Ask Me a Pop Culture Paganism/Magic Question Game
Link to my original ask game, where this is an expansion of! I had help from @jasper-pagan-witch for some questions, mostly in the PCM section! Thank you Jasper!
For this ask game, either copy/paste the whole question or note which section your number comes from!
Note: If you work with multiple folks or multiple sources, pick based on the ask and what you feel like answering most.
Remember, it's Tumblr etiquette to send at least one ask to who you reblog from!
Who is your favorite PCP entity you worship/work with?
What is your best / favorite experience with an entity?
Have you ever had a bad experience with an entity?
Who is your favorite character in fiction and would you consider working with them?
What's a character that you like in the canon/fiction but would never consider working with? Why? What's a character that you hate in the canon/fiction but would consider working with, or already work with? Why?
What headcanons about the entity you worship/work with do you love? What do you hate?
Have your own headcanons ever played a part in your PCP? Has others headcanons ever played a part in your PCP?
Does the fandom influence how you perceive or interact with your entity or PCP in any way? Does interacting with your entity or PCP influence how you perceive or interact with the fandom? Does the source influence how you perceive or interact with your entity or PCP in any way? Does interacting with your entity or PCP influence how you perceive or interact with the source?
Of who you work with, who is the most like their canon counterpart? Who is the least?
Are there any entities you don't talk about, but want to?
Are there any entities you're currently interested in?
What entity do you work with where you had to fill in the most blanks due to lack of canon information?
What entities do you worship but not work with? What entities do you work with but not worship?
Is there any fictional species/race that you already do or want to include into your practice?
If you had the choice, what fictional species would you want as a familiar or other form of spirit companion?
What's your main unverified personal gnosis about any entity you worship/work with?
Which entity surprised you the most when you began working with them? Why?
Who is someone where your experience went way different than expected? Who is someone where your experience went about how you expected?
Are any of your worked with entities comfort characters? Are any of your worked with entities discomfort characters? (Where they make you uneasy in some form or another.)
Are any of your worked with entities "controversial" so to speak in the fandom? Why? Are any of your worked with entities essentially fandom-wide blorbos?
How does your entity feel about the fandom and how it interprets them? Does your entity engage with fandom at all?
Do you primarily work with heroes, villains, anti-heroes, anti-villains, any other sort of thing, or any mix of the group? Would you ever consider working with someone outside of your usual type?
What's your favorite story about your entity? Least favorite? What's a story that doesn't actually fit them very well?
Do you pick and choose from pantheons or do you prefer to work with whole pantheons? Does your source even have a pantheon?
If you had the funds and means, what is the most extravagant offering you would give?
Quick! You need to write a short prayer to an entity!
Quick! Pick the first entity that comes to mind and ramble about them!
Quick! Tell the story of how you met your main entity!
Quick! Make up a headcanon for the fictional character based on your experience with the entity!
Quick! Build a digital altar in something like Pinterest or this Picrew, and share a screenshot! (Or share the one you already have!)
What's the most effective PCM spell you've ever cast?
What's a PCM spell that didn't work out very good?
What's your favorite PCM spell?
What's a spell you want an excuse to cast but never found one?
Would you build/have you built a spell based on a pop culture source that you don't care much for?
How often do you use PCM spells built by others compared to ones built by yourself? Have you noticed a difference in them?
Do you invoke pop culture entities for your spells? How often? Which ones?
Do you ever invoke non-pop culture entities for your PCM spells?
What series do you find gives you the most artistic leeway for spells and other workings?
If you work with multiple sources, which is easier to write spells for? Which is harder?
What series/character/concept do you want to write a spell based on but you just can't quite figure out how to?
How often do you use PCM-inspired spells versus non-PCM-inspired spells?
If your PCM series has magic in it, how do you incorporate the in-universe magic to your practice? If your PCM series has no magic, how do you make magic based on it?
How has working with a PCM source with magic in it changed how you approach your magic and the in-universe depiciton of magic? If your PCM series has no magic, how has figuring it out changed your approach to magic overall?
Do you practice divination methods based on a PCM series?
What's your favorite aspect of your series to base spells on?
What is a paradigm or element from your pop culture source that has helped you in your magical practice?
What is a paradigm or element from your pop culture source that you refuse to use?
Does your pop culture source have an elemental or similar system? Do you use this system? How extensively?
Does your pop culture source have an alphabet, rune, or similar system? Do you use this system? If so, for what?
Is there a particular species of creature from your pop culture source that you find yourself drawn to or actually work with? If so, what is it? If not, what creature would you consider?
Is there a particular species of creature from your pop culture source that you avoid at all costs? Why?
Do you blend different pop culture systems together, or work with them separately? Do you blend them with other parts of your practice?
What was the easiest thing to adapt from your source's magical system? The hardest?
Did you have any help from entities from your pop culture source source to learn their magical aspects?
How do/could you include PCM in your day to day life?
What's an aspect of your PCM that cannot work in a day to day context?
Quick! You need to pick something mundane but fantastical from your series and make a correspondence list for it!
Quick! You need to make something mundane from your series into a divination method! What do you transform and how?
Quick! Make a quick, easy spell you could theoretically perform now/soon!
What drew you to PCP/PCM in the first place?
What discourse from the fandom do you absolutely despise? What's a fandom discourse that you think has a really good point?
What's one fandom discourse, and what's your stance?
Do you have a specialty in any specific series/fandom?
Do you have a series you love but don't/wouldn't touch for PCP/PCM? Why? Do you have a series you hate but do touch for PCP/PCM? Why?
Is there a series you know very little about but still adore for PCP/PCM?
Are there some series you'll touch PCP for but not PCM, or vice versa?
What series inspire you the most for your craft?
Do you engage with the fandom at all for your craft? Does the fandom influence your craft in any way? What's your general opinion on the fandom of your series?
What fascinates you more: PCP or PCM?
What choice words do you have for the creator of your series?
If you could meet the creator of your series, would you? What would you do or talk about? Ignore if they happen to be deceased or anything like that. Imagine an ideal world here.
How magical or mundane is your series? Does the presence of magic make it easier, or does the lack of magic make it harder?
How long have you been into your series?
Does your series have an emotional attachment, nostalgia value, or anything else of the sort?
What's your favorite song from your series soundtrack if it has one? What's your favorite fan song for your series, if you've heard one?
What's your favorite episode / game / part of the game / book / part of the book from your series?
Would you suggest your series for people to get into outside of PCP/PCM? Would you suggest your series for PCP/PCM for other people?
How far into the series do you think one needs to be to do PCP/PCM well?
What's the main thing you engage with from your series? What thing do you barely engage with from your series?
What's a series you used to do PCP/PCM for but have since stopped? Why? Do you think you'll ever return to it?
Would you ever consider doing PCP/PCM for an entirely mundane universe? Like no magic or fantastical elements at all.
Would you ever consider doing PCP/PCM based on fanfiction, or something like fanfiction?
What is the most intensive project you've undertaken involving one of your pop culture sources?
What's something from your series that just makes you cringe a little or a lot?
If you could, what aspect of your series would you change?
How do you feel about shipping culture about your series?
Quick! Ramble about your favorite aspect of your series!
Quick! Go on a rant about something about your series, be it canon or fanon!
Quick! Think of a fanfiction idea for your series!
