Name: Meredith (but Luna is a RL nickname) Age: 19 Location: a small mountain town in North Carolina, USA 3 things you love: big fluffy dogs, snow/cold weather, coffee 3 things you hate: ableism, solving math problems, filling out lots of paperwork A line from the last song you've been listening to: I've been listening to the Dark Knight Rises original score, so now lyrics.
Your other fandoms: Harry Potter is my main one. I lurk in Downton Abbey, His Dark Materials, and the Millennium Series Your interests (hobbies, passions, etc.): blind culture, psychology, medicine, international politics, anything science-y, reptiles, memoirs, speaking French, dog training, swimming, hiking, Navajo culture, survival techniques
What kind of stuff do you post about? about 60% of my posts are actual fic, and then the rest is a combination of recs and real life stuff. Sometimes I post about being blind/being at university. What kind of friends are you looking for? People who have similar interests and like to talk/comment. I like discussing stuff related to asoiaf because none of my real life friends are into it. Do you have a Twitter/Tumblr/Goodread account? No, I don't have any of them. I have a delicious account for saving links to fic I like, but that's about it.
the asoiaf stuff
Have you read the books, have you watched the show? I've read all the books and watched seasons 1 and 2 Your favourite POV? Jon Snow, Tyrion, Arya, Theon in ADWD Which character that does't have a POV deserves one? Rickon. I wonder how much of his family he remembers. And Stannis--his POV would most likely crack me up.
Favourite characters: Jon, Tyrion, Arya, Theon, Sansa, Stannis, Val, Sam, Dany in GoT, Joer Mormont, Bronn, Gendry, Shireen Favorite ships: Jon/Theon, Jon/Val, Arya/Jon, Arya/Theon, Arya/Tywin, Sansa/Tyrion, Jon/Sansa, Theon/Asha, Jon/Dany....the list is ever-expanding Least favourite characters and ships: Catelyn. I've tried to like her but just. can't. Cersei--can't stand her but I think her chapters are interesting. Victarion, who is the definition of two-dimensional/boring. I try to be interested in Robb but it's an uphill battle.
Which king would you bend the knee to? Stannis, because he actually knows how to rule. Who do you stan for (actors or characters)? book!Jon, Arya in either medium, Alfie Allen, Kit Harington, Lena and her awesome acting, Stannis, Melisandre in either medium.
Three things that are your personal head canon:
#1 Benjen is alive somewhere #2 Jon is totally Rhaegar and Lyanna's son #3 Aegon may get the throne for a while, but his reign will be very short. We'll never find out if he's actually who he says he is or if he's a fake.
I'm with you on every single one of your least favorite characters. Victarion = giant yawn. Sometimes I think it's my fault and that I'm just not reading him right, he's just so blah.
I'm curious, what is about Catelyn that doesn't do it for you? She drives me nuts for many reasons (some I can articulate, some I can't) but I feel like I'm going against public opinion with my dislike of her (ditto with Robb).
So many people love Victarion and I just don't understand it. He seems pretty rigid to me--if I had to pick an older Greyjoy to read about it would be Euron. He's kind of nuts and I have a feeling his character is just there to make Westeros more chaotic and mess up everyone's plans, haha.
Honestly, my dislike of Catelyn stems more from her attitudes about Jon than anything else. I think her feelings toward him come from her pride, not her feelings for Ned. Cat was embarrassed when her husband she didn't know very well came back from a war with another woman's child, and Jon's continued presence only embarrassed her further. In my opinion, a real lady would have been kind to an innocent child and decided to put the whole business behind her, even if she wasn't required to. I. e. rising above the situation. Instead, Jon grows up without any kind of mother figure and his existence continues to be an issue in her relationship with Ned over ten years after the fact. Some people counter this by saying, she's being realistic, characters aren't meant to be perfect, etc., but that doesn't cut it for me. Cat is one of the adults here. Deep down, I'm sure her character knows she isn't being kind and that, if it were Robb or Sansa or any of her other kids in Jon's situation, she wouldn't want them treated that way, but she carries this chip on her shoulder for years because of her pride.
However, I want to like Cat. She's a strong female character who's portrayed as intelligent and capable, even if she makes mistakes sometimes (i. e. Jaime). But it's almost impossible for me to completely get past her treatment of Jon. It's obvious that she loves her kids and has tried her best to raise them well--a pretty rare thing in Martin's books--which would ordinarily be enough to make me like someone. Eh. I'm sure other people have come to different conclusions about her character but that is just my reaction to her. Nothing against the people who are major Cat fans, it's just not my thing.
As for Robb I just feel like we don't know him very well. We never get his POV, though I'm glad of that, because I feel like Robb (and the war of the five kings) was never the point of the story. Robb is supposed to be a good character, but that doesn't necessarily make him interesting to me. I like what he represents--independence for the Starks, a possible happy future for his siblings once the war is over, etc.--even if his character doesn't wow me. I think Richard Madden has really created a lot of Robb fans via the show, but book!Robb doesn't give us very much to work with.
