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Name: Heather
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 looking on deviantart at a picture that linked here! Sadly I forget now what the picture was/who posted it, it was a while ago.
Age: 19
Location: NL Canada
Occupation: Student

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!.

Well I have two ‘ideal’ homes, and I can’t pick one over the other, so I’ll be brief with both!

1:I would love to have a sustainable power old-fashioned home in rural New Brunswick (Canada), somewhere in the woods so I’d have my own property, maybe by the river. I’m really into southern-plantation style homes, brick-made and classy, so something like that, and large enough for a big family to live there (because I’m totally having like 7 kids when I get older, thanks). And I want it to be powered by medieval water pipe systems (those things are EFFECTIVE if you just know how to make them properly). Environment for the win, yeah?

2: I’ve always wanted to own a coffee farm in Africa somewhere, with lots of land and a community on the property for employees to live in, and I’d only employ people who were persecuted and couldn’t get work otherwise, and I’d totally have a school and all those little girls who have no homes because they were raped by soldiers would be able to live there and get schooling, and it’d be financially impossible because I’d be supporting all these people without them giving me something in return BUT it’d be my dream. Pardon the run-on sentence, I’m crazy when it comes to this. Anyway, the home itself I guess would be ranch style, only one story, maybe two. I went to Ecuador once and stayed in this old school ranch that had really awesome labyrinthine tunnels underneath the main floor and a giant dining hall, and it was the coolest. It was made of some sort of stone, white with a red roof, and I sort of picture that when I think of my coffee farm...

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!

Well, I think I would wish for enough money to sustain my awesome coffee farm, first.

I’d also wish for the genie to magically grant me the knowledge I’d achieve in med school, and a medical license... Save myself some years and effort...
Third, I’d probably ask the genie for all my children to be born healthy, because I work at summer camp for children with disabilities and they do have very fulfilling lives, unlike some people think, but definitely hard lives, and I wouldn’t wish that on my own children.

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. ;)

This is a really hard question for me. I mean, I have done lots of things that other people look up to me for, but I can’t say they make me proud. The example that comes to mind first: I went to Ecuador for awhile during summetime to help build schools in rural communities, and I guess other people might call that an accomplishment i.e. my parents are proud of me for doing it. But it doesn’t make me feel proud, just happy. I really don’t have accomplishments that I’m proud of, but I guess I’m proud of who I am? I like to think I’m a ‘good’ person even if I come across a bit harsh sometimes.

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.
I guess I would say that the least important to me is love, because I’m just not a very romantic person. It’s not that I can’t be in a relationship or that I have anything against the idea of love, just when I look in my future I don’t think, “oh I want to fall in love.”

Most important would probably be family. I would do just about anything to protect my little sister, for example (I guess that is a type of love itself), and my parents’ opinion means the world to me. I also have friendship with each of my three siblings, so I guess I didn’t grow up as an only child who needed other people to have friends. When I look in my future I definitely want to have lots of children, so (again on the note of love being my least important) I’d rather marry a guy who has the same ideas when it comes to child-rearing than someone I was ‘madly in love with’ I guess.

And a short note on why things like money and adventure made the list before love: you need money to raise kids and you need excitement to stay sane.

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

You guys did say to include as much detail as possible, but I guess including the lyrics to all 26 tracks on Pink Floyd’s The Wall wouldn’t go over well, huh? I think one line that really describes my values is from this album though, from the song “Hey You.” I tend to seem really pessimistic to people first meeting me, and I guess I am. I do see the negative side of things, but the upside to that is that I always accept the negative much more easily than others, and I’m a lot better at bouncing back from traumatic experiences. I find myself saying “it could be so much more gruesome than this” even in situations where other people are likely thinking, “this is the worst.” So I think that the line, “Hey you, don’t tell me there’s no hope at all” because even when things are at their utterly most miserable, the pessimist (optimist?) in me is saying, “it could be worse....”

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.

Ha... ha... money... “management”? I ‘manage’ my money by trying to hide my bank card from myself when I’m still sober. In truth, though, I’m not a big spender so when I do go shopping or something I get really carried away and overspend. Financial security is important to me, I guess, in that once I see I’m overspending I cut myself off entirely, but usually I need a wake-up first. For instance, I’ll spend 168 bucks on a make-up kit (WHY DID I DO THAT) but then when I go out the next day I try really hard to reign myself in. That said, I do not own a credit card and will NEVER let myself own one. So that’s my one financially responsible action.

