I was tagged by @lucianalight. Thanks!
Rules: answer these 30 Qs and then tag 10 blogs you want to get to know
Nicknames: Phil (but only on Tumblr/AO3)
Gender/Pronouns: she/her
Star Sign: Libra
Time: 6:50 PM
Birthday: September 30
Favorite Bands: The Decemberists, Florence + the Machine, Steeleye Span (yeah I listen to my parents’ music)
Favorite Solo Artists: Ben Folds, Regina Spektor, Judy Collins (I’m an old woman at heart don’t judge me)
Song Stuck In Your Head Right Now: Fortunately, nothing. Usually a piece I’ve been singing in choir.
Last Movie You Watched: All That Heaven Allows (1955, dir.: Douglas Sirk), for a film & philosophy conference. It’s a melodrama on the surface with a lot going on underneath.
Last Show: “RuPaul’s Drag Race” – a friend and I are still making our way through All-Stars 3
Why Did You Create Your Blog: I got into the MCU in 2015 and started writing fanfiction again and posting in on AO3 (which I learned about through a Loki fan site), but I was having trouble finding a readership, so a friend who was more up on geek fandom than I was recommended getting a Tumblr blog to promote my fic.
Other Blogs: None
Do You Get Asks: Occasionally
How Did You Get The Idea For Your URL: I wanted an author name and URL that would reflect my identity more broadly than just my interest in Loki and the MCU. I had come up with a Nietzschean interpretation of Loki’s weird speeches about freedom in The Avengers (which I explain in my fic about Loki’s missing year between Thor and The Avengers, The Abyss Gazes Also); I found it interesting that he was attempting to use ideology, not just the threat of force, to conquer, and I thought that was in keeping with the pensive, inward-focused character we saw in Thor. So that’s how I came to the idea in the title and subtitle of my blog: “Loki is the Philosopher-King, if the philosophy were less Plato and more Nietzsche.” I had already posted some stories on AO3 as Philosopher_King; that on its own wasn’t available on Tumblr, so I added “1887″ because it’s the year Nietzsche published what I think are his most important, inventive works: the second edition of The Gay Science, with Book V added, and On the Genealogy of Morality.
I Follow: 324
Followers: 668
Average Hours Of Sleep: Because of incredibly annoying and often distressing very vivid dreams that I’ve been having every night for the past 6 years, I need to get 10 hours of sleep or I don’t feel rested.
Lucky Number: I don’t think I have one
Instruments: I used to play the piano, the flute, and the oboe; now I just sing
What Are You Wearing Right Now: pajama pants and a T-shirt
Dream Trip: Northern Europe: Scotland, Iceland, Denmark, Norway
Significant Other: my cat, Meg
Last Book I Read: I started rereading A Wrinkle in Time because I saw the movie and it was pretty different from what I remembered of the book… but then I got bored
Top 3 Fictional Universes: MCU, I guess, even though I’m seriously pissed at its creators right now; Westeros and Essos (George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire and the Game of Thrones TV show); Arda (the name of Tolkien’s planet, including Middle-earth and Valinor)
Oh man, I just tagged a bunch of people for something else… I hereby tag anyone who sees this and wants to do it.
Loki is the Philosopher King 