Interviews SF Interviews 2.0 - Florete

[Res]

Yeah we were UK/California but only for two years! 6 years is a looong time, congrats!

And booooo

If you have time to answer bonus questions (but I know you are prioritizing other people's questions first):

6. Where in California? I've seen a few LA-area people on here but I'm up in the Bay Area. Does your commute suck?

7. So assuming that you haven't been outside the U.S. (given your previous answers) which country do you wish to visit the most? 

[BANRYU]

Just now, Res said:

Yeah we were UK/California but only for two years! 6 years is a looong time, congrats!

And booooo

If you have time to answer bonus questions (but I know you are prioritizing other people's questions first):

6. Where in California? I've seen a few LA-area people on here but I'm up in the Bay Area. Does your commute suck?

7. So assuming that you haven't been outside the U.S. (given your previous answers) which country do you wish to visit the most? 

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I mean... I've answered the others, so I suppose no harm in answering these in the meantime... ;;

6. Orange county, and that's all the detail I'm willing to provide, sorry ;; commutes haven't been too bad for me yet though

7. Yeah, that's correct... I did go to Mexico once with my family and a couple other family groups, but I don't really consider that much of a travel experience since we were mostly interacting internally with each other and not with the culture. Well, the answers are largely the same as the languages... xD;; Wales and Japan would be my top choices, but honestly I'd be cool with anything really. My wife is half German by blood so the Deutschland would be cool too haha.

 

[Shadow Mir]

1. Have you seen "Wake that slugabed up!"? 

2. Opinions of the following:

a. 

b. 

c. 

3. Did you know "slugabed" was a real word before Fates?

4. Favorite Rotom forme?

5. Favorite Eevee evolution?

[Res]

Haha no worries, I wasn't expecting any answer more detailed than a general area. Just bored and searching for someone who might understand my pain over Bay Area life (it sucks). 

[BANRYU]

1 minute ago, Levant Mir Celestia said:

1. Have you seen "Wake that slugabed up!"? 

2. Opinions of the following:

a. 

b. 

c. 

3. Did you know "slugabed" was a real word before Fates?

4. Favorite Rotom forme?

5. Favorite Eevee evolution?

1. I think I saw like one instance of it? Honestly surprised I haven't seen more of it on Tumblr TBH. A quick google search has enlightened me to its many applications.

2. A talks tough and tries to be cool but can't help being precious and goodhearted. B is adorable and bubbly and loves to grow flowers but would murder your face in an instant if you crossed them. C appears haughty and regal but is actually quite doofy and unassuming; a cinnamon roll, but nevertheless one who will soon be overthrown and possibly beheaded, most likely by B. 

3. I kinda want to say yes but I feel like that would be cheating? I think technically no, but I can totally buy that it was in the same sense as 'dastard' where it looks made-up but really it's just an out-of-place archaic term haha. 

4. Mow because grass-type bias. Also how can you dislike a grin like this? It's so sincere!

5. Umbreon; there's something really nice about how streamlined and elegant yet robust it is. That, or maybe just teen Dark-type angst + nostalgia goggles ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

1 minute ago, Res said:

Haha no worries, I wasn't expecting any answer more detailed than a general area. Just bored and searching for someone who might understand my pain over Bay Area life (it sucks). 

Ahh, sorry! Dx I don't know much about it, but I sympathize! x___X

[Shadow Mir]

13 minutes ago, BANRYU said:

2. A talks tough and tries to be cool but can't help being precious and goodhearted. B is adorable and bubbly and loves to grow flowers but would murder your face in an instant if you crossed them. C appears haughty and regal but is actually quite doofy and unassuming; a cinnamon roll, but nevertheless one who will soon be overthrown and possibly beheaded, most likely by B. 

In case you're wondering "what the heck are those things?" A is Meow Wow, B is Flowbermeow, and C is Meowjesty. B is particularly rare to find, in addition to being part chicken (read: it's rather flighty; it tends to teleport to get away from you, and moves around a lot; that said, it can be a valuable ally if you can get one on your side), and C can only be seen if you create it.

6. Have you heard of .hack?

7. How did you come up with your username?

8. Cats or dogs?

Edited March 1, 2017 by Levant Mir Celestia

[BANRYU]

20 minutes ago, Levant Mir Celestia said:

In case you're wondering "what the heck are those things?" A is Meow Wow, B is Flowbermeow, and C is Meowjesty. B is particularly rare to find, in addition to being part chicken (read: it's rather flighty; it tends to teleport to get away from you, and moves around a lot), and C can only be seen if you create it.

