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Name: Jen.

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Age: 23.

Location: Ohio.

Occupation: Receptionist.







All About You

1. Describe your ideal house/home. Please go into as much detail as possible, and be sure to include your ideal geographical location in the description!.

This is going to be a very Stark-ish answer in part, because one of the reasons I first picked up the books is because I had somehow formed the impression that they started at the onslaught of a 40-year-long winter and all I could think of was ‘THIS IS RELEVANT TO MY INTERESTS’. So as far as geographical locations go, it would be somewhere very cold and very snowy, because I appreciate both of these things far too much. I’d like to skip summers entirely, but if they had to exist, I’d really like it if they were very mild and not humid at all, since there are few things I hate as much as humidity. IF POSSIBLE I WOULD TO LIKE TO LIVE NEAR THE SEA. I am okay with it being a frozen sea, I just want to be near the ocean. I don’t want to be near any trees, though, so - I tragically tend to envision frozen wasteland as my ideal geographical location, as long as there’s internet.

Now, as to the home part - my ideal home would be a palace, honestly, because if I’m going to dream, I’m going to dream big. I want a palace with a ridiculous amount of rooms, and a gigantic library (the library in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast? Is something I’ve wanted since I was a very, very tiny person. It’s so lovely and large and I want it immensely!), and so many twists and turns that I could get lost in it. Secret passageways are most definitely a bonus. I want long, winding staircases and stained glass and fireplaces in every room and I want everything to be massive, to be very baroque-ish, to be beautiful in an epic way.

2. Imagine you’re given the classic opportunity: a genie granting you three wishes. What would you wish for? Please be as elaborate as you can. Wishing for more wishes is not permitted!

First of all, I would wish for a supply of money that I would never run out of, because I think it’d be best to go ahead and fund the rest of my life and every whim that might overtake me. I’d appreciate the opportunity to travel the world, or to buy every book I’ve ever wanted, or to build a giant palace to live in, and unlimited funds would be the easiest way to accomplish all o those things. Besides, when you’re rich, everything is easier, and I approve wholeheartedly of this - or at least I do if I’m one of the wealthiest!

Secondly, I would undoubtedly wish for my health to drastically improve. I have several health problems - that I’m not interested in going into, and I don’t feel that they’re pertinent to this answer, so I won’t bother with them - that sometimes control my life in an irritating manner, and if I could make them all go poof, I would. Immediately. I feel like I’d have a lot more options if I were healthier, and I’d be a lot less resentful of things as well. Granted, some of these problems would be less problematic if I had more money, but I’d still rather they disappear; they make life irritating and sometimes almost unbearable and I would be overjoyed if I could snap my fingers and have them vanish.

I think I would probably wish for an eidetic memory for my third wish. I know there’s some debate as to whether such a thing really exists, but if it doesn’t - well, the wish would take care of that, wouldn’t it. I read a lot, and I try to immerse myself in details of things like history and some sciences, but it’s a constant aggravation to me that I can’t remember everything I read and hear. I loathe it when something is on the tip of my touch, or just out of reach, but I can’t recall enough about it to truly remember what it is. It would, again, also make my life easier, and how can I resist something like that? Besides, if I was in possession of something like this I might just be able to become famous, and there are times when I desperately desire to be known by people, even if they’re just the people that I respect in certain fields of study.

3. In your life so far, what accomplishment are you the most proud of? Why? You can list more than one if you have trouble deciding. ;) I haven’t accomplished nearly as much as I would like in my life, but I think I will go with graduating from my high school as valedictorian. I liked knowing I was number one, and the most successful as far as academics went. I liked giving a long speech and having everyone pay attention to me. I really liked the recognition, because I always appreciate being lauded for … well, anything. It’s definitely the proudest accomplishment in my life so far.

4. Which of the following is most important to you: Love, Money, Knowledge, Family, Friendship, Adventure, or Pleasure? Which is the least important to you? Please explain why for each choice.

Knowledge is the most important to me by far - I spend so much time in pursuit of knowledge, and it defines me so readily, that I have a hard time opting for anything else. Everyone has heard so many times about how knowledge is power, and although I occasionally find this sentiment debatable, I cling to the saying because I crave it. I’d also love to know all there is to know about everything, because my curiosity is constant and never-ending.

