Tag: ask me things

slavicafire:

“hi, I’m not from the US” ask set

given how Americanized this site is, it’s important to celebrate all our countries and nationalities – with all their quirks and vices and ridiculousness, and all that might seem strange to outsiders.

1. favourite place in your country?

2. do you prefer spending your holidays in your country or travel abroad?

3. does your country have access to sea?

4. favourite dish specific for your country?

5. favourite song in your native language?

6. most hated song in your native language?

7. three words from your native language that you like the most?

8. do you get confused with other nationalities? if so, which ones and by whom?

9. which of your neighbouring countries would you like to visit most/know best?

10. most enjoyable swear word in your native language?

11. favourite native writer/poet?

12. what do you think about English translations of your favourite native prose/poem?

13. does your country (or family) have any specific superstitions or traditions that might seem strange to outsiders?

14. do you enjoy your country’s cinema and/or TV?

15. a saying, joke, or hermetic meme that only people from your country will get?

16. which stereotype about your country you hate the most and which one you somewhat agree with?

17. are you interested in your country’s history?

18. do you speak with a dialect of your native language?

19. do you like your country’s flag and/or emblem? what about the national anthem?

20. which sport is The Sport in your country?

21. if you could send two things from your country into space, what would they be?

22. what makes you proud about your country? what makes you ashamed?

23. which alcoholic beverage is the favoured one in your country?

24. what other nation is joked about most often in your country?

25. would you like to come from another place, be born in another country?

26. does your nationality get portrayed in Hollywood/American media? what do you think about the portrayal?

27. favourite national celebrity?

28. does your country have a lot of lakes, mountains, rivers? do you have favourites?

29. does your region/city have a beef with another place in your country?

30. do you have people of different nationalities in your family?

Homestuck Music Asks

rad-dog:

maniacalchimera:

(because who doesn’t want a chance to geek out over music?)

John: What’s your favorite Homestuck song?
Rose: Which recurring melody/leitmotif is your favorite?
Dave: What’s your favorite album?
Jade: What song do you like but often forget?

Jane: What song makes you cry when you hear it?
Roxy: What song gets you the most pumped up?
Dirk: Do you have a favorite fan-made album?
Jake: What’s your guilty pleasure song?

Aradia: Do you have a favorite song with lyrics?
Tavros: Is there an album you feel didn’t reach its full potential?
Sollux: Is there a song you absolutely can’t/won’t listen to?
Karkat: What’s your favorite character track?
Nepeta: Is there a song you apply to your favorite ship?
Kanaya: Colours and Mayhem A or B?
Terezi: What song is the best battle theme?
Vriska: Which song was best used in the comic?
Equius: Which of the official Volumes do you think is the strongest?
Gamzee: Is there a song that you find emotionally dissonant from its subject matter?
Eridan: Do you think your favorite character is properly represented in the music?
Feferi: What song do you find most relaxing?

Calliope: Which Cherubim tracks were better – Calliope’s or Caliborn’s?
Caliborn: What’s your favorite album/track art?

Jack Noir: What’s your least favorite album?
Her Imperious Condescension: What is your quintessential villain song?
Andrew Hussie: Is there a song you find too silly, even for Homestuck?
Lord English: What song should have ended Homestuck?

HOLY SHIT IM NOT STAYING IN THE TAGS FOR THIS ONE HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT HOY

idk how many of you are on the online now but u can send me a thing and i’l handwrite it no matter how silly

alternatively u can ask a question and i’ll handwrite the answer

i’ll do it when i’ve done the Dishes and Laundry pls motivate me with prompts

Homestuck Music Asks

rad-dog:

maniacalchimera:

(because who doesn’t want a chance to geek out over music?)

John: What’s your favorite Homestuck song?
Rose: Which recurring melody/leitmotif is your favorite?
Dave: What’s your favorite album?
Jade: What song do you like but often forget?

Jane: What song makes you cry when you hear it?
Roxy: What song gets you the most pumped up?
Dirk: Do you have a favorite fan-made album?
Jake: What’s your guilty pleasure song?