6. Have you heard of .hack?

7. How did you come up with your username?

8. Cats or dogs?

Yeah I saw that you asked other people about those as well haha. I did kind of wonder. Hope my responses were suitably entertaining xDD

6. Yes, I watched //SIGN, own a couple volumes of the Legend of the Twilight manga + the 2 AI buster novels. Haven't played the PS1 games, though I'd like to if given the chance (my wife used to have the games but hell if we've been able to find them OTL)

7. The name came from this thing, and originally I used it as a name for a dragon character I made up, but I liked it enough that I decided to just make it my thing haha. I identify with the name since I like dragons and am pretty protective in general (I got the ISFJ ('the defender') personality type when I took that one test lol). Been using it online for over 10 years haha. So no, it's not from Inuyasha and no I don't want to ban Ryu from street fighter x3 those are the two most common misconceptions lol. 

8. Both? I'm one of the few people I know who doesn't have a preference. I just like animals, yo

Edited March 1, 2017 by BANRYU

[Jotari]

6.What three historical figures would you most like to go on a road trip with?
7.What three fictional heroes would you most like to go on a road trip with?
8.What three fictional villains would you most like to go on a road trip with?
9.Is humanity awesome, monstrous or completely irrelevant (please only select one)?
10.A Mega Pokémon you'd like to see? 

[BANRYU]

1 hour ago, Jotari said:

6.What three historical figures would you most like to go on a road trip with?
7.What three fictional heroes would you most like to go on a road trip with?
8.What three fictional villains would you most like to go on a road trip with?
9.Is humanity awesome, monstrous or completely irrelevant (please only select one)?
10.A Mega Pokémon you'd like to see? 

6. oh hell. My knowledge of historical figures being tested... ;; I DIDN'T STUDY FOR THIS TEST RIP Dx I guess... Uhh... I guess... Umm... Let's say Jesus (even if you're not religious, historically he was apparently a pretty cool guy anyway), Dr. Seuss, and... uhh... Nicola Tesla....? Those three cover some pretty interesting bases

7. Daenerys Targaryen, Garrus Vakarian, and Pearl from Steven Universe (...shit now I'm just imagining their names being said in the fashion of SU's opening; 'GARrus... DaeNERys... and PEARL~' lmao)

EDIT: SHIT I just thought of Samus too though! D; Awwww who even to replace though?! SHIIIIT. Dx I want all four ;-;

8. General Grievous, DJ Octavio, and Bowser. TBH this sounds like the most fun of the three road trips.

9. Shit dude you're asking for just one to such an inherently nuanced question...?? Well I think it's inarguable that the answer ISN'T irrelevant, if only if you look at the scale of the ecological impact humanity has on our planet lol. Well despite that there's a lot I don't like about us I guess I'll say awesome just because our accomplishments on the whole are pretty cool I guess. 

10. ugggghhh don't start with me

Edited March 1, 2017 by BANRYU

[Jotari]

11.First Fire Emblem game you ever played?
12.A new class you'd like to see introduced into the series?
13.On a scale of 1-10, how underappreciated is Glade (aka, the least popular Fire Emblem character by vote)?
14.Would you ever play an Iron Man mode in Fire Emblem (ie, the opposite of casual where you can't even reset upon character deaths)?
15.Say something nice about your least favourite Fire Emblem game.

[Caster]

1. Impressions of this loser?

2. FE character that interests you from a game you HAVEN'T played?

3. Favorite food?

4. What qualifies as a "good day" for you?

5. Two trains are on a collision course on the same track. Train A is 10 miles away travelling 100 mph, and train B is 13 miles away travelling 75 mph, how long will it take before the trains collide?

[BANRYU]

On 3/2/2017 at 8:35 AM, Sophie said:

1. Impressions of this loser?

2. FE character that interests you from a game you HAVEN'T played?

3. Favorite food?

4. What qualifies as a "good day" for you?

5. Two trains are on a collision course on the same track. Train A is 10 miles away travelling 100 mph, and train B is 13 miles away travelling 75 mph, how long will it take before the trains collide?

1. I don't know you (or, if we talked, remember you... I'm sorry ;; ) .3. So I don't feel like I can really give a fair appraisal.

2. Umm I suppose Tiki? Seeing as she's the main reason I want to try Shadow Dragon lol. Although, Merric also seems cool if she doesn't count since she's also in Awakening.

3. Tough call since eating anything too much makes me sick of it, but... uhh.... hmm... my mom makes some pretty good empanadas (kind of like a tiny meat turnover thing with fried dough), I can shovel those in my face pretty much nonstop haha.

