Q&A

Thank you to everyone for sending in questions! This post has been really fun to work on and all your guys' questions were great! So without further ado, let's get into it.

 McKayla's questions

What's your third favorite color?

That question entirely depends on my mood, the season, the weather, everything really.

I've always liked green, purple, teal...the contrast of black and pink has been a fun one for me lately.

If you're looking for really specific ones, there's the colour of these leaves.

Favorite type of flower?

Sunflowers are probably my favourite, but there's so many good ones.

One I remember being obsessed with when I was younger was the Sagebrush Mariposa Tulip

Not my photo and I'm not entirely sure who it belongs to.
Found it off Google images.

I remember stumbling across this flower once when I was really little and I thought it was the prettiest thing I'd ever seen. I had no idea what it was so I drew it obsessively trying to see if anyone else knew. Clearly I found out eventually. I found these flowers so rarely that on the odd occasion that I did find one, it felt like a sacred moment. I took things like this very seriously as a kid, and it's almost reassuring to know that I've always been this dramatic. The knowledge of this flower's existence is deeply imbedded into my memory.

Favorite animal?

There's a lot...foxes, raccoons (although I've run away from raccoons a surprising amount of times considering this answer), white deer, crows/ravens make me happy when I see them. Apparently any animal that makes me sound like a witch are my favourites. I named a rather insane looking crow Jonathan Strange, and a perfectly normal looking crow Simon. I'm an INFP, naming random things has always been deeply encoded into my DNA. And when I say this crow seemed a little insane I mean it. Despite that, I kept feeding it fries sitting in a van while aggressively using the window button just in case he decided to fly up into the van. 

Jonathan Strange was named after a character that made himself go temporarily mad and Simon was named after a character played by Robert Sheehan in The City of Bones movie with Lilly Collins.

Jonathan Strange (Left)

Simon. Robert Sheehan is so underrated in this movie.

Who are some fictional characters that you think you're like?

There's a lot. 

I'm just going to give three names of characters I think I possibly have some similarities to.

Lane (Gilmore Girls) 

Jaskier (The Witcher)

Either Mulder or Scully depending on the day

I am both of them

Favorite Buffy the Vampire Slayer character (from what you've seen so far)?

Aside from Buffy herself, maybe Spike and Oz.

Giles and Willow are great too though. Drucilla is kind of insane, love her too. 

Angel is so clearly uncomfortable all the time it's kind of hilarious.

What's your favorite musical?

Not counting movie musicals...

Hadestown (my current favourite)

                                         Phantom of the Opera (2011 Royal Albert Hall)                                            (the one that started it all, and will forever be a top favourite)

Dear Evan Hansen

Newsies

Hamilton

Do you like coffee?

I love coffee! It's the best and there's so many ways to have it. Although lately I've been drinking it black. 

What is your OTP (you can do more than one if you want to)?

Kit and Count Olaf (Series of Unfortunate Events)

Kevin and Casey (Split/Glass)

Damon and Bonnie (Vampire Diaries)

I have more OTP's than this but there's 3 that I maybe don't mention as often even though they're amazing.

What is/was your favorite subject in school?

I finished an English Lit course last fall. Having someone grade your work is stressful but I actually had fun with the course itself.

What's your favorite character trope?

Final girl, monster boi, accidently adopting a kid/ the dad trope (especially with murder dads, but really I'm a sucker for it regardless), fake dating, when a character puts all their excessive amounts of weapons down...there's quite a few.

I'd forgotten before rewatching Spirited Away recently that
it had a monster boi.

Keep in mind, the guy on the right is also the dragon. I love the contrast.
And they're whole dynamic was so cute.

Favorite dessert?

Cheesecake maybe?

Skye's questions

Favourite character of the moment?

I have so many...some of the most recent ones include

Alfie Solomon and Thomas Shelby (Peaky Blinders)

The 'Floof' intern, and pretty much everyone in Vincenzo so far (Vincenzo)

Emily, Miranda, Andrea, Nigel (Devil Wears Prada)

Tonya (I, Tonya)

Can we talk about I, Tonya? Because I didn't expect to love this movie as much as I did.

Same with Devil Wears Prada but for different reasons.

What’s a question you wish you were asked?

This question makes me both forget every question I've ever wanted to be asked and a fear of wasting this opportunity.

What's something I'm always on the lookout for?

The alternate uncut version of Penelope (with James McAvoy and Christina Ricci). I know it exists. The version of it that you can usually find is the cut version. I would pay money to get the version where James McAvoy and Christina Ricci swear. There's two specific sentences that I know happen but they're cut in the copy I own. Is that a weird thing to want? I don't care, if anyone knows where I can find a reasonably priced copy for the alternate version. I would be eternally grateful. Although Penelope, regardless of the version, is just amazing.

Something you’d recommend to anyone?

