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Name: Dylan
 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 was tracking the tag for A Song
of Ice and Fire on Tumblr and saw a post about this.
 Age: 18
 Location: France
 Occupation: Student (Exchange Student  USA->France)


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!.

 For the sake of idealism my dream home would have
to be a large penthouse or warehouse style apartment, mostly it would
be a place of recovery for when I stop my travels.It would be in Paris
in the Marais quater, the Marais is a very progressive and dynamic place
and is the kind of place that I could discover new things each time I
return there. I would fill the house with souvenirs and pictures from my
travels around the globe. My traveling soul is restless staying in one
place for too long so though I would love a house like this it isn't
very important to me.

 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)Unlimited Teleportation through time and space.
I love traveling, I love discovering new things and with this power it
would make anything possible. If my conscience would allow it I could
also use this power for gain in so many different ways. This desire also
comes from my dreamer personality that is always hoping for the
impossible.

 2) Forget that I ever met the genie after my 3rd
wish(but knew that I could teleport). Knowing that I had a chance and
opportunity for anything in all of existence  would kill me anytime I
looked back and saw what I could have done. Regret is a large foible of
mine and this kind of situation would tear my mind apart.

 3)
Free the Genie. This one goes to my conscience, a being giving me so
much and for what? Well this answers it. I give it it's freedom. I know
that I could probably think of something else for myself or the world
but I fear that my decision could end up much worse than it was
pre-wish.

 So with this I have a clear conscience, no regret and Hey! I can fucking teleport and time travel. Life would be good.

 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. ;)

 Accomplishment.
Yea, I wonder if it's my fear of becoming cocky that has led me to with
this almost inability to be very proud of something, but besides that.
The only real thing I can think that is "worthy" in my short life so far
is my acceptance and follow-through with this Exchange program. I
decided 3 years ago that I would wait for my gap year to apply and
luckily I made it, and after that my country was chosen and I was given
France, (My 5th choice) but nonetheless it is amazing. I'm mostly proud
of this because it has reignited my wandering spirit and has made me
want to discover so much more and learn so much more about the world and
it's people.

 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.

(Need to go through each one for my decision)
 Love
is a journey that has yet to cross my path but from the many stories and
my own semi-pessimistic viewpoints I don't let it be my guiding light.
 Money
is a tool, for which to build and destroy and though it has it's uses
it isn't the most important thing for me. I don't go out of my wait for
it and I don't plan to choose a career just for the salary.
 Knowledge,
though crucial to life it has a tendency to create many problems for
the bearers, especially with conflicts with the one's who don't bear the
knowledge but think they do. (Constant struggle between the
knowledgables and the ignorants)
 Family, though I've neverr really
had any major problem with my family it seems to be the least important
for me mostly because Family is truely just a group of people usually
connected by blood and circumstance.
 Friendship, my lack in faith of
family is replaced by my love and need of friendship. With friendship
you are able to create a stronger and more substantial bond built upon
people enjoying each other. (And hey, if you can be friends with your
family that's another plus to Friendship) But while friendship is
important to me I've realized as I've moved that though while with
someone you think they're irreplaceable it's sometimes for the best to
live in the now and live and love the ones you're with.
 Adventure,
My drive. Adventure is the never ending quest for all of the things
above and more. It's wanting to; love, have, know, enjoy and be more
than you are right now. It's to never accept "enough" and always strive
for more.
 Pleasure, hell if it's not making you happy why do it?

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

 "Love the ones you're with" - Stephen Stills

 This
full hardily encompasses my ideals. With traveling one is unable to
fully stay with each person and you have to learn to accept that. I've
met many other exchange students who constantly talk about their
homesickness and I find it weird because personally, I have no
homesickness I accept my situation I search for the best people I can
that are around me and I make the best of the place and the circumstance
I'm put in.

 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.

