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Hey there. Boredom was advancing on the horizon, so here are a few questions.

-What is your favorite fictional creature and why?

-If you were to be stuck as a fictional creature, what would you choose and why?

Also, a fictional creature can be anything just as long as it doesn't exist in real life. It can be from science fiction, fantasy, folklore, mythology, ect.

I'm not sure what my favorite fictional creature is, so I'll get back to you guys on that.

Fighting my urge to choose something from one of my favorite comics or television shows, I decided to click on over to a familiar web page of mine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_legendary_creatures?. I've decided that if I were to be stuck as a mythical creature, I would choose to be a sandman. Of course sneaking into people homes and lulling children to sleep seems creepy (it is), but if we go off of the DnD iteration (http://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/Sandman_(3.5e_Race)), "A [sandman] isn't subject to poison, sleep effects, paralysis, stunning, disease, fatigue, exhaustion, energy drain, nausea, or sickening.?" They are relatively quick, increasingly so in sandy areas. But, this race is not without flaw. They are unsociable, clumsy, and have a very low healing rate compared to humans, half as quick to be exact.

Exactly what
you’d expect.

I like fairies, so I would naturally enjoy being one. Flying seems pretty fun :)

It changes monthly, and it's usually a new type of vampire that I find interesting or amusing. It used to be Jiangshi, but right now, I'm feeling the "South England Anglo Saxon Vampire" that was referenced in all of one account in a book about some local saint or something. They're like regular predatory-type vampires, but they run around hiding their faces in burial cloth and carrying their coffins over their backs like bipedal turtles. The idea just seems aesthetically interesting to me, I'd like to see some of them in movies.

As far as what I'd like to be... I'm probably with Brad on this one. The powers and properties of dragons are so loosely defined that I could hypothetically be anything that suits my interests. That, and there'd still be a surprising amount of people in life and on the internet that'd still be DTF, if it really came to that point. And, of course, there's the whole underground cloning rings and world government perks I'd be welcomed into as a fellow magic lizard.

Well I'd say something along the lines of a demonic wolf, but I'm living proof of their existence.

If I had to choose otherwise, I'd say I'd be either a leviathan or a dragon. Both seem good for inspiring chaos and destruction.

I figured you might pick a medusa.

Hivemind

Hivemind

Decentralized thought (and existence): Check

Parallel processing: Check 

Cheat the system and live as any of the lesser creatures you take over: Check

Still fundamentally mortal so life has meaning: Check

May not even be fiction in the next 100 years (assuming we don't throw ourselves over a cliff by then): Check

Sold.