50 Questions · 5:58am Oct 19th, 2020
Saw garatheauthor and Ice Star doing this and I figure what the hell, I like talking about myself.
1. What is your first name?
Katie, for all intents and purposes
2. How old are you?
About to be hitting the big 3-0 in a couple of months
3. What country are you from?
USA, born in Massachusetts but moved to Florida at a very young age. So I Southerners think I have a Northern accent, and when I visit Mass they think I have a Southern accent lmao
4. What do you look like?
My profile picture, obviously. Except I have hair lol
5. What do you wish you looked like?
Me, but like, more female facial features
6. How did you come across MLP:FIM?
I saw people liked it online and downloaded acquired the first two seasons through totally legit means 
7. What is your favorite ship?
TwiShySet!!!
8. What is your least favorite ship?
Flutterdash. When I first joined the fandom you couldn't go anywhere without seeing it, and its fans were obnoxious about how It'S CaNoN!!! all the time. Is why I headcanoned them as sisters, it was basically me being like "Y'all, characters can be close without it being romantic, chill..."
9.Have you told anyone outside the fandom that you like MLP?
I'm not at all secretive about it. It's not something I go out of my way to tell people, but like, if it comes up it comes up.
10. Were they a family member?
Yeah, most of them know and those who don't it just hasn't come up with. I don't tell most of them that I write fanfic though; only my mom and brother know that.
11. Favorite MLP episode?
Do Princesses Dream of Magic Sheep? It had great humor, strong characterization, a cool dream world, and tackled an oddly dark topic with the self-harm thing. Loved it.
12. Who is your favorite superhero?
I don't know if I have a favorite, although I do watch them. It was Thor at one point, but I'm not sure if I'd really say he's still my fave.
13. Favorite Anti-hero?
I dunno, probably Homura from Madoka if she counts. Baby gay, needs a hug
14. Favorite supervillain?
Me, bitch
15. Favorite anti-villain?
That's not a word people use 
And I dunno, I don't really pick favorites of this stuff...
16. What was the last book you read?
Acts of Love while I was editing it. If that doesn't count then probably Son of a Witch by Gregory Maguire.
17. What is the last movie you watched?
I think Frozen was the last movie I watched in its entirety (my metamour had never seen it so we decided to show him), though I caught about half of A Knight's Tale since then.
18. Favorite song at the moment?
All these fuckin favorites... I've been listening to a lot of Kevin Devine lately, and Brother's Blood is my favorite one of his songs, so I'll say that
19. What song do you always come back to?
I Will Play My Game Beneath the Spinlight by Brand New, probably
20. What is your current job?
I'm a housewife but I sometimes tell people I'm a full-time author. I... didn't often mention to them how little I make on my writing 
21. What job do you want in the future?
Realistically, I guess I'll say audio engineer. Music is my second love after storytelling, and it's a more secure job
22. Dream job?
Novelist. I dream about paying for a middle-class life with my writing.
23. At this moment what is your greatest achievement?
I've written over a million horse words oh deer god what have I done with my life
24. At this moment what is your greatest failure?
*Gestures vaguely at everything*
25. Do you have any pets?
I have three cats but they're in another state 
26. What is your dream pet?
I want a skunk. They make pretty good pets, actually!
27. Do you own any weapons?
We have many guns in our house but none of them are mine. Most of them are my metamour's father's, but some of them are my metamour's as well.
28. Is there a gun you really want?
Nah I'm not into boom sticks
29. What religion are you?
Atheistic Satanist, member of the Satanic Temple. I have a membership card and everything lmao
30. If you could hang out with one person in history, who would it be?
None, really. The idea of hanging out with someone that I don't really know isn't appealing to me.
31. If you could bring one person back from the dead, who would it be?
I don't really believe in fucking with death, though there are certainly people who deserve to come back to life. Probably some hero who died in the cause of something truly good like saving a bus full of orphans or some shit, I dunno
32. Are you political?
Not overly so, but I care about politics. It'll shock and amaze every single one of my followers to know I lean left (democratic socialist)
33. Are you married?
More or less yeah
34. Do you have a boyfriend/girlfriend?
Gee Krickis, how come your mom lets you have two girlfriends?
35. Have a crush on anyone?
I have a pretty sizable crush on one of my friends, and a lot of smaller crushes on many others
36. Care to explain?
Nah, they either know who they are or I don't want them to lmao
37. Do you consider yourself attractive?
Sometimes, not usually
38. If you could spend a day with someone alive who would it be?
Pasu
39. Who is your favorite pony?
Depends on how I'm judging them, but any part of TwiShySet
40. Any embarrassing secrets you'd like to share?
I'll keep all my embarrassing secrets right here, and then one day I'll die
41. If you have done any stories/art, what is your favorite piece?
Dear sweet Baphomet please read this no one ever does 
42. Are you a virgin?
I've been with my wife for thirteen years, neither of us are asexual. Draw your own conclusions from that.
