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[eisbecherovka]

7, 27, 64 for the ask meme? 🍯

thank you! :3

7. Any groceries you've been getting into lately? I've been into taralli in a big way lately. Apart from that, seasonal fruits - lots of blackberries, peaches, and watermelon especially

27. Do you prefer Boardgame Night, Build-Your-Own-Pizza Night, or Movie Night with your friends? Movie night! Shout out to the Bad Media Night gang - you know who you are <3

64: Last time you visited a farmer's market? I think it's been about a month at this point? A fruit grower has come by my work once a week to sell their wares for the past month or so, though, so that's where I've been getting my fix.

[pia-writes-things]

Not from the US ask set! 4 + 11? ☺

4. favourite dish specific for your country?

Already answered in this ask !

11. favourite native writer/poet?

Oooh, this is a good one! My first answer was Manon Fargetton, because I love her writing style and the themes she writes about. I also really like Clémentine Beauvais, her poesy and her humour are really refreshing.

Thank you so much <3

[terapsina]

29 + 46 (if you're comfortable, otherwise--your pick) for the book asks? :)

29. is there a book that made you laugh out loud?

Honestly, I've got many. I enjoy humor in books so I've read a lot of stuff that's made me laugh.

Most recently though I think it might be A House With Good Bones by T. Kingfisher. Which is the most hilarious horror-fantasy I've probably ever read.

Here's a little taste of what I mean.

I stared at the rose-pink wall and part of me was ten years old and another part of me was thirty-two and had a doctorate and had written a thesis on the spread of seed weevils through North American sunflower crops. I had a sudden horrible fear that maybe the ten-year-old was the real one and I had just had a particularly vivid dream and now I would have to go and live my entire life all over again. I put my hand to my forehead and said, “Fuuuuck…”which ten-year-old me would not have said.

Gran Mae did not teleport to my location to say, Samantha Myrtle Montgomery, you know what happens to little girls who swear. (Yes, Gran Mae, I know. The underground children get them.) This was proof positive that she was dead.

I sat up, looked down, and saw that I had breasts bigger than my head, which ten-year-old me most definitely did not have. Right. Thirty-two. Did not have to rewrite my thesis. Thank you, Jesus.

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But also, special shout outs to Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels (literally every single one I've ever read has made me laugh out loud), Martha Wells's The Murderbot Diaries (I knew I'd found a gem as soon as I read the opening line) and The Martian by Andy Weir (I dare you to not laugh reading that one).

46. share a pic of your bookshelf!

Here you go, ONE of my bookshelves (with a guest appearance from my cat... or the back of my cat anyway).

[bourbon-ontherocks]

X + Y for the alphabet ask game, just in case you want to procastinate for a bit 👀

Thank you!!! ❤️❤️❤️ (the procrastination bit is much appreciated 😘)

X - 3 OTPs from 3 different fandoms

Okay, let's say

Morgane Alvaro x Adam Karadec (HPI)

Laure Berthaud x Gilles Escoffier (Engrenages)

Ruth Wilder x Sam Silvia (GLOW)

Y - A fandom you’re in but have no ships from

Mhhh, probably Derry Girls? I didn't really care about James x Erin, I mean I was happy for them but I didn't mind them as just friends either, so really I didn't exactly ship anyone in this show besides a Sister Michael x Father Peter enemies clergy folks to extremely grumpy lovers sitch😂

Fun fandom asks

[bourbon-ontherocks]

🥳 & 🚦 for the fanfic ask game! And if you've answered one of these already, your pick 😁

Ooooh, tank you!! <3

🥳 Why did you start writing fanfic?

Oh, well, I’m pretty sure I’ve answered that question many times through different games, and here’s the most recent and detailed explanation I could find, but basically the short answer is that the best Brio fanfiction ever written has ruined changed my life ❤️

(but also haven’t I already told you about this???)

🚦What sort of endings do you prefer to write: ambiguous, bad, happily ever after, etc.? 

Definitely ambiguous!! I’m rather an open ending kind of gal, I find happily ever afters overly cheesy and simplistic, and while sad endings are incredibly appealing to me, I very rarely lean on that side because deep down I want my babies to be happy and I’m weak. So I like to leave things slightly unresolved, but most of the time on a hopeful note (although I’ve definitely written endings where the future’s quite uncertain).

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