5 questions meme

From oursin:

1. If you could choose a super-power, what would it be? If a power that I was born with, immunity to projectile weapons. If a power that I developed as an adult (i.e. I had already formed my moral code and become wary of the law of unintended consequences), telepathy/mind manipulation.

2. What artist (living or dead) would you like to be painted by? Vermeer.

3. Your ideal guest list of historical or fictional figures for a dinner party (6-8 guests seems reasonable)? So many iterations I could come up with! Let's do the dinner party of fictional women:

Jane Marple, from Agatha Christie
Ruth Carroll, from Dean's Secret Country series
Susan Pevensie, from the Narnia Books
Jane Brailsford, from Stevermer's College of Magic
Tocohl Susumo, from Kagan's Hellspark
Ekaterin Vorkosigan, from Bujold
Phryne Fisher, from Kerry Greenwood
Lady Bexbury, from the Comfortable Courtesan series


4. Assuming that you could have all relevant immunisations etc in advance, what historical period/event would you like to visit? 1850s Frederick, Maryland or Dallas, Texas, so I could see how my ancestors lived. Or if I'm able to observe without being seen and having to worry about language/treatment of my gender/etc., the Battle of Salamis.

5. If you were in a book, what would the genre be? If I picked the genre? SF or fantasy utopia. My actual life? Slice-of-life litfic.

Let me know if you'd like five questions!