I'll Make a Man Out of You
Application
Name: Raven.
We respect the LJ code. Are you over 13?: Sixteen, soon to be seventeen.
Positive adjectives to describe yourself: Hmm. Compassionate. Loyal to the extreme. Kind, smart, empathetic, patient, devoted, creative, open-minded, supportive, mature, stubborn, controlled, determined.
Negative adjectives to describe yourself: Tempermental, defensive, sarcastic, cynical, anxious, more willing to face other people's problems than my own, stubborn (I consider it to be both negative and positive), pessimistic, assuming, distrustful, loud, blunt, forceful, can be a bit antisocial, tend to ignore what other people think in favor of my own thoughts/decisions.
Your hobbies/interests: My biggest is writing/role-playing. I'm also into photography, reading, music, foreign language, and horse-back riding. I don't know if this counts as a hobby, but I love watching movies to analyze the characters and such.
Goals/aims for the future: I'd like to be an author, as well as being a government translator on the side, if nothing a bit more in-depth in that department.
Favourite quote/lyrics/phrase and why?:
"The truth is you could slit my throat, and with my one last gasping breath, I'd apologize for bleeding on your shirt." -Taking Back Sunday.
Remember what I said about being loyal to the extreme? I wasn't being over-dramatic; it's more like a complex than anything else. If you're honest with me and you gain my affection, you will never lose it - not ever, no matter how much you torment or insult me, I'll still know the real you and I'll still love you for it. There is no limit to what I would do to ensure the happiness of the people I love, and no limit to the love I have for each one of them.
In fact, when I asked a friend to help me choose a favorite quote, she instantly chose this one out of a list and said it fit me perfectly. I'm not selfless and I'm no martyr, don't get me wrong, but I don't hate anyone in the world.
Favourites
Animal: Amor leopard.
Movie: I don't have any single favorite, but I have a long list, haha. ANY Disney movie, The Ultimate Gift, The Guardian, Across the Universe, Ten Inch Hero, Howl's Moving Castle (or any Miyazaki film, really), The Mummy (I & II, not III), Leap Year.
Television show: House. The only one I really watch, haha.
Book: Gone With the Wind.
Musician/Type of music: I don't really have a favorite; there're so many amazing artists. Right now, though, I'd say Thriving Ivory or Owl City. As for type of music... rock, maybe? Any type or rock. Soft rock, classic rock, rock, hard rock, pop rock, etc.
This or That (you can choose both, but explain)
Leader or Follower: Leader. I tend to form my own paths and pay no mind to those of others, though I try to be supportive both for the people who might decide to come with me and for the ones off somewhere else.
Optimistic or Pessimistic: I think I'm rather pessimistic. I'm a cynic, I tend to see the worst in people (which is ironic considering how much I care for humans in general) and assume the worst outcome in an uncertain situation. However, when it comes to encouraging people, I try my best to be optimistic for them.
Mature or Immature: Mature, definitely. Sure, I have my goofy moments and perverted jokes and obnoxious accents, but for the most part, I find I'm a bit /too/ mature. It's hard to connect with people in my own age group because of it, and I have a lot of adult views on matters that teenagers generally don't delve much into.
Pleasure or Sacrifice: This one confuses me a bit. Isn't it both? Sacrifice implies that it's willing, and if it was willing, it would hopefully be for a good cause - meaning that whatever it was was WORTH sacrificing for. If something was worth it to me, I'd assume it was someone I cared about, in which case sacrificing for them /would/ bring me pleasure - I love seeing my friends happy and cared for.
Confident or Shy: Confident, definitely. There are times when I don't know anyone around and I can be a little bit shy, but 95% of the time, I speak my mind no matter who is around to listen to it. I'll be the first to introduce myself, I confront people, I'm open about my opinion, and as long as you don't say anything that morally pisses me off or insults something important to me, I'm generally pretty quick/easy to get along with.
Selfless or Selfish: Selfish. I do /try/ not to be, I /try/ to do what's best for other people over myself - and almost always, I succeed. But in my own head, I'm thinking about how I sort of wish I'd done something for myself, instead. Even when I do things for people I know and love, the one exception to my former statement, I'm doing it because /I/ like to see them happy - it's about me, once again. I can't really help it, I suppose.
Introverted or Extroverted: Depends on how you look at things. I keep the majority of my thoughts to myself, but not my opinions; I throw those out there without concern. So I suppose I'm both?
Rule or Be Ruled: Neither. There's no one in the world that I would let "rule" me; I have far too much will for that, and too much pride to give anyone that power. However, I also refuse to "rule" over anyone else. How could I live with myself, taking away the free will that I just said I'd never give up myself? I couldn't do it, wouldn't do it.
Silly or Serious: Both. I can be extremely serious when I need to be or when I'm in a bad mood. However, when I'm with someone I really love and feel free around, I think nothing about goofing off, doing whatever we feel like doing.
Are you adventurous? I'd like to think so. I'm always up for a challenge, always coming up with new ideas and trying to put them into action.
Are you willing do anything to protect your friends/family? Anything.
Mulan
Who is your favorite character? Why? If you feel that it would sway votes, then leave it blank I can't choose one! I love the them all for different reasons. Mulan for being the strong female, Shang for being Shang, Mushu for comic relief, Cri-kee for being cute, etc.
