And some of those insane theories and ridiculous questions lead them here, to Fantasy Casting.
Now, because this blog is pretty straightforward, the bulk of searches leading people here are pretty simple. People search for celebrities, book titles, authors or simply "fantasy casting" and its many derivations (and misspellings). Those types of searches make up about 80% of searchers that wind up here.
Occasionally, there's the word "nude" or "naked" or "sexy" after a celebrity's name (usually female) and those searchers generally leave this site within 10 seconds or less.
Sometimes, however, there are some awesomely crazy things leading people here. For you, my readers, my favorite Fantasy Casting searches:
"i don't believe that people have read every harry potter multiple times"
Believe it, friend. Believe it. I've read them all at least 5 times straight through, and I'm reading them to my kids again currently. My sister has read them all that many times, too. Replace "harry potter" with "twilight" and you might get an even more unbelievable answer.
But, honestly, what does this person think Google is for? Did he expect a response?
Googler: "i don't believe that people have read every harry potter multiple times"
Google: "Many people have done so."
Googler: "Nuh-unh."
Google: "Yes huh."
"intimidation and fear in the book thief"
I am pretty sure this person thinks Google is built for doing your book reports and essays for you.
"kat dennings is a boy"
Uh... what? This person surprisingly spent a good amount of time here, too. To be clear, Kat Dennings is not a boy:
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"kirsten bell from the brady bunch"
Pop quiz- this query is insane because
a) Kristen Bell was not in The Brady Bunch and everybody knows that
b) Her name is Kristen not Kirsten and everybody knows that
c) This person stayed on my blog for more than five minutes
d) All of the above.
Answer: D. Obviously. If you are given an "all of the above" choice it's always the right answer and everybody knows that.
"what time is it in Germany right now?"
This is a decent search, I suppose, but how distractable are you if you queried this phrase and ended up spending three whole minutes poking around a blog about movies and books?
"this girl totally looks like emma watson"
Again, what is it you think Google does?
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And, while it makes my heart all kinds of happy that no less than 10% of searchers coming to my blog searched for something to do with Alan Rickman playing Severus Snape, I do find this particular query a little strange:
"severus snape in a fantasy"
Whaaaaaat?
Rickman is the man and all, but... really? You want to see him in a "fantasy?" I don't even want to know.
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This one I love because of its detail:
""your busted, tired dance moves are no match for my security protocols.""
The double quotation marks? Deliberate. The searcher used quotations, too. Classic.
"peter pan" -rugrats -collar -collars -michael-jackson -jonas -"peanut butter"
I don't know what this person could possibly have been looking for, but they spent nearly thirty minutes here, so we'll put this one in the "win" column.
"expretion of the eye movement image"
I don't even know what to say to this one.
And lastly, the saddest of all.
"who can you go to , to get a book banned?"
*sigh*
I am not sure whether I am glad or sad that this person didn't stick around on my site. Glad, because they didn't see anything I wrote that they identified with. Sad, because I feel like my banned book posts were good information (and some of my most popular pages) and could have helped them open their eyes a bit. On a happier note, another dozen different searches have lead people to my banned books posts, so that's good news!
PS- It's my birthday today and I would love nothing more than to have a bazillion hits and comments on this blog today. Do what you can :)
