The Honestea Tag

‘Sup.

I know I’ve been doing a lot of tags lately, but it’s summer vacation, so who’s keeping track?

Anyway, when Olivia @Meanwhile in Rivendell invited me to fill out The Honestea Tag, I sprang to the task “with my hair in a braid,” as Bertie Wooster would say. This tag was pretty much designed for me, because it allows–nay, encourages–you to spill all your petty rages on an unsuspecting populace. It’s a beautiful thing.

~The Rules~

1. No lies allowed. If an answer is too shameful to expose you may substitute the answer with a gif/image of someone drinking tea.
2. There are optional bonus additions to questions but these are not for the faint of heart.
3. You complete the tag having answered every question + the bonus additions (no gifs used), you are dubbed a certified tea chugger, and you deserve a badge to show the world that you are not afraid of a steaming hot cup of TRUTH.
4. Tag at least one other person (a tea party with just one is not very fun. trust me.) Untagged persons are more than welcome to fill it out as well (nothing cooler than crashing a tea party).

Sounds like a wild time! Let’s get down to it!

~The Questions~

What is a ‘bad’ (generally disliked) movie that you actually love?

I don’t know if I watch enough movies to have a favorite ‘bad’ movie, even if we’re defining ‘bad’ in the subjective sense of ‘disliked by the general public.’ That implies a sort of universal shunning which I don’t think any of my favorite films have experienced.

However, I can think of several movies //fairly// widely disliked within their fandoms which I unabashedly love, like The Last Jedi, Toy Story 4, and the 2005 Pride and Prejudice. The Last Jedi made Luke Skywalker ACTUALLY INTERESTING to me for the first time, while Toy Story 4 gently reminded me that it’s okay to become a different person than the one everybody expected you to. As for the Keira Knightley Pride and Prejudice—

NEED I SAY MORE??????

What is your most shocking reading habit?

Sometimes I get hella bored and read the ending first.

What can I say? I have the attention span of a goldfish. Besides which, my reading materials were pretty heavily restricted as a child–sheltered homeschooler here–so I developed a habit of “sneaking” books and speed-reading only their beginnings and endings (to maximize the amount of story I could consume without getting caught).

Tell us the number one lie you write in your posts.

“I don’t want to offend anyone, but…”

I say this all the time and it’s not even remotely true. 😛

Tell us the worst character name you’ve ever thought up. {Bonus: share a character name you find ridiculous in a book/movie.}

The worst character name I’ve ever thought up? My dude, I don’t come up with bad character names. All my character names are fabulous. *flips hair*

In all seriousness, I can’t think of a character name in any of my stories that strikes me as “weird” or “bad?” Most of my writing is historical fiction or historical fantasy, so I tend to choose names which are fairly staid and ordinary, or at least grounded in a real-world culture. I don’t know if that makes them “good,” per se, but I feel like they’re less likely to be actively “bad.”

What is the real reason you procrastinate writing your work in progress?

f e a r

What is a genre of music you secretly love?

My music tastes are an open book. No secrets to be had here. 😛

If you want a sample, check out my writing playlist for my Western fantasy novel Dragon, or the playlist for my new semi-secret project The Priest and the Outlaw. It’s a weird mashup of classic rock, Disney songs, modern pop, Broadway showtunes, old Irish ballads, obscure Catholic hymns, and a dash of MCR for the emo goth living inside me. 😉

If you’re a plotter, what do you really think of pansters? If you’re a panster, what do you really think of plotters?

I’m a plantser, which means I plot the broad strokes beforehand and leave the rest to sort itself out in my typical easy-going fashion.

I have nothing against either “true plotters” or “true pantsers” as writers, but I think both camps tend towards a bit of fanaticism in promoting their own preferred methods. Some pantsers are genuinely convinced that NaNoWriMo is the silver bullet for writing success, not just for themselves, but for everyone; that pounding out 50,000 words of pure unfiltered chaos during the month of November is the only way to produce a completed novel. And like, it’s not. XD But on the other hand, some plotters look down on pantsers simply because they don’t adhere to a rigid plan. “Oh, you don’t plan anything beforehand? That’s going to ruin your writing.” Again, no! Some people create better without a rigid plan! And just because you plan everything beforehand doesn’t guarantee you’re good at it. Plotters can be bad writers too. Don’t come @me.

Share at least three lines of dialogue from one of your first writing projects. {Bonus: give us the good stuff. your most gruesome butchering of the English language.}

All my early writing projects have been lost to posterity, thanks to several crashed computers and broken flashdrives, so I’ll have to pass on this question. I know, I know, I’m as disappointed as you are. XD

Tell us the title & artist of the last song you listened to.

“So Much Better” from Legally Blonde: The Musical. It’s like a pure caffeine shot of pink, sparkly girl power. “LOOK AT MY NAME IN BLACK AND WHITE, YOUR DAUGHTER’S DOING SOMETHING RIGHT–“

Which beloved book/movie character do you dislike & why?

I don’t want to offend anyone, but…

Edward Rochester is a complete and utter @$$hole.

Tell us the title & topic of a post you have left in draft.

“Friday Night Lights Is Good, Actually.”

I stand by that declaration; it’s a good show.

What is a book you pretend you’ve read/would like to read but know you never will? {Bonus: share a time when claiming you’ve read a classic/well-known book didn’t end well}

I pretend I’ve read Lord of the Rings whenever I don’t have the emotional energy to deal with the what-do-you-mean-you-haven’t-read-it???? which inevitably follows.

I’ve watched The Fellowship of the Ring and attempted to start the book trilogy multiple times, but no dice. I don’t like high fantasy, I don’t care for the medieval aesthetic, I don’t like male-dominated casts, and the One Ring seriously creeps me out.

Tell us the title & topic of the most embarrassing post you’ve ever written. {Bonus: include. the. link.}

I could do that. Or… you could always search my blog and find it for yourself. 😉

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That’s a wrap on the questions! Hopefully my “honestea,” pun intended, hasn’t driven away all my followers… though to be fair I don’t think I was significantly more blunt in this post than I am in everything else I write. So, ya know. 😛

I tag Eva @The Caffeinated Fangirl, because she specifically requested it, but also because I just really want to hear what she has to say. Take it away, bestie!

Were you shocked by any of my answers?

Let’s chat!