Westerosorting Application - Win or Die

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Name: Sammy

 

How did you find out about the community? If it's through an LJ user, please tell us who it is (individual user if possible, not just a community name!): I just started reading Ice and Fire and well, I wanted to join a community that discuses it so I did an LJ search and found this.

 

Age: 22

 

Location: Malaysia

 

Occupation: Med student until the eighth of October, after that, certified Doctor. Huzzah!

 

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!.

 

Okay, I’ve tried to picture my ideal house many times so please bear with me. I don’t want a huge castle or a giant bungalow or a lavish condo. I want a nice, airy, bright studio. The only person I would be sharing my home with would be my significant other and we won’t be having any kids so all the extra rooms are wasted on us. Yes, a nice huge penthouse studio with white walls, pink marble flooring and a Jacuzzi in our bathroom. LOL

 

My walls (those in my bedroom as well as the ones in the living room) will be lined with white wooden floor to ceiling bookshelves because God knows I’ll need that many shelves what with the number of books I have. Instead of the usual three piece sofa set, I’d just like one big comfy couch, so comfy you wouldn’t want to get off once you sink into it, in front of the huge flat screen TV. Around the TV would be a karaoke system and a top of the range stereo system because I need meh music. Also, the lighting of the flat will have different modes, like disco, romantic and campfire.

 

The center of my bedroom will be taken by a huge comfy bed big enough for four people to sleep comfortably in. To one corner will be my top of the line desktop computer with all the works while my hi-res laptop lounges on my dressing table where normal people keep make up (I have no use for make up, I don’t even know how to apply anything other than the occasional lipgloss).

 

I don’t care for a big kitchen because honestly, I won’t be using it. I’ll only use the refrigerator for keeping things and the microwave for warming them up. I don’t cook, I don’t bake and I most certainly don’t do dishes. So modern kitchen appliances would be wasted on me seeing as all I’ll do is order take out when I’m hungry and eat out the rest of the time. Regardless, I’d like my kitchen to have pink marble countertops and nice white tiles to make the place look clean and pristine (and a few servants to clean the place won’t go amiss, I don’t do any housekeeping either XD).

 

I’d like a balcony, somewhere I can step out to breathe in fresh air and read on days when it’s not too hot. And speaking of the weather, I LOVE SNOW (both the cold and the bastard kind)!

 

I live right on the equator at present which means it’s ALWAYS hot and wet here, all year round. We don’t have the four seasons and I’ve never seen or experienced real snow (the kind in skating rinks doesn’t count). I hate the heat, I hate the sun. I hate how it darkens my skin and gives me headaches. I know that snow isn’t all fun and games but it has to be better than frying under the stupid sun. Besides, I’d wear warm clothing and build a fire if it gets too cold – something I would never have to do here because the fire’s already in the sky. I don’t care much for rain either after getting wet almost every day of my life and snow would be a welcome relief. I could make snowmen, skate (which is very expensive as the rinks are packed with artificial snow here) and snowboard.  Oh if only…

 

Anyway, I hope that’s sufficient information. Sorry if I went overboard. *blushes*

 

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!

 

For my first wish, I would make gay marriages legal all over the world. Seriously, I’ve seen perfectly good people suffering because they aren’t allowed to marry simply because they love a member of the same sex. It is SO unfair to see gay couples who’ve been in love with each other for YEARS unable to get married while drunks in Vegas tie the knot every day only to apply for divorce when the hangover lets up.

 

For my second wish, I’d like to complete my education/residency/specialization easily. I know, I wasn’t looking for easy when I decided to take on medicine but hey, it is a genie. I can ask to be a fully qualified neurosurgeon in the next five years, can’t I?

 

For my third wish, I’d like something like a free pass for any book I might ever want to buy in my life. Seriously, I love books more than food and often spend food money on them, meaning that I’m eating bread and honey for the next week until my next paycheck comes in. If all books were free to me, life would be A LOT easier.

 

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. ;)

 

Well, this may not just be my accomplishment or be an over generalization but I’ve worked very hard all my life to prove that people who look good are not stupid. I never considered myself pretty until people started telling me I was when I started grade school. It felt good until I realized what they meant was that I would always find things easy and therefore, not be completely deserving of my achievements because it would be my face that gets it instead of my wit or hard work. I remember the first time I won an elocution contest at the age of eight and one of my classmates said “you only won it because you have a good smile and nice teeth, not because you spoke well”. It made me cry and my parents didn’t help matters any. My mum said who cared how I’d won as long as I did which made me sadder still.

