What If…? Fantasy Tag

I think at this point it’s pretty common knowledge that I fail at keeping up with tags. (You should see the amount of tags I have bookmarked that I’m supposed to do…) Buuuut I love tags, and some come my way that I know I MUST do. Basically if they involve books, fantasy, or characters, I’M IN.

Well guess what? This tag features ALL THOSE THINGS.

The What if…? Fantasy Tag was originally created by the lovely Jenelle Schmidt for her awesome February is Fantasy Month celebration. And it’s still toootally February right? Right??? (Please leave me in my delusions.)

Kyle Robert Shultz tagged me to join in on this one and obviously I had to! FANTASY, PEOPLE! And this one involves imagining you’re in a fantasy novel. I have much practice with that. *grins*

RULES

• Thank the blogger who tagged you. (Thanks, Kyle!)
• Include the graphic somewhere in your post.  (*points up*)
• Answer the questions. (*points down*)
• Tag a few blogger friends – and let them know they’ve been tagged. (*points farther down*)
• Have fun! (DONE!)

 

 

. . . THE TAG . . .

 

Your car breaks down in the middle of nowhere. The cast of the most recent fantasy book you read comes to your assistance… who are they? Will they be helpful?

At the time of writing this post (which was actually weeeeks ago, so I know this answer has changed at this point), that would be the A Wrinkle in Time graphic novel. I guess that counts?

And wow, I think I’d get a mix of “help” from these characters. Calvin seems like a car guy and would be pretty useful and, even if not, he’d lend a hand and do the best he could anyway, because he’s precious like that. Meg is also practically a genius and could probably put things together and figure it out. Charles Wallace might just know how it works and could tell Meg and Calvin what to do. Halfway through though, Meg would most likely get frustrated and give up, where Calvin will push through. And, in the meanwhile, Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who, and Mrs. Which appears and tells us to ditch the car and sweeps us all off an a crazy adventure to save the universe.

Overall, I can’t see how this would end badly. (Except I’d probably die if I went on a save-the-universe-adventure but details.)

 

You go to bed one evening and wake up in the lair of the villain of the last fairy tale you read, where are you and how do you plan to get out?

I…have no memory of the last “official” fairytale I read, but the last fairytale retelling was The Stroke of Eleven by Kyle Robert Shultz which is a Cinderella retelling. That means I’d be stuck in the Castle of Basile and imprisoned by the Fairy Godmother which, frankly, I’M FINE WITH. Seriously, if I had to be imprisoned by a villain, this would probably be my pick!

Not gonna say much because #SPOILERS, but basically I’d be in a pretty castle ballroom with some timey-wimey stuff going on and yeah. I can deal with this!

 

You are transported into a fantasy realm and given a mythical creature as a companion and best friend… which mythical creature do you get?

*drumrolllllll*

……………….

……………….

…….DRAGON!!!

Is anybody surprised? Anybody?

I’d probably get a feisty, snarky dragon and we’d sass each other to death and my dragon would get constantly annoyed because it’d have to save me from doom on a daily basis because I’D BE USELESS IN A DANGEROUS FANTASY WORD but we’d be actual besties and drink tea together after adventures (because it’s also a civilized dragon) and it’d be glorious.

 

In a strange series of coincidences, you end up needing to take the place of your favorite fantasy hero or heroine. Who are you?

I’d be Sophie from Howl’s Moving Castle (the book specifically) and just YES PLEASE??? Not only would I get Howl (*griiiins*) but I’d be SOPHIE. And I’d live in the cozy moving castle and chat with Calcifer and help Michael with his magic practice and also HOOOOWWWLLLL.

Also I totally have the sass and feistiness of Sophie, so I think I can do it.

 

To go along with question #4, now that you are that character, is there anything you would do differently than that character, now that you are running the show?

I…honestly can’t think of anything? Truthfully, I’d probably handle things a lot like Sophie did. If anything, I might would yell at Howl even more than her. XD

 

If you were yourself in a fantasy novel, what role do you think you would play in the story?

Oh gracious, certainly not the protagonist, that’s for sure. XD If I was, it’d be a one sentence book.

“Christine stepped out the door…and died.”

Ahem. Okay, maybe it wouldn’t be that bad. But yeah. I think I’d probably just be “Random Nameless Citizen #452”.