4. I think generally accomplishing something, anything, that isn't just sitting around the house... making headway with my job search, making or drawing something, getting errands done... That, and going without any arguments or disagreements with the wife over anything throughout the day. We rarely have big blowup arguments, but little disagreements or bickering are somewhat commonplace because I can be annoying lol. BUT... the days when we JUST enjoy each other's company, get along great, and don't argue at all are the best.

5. Time is relative and everything is meaningless on a cosmological scale. 

On 3/1/2017 at 6:01 PM, Jotari said:

11.First Fire Emblem game you ever played?
12.A new class you'd like to see introduced into the series?
13.On a scale of 1-10, how underappreciated is Glade (aka, the least popular Fire Emblem character by vote)?
14.Would you ever play an Iron Man mode in Fire Emblem (ie, the opposite of casual where you can't even reset upon character deaths)?
15.Say something nice about your least favourite Fire Emblem game.

11. FE7 :3 Recognized the name after Marth and Roy were in Smash (as was the case with many people I think lol), and saw some promotional art / ads / etc. and the art style gelled really well with me, so I went for it.

12. Hmm, a new class...? If you'd have asked me before Fates, I'd have described Malig Knights, haha. Now though...? I guess hybridized Light magic-using classes that can also use physical weapons would be cool. Be nice to see Light magic back again at all, really. 

13. I have no idea who that is .3. Make of that what you will

14. Yeah, I think I'd do that; my wife and I are working on setting up a Youtube LP channel, and though I don't think Fire Emblem is the BEST for LPs I've definitely considered it. I'd prefer to do it in a FE that I was suitably confident in-- so, probably just FE7-- but I plan to go through the Tellius games at some point on the channel as well, so I'll probably make the effort to do an ironman-esque run there, albeit on the lowest possible difficulty haha ;; RD really put me through the wringer when I played that the first time, though hopefully I've gotten better by now.

15. Umm I guess that'd probably be Binding Blade... Well, I like the game's characters, a lot of them are fun and enjoyable; Roy seems like a pretty good character, and otherwise I liked Geese, Gonzales, Sophia, Raigh, and probably a few others I can't remember pretty good. I also didn't care so much for Fates/Birthright but I love the character designs of the Hoshidans far more so than the Nohrians. 

Edited March 4, 2017 by BANRYU

[Jotari]

16.Favorite Bond movie?
17.Favorite Disney movie?
18.Favorite Shakespeare play?
19.Favorite Queen song?
20.Favorite Harry Potter character?

[Randoman]

How would you describe yourself, personality-wise?

How would friends/family describe you, personality-wise?

What personality traits do you value most?

What TV shows did you grow up with as a kid?

How did you and your wife meet?

[BANRYU]

Oops looks like the time's (almost??) up and I haven't answered these last two... aaagh rushrushrush

6 hours ago, Randoman said:

How would you describe yourself, personality-wise?

How would friends/family describe you, personality-wise?

What personality traits do you value most?

What TV shows did you grow up with as a kid?

How did you and your wife meet?

- shit man describing yourself, especially concisely, is one of the hardest things. But uhh... I try... so um... just gonna throw out some adjectives... analytical, somewhat laid-back, occasionally uptight, sometimes obnoxious and not always the best at being self-aware, mostly good-intentioned... sometimes temperamental, something I'm trying to work on... pretty introverted and sensitive (not really in the best ways either; like the 'gets butthurt when what they said wasn't acknowledged even though they were probably mumbling and no one heard them' kind of sensitive), and protective of people I care about. I'm the 'defender' ISFJ personality type of the 16 types, if that tells you anything. 

- Umm... I'd like to think they'd say I'm concerned and caring for people, pretty reliable when they need me for stuff, pretty nice for the most part but tends to be obnoxiously negative sometimes haha. Oh, that's something I forgot to mention in the last prompt, I tend to complain a lot haha ;; been trying to work on filtering myself better since my wife (who is way tougher than I am and never complains about anything that isn't serious lol) gets pretty annoyed by it. 

- I dunno... ones that make you not shitty towards other people I guess? so... open-mindedness, probably? It's not my own strongest suit either, though I like to think I'm improving at it. Could still be better, though.

- Oh man, I did watch a LOT of TV as a kid... the standouts to me are things like Pokemon and Digimon ofc (Digimon was a better show btw fite me), as well as the likes of Batman TAS, Avatar TLA, Teen Titans... those are the main ones I remember.

