kate_nepveu: WFC reports poll; character meme

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kate_nepveu) wrote,
@ 2007-11-07 21:11:00

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WFC reports poll; character meme

Wiped out for no obvious reason today, so no new panel reports. Here's a poll to help me decide which to do next:

Poll #1084855
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All

What panel report should Kate post next?

View Answers

Tolkien as a Horror Writer
11 (17.2%)

The Pre-Christian Ghost
14 (21.9%)

What Are the Taboos in Fantasy Today?
39 (60.9%)

Ticky?

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Fact
10 (16.9%)

Fiction
19 (32.2%)

Ticky!
46 (78.0%)

Also, the "tell me which fictional character I am" meme is very much fun, even if I absolutely suck at coming up with answers. (I've been thinking about it on and off most of today, and the only person I've decided on is veejane, who hasn't even asked and might not appreciate my answer anyway.) But the accumulated results are like the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen game that went around a few years ago: yhlee is Iskierka from the Temeraire books, and oyceter is Fuu from Samurai Champloo, and I am Kate Somerville from the Lymond Chronicles [*], and together we fight crime! In the person of . . . someone who has unleashed a plague of locusts, because they would all be very upset at the wrecking of the food supply.

Okay, I said I wasn't very good at this.

[*] According to rachelmanija, but if you have another idea, go ahead.

And now I go off to gather strength for the morrow by reading Qwan.

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	sartorias 2007-11-08 02:32 am UTC (link)
	Totally Kate Somerville. My pick, too. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	kate_nepveu 2007-11-08 02:55 am UTC (link)
	It's kind of intimidating, actually, but thanks! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	rachelmanija 2007-11-08 02:41 am UTC (link)
	How odd, I too am sure I know who veejane is. But she has to ask! (Reply to this)(Thread)

	kate_nepveu 2007-11-08 02:53 am UTC (link)
	Hah. Sent you mail. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	veejane 2007-11-08 01:37 pm UTC (link)
	Do tell, girlie. Do tell. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rachelmanija 2007-11-08 05:13 pm UTC (link)
	Sharp-witted, sharp-tongued, precise in mind and word, kind to people you respect but ruthless with stupidity; I don't know what you look like, but it doesn't matter, because your mind is what makes you sexy. You are M from Casino Royale! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	veejane 2007-11-08 05:22 pm UTC (link)
	Does this mean I can order James Bond to make my bed before I order him to lie in it?? (I'll forgive you for making me 70 years old; if I have to be 70, I'd rather be Judi Dench than anybody else.) (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	kate_nepveu 2007-11-08 05:24 pm UTC (link)
	Dude, I made you a parrot. Parrot-shaped, anyway. (Go ahead, take your revenge!) (Reply to this)(Parent)

	rachelmanija 2007-11-08 05:34 pm UTC (link)
	Well, I know what I think Bond and M do on their off-hours... (Reply to this)(Parent)

	marykaykare 2007-11-08 02:48 am UTC (link)
	Somehow I've missed this one -- I'm supposed to ask what fictional character I am? MKK (Reply to this)(Thread)

	kate_nepveu 2007-11-08 02:54 am UTC (link)
	Started as anime/manga, but people have been expanding it. Here's an example: http://rachelmanija.livejournal.com/533206.html (Reply to this)(Parent)

	rysmiel 2007-11-08 03:09 am UTC (link)
	There aren't many people I'd trust to come up with one for me that worked, but you are one such. (Reply to this)(Thread)

kate_nepveu
2007-11-08 09:07 am UTC (link)

But I said I wasn't any good at it!

Okay, since I have some time before I can go back to sleep--

The problem here is that the character who immediately came to mind--like, in five minutes immediately--I can see correspondences but I also suspect that came to mind for a shallow thing. But now I can't dislodge the thought.

So: you are knowledgable about and competent in a wide range of disciplines. You know your personal codes of behavior and you stick to them, no matter that those you encounter may be puzzled by them. You have more facets to you than you reveal to the public. (And you have a Trinity accent.) You are Stephen Maturin!

Oh, and I should say that as it's being done, what really counts is personality and life circumstances, not physical characteristics. Which is why the shallow thing, the accent, is vexing.

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	desperance 2007-11-08 11:24 am UTC (link)
	You are Stephen Maturin! Lucky you, rysmiel! I think Stephen Maturin would be a wonderful person to be... (Reply to this)(Parent)

	rysmiel 2007-11-11 01:20 am UTC (link)
	Oh, I can certainly live with being Stephen Maturin. Thank you. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	kate_nepveu 2007-11-11 01:29 am UTC (link)
	You're welcome, and I'm relieved that I didn't offend. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	veejane 2007-11-08 04:03 am UTC (link)
	Well, now that you've piqued my curiosity... (Reply to this)(Thread)

	kate_nepveu 2007-11-08 08:49 am UTC (link)
	You are fierce, incisive, and joyful. You are Peach from Diane Duane's Young Wizards' books! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	veejane 2007-11-08 01:37 pm UTC (link)
	Oh hell, now I have to go read those books, don't I? (I've read Diane Duane, just not those.) Thankyou for not picking a character whose hair is a whirlwind and house is messy. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	kate_nepveu 2007-11-08 02:30 pm UTC (link)
	I dunno, did you like the prior Diane Duane books you've read? If not, I could spoil you. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	papersky 2007-11-08 12:55 pm UTC (link)
	If I ask for one, I don't have to do it in my LJ do I? Because there would be like 800 people, most of whom I don't know, all wanting me to do it for them, and I could, but it would take all day. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	kate_nepveu 2007-11-08 01:11 pm UTC (link)
	It originally started in someone else's journal, so no. rachelmanija and others have been putting "don't ask if I don't know you well, because otherwise I don't have enough to work on" in their requests, if that helps. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	kate_nepveu 2007-11-08 01:13 pm UTC (link)
	Err, that is, someone originally started it with their journal as a clearinghouse, but they ran out of comment space. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	kate_nepveu 2007-11-08 05:27 pm UTC (link)
	_Are_ you asking? I'm not sure what I've got is right but I also can't make it go away. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	papersky 2007-11-09 02:30 pm UTC (link)
	Go on then? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	kate_nepveu 2007-11-09 02:37 pm UTC (link)
	You have come through trauma to make a family. You are a writer and a generous host. You are Bilbo Baggins! (Sorry--I got stuck on those three characteristics and he was all I could think that fit.) (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	papersky 2007-11-09 07:22 pm UTC (link)
	Of course I am. I'm short and hairy too. Also, you should hear me when I get home from a trip and I'm never going to leave my nice comfortable hobbit hole ever again. Thank you. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	kate_nepveu 2007-11-09 08:17 pm UTC (link)
	You're welcome. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	buymeaclue 2007-11-08 01:08 pm UTC (link)
	Ghosts! Ghooooooooosts! I hardly went to any programming, but that was the panel I was most glad existed. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	kate_nepveu 2007-11-08 01:12 pm UTC (link)
	It was really pretty good, though I have a quibble about the title (Pre != Non). You get counted twice for enthusiasm. => (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	lnhammer 2007-11-08 04:23 pm UTC (link)
	I gather it was intended to be pre- and turned non- for lack of expertise. ---L. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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