This is a questionnaire tag by Miss Dashwood for her Anne of Green Gables Week (see the link in my side bar). I'm always delighted to celebrate the Anne-girl and my beloved Lucy Maud Montgomery in any way, so here are my answers.
How many of the Anne books have you read, and how many of the films have you seen?
I've read every one of the books, some repeatedly. (Unless you count that there are a few short mostly-not-about-Anne stories in The Blythes are Quoted that I haven't read yet. That's a book of short stories which is not part of the series, but mentions the Blythes a few times, for the information of the uninitiated.) But I've only watched the first film. I'm a purist. It gets my ire up to hear how much the story was changed in the sequels.
If someone yanked your hair and called you carrots, what would you do to him?
I'd remember that I have raven black hair and an alabaster brow and my name is Cordelia, so why should I notice lowly, prosaic and unromantic schoolboys? Seriously, I'd probably go Ilse Burnley (minus the temper) and call him names he couldn't understand. “You troglodyte and nefarious miscreant! I will defenestrate you with obloquy.”Ah, Ilse does it better.
3. What would you do if Josie Pye dared you to walk the ridgepole of a roof?
I'm very much afraid I would do it. :( I have reputation to maintain, though I can't say precisely what it is.
If you had the opportunity to play any AGG character in an AGG play, which role would you choose?
Not to be vain, but I've been told I look like Anne and have her imagination. Though I'd really like to be Miss Cornelia Bryant and be able to say, “Isn't that like a man?” every few paragraphs/minutes.
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.)
Lol. Dare I take a moment to commit treason and say I've never found Diana interesting? Ilse Burnley (of the Emily trilogy) gets my vote for best friend. Okay. Maybe I'll take Susan Baker. She could make me some very yummy food, would be utterly loyal and would chase away Whiskers-on-the-Moon if he ever dared come near our island. Or maybe Paul Irving and his imagination would be the best companions. Or maybe lively, capricious Philippa Gordon. Can't I just take all the Island people?
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)
Screenwriter, I guess. Because much as I love film, I'm ultimately a purist to whom the text is everything, and is to be kept inviolate.
7. What are, in your opinion, the funniest AGG book/movie scenes? (choose one from the books and one from the movies)
I haven't watched the movie in years. :( The GREEN hair is wonderful in both! Anne's apology to Mrs. Lynde is a thing of beauty! How about Anne falling half-way through a roof in Anne of Avonlea? Miss Dashwood's answer reminded me of the wonderful “scene” in Anne of Windy Willows where she babysits two creatures from hell. “Miss Cornelia Makes A Startling Announcement” always has me in stitches. And I was just reminded of poor Rilla Blythe having to carry a CAKE through town (oh the disgrace!) I could go on for eternity. Lucy Maud, you are the joy of my life! So it was supposed to be ONE scene, by Gog and Magog!
8. What are, in your opinion, the saddest AGG book/movie scenes? (choose one of each again)
Really, it's been too long since I watched the movie to say anything on that. While Matthew's death is probably saddest it's the relationship between Anne and Marilla that's most touching - Anne giving up her plans to be with Marilla and Marilla acknowledging how much Anne means to her. As Margaret Atwood has pointed out, Marilla is the one who changes more than Anne. It's unromantic Marilla who actually has the fairy-tale transformation.
It's been ages since I've read Rilla of Ingleside but I remember growing to love Walter a lot, so I must have been pretty sad about his death. I think I found Una's quiet grief especially touching.
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)
Spending an afternoon with Miss Lavender at Echo Lodge would be like spending an afternoon in fairyland, but I'd also be content with an afternoon in the kitchen of Susan Baker or Rebecca Dew.
What is your definition of a kindred spirit?
Someone with whom you can be comfortably silent, but to whom you can say whatever comes into your head, no matter how fanciful, or ridiculous it would appear to those not of the race that knows Joseph. A kindred spirit must have loyalty, grit, gumption, high ideals and a sense of humor.
Well, I'm reminded how desperately I need to reread the whole series! Here's to the Anniest of Annes!
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