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1. Your favourite fandom sends you Cease and Desist letters, issued from lawyer's offices in the country you're living in. What do you do?
Oh, dear. Okay, I'd have to decide what exactly my favourite fandom is, I guess, but in general:
If it's an RPS fandom, I'd seek out any legal advise I could afford, and see if there's a chance of winning a lawsuit if it comes to that. If there is, I'd be prepared to take it to court if necessary, though I would have the lawyer write them a letter pointing out my reasons for doing so, to wit: it's not necessarily illegal, I'm not making any money off this, and I'm catering to a specific audience (read: do they really want to give this more publicity?). I'd probably have to set up a fund of some sort for donations to be able to afford a lawsuit or even just a lawyer, but I've always said I'd be prepared to become a test case for RPS if it came to it, and I'm true to my word on these things.
If it's an FPS fandom, the legal issues are a lot more blurry, and there's a good chance I'd obey. Unless they're specifically targeting slash (as opposed to all fanfic, or even just all explicit fanfic), in which case I'll probable take it to court anyway.
(I'm rather activistic about some things, yes. I realise there's better "causes" to devote time, money and energy to, but after years on the front line of the RPS war, I'm really stubborn about that at least.)
2. It's those fucking aliens again. You're off by yourself somewhere and get abducted. Being more friendly aliens (or maybe just wanting no more screaming women on board) they offer you a deal: you can be returned, with no memory of the event and no harm done to you; or you can be taken off-world to a major world, given a decent inter-galactic income, and left to explore the stars (but never return home, Earth is only accessible to legitimate scientific research teams), but before all of that they're going to run a load of tests on you, including impregnating you. You won't get to keep the baby (which may or may not be part alien), and will have to spend until its birth on the space ship. You have to decide what to do immediately. What would you do?
Thanks, but no thanks. I was wibbling until I came to the pregnancy part. No. Put me back where you found me, please.
3. Maybe someone pissed off some aliens, or maybe we're just unlucky, but a huge chunk of rock is hurtling toward the Earth, and there's nothing we can do to stop it. It's going to impact in three days, and then there'll be a global nuclear winter, and everyone is going to die. How do you spend the three days?
Oh, man, that's a tough one. I'd want to get to my family, although the pilots and train drivers probably feel the same way, so it'd be very difficult to actually get to them, but I'd probably hijack a car and drive there if I had to. Nobody's going to be checking for driving licenses in a situation like that, right?
So, find a way to get to my family, and spend the three days with them, and saying goodbye to people online.
And possibly find a way to get the fuck laid! (You knew that was coming.) (No pun intended.)
4. What fandoms would you eliminate from existence? What fans would you eliminate from existence? Would you give up your favourite fandom (ie, have it be eliminated from existence) to eliminate all the bad stories and drama whores from all other fandoms?
Hm. See, the thing is that as much as I hate the teenies and Mary Sues and whatnot, I can never forget that I used to be a teenie, and I've written a Mary Sue myself. So I'd let them live on the general principle that you should give people a chance to grow up and change, and anyway, what else are all us oldtimers going to sit around and bitch about if we elimitate the teenies? :D
The only fans I'd eliminate from existance would be the people who go and tell celebrities about RPS, be it out of pride ("Look what I wrote!") or pettiness ("Look what this utterly wrong and perverted person on the internet wrote!"). I don't want RPS or slash in general to stay underground, all hush-hush, but there's a line, and that line is when people start telling complete strangers in detail about the sexual fantasies they have about these strangers, because no.
There's not really a fandom I'd want to eliminate, though I can think of a couple of fandom discussions (arguments, really) I want to take out the back and shoot.
5. Would you give up your native language (ie, no longer be able to speak, write, or understand it) if it meant that no one would ever be able to speak or write bad English ever again?
No. If nothing else, my being bilingual is one of the biggest selling points on my CV, and also, I could not manage being unable to talk to my family and friends back home anymore. (They do speak English, but it's still different.)
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2. You get to go up to three people and punch them in the face without retribution. Who would you punch?
3. You can bring one person back from the grave. Doesn't matter how long they've been dead, and they'll be given post-revivication (or whatever) therapy to put them up to speed with modern society (technology, etc.) Who?
4. You die, right this moment. You get to the afterlife, and it turns out you can create your own afterlife, a sort of Pick Your Own Adventure Heaven, if you like. You can pick one memory from your brain and basically spend eternity there, unaware of the fact that you're just "dreaming" it, of course. Which memory do you pick? (And yes, I totally stole that premise from a movie.)
5. You're allowed to write one law into the books in the UK, no voting necessary. Or you can scrap an existing one. What do you do?
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1. Here, have a go on my spiffy time machine! Where and when do you want to go?
2. You get to go up to three people and punch them in the face without retribution. Who would you punch?
3. You can bring one person back from the grave. Doesn't matter how long they've been dead, and they'll be given post-revivication (or whatever) therapy to put them up to speed with modern society (technology, etc.) Who?
4. You die, right this moment. You get to the afterlife, and it turns out you can create your own afterlife, a sort of Pick Your Own Adventure Heaven, if you like. You can pick one memory from your brain and basically spend eternity there, unaware of the fact that you're just "dreaming" it, of course. Which memory do you pick? (And yes, I totally stole that premise from a movie.)
5. Speaking of dying, how about I let you pick how you die?
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1. Here, have a go on my spiffy time machine! Where and when do you want to go?