7. Name (and elaborate on) some of your hobbies. What are your favorite things to do outside of school/the office?
Reading and writing are my two big ones (I’m a dork), but I’m also a hardcore horror movie afficionado (still a dork)! I love anything scary, especially really old horror films because most of the time they are just as good for a laugh as they are a fright. I love trying to find the absolute scariest movie possible, and I’m always so upset if it doesn’t actually frighten me.

8. Name three things you are afraid of. Explain.
1) Spiders. They’re gross. I can’t really explain it, but when I was in second grade a spider got in my hair and I have never been the same.
2) Being less successful than my siblings. I grew up insisting that I would never fail a university course or switch degrees and flounder around like my older brother and sister. Now I’m in university and it’s harder than I expected; I’m only passing because of stubbornness and the fear that I’ll be proved wrong.
3) Disappointing my parents. I owe my parents a lot for everything they’ve done for me over the years, and I don’t want them to regret investing time and money in me/my education.

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.

Hard one!
I would say that my three worst qualities are pretty much the same as my best, actually.

One of my traits that makes both the best and worst list is stubbornness. I’m super stubborn, which means that sometimes I get myself into situations I could avoid if I would just admit I was wrong, but at the same time my stubbornness translates pretty well into perseverance. I definitely don’t let myself get beaten down by silly disappointments because I’m always thinking, “I CAN DO THIS. I CAN BLOODY WELL DO THIS.”

Another of my worst traits is procrastination. I’m terrible for it! (I’m writing this application and I have an unfinished assignment due in an hour and a half...) It seriously gets me into a lot of trouble with everything from school work to paying bills.

My other worst characteristic is that... well, to put it simply, I’m a bit mean. I don’t really do it on purpose, but I very rarely consider other people’s feelings before I speak. Which sometimes turns out badly. I’ll feel terrible afterward (usually) but I’m stubborn enough that I never apologize... Well, maybe if I’ve really hurt their feelings I’ll apologize. Strange as it is, I think that this is another one of my best qualities if you reword it a bit. I am not afraid to share my opinion and people always know where they stand with me. I’m not afraid of confrontation so I definitely get things dealt with before they become too big of an issue.

Hm, I’m having a hard time thinking of a third good characteristic (oh no, that sounds so awful!). I would maybe have to say my ability to get over it when people have hurt my feelings. I’m really good at holding a grudge when I feel wronged, but if someone says something that hurts and I’m aware that they didn’t mean it, I’m usually able to forget it quite easily. So at least when I hold a grudge it’s for good reason...

A Song of Ice and Fire Related

1.How many books from the series have you completed?
All of them so far!
2.Who are your favorite three characters in the series? Why?
I love Jon Snow just because he’s such a little whiner out there on the Wall (and I do say that with the MOST affection possible), but also because he’s so stoic even when he’s whining. I mean he obviously HATES being Lord Commander in some ways, but he’s doing it. And I loved that no matter how guilty he feels over Ygritte’s death, he still went into that fight knowing she’d probably die. I dig the stoic-ness.

Next is probably Robb Stark because he’s the typical boy-king-still-learning-to-be-a-man trope but we never get to see in his head. I love how tragic his story is when it seemed like it was going to be so epic.That strikes me and makes me appreciate his awesome page time even more. Tragedy and heartbreak and, weirdly enough, brutality, are my absolute favourite things when reading, and Robb’s story has al of those, so I can’t help but love him!

I also really like Arya (wow, I am just realizing that I’m having a Stark party in my favourite characters world). She’s got guts, that’s pretty much all I have to say. I’ve got lots of sympathy for girls who are willing to do absolutely whatever it takes, even if that takes gutting some guy with a sword, because I like to think that I would have the moxie to do it, too.

I think this is cheating but I have to give Rickon an honourable mention because he’s so fierce

3.Who are your least favorite three characters in the series? Why?
Well Catelyn and Cersei pop immediately to mind.

Cersei is just incredibly selfish as far as I can see, and I hate when people talk about how she’s just doing what any good mother would do, what’s ‘best’ for her children, because HELLO, no she isn’t! She wants to rule the Iron Throne herself and she’s using her kids as tools to do so, as I see it.

Initially my least favourite character of the entire series was definitely Catelyn. (I’m a little ashamed at all the woman-hate I’ve got going on here). Now that I’ve stood back from the books a bit I don’t mind her as much but I still don’t like her. I really dislike her sense of self-importance, and honestly I just can’t even explain it properly. Something about her character just rubs me the wrong way. Sometimes I think it’s the Jon Snow fangirl inside of me, but I try to read her chapters from a completely neutral standpoint and still find myself disliking her, so maybe she and I are just incompatible.