Name: Meredith (but Luna is a RL nickname)
Age: 19
Location: a small mountain town in North Carolina, USA
3 things you love: big fluffy dogs, snow/cold weather, coffee
3 things you hate: ableism, solving math problems, filling out lots of paperwork
A line from the last song you've been listening to: I've been listening to the Dark Knight Rises original score, so now lyrics.
Your other fandoms: Harry Potter is my main one. I lurk in Downton Abbey, His Dark Materials, and the Millennium Series
Your interests (hobbies, passions, etc.): blind culture, psychology, medicine, international politics, anything science-y, reptiles, memoirs, speaking French, dog training, swimming, hiking, Navajo culture, survival techniques
What kind of stuff do you post about? about 60% of my posts are actual fic, and then the rest is a combination of recs and real life stuff. Sometimes I post about being blind/being at university.
What kind of friends are you looking for? People who have similar interests and like to talk/comment. I like discussing stuff related to asoiaf because none of my real life friends are into it.
Do you have a Twitter/Tumblr/Goodread account? No, I don't have any of them. I have a delicious account for saving links to fic I like, but that's about it.
the asoiaf stuff
Have you read the books, have you watched the show? I've read all the books and watched seasons 1 and 2
Your favourite POV? Jon Snow, Tyrion, Arya, Theon in ADWD
Which character that does't have a POV deserves one? Rickon. I wonder how much of his family he remembers. And Stannis--his POV would most likely crack me up.
Favourite characters: Jon, Tyrion, Arya, Theon, Sansa, Stannis, Val, Sam, Dany in GoT, Joer Mormont, Bronn, Gendry, Shireen
Favorite ships: Jon/Theon, Jon/Val, Arya/Jon, Arya/Theon, Arya/Tywin, Sansa/Tyrion, Jon/Sansa, Theon/Asha, Jon/Dany....the list is ever-expanding
Least favourite characters and ships: Catelyn. I've tried to like her but just. can't. Cersei--can't stand her but I think her chapters are interesting. Victarion, who is the definition of two-dimensional/boring. I try to be interested in Robb but it's an uphill battle.
Which king would you bend the knee to? Stannis, because he actually knows how to rule.
Who do you stan for (actors or characters)? book!Jon, Arya in either medium, Alfie Allen, Kit Harington, Lena and her awesome acting, Stannis, Melisandre in either medium.
Three things that are your personal head canon:
#1 Benjen is alive somewhere
#2 Jon is totally Rhaegar and Lyanna's son
#3 Aegon may get the throne for a while, but his reign will be very short. We'll never find out if he's actually who he says he is or if he's a fake.
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I'm curious, what is about Catelyn that doesn't do it for you? She drives me nuts for many reasons (some I can articulate, some I can't) but I feel like I'm going against public opinion with my dislike of her (ditto with Robb).
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Honestly, my dislike of Catelyn stems more from her attitudes about Jon than anything else. I think her feelings toward him come from her pride, not her feelings for Ned. Cat was embarrassed when her husband she didn't know very well came back from a war with another woman's child, and Jon's continued presence only embarrassed her further. In my opinion, a real lady would have been kind to an innocent child and decided to put the whole business behind her, even if she wasn't required to. I. e. rising above the situation. Instead, Jon grows up without any kind of mother figure and his existence continues to be an issue in her relationship with Ned over ten years after the fact. Some people counter this by saying, she's being realistic, characters aren't meant to be perfect, etc., but that doesn't cut it for me. Cat is one of the adults here. Deep down, I'm sure her character knows she isn't being kind and that, if it were Robb or Sansa or any of her other kids in Jon's situation, she wouldn't want them treated that way, but she carries this chip on her shoulder for years because of her pride.
However, I want to like Cat. She's a strong female character who's portrayed as intelligent and capable, even if she makes mistakes sometimes (i. e. Jaime). But it's almost impossible for me to completely get past her treatment of Jon. It's obvious that she loves her kids and has tried her best to raise them well--a pretty rare thing in Martin's books--which would ordinarily be enough to make me like someone. Eh. I'm sure other people have come to different conclusions about her character but that is just my reaction to her. Nothing against the people who are major Cat fans, it's just not my thing.
As for Robb I just feel like we don't know him very well. We never get his POV, though I'm glad of that, because I feel like Robb (and the war of the five kings) was never the point of the story. Robb is supposed to be a good character, but that doesn't necessarily make him interesting to me. I like what he represents--independence for the Starks, a possible happy future for his siblings once the war is over, etc.--even if his character doesn't wow me. I think Richard Madden has really created a lot of Robb fans via the show, but book!Robb doesn't give us very much to work with.
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