Studio 36, With TigerShadow

[Paula]

What are you majoring in College?
Are you going to be a freshman?
Do you like going to the Zoo?
How many siblings do you have? That is if you have any...
What are your thoughts on Animal Crackers?

[TigerShadow]

What are you majoring in College?

Visual arts. (I'm not sure what track, specifically, but I know I want to go into animation.)

Are you going to be a freshman?

Yep!

Do you like going to the Zoo?

Well, I don't dislike it. The important thing to me is having a good group of people to go with.

How many siblings do you have? That is if you have any...

I have an older brother. And technically, we refer to my cat jokingly as my little brother, so...

What are your thoughts on Animal Crackers?

They're best when iced and covered with sprinkles.

[Miss Friendship]

*steals Elevenths question*

Who do you think is the best debater on the SS?

[TigerShadow]

*steals Elevenths question*

Who do you think is the best debater on the SS?

Hmm...probably Eleventh. He's very good at asking the right questions to get you thinking about your points instead of just throwing out standard issue arguments.

(Also, I saw the people claiming I was the best debater, and I don't know whether to thank you guys or fling myself onto the floor and have a minor freakout.)

[Miss Friendship]

Hey, take the praise. You deserve it. There really is no one who can word things like you can.

How come you never get on the ToO chat?

[TigerShadow]

Hey, take the praise. You deserve it. There really is no one who can word things like you can.

-clutches face-

How come you never get on the ToO chat?

I don't really know. I think a lot of it has to do with the fact that my dad is an absolute nutcase about computer security and won't let us do virtually anything unless it's either supported by a legit server (i.e. Wikipedia, YouTube, social networking sites...basically anything that isn't really sketchy) or has been pre-approved by him. (He used to work as a software engineer where part of his job was purging viruses and making other corrections to the system, so the extreme diligence isn't entirely unfounded.) Add to that the fact that my iPad is literally a mess half the time I try to use it for things it's not used to, and the likelihood that I'm going to be on the chat is very low. =/

(Plus, chat formats aren't really good platforms to be as verbose as is my custom. )

[Miss Friendship]

Too bad. Every time we have debates there I miss you.

Why don't you play Mafia?

Which topic do you feel the most comfortable debating?

Do you like to fly?

How many states have you been too?

[TigerShadow]

Too bad. Every time we have debates there I miss you.

-ducks head shyly-

Why don't you play Mafia?

At first it was because I didn't understand the rules. Now it's because I'm about to start college and I don't know how busy I'll be.

Which topic do you feel the most comfortable debating?

Anything and everything to do with Harry Potter. Disagree with me about topics related to the series at your own risk.

(Or was I supposed to answer something, like...important?)

Do you like to fly?

YAAASSS. I love flying! I love being so high up in the air above the clouds and seeing everything from a totally different perspective. It kind of puts me in a worshipful mood sometimes, because it allows me to see a small part of the vast expanse that is the earth God created and reminds me of just how huge the world really is. I remember being on a flight when the sun was about to set on a really nice summer day and the cumulonimbus clouds were really high; it was absolutely gorgeous, with massive fluffy columns of gold and coral with a backdrop of light blue.

(I really like encountering turbulence; it's like a rollercoaster at 36,000 feet! )

How many states have you been too?

Hmm...right off the top of my head, I'd say about 25.

[Miss Friendship]

I didn't want to leave you out in case you were expecting this question.

If you had to marry someone from the SS, who would it be?

[Tarol]

Why are my mean/rude comments different? Because I am always rude? Because that is my natural state? Because I am just an immature child and don't know better? Because you ignore my posts and couldn't say either way?

[Mandy]

What topic to debate makes you the most worked up?

What is your honest opinion of me?

[TigerShadow]

I didn't want to leave you out in case you were expecting this question.

If you had to marry someone from the SS, who would it be?

How kind.

