Things You've Tried Because of Fiction

It must have been really good if it made you talk like the movie version of Leonidas.

Yes. It is that good. Also, I can kill you with my voice.

Well, that's quite a list in my case.

• Mochi - they're okay, surprisingly.
• Venison Stew - Soon after I started playing Skyrim, a friend of my flatmate gave us a huge chunk of venison from a deer he hunted himself. I had fuck-all to do with venison before that.
• Marijuana - hey, stoners are funny, right? 70% of the time, being stoned is funny every time.
• Scotch on the rocks - a staple of informal meetings between rich businessmen, it's fucking awful. There's hardly been a single malt Scotch I'd enjoy, and Chivas Regal (purveyors to Her Royal Majesty) kinda ranks at the bloody worst.

Chivas Regal isn't a single malt. It's a blend and all blends taste like shit. I have no idea who started that 'scotch on the rocks' malarkey, but putting ice in whisky should be against the law. Unless you're drinking a blend, in which case you could probably take a dump in it without changing the flavour to any measurable degree.

Anyway...cherry pie. Thank you, David Lynch.

Hats

I also tried chili dogs because of Sonic.

Pocky. Tai chi. Eating with chopsticks in general.

Jones: Was it Skyrim or Beowulf that got you to try mead? Or neither?

The Thirteenth Warrior, so...Beowulf-ish

edited 12th Nov '14 11:12:49 PM by InverurieJones

That was a good movie. :)

I often saw people reading books or newspapers in the bathtub so (when I was in kindergarten or something) I took a book with me when I took a bath. It was soaking wet when I was done.

I also tried tomato soup after I saw the main character of a book eating some. I didn't really like it.

When I was a kid, I labeled and arranged my pencils like Spongebob. (The quiz pencil goes over here next to the essay pencil! And the essay pencil gets turned sideways towards the notepad! Just in case I have to write an essay.)

I can't remember whether it actually helped with anything or not.

I tried to do fma alchemy

I tried parkour, it's pretty fun once you get your landings down correctly...

Add me to the pile of people who tried new foods entirely due to anime. And even found some new favourites! A double-edged sword since it's near impossible to find Japanese curry rice around here and it's one of the tastiest things ever. (And, yes, it was because of Kururu)

Not exactly "fictional", but I also used to watch lots of nature shows and then narrate my own life in my head in a similar manner.

In the "incredibly serious" pile, a fictional thing is likely the only reason I'm even alive right now. I won't go into details unless someone wants me to, but I had no hope for the future that wasn't kept lit by it.

edited 21st Jan '16 12:28:52 AM by Pirka

I've been a social drinker for ages, but I only started drinking wine because I thought it might be a useful skill for a Bernard Black cosplay.

I've tried swearing in Equestrian thanks to MLP.

It works wonders, thanks to no one ever noticing! (except for the occasional odd brony)

A Cubano! Yeah, I mean I never had a Cuban sandwich before, and it's pig, and pork, and pickles, and delicious.

I'm taking novice Japanese reading classes due to my frustration over not being able to play certain great, yet unfortunately untranslated visual novels. Wish me luck!

I now say 'ba-la-la-la-la' when I do a fistbump.

I'm not the only one?!

Yeah. Also, Harry Potter really makes me wish for a fully functioning wand. Accio is most useful for retrieving the remote.

I think I can trace my enjoyment of pizza back to the eighties Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon. But I never wanted to try any of the bizarre toppings I remember Michaelangelo preferring.

I still need to figure out how to make myself a White Russian because it's The Dude's drink of choice.