I’m torn between love and adventure for the least important to me. Love because, well, I dislike being in love. I feel like I lose myself when I fall in love, and I passionately resent anyone that I have romantic feelings for, because I don’t want it. Love changes people, and although I’m aware that I could probably change for the better, I have absolutely no desire to: I like who I am already. Adventure because although I like new experiences, and I often crave interesting things, adventure feels like it has a connotation I don’t like - it could be good or bad, and far too complicated for my tastes. I don’t need it, not like I feel that I need other things, which makes it less important than it would otherwise be.

5. What's one quote (or passage, song lyric, etc.) that effectively describes you and your values? Explain. I hate this question because I can never, ever think of an answer to it or anything like it. So we are going to go with this: “History will be kind to me for I intend to write it” by Winston Churchill (well, okay, probably not, since I think it’s attributed to him falsely, but that’s how I took notice of it originally, so we will lie and say that he said it). I feel like it effectively describes me in several ways - first of all, it’s ambitious, and I tend to be fairly ambitious. It’s an awareness that as long as you win, you can control the story and skew the perception of everything, which is something I’ve always admired and appreciated in life. It’s confident, too, which I usually am.

6. How do you manage your money? On that note, how important is money/financial security to you? Go into as much detail as you can. Money is very, very important to me. I grew up in lower middle class family, and from a young age I’ve been aware of how necessary money is and how much easier life would be if I had more of it. I manage it pretty closely - I figure out in advance how much I will need for bills/food/et al, allot myself a certain amount of spending money, and try to save the rest. I don’t want to be left without any when I need it, and I might take this a little overboard at times, but knowing I have enough money in the bank to deal with (hopefully) most emergencies is a very reassuring notion for me.

7. Name (and elaborate on) some of your hobbies. What are your favorite things to do outside of school/the office?

Okay, hobbies. I read a lot - especially nonfiction books; history is my great love in life, and I’m known to immerse myself in an historical period and devour everything I can get my hands on - and I write occasionally. I keep a journal, and have a long time now, and I dedicate more time than you might expect to it, because I like to concentrate on getting everything perfectly right. I love to shop, both for books and for other materials objects, and I will happily drag my friends off for an entire day or weekend of shopping and just hanging out. I’m usually a very social person, so I spend a lot of time with my friends, just lounging around or going out for drinks or talking. I’m a big talker, too. ;) I cross-stitch, which I know is old-fashioned, but I love creating things and seeing something beautiful form out of nothing, and it allows me time to sit and think as I do so. Let’s see - what else? I like going to new places and just wandering around; I will happily spend hours just walking around interesting neighborhoods.

8. Name three things you are afraid of. Explain.

Failing. I’m a perfectionist through and through, and one of my great fears in life is being a failure, or a hopeless mess of a person, and not living up to the potential that I know I have. This sometimes sends me into fits of neurosis, because I feel like if I fail at even one thing that’s important to me, I’m letting both the people I care about and - more importantly, honestly - myself down. It’s important to me that I succeed in whatever I attempt, and I will occasionally have actual nightmares that I don’t, or can’t, do everything I put my mind to.

Enclosed spaces. I have really bad claustrophobia - I was stuck in an elevator once with my best friend and a few other people, and although we were only in there five minutes or so, I was weak-kneed and this close to hysterics by the time we got out - and I have panic attacks when I feel like I’m surrounded, physically, without a way out.

Being forgotten. I want to be known and to be remembered, and the idea that people could forget about me easily is a terrifying one. I want to make a mark on people, and leave an impression, and one of the worst things I can think of is being overlooked or being ignored. I need attention, and I hate the idea that someone could … well, like I said, forget about me. I saw this happen with my grandmother when I was younger, in the last few years of her life when her Alzheimer’s grew increasingly worse, and it’s just - one of the worst feelings in the world is not being recognised or known by someone you love.


9. Name (and elaborate on) your top three BEST and top three WORST qualities (personality-related, not physical). Please answer as fully as you can, as this is an important question.

BEST;

My determination. When I want something, I rarely take no for an answer unless I positively must, and even then it’s unlikely. I’m not the sort of person to give up and whine about what might have been, I’d rather pursue my goal constantly and whine while doing that (The whining is non-negotiable). My determination has gotten me a lot of things, both tangible items and things like reactions, replies, and emotions, that I wouldn’t have gotten if I had given up just a bit earlier or tried for just a little less. I’m stubborn to a fault, really, but I enjoy every minute of it – I like the places it gets me and the things I gain from it.