Yeesh, that's hard. So many guys here are at least two years younger than me. Well, he doesn't show up much, but he is a member of the board, so I'd have to go with Marvin D. We agree on most major issues and we love arguing with people.

Why are my mean/rude comments different? Because I am always rude? Because that is my natural state? Because I am just an immature child and don't know better? Because you ignore my posts and couldn't say either way?

Um...no. Your "mean/rude comments" directed toward MF are different because you and she have a relationship primarily based around sarcastic insults, so your provoking her doesn't come across as negatively as the similar questions directed at her.

What topic to debate makes you the most worked up?

At any given point, probably all of them. To be honest, I really, really hate being wrong, which means that I stay in a debate at least until I've proven I'm mostly right, if not entirely.

What is your honest opinion of me?

You care about your friends and want to see them treated fairly. You value your relationships with God and with your family and want to keep them healthy. You're also a bit sheltered, which impacts your understanding of certain topics when debating. You also really like kids, for some oddball reason.

[Samantha14]

How long have you been drawing?

Did you take art classes? *Can't remember*

Are you gonna be the one who breaks the news to Josh that he's getting married, or shall I? d:

Have you seen any of the news for the new Beauty and the Beast live action movie? @.@ It looks so amazing, but I'm also scared they'll ruin it like Cinderella >.> <.<

What do you think Trandy's wedding would look like?

[TigerShadow]

How long have you been drawing?

Just because? Since I was little. In attempts to improve and get more serious about drawing well? For about six or seven years.

Did you take art classes? *Can't remember*

I enrolled in my high school's advanced art courses my junior and senior years, and I'm actually going to college to study art.

Are you gonna be the one who breaks the news to Josh that he's getting married, or shall I? d:

Ooh...better be me. I'd rather you not have to deal with the fallout and Marv's emotional breakdown.

Have you seen any of the news for the new Beauty and the Beast live action movie? @.@ It looks so amazing, but I'm also scared they'll ruin it like Cinderella >.> <.<

I've heard some of it, but I'm not really concerned one way or another. BatB isn't really one of my favorites. (I did hear some good stuff about Cinderella, though.)

Personally, I'm more excited for Disney's upcoming animated films—Moana and Zootopia. They look so good! Oh, and did you hear about the Tangled animated series coming to Disney Channel in 2017?

What do you think Trandy's wedding would look like?

THESE ARE THE REAL QUESTIONS I LIVE FOR.

I'm thinking something relatively small. Mandy does her absolute best to make sure that Dreams by Constance isn't involved (she hasn't quite forgotten Eugene and Katrina's second wedding) without hurting Connie's feelings. Liz as well as Mandy and Trent's respective mothers play vital roles in ensuring both the wedding's success and Mandy's continued sanity.

Mandy is too small for her mother's dress and wants one of her own, and while Liz is more than happy to go shopping with her best friend, Mrs. DeWhite is overjoyed at the prospect of splashing out on her future daughter-in-law (living in a house with three men—one of whom is Jared—will do that to you). The dress is bright white and strapless with a sweetheart bodice and an empire skirt, and she wears a pair of silver three-inch heels with it (for practicality's sake—try as she might, she cannot fix the eight inch height difference between her and Trent).

The wedding party is as follows: the bride and groom and their respective parents; Liz as maid of honor, Marvin as best man, three of Mandy's closest college friends as bridesmaids; Alex, David, and a good college buddy of Trent's as groomsmen, and...some random small children of some connection to them as flower girl and ring bearer.

The guest list isn't particularly long; in addition to a few of their close friends from college, they invite Whit, Connie, Eugene, the Washingtons (Tamika sings during the ceremony while Kelly plays the piano), the Hortons, the Jeffersons and Cal, Jared (with whom Trent is honestly not close enough to make a groomsmen, but who takes the liberty of checking for wires in the boutonnieres anyway), Sarah, Bernard, Edwin Blackgaard (who may or may not have cast his romantic plays with an agenda in mind), and the bride and groom's respective extended families.