 With my young age and further lack of "real world"
finances I can't really say too much along the lines of this. But as
I've learned I tend to take my money and gauge how much I can use for
leisure than keep a reserve for emergency.
 Financial security really
isn't too big of a deal for me, I really just want to have money to be
able to some of the things that I would like to do. For instance I
accept that I probably can't travel the world constantly but I will save
my money every so often or find some other way to escape.
Really my
stance on money can be summed up with my idea that money in a bank is
just numbers on a computer, why not turn those numbers into great
memories or useful thing. That being said, I'm not going to withdraw my
whole savings for a splurg buy, I know to have sort of assurance.

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

 Like
most people who've read aSoIaF I adore reading. Reading for me is so
much a leisure activity that if I'm assigned/forced to read a book I can
not do it (I've never read a book for school, though I have later gone
back and enjoyed 1 or 2 after the assignment was over). Reading has
always been there as an escape and as fuel for my already immense
dreams.

 Another release/escape for me would have to be singing,
I'm constantly over critical of myself and I can't stand my recorded
voice, but when I'm singing I am able to feel (emotionally) more than I
ussually do. Also, there is this certain feeling that comes over you
when you sing with a group of people and create an art.

 A fairly
standard hobby of mine is my love of video games. I've played them
since I was 3 and I even learned to read playing Pokemon Blue. With my
dreams of impossibilities video games are the perfect outlet for living
out fantasy and testing myself. Typically I enjoy RPGs and strategy
games because of the more advanced requirements than just the quickest
finger flick (I'll play FPSs but they're definitely not my favorite)

 Okay
this last one is probably going to be an absolute surprise if you've
been reading up to this. I f#@%ing love TRAVELING, being born an army
brat in Germany than living in Senegal, Niger, and Florida I've been
infected with the travel bug and I can't get enough. Right now I'm
satiating that bug by living in France for year but this morsel has just
made me want more and more. My love of travel comes from every aspect
of a journey, the transportation, the change in scenery, the culture,
the languages and the food(Hot damn I love food).


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


1) Driving. I think my fear of driving comes from deeper fear of
dependcy on complete strangers for my safety and vice-versa. It's a
terrible fear for a travel lover and I really hope to overcome it but
for now I hope that I can get by with bikes and public transportation.


2) Dieing alone. The cliche. This one is fairly self-explained but
truly for one such as me who has never even had my first kiss I keep
feeling like I will never meet someone and never have a chance at making
something.

 3) Deep Dark Water. I love water, I love swimming
but when I am in the ocean or a lake and I am unable to see what is
around me I always imagine that the worst possible thing is lurking just
beneath my toes. This fear of the unknown that although doesn't always
plague me is something that has almost made me have a panic attack
(Never actually had one, only very close to one)

 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:

 1)
I'm damn inquisitive. My curiosity has always been there as far as I
can remember to when I asked my Mom why we're thanking an imaginary
friend for the food. I've always wanted to know why and learn more, and
in my findings it's been helpful in molding the person that I'm actually
somewhat proud to be.

 2) I will fight for my beliefs and I stay
stalwart in my beliefs while still being open to others 'opinions and
ideas. I've researched my viewpoints and many subjects and I will stand
before what I believe to be right, especially against the ignorant ones
and people who are against equality.

 3) This one is one of my
best and one my worst. My ability to let go. It can be very helpful for
when I need a change or I am forced to move but also it's been very
detrimental on my ability to create a strong bond because I feel guilty
for not inherently recuperating a love or affection.

 Worst:


1) Apathy. My ability to let go somewhat comes from my apathy. I have a
profound amount of apathy that I have to consciously make myself show
emotions 60% of the time just to avoid getting asked the "Are you okay?"
which changes my apathy into annoyance. I really wish I felt more and I
constantly feel as though this apathy is a void that separates me from
other people.

