#cdgum

You can do it!!! I have faith in you! <3

Excellent!  That is one of my fave fics, it just took me awhile to remember the name.  My brain gets scrambled sometimes.

I saw you mention this on thescienceofjohnlock's ask earlier today and was racking my brain.  Thank you for asking so I had to look.

Okay I need John Watson in a pair of these, stat.

omg YES

Rule 1: Always post the rules

Rule 2: Answer the questions of the person who tagged you and write 11 new ones

Rule 3: Tag 11 people and link them

Rule 4: Let them know you’ve tagged them

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Questions from cdgum:

1. What character from a tv show or movie do you most identify with? This is actually a really hard question. The Log Lady from Twin Peaks? No, I wish logs talked to me. I'd say I'm a weird mix between Harold from Harold and Maude and Luna Lovegood, with a little Garth Algar and Sherlock thrown in, but not the rude parts or the smart parts. So really only the socially awkward parts. Just my luck.

2. What character from a tv show or movie do you most wish was your friend? Oh, God, that list would go on forever. I first wanted Superman to be my best friend when I was about 6 and I never really grew out of that. Since then I've just added to the list, which includes Gene Wilder's Willy Wonka, Marius from the Vampire Chronicles, Sherlock, John Watson, The Doctor, Batman...really, I'll just shorten this by saying: every fictional character I've ever liked.

3. Do you consider yourself a romantic? I try to pretend I'm above all that, but my favorite book is Pride and Prejudice and I spend all my free time reading gay love stories about people on TV, so I'm not really sure how effective I am with that. I do tend to shy away from making it known IRL if I have any sort of romantic feelings. But that's... an entirely different discussion about asexuality and my own psychoanalysis of myself which I won't get into here.

4. Do you wish you could move? Where to? I wish I could move out of where I'm currently living, but that's not an option as I'm currently not making enough to do that and I'm needed as a caregiver. If I could live anywhere and have the option of having my family close by still, it would be Lake Tahoe. The place of trees and childhood magic.

5. What is your favorite thing to eat? Cheese, although I'm trying to cut back on that. Been reading too much vegan literature.

6. Night owl or early bird? I kind of like to sleep whenever I'm allowed to and my body gets tired whenever it senses sleep will be possible, and sometimes when it definitely isn't. So neither? But I definitely don't like getting up early, so maybe that means night owl.

7. What is your favorite opening line from a book? Would it be really predictable if I put the first line from Pride and Prejudice here? Just to be contrary, I'll put the first line of the first book I remember being obsessed with, from which my love of vampires was born: "Tony Noodleman was lying in the tub, reading In the House of Count Dracula, when the front doorbell rang." (from The Vampire Moves In, which I think has been in print as The Littlest Vampire for many years since.) 

8. What is your current favorite fan fiction? There are currently MANY, But I'll say Envy, Through a Microscope by destinationtoast because MICROLOCK, or Perdition's Flames by i-ship-an-armada. The glorious pain that Sherlock is in! And John! And Spaceships! And Spock! And I can't wait for more. Also, that one she wrote based on Pride and Prejudice. Because it's perfect.

9. What music do you put on when you’re cleaning? The last time I cleaned I listened to the Three Patch Podcast because it was hard enough to stop reading fanfiction long enough to do it. Boy, do I sound obsessive in this here thing.

10. If you had one superpower, what would you choose? The ability to write things which are pleasing to mine and other people's eyes and brains. Does that count? If not, I want the superpower which enables me to grant superpowers to others. (And maybe whenever I grant one, I gain that power myself. That's greedy, isn't it? Oops.)

11. Bonus question: Coffee or tea, and how do you take it? Neither, although I guess I do drink iced tea. I use to be a Coke fiend and would drink 3-4 a day but I gave it up. Maybe this is why I'm always tired... perhaps I should look into that.

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ShinySherlock’s questions:

1. Dream date? September 7th, because it's my birthday! Actually, probably a date closer to October because it'd be rainy and cold and cloudy but not TOO cold. (...what? I misunderstood the question?)