2. You get to go up to three people and punch them in the face without retribution. Who would you punch?
3. You can bring one person back from the grave. Doesn't matter how long they've been dead, and they'll be given post-revivication (or whatever) therapy to put them up to speed with modern society (technology, etc.) Who?
4. You die, right this moment. You get to the afterlife, and it turns out you can create your own afterlife, a sort of Pick Your Own Adventure Heaven, if you like. You can pick one memory from your brain and basically spend eternity there, unaware of the fact that you're just "dreaming" it, of course. Which memory do you pick? (And yes, I totally stole that premise from a movie.)
5. And to end on a totally shallow note: what's your ideal house/home?
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1. Here, have a go on my spiffy time machine! Where and when do you want to go?
2. You get to go up to three people and punch them in the face without retribution. Who would you punch?
3. Aliens! Ack! They've taken over the world, and enslaving humans all over. Do you cooperate and try to climb up the ladder by oppressing your fellow humans, do you join the underground resistence, or do you just try not to attract any attention?
4. Join NASA! See new worlds, meet aliens, but never return home! Yes or no?
5. Ah, Ye Olde Indecent Proposal Question. Would you sleep with a millionaire (your average, decent-looking twenty-something guy, no body odor or other problems) for 30 million dollar? Would you sleep with Richard Gere for that amount?
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1. Here, have a go on my spiffy time machine! Where and when do you want to go?
2. You get to go up to three people and punch them in the face without retribution. Who would you punch?
3. You can bring one person back from the grave. Doesn't matter how long they've been dead, and they'll be given post-revivication (or whatever) therapy to put them up to speed with modern society (technology, etc.) Who?
4. You die, right this moment. You get to the afterlife, and it turns out you can create your own afterlife, a sort of Pick Your Own Adventure Heaven, if you like. You can pick one memory from your brain and basically spend eternity there, unaware of the fact that you're just "dreaming" it, of course. Which memory do you pick? (And yes, I totally stole that premise from a movie.)
5. Speaking of dying, how about I let you pick how you die?
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1. Here, have a go on my spiffy time machine! Where and when do you want to go?
2. You get to go up to three people and punch them in the face without retribution. Who would you punch?
3. You can bring one person back from the grave. Doesn't matter how long they've been dead, and they'll be given post-revivication (or whatever) therapy to put them up to speed with modern society (technology, etc.) Who?
4. You die, right this moment. You get to the afterlife, and it turns out you can create your own afterlife, a sort of Pick Your Own Adventure Heaven, if you like. You can pick one memory from your brain and basically spend eternity there, unaware of the fact that you're just "dreaming" it, of course. Which memory do you pick? (And yes, I totally stole that premise from a movie.)
5. Speaking of dying, how about I let you pick how you die?
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2) One thing you would never tell your family?
3) Did you ever leave a fandom because the flame wars or fandom members annoyed you too much?
4) Do you still take part in RPF discussions or did you stop caring?
5) The worst thing someone could do in fandom is?
Oh, and I would love to be interviewed, I really like this meme.
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1. Here, have a go on my spiffy time machine! Where and when do you want to go?
2. You get to go up to three people and punch them in the face without retribution. Who would you punch?
3. Aliens! Ack! They've taken over the world, and enslaving humans all over. Do you cooperate and try to climb up the ladder by oppressing your fellow humans, do you join the underground resistence, or do you just try not to attract any attention?
4. Ah, Ye Olde Indecent Proposal Question. Would you sleep with a millionaire (your average, decent-looking twenty-something guy, no body odor or other problems) for 30 million dollar? Would you sleep with Richard Gere for that amount?
5. If you could erase one part of your past, what would it be?
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2. You get to go up to three people and punch them in the face without retribution. Who would you punch?
3. Aliens! Ack! They've taken over the world, and enslaving humans all over. Do you cooperate and try to climb up the ladder by oppressing your fellow humans, do you join the underground resistence, or do you just try not to attract any attention?
4. If you could erase one part of your past, what would it be?
5. Ah, Ye Olde Indecent Proposal Question. Would you sleep with a millionaire (your average, decent-looking twenty-something guy, no body odor or other problems) for 30 million dollar? Would you sleep with Richard Gere for that amount?
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Hmm. Ancient Rome, I think. Then again, I'd also like to have a look into the future (say, five hundred years from now?).
2. You get to go up to three people and punch them in the face without retribution. Who would you punch?
Let's start with the popular choice - George Bush. No need to elaborate, I think. Otherwise, there are a couple of guys from high school I want to punch very very badly for making my life living hell back then. Problem is - how can I limit that to only two...
3. Aliens! Ack! They've taken over the world, and enslaving humans all over. Do you cooperate and try to climb up the ladder by oppressing your fellow humans, do you join the underground resistence, or do you just try not to attract any attention?
Much as I hate to admit it - I'm a coward. Much as I like to write about resistance and fighting, I wouldn't want to engage in it personally. I'd probably go hide somewhere.
4. If you could erase one part of your past, what would it be?
My grandpa's death.
5. Ah, Ye Olde Indecent Proposal Question. Would you sleep with a millionaire (your average, decent-looking twenty-something guy, no body odor or other problems) for 30 million dollar? Would you sleep with Richard Gere for that amount?
For 30 million dollars? And I'd only have to shag that millionaire once? I mean, no long-time agreement or anything? Sure. I can't see a reason not to. As for Richard Gere - would I get money for that as well? Because otherwise, no. He just doesn't do anything for me, and sex without physical attraction is just not my thing.
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Oooh, me too! Road trip! :D
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