For my third I might have to say... Ramsay Bolton because he just creeps me out.

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

This is really hard for me; I’m answering it last!

I think my favourite moment has got to be Bran’s vision via the godswood. I really loved having the look back through Winterfell’s history, especially when we got to see the First Men doing their sacrifice! For sure the First Men are the historical characters I’m most interested in. They seem so fierce and stoic, just totally like, “we are what we are, DEAL WITH IT.” So I was really excited to see them. This scene also gets bonus points for me because the Man Tree is such a creepy but totally cool image.

WAIT NO. Okay, I actually have a tie. I also really liked the moment when we found out what became of Robb’s body, because it just made Robb’s storyline so... I don’t know, poignant for me. Because he spent his life as a wolf of the north and then he became one in death, too, in such a horrible way.

5. In your dream-world, how would you like to see the series end, and why?
Well, weird as it is for me being a huge Jon Snow fan, I think I’d like to see him die saving Westeros from the things beyond the wall. I definitely do ascribe to the theory that he’s Azor Ahai, but I also don’t see anything good coming from that. I don’t want him to abandon the Night’s Watch (or subvert his oath via a loophole, because I think that would ruin his character), but I don’t want him rotting on the Wall forever either. So, a quick, glorious death for Jon would be cool in my books. I’d like Dany on the Iron Throne rather than Aegon or anyone else, even though I don’t know how great a ruler she’d be.

And if all the Freys died a horrible death somehow (at undead-Cat’s hands, preferably), well I wouldn’t complain.

Oh, and sweet little Bran, I hope he lives happily, and I hope Rickon lives a long, prosperous life as the total badass I know he’s meant to be.

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I was waffling between Stark and Targaryen for a while -- the philantripy that comes through in everything from your ideal house to your accomplishment really points to one of those two houses for me, but your book answers and a sense of humility definitely makes me go with Stark.

Edited 2011-11-14 08:11 (UTC)

Oh, you're a Stark>/b>, dear. Without a doubt ;)

Stark

I guess I'm going to disagree with everyone so far and say Tyrell. You seem like such a rose to me.

Greyjoy

I see some Tyrell and Tully, but overall I think Stark is what I see more.

Targaryen. I see a lot of Dany in your application (& I definitely mean that as a complement) in your commitment to social justice. Targ with strong Stark undercurrent.

I mostly see a Tully, with parts of Targaryen and Lannister. This might bug you since you clearly don't like Catelyn, but eh.

Idealistic, wanting to fix the world, protective of those you love but not particularly looking for romance - it all says Targaryen to me.

Targaryen for me, no question. This screams Dany.

I'm agreeing with

witchbabybat in the Tyrell vote.

Your fears, money management, and best/worst qualities made me decide, but your fears are strangely what made me sure. How you love your family, but how you fear disappointing your parents and not being as successful as your siblings just resonated with the the Tyrells for me.

Kinda torn between Tully and Stark for you, but your book answers seem to push it towards *STARK* for me.

I love that you're so noble and altruistic in your goals - and I totally get your hatred of spiders. You're a Stark in my book.

Targaryen.

I'm going with Targaryen given your push towards social justice and how much you remind me of Dany, but Stark was a very, very close second for me. I think you'd equally well in Winterfell.

stark

Oh you're definitely a Stark for me.

I wasn't sure and I considered Targaryen in the beginning, and Greyjoy maybe, but in the end your three favourite characters being Stark made me choose this house. :) I believe some of your traits (stubborness, speaking your mind) are quite easily Stark traits, when they're employed in pursuing what you think is right. And considering them both best and worst traits seems very Eddard-like to me.

Stark with a side of Targaryen.

This one was hard to sort! I saw Stark, Targaryen, bits of Tyrell and Lannister and even a touch of a Martell with shades of Tully, yeah.
However, now I'm being torn apart between Wolfs and Dragons.
Family oriented, stubborn, Stark party in fav. characters and your accomplishments say Stark to me, eventually.

Uhhh... I'm not entirely sure whether to sort you with the Dragons or the Wolves. You have very strong elements of both, I think.

Oh, what the hell: Targaryen for the very Dany-vibe I'm getting from you ;).

I don't know how a direwolf would do in Africa, but you're definitely a Stark. ;)

I was waffling between Tully and Stark throughout. I think I'm going to have to go with the majority and say Stark for your book answers, plus some of your answers seem to be a little more on the idealistic side (which I don't really associate with us Tullys).

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