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I forget to do these things constantly but @zeldabard​ tagged me so here we go

(I’m sorry if you tagged me in something ages ago and I forgot)

1. What is the strangest movie you have ever watched?

Rare Exports. Thanks, @arrispect

2. What can always comfort you when it’s been a bad day?

Friends and cookies, not necessarily in that order; the friends portion is generally more crucial but the cookies help

3. Current favourite album or song?

 The Fiddler on the Roof movie soundtrack, oddly enough, is my current obsession. As far as Regular People Music, probably Green Day’s “Still Breathing” is my favorite song right now. (My all time favorite is Jess Chalker’s “Said the Raindrop to the Seed”)

4. Least favourite trope/cliche found within stories?

Women being killed to further mens’ character arcs

5. A crossover between books/shows/games/movies/etc. that you would like to see happen?

Overwatch Mean Girls. (I just spend the better part of my morning discussing this with my friend. It’s beautiful. Ask me about it.)

6. Hot tub or swimming pool?

Swimming pool! As long as the water’s not too cold. Which it is usually not in NC.

7. What types of games do you tend to play most?

Lately, Overwatch, but generally, I prefer RPGs. JRPG or western are both good. I like a game with a solid story that I can really get lost in.

8. If you had an unlimited budget, what would your dream vacation look like?

A week in Tokyo, a week in Kyoto, a week in Osaka, a week in Takarazuka--basically Shoot The Works in Japan and really take my time getting to know each place. Stay in really nice hotels. 

9. Earth, fire, air, or water?

I always have trouble with this question, lol. I think I’m earth. I like my routines and I’m pretty strong willed.

10. What is the best book you have ever read?

Tough question, but I think I’ve gotta go with How To Win Friends and Influence People, as far as books that have actually taught me the most, or Carl Sagan’s Cosmos. My favorites, though, are The Princess Bride and A Tale of Two Cities.

11. If you could live in a fictional setting, where would you live?

Pokemon! Safe and affordable enough for 11 year olds to travel to world, universal healthcare, super cute awesome and smart animal buddies. Also, I’m good at battling AND contests, so I could rule the earth.

So I’m supposed to come up with 11 questions and tag some ppl, right? Here goes:

1. Dream cosplay! Or if you don’t cosplay, dream Halloween costume?

2. Opinion on whether real pants are the worst? (Hint: Pants are the worst)

3. If you had to pick one genre of music to listen to forever, which would you pick?

4. Favorite color?

5. Favorite show/book/movie/game from your childhood? Any media really.

6. Beverage of choice with meals?

7. Favorite type of cookie?

8. Do you have original stories? Tell me about one.

9. Are you the kind of person to make New Years’ Resolutions? What was yours this year?

10. I snuck in a two parter so FREE SPACE. Tell me a random fact about yourself.

11. I also want to ask the fictional setting question, because it’s a good one. Which fictional setting would you live in, given the choice?

AND I tag @jalules, @reptilixns. @wombochrombo, @dapper-banana, @pixelatedidiot, @nerdqueenmari, @bonesmakenoise, @arrispect, @spacedisco, @debeste, @floatslikebricks

I was tagged by @sweetymutant, so here goes!

Rules: always repost the rules; answer the eleven random questions posted for you; create eleven new ones and tag eleven people.

Look behind you. What do you see? My laundry basket, pushed up beside my bookshelf, as well as a copy of The Art of Dragon Age: Inquisition lying on the floor beside it.

What is the last animal you saw? Describe it to me! A pigeon with a thousand-yard stare strutting along in the parking lot beside my apartment building. It’s likely “decorating” my windowsill as we speak.

What is the most loyal object you own? Loyal is a trait I’d sooner ascribe to living creatures moreso than the inanimate, but I’ve been using the same Wacom tablet for the last ten years. Impressive for a piece of hardware. I’ve begun to suspect that it’ll outlive me.

Do you prefer to walk or to take the transports? If the weather is agreeable and the surroundings tolerable, I’d sooner walk.

What kind of pie are you? Pumpkin. Fall is when I’m at my best, and the closer to Halloween we are, the more I grin.

