Asandir's interviews with Newgrounds forum users
This week's interview features the user SubliminalVirus.
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When did you find Newgrounds and why did you join? Why did you choose the username SubliminalVirus?
"I used this site just for the games when I was twelve for two years or so, but then just forgot about it. I discovered this site once again recently and it looked like a site full of great artists, many who I could learn a lot from. It's nice to see so many people's work, I'm really glad I joined. About the username, I've always been really interested in both psychology and disease, so I just took one of my favorite topics from each interest and combined it."
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Are there any other users that you like, and how do they affect you?
"I like all of the users that I chat with and can joke with, however I think the one with the most affect was one of the first users I talked to, WahyahRanger, I think joking around with him is what keep my interest in the forums, leading me to meet other users."
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Are there any users that you would consider enemies or that you just don't like?
"I like Newgrounds as a way to distract me from stress in real life, I'd rather not argue with other users or have any sort of negative drama. So I don't think I have any enemies here, however there are just a few users that rub me the wrong way, but it's just what's to be expected when on any website were many users communicate."
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What is your opinion about the forums? Is there one forum that you prefer? And is there another forum user that you want to see getting interviewed by me?
"They are nice, many people get help and critics from forums while others express their opinion or just goof around. I dabble around in the art and video games forums but I use the General Forum more than any other, mostly because it's the forum that attracts most users and is most active. Hm, you've done so many users...Have you ever got an interview with TomFulp?"
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I guess that you have an opinion about the moderators of Newgrounds. Do you think that they do a great job or not?
"Well I haven't seen a lot of gore or illegal porn on the forums so I'd say they do a good job."
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Would you like to become a moderator on Newgrounds? If so, what kind of moderator?
"I'm not actually sure, while it would be nice to help out with a site that I really like, it seems like a lot of responsibility, I would be too nervous of screwing up, but if I did then probably a forum moderator, just because I go on the forums so often."
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One of your favourite movies is A Serbian Film, which has a rather infamous reputation. What do you like about this movie?
"It rare for me to actually like a movie, because I don't have the best attention span. This movie actually managed to keep me engaged. I suppose most people just assume I like it for the violence and gore, but I actually liked the type of characters portrayed and how well it makes you follow the main character through his stress, mental and emotional strain while being manipulated, so while we do find hate for him we still have empathy. With the majority of movies I watch I just don't care about the characters, so it was like a breath of fresh air from guys in sunglasses with explosives and machine guns..."
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You are an artist. When and why did you start drawing? How would you describe your own drawing style? What is so far the drawing that you are most proud of?
"More like a student. When I was little I just would constantly come up with stories and draw them out, so then I started going to art classes and became very fond of my teacher so I just went year after year, I'm actually still being taught by her. I think have yet to actually have my own style, all my drawing are more just practices and experiments, but I guess my favorite would be Slave since it was my very second painting after years of avoiding paint."
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David Firth is your favourite visual artist. Tell my readers what you like about his style.
"I like the dark nature of some of his animations and the cynical attitude of others. As well as how confused many of them can make you. He is a big role model of mine, after watching his animations I started practicing using animation software myself."
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Aphex Twin is one of your most favourite musicians. Which of his songs do you like the most?
"Come To Daddy... Can't explain this too well, I don't normally like a lot of electronic music, but it has a really creepy feel about it, and it's music video is intriguing."
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I can't get rid of the feeling that you are ... fascinated by clowns. What symbolic meaning do you attribute to them?
"I got to go to a circus just once when I was 6 or 7 and I remember the clowns act, it brought comedy to an otherwise serious act from the other performers, and made everyone happy... I like how different all clowns are, how different the acts that they adopt are and how many of them manage to combine different types of acts together, for example illusion along with the over the top acting that we expect from clowns. So I suppose happiness, laughter, entertainment. It can mean these things to me while still scaring the crap out of other people... perfect."
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You mentioned that you want to become a Forensic Psychologist in the future. Which aspects of this career interest you the most?
"Well I've been very interested in psychology since I can remember, however if I were to pursue a career in it I wouldn't want to be a therapist just sitting around and listening to other people's everyday problems. Considering that I also have been interested by crime from a young age, being a forensic psychologist would allow me to work with two major interests of mine. Once thing that stands out for me a lot is the chance to study people who have committed crimes and try to learn more about what pushed them to commit it, as well as what sort of state of mind they were in during the crime itself."
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Every person has secrets. Can you tell one of yours or something else that we didn't know about you yet?
"Gee, I think I'm pretty open already in the forums. One thing that I haven't mentioned is that I was in my second or third year of lifesaving courses before I just out of nowhere got a fear of being in a large body of water...even though swimming was once one of my favorite things to do. pretty stupid..."
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What can we expect from you in the future, SubliminalVirus?
"I wish I knew...."
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Now you are filled with more knowledge about SubliminalVirus, dear reader.Feel free to leave a comment here, saying what you think about the interview, requesting users to get interviews is also appreciated. Tune in next week :3
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