Man! Sempra Doesn't Mess Around....

[teddy_radiator]

Whew - I think sempraseverus has broken my brain! She's asked five toughies - naughty, naughty, Sempra, trying to make me sound all intelligent...

1. What would be the greatest sociological achievement that you would aspire to for human kind.
Myself, I would like to be considered someone who inspires. Not that my writing to be inspirational (although that would be lovely), but I would just like for someone to say I inspired them to do something they were afraid to do - that I gave them some spark, some encouragement to achieve what they thought was impossible.

2. How might you react to a sudden global presence of benevolent extraterrestrials.
Well, my mother always taught us to be hospitable people - I'd probably be too shy to introduce myself, but I would be happy to meet them if someone else did the introductions - sort of like how I would treat celebrities.

3. How might you react if they were malevolent.
I would probably try to avoid them at all costs, and go underground. I'm a bit of a coward.

4. Can you keep a secret?
I can, if it is a harmless one. What my friend is getting her husband Christmas? No problem. If my friend's husband was cheating on her and refused to tell her because he couldn't afford the alimony, I'm spillin'.

5. When you look in a mirror is it a reflection or something deeper?
I avoid the mirror, except to put on makeup or wash my face. I don't think I'm pretty, and the mirror is a vanity bauble to me. Back when I was young, I would gaze at myself in the mirror, thinking I was pretty, then I would start looking deeper, and start thinking, Who are you? Where have you come from? Where have you been?

I realised the mirror wouldn't tell me, and I stopped looking at it for answers. Now it's sort of an assassin.

Comments

[teddyradiator.livejournal.com]

This is true... I only think the reeeeeeeeally long thoughts when I'm high...

[teddyradiator.livejournal.com]

Now I REALLY feel left out - I would like to write Severus while high... I think he might be very fun to pontificate upon while stoned...

[bulletimescully.livejournal.com]

What would he desire to munch upon is the question...

[teddyradiator.livejournal.com]

Oh, he'd be dead sexy stoned... all those delicious little inhibitions going straight out the window along with his clothing...

[bulletimescully.livejournal.com]

You know, it's funny... I've only ever read one fic where Severus gets stoned, Vain Wisdom All and False Philosophy, by Lissa1011. He drinks in almost every fic I've read, but gettin' high doesn't seem to happen all that often. I'd love to read anything you'd write about such a situation... I think he might allow certain liberties to be taken with his person that would never be allowed otherwise...

[teddyradiator.livejournal.com]

Naughty Bullet (doesn't that sound like the name of a British punk band?)
I may just have to write a stoner!Severus quickie. I remember reading a parody about some sort of sex potion everyone had to brew, and if they could get Snape to shag them they got a passing grade. In it, he got stoned before Hermione's turn, but it was a little too slash-y for me, so I didn't really enjoy it. As we all know I like my Severus definitely on the hetero/Dominant side, even though I think he is as submissive as they come... I bet he would be sexy as sin stoned... hmm...

I have promised the hubs that after the exchange fic and Lay Me Low I would work exclusively on an original fic (it's a project Sempra and I are doing together), but I still have some things to say on my flagship, so that might just be one of them.

[reg-flint.livejournal.com]

Love Sempra's questions. Our answers to them are quite different. Except I would run away from malevolent ETs, too. But I'd still find a way to sabotage them somehow,

[mimimanderly.livejournal.com]

Well, you've inspired ME, for what it's worth! I had thought about doing a tarot deck long ago, but didn't feel that I was good enough at the time. Your story told me "It's time. Do it." Thank you for that!

[teddyradiator.livejournal.com]

May I say it is an honour to inspire and be inspired by you, dear one.

[teddyradiator.livejournal.com]

I'm Chip...she's Dale... no, wait... umm.....

[majorjune.livejournal.com]

2. How might you react to a sudden global presence of benevolent extraterrestrials.
Well, my mother always taught us to be hospitable people - I'd probably be too shy to introduce myself, but I would be happy to meet them if someone else did the introductions - sort of like how I would treat celebrities.

You're too trusting! :-P

But I say that because from my early 20s thru my mid 40s, I had this recurring dream: it always was at the house I grew up in, and I was out on the deadend street in front of my house, it was night, and everyone in the neighborhood came out of their houses to join me in looking at the sky over the field at the end of the street...

And we were in awe as a steady stream of spaceships came by, left to right, somehow an announcement had been made that extraterrestials were arriving at Earth that evening, and we knew this display was also going on worldwide...

And they were beautiful; very much like the ships at the beginning of Close Encounters of the Third Kind -- I started having this dream some years BEFORE that movie came out -- they were sort of like jellyfish in neon sherbert colors -- orange sherbert, raspberry sherbert, lemon sherbert, lime sherbert, blueberry sherbert...

And they were different shapes; looked like a parade of neon Christmas ornaments.

They were extremely beautiful; but for some reason I suddenly knew that they were NOT benevolent, that this was all a show just to lull the populace into accepting them. In the dream I desperately tried to warn everyone, but no one would listen...

Haven't had that dream in almost 15 years now, but it was so vivid, and like I said, it recurred over 2 decades.

So if aliens really DID show up here, no matter how nice they claimed to be, I'd keep a certain level of skepticism until they actually proved their intentions.

[justpinkpastel.livejournal.com]

You have inspired me! Your writing has inspired me to write my own. And your encouragement has helped me continue. I am incredibly fearful of writing, but your praise makes me feel so good about myself.

[teddyradiator.livejournal.com]

I'm really glad, babe. I just want to instill the idea that people can do things if they want to. Your story is very enjoyable reading, and I'm looking forward to the next installment. But I'm patient; I know you are getting your sea legs on your job right now, so I'll be a good person and cut you some slack! ;)