#alkumeri

[intergalacticwanderer]

Since I mentioned my Popestar keychain in my Ghost ask responses, I figured I might as well show off it’s current spot on my purse (plus a keychain from brbianca)

[intergalacticwanderer]

culpa, pinnacle, zero, ritual, crucified!

Culpa - When did you first discover Ghost? 

My first real exposure to Ghost was actually the Ghost style cover of Chop Suey by ten second songs, of all things. A friend shared it with me the day after it came out (so the beginning of March 2017) and I clicked on some Ghost songs in the related videos, starting with Square Hammer before going to Cirice and From the Pinnacle to the Pit. 4 days later I’d ordered Meliora Redux and in 2 weeks I had concert tickets. It… was a pretty quick descent ☠️ 

Pinnacle - What’s your favorite Ghost album? 

I think I’d have to say Meliora, it was what got me into Ghost and I still enjoy the heck of out it.

Zero - Have you been to one of their concerts?

I have! I was lucky enough to see them open for Iron Maiden last July, and honestly the whole show kind of spoiled me for future concerts (it was my very first arena concert). Me and the friend I went with both decided that we HAD to see them headline after that, so I’m super looking forward to November.

Ritual - Do you own any merch? 

Answered here!

Crucified - What was the song that introduced you to Ghost? 

Funnily enough, there’s actually two answers to this. The VERY first Ghost song I heard was Bible and I enjoyed it, but I didn’t know who the artist was and didn’t look into it any further, so I don’t really count it as my intro. The first song where I really knew who it was and looked further into things was Square Hammer, and I’m glad I did.

[klomonx2]

5, 9, 21!

Writing this with a broken keyboardis torture but I want to answer gosh dang! I assume this is for the language one, so---5- I believe I was around10 or 11 when I first started. I was in an afterschool program and took American Sign Language - I remember we had tests and I learned a lot but never had a use for it [I also only took it for one year]. I remember also learning basic Braille, but, again... so I remember very little of either.9- It varies wildly on what is ‘required’ - in short you only need English officially, but in South/West schools one often learns or picks up Spanish. In my [NorthEast] location, I was required to take a foreign language in Middle School [ages 11-14], I was told I had a choice between French and Spanish but in reality all I had were Spanish. I continued taking Spanish all through Highschool. There were a few more options by then - Spanish, French, and German. While I would have liked to switch to German, I was already taking "advanced" Spanish, so I stuck with it. It was also the *only* elective I was able to take consistently my whole 4 years at Highschool, which made me feel like I had at least some choice in the matter. I should note however that 'taking a foreign language' doesn't mean...you actually learn anything. My Spanish is still pretty basic, both because I never use it really and I just don't like it as much as Swedish. Learning a language in the US school system alone is probably impossible due to how hard it is to teach - very few students want to learn it and due to restrictions your materials or even the ability to have a native speaker being slim to none means the quality is low. For what it's worth, though, I did well in Spanish haha.21- It ends up being, for me, that I have a native speaker to actually use the language with?  With Swedish I took it because of @lukrietz, and while I could have taken any language really, I wouldn't of had a huge point in doing so because..there's very little application for it unless it's Spanish or Arabic and I couldn't become good at those without having a use for them outside of class to begin with. Having a native speaker friend meant I could actually use the laguage outside of class and also that I had someone else to answer questions. I don't think I'd try another language unless I had a native speaker friend to help me or give me reason to want to learn it.

[kshandra]

10, 26, 27!

10) three favourite Halloween/spooky songs

Ministry, Every Day Is Halloween

Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi’s Dead

Siouxsie and the Banshees - Trust In Me

26) three favourite non-English songs

Nena - 99 Luftballons (because the original German is so much more VICIOUS than the English)

Falco - Jeannie

Moxy Fruvous - Nuits de Reve (even though I have trouble listening to it now)

27) three songs that you sing while drunk

Garth Brooks - Friends In Low Places

Barenaked Ladies - Alcohol (Iiiiiiii loooooove yooooou more...)

...fuck, when was the last time I even got drunk? 

[kshandra]

20, 23, 27, 34, 44!

20) what’s one stereotype of where you come from that actually fits? Ooh, that’s a good one. I’m a native Californian, so I have a wide variety to choose from. ;-) (Not only is the traffic really as bad as the picture in #12 there, I can tell you within about 500 yards where that photo was taken.)

23) which eye colour do you find prettiest?I am an absolute sucker for green or hazel eyes.

27) how many languages can you speak?I’m only fluent in my native English, sadly. I took three years of French in high school, and studied Turkish on Duolingo before my trip to Istanbul two years ago.

34) what do you like most about your physical appearance?I. Love. My. Hair. I should really take better care of it, though.

44) what’s your favourite book trope?Ooh, another good one... I am a sucker for a Strong Female Protagonist, especially in genre fiction.

Thanks for the ask!