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Name: Shea. GRRM spelled it wrong.
How did you find out about the community?: scytheandroses told me!
Age: 21
Location: Sometimes New York, sometimes Minneapolis
Occupation: Student, Actress, Writer




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!. Oh, wow. Right now, I would love some gorgeous penthouse in New York, with a great view. Cliched, but I love New York, especially the city. I go to school on Long Island, and try to get into the city every chance I get. Plus, New York has seasons and that's always an important thing to me. There are fewer things more gorgeous than winter and autumn in New York City.

I'd like an entire room to be my closet, because I may like clothes a little bit too much. The kitchen would always be stocked, and the perfect place for me to bake. There'd even be a laundry machine, because those are hard to come by in buildings in New York. I'd love dark-wood floors, or maybe even cement, and a bit of exposed brick. Everything would be done in shades of black, white, red, purple and gray. I would also have a cat, because I have a thing for cats. One of the walls in my living room would be just a bookcase for all of my books, comics, dvds, everything. There would also be secret passages, because I've always wanted a house with a secret passage.

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!
1) To be successful at what I love, be it writing or acting. I love both, and feel so alive when I'm doing one or the other. To be able to act or write and be successful at both, both monetarily and personally would be wonderful. They're not easy trades to succeed at, so having a magical genie wish granting help would be great.
2) Super powers, I kinda want a silly wish here. I just think it'd be great. Sure, I'd probably wind up with extremely sucky super-powers, but that's how it goes.
3) For me and my loved ones to live a happy life. I think that really needs no more explanation.

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. ;)
Once upon a time, I was in this short movie for the Minneapolis 48hr Film Festival. I played an emo girl in love with a zombie. This film, all 7 minutes of it, went on to be nominated for best actress, best direction, best cinematography, best script, best music, and best special effects. We won for a few of them, but sadly not best actress. However, I'm still so proud of that film-- I got complemented on it the other day, and it's been over a year. We even went to the South Dakota film fest with it! Other than that, I'm really proud of the production of Oliver Twist I was in years ago, where I played Nancy. She was a dream role, and one of my favorite literary characters, so being able to play her was a dream come true.

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.
Love is the most important to me. To me, Love encompasses family and friendship, because you can't have either without some form of love. I love my friends and my family, and there really is no better feeling than being in love. Everything just seems better. Also, love tends to lead to everything else on that list.
Money is the least important. Money only causes problems, and if you have love, who needs money? It's not the make or break thing for me, at all. I'd rather just be happy.

5. What's one quote (or passage, song lyric, etc.) that effectively describes you and your values? Explain.
The first one that comes to mind is It's real for us. I have that tattooed on my rib in Elven, actually. It's a quote from Harry Potter, and it really accurately describes my view on life. I've always lived in my own fantasy world, and regularly combine it with reality. Though I know there's a very fine line between the two, and I'm capable of separating them, I tend to immerse myself in things and they become very real for me. For example, the characters in ASoIaF are just as real to me as my friends and family. This is how I look at my art, anything, really. For other people, they may just be words on a page, or characters on TV or on stage, but for me, they're all very, very real.

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 not that important to me, however, financial security is. I don't need excess money. I just need enough to get by, food to eat, a place to live. It'd be nice to have a little extra on the side, too.
I do best when I have cash. I tend to not spend cash. However, if my money is on a credit card or a debit card, I tend to go a little crazy, because it's not real money, right? I also tend to save money for long periods of time and delude myself into thinking I don't have any. Then I realize, 'Oh, wait, I have tons!' and go on spending sprees. I kinda became an obsessive shopper a bit this spring, which was mostly just retail therapy, I suppose.

7. Name (and elaborate on) some of your hobbies. What are your favorite things to do outside of school/the office?
Roleplaying-- I've been RPing online since I was in 7th grade. It's a great way for me to practice writing as well as acting. It allows me to get out some of my creative energy that builds up when I'm not constantly in a show, because if I don't get rid of it, I tend to go a little crazy.
Cosplay-- I'm not the best at it, but I've always done it to a degree. It started with Pokemon, when I worked really hard at back to school shopping to get an outfit that looked just like Misty's. I would then wear it, and smile to myself all day long because I was wearing a costume and no one really knew. While I've gone on to have hand-sewn X-Men costumes, I still like civilian cosplay as well. It's fun to wander out of your house accidentally looking like a comic book character.
Reading-- Obviously. In addition to books, I also have a huge weakness for comics. I'm obsessed with X-Men, and my favorite title right now is X-Factor.

8. Name three things you are afraid of. Explain.
Sharks-- Why wouldn't you be afraid of them? They are huge and have teeth and just scare me.
Drowning-- I love the water, but the idea of drowning (where there are sharks!), struggling for breath and not being able to get to the surface freaks me out. It's the worst way to die, if you ask me.
Obscurity-- When I die, I want people to remember me. I don't want to fade away into obscurity. I want to have made a lasting impression on the world, or even just one person. Anonymity would be the worst.

