Twenty questions

[cleolinda]

So this Formspring thing keeps glitching and not letting people see older answers, which also means that people are asking duplicate questions because they can't see what I've already answered. And I am getting asked a lot. I've answered 200, and I've got something like 83 still hidden in the inbox. So what I'm going to do is copy-paste the answers

Comments

[akamarykate]

OMGOMG. THANK YOU for posting that link to The Costumer's Guide. I've been wanting to make a Violet Beaudelaire outfit for one of my Ellowynes for over a year (barring, of course, Tonner actually making the doll themselves because that would be too cool for words), collecting fabric and patterns that *might* work, but I couldn't find decent pictures of the details of her dress and coat. That place is sheer bloody brilliance--it could be as bad for my time management as TV Tropes. Wowwowwow, seriously, thank you!

Continuing

[suzeclues12]

I started to post this and then....craziness ensued....

FormSpring seems to be miraculously letting you access your earlier posts - now that you've gone to all of the effort to put these on here....

[friggeng]

You know, if they make a Violet Tonner, I would buy her with no hesitation.
Even if her face looks like a creature from the black lagoon or something, I would buy her so hard.
A. I love ASOUE like burning and B. Violets dress(es) made me realize years and years ago that I love costumes.

Also ditto on white queen, can't wait for the pics to be released <3

Re: Why do you still live with your parents

[hartlyn]

It totally cracks my shit up when somebody says "I don't mean to come off as rude and judgmental" because that's exactly how it comes off. I liked your answer, BTW. In this time of public apologies for private affairs, people seem to think they own the people they admire or that they have a right to ask intensely personal questions--and actually get an answer.

It's like when somebody says "I'm not a prude/I don't mean to pry, BUT"
it usually means "I am a prude/I do mean to pry, AND"

Re: Why do you still live with your parents

[cleolinda]

I got two other versions of that question that were straight-up rude and judgmental. I guess part of my issue with the question is, what answer do you expect? There are very few reasons I could give that would not translate to, "I am not financially independent and am, therefore, a loser, no matter how many excuses I make." So just go ahead and assume I'm a loser and don't ask. I don't know. The question just seems designed to make me admit it, rather than genuinely give some kind of explanation.

Re: Why do you still live with your parents

[elbales]

Yeah, way to be passive aggressive. I thought you handled it well, however. It really truly is no one's freaking business why you live at home-and, in fact, an astute reader of your LJ would already know that there are real factors (i.e., not loserdom) that make it the best choice for you right now. It's not like you've never written before about depression, the need to get your writing career going, how fantastically you get along with your family, etc., etc.

[jackofice]

I would've personally just stuck with the "it's none of your business" option. There are times and ways to ask personal questions like that; using Formspring isn't one of them. You reserve the privilege to give out your personal information or answer personal questions. And I'll repeat that a lack of financial independence does not make you a loser. Having enough of a spine to confront such an invasive question automatically disqualifies you from that noun.

[sea_of_tethys]

Aww, a Violet Baudelaire doll would be awesome.