All right, seriously now. Let’s see… I work at a small, cozy secondhand bookshop in real life, so why not in the fantasy world? I could be the rest stop for the heroes, offer them some coffee and provide them with helpful books to aid in their journey. Also, just for fun, can my fantasy bookshop be full of cats? Maybe even magical cats. (This is a fantasy world after all.) So I’d be the crazy book/cat lady who only appears in one chapter but provides much needed rest and some humorous sass for the heroes.

I like this! It sounds accurate. Let’s go with it!

 

One morning, as you are going about your daily business, you pick up an everyday item and a voice booms in your head with prophetic words about your future. What object is it, and what is your prophecy?

Obviously it’s my laptop, and the prophesy goes something like:

With this item productivity you should make,
Instead Pinterest, Twitter, and all means of procrastination is your fate.

 

You are transported into a magical realm and turned into a mythical beast… what beast/fantasy creature do you want to be?

A lot of people have answered this with shapeshifter which would obviously be the best choice. Then I could be ALL the things.

Buuut if I had to only be one creature… Ummmmm.

Can I be Pinkie Pie? I want to be Pinkie Pie!

Ooookay! That probably doesn’t count at all. But, speaking of My Little Pony, being an alicorn would be great! (Which is a unicorn/pegasus. Basically a unicorn with wings.) So I could be a horse, fly, and probably have magic of some kind. That’d be great!

Also just being your classic talking cat would be a good one. Who doesn’t love the talking cats in fantasy? (Hey, maybe I’m a shapeshifting cat and that’s why I own this bookstore full of cats in the fantasy world, because I’m secretly a cat myself.)

 

If you could read your way into any fantasy realm, but the catch is that you can never leave, would you? Which realm would you choose?

WITHOUT A DOUBT. I literally joked about this in one of my recent posts. Sorry, but if I get a chance to go to a fantasy realm, I’M LEAVING. (Despite the fact that I’d probably die…)

Which one though? AGH! Either Narnia, Neverland, or Wonderland. I think I could survive fine in any of those. Narnia would probably be the most pleasant place to live though (provided it’s during the golden days), so let’s go with that one!

 

As you are going about your normal day, you discover that you have a magical power. What is it?

I can bring characters to life. Like…actually make them real, physical beings. So at any given time I can hang out with any character I like and I live happily ever after the end.

(But seriously, this is something I’ve daydreamed about since I was a tiny thing and have even considered writing a story about an author who can bring their characters to life when they want. Because I WANT TO HANG OUT WITH ALL THE CHARACTERS PLEASE.)

That was so much fun! Except now I really wish all these things could come true. WHY have we not come up with a way to bring books to life yet, hmmm?

TAGGING

I was having the hardest time figuring out who to pass this on to, because I feel like every single blogger I know has already done this one or been nominated for it. SO. Instead I’m gonna cheat and do a free-for-all!

Consider yourself tagged!

This is such a fun tag and I’d love for you all to do it. So don’t hesitate to snatch it up!

Here are the Questions
(For copy and pasting purposes)

1. Your car breaks down in the middle of nowhere. The cast of the most recent fantasy book you read comes to your assistance… who are they? Will they be helpful?

2. You go to bed one evening and wake up in the lair of the villain of the last fairy tale you read, where are you and how do you plan to get out?

3. You are transported into a fantasy realm and given a mythical creature as a companion and best friend… which mythical creature do you get?

4. In a strange series of coincidences, you end up needing to take the place of your favorite fantasy hero or heroine. Who are you?

5. To go along with question #4, now that you are that character, is there anything you would do differently than that character, now that you are running the show?

6. If you were yourself in a fantasy novel, what role do you think you would play in the story?

7. One morning, as you are going about your daily business, you pick up an everyday item and a voice booms in your head with prophetic words about your future. What object is it, and what is your prophecy?

8. You are transported into a magical realm and turned into a mythical beast… what beast/fantasy creature do you want to be?

9. If you could read your way into any fantasy realm, but the catch is that you can never leave, would you? Which realm would you choose?

10.  As you are going about your normal day, you discover that you have a magical power. What is it?

 

TALK WITH ME!

Let’s discuss all the fantasy things! What fantasy world would you want to live in? And, if you did, what type of character would you play there? (I love that question.) Am I the only one who totally loves talking and/or magical cats in fiction? And do you agree it’s completely unfair that we can’t bring our beloved characters to real life? UGH. SO RUDE.