Anne of Green Gables Week: Welcome and Tag Questions

Welcome to Anne of Green Gables Week here at Yet Another Period Drama Blog! I have been looking forward to this SO much and I'm super, super excited for the fun we're all going to have this week.

It's standard fare at blogging events, I believe, to have a tag of some sort for readers to fill out and participate in. So, with the help of my dear friend Melody, I've come up with ten tag questions for y'all to answer.  They're a little bit out of the ordinary, but that's not a bad thing, right?  If you're interested in participating, please copy these questions to your blog and come up with some wildly romantic and imaginative answers.  I can't figure out how to install those linky-things, but I would love it if, after you've posted your answers, you could all come back here and provide the rest of us with a link to your answers.  (That way, everybody can read what everyone else has to say.) So please do leave a URL in a comment if you don't mind.  Thanks!

Now, instead of posting the tag once to give all y'all the questions, and once again for my answers, I decided to save space and combine the two.  (I have seriously so many posts planned for this week, space is precious!)  So I'm posting the questions and my answers together, and y'all are smart enough to copy the questions for yourselves. ;) (How many times have I used the word "y'all" in this post?? Mor'ifying!)

1. How many of the Anne books have you read, and how many of the films have you seen?

I have read all eight books in the original Anne series, and I've seen both of the gorgeous Kevin Sullivan films. Notice I say "both." There's a rumor flying around that there's another movie out there masquerading under the name of "Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story", but I refuse to acknowledge that movie's existence. That is, I would if it existed. Which it doesn't. Right?
*Edit* Melody kindly reminded me that I have also seen the 1970's BBC miniseries Anne of Avonlea.  Which I will be reviewing later this week, but forgot to mention in this answer.  I should probably do a facepalm right now, but I think I might have been overdoing that a tad lately.  *End of Edit* (what? we we end spoilers; why shouldn't we end edits too?)
 
2. If someone yanked your hair and called you carrots, what would you do to him?


Do we want the honest answer here or the polite answer? Heh. Um, I hardly think I'd crack a slate over his head, but I would probably tell him off in no uncertain terms. (After I'd finished demanding why on earth he called me carrots, since my hair is about as un-carrotish as it comes.) And I'd probably berate myself later for losing my temper in public. Provided this all happened in public, that is. If it didn't, I'd be mad at myself for losing my temper in private.

3. What would you do if Josie Pye dared you to walk the ridgepole of a roof?

Stand on firm ground and let her dare away. Such goings-on!

4. If you had the opportunity to play any AGG (I'm abbreviating from now on because I am a lazy typist) character in an AGG play, which role would you choose?

Mrs. Rachel Lynde would be a fun part. :) I don't think I'd make a very good Anne, or Diana for that matter, but I might do a very convincing Josie Pye. Villainesses are fun to play.

5. If you were marooned on a desert island, which AGG character would you want to have as a companion? (Anne, Gilbert and Diana are not options.  Let's keep this thing interesting.  Not that they're not interesting.... oh, yay, now the disclaimer to this question is longer than the question itself.  Lovely lovely lovely.)

Marilla Cuthbert, definitely. She'd be calm and sensible and wouldn't fly into a flurry, and together we'd tame the monkeys and crack coacoa-nuts for ourselves. (I'm aware that that word is spelled wrong. I did that simply to MMG--make Melody giggle.)

6. If there was going to be a new adaptation of the Anne books and you could have any part in making the movie, what would you choose to do? (screenwriting, acting, casting, costume-making are a few possibilities)

I'd be the casting director. More on that in a later post this week...

7. What are, in your opinion, the funniest AGG book/movie scenes? (choose one from the books and one from the movies)

Ugh, why did I make up this question? There are SOOOO many. Okay, the funniest book scene is undoubtedly Anne's babysitting experience in Anne of Windy Poplars. Just go read it. "We want to play wolf!" (Pardon me while I go giggle hysterically.) The funniest movie scene is a toss-up between Anne and Diana's mud puddle adventure in the Sequel and the famous Don't Eat It Miss Stacy scene in the first movie. :)

8. What are, in your opinion, the saddest AGG book/movie scenes? (choose one of each again) 

SPOILERS, SPOILERS!  The cliche movie answer would be, of course, the scene where Matthew dies, but for me that's not the right answer.  The part where I completely lose it (yes, even after watching the movie literally a dozen times) is the scene where Marilla is comforting Anne the night after the funeral.  I am a mess after that part.  But I still love it.  And the saddest book scene would definitely have to be SPOILERS AGAIN! chapter 23 of Rilla of Ingleside (which happens to be my second favorite Anne book).  Otherwise known as "And So, Goodnight" or Walter's Letter.  My copy of the book has bubbly pages in that part from being cried over so much.  That, and the scene where Jem comes home and Little Dog Monday meets him at the station.  Tearing up just typing this...

9. Which AGG character would you most like to spend an afternoon with? (again, Anne and Gilbert and Diana are not options for this one--think secondary characters)

Probably Philippa Gordon from Anne of the Island.  Philippa's absolutely hilarious and sweet and naive and frivolous and just plain fun.

10.  What is your definition of a kindred spirit?

A kindred spirit is someone who always knows what to say, but doesn't need words to know how you feel. A kindred spirit is a friend with whom you can always feel safe, a person whose thoughts mirror your own.  That doesn't necessarily mean the two of you will always agree-- it just means that you will always understand each other.  Kindred spirits have private jokes that nobody else "gets", tons of common interests, similar (or identical) senses of humor and above all a common relationship with Jesus Christ.  Ultimately, faith in our Savior is the tie that binds kindred spirits together.

So, now... your turn!