- We first interacted on a little now-defunct site known as Quizilla haha. We were both lonely teenagers who were too introverted to seek relationships in person so we made quizzes asking 'who wants to date me', in essence; you know, those kids who try to date each other without knowing jack diddly about one another and go off of avatar appearances to judge who they wanted to go after lol (quizilla didn't have avatars but you get the idea). I found her quiz which was actually just a 'do you want to be my friend' type of thing, and apparently I was the only person to have taken her quiz... We just started talking more from there, she not-subtly-at-all encouraged me to ask her out (I was too nervous to do anything like that without blatant approval lol) and I did, and we started 'dating' online lol. The progression is a long story but it basically just escalated from there to talking, talking more, eventual phone calls, eventual eventual in-person visits etc. And TBH I really wouldn't recommend doing what we did at ALL, but it just so happened to work out for us haha ;; I don't often think about it lately but it was pretty amazing that things turned out as well as they did honestly despite all the difficulties we faced. 

7 hours ago, Jotari said:

16.Favorite Bond movie?
17.Favorite Disney movie?
18.Favorite Shakespeare play?
19.Favorite Queen song?
20.Favorite Harry Potter character?

16. Oh man it's been forever since I've seen most of them... For some reason I said Thunderball when I was younger but TBH I don't remember it at all, so I guess I'll go with Casino Royale...? Daniel Craig was pretty good in that IIRC

17. Umm out of the classic Disney stuff it's Mulan, but I struggle to remember what counts with newer stuff lol... I wanna say Wreckit Ralph because of obvious video game things, and in general it was a pretty good film, (Zootopia was equally good IMO though the subject matter interests me less) though disclaimer I haven't seen Moana yet and would like to. Not sure which wins out between the two though.

18. Oh hell it's been ages since I read/studied anything Shakespeare and I don't think I could really do the question justice. But... uhh... here's an marginally-relevant fun fact, did you know Shakespeare died and was born on the same day? That day, incidentally, is my birthday lol. 

19. Oh hell one of my toughest questions yet. I wanna say... I'll just be boring and say We Will Rock You. It might be simpler than their other songs but it's got a lot of intensity to it.

20. Oh shit this one's weirdly hard too. HP is one of those franchises where I've read all the books and I know the world/lore pretty well, but never really went out of my way to choose a favorite. Uhh... So... Assuming we're ruling out dragons which are my automatic default favorite in anything they're in, hm... Well Hermione is the obvious and easy answer because she's just the best, but uhh... I also like Luna and Neville (esp film Neville although book Neville got more development, so... both good). And ofc Snape, who doesn't like Snape? Alan Rickman(rest his soul)'s Snape probably helped partially inspire some aspects of my FE dark mage OC, and I imagine him having a very similar voice. 

[Jotari]

21.Have you seen Gone With The Wind?
22.The most complex thing you do in your kitchen (there is a right and wrong answer to this)?
23.Opinion on polygamy?
24.Is Cannibalism ethically immoral (ignoring the biological factors that makes it inadvisable)?
25.(Probably) Not at all related to the above, what's the strangest thing you've ever eaten?
 

[BANRYU]

2 hours ago, Jotari said:

21.Have you seen Gone With The Wind?
22.The most complex thing you do in your kitchen (there is a right and wrong answer to this)?
23.Opinion on polygamy?
24.Is Cannibalism ethically immoral (ignoring the biological factors that makes it inadvisable)?
25.(Probably) Not at all related to the above, what's the strangest thing you've ever eaten?

21. My mom likes it but I don't think I ever did bother to sit down and watch it lol... ;;

22. 

23. I wouldn't strictly rule it out as a valid type of relationship but it definitely takes a lot more effort to make it work than a 2-person relationship does (esp if multiple people are in a relationship with one person and not all with each other), and shouldn't be done without full willingness and acceptance of all individuals involved. 

24. Honestly I don't have a ton of hard logic to back this up off the top of my head, but I wanna say yes, ethically immoral in most circumstances barring one where not doing so results in the death of the person faced with the choice, or where someone unknowingly commits it. 

25. Honestly the weirdest thing I can recall right now is I ate an ant as a little kid on a dare. I can't think of a ton of actual food I've eaten that was terribly weird... I think of shit like Burger King's weird burger burrito they had a while ago but I never actually tried that. I guess a McRibb would probably qualify lol (RIP my intestines)

[DodgeDusk]

1. Do you prefer this battle track or this battle track?

[BANRYU]

10 minutes ago, DodgeDusk said:

1. Do you prefer this battle track or this battle track?

It sounds like these are the same song if I'm not mistaken...? Or at least pretty similar... sorry if I'm mistaken I didn't get a lot of sleep and I'm pretty out of it lol... ;; but uhh, first one is my preference. S'got a nice beat and the guitar in the second one feels kind of noisy and unnecessary to me.

[Randoman]

What were some of the very first video games you played as a kid?

