Wanna Get Ficced?

Courtesy of amazonqueenkate. If you want to do this one, leave "Analyze that" in the comments, and I'll dig up five questions for you.

So, these questions are from amazonqueenkate. Let's see what I've got to say.

1.) In ten years, The Husband comes to you and tells you, very seriously, that he's reconsidered and he thinks he wants to be a parent. It isn't just a passing fancy, but something he has seriously considered, weighed the options of, and has decided he wants, possibly more than anything else he's ever wanted before. Would you reconsider your childfree stance?

I would not. It's not just that I find most children unbearably obnoxious after a couple of hours (if they haven't been complete shits to begin with); it's that I have absolutely no interest in children until they're about seven or eight. Once the kid can fend for itself to a certain degree, I can usually be in the same room. But kids spend the first two years of their lives shitting, screaming, sleeping, and crying, and I'd rather take a sharp stick to the eye. But even when they're old enough to fend for themselves, I could not care less about anything about them. Kids bore the hell out of me. Stuff that most people find cute, I could sleep through. There are a couple of kids I like, but I like them because they leave me the hell alone.

The Husband and I have talked about this at length, actually. When I met him he was 'meh' on kids, and I didn't want there to be any confusion about my absolute refusal. If he suddenly gets the urge to have children, we will divorce, and he will get to keep his penis. The only other reason I would ever divorce him is if he cheated, and in that cast, his wang would be in a jar in my cupboard.

2.) You love comics. Why not look for a writing or editing job in the comic book field? Or is that your dream job and I am just an idiot?

You are not an idiot. I have no wish to work in the industry for a couple of reasons. Firstly, comic book writing is a very precise business if you want to be good at it. You have to know months ahead of time what you're writing, where it's going, and how to pace it so that it fits X-number of issues. I don't write like that. Attempts to write like that have all failed. Secondly, comic book writers and editors don't get paid for shit. There's doing what you love, and there's paying the bills. I don't want to have to scrape to make rent, so comic books are out. You know why so many writers write so many books at once? Paychecks, baby, paychecks.

Although, if something I write at some point gets the chance to be made into a comic, I am so there it hurts. That would be awesome.

3.) Someone you care about, and whose well-being you value as your own, is bed-ridden with a mysterious illness. It is not fatal, but his/her quality of life will be forever diminished; s/he'll never walk, talk, or function as a full human being again. There is a treatment for the disease, but it will essentially give another person the illness that has your loved one so sick. Would you make the trade?

There are a couple of scenarios here that I could play. Firstly, if my loved one could chime in with an opinion, then that opinion would be where I would go. If said loved one didn't want to do that to someone else, then fine, I'd live with it. If said loved one could not chime in with an opinion, I'd probably say go for it. If I don't know the person getting the illness, I say full speed ahead. I'm heartless in regards to the woes of strangers. You can tug my heartstrings pretty hard, but for the most part, I don't give a rat's ass what happens to you if I don't know you personally. And if it came down to a stranger versus a loved one? Loved one.

Now, if I knew the person getting the disease, that would be another kettle of very conflicted fish.

4.) Pick five movies you can't live without.

Ooh. Lemme think.

"Ghostbusters", definitely. Best comedy ever (I will fight you on this.).
"Up", because it's uplifting and beautiful and sad and wonderful all at the same time.
"The Station Agent" because it's such a wonderful film about friendship and connection.
"The Great Escape" because it's an epic story of intrigue and humanity winning out over terrible odds.
"Singing in the Rain", because I am a cliche, and it's just a damned fine movie.

Of course, ask me again in an hour, and I could give you a completely different list (minus "Ghostbusters").

5.) You've been offered the chance of a lifetime: you can join one superhero team/take the place of one superhero. Which team would you join, or who would you replace? And, of course, why that one?

Green Lanterns, baby! I'd say I'd replace no one, except that Earth currently has four active lanterns, so it'd really be overkill to add another. If I had to replace someone it'd be Kyle, so that he could maybe, finally, meet a woman who won't die horribly in front of his eyes because he'd be just another guy and not a superhero with a seriously bad losing streak.

Why the lanterns? It's a combination of things. First, the rings are powered by your willpower. To be a Lantern, you have to know who you are, what you want, and how to stick with it. Bullheaded does not begin to describe it, and that's me all over. But it's also the fact that you have to conquer fear. You've got to be able to look the worst of everything in the eyes and tell it to take a hike. You don't have to be balls-out fearless, but you do have to be able to acknowledge what scares you and move past it.

Hal really sums it up best:

Baddie: "Give up, damn you."
Hal: "I don't know how."

And, really, neither do I.



That's my answers. Who's up?

lasergirltagged me awhile back with one of the icon memes, and I nearly forgot about it until now. So, without further ado:



Working from left to right:

1. That's Mike Cutter from "Law & Order", played by the delicious Linus Roache. He came on as the ADA in the 18th season, and the also delicious Jack McCoy [see entry icon], was promoted up to District Attorney [finally!]. Mike Cutter is known for many things: brilliant lawyering, slightly iffy calls on search warrants, and his incredibly hot bod. The costuming department [which, I suspect, is made up of fangirls] decided the best way to make Mike Cutter look lawyerly and important was to put him in very nice suits and TIGHT WHITE SHIRTS. In fact, I am such a fan of the TWS!, that it has its own tag. You're welcome.

2. Back in 2005, NBC and CBS both had shows about alien invasions. I watched "Threshold", the CBS version, because while NBC had William Fitchner, Both Brent Spiner and Peter Dinklage were on "Threshold" [also, I liked the show]. I'd never had a crush on Data as a kid, but Spiner on "Threshold"? As a mouthy little shit? Oh, my, yes. And while he was not actually saying those words in that scene, I'm still fairly certain he was thinking them.

3. HAMSTER! I'm a devotee of "Top Gear", because I desperately want to be paid to drive like an asshole and make fun of cars. The show routinely does specials where they go to other countries, and this particular shot is Richard Hammond [wee little man] in Africa, getting his 1000 euro car to work after it had to go through a river. The especially important thing to know is that the Hamster named his car, which is a complete no-no on TG, and then loved his car so much, he had it shipped to Britain after filming. The car's name, by the by, is Oliver, and it's a 1964 Opal Cadet, and my iPod is named after it.

Also, I had no victory arms icon, and Hamster is adorable.

4. If you didn't ever see A&E's run of "Nero Wolfe" in 2002, you are sorely missing out. The sets are amazing, the costumes are drop-dead gorgeous, and the acting and writing were superb. Timothy Hutton played the long-suffering Archie Goodwin and one of Archie's standard responses to Wolfe being an idiot or anyone else being an idiot was to yell, "Nuts!". While I have a couple of icons that have swearing to explain my anger, there are times when all you want to do is yell, "Nuts!", and thus, Archie.

5. This is Peter Dinklage, on "Threshold", leaning against some boobs. Do I need to explain further?

6. I'm a comic book nerd. I love Iron Man and Captain America. I spend a lot of time grinding my teeth nowadays because Tony [Iron Man] is not actually at fault for the Superhero Civil War, Steve's death, or the Skrull Invasion. Lots of people like to blame him [Thanks, Mark Millar, for setting that up, and blow me, Slott, for encouraging it. Oh, and Bendis! For shame!], but I still love Tony, and I still love Steve [Captain America until his death], and I do ship them. I like this shot especially because it's early in the run of "New Avengers" and they're very happy. Also, the way they're standing, it looks like they're holding hands, and I always kinda hope they are. Because I am a sap.

So, a trip into my psyche. Fun?