The light is no mystery.

Meme thing for which I’m not tagging anyone else.

Rule 1 - Post the rules.

Rule 2 - Answer the questions the tagger set for you in their post and then make 11 new ones.

Rule 3 - Tag 11 people and link them to your post.
Rule 4 - Let them know you’ve tagged them.

1. If you could have one novel, one album, and one film to bring with you on a ~deserted island, what would you bring?

Shit, um. ALL MY FAVORITES ARE SERIES. Fuck these arbitrary rules, I got a Kindle specifically to avoid this kind of limitations-on-my-library bullshit. (But maybe Deep Wizardry by Diane Duane or Good Omens by Pratchett & Gaiman for my novel. Gr8 Literature™ is all well and good, but if I’m gonna be trapped with it I want something enjoyable). My film would be the Lord of the Rings trilogy, SHUT UP IT’S ONE FILM. My album is Hotel Paper by Michelle Branch.

2. If you were a bender (a la A:tLA) what would you most like to bend? (not necessarily the one you think you’d be mostly likely to).

I have no idea what we’re talking about.

3. What is your favorite animated film?

I am not keen on animated stuff, really. How To Train Your Dragon is the only one I’ve cared for in recent memory.

4. What is your biggest OTP outside of comics?

Ummm I’m such a multishipper though. I guess Sherlock/John in the BBC series, platonic or otherwise. That one is inarguable.

5. Do you have a favorite quote (from any media)?

Not offhand.

6. Is there a character (in comics or otherwise) that you think you are most like?

I think I’d need to see more of the inner mental life of characters to say that. I identify with the Holmes brothers in Sherlock BBC, I suppose.

7. What character in fiction would you most like to be best of friends with?

Sandry Fa Toren from Tamora Pierce’s Circle Opens books is my snap answer.  We’re just talking books here, yeah?

8. What, in your opinion, would be the most useful superpower to have?

Mind control! I don’t care if I sound like a supervillain when I say that.

9. Are there any characters you never expected to like as much as you do now?

Sansa Stark from Game of Thrones has grown on me tons this season.

10. If you and I were to actually get the chance to meet, what sort of fantastic things would you want us to do?

We would go to the aquarium, because that is what I inflict upon do with all friends who visit me. And we would eat delicious meals.

Q & A

•Animal, Charlotte Martin

You didn’t know/ I locked myself in your heart/ I can’t get out/ Unless you tear me apart

•Melodies & Desire, Lykke Li

You’ll be the rhythm, and I’ll be the beat/ Then I’ll be the rhythm, and you’ll be the beat/ And love, the shoreline where you and I meet 

•Wishbone, Rachael Sage

Butterflies falling on the concrete lawn/ Telling me to love you if I’m gonna be strong/ Everything about me is an empty chair/ Don’t know where I’m going unless you’re there/ Phoenix is flying in a fiery sky/ Telling me to love you til the day that I die/ Everything about me is a wishbone/ Doesn’t matter who says you’re my home

•Wonderwall, Ryan Adams

And all the roads we have to walk are winding/ And all the lights that lead the way are blinding/ There are many things that I would like to say to you/ But I don’t know how 

•Honey and Vinegar, Charlotte Martin [instrumental]

This is all from a longer playlist I listen to when I work on my in-progress fic with them.

Q & A

Oh gosh I’m not sure I’ve given enough thought to her character for this, so forgive me if it sucks.

•Baby Be Brave, The Corrs

Baby, be brave/ Cause what’s the point of it all?/ Baby, don’t blow it/ Tell me, what’s it all for if you’re not terrified to fail?

•Lights, Ellie Goulding

Noises I play within my head/ Touch my own skin and hope that I’m still breathing/ And I think back to when my brother and my sister slept/ In an unlocked place, the only time I feel safe

•Don’t Waste the Pretty, Alison Iraheta

Don’t waste the pretty on him/ Don’t waste the pretty on pain/ When it gets too much to take, don’t give it away/ Don’t waste the pretty on life/ Soon it’s gonna fly on by  (Because look I have issues with her New X-Men mooning over Wither)

•Teenagers, Kick Our Butts, Dar Williams

Find a future that redeems/ Give us hell and give us dreams

•Cold War, Janelle Monaé

This is a cold war/ Do you know what you’re fighting for?