Mitchell's vs. The Machines (2021)

A Map of Tiny Perfect Things (2021)

Spirited Away (2001) 

(The pure happiness that this movie gives me is incredible)

Pacific Rim (2013)

These have pretty wide-spread appeal I think.

Really just go to Skye's 'I wish I was Persephone' post. 

It's great, and I'm shamelessly stealing from it.

Favourite type of music?

I'm terrible at knowing the genre of different songs. If I like a song, I like it. I think I like songs from a variety of genres, but grain of salt. Indie/Alternative and Poprock according to the radio are a couple favourites.

What’s something or someone you like that’s problematic?

I sort of know a spoiler for a Vincenzo character that I know is going to be problematic, so here's to loving a currently unproblematic character knowing full well what I'm getting into and being kind of excited to see how it goes.

Violette's Questions

Most disappointing book you've ever read?

I can't remember what my most disappointing book is, but the most recent one was I'd started reading the book The Queen's Gambit. I was doing completely fine until a character I wasn't expecting to did something that made me hesitant to continue. I'd been really excited to read it too. I adore the show, but I've decided to leave the book alone for now.

Are you on Spotify?

I'm not, no.

What is your favorite holiday?

As far as the big ones go, possibly Halloween and Christmas. Although Christmas can be really stressful so that definitely puts a damper on it, but when it isn't stressful it's fantastic. Thanksgiving (my slapdash version in particular) is a recent favourite.

This one isn't an actual holiday but I have a weird obsession with the Ides of March. For some reason it's important to me that I know when it's happening and that I tell someone else that it's happening.

 Anyone else of a weird obsession with the Ides of March? I can't be the only one.

Favorite flavor of ice cream?

Haggan Daas Strawberry Ice cream. With their Coffee flavour being my close runner-up second.

It's genuinely changed my life. 

What is your first ever fandom? (that you can remember)

Sherlock Holmes in general is one that I don't remember when I first saw it, I just always remember being obsessed with it. Some of my other earliest ones are Edward Scissorhands, Lilo and Stitch (or Disney in general particularly the Renaissance era), The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Spirit-Stallion of the Cimarron, Sinbad- Legend of the Sevens Seas, All Dogs Go To Heaven, The Land Before Time (the first one)...the list goes on

MovieCritic's Questions

What is something that everyone should know about you?

The most important thing you should know about me is that if I ever got into an even slightly torturous situation, I would spill everything. I would be that one kid from the Goonies who confesses to every little thing that he's ever done wrong.

I also have a terrible memory so the combination is rather ironic.

I have a habit of changing my mind on something or change what I'm doing as soon as I say it. It's not intentional it just sort of happens and I'll suddenly catch myself doing it. Especially for dumb little things. I would say it's coincidence, but it's happened too many times for it to be that. Take from that what you will.

If you were to go on a quest with fictional characters, who would you choose (you can pick up to 8)?

So I don't think this was the intention of this question but the quest that I'm choosing is putting everyone into a large van and going on a short roadtrip/getting slushies quest while blasting the radio.

I propose that the following 8 characters come with on a slushie run: 

(keep in mind, this probably is not a group that would mesh together very easily. There's so many characters that I want to bring. One grouping I was considering was pretty much the whole cast of Vincenzo going on a road-tripish slushie run, but I wanted to spread it out more.)

Jaskier, Geralt, and Ciri (The Witcher)

Geralt (left) Ciri (right) she's practically his adopted kid and 
it's so cute from the little we see. I can't wait for season 2.

Geralt (left) Jaskier (right) I desperately need Geralt to apologize to 
Jaskier so I can enjoy the whole family dynamic. 

Frank and Amy (Punisher) 

Joel and Minnow (Love and Monsters)

Klaus Hargreeves (Umbrella Academy)

Can we just take a moment to appreciate his jacket here? I love it. 

What is your favorite adaptation of your favorite book/story?

Possibly the BBC adaptation of Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell and the movie for 'We Have Always Lived In The Castle'

The We Have Always Lived In The Castle movie has a more dramatic darker edge to it (in some respects), but I thought the addition/changes suited the movie. To be fair I did watch the movie before I read the book so I might be biased. It feels very real.

Oh! and Coraline is really good. It is a bit different from the book but they are still pretty similar. Neil Gaiman actually requested that Henry Selick (who had fully intended on making it as exact as he could) have fun with interpreting it and not worry too much about making everything exactly the same. So if and author gives you his blessing, you go with it.

Are you watching any TV shows right now? What are they?

Some shows I've recently finished are, Punisher. Community, and The Witcher (season 1 at least. Not sure when season 2 is dropping exactly)

Daredevil

New Girl

Vincenzo

Peaky Blinders

Rewatching some Parks and Rec

What is a movie that you love regardless of flaws?

City of Bones (with Lilly Collins)

A Cinderella Story (with Hillary Duff) 

I think it is incredibly important that I also state that I think A Cinderella Story is genuinely one of the greatest movies of all time. And no, I don't take criticism on that.

