Knight me with a label!
Name: Ozbourne will do fine, I prefer not to give out my real name online.
Age: Over twenty.
Gender: Physically female, mentally androgynous
Location: The northern hemisphere of Earth.
Are you open to cross-gender votes? Absolutely. I end up identifying with male characters half the time anyway.
1. Please list three positive traits you possess and why you chose them.
1) I am determined. When I put my mind to accomplishing something, whether it be some small goal or something loftier, it's very difficult to get me to abandon it. I feel that this is one of my stronger traits, and it is important because without determination and willpower I couldn't get anywhere in life.
2) I am independent. I try to do things without outside help, and I prefer not to rely on other people (aside from things that I've tried and tried to do on my own and have not yet been able to do without help). I also tend to prefer more solitary sorts of activities (reading, watching television or surfing the Internet, etc.) to things like parties and clubs (ugh). (I'm also quite unromantic and don't need to have a significant other to be happy; I actually prefer not to have one.)
3) I like to think that I'm reasonably intelligent. I've got a decent amount of creativity (the sort that tends to manifest itself in crafts/art moreso than writing), I tend to be quite analytical and logical and am quite good at puzzles and that sort of thing. I think pretty well on my feet. I'm usually good with comebacks and witty comments.
I chose these because they tend to be the positive things people notice most about me and the most prominent positive traits I see in myself.
2. Please list three negative traits you possess and why you chose them.
1) I am very distrustful. This is sort of the flip side of my independence; it seems that some of the time when I don't wish to ask for help it's because I don't trust other people. I tend to be quite private because of this (as you've seen above I tend not to answer the sorts of questions that reveal personal information, at least not in a straightforward way). I tend to come off as mysterious and even a bit paranoid because of this.
2) I am unforgiving. I can hold grudges for a very long time. Oh, I'll forgive small injustices and I'll forgive if it turns out to be a mutual misunderstanding, but if someone is deliberately cruel to me they don't get a second chance. In the same vein I can be quite vengeful, even if only in my mind.
3) I tend to generally have more negative emotions than positive ones. I would rarely if ever describe myself as "happy", and I'm not an upbeat person at all (to the point of tending to be annoyed by them). I tend to be more pessimistic (sometimes to the point of cynicism if I'm really having a bad day), I've got a temper (though I usually try to seethe on the inside until actually pushed to my absolute breaking point), I tend to brood a lot if I've got something on my mind. I tend to come across as bitter.
Again, I have chosen these because they seem to be the most prominent negative traits as seen by others and through my own self-reflection.
3. If you could do something illegal without any consequences whatsoever, would you do it and why or why not? It would really depend on what it was. Would I be doing it just because I could, or would I actually get something out of it? If I got something out of it and would be able to accomplish a goal, I'd be sorely tempted. I'd probably analyze the situation and make absolutely sure there really were no consequenses (because knowing me I wouldn't just trust whoever told me there wouldn't be any!), try and calculate my own emotional reactions (because sometimes guilt or other negative emotions can be pretty horrible even if there aren't any other consequenses), and if it seemed like it would benefit me at the time, sure, why not.
4. If you were faced with a situation where you only had time to make a choice that allowed you to use your intelligence or strength to prevail, which would you choose and why? Absolutely my intelligence, if the other option was physical strength. I'm fairly decent at thinking on my feet but when it comes to brute force I fall quite flat.
5. What do you value above all else and why? I actually came back to this after finishing the rest of the application, since I'm really not sure how to answer. I can't pin it down to one thing because there are a lot of things I value. They tend to tie in with the positive traits I chose above; I value willpower and determination, I value intelligence, and I value freedom and independence. I also value individuality and tend to admire people more when they think outside the box and refuse to let someone else tell them who to be. Be a lot easiet for me to come up with something that I value least, and I promise I don't mean that in a negative snarky sort of way.
6. Would you consider yourself to be more of a leader or a follower and why? I'm more of a reluctant leader, if only because I don't consider myself to be a follower at all. I don't have a submissive sort of mindset. But rather than lead or follow, I really would prefer to work alone.
7. If you could choose to possess one trait or physical aspect, what would you pick and why? Instead, can I choose to not possess a trait that I have? I'd really like to get rid of my pessimism. I can't just say "oh, I choose optimism" because that isn't really what I want either. I suppose self-confidence would be closer to what I want than optimism. I just think I could accomplish so much more if I had more confidence.
8. Anything else you would like to add? I really hope my non-answer answers on the personal info section aren't going to get me barred from doing this; I just prefer not to give out personal information online. Call it privacy, call it paranoia, whatever.
9. Please include at least one picture or a description of yourself. See my icon. :) If that's too small or whatever, click this. (Basically take a young Severus Snape, give him a sex change, and wash his hair and you've got me.)
