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The secrets that you want to know are yours, not mine
This pleases me far more than a silly quiz's results should, I think:
Dorothy Parker writes you, you wonderfully urbane,
witty boozehound, you.
Which Author's Fiction are You?
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Men never make passes at girls who wear glasses . . . I am fond of Dorothy Parker. And not only because she occasionally appears in zombie form in Cat and Girl, either.
(Cut for further silliness and some dark secrets of my youth.)
You are Menolly, talented and sensitive, even a
little shy. You have a knack for taking complex
subjects and reducing them to something that
everyone can understand; you are a natural
teacher.
The Ultimate PERN Quiz!
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Ah, the fandom (though I wouldn't have known the word) of my childhood. Did I ever mention that I made myself—with some help from my father, who knew well the mysteries of the sewing machine—a fire-lizard in seventh grade? Well, I did. Sleek cloth-of-gold skin that has since faded to a rather pleasant apricot, armature wire in the tail and wings, dark-blue jeweled eyes. And named Sheyne Meydl, which altogether tells you as much about me in seventh grade as you need to know. She's still sitting on my dresser. I can see all the stitches. I don't care.
Of course, I'm still faintly sorry I didn't test out as Masterharper Robinton. All right, I'm not a faintly disreputable, always trustworthy musician-diplomat with the drinking capacity of Ernest Hemingway and the gift to talk myself into and out of any situation on the planet, but he was my favorite of the available choices. I like Menolly well enough, but she's got protagonist stamped right across her forehead, and I've always been more about the supporting roles. I might as well confess right now that my heart still belongs to Domick, Master Composer of Harper Hall—sarcastic, cynical, a relentless perfectionist who claims not to like anybody, including himself; and prickly as he is, not a bad guy. Is anyone surprised that I went for him? Right. Thanks . . .
Which brings me back to the original point of this post, as discussed last night with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
fleurdelis28: if I were to devote some time every now and then to the contemplation of favorite characters of mine, would anyone be interested? I'm particularly curious to see how other people reacted to the same figures, but I'm well aware that not every one of them will be as easily recognizable as Severus Snape.* Characters from the assorted fictions of Peter S. Beagle, Greer Gilman, Patricia McKillip, Carol Kendall, Cordwainer Smith, Diana Wynne Jones, E.T.A. Hoffmann, Lloyd Alexander, Mary Doria Russell, Mary Gentle, Terry Pratchett, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Charles Dickens, Ursula K. Le Guin—or more—are fair game. I will even take requests, although I can't promise I will have read whatever books you might name; or, more importantly, found a favorite character in them. But I'm game if you are. And there's a lot of fucked in the head to go around.
*It wouldn't surprise me at all to be told that Harry Potter is the largest fandom on the planet right now. I still feel rather as though I lucked out with Snape: it's not just me!
Dorothy Parker writes you, you wonderfully urbane,
witty boozehound, you.
Which Author's Fiction are You?
brought to you by Quizilla
Men never make passes at girls who wear glasses . . . I am fond of Dorothy Parker. And not only because she occasionally appears in zombie form in Cat and Girl, either.
(Cut for further silliness and some dark secrets of my youth.)
You are Menolly, talented and sensitive, even a
little shy. You have a knack for taking complex
subjects and reducing them to something that
everyone can understand; you are a natural
teacher.
The Ultimate PERN Quiz!
brought to you by Quizilla
Ah, the fandom (though I wouldn't have known the word) of my childhood. Did I ever mention that I made myself—with some help from my father, who knew well the mysteries of the sewing machine—a fire-lizard in seventh grade? Well, I did. Sleek cloth-of-gold skin that has since faded to a rather pleasant apricot, armature wire in the tail and wings, dark-blue jeweled eyes. And named Sheyne Meydl, which altogether tells you as much about me in seventh grade as you need to know. She's still sitting on my dresser. I can see all the stitches. I don't care.
Of course, I'm still faintly sorry I didn't test out as Masterharper Robinton. All right, I'm not a faintly disreputable, always trustworthy musician-diplomat with the drinking capacity of Ernest Hemingway and the gift to talk myself into and out of any situation on the planet, but he was my favorite of the available choices. I like Menolly well enough, but she's got protagonist stamped right across her forehead, and I've always been more about the supporting roles. I might as well confess right now that my heart still belongs to Domick, Master Composer of Harper Hall—sarcastic, cynical, a relentless perfectionist who claims not to like anybody, including himself; and prickly as he is, not a bad guy. Is anyone surprised that I went for him? Right. Thanks . . .
Which brings me back to the original point of this post, as discussed last night with
fleurdelis28: if I were to devote some time every now and then to the contemplation of favorite characters of mine, would anyone be interested? I'm particularly curious to see how other people reacted to the same figures, but I'm well aware that not every one of them will be as easily recognizable as Severus Snape.* Characters from the assorted fictions of Peter S. Beagle, Greer Gilman, Patricia McKillip, Carol Kendall, Cordwainer Smith, Diana Wynne Jones, E.T.A. Hoffmann, Lloyd Alexander, Mary Doria Russell, Mary Gentle, Terry Pratchett, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Charles Dickens, Ursula K. Le Guin—or more—are fair game. I will even take requests, although I can't promise I will have read whatever books you might name; or, more importantly, found a favorite character in them. But I'm game if you are. And there's a lot of fucked in the head to go around.*It wouldn't surprise me at all to be told that Harry Potter is the largest fandom on the planet right now. I still feel rather as though I lucked out with Snape: it's not just me!