Samantha's Questions

Do you know your Hogwarts house, and if so, what is it?

I'm a Ravenclaw!

What's your favorite biome?

Anything with moss in it, I'm happy.

What's your favorite kind of tea?

Peppermint and Red Rose (Orange Pekoe) are my go to teas.

Earl Grey Vanilla/London Fogs are amazing

Are you a mood reader or a planning reader, or somewhere in between?

I was going to say somewhere in between but I think I'm more of a mood reader. It's actually a bit frustrating at times because sometimes I'll be excited for a book and I just can't get into it even if it's one that ends up becoming a favourite.

Not always, but it happens more frequently than I'd like.

Do you have any siblings? 

I'm the oldest of 9 actually

Livia's Questions

Most annoying tropes/lazy writing plots (like for me, one is unnecessary secret keeping that causes a big huge fight later)

That's definitely a frustrating one.

One less plot related one, but being constantly told how smart, strong, or whatever about a character is annoying. If you have to keep reminding me, you probably failed at what you were trying to go for. 

Do you like classics, if so what are your favorites?

I do like classics, I haven't read many of them considering how many classics are out there, but I have read quite a few. Some favourites are Something Wicked This Way Comes, We Have Always Lived In The Castle, The Blue Castle, I Capture the Castle, (if Howl's Moving Castle doesn't count, it should) The Secret Garden, Tuck Everlasting, Wuthering Heights (it's aesthetic and the characters are all terrible people but it's fun to see what everyone does next), The Great Gatsby, Pride and Prejudice, Emma, A Christmas Carol, Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, And Then There Were None, Frankenstein, the list goes on. 

Some books like Les Miserables, and Jules Verne in general from the few that I've read (despite some problematic elements) are just funny to me. It's been a long time since I've read either, but I remember thinking they were both very comedic once you get past some very long-winded sections. 

Favorite siblings, friends, ships (canon or non-canon) in books and movies. 

(Keep in mind, all of this is subject to rapid change)

For books: 

Siblings: Puck, Gabe, and Finn (The Scorpio Races)

Friends: The Raven Boys and Blue (The Raven Cycle)

Ships (canon): Howl and Sophie (Howl's Moving Castle) 

For Movies: 

Siblings: At this current moment in time Katie and her brother from The Mitchell's vs. The Machines

Friends: I've been rewatching Parks and Rec again lately so I'm going to choose the whole main cast of that.

Ships (non-canon): Jack Sparrow and Elizabeth Swann would have been a fun, possibly disastrous pairing, that I'm absolutely here for.

Are you a library user or more of a book buyer? Fast or slow reader

Both. Usually I order a book from the library, or borrow it from someone and then I'll buy it for myself if I like it. Although sometimes I'll just buy it.

I'm a fairly fast reader I think. Although compared to my sister I'm very slow.

What's something unique about yourself, family, or situation.

Not going to lie this question made me laugh. The answers I have for this...

There was a portion of time when I worked for my uncle as a nanny a couple years ago (is it already that long ago? sheesh) and I stayed with my grandma quite a bit on my days off. She's kind of crazy in the best way and I love her. I swear the time at her house works differently than most places. She also has a family of raccoons that we had to guard against and sometimes chase out of the house. I'm pretty sure my uncle (different uncle) is going to die getting rabies trying to pet raccoons. He's like a Disney princess when it comes to animals. I told him that and he fully accepts that title. He's still probably going to die though. 

My uncle being a Disney princess wasn't the answer I thought I was going to put for this question but here we are. Animals just seem to love him. Particularly cats. I've seen him make special stops to feed strays the extra cat food he keeps in his car. It's so pure.

Dream pet. Favorite book animal.

I really don't think this answer is going to surprise anyone but I would love to have a fox.

My favourite book animal might be the snake that Mary talks to in the 'Secret Garden'. I don't know why but it always stuck with me.

Dream house.

To be honest, I've never personally been a huge fan of the modern house look (not that it doesn't look nice, it's just always felt a little impersonal) so I'd prefer an older house, although it wouldn't need constant repairs. It would rain fairly frequently, and there would be moss and twisty trees. If it could look slightly haunted (but I felt safe) that would be even better. 

A castle could be fun. I'm not saying it would be practical, but if we're talking about dream houses, it's perfect.

The hat shop/flower shop/moving castle from Howl's Moving Castle.

Apparently I just want to live like Mabel in Gravity Falls

Dream travel location from a book.

There's so many places, but possibly Ingary from Howl's Moving Castle.

One real place I would love to go to is the Isle of Skye. Neil Gaiman wrote his introduction/forward for 'The Ocean At the End of the Lane' while he was at the Isle of Skye so I'm pretending that this counts as a valid answer.

Anyways, that's it! Hope you guys enjoyed it!