I’m a very enthusiastic person – about people, about books, about life. I’d rather bounce around and giggle over something gleefully than be fully apathetic towards everything under the sun – I like getting myself worked up over things, I like the delight you get right before something you’ve been so enthusiastic over and have built up hopelessly in your mind happens. It usually makes me into a bouncing wall of energy, and my friends liken me to a golden retriever when that happens because I’m so interested and exuberant about everything. Instead of hating getting up every single day, I usually look forward to it all, because anything could happen and I love the knowledge of that. I care with my entire being, and I get excited with my entire being, and that’s something I love about myself.

I’m an honest person. I’m blunt, probably to a fault at times. I tell the truth, and unless it would really devastate a person, I don’t wrap it up in pretty words and bows. If I feel that something needs to be said, I’ll say it without hesitation – I like to see how people react when faced with the truth, because it says a lot about said person. I have a lot of respect for people who just cut through the nonsense and say what’s on their mind, and I try to extend that same courtesy to other people that I know.

WORST;

I can be very domineering. I like to tell people what to do, when to do it, and where to do it. I give orders easily, and then I get upset when people don’t do exactly what I tell them. I want things to be done my way, and when they aren’t, I’m annoyed. I’ve lost a few friends over this (the ones who couldn’t just stare at me, roll their eyes, and tell me I’m being ridiculous – luckily, most people I surround myself with have no problem with telling me to get over myself) and I’ve gotten a lot of people mad at me before because of it. I automatically take control of situations in life, and I like being in control and the one to decide things more than pretty anything else.

My imagination. I love my imagination – I love the places it takes me to, the things I come up with when I’m daydreaming or allowing myself to think outside the box – but I scare myself very easily. If I do one thing wrong, all I can do is imagine everything coming crashing down on me and everything I’ve worked for being destroyed. If I watch a horror movie, I will lie in bed for hours convincing myself that every noise I hear is someone coming to kill me. This has a lot to do with my anxiety as well, but I feel like it wouldn’t be nearly as problematic if my imagination didn’t present me with such vivid images about everything.

I get angry easily. I have a temper, and it doesn’t take a lot to make it flare up. When it does, I tend to lash out emotionally, trying to hurt whoever is making me angry, even though it’s not usually a good idea and I know I’ll regret it afterwards (and it doesn’t take me long to calm down – I get over things just as quickly as I start to rage over them). I also take things too personally sometimes, which, again, makes me angry. When people don’t support things like gay rights, I have a hard time reacting like it isn’t a personal affront, even though there’s really no reason for me to feel that way.



A Song of Ice and Fire Related

1.Who are your favorite three characters in the series? Why?

I think Sansa is my favorite first and foremost. I know a lot of people look at her and see a brat, or a whiny little girl, but I see a young woman sees herself in terms of stories and songs, who is slowly learning to use her femininity as a weapon and how to work inside the system. I love women who wield power without falling into the oft-used fantasy trope of a warrior woman, and I feel like Sansa has so much potential to become one of these women. To be honest, out of everyone in the books, she’s the character I’m most interested in seeing what happens to.

Then there’s Cersei, who is so many things that I love. She wants to be powerful, and she is powerful, and she’s not interested in going down without a fight, but, like Sansa, she does not fall into the warrior woman trope. She resents the fact that she was born a woman but still uses her femininity as a weapon, and she’s good at it. She does what she has to. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying she’s a good person - she most definitely isn’t - but she’s fascinating to me, and amazing, and I feel like she’s understandable on this inherent level. I love her for that.

And, finally, Littlefinger. I love the schemers, and I love how Littlefinger is so upfront about who he is. One of my favorite moments in the books is when he warns Ned not to trust him and Ned does anyway, and Littlefinger goes about doing precisely what he wants to and what suits him best. It says a lot about both characters, and, okay, when it comes down to Littlefinger versus Ned, I’m always on Littlefinger’s side. He’s another political player, and I love it, because the politics to me are the most interesting thing to this series.

2.Who are your least favorite three characters in the series? Why?

Ned. Ned is a good person, but as a character, he bores me to tears - I dislike characters who are constantly, genuinely good all of the time. In a world full of grey characters, he sticks out like a sore thumb, and since one of the reasons I love these books is because nobody is completely good or evil, he’s irritating.