Aradia: Do you have a favorite song with lyrics?
Tavros: Is there an album you feel didn’t reach its full potential?
Sollux: Is there a song you absolutely can’t/won’t listen to?
Karkat: What’s your favorite character track?
Nepeta: Is there a song you apply to your favorite ship?
Kanaya: Colours and Mayhem A or B?
Terezi: What song is the best battle theme?
Vriska: Which song was best used in the comic?
Equius: Which of the official Volumes do you think is the strongest?
Gamzee: Is there a song that you find emotionally dissonant from its subject matter?
Eridan: Do you think your favorite character is properly represented in the music?
Feferi: What song do you find most relaxing?

Calliope: Which Cherubim tracks were better – Calliope’s or Caliborn’s?
Caliborn: What’s your favorite album/track art?

Jack Noir: What’s your least favorite album?
Her Imperious Condescension: What is your quintessential villain song?
Andrew Hussie: Is there a song you find too silly, even for Homestuck?
Lord English: What song should have ended Homestuck?

HOLY SHIT IM NOT STAYING IN THE TAGS FOR THIS ONE HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT HOY

weird shit in my bedroom ask meme

sciencevevo:

italian meat that expired in 2013: what do you want to eat for your last meal?

about 7 identical copies of the new testament and psalms: describe the differences between your current, and your ideal wardrobe 

a chunk of bismuth: how to you find beauty in yourself?

a fossil: when you die, what do you want to happen?

4 wooden pallets: if you could move anywhere, where to? and why

280g of rose petals: What beauty did you notice today?

detailed notes on the Scottish planning permission system: Describe your ideal house. Where is it, what style is it in, how have you decorated it

a bushel of dried dill stalk: how big a role does nature play in your life? describe what it is to you

handcuffs (not the sexy kind):  do you like weird shit in bed? tell us about the weird shit

lid from a victorian ointment jar: Do you try to heal people? Howso?

me: how do you want to die?

a loom: have you ever made something for someone else? what was it, and why

a kilogram of barley: what do you like to cook

about 100 paper bags: are you a wannabe minimalist living in clutter, or a wouldbe hoarder in need of a good organisational system?

pickled dill seed: what have you learned from your elders?

a half melted wax candle in the shape of a rabbit: do you think you could hit another human who hadnt done any wrong? how great is your capacity for needless violence? what gives you the right and capability to measure that capacity?

a coin from 8th century Morroco: where do you like to travel to? where would you, given a blank cheque? 

okay so i’ve been recording myself reading crackfic for the bestwin and it’s put me in a “record my voice” mood. so if any of you want to hear me say anything, or answer any questions vocally, or whatever else, ask away and i’ll record a thing!

askthetic (these are beautiful!)

1: what color do you talk in?
2: what songs do you think people remember you by?
3: if you could take claim for any invention, which would it be?
4: radio or mp3?
5: what movie character would you choose to be your parent and why?
6: if people floated instead of walking, how far off the ground would you be?
7: choose a song to live off of.
8: would you rather have clouds for feet or suns for hands?
9: is your phone charged enough?
10: if you could choose one person to protect with your life, who would it be?
11: if you had to choose one person to be protected by, who would they be?
12: what book do you need to read?
13: who saved your life?
14: CDs or vinyl?
15: if you could only repeat words said by one person, who would you want to be echoing?
16: do you like feeling tall?
17: do you like wearing other people’s shirts?
18: if you could breathe music, which artist would you choose to inhale and which would you choose to exhale?
19: would you rather have hair that changes color with emotion or get injured each time you’re touched by the person you love?
20: what are the promises you’ve made to yourself?
21: if your family died, whose house would you go to for safety and reassurance?
22: what wouldn’t you do to help a friend?
23: if you had to choose one music artist, actor, or author to become your mentor, who would it be?
24: who do you admire most in the world? why?
25: what are songs that make you want to become the sky?
26: would you rather be the night sky or the day sky?
26: would you rather be the sky or the earth?
27: would you rather be the earth or the moon?
28: would you rather be the moon or the sun?
29: if you had to change your name to something else, what would you change it to? why?
30: are your hands cold?
31: if you had to choose three articles of clothing to keep for the next three years of your life, what would they be?
32: monet or da vinci?
33: van gogh or michelangelo?
34: if you were a teacher, what would you assign to your class as their first project?
35: how do you pronounce ‘crayon’?
36: have you ever wanted to be invisible?
37: have you ever wanted to be everywhere?
38: if you could change any one thing about your current surroundings, what would it be?
39: do you hear things in layers or all at once?
40: neon light or natural light?
41: if you could choose one instrument to master overnight, which would it be?