 2) Wanting everyone to like me and always trying
to help (even when sometimes it's not my business). I like to make
people happy and help them out but often I'm unable to say no and even
if I do my conscious makes me feel terrible for saying it or thinking
it. It's not that I want to be selfish it's just that I wish I cared a
little less about other people some times and tried to take care of
myself. Also my attempts at help are sometimes not wanted so it can come
back even worse for myself and bite me in the ass.

 3) See 3rd Best.


 A Song of Ice and Fire Related

1.How many books from the series have you completed?

 I’ve
read the A Game of Thrones - A Feast for Crows and some parts of A
Dance of Dragons  have been spoiled for me but that hasn't really
discouraged me, the only thing is that I'm in France and trying to find a
copy of A Dance of Dragons in English is like trying to find meaningful
lyrics in a Brittany Spears' song.

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

 Arya
Stark - This 10 year old girl has gone through so much and does
anything to survive to the extent of changing her whole being.
Seriously, beyond that I've always devoured every single Arya chapter
and I admire her ability to learn,adapt and change while still holding
ideas like vengeance always in her mind.

 Myrcella Lannister -
Though we haven't learned too much of her this is another girl who's
situation wasn't exactly the best but she took what she was given (Going
to Dorne) and made the best of it. One of the things that resonated the
most for me was when she was left for Dorne she didn't cry, she
accepted that it was happening and stayed strong.

 Bran Stark -
The Winged Wolf chained to the earth. The boy lost between dreams and
reality to the extent that he almost starves himself , this to me is a
parallel between me always wanting to be myself into a fantasy world and
be more than reality. Also I can't wait to find out what happens beyond
the wall with him and Cold-Hands.

 I don't care here's number 4
 Littlefinger
Petyr Baelish - This clever bastard is genius. I love his dynamic and
his drive and how he follows through with his goals all in pursuit of
one thing, Power. But this man isn't going to fight you, he will twist
and turn the cogs of your demise behind your back while smiling through
his joyous grin.

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

 Victarion
Greyjoy - 1st off. I pretty much hate all chapters with the iron
islands because they just seem to take away from the rest of the story
(though I'm sure that Martin has some sneaky purpose for them) and I
just really don't care about them. Victarion went to the kingsmoot. Got
outvoted. Got mad. Then said "Okay" (Insert Okay face). This man who was
just trying to take claim as a king steps aside and just lets his exile
come in and take the reins. What the F***?

 Tywin Lannister -
That man. Man the things he did so far as setting up the Red Wedding,
neglecting his child until he was useful (Also blaming him for the death
of his love), and the way he treated his other children. Yea yea, bitch
more that your Dad was a pussy so you overcompensate for half of
Westeros, Boo-Hoo. Go take a quarrel in the face.

 Eddard Stark -
HONOR FOR HONOR'S SAKE. He was a rock. Reliable but that rock was not
going to do much more or learn much more than the duties it knew. Man I
was pretty happy when he died because than I wouldn't have to face palm
each time he decided to warn his enemies before he did anything.
Discover incestuous child is king, GO TO INCESTUOUS MOTHER FIRST. GREAT
PLAN! Maybe he'll do more thinking without his head.

 4.#1 Favorite moment in all of ASOIAF so far? Why?

 
Cat of the Sewer's transition into no-one. It was such a brilliant way
for a transition, make the step away from Arya with an action that was
fully Arya. That impulse of killing Dareon because he was a traitor to
the Night's Watch truly shows how much Arya is still in her and it makes
me excited to see how she will actually transition away from herself or
if she will end up reverting back to Arya.

