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westerosorting2009-03-14 02:14 am
Win or Die
Name: Liran
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Age:19
Location: Port Townsend, Washington State
Occupation: Computer Engineer.
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!
I’ve always been a fan of high places, the higher the better. My ideal house would probably be a fairly large stone affair that was well-insulated inside and finished with wood. My room would be at least three stories up, possibly more, in a tower. There would be secret passages everywhere and enough room for both my books and my family to fit.
The house would be furnished with wood and antiques from everywhere. There’s just something special about knowing how old something is. I’d like my house to have a feeling having been there forever and know that it will be there forever more. That said, it would be very modern in some ways. My office would have the best tech money could buy and the kitchen would be decked out with top-of-the-line equipment.
I love my Pacific Northwest with all my heart (except the cold, but it’s worth it,) and my tower-house would be high on a cliff. Somewhere on the coast of Puget Sound with a proper view of the sea and the mountains but close enough to town that I could go to the library.
Off the water, the wind is so strong that it feels like you could just leap up and go flying wherever you wanted. The rainforest is well-named, it does rain a lot, but there’s a reason it’s so beautiful here.
2. Name three things you are afraid of. Explain.
Dentists.
I don’t really have a reason, save that laying in a chair and getting jabbed with sharp objects really isn’t something I enjoy in the least, and the noise the drill makes hurts my ears. I tend to have sobbing hysterical meltdowns when I have to go, despite it being necessary.
Loosing my sister.
She’s one of the most important things in my life. She keeps me sane during my bouts of black depression and somehow manages to help me make friends. I’m her Nee-sama and she relies on me to help her stay safe and to ground her out when she’s getting too exited about a bad idea.
The dark.
Yeah, I know, 19 is a bit old to be terrified of the dark, but I really am. The feeling of not being able to see, and not knowing what’s in the room with me, scares the hell out of me. I have to sleep with a nightlight because I have panic attacks if I wake up and can’t see.
3. Imagine you’re given the classic opportunity: a genie granting you three wishes. What would you wish for? Wishing for more wishes is not permitted!
I’d love to say that world peace and an end to all strife is what I’d wish for, but it’s really not. I suppose it’s cold-hearted of me, but frankly, I don’t see a way to end all war without a whole lot of people dying because war is what they want and what they do well. Humans aren’t always good at heart and a lot of the bad ones don’t want to change. There’s a reason prisons were invented.
My wishes would be:
For every wish I or any of my loved ones ever make to come out exactly as they intend it to, including this one. None of this “well, you phrased it that way… I thought that’s what you wanted…” Midas-touch trickster crap.
Enough money to keep myself and those I care for in comfort for the rest of out lives and those of our descendants. Anyone who says money isn’t happiness has never been poor enough to know otherwise and doesn’t understand how unhappy a lack there-of can make you.
The ability to choose any superpower to have for a whole day (midnight to midnight, not from dawn to dusk), every day, for the rest of my life. AKA, I could choose flight one day, and at the end of 24 hours, I could choose flight again, or choose something else. These powers would be fully controlled and as strong as possible without overloading my body.
4. In your life so far, what accomplishment are you the most proud of? You can list more than one if you have trouble deciding.)
My internship for a television station. Working at the station was one of the most rewarding experiences I’ve ever had, both in knowledge and in personal growth. I loved working there and I intend to go to college to major in computer engineering because of that internship.
5. Which of the following is most important to you: Love, Money, Knowledge, Family, Friendship, Adventure, or Pleasure? Which is the least important to you?
Knowledge and Family are equally tied, but for different reasons. For myself, knowledge is my one true love. I love reading and researching, even when my interests confuse everyone around me. My family on the other hand (my chosen family, my relatives are a bunch of vultures waiting for my grandmother to pass away) are the mainstay that keeps me upright. They drag me out of my library/den/computer room to ensure I eat and keep me social. They bring me joy in a completely different way then my research.
For least important, I’d have to go with Money, despite my earlier wish. Money is easily gotten and easily lost. It comes and goes. Life is a lot easier with it, but manageable on not very much. It is necessary for life as we know it, but there are ways to get around not having a lot of it.
6. What's one quote (or passage, song lyric, etc.) that effectively describes you and your values?
‘Freedom begins with a game of chance’
Maliguenua, by Blackmore’s Night
7. How do you manage your money? On that note, how important is money/financial security to you?
Money is something I’m not actually all that good at. The only way I seem to be able to avoid spending it is if it’s not in my possession. Financial security is important to comfort and happiness, but on the whole, life is okay even without it.
8. Name (and elaborate on) some of your hobbies. What are your favorite things to do outside of school/the office?
I read more then anything else I do. Books, articles, newspapers, fanfic. Anything. Even when I watch movies actually, so that if I’m bored by something on the TV I can focus on my book. My art comes in a close second. I spend a lot of time playing my music or drawing in my sketchbooks, even a bit of embroidery once in a while.