2. Fave album? Tea for the Tillerman by Cat Stevens, I think. Tough one, though.

 3. Fave childhood memory? Anything involving Lake Tahoe, or just sitting on the front driveway playing with Hot Wheels when it was cloudy and cold and the sidewalk was still slightly damp from rain. I loved the smell of wet dirt. Going to Great America and being able to ride rollercoasters a bunch of times in a row without puking.

4. Something you did once that you wish you could take back or do over? This list would be way too long. I wish I hadn't let my anxiety/depression issues take over in the middle of college so that I had finished on time instead of having to look into going back to finish now.

5. If someone were to plan a birthday party/trip/gathering for you, what would you want it to be like? I'm not really a party person. I like to sit at home in my room and stare at my computer screen. But if I had to choose: A bunch of people talking about stuff they love! And also some food. In an air conditioned place. With Season 3 of Sherlock projected onto a giant wall. In a treehouse.

6. What are you an expert in? (Yes, you can be an expert in Sherlock. Or goldfish care. Or pen twirling. Everyone’s an expert at something.) Um. Well, I used to be a platonic expert in John Travolta between the years of 1995 to the early 2000s, but most of that information has leaked out of my brain to make room for other things. I still have a creepy scrapbook hidden somewhere under my bed, though, and I've been unable to delete an entire scene of Broken Arrow from my head. Now, I'm probably an expert in...scooping the cat box? Reading Sherlock fanfiction? Being sneezed on by toddlers at work? 

7. What do you wish you were an expert at, or better at? (Can be realistic or completely fantastical). Drawing! Writing! Making decisions! Also, cooking and flying without the aid of man-made machines.

And now, assorted fandom questions. If you are not familiar with the fandom, just skip or create your own questions. I want to know whatever you want to tell me about. ♥

8.Sherlock and John—your thoughts? (Ship it like FedEx but wouldn’t want it to actually happen on the show? Epic bros? Actually quite codependent? etc. BUT shhhhhh no sp0ilers, k?) I ship it so much that when I was first introduced to Sherlock, I didn't sleep more than 2 hours a night for about 3 weeks because of watching all the episodes multiple times and overdosing on fanfiction. It really is a very codependent relationship but I tend to go for that in my fiction. In real life, it'd be all kinds of dysfunctional and dangerous, but I like the angst and the "I can't live without you" nature of their relationship, in theory. In the show I think they're just epic bros, which I also enjoy a lot. I don't think it'll happen in the show, but that doesn't mean I can't read into every. damn. scene. in a way that makes one or the other seem like they're pining. I'm reaaaally adept at that. Hey, that's what I'm an expert in. Reading subtext into things even when it isn't there. COUGHmicrolockCOUGH (Although I think in Sherlock, most of the time, it IS there.) I could say much more about this as I'm rather obsessed actually, but I'm tired and I need to go to bed.

I don't know if I'd even want it to be in the show unless it's in the very last episode, because I'm sure they'd do certain things with it that wouldn't be how we've all imagined it, and for me at least 2/3rds of the fun is the reading into things and enjoying the fanfiction and "what if?" possibilities.

9. What Hogwarts house would you sort yourself into? What would be your favorite subject? Would you be into quiddich? etc. I could listen to you talk HP all the livelong day. This is also something I could ramble about but I'm running out of steam. I would love to think I'm a Ravenclaw, but I might be more of a Hufflepuff. Definitely not Gryffindor, unless stoicism counts as bravery. Does it? I'm also not Slytherin but have not much against them as a people. (Fun fact, my grandma, who I currently live with, reminds me of Umbridge. The walls in her room are even covered in tiny pictures of cats. I'll take a picture sometime.) I would be into watching quidditch and I think I'd quite like to fly, but my depth perception is severely lacking so I doubt I'd be any good at it. Favorite subject, hmmm. Arithmancy? Alchemy? I'd take them all. Can I please take them all?

10. Which Star Wars character are you most like and why? C3P0. I feel anxious and anal retentive like he is most of the time. He is my inner monologue.