 

Growing up, I always had to defend myself in classes, against horrible lab partners, in uni. Perhaps that’s why I took up medicine, to show that I wouldn’t be satisfied with a degree in English or Fine Arts (not that they aren’t good degrees to have – God knows I would have benefited from some grammar and punctuation lessons). As a result, I hate all pretty and useless characters as a rule (you can imagine my take on some of the more conventional Disney princesses like Snow White and Sleeping Beauty).

 

So yeah, it took a long time and even now I have to work on it, but I’ve proved to an extent that I’m more than just a face. And that not all decent looking people are dumb as posts.

 

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.

 

Most important would be love, the sincere kind. I have but few friends and I love them all dearly. Numbers don’t matter, the sincerity of the people around you does.

 

The least important would be adventure. The only adventures I’d like are the ones in my books or on my flat screen TV/Laptop. XD

 

What's one quote (or passage, song lyric, etc.) that effectively describes you and your values? Explain.

 

“I’m getting old and I need something to rely on” Or at least, it feels this way. After a recent break up and the sheer inability to face the dating scene again, I feel tired. At twenty two, I’ve done more all nighters than all my class put together, clocked in more hospital hours than any student of sound mind should and have completed an almost four year long course in a little over two years by taking on extra modules ever sem. I feel old and worn out…

 

Song lyric from Somewhere Only We Know by Keane.

 

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.

 

I’m actually okay with money management. At least, I’ve never been in serious financial trouble before. The one thing that stands in the way of me and perfect financial security is, yes you guessed it, the books. For example, when Dance with Dragons came out, it cost a hundred dollars here – meaning about thirty USD – and that was my last hundred for the month. But without regarding the fact that I still had a week left in which I would need to at the very least eat and renew my travel card, I bought the book. Afterwards, I just turned up at my best friend’s house with it and she knew what I’d done as soon as she saw me with the monster tome in my hand. We went shopping for sliced bread and jam and Meggie later which is basically what I survived on for the next week. She also loaned me the cash to renew my travel card and I paid her back when my cheque came in.

 

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

 

Reading: Yeah, like no one saw that coming. Basically I’m a book whore, I’ll read anything from manuals to comics to high fantasy to reference books. Seriously, I’m that much of a nerd. At med school, the reading and research was what broke many students but for me, that was the easiest part.

 

Singing: I love to sing, though I’m not very good at it. Chances are, if no one’s at home, I can be found blasting anything from Gaga to Backstreet Boys to Eminem on my stereo/laptop/phone.

 

Writing: I’ve been into fan fiction since I was sixteen, reading since I was three. My dream growing up was to be a published fiction writer and the first thing I did after finishing GoT was go online and look up Jaime/Cersei fanfics. XD

 

Name three things you are afraid of. Explain.

 

Sigh, this might take some explaining so please bear with me.

 

I am the oldest child in my family so it always fell up to me to chase the monsters away from under beds and inside closets, I had to calm my hysterical sister when she thought an evil gnome disguised as a tooth fairy was going to enter her room and put roaches in her blanket, me who had to take the first step into the water to show my brother that swimming would be easy. It didn’t matter how terrified I was myself because I knew I couldn’t show it. My mum used to call me her fearless daughter until I turned into a teen with major esteem issues. Then I got scared of people, of how they saw me, whether I was just a face or substance. I put on lots of weight later, wouldn’t wear anything resembling pretty and barely ran a brush through my hair. When my very first boyfriend cheated on me, I got scared of relationships and didn’t date for the next two years… So yeah, you can say I had issues.

 

Anyway, I grew up and wiser. Realized it was okay to want to look halfway presentable and that people who cheat on others are doucebags. So now, the three things I fear most are betrayal (because I would never betray the trust of any of my friends and family), myself (seriously, I can be scary when pissed off) and disappointing other/not measuring up to expectations (on all counts, as a student, as a friend, as a daughter, etc).

 

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

 

Diligence: I work very hard for what I want and never fear the hard work. When I started med school, people told me it would be difficult. After my first year, I realized they had no idea what they’d been talking about as it was not so much difficult as hell on earth. During my second year, I’d decided to stop crying on my textbooks and just deal with it. I knew a cert would be waiting at the end of the rainbow and I worked hard for it. All those nights of no sleep, all those weekends and holidays of no social life, all the headaches and backaches and eye pains, they all paid off. I guess that would also mean perseverance but I prefer to look at it as diligence. I didn’t give up and never once did I let my standard/grades fall. No matter how hard the classes got.