Q & A

•The Other Side, Alana Grace

I found the poison under my skin/ Creeping in slowly, feeding everything/ I feel so close yet so far away/ Staring at life, this prison of sheltering/ It’s killing me

•Leave My Body, Florence + the Machine

I’m gonna be released from behind these lines/ And I don’t care whether I live or die/ And I’m losing blood, I’m gonna leave my bones/ And I don’t want your heart, it leaves me cold

•Machine, Marié Digby

So I’m gonna cut these strings/ Cut them and set me free/ Nothing controlling me/ I’m not a machine/ I’ve got breath in me

•One More, Superchick

It feels like I have lost this fight/ They think that I am staying down/ But I’m not giving up tonight/ Tonight the wall is coming down

•Stranger Things Have Happened, The Foo Fighters

You are not alone dear loneliness/ You forgot but I remembered this/ Oh, stranger things have happened I know

Q & A

•Innocent Eyes, Delta Goodrem

Let me keep my faith in innocent eyes.

•Life Is Wonderful, Jason Mraz

It takes some fears to make you trust/ It takes those tears to make it rust/ It takes the dust to have it polished

•I Stand, Idina Menzel

If this is the moment I stand here on my own/ If this is my rite of passage that somehow leads me home/ I might be afraid/ But it’s my turn to be brave

•I Am Gonna Try, Rachael Sage

I am gonna try harder to believe/ Less in who we are, more in who we’ll be/ What is emptiness if not apathy?/ There’s no time to rest, love is testing me

•Augustine, Vienna Teng

Don’t say every chance is lost/ Please don’t say anything at all

spectralradiance:

boffingbyron:

tenmoreseconds:

Leave me a character, couple or just general fandom and I will make a 5-ish song mix based on it!

go on, hit me

you know my fandoms, use them

somebody please get my mind off my stomachache. (Fandoms are listed in the intro post linked in the bar at the top of my blog if you need a refresher)

Marvel (sans movie spoilers), Sherlock, White Collar, Hawaii 5-0.

(Source: wenbys)

Reblog if you want “have you ever” asks.

kiriamaya:

Go for it :D

(Source: starsinthegutter)

Send me a ship and I’ll respond with a gif.

Q & A

Sooraya (Dust):

• Why I like them: She’s such a kind, selfless, good-hearted person. How can you not like her? If you don’t, I don’t like you.
• Favorite line: “If today is the day I die, then let it be a death that makes Allah proud.”
• Favorite outfit: She only has the one, doesn’t she?
• OTP: I don’t really have one for her. She and Jay were adorable together though, and I also rather like the notion of her with Laura or Cessily.
• A wish: For her to be given more lines/plot/attention!
• An oh-god-please-dont-ever-happen: For her to become all the way westernized like in the House of M reality. Part of what I like about Sooraya is how strong and secure she is in her identity as is. And hooray for a positive portrayal of a Muslim character!
• 5 words to best describe them: Faithful, steadfast, kind, gentle, compassionate.
• My nickname for them: I occasionally refer to her affectionately as “Dustie” in my head.

Laura (X-23):

• Why I like them: Because she is a total badass. Not just physically, but in trying to overcome her history– that takes incredible strength.
• Favorite line: I haven’t read enough of Laura to really know! I really like her introduction to the Avengers Academy kids though.
• Favorite outfit: Her outfits may be my least favorite thing about her, tbh. 
• OTP: Again, don’t have much of one? I tend not to have ships for the New X-Men, or at least not strong ones. I like the ensembles. I think she and Finesse could have a rad bromance though!
• A wish: More Laura & Gambit. ALL THE LAURA & GAMBIT BONDING.
• An oh-god-please-dont-ever-happen: Please never let her backslide after she’s had so much wonderful character growth.
• 5 words to best describe them: Strong, fierce, learning, loyal, smart.
• My nickname for them: none