11. What is your name? What is your quest? What is your favorite color? I've never been good at coming up with online aliases. The longest one I've had is Puff, but I can't just say that and not explain, because people tend to think I'm either a pot smoker, a Puff daddy fan, or a fan of some Pokemon with Puff in the name. (Jiggly Puff?) It's just in reference to cheese. As in cheese Puff. Because my actual name is a type of cheese. My quest is intellectual fulfillment and having financial security so that I can overdose on fanfiction without there being any aspect of drowning financial worries in escapism. Also, realizing that my issues regarding myself and my self image because of childhood surgeries are ill-founded and should not define me as a person. Also, to live in a treehouse. And my favorite color is cerulean blue or British racing green.

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Now, here are your 11 questions, should you choose to accept them:

1. What is your biggest fear that isn't actually based in reality? (Not something sane like public speaking or clowns or reflections in mirrors doing things they're not supposed to do, but something nonsensical, like cotton swabs.)

2. What is your favorite dinosaur?

3. If you could create your own profession like Sherlock did, what would your job be?

4. If you controlled the people who make movies out of books, which book would you demand be made into a movie asap? And who would play the leads?

5. If your life were an A-Ha video, which fictional character would you want to come to life out of your drawings to sweep you off your feet?

6. If you could only smell one thing for the rest of your life, what smell would you choose?

7. What's your headcanon about why Sally hates Sherlock so much? (if you're in the fandom. if not, tell me a random headcanon about anything else.)

8. Is there any fanfiction you've read that you'd like made into a movie? If so, which?

9. In fact, can you just rec me your favorite fanfiction. I need more. Also, to make this an actual question: If you were to wake up tomorrow and be a character in a book or movie or fanfiction, which character/world would you want to wake up into?

10. Have you ever had a reoccuring nightmare or dream? If so, describe it in terrifying/beautiful detail.

11. What do you wish grew on trees that doesn't?

1. Always post the rules.

2. Answer the questions of the person who tagged you and write 10 new ones.

3. Tag 10 new people and link them to the post.

4. Let them know you’ve tagged them.

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****~~~~~~MY QUESTIONS~~~~~~*****

1. What character from a tv show or movie do you most identify with? Oh this is a tough one.   I seem to identify with characters who are sad and flawed but who genuinely want to help people and  often fail to meet their own high standards in this respect.    characters who are their own harshest critics.  Maybe this is why I have always loved the Doctor.  (Though he is way cooler than me. :)

  2. What character from a tv show or movie do you most wish was your friend?      O H  The Doctor Hands down!   Though it would be a friendship filled with heart ache.

3. Do you consider yourself a romantic?

  Oh Hell  yes!  I am a complete hopeless romantic.  No hope for me at all.  Though I do keep alive a bone of healthy cynicism, it is the romantic idealist that conquers most of the time.  I even ship inanimate objects!

4. Do you wish you could move? Where to?   Yes we actually are getting ready to move next month!   Unfortunately not to New Zealand.  What a beautiful place that is!   Gorgeous!  Though we will move out of the immediate Boston area for more country and quiet space. So not bad.

5. What is your favorite thing to eat? Everything that is bad for me, in short.  I have a monstrous sweet tooth!   Breakfast  love breakfast, and I have never met a cake that  I disapproved of. Unless I had to bake it.  Lot of work.

6. Night owl or early bird?     Night owl, always.  I am usually still up near 4am.   Morning people are a mystery to me.

7. What is your favorite opening line from a book?  

  My first favorite book was the Hobbit and I can recite the first paragraph by heart:  In a hole in the ground there lived a Hobbit.........

  8. What is your current favorite 

fan fiction?     HA that is a really difficult question!  I read a truly shocking amount of Johnlock fanfiction!   I have several WIP I follow  and am always adding to my rec lists.  Might be easier to name a few favorite authors in no order and just go find them on Ao3:  Aggresivewhenstartled, Mojoflower, eventhorizon, beautifulfiction,shmiezi, beautifullyheeled,  TheWordDoc, I can literally go on!  There are so many brilliant writers! I love them so!

9. What music do you put on when you’re cleaning?     Clean? What is this cleaning you speak of?  Ha,   No if I am in the mood to tear through the house it has to be peppy  and very familiar, could be the Sex Pistols or Pink Floyd The Wall or the soundtrack to Hedwig and the Angry Inch.

10. If you had one superpower, what would you choose?   My husband and I have delved into this question deeply!  We both decided that the best super power would be to be able to give people epiphanies and empathy in regards to how they treat others.  Make people understand how their actions impact others.  World would be a better place.

