sounds like the Aziraphael in my head. Or rather, like my mental image of angels in general. A really good teacher, then?

I love discussing ideas. My main frustration is that I know I am an appalling communicator, which makes actually getting the ideas across difficult. (Oh, in this vein - have added you to my messanger lists - I hope you don't mind?)

Either Being God or Being a Boy, I think, since in my wisdom I've not yet totally given up on either. They may not be entirely practical ambitions, but they are certainly lifelong ones. ;)

Where would you most like to live, given certainty of income and an assumed social circle would be available wherever you went?