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

 Really,
I would like the 7 kingdoms to end up united in a front against the
others and after the battle the 7 kingdoms becomes that once again;
Seven Kingdoms. Each independent and different.  For Danaerys I would
like her to end up becoming a guardian of the peace between the kingdoms
without actually being linked to any single one. I want Cersei to end
up dead, Jaime(and becomes lord of the neutral King's Landing) to
survive and marry Brienne (after she has saved Sansa from Petyr without
killing him). Petyr remains the lord of the Eyrie. The Blackfish and
Edmure Tully reclaim Riverrun. Caitlyn returns to Winterfell and sees
Bran, Arya, Rickon and Sansa. Arya becomes a rogue Faceless-Man and
reverts back to herself and exacts all of her vengeance. Melisandre
sacrifices Shireen in hopes of proclaiming the prophecy, Stannis then
kills Melisandre but then returns to Storms End in to live in grief and
with lack of an heir he appoints Edric Storm as a Baratheon. Myrcella
ends up ruling dorne. Kings Landing becomes a neutral city. Tommen
becomes lord of Casterly Rock. Jon Snow learns his heritage (R+L I hope)
and remains to be a great Lord Commander. Samwell becomes an amazing
maester also versed in magics. Houses Bolton and Frey are destroyed by
Dany. Euron and Victarion die in battle against others leaving Asha as
queen. Tyrion travels the world researching the doom of Valyria.
 That's about it. For why... It's because it's my Dream World.

Comments

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Tyrell

[hamsterwoman]

Very interesting set of wishes! Strong Martell overall -- I think it might've been the importance of travel you hinted at ;) -- no, seriously, adventure/pleasure, curiosity, your quote, there's an overall Oberyn-ish sort of vibe. I did see a couple of things that made me consider Tyrell, specifically your worst traits, and your wishes made me ponder Targaryen briefly, but the Martell was there throughout the app.

Tyrell

[sunnytyler001.livejournal.com]

Martell

Lannister

[windfury.livejournal.com]

Targaryen

Targaryen

[witchbabybat.livejournal.com]

You're a dragon to me.


Targaryen.

Lannister

[lilith-morgana.livejournal.com]

Yes, you're a dragon.

Targaryen

Lannister

[deeplyunhip.livejournal.com]

The emphasis on travel, adventure, and pleasure says Martell to me.

Targaryen

[guad.livejournal.com]

Martell

Martell

[hilian.livejournal.com]

I can see where the Targaryen votes are coming from, but I'm seeing more Martell

Tully

[fallingtowers.livejournal.com]

Totally a Targaryen. Is it dragon week around here? :)

ETA: Fixed the messed-up HTML. Sorry!

Martell

[sternflammenden.livejournal.com]

Targaryen

Martell

[disolvd-girl.livejournal.com]

Martell

Tully

[ambyr.livejournal.com]

Ah-ha, here this is again! I'm going Targaryen.

Tully

[ms-geekette.livejournal.com]

*TARGARYEN* with shades of Lannister. Martells seem to care a bit more about their family, so I can't really see you fitting there, exactly.

Targaryen

[lizbeth-mairead.livejournal.com]

Martell.

Tyrell

[jadeddiva.livejournal.com]

Very much Martell

Tully

[erture.livejournal.com]

Martell.

Stark

[luvscharlie.livejournal.com]

I think there was a Martell vibe, but they seem far more family oriented so I'm going with Targaryen

tyrell

[stoopid-silly.livejournal.com]

martell

Lannister

[tigera4j.livejournal.com]

I see a lot of Targaryen, that I couldn't really see any other House.

Martell

[l-vestrit.livejournal.com]

Targaryen pretty much all the way through.
Though I can see the Martell vibe, I think they are more family oriented.

Lannister

[vivianedanglars.livejournal.com]

Yeah, definitely Martell. :)

Martell

[le-chatnoir.livejournal.com]

You strike me as a very independent-minded Martell - almost like what the original Nymeria might have been when she left the Rhoyne and went to Dorne :).

Lannister

[firebluespinel.livejournal.com]

I think you're all kinds of Martell.

And yay, another singer! What voice part do you sing?

Lannister

[missyquill.livejournal.com]

I can see where the Targ and Martell votes are coming from but I actually see a lot of Lannister in you.