1, 4, 6, 15 (identity ask) :--)
1. if someone wanted to really understand you, what would they read, watch, and listen to?
uh oh. this is a hard one, because there are so many pieces of art that have shaped me, oh lord. i’ll try to stick to two or three pieces each category alright?
when god was a rabbit by sarah winman (bc it’s my favourite book of all time, i love it so, so much!)
the hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy “trilogy” by douglas adams (bc it’s probably what has most affected my own writing style, since i really loved artemis fowl books as well, and we all know eoin colfer is a huge douglas adams fan and his style has been influenced by his work)
harry potter books (ooh, what a surprising choice!! wow! but it’s what got me into fanfiction and writing more seriously in general. and i grew up with it. it was my whole life for years. it’s part of my identity still)
fullmetal alchemist brotherhood (i’m about to reveal what a weeaboo i was and am, but it can’t be helped. fma is both my favourite manga and anime, and it’s a perfect example of the kind of storytelling i love and aspire to have in my own works, you know? plus the philosophy and the message in this show...? wow. talk about summing up me)
hetalia (talking about weeaboo and something being my life. ugh. most of the years of my life i’m trying to forget are wrapped up in hetalia. i’m not actually recommending it to you, i’m just telling you this is a series that changed my life. for better or worse? who the fuck knows)
brooklyn 99 (perfect humor!! a peek at my soul, probably. everything i want to write one day!)
welcome to night vale (we’re talking about life changing things again, y’all. this podcast was what kept me in high school when everything was shit. also a good representative of my sense of humor and what appeals to me ~artistically~
the front bottoms (i love this band. and you all know it. the lyrics are gold, even when you have no idea what they mean)
bastille (the artsy side of me loves bastille. i listen to it while writing or planning my projects so often)
4. do you like your name? is there another name you think would fit you better?
i don’t really think my name that much! or like. i do, but it’s... weird? i kind of can’t connect my name to me?? idk how to explain it but my name is just... me. i don’t have strong feelings about it when thinking about it in the context of me. i’m roosa and that’s ok. that’s my name. that’s me.
roosas in general, tho... i’ve never met a nice one. all of them either mean or just very full of themselves. so. don’t name your kid roosa, ok?
not really something i think suits me better but in an alternative universe i go by viljami, i’m like 99% sure of that. my friends from the town village i grew up in call me jami & the friends from art high school call me vilja.
...i spend way much time thinking about myself in alternative universes.
6. are you religious/spiritual?
oh boy. oh boy. that’s the question, isn’t it?
i mean. i was. i really was. from my early teens all the way til 2015 fall i was very religious. i believed in god and jesus and whatnot, and i was happy about my faith for the most of that time. it was a comfort and a source of strength.
the thing was and is: my church is pretty conservative. i never agreed with them on so many things (gay=sin being one of them), and in 2015 i was so tired of it - tired of the hatred and guilt that my church brought into my life - i stopped going. i stopped praying at night before bed. i consciously made myself stop it all.
and while that was good for me in some areas of my life - i finally came to terms with my sexuality, for example - i do miss having faith. i miss the love and the security it meant
that’s one reason i’m currently working at my church for my unemployment benefit instead of literally anywhere else. these six months are meant to be like... my last try at religion.
at the moment i wouldn’t say i’m religious except that yeah i work for a church. i desperately want to believe in the stuff i used to believe in again tho, and i’m planning on finding a more open minded church once i get into school & get to move to another city
15. five most influential books of your lifetime
you’re really hitting me with the hard ones, gosh. not in any particular order & leaving out the books i listen in my answer to question #1 bc all of those would’ve made this list and i don’t want to just repeat them:
the thirteenth tale by diane setterfield
slaughterhouse five by kurt vonnegut jr
the prophecy of the stones by flavia bujor
a series of unfortunate events by lemony snicket
artemis fowl books by eoin colfer