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:
Open-minded-- My family raised me to love everyone, and not judge people based on age, race, sexuality, gender, anything. Being narrow minded is one of the worst things you could ever be in my opinion, and I refuse to understand how people can't not look at people the same way. I love people based on who they are, not what they are.
Enthusiastic-- I have an obsessive personality, and as a result, if I get into something, I get into something. If I care about something, I really care about it. My imagination tends to run away with me, but I love every second of it.
A good listener-- While I love to talk, I'm just as happy to listen to someone else talk, and offer my own opinions and advice if they want. If not, I'll just sit there and listen. Sometimes that's all people need.

WORST:
Stubborn-- I fight things to the death, even if I've lost and there's no point to fight anymore. When my mind is made up about something, it is made up, and good luck getting me to change my mind.
Low Self-Esteem-- Funny for an actress, I know. I just don't think that highly of myself. Sure, I have my occasional moments, but for the most part, I don't see what people like about me that much. I don't think I'm the best writer, or the best actress or anything.
Naive-- I lived in a bubble for a long time growing up, and while I had a lot more exposure to the world than other people I knew, there are still things I'm incredibly naive about. Love, for example. One of my friends once said I have the quintessential Disney Princess outlook on love. Specifically Giselle, who, if you've never seen Enchanted, believes in True Love and is silly and just doesn't understand how love can die. I don't get it, either.





A Song of Ice and Fire Related

1.Who are your favorite three characters in the series? Why?
SANSA. Hands down. Why do people hate her? Someone explain it to me. She's perfect. She's very much an eleven-year-old when you first meet her and it's perfect. She lives in this fantasy world where knights are good and the bad guys always get what's coming to them, and this ideology is violently ripped away from her, and it's heart breaking. She has her role to play in the Game, and she plays it to the best of her abilities. She's not stupid. If she were stupid, she would have gotten herself killed a long time ago.
Petyr Baelish. You never know what's heads or tails with this guy, and I love it. His morality is so gray, and not having the benefit of having him be a POV character makes his every move so much more surprising and exciting. He's a man who came from nothing, and has risen to Lord Protector of the Vale. I just find him fascinating, to be completely honest. I don't trust him as far as I could throw him. Plus, his thing for Sansa is incredibly dangerous and so creepy.
Catelyn. She makes the worst decisions and it is the best. Right away I identified with her-- I disliked both Tyrion and Jon when I first began reading, though they've both grown on me considerably-- and she just wants what's best for her family. I really just love her.

2.Who are your least favorite three characters in the series? Why?
I've never cared much for Arya. Granted, Maisie Williams make me care about her, but when I'm reading the books, her arc just isn't that fascinating to me. She's just obnoxious and a burgeoning sociopath. When it comes to ladies with swords, I much prefer Brienne. But Arya is just rude, and so incredibly nine-years-old and rather selfish. Yeah, I just have never really cared about her.
Gregor. Serial rapist and murderer. I have no reason to like him in any way, shape or form. Also a total sociopath. Who the hell shoves their brother's head into the fire?
Walder Frey. Granted, he's a brilliant character in that he does whatever the fuck he wants and doesn't give a damn about anyone around him. See: The Red Wedding. He managed to completely shift the entire way everything was going because he's a selfish bastard and I hate him so much, but he's a fantastic character. He's a perfect example of why GRRM is so great. His characters are alive, and have very real wants and desires. And Walder is just the worst.

3.#1 Favorite moment in all of ASOIAF so far? Why?
Sansa's final chapter in AFFC. The simplicity of her building a snow Winterfell and finally being able to act her age was so beautiful. Then, of course, Lysa's death was both startling and brilliant. She always creeped me out and was quite clearly never mentally stable. It doesn't mean she deserved it, per-say, but it was shocking and had me smiling at the same time. Of course, Petyr's brilliant move to turn it all around on Marillion was pretty fantastic.

4. In your dream-world, how would you like to see the series end, and why?
Sansa as Queen in the North, Dany as Queen on the Iron Throne, and perhaps Arianne as Queen in the South. I highly doubt that's going to happen, but I can hope. I just feel that letting these ladies rule Westeros is the only way anything will even remotely improve. I like happy endings, and GRRM seems to really dislike them. Though this is hardly a happy ending, so much as a slightly plausible ending where only some people are happy and most characters are not. It won't happen, but hey, I can dream.

Comments

Lannister

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Have to go with Targaryen here. Mostly because of your 3rd fear.

I love your idea for the endings. I dislike Gregor too, I agree shoving Sandor's face into a fire is a bit much for playing with a toy. And Walder, ugh. Everytime I see the Red Wedding mentioned all I can think about is Cat crying to Ned to stop this and save her babies. I love Sansa too :)