#askboxgames

[itachi86]

1 or 35 for the 📚🐛 ask game

1: Name the best book you've read so far this year

oh gosh i've read quite a few books already this year but i think the best one has got to be either The Ones We Burn by Rebecca Mix or Breezespells and Bridegrooms.both lgbt fantasy both with really great humour and worldbuilding and ones I would def read again

thank you :)

[knoepfchen]

Country Ask: 11. & 14. <3

Hello Smith :D

11. favourite native writer/poet?

i share a birthday with Friedrich Schiller and he has a lot of connections to the region in Germany i'm from, so he's always held a special place in my heart. The children's books by Erich Kästner are delightful, i love the humour in the poems of Heinz Ehrhardt (it truly rankles me when people say Germans aren't funny, but i understand that the wordplay we rely on doesn't translate particularly well^^) and while i find a lot of contemporary German fiction a bit tedious, i will recommend a contemporary romance for anyone who wants to give German-language novels (this one's Austrian) a try:

Gut gegen Nordwind (or the English translation, Love Virtually) by Daniel Glattauer is a bittersweet epistolary love story told entirely in e-mails and an easy but lovely read

14. do you enjoy your country’s cinema and/or TV?

oh dear :D the answer to that is both yes and no. a lot of German film-for-TV productions are rubbish, the most cringe-worthy things you can imagine - but some of my favourite films are German film-for-TV productions.

I also know there are a fair few German film studios that tend to be involved in a lot of European film productions, particularly in collaboration with France, Italy, Denmark, etc. and for every unwatchable TV film, there are some true gems there as well.

Recs of the top of my head: Almanya: Welcome to Germany (comedy about a Turkish-German family), Lola Rennt/Run Lola Run, and Goodbye Lenin! (with ya boy, Daniel Brühl! But then, what isn't he in these days.) :D

[amaliabalash]

Jeremy Jordan?

nope not my type / alright / cute / adorable / pretty /  gorgeous / lord take me now

[amaliabalash]

She Loves Me! Love your URL by the way :)

hahah thanks and right back atcha :) I’m thrilled to see all the SLM urls around nowadays, especially a fellow Amalia

have i listened: hahaha yesseen it live: um, a few times (2x OSF 2010, 3 random productions in 2014, 2x Broadway, aaaand as many more times in my life as I can manage is the plan)fave number: this is always the worst question I swear but I’m gonna stick with my answer from last time I answered one of these, Tonight at Eight and Dear Friend are the faves at the momentfave character: gonna let y’all guess this one hahaha

[geekinthejeep]

4, 15, 23, 33, 78

Thank you, Eli! <3

4. How do you take your coffee/tea?I make my coffee with a half-scoop of sugar and a splash of skim milk, doesn’t matter what type of coffee it is or how sweet it already is. If I’m having a really rough morning at work or something, I’ll drink my coffee black because I just can’t be bothered to put more effort in than that.Honestly, though? I have never had tea before. Ever. Oops.

15. Go google a weird space fact and tell us what it is!“The Universe was once thought to be  everything that   could ever exist, but recent theories about inflation (e.g. Big  Bang)   suggest our universe may be just one of countless bubbles of space time.“This is the type of shit that gave me an existential crisis in middle school.

23. what’s your favorite thing to do on lazy days where you have 0 obligations?Answered here!

33. What’s your fave pastry?I am so embarrassed I had to think about this for a minute when the answer is obviously always and forever BeaverTails. They’re a fried dough pastry originating out of Ontario, Canada and topped with powdered sugar and whatever the hell else you could possibly want on them. My personal favorite is the one that comes with Nutella and marshmallows.I remember so clearly getting BeaverTails after an afternoon of skating on the Rideau Canal in Ottawa when I was little. They’re amazing.

78. Are you in the minion hateclub or fanclub?I am a quiet member of the minion hateclub. I’m a teacher, so between the number of the things I see on my students’ clothing/backpacks/notebooks and the number of memes I see from coworkers on Facebook, I have hit my wall with them.

[Askbox Game]

[amaliabalash]

1,2,3,7 for the unpopular opinion type askbox game? :)

1. What OTPs in your fandom(s) do you just not get?I don’t think there are any in my major fandoms I don’t get. The closest I could think of quickly is back when I was active in the Heathers the Musical fandom, people were like “oh but JD and Veronica were so good together!!!!” and no??? they’re not????? he was gonna murder her????? So really, ships with abusive dynamics are prevalent and those are almost always a no go for me.  I say almost always because I recognize I’ve probably got some myself.

2. Are there any popular fandom OTPs you only BroTP?Hmm. Not anymore.  I used to have some but all it takes is one fake married fic to change my mind apparently.  Oh!  For whatever reason, I’m just not into Napollya from TMFU.  I don’t shy away from slash ships anymore (I fully admit I used to), but despite all of the heavy innuendo and stuff in the movie I’m just so 😍 over Gaby and Illya that I stay there.

3. Any fandoms that don’t appeal to you?I have no desire to watch the 100 or the Walking Dead or Game of Thrones. I think because people were SO EXCITED ABOUT THEM and then they all got SO BURNED that I’m like yeahhhhhh I’m never gonna hop on those pain trains.

7. Is there anything you used to like, but now can’t stand?Well. I tend to still like the parts of the shows I liked, but the shows morphed into something I couldn’t stand OR the fans ruined it.  I mean, we all know the trifecta - I used to love Doctor Who, Sherlock, and Supernatural individually.  I feel like I’ll never bother watching Sherlock again, I might binge rewatch/catch up with Supernatural someday when it’s all over (I still really love the first few seasons), and I still adore older new Who. It just hurts my heart to watch it now.