Mandy staunchly refuses to walk down the aisle to the traditional Bridal March—it seems too clichéd to her. Instead, she walks down to a lovely instrumental version of "It Is Well", which she feels is reflective of the need to have a Christ-centered relationship that stays healthy and whole whether times are good or bad. Trent insists that they stick with the traditional vows, not trusting himself to be able to adequately articulate just how he feels (or not to collapse in awe at Mandy's ever-poetic language). He doesn't cry when she walks down the aisle, but he does have a really dorky grin on his face at the sight of her.

The reception is also a modest affair, with Marvin and Liz tag-teaming on toasts primarily for the purposes of poking fun at their two favorite idiots. The dancing is very classy and sweet...until Alex and David get ahold of the playlists. The bride's cake is a triple-tiered vanilla number, but Mandy is a bit preoccupied with the groom's chocolate-iced double chocolate cake. Sarah ends up catching Mandy's bouquet and accidentally making eye contact with Jared...before immediately shoving the flowers at Tamika in a panic. (Tamika, smirking, informs her of the "no takesies-backsies" rule.)

Trent and Mandy honeymoon in a cabin at Trickle Lake—nice and quiet with a lovely view. In a lovesick haze, they agree that all of the stress and money were worth it...until they find out exactly what the bill is, in response to which Trent observes that they should have just eloped. (Mandy doesn't disagree.)

[Mandy]

Hey I loved reading your imaginings of Trent and Mandy's wedding!

*smiles wryly after reading Tiger's opinion of her*

So you remember our first debate, huh? Actually I have never really liked little kids that much, I just believe what I do regardless of how I feel about it. I have changed my views on it quite a bit since then tho.

If you could write the next album for AIO, what would it be like?

[Miss Friendship]

Last movie you watched?

Would you be willing to lie to a court for a close friend if it meant saving them from going to jail for life?

Do you think children should be sheltered from unhappiness?

[TigerShadow]

If you could write the next album for AIO, what would it be like?

I'd integrate the previous generation of Odyssey kids into it. Trent, Mandy, Marvin, Alex, Liz, Tamika, Grady, Kelly...I'd want to show that Odyssey has moved forward while still having a place for its past that doesn't involve torpedoing a ship, and I'd want to show that Odyssey is a place for kids to grow up into adolescents. I'd definitely have them interact with the current generation of kids—I especially want to see what a Kelly/Buck friendship would look like.

Last movie you watched?

Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman, I think. I was feeling a little nostalgic. =)

Would you be willing to lie to a court for a close friend if it meant saving them from going to jail for life?

No. For one thing, if I have to lie for them to keep them from facing jail time, that would indicate that they are guilty, and that they should be brought to justice—to try to impede just consequences for someone's actions is unthinkable to me. For another, that would be perjury, which is illegal.

Do you think children should be sheltered from unhappiness?

Not to the extent that they should be lied to or are never allowed outside, no. But I think that parents are responsible for knowing what their child can handle—a ten-year-old is, by and large, more emotionally mature than a six-year-old—and for allowing them to experience life for themselves.

[Paula]

Would you be willing to lie to a court for a close friend if it meant saving them from going to jail for life?

No. For one thing, if I have to lie for them to keep them from facing jail time, that would indicate that they are guilty, and that they should be brought to justice—to try to impede just consequences for someone's actions is unthinkable to me. For another, that would be perjury, which is illegal.

This is legit.

So what's your favorite movie if the chipmunks don't cut it =P

[HomeschoolCowgirl]

The Trandy wedding was perfect! Beautiful.

What would you get with $10?
What do you wish people knew about you?
What do you wish others understood better? (about you or the world in general)
What do you find most annoying in others?
What do you like more about your online friends than your IRL friends?
What is the worst that could happen??

[Tarol]

Disney's Hercules: yes or no?

What is your overall favorite Allen Menkan movie? (I guess you already said Tangled...)

What is your favorite movie soundtrack?