Stannis. He’s dull, a stick-in-the-mud, and his entire storyline bores me. I can put up with a boring character if the plotlines they’re involved with interest me enough - I devoured all of Ned’s chapters, even if I have very little patience for his character - but everything in Stannis’s storyline is so … uninteresting. The same goes for Melisandre. I feel like she should be more interesting and appealing than she is (and this might change in future books, if we ever get a chapter from her POV) but I still find myself so exhausted by everything about her. I want more political intrigue, not religious drama.

3.#1 Favorite moment in all of ASOIAF so far? Why? The Red Wedding. We knew before then that GRRM does not fuck around, but everything that happened there was so audacious that I had to close the book and flail around a little because dear god that was utterly amazing. Terrible - whenever I think of Robb, now, I think of Grey Wind’s head sewn to his body - but as far as plot gambits go, that was a delightful one to me.

4. In your dream-world, how would you like to see the series end, and why? I’d like to see Dany take the throne of Westeros, but with Sansa - somehow? As one of her ladies-in-waiting? As a political player in her own right? - involved as well. I’d be entirely pleased if Dany and Jon were married, but I’d be just as fine if they weren’t. I want Nymeria and Arya to reunite. I want the remaining Starks to reunite. I want Cersei to go out by Jaime’s hand, and vice-versa, instead of some sort of execution.



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Comments

Stark

[misstopia.livejournal.com]

Such a Greyjoy.

Tully!

[biliki.livejournal.com]

Well, to me, you are definitely a Targaryen! You are an ''extreme'' person, you like attention, you are domineering, you seem to try very hard to get what you want. You are, somehow, very intense. I saw a bit of Lannister because of the money-love and the description of the palace, but everything else screams Targaryen to me!

tyrell

[stoopid-silly.livejournal.com]

I can't decide between Lannister and Targaryen. you remind me of both cersei and dany, but your "worst traits" make me think you're more of a targaryen.

Targaryen

[guad.livejournal.com]

Tully

Tully

[moryssa.livejournal.com]

There's a strong Lannister leaning to your app, because of the focus on money, power, and prestige... but I get the feeling that you're a little more straight-forward in your dealings than most Lannisters would be. You list honesty as one of your traits, which contradicts my mental image of political game-playing Lannisters.

I think a lot of those same Lion-like qualities (a desire to be respected and admired, afraid of failure, wanting to make a mark on the world, stubbornness and resentfulness, etc.) in the Greyjoys, and I think that they're also a little more honest and straightforward in their lust for power.

Besides, it's probably colder on Pyke than it is on Casterly Rock. :)

Tyrell

[hamsterwoman]

You were rather tough to sort for me! Your wishes are very self-focused, and so are a lot of your other answers. There's a lot of emphasis on control, but only over yourself, not others, as I would expect of a Lannister, say. But there's a lot of Lannister in your accomplishment and quote andswer, and Lannister and Targaryen and, sure, Greyjoy in your traits. Your book answers swayed me all the way to Lannister. It's true that you seem more lighthearted and honest than most of the Lannisters we see... but I think there are more honest and lighthearted Lannisters, too, just not as prominently featured -- I imagine Genna's like that, for example.

Lannister

[doesi.livejournal.com]

Your answers skew between Lannister and Greyjoy, though I do not think we would be fond of one another. Then again, no one in House Lannister likes anyone else in House Lannister when they perceive them stepping on their toes. Especially someone who is ambitious and direct about it, because then who knows what you're hiding (even if you're not).

Greyjoy fits. No other great house is more honest, I think.

Stark

[esc-key.livejournal.com]

I was totally thinking Lannister.

Stark

[kitrinlu.livejournal.com]

You really remind me of Tyrion, tbh, so I think you'd fit best in Lannister.

Greyjoy

[odeocowboys.livejournal.com]

Greyjoy. Actually, the thing that decided me on this was the fact that you don't like Stannis or Ned.

Greyjoy

[riotsun.livejournal.com]

I see mostly Lannister but I also see from where the Greyjoy votes are coming from.

Lannister

[marketchippie.livejournal.com]

I came here with this weird mishmash of Targaryen-with-a-touch-of-Stark in my head; I have realised that this combines into an excellent Greyjoy whole. Old house, proud and stubborn and confident in their own ability to dictate mores and glory-holding and mythic in their own right.