If you could only bring one beverage to an isolated island, what would it be? (of course you have water on the island, because water is the only drink we truly need.) Orange juice is a delight. So is tea, but it needs a dash of milk, and I can only bring one potable.

What is the best thing that could happen to you today? Without going into detail on the stressful shite going on chez Erlenwald, somebody coming to me to tell me that the Beast is no more.

Is there a song stuck in your head? I was listening to Dream No More from Metallica’s new album earlier; it tends to stick.

What is the last piece of writing you read? (can be anything, from a book to the back of a cereal box) This question! =P But on a more literary note, I was reading The Calling. It’s a Dragon Age book. I’ve read worse, but I was expecting better.

What movie would you recommend to me? Mm, Pan’s Labyrinth was most impressive, both on a story and visual front. Most fantasy films are pretty crappy, but when you find a gem, you find a gem. This one is one of those. I’ve mentally shuffled it onto my list of nostalgic movies, and I was an adult when I first saw it. Few films have that claim. Watch Pan’s Labyrinth.

Naw, it’s never too late.

5: What’s your favourite thing to draw?

People! Characters! No preference when it comes to gender, but adults with excellent eyebrows get first pick.20: What is the easiest thing for you to draw?

Hm, I don’t think there’s a particular thing in particular that is easiest, but when I want to just mindlessly doodle I do have a particular relaxed style I don’t use much on this Tumblr. It’s more a sketchbook thing.

25: Do you like to draw in silence, or with music?

Tagged by both @zeldabard and @sweetymutant

One: spell your name with song titles

Esmeralda — The Hunchback of Notre Dame musical Realm of Orzammar — Dragon Age: Origins Lacrimosa — Mozart Enter Sandman — Metallica Nightfall — Blind Guardian Walking Wounded — The Tea Party Archadian Empire — FFXII Locke’s Theme — FFVI Dornentanz — Eisbrecher

Two: Why did you choose your URL?

Erlenwald was the name of a region in a FRPG setting back in junior high and high school. It had vampires and ghosts and necromancers. Good stuff.

Three: what is your middle name?

Doom.

Four: if you could be any mythical creature, what would you be?

A sorceress! I could change into whatever I liked, and inflict suitable curses on people who anger me. It’s also expected that I’d go live in a not-easily-accessible tower to continue my dark studies, it’s a win-win situation.

Five: favorite color?

Green. Deep, rich, foresty green.

Six: song you like right now?

I’ve been listening to the DA: Origins soundtrack a lot lately, so I’ll say the Grey Warden’s Song.

Seven: top four fandoms?

Pokemon, FFXII (and FF in general), and maybe Legend of Zelda and Star Wars, though I don’t interact with those fandoms too often. I’m also just getting into Dragon Age (forever blaming you, @zeldabard).

An illustration done as a graduation gift for @zeldabard: Of course it was going to be the catacombs I chose to do. And I was going to add spiders, but then I remembered who it was for, so have centipedes instead! (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

What was the last film you watched? Wayne’s World.

What was the last song you listened to? Musica Notturna Della Strade di Madrid, composed by Luigi Boccherini.

What was the last show you watched? Z Nation. Hey, it’s agreeable garbage.

What was the last book you read? Raising Steam, by Terry Pratchett.

What was the last thing you ate? Red grapes. Part of the holy trinity of fruits next to oranges and cherries.

If you could be anywhere else right now, where would you be? In a ridiculously comfortable and warm bed, free of all cares and under no obligation to come out anytime soon. Ahhhh.

If you could pick a decade to travel back to in time, what would it be? I have some burning curiosity as to being able to see earlier eras without being hampered by distorted Victorian accounts, but most of those eras are sadly afflicted by plague, press gang, revolutionary war, and other setbacks to the hapless time-traveller. So, the 1990s, and let’s see if it was as fun as my tiny little kid memory insists.

If you won the lottery and millions in cash, what would be the first thing you would do? Buy my freedom! Kiss my student loans goodbye! So long, you wretched things, you will not be missed!

Which fictional character would you like to hang out with for a day? Professor Oak would be pretty sweet. I’d happily help him take care of the pokemon, my arms would be full of charmanders in minutes~

What was the last fandom you joined? The Judge Ghis smut fandom I’ve insinuated myself into the FFXII fandom of late. :D

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