Guest Blog #4 – Anastasia Hopcus

For today’s guest blog feature, I have fellow Egmont author, Anastasia Hopcus!  Anastasia is the author of Shadow Hills,  a creepy YA novel about a teenage girl who travels to a strange town in the hopes of unraveling the secrets of her sister’s mysterious death.  The full description kinda makes me think of Silent Hill, and I can’t wait to read it!  To find out more about Anastasia, visit her website.

Now, onto the interview:

1. If a pirate, a ninja, and Batman got in a fight, who do you think would win and why?

Batman, because there is no one cooler. He beat Superman. And recovered from a broken back. Now that’s determination.

2. Who’s your favorite pirate/ninja (in history or fiction)?

Does Hiro from Mini Ninjas count? Videogames are fiction, right? Because he is ridiculously cute.

3.  Along that line, who’s your favorite movie Batman?

Michael Keaton. Because he was the smirk-iest and I’m big on smirky.

4. What would be the best thing about being a pirate/ninja/Batman?

Batman: Alfred. Ninja: those crazy two-toe shoe things. Pirate: unlimited parrots. Definitely.

5. Do you think there will ever be peace between pirates and ninjas?  How do you think a truce would ever come about?  Do you think Batman could negotiate the truce?

I think Batman could get Lucius Fox to invent a deadly throwing parrot.  Then they could all band together and fight someone they hate even more than each other. Like Jar Jar Binks.

6. How would you end said truce and get the feud rolling again and how would you deal with Batman if he tried to interfere?

Tell the pirates that the ninjas are hiding gold doubloons in their little two-toed shoes. If Batman tried to interfere I’d distract him with a gift card to Radio Shack. Holy gadgets, Batman!

7. If you tripped and fell into a radioactive vat of cutlasses and gold doubloons and emerged as a pirate-themed supervillain, what would your superpower be?

I could bring about parrot-geddon; a rain of parrots. Like in the movie The Birds, except they’d be green and they’d say “Polly want an evil hell-cracker?”

8. If you stumbled a little farther to the left and fell into a radioactive vat of throwing stars and nunchucks and emerged as a ninja-themed supervillain, what would your superpower be?

I could spit nunchucks at such a speed that it would knock anyone unconscious for days at a time.

9. If you were a pirate/ninja/Batman and found yourself in love with the enemy (i.e. a ninja/pirate or, say, Catwoman), how would you handle your taboo relationship?

Cloud of invisibility.

10. And finally, in the event of the Zombie-pocalypse, how would pirates/ninjas/Batman each survive?

The pirates would turn all their ships into floating fortresses to stay safe out on the seas. The ninjas would kill the zombies from the shadows. Batman would kick every zombie’s butt with no help at all. Because he’s Batman. In case you forgot, he beat Superman.