What are some of your most/least favourite foods?

Are there any quirks that most people in real life would know about you that online people wouldn't? (Eg: you polish your glasses a lot, you frequently talk with your hands, etc.)

What is your opinion of unicycles/unicycling?

For this interview, did you get more, less, or around the same amount of questions you were expecting? (for this question, pretend that after my post, they're moving onto the next interviewee)

8 hours ago, BANRYU said:

- We first interacted on a little now-defunct site known as Quizilla haha. We were both lonely teenagers who were too introverted to seek relationships in person so we made quizzes asking 'who wants to date me', in essence; you know, those kids who try to date each other without knowing jack diddly about one another and go off of avatar appearances to judge who they wanted to go after lol (quizilla didn't have avatars but you get the idea). I found her quiz which was actually just a 'do you want to be my friend' type of thing, and apparently I was the only person to have taken her quiz... We just started talking more from there, she not-subtly-at-all encouraged me to ask her out (I was too nervous to do anything like that without blatant approval lol) and I did, and we started 'dating' online lol. The progression is a long story but it basically just escalated from there to talking, talking more, eventual phone calls, eventual eventual in-person visits etc. And TBH I really wouldn't recommend doing what we did at ALL, but it just so happened to work out for us haha ;; I don't often think about it lately but it was pretty amazing that things turned out as well as they did honestly despite all the difficulties we faced. 

Aww... that's a really sweet story. You lucky guy, you, especially with how she encouraged you to ask her out. 

[DodgeDusk]

27 minutes ago, BANRYU said:

It sounds like these are the same song if I'm not mistaken...? Or at least pretty similar... sorry if I'm mistaken I didn't get a lot of sleep and I'm pretty out of it lol... ;; but uhh, first one is my preference. S'got a nice beat and the guitar in the second one feels kind of noisy and unnecessary to me.

Uh, did you listen to the first track twice by mistake or something? The second one doesn't have a guitar whatsoever, outside of the bass.

[BANRYU]

16 minutes ago, Randoman said:

What were some of the very first video games you played as a kid?

What are some of your most/least favourite foods?

Are there any quirks that most people in real life would know about you that online people wouldn't? (Eg: you polish your glasses a lot, you frequently talk with your hands, etc.)

What is your opinion of unicycles/unicycling?

For this interview, did you get more, less, or around the same amount of questions you were expecting? (for this question, pretend that after my post, they're moving onto the next interviewee)

Aww... that's a really sweet story. You lucky guy, you, especially with how she encouraged you to ask her out. 

- first console game was Yoshi's Story, very near and dear to my heart though it may not have been the best game ahaha. Before that, there were computer games like the Humongous Entertainment titles (Putt-putt, fatty bear, spy fox etc.), but I remember not really considering them 'real games' as a kid lol.

- most: mexican food and asian cuisine in general are some foods that I tend to enjoy pretty consistently, although I haven't tried as much asian food as I'd like (mongolian bbq, vietnamese pho, etc.) and definitely want to sample more. least: hummus and 'real' greek yogurt, among other things, I'm not super fond of. s'all I can think of at the moment

- I occasionally slip back into a lisp at times. I find it embarrassing but waifu thinks it's cute at least lol. I usually don't notice except when I record videos of my kid and play them back to hear myself doing it though.

- a difficult and respectable craft. 

- Oh hell I honestly dunno what I was expecting. I guess not a lot? The questions themselves were definitely different than what I was expecting, I'll grant haha. 

and thanks x3 I definitely think I'm very lucky that the situation worked out the way it did ;w;

2 minutes ago, DodgeDusk said:

Uh, did you listen to the first track twice by mistake or something? The second one doesn't have a guitar whatsoever, outside of the bass.

lol no I didn't. 

[BANRYU]

EDIT: oops I somehow posted the last thing twice

Edited March 4, 2017 by BANRYU

[Randoman]

Are there any movies/games/TV shows you find so bad it's good? (Eg: CD-I Zelda, Birdemic, etc.)

Do you play any traditional fighting games? (Eg: Street Fighter, Tekken, Soul Calibur) If so, who do you main in those fighting games?

What fictional character do you think you're most like, personality-wise?

What video games/video game series will be among the first ones you'll let your child play?

What was it like transitioning from not being a father to... well, being a father? I mean, I'd imagine you lost a lot of free time and changing diapers doesn't sound fun, but it must've been really nice to be able to hold a baby in your arms constantly, knowing he's yours and that you have left quite the legacy to the world with your child.

[Jotari]

You encounter a puppy in your back yard. It's missing a leg and is bleeding out. The only weapon near by is a concrete brick. What do you do?