Calibrating the weirdness scale

[prillalar]

I was just having a conversation with the Boy where I demanded to know just how weird a certain behaviour of mine was. What's the scale? he asked me. So we devised one.

Least weird - 0 - toast
Medium weird - 50 - Dungeons & Dragons
Most weird - 100 - Michael Jackson

So, based on that scale, how weird would you say it is to keep a Lego tableau on your desk (at home, not work) of Harry dressed as Luke Skywalker and Draco dressed as Anakin Skywalker, holding a chain that's around Harry's neck?

Comments

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

I can't rate your Lego fetish, but I wanted to say I love your weirdness scale. I may have to adopt it.

[prillalar]

Hee! Adopt away.

[ineke.livejournal.com]

Oh, dude, I don't know. Have you seen Hello Kitty toast? Toast from an internet-equipped toaster that has the daily weather forecast printed on it?

[ladysorka]

...there are internet equipped toasters?

Now that's something that all you can do is boggle and ask, "Why?"

[iamsab.livejournal.com]

We here at Casa del Sab gauge you a 65, which is 40 for the HP Lego plus 25 for the XO and kink.

[prillalar]

W00t! That's a place on the scale I'm comfortable with.

[eliade.livejournal.com]

You? Are hilarious. I give you a 51% on the weirdness scale--but then again, that is relative to *me*, who is currently fantasizing about Jack Davenport as a BtVS watcher who falls hopelessly in love with Spike, who falls hopelessly in love back, and there is sex.

So anyway.

[prillalar]

Hmm, I'll give you 43 for your fantasy. And that's only because Spike falls in love back. Personally, I think he'd just use Jack and then toss him aside.

[i-amthecosmos.livejournal.com]

Can I metaquotes this? I got here via without_me, in case you were wondering.

[prillalar]

Sure, that would be cool. :)

[raqs.livejournal.com]

70.

Primarily because of the mixing of HP and StarWars fandoms, and the whole father/son bondage/incest kink - which is ALMOST cute, in lego form.

almost.

[prillalar]

Lego has that effect, doesn't it? Especially with Draco's cute little angry face.

[honey-wheeler.livejournal.com]

Dude, there's weather toast? I think I might not be able to lead a fulfilled life now that I know of such things but do not have them for myself. It's so ridiculous that it's perfect. Can MoodToast be far behind?

As far as the diorama goes, I'd give it a 72. Bonus Weird Points for the role-play/bondage one-two punch as applied to well-known archetypal characters dressed as well-known archetypal characters, Weird Penalty points for having it squirreled away at home rather than at work and for missing the opportunity to have Harry dressed as Leia with hair danishes.

You could probably up your score if you pause to whine "But I was going to go to the Taaaashi Station to pick up some pooower converrrrterrrs" in a plummy Brit accent whenever you walk by. You know, should you care to.

[prillalar]

Well, at work I do have an Obi-Wan action figure (not Lego) that's duct-taped hand and foot, with a tiny piece of duct tape over his mouth and Darth Maul standing over him.

[spike21.livejournal.com]

why in my world, that is delicious toast with butter, Hal.

[prillalar]

Hee! I like your world.

[geekturnedvamp.livejournal.com]

I think I would need to see pictures to really judge *g*.

[prillalar]

Judge away :)

[http://users.livejournal.com/_inbetween_/]

10

[prillalar]

Hey! I'm offended that you think it's so normal!

[malograntum.livejournal.com]

...wait, normal people don't have things like that on their desks?

[prillalar]

Apparantly not. :)

[thepouncer.livejournal.com]

How would having a series of Harry Potter Legos on your bookshelves rate? Because I've got maybe ... six minisets (Remus' classroom! Sirius escapes the tower! Quidditch! Quidditch shop! et al) on my bookshelves. Which isn't to mention the scale of having slash downloaded on my PalmPilot. Even bdsm slash, from time to time. Although not Luke/Anakin/Harry/Draco bdsm, even though there must be a story out there somewhere.

[prillalar]

Don't forget that if you put the legs on the Lego minifigs backwards, they can give blowjobs!

[wickdzoot.livejournal.com]

50.

[prillalar]

Only 50?

[supergrover24.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't have gone higher than a 20, myself. What must that say about me?

[prillalar]

Hee! That you think D&D is really, really weird?

[malkingrey.livejournal.com]

About 65, tops.

[prillalar]

That seems a good estimate.

[valarltd.livejournal.com]

::hides from Hal who has hit too many kinks at once.::

Um, 60.

[prillalar]

Hee! Any way we could add some more?

[mooselet.livejournal.com]

That's marvelous, and it makes me very happy! It is pretty weird, though, maybe a 70? : D

[prillalar]

I can live with that. :)

[frahulettaes.livejournal.com]

I'm going with Raqs on this one. You're a 70. I have a friend with a complete set of Glitter Jedi.
In a diarama, in her living room. Complete with horses.
So that would be 100 for me.
Yup, 70.

[prillalar]

You're saying the Glitter Jedi are as weird as Michael Jackson? I think that's a bit extreme. *g*

[laurashapiro.livejournal.com]

Hm. Now I want toast.

[prillalar]

Made by Talky Toaster?

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

I think the incest pushes it up there! But this might be a lot higher on the "goofy" scale than the "weird" scale. The element of knowing it's silly fun modifies the weirdness a bit.

And I love the scale. I must endeavor to make my toast weirder, now.

[prillalar]

Hmm, so to you goofy is benign while weirdness is not?

There must be many ways to make toast weirder. Maybe there should be a research project.

[luvs-phoenix.livejournal.com]

For me?

a 5

For others?

Hell, don't know. Bad judge of others, LOL

[prillalar]

But judging others is what makes us human! *koff*

[chzbrgr-of-doom.livejournal.com]

That isn't weird at all. XD

[prillalar]

Hee! I guess I should have put "rabid slashfen" on the scale somewhere so we'd have a baseline for ourselves as well. *g*

[branchandroot]

Hmmmm. If D&D is a 50, then I think your tableau would fall at about 67. If you actually wrote it up as a fic, I think that would rate as a 74, according to this scale.

Within the scale of fandom, I think neither possiblity would rate over 30. I'm not sure you can actually get to 100 on any in-fandom scale, though the PoT chibi bumpers could come close.

[prillalar]

I can't imagine trying to work that out in fic -- Lego is a more forgiving medium. *g*

And you're right about fandom, of course. Which is why I love it so.

[holyschist.livejournal.com]

75. It's not as creepy as Michael Jackson, but way weirder than D&D.

[prillalar]

Yeah, I'm not sure just what would come close to Michael Jackson. *g*

[dejla.livejournal.com]

Ummm... 62, I think...

But alltrees is correct. On the fandom weirdness meter, I'm afraid you wouldn't even bump the dial.

[prillalar]

You're so precise. :)