Targaryen

[munanna.livejournal.com]

You're a Lannister, I think, with some sprinkles of Targaryen. :)

Targaryen

[fairly-contrary.livejournal.com]

To me, your app absolutely SCREAMS Lannister. Your needs for financial security and for fame are classic lion traits. There's also something very Tyrion/Jaime about wishing your health problems were gone (although to be fair, theirs are more disfigurements than health problems per se), and your academic leanings sound Tyrion-ish, too.

Lannister

[ladynyks.livejournal.com]

Your house is very ice!Targaryen. Your attitudes to money have some hints of the same, but also some Lannister I guess. "Not pertinent so I won't bother with them" could also suggest some Lannister, Greyjoy or Tully maybe. Resentfulness reminds me of Tyrion's issues with health, but mainly I think of Viserys if talking resentful characters. Your desire to remember what you read also suggests some Tyrion, since I think Maester Aemon is past resentfulness or irritations over learning. Desire to be known seems to point at Targaryen or Lannister. Being lauded for anything, look at me, hear me roar? That "so far" addition could point at Targ though.

You don't know if knowledge is power is valid all the time, but because it gives you the power and excuse for what you do or crave, you cling to it. I'm still with Lannister and Targs, maybe a hint of Greyjoys. You also know love is a weakness and how big a thing it is when it strikes, so still with us from such an angle. You play it safe without adventure, again hedging bets for Lannisters perhaps. Same as not caring who said the quote if it works to your thing, shady origins mattering less than making it work for you. The ruthlessness has hints of Greyjoy on the side.

Your money answer is Stark on its own. Fear of failure I often tend to slot with Targs, but you're worried about not doing it for people you care for? Whining while pursuing a goal to be seen? Tyrion Lannister ought to do. Honest and blunt included.

Stark

[cetacea.livejournal.com]

I'm thinking you're a Lannister.

Martell

[angerfish.livejournal.com]

Gorgeous icon! I think you're a Greyjoy.

Lannister

[tantdetentation.livejournal.com]

While my selfish side wants to claim you for Lannister, I see Targaryen here, in your enthusiasms and creativity, particularly. And your ability to mobilize others. Your ambition also steered me that way, and, of course, anger makes me think 'don't wake the dragon.'

I agree with you re: less-favorite characters, by the way. The Stannis plotline irks me to no end. It seems so heavy-handed of GRRM, when usually he avoids magical manipulations like that.

Tyrell

[hystericpixie.livejournal.com]

Got a Lannister vibe all throughout.

Stark

[reynardine.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm seeing the Greyjoy, but you seem much more Targaryen to me, although you'd probably be more comfortable at Dragonstone as opposed to King's Landing.

(Also, yay for Sansa love! I like Petyr, too.)

Lannister

[coaldustcanary.livejournal.com]

I'm very caught between Targaryen and Greyjoy for you. Hrm hrm hrm. I think in the end I have to go Greyjoy as you remind me forcefully of Asha with some tempering by Rodrik the Reader (who totally counts as a Greyjoy in my head, whateva).

Tully

[loveweasleys04.livejournal.com]

I'm seeing more Greyjoy than Lannister here.

Stark

[wandaxmaximoff.livejournal.com]

Greyjoy from me, too.

Stark

[matitablu.livejournal.com]

I'm going with the Targaryen minority - there's a strong side of Lannister and I can see where the Greyjoy comes from, but the part about wanting to be remembered combined with a domineering nature seal the deal for me.

Lannister

[firebluespinel.livejournal.com]

I think you'd make an awesome lion, but the "she's a kraken!" voice would just not shut up, lol. Greyjoy.

Stark

[ice-elf.livejournal.com]

Greyjoy

Lannister

[vivianedanglars.livejournal.com]

Your quote reminded of Rodrik Harlaw (what? I love him) and your app in general reminded me of Doran Martell, but also Aemon Targaryen. Maybe it's just this emphasis on history (<3). Anyway I think I'll go with Targaryen. I got mixed feelings of a passionate and still nostalgic/dreamy attitude ^^

Targaryen

[roguebelle.livejournal.com]

I can almost see the Targ, but Greyjoy edges out.

Martell

[seimaisin.livejournal.com]

There are a few possibilities, but I think there's more Lannister there than anything else.

SORTED: GREYJOY

[loveweasleys04.livejournal.com]

With one vote Tully, six votes Targaryen, and then votes Lannister, you are officially sorted into House Greyjoy with twelve votes!

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