Nothing quite matches a sunny rooftop and a good book.
9. Name (and elaborate on) your top three BEST and top three WORST qualities (personality-related, not physical).
Best:
My artistic tendencies.
I love my artwork and working with instruments or art supplies is something I’m good at. My creativity helps me think about what I want to do about anything that’s happening in my life at the time.
My planning.
I try to always have a plan. It doesn’t have to be a perfect plan, but a good one helps everything go smoother. I plan out whatever I’m going to do for the day while I get ready in the morning. Every plan is subject to changes, but just having one is nice. To my friends, I’m the strategist, because I’m the best of all of us at doing it.
My loyalty.
To my family and to my friends, I am exceedingly loyal. Sometimes to the point of being stupid, though I usually seem to be the one stepping in to help them out of situations. That doesn’t mean that I won’t tell them off if I think they’re being stupid though.
Worst:
I’m paranoid.
Sometimes overly so, and it causes as many problems as is prevents. I don’t trust people on the whole, and it shows. It makes being social difficult. I’m not likely to be kidnapped off the street because of that caution, but I react very badly to being surprised, even by people I know.
I’m controlling.
In a crisis, being bossy is a good thing, because usually, everyone’s flipping out. During downtime it’s a problem because people often resent being told what to do when they’re not panicking.
I hold grudges.
It takes me a long time to forgive people. The greater damage the event did to me, the longer I’m likely to stay angry. Apologies help, but chances are that they wouldn’t fix things all the way. Even something small can stay with me for years and make me dislike someone.
A Song of Ice and Fire Related
1.Who are your favorite three characters in the series?
Daenarys Targaryen
She’s the queen all little girls dream of being. Daenarys took the card fate dealt her, and then threw them out to make her own game. There are things that scare her, and things she’s unsure about, but ultimately she keeps going foreword. Dany has a goal, and come hell or high water, she’s going to reach it. She loves her dragons, and I like that she doesn’t just see them as exotic pets or the standard of her house, they’re also her beloved children. Admittedly, children that eat people and breath flame, but still.
Tyrion Lannister
He’s an evil conniving cunning genius. He makes a plan, and then he runs off and makes six more that all could work just as well. He’s a dwarf and he knows it, but he doesn’t let it slow him down any, and even uses it to make people underestimate him. I like that he’s flawed, but works around it. And that he likes dragons adds points.
Ser Barristan
His loyalty is admirable. I liked that he didn’t change sides at the Trident, but rather fought for his prince and his (somewhat insane) king. He chose to follow them again when he went to Daenarys, but did the wise thing and took a good look at her first. His unending loyalty to Rhaegar is cool. It’s obvious that he admired his prince a great deal.
2. Who are your least favorite three characters in the series?
Joffrey Barathion
He was stupid. From start to finish he was stupid. He didn’t do all the things he should have, and did do all the things that he never should have come near. If he’d only had a smidge of sense he would have coddled Sansa Stark and curbed his violent tendencies just a little. But he didn’t and someone killed him for it.
Robert Barathion
Again with the stupid. He could have done a lot of things that would have changed his fate, and by choice, he did none of them. His hand in raising Joffrey shows very clearly in the foolish traits they shared. He also killed Rhaegar, who would have been a much more interesting character then Robert.
Shae
She betrayed Tyrion. Stabbed him in the back. She didn’t have to, she could have lied, but she didn’t. Yeah, they probably offered her more gold then you could shake a castle at, but the fact remains. Tyrion took good care of her. The least she could do is not try to get him killed.
3. #1 Favorite moment in all of ASOIAF so far?
I’m tied between the hatching of the dragons, and the description of Rhaegar’s death.
To be honest, the dragons are what really hooked me in the first book, and I couldn’t help but love how their hatching happened. I can’t wait to see where they go next.
On the other hand, Rhaegar’s story, sad though it is, has such beautiful dramatic imaging that I had to re-read it three or four times. It’s still really sad though, because I like Rhaegar a lot and I want to know more of his story. I hope we get to see more of it soon.
4. In your dream-world, how would you like to see the series end?
I think Jon is Rhaegar and Lyanna’s, and that that union was consensual. If that’s the case, then he’ll find out about it sooner or later.
I think that when Jojen and Meera meet Jon for the first time, he’ll find out, because their father Howland Reed was there for Jon’s birth. I suspect they know about the whole thing.
I am looking forward to the final battle, when Daenarys has her dragons. I suspect that Tyrion will be on one dragon and Jon or Arya will be on the other. Probably Jon. It would make sense for him to see that if she can’t have children, then when Dany dies the realm will go to war again. If he were heir, that wouldn’t happen. It would mean leaving his vows and the wall, but he’d do it. Reluctantly, but he would.
A big part of me thinks that the wall may end up falling. Ice and dragonfire don’t mix so well. Add whights and it turns into a bigger mess then it already was.
I’d just love it if Dany ended up pregnant and the books ended with her baby being born alive and well.
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