11. Bonus question: Coffee or tea, and how do you take it?

Tea first  in summer iced with lemon, in winter hot with milk.  coffee with breakfast, hot with milk and 3 splenda,

1. What character from a tv show or movie do you most identify with?

This is an easy one, because the answer is the reason I am on Tumblr to begin with. Maura Isles from Rizzoli and Isles. I was immediately drawn to her character, because I saw so much of myself in her. The way she seeks to understand the world through theory rather than praxis, perhaps as a way to protect herself from intimacy, which she fears above all else; the way she keeps it together for everyone else at the expense of her own well-being, only allowing her vulnerability to surface in private or in the presence of the person who knows her better than anyone else; the way she comes undone when circumstances defy her understanding of reality...  I could go on, but I'm afraid this would turn into an entire essay.

  2. What character from a tv show or movie do you most wish was your friend?

This is going to sound weird, but I would pick Megan from Bridesmaids (played by Melissa McCarthy). She's such an authentic person; she never tries to filter herself to appease other people, but she is a truly compassionate and empathetic person who would do anything for the people she loves. She's fun, spontaneous, open-minded, and intelligent. I could use someone like her in my life to loosen me up while still offering affection and emotional support.

  3. Do you consider yourself a romantic?

My initial reaction is a staunch NO, but to be perfectly honest, I'm not sure I'm able to authentically answer this question, because I've never given myself a chance to figure it out. My love life has been complicated at best, and I've never been in a relationship with someone who I truly had feelings for. Romance has always made me uncomfortable because it is something I have never experienced for myself, and I am afraid to admit that I want it in my life. I'd like to believe that one day I will meet someone who will bring out the romantic in me, but until then, I can't say that it's part of my nature.

  4. Do you wish you could move? Where to?

  Some days, yes, but most days, no. Part of me would love to get a fresh start somewhere new, but being someone who thrives on consistency, I can't see myself ever leaving Arizona. This is my home, and although it might not always be ideal, I do love it here.

  5. What is your favorite thing to eat?

  A Double-Double from In-N-Out.

  6. Night owl or early bird?

  Night owl, but I wish I was an early bird. I love being awake in the early morning, but it is so rare that I am able to do so while still getting enough sleep. I have terrible insomnia, and most nights, I'm still wide awake at 2 and 3 in the morning.

  7. What is your favorite opening line from a book?

  "It took me a long time and most of the world to learn what I know about love and fate and the choices we make, but the heart of it came to me in an instant, while I was chained to a wall and being tortured." -- Gregory David Roberts, Shantaram

  8. What is your current favorite fan fiction?

  I haven't really gotten into fan fiction yet. For some reason it gives me intense anxiety--I don't like other people writing about the characters that are so personal and meaningful to me. I'm neurotic, I know.

  9. What music do you put on when you’re cleaning?.

None. I clean in silence or talk to myself while I do it. It's very meditative for me. I give myself these "snap the fuck out of it" pep talks when I clean, and I always feel like something within me shifts as a result. It always gets me out of a rut.

  10. If you had one superpower, what would you choose?

  The ability to freeze time. Sometimes it feels like the world is moving so fast that I can barely process what is happening. I get overwhelmed by all that is going on around me and wish everything would just stop and go silent, even for just a few moments.

  11. Bonus question: Coffee or tea, and how do you take it?

  Coffee with milk and two Splendas. I am not a big tea drinker, but if I have it, it's usually peppermint or chamomile.

HERE ARE YOUR NEW QUESTIONS!

  1. What fictional character do you absolutely despise and why?

2. What is your favorite part of your body?

3. What do you do to escape things in your life that you don't want to deal with?

4. What is your biggest fear (something deeper than just spiders, heights, or the other typical responses)?

5. If you could go back and re-do one day of your life, would you choose to do so? If so, what day would you re-do and why? If not, why not?

6. Do you believe that people are innately good?

7. If you could only eat at one restaurant for the rest of your life, which one would you choose and why?

8. What is your favorite childhood memory?

9. What do you think the ingredients are in a true friendship?

10. What fictional character do you most identify with and why?