43. What is the craziest thing you have done in your life?
Thinking about this question made me realize I've lived a very boring life...
44. Favorite TV show besides MLP?
I dunno, maybe Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Blood+, She-Ra, or some other show that has big emotions and a driving plotline moving along to a clear end.
45. Do you have a fetish of any kind?
A few yeah
46. Do you regret saying this fetish?
I would if I did!
47. What are some of your favorite MLP stories?
[Adult story embed hidden]
48. Favorite quote?
"The most important step a man can take. It's not the first one, is it? It's the next one. Always the next step, Dalinar."
~ Brandon Sanderson, Oathbringer
50. Did you answer all these questions honestly?
You calling me a liar?
Me, a trendy fella? I'm shocked and appalled.
I've found that all my Southern friends are able to explain a lot of qualities about my voice with me being a Northerner. Particularly the range/tone. To them, it's nasally!
I may be a coffee guy, but this is some tea. (Also, girl, same!)
'Kay, now I need to see the art of your villain-self 'sona for verification purposes.
Alright, now I'm hella interested in how this works. So I've heard of agnostic atheists before (agnostics who bet their lot on atheism, really) but not an atheistic religion, and certainly not an organized one with members. Also quite curious if you have any myths about Satanism to dispel.
Bun's snatching the girlfriends up!
It's on my read it later for after catching up with White Whales Barbequing!
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So basically, the best I can think of describing it is almost like going through the motions of religion while knowing it's not real just because that makes brain feel good. But there is a sorta "this just feels right" aspect to it too, that's not as easy to explain. I would call it spiritual. But like, without any belief in God, Satan, or any sort of (for want of a better phrase) supernatural elements. So there's knowing it doesn't mean anything, but still feeling like at least on a personal level, it does. Plus the Satanic Temple is kind of a political organization. The bigger more well-known sect of Satanism is the Church of Satan (that's Anton LaVey and the Satanic Bible and all that), and they don't really do anything. Their whole thing is often described as a religion of the self; being your own god, sorta. The Satanic Temple by contrast looks at the world around us and asks us to do what we can for it, not for higher reward, but because it's the right thing to do. Satanic Temple causes revolve a lot around religious freedom rights, separation of church and state, women's reproductive causes, and some other misc things here and there.
I suppose the biggest myth to dispel is that we don't worship Satan (we don't even believe he exists). Rather, we worship (if that's the right word) the idea of what Satan represents to us (which could be described as rationality basically; using science and best understanding of the world to form our opinions and judgements). The actual mascot of TST isn't even Satan, it's Baphomet. I describe it (and this is just me, not something taken from the actual TST information) as Satan is our God, Baphomet is our Jesus. Not in an actual "Baphomet is Satan's child" way, but like in a "the face of the Temple" way. Most of the myths kinda dispel themselves from there. We don't sacrifice things to a deity we don't even believe in, obviously. We don't cast spells or use magic (though I believe the Church of Satan does have some belief in magic).
We do have gatherings, (referred to as chapters) but meeting up at them isn't required or anything; most Satanists are probably just people who agree with our ideology and like the dark vibe (and many are probably rebelling against Christianity specifically, let's be honest). I identify it as a spiritual (and I use this word because it gives the right feeling, though I don't mean it literally) connection to me, but I don't know that that's true for other members.
You can read more about it at the Temple's website, if you're interested.
Oh, for others wanting to do this, grab the questions over here.
Huh, I wouldn't have guessed.
It's a word I use. But I also use Tvtropes, so...
The deer god won't help you now. Excuse me, but writing horse words is a perfectly respectable profession.
You don't have to hide it, we know you crave hand-holding.
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I'd never be able to do that, it would just feel so pointless to me if I didn't actually believe in the deity in question. I can't say I understand all that well. I'm starting to think that humans are pre-disposed to have some kind of spiritual beliefs, no offense intended.
I do like whenever Satanists try to troll religious organizations. It's always fun.
What the heck is an Atheistic Satanist
#34 XD
clearly, you do not understand how shipping works :V
Today I learned a new word: metamour. And I now feel really sad about you being separated from your cats
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Most satanic religions are actually atheistic, meaning that the don't believe in any higher power/god. They instead view satan as a representation of an ideal.
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Hail Satan
Wow I didn't expect this many of y'all to care about this. Thanks for all the comments!
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And you're right, I do crave the holding of hands, dirty sinner that I am 
lmao that's better than what I was imagining for the deer god
And tbh if someone had explained Satanism that way to me before I got into it, I would have found it pointless as well. Truth be told I wonder the same thing as you, if humans are just predisposed to spirituality, which would explain why being a Satanist is appealing to me as an atheist.
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I think you mean how sippers work
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Teaching people the word metamour has been a constant thing with me lmao, I'm always introducing people to the word. And yeah it sucks not having my kitties, but I appreciate your sentiment
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Hail Satan!