 

Honesty: I like to think I’m an honest person. I’d rather tell something to someone’s face than spread hurtful gossip behind their back. Also, if my lipstick looks horrible with my dress, I would very much appreciate it if someone honestly pointed it out so I could go fix it as opposed to telling me it looks great and making me go out in public with it on. XD

 

Clear headedness: Okay, so I admit it took me some time to develop this trait and I wasn’t born with it. But I value it all the more because I had to work hard for it. There was a time where I would be too emotional and make rash decisions but not anymore. Now I can view a problem from all angles and try to come up with several solutions that would work and then debate with myself on which one to apply.

 

Worst

 

Blunt: I can be too honest sometimes to the point of being rude. I know this and am working on it but old habits die hard. Usually, if I have nothing good to say, I try not to say anything at all.

 

Unsympathetic: I don’t know, I just don’t like excuses. I never made excuses in my life for my shortcomings so people who do, annoy me. If you did badly in an exam, admit that it was because you went drinking the night before, don’t say the instructors asked unfair questions or you didn’t have enough time to finish.

 

Suspicious: After so much emotional turmoil, I’ve become kind of anti social and mistrustful of people. Working on it though, but again, old habits die hard.

 

A Song of Ice and Fire Related

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

 

Just to let y’all know, this was insanely difficulty to choose.

 

Jon Snow: I wasn’t kidding when I said I love the bastard kind of snow. Jon is a character I’ve been shamelessly fangirling since the first book and when he became Lord Commander, I was squealing on my bed. I root for him because he is the underdog (being bastard born, he has no right), because Catelyn despises him (I understand why and don’t hate her for it but I don’t like her treatment towards him either). because he has a freaking awesome direwolf, because he gets along with Arya the best, because he never wants to father a bastard, because he lived with the wildlings and defended the wall with such awesomeness. Yeah, you get the picture… *blush*

 

Tyrion Lanister: Again the whole underdog thing. The guy needs more love, and not from his whores. Plus he is smart, and that is something I can always appreciate. Ugly, smart, secretly good hearted, killed his own father, what’s not to like? XD

 

Jaime Lanister: Sigh… the only mistake he ever made was falling in love with Cersei. He could have had a happy life. But she ruined him. Some reasons I love him are his perseverance, his hard work, his genuine loyalty and how he too is secretly a nice guy. ;)

 

Other characters that I couldn’t include were Arya, Brienne, Pod, Catelyn, Littlefinger, Stannis, Dany, Lady Olenna and Sam Tarly.

 

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

 

Sansa: (see also, my pretty girl issue). Yes, I know she developed as a character but to me, Ned’s death will always be on her hands and for that, I can’t forgive her. That and the way she was so cold to Tyrion, though I guess that wasn’t her fault.

 

Cersei: The woman is mental. She has no idea how to rule and which alliances to form. She pretty much ruined the kingdom, doomed her brother and her son and raised a rebel militia all in one go.

 

Lysa: The woman killed her husband! Need I say more? Yes, we get it how her life was unfair and she was stuck in a political marriage but so was Catelyn, and in her own words, she found much to love at Winterfell. Lysa never even tried to make her marriage work. And the way she was raising her son was just horrible. She failed as a wife, as a sister, as a mother and as the Lady of the Vale.

 

More characters that I don’t particularly care for are King Robert, King Renly, Loras Tyrell, his sister Margery, Lord Beric and Gilly.

 

#1 Favorite moment in all of ASOIAF so far? Why?

 

Probably when Jon Snow made up his mind to turn down Stannis’ offer of being heir to Winterfell and walked back with Ghost to the castle, only to find them arguing about making him Lord Commander.  Reasons, well, it’s a great piece of writing and also because I have an unhealthy obsession with the character in questions. XD

 

In your dream-world, how would you like to see the series end, and why?

 

I want Dany to rule but with her, I want Jon Snow and Jaime Lanister as the other two heads of the dragons and Tyrion her hand. They’ll make a good kingdom, aye. Fair and just! I also want Sam to become a renowned maester and Grenn to become First Ranger. I want to see Arya and Gendry married, Sansa and Tyrion’s marriage consummated, Lady Catelyn finally buried and in piece, Bran able to walk again and Walder Frey drowned in his own piss. XD

Comments

Martell

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Okay, I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that you sound like a Lannister. I can see where people might say Targ, but clear-headedness is definitely not one of their traits. In addition, you come across a little like Tyrion, with your reluctance to trust in relationships, your voracious appetite to READ ALL THE THINGS, your bluntness, and importantly, your desire to live up to the expectations of others and being afraid that you won't.