Who is your least favorite character? Why? This'll probably gain me a few haters, but Chien-Po, at least in the second movie. In the first, he was pretty funny, so I didn't find the whole zen-mode thing as obnoxious as I did in number two. I found myself constantly wishing he'd talk faster or at least say something I actually was interested in hearing.
What's your favorite song from the movie? I'll Make a Man Out of You! By far. Love the tune, love the lyrics, love singing it, love the irony. My female friends and I love belting it out at the slightest reminder.
Out of all the characters, which one is LEAST like you? Only choose one please. I'm thinking Mushu. As much as I love him, I could never hope to be as funny as he is, or as sparky. xD I also would never even have considered what he did in the second movie; that was pretty painful to watch.
Anything else? Thanks!
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Please vote on at least 3 applications, or however many there are and list them here:
Tunnels_of_loce (Matchmaker theme)
Savaburry (Matchmaker theme)
Disneygirl89 (Matchmaker theme)
Name: Raven.
We respect the LJ code. Are you over 13?: Sixteen, soon to be seventeen.
Positive adjectives to describe yourself: Hmm. Compassionate. Loyal to the extreme. Kind, smart, empathetic, patient, devoted, creative, open-minded, supportive, mature, stubborn, controlled, determined.
Negative adjectives to describe yourself: Tempermental, defensive, sarcastic, cynical, anxious, more willing to face other people's problems than my own, stubborn (I consider it to be both negative and positive), pessimistic, assuming, distrustful, loud, blunt, forceful, can be a bit antisocial, tend to ignore what other people think in favor of my own thoughts/decisions.
Your hobbies/interests: My biggest is writing/role-playing. I'm also into photography, reading, music, foreign language, and horse-back riding. I don't know if this counts as a hobby, but I love watching movies to analyze the characters and such.
Goals/aims for the future: I'd like to be an author, as well as being a government translator on the side, if nothing a bit more in-depth in that department.
Favourite quote/lyrics/phrase and why?:
"The truth is you could slit my throat, and with my one last gasping breath, I'd apologize for bleeding on your shirt." -Taking Back Sunday.
Remember what I said about being loyal to the extreme? I wasn't being over-dramatic; it's more like a complex than anything else. If you're honest with me and you gain my affection, you will never lose it - not ever, no matter how much you torment or insult me, I'll still know the real you and I'll still love you for it. There is no limit to what I would do to ensure the happiness of the people I love, and no limit to the love I have for each one of them.
In fact, when I asked a friend to help me choose a favorite quote, she instantly chose this one out of a list and said it fit me perfectly. I'm not selfless and I'm no martyr, don't get me wrong, but I don't hate anyone in the world.
Favourites
Animal: Amor leopard.
Movie: I don't have any single favorite, but I have a long list, haha. ANY Disney movie, The Ultimate Gift, The Guardian, Across the Universe, Ten Inch Hero, Howl's Moving Castle (or any Miyazaki film, really), The Mummy (I & II, not III), Leap Year.
Television show: House. The only one I really watch, haha.
Book: Gone With the Wind.
Musician/Type of music: I don't really have a favorite; there're so many amazing artists. Right now, though, I'd say Thriving Ivory or Owl City. As for type of music... rock, maybe? Any type or rock. Soft rock, classic rock, rock, hard rock, pop rock, etc.
This or That (you can choose both, but explain)
Leader or Follower: Leader. I tend to form my own paths and pay no mind to those of others, though I try to be supportive both for the people who might decide to come with me and for the ones off somewhere else.
Optimistic or Pessimistic: I think I'm rather pessimistic. I'm a cynic, I tend to see the worst in people (which is ironic considering how much I care for humans in general) and assume the worst outcome in an uncertain situation. However, when it comes to encouraging people, I try my best to be optimistic for them.
Mature or Immature: Mature, definitely. Sure, I have my goofy moments and perverted jokes and obnoxious accents, but for the most part, I find I'm a bit /too/ mature. It's hard to connect with people in my own age group because of it, and I have a lot of adult views on matters that teenagers generally don't delve much into.
Pleasure or Sacrifice: This one confuses me a bit. Isn't it both? Sacrifice implies that it's willing, and if it was willing, it would hopefully be for a good cause - meaning that whatever it was was WORTH sacrificing for. If something was worth it to me, I'd assume it was someone I cared about, in which case sacrificing for them /would/ bring me pleasure - I love seeing my friends happy and cared for.
Confident or Shy: Confident, definitely. There are times when I don't know anyone around and I can be a little bit shy, but 95% of the time, I speak my mind no matter who is around to listen to it. I'll be the first to introduce myself, I confront people, I'm open about my opinion, and as long as you don't say anything that morally pisses me off or insults something important to me, I'm generally pretty quick/easy to get along with.
Selfless or Selfish: Selfish. I do /try/ not to be, I /try/ to do what's best for other people over myself - and almost always, I succeed. But in my own head, I'm thinking about how I sort of wish I'd done something for myself, instead. Even when I do things for people I know and love, the one exception to my former statement, I'm doing it because /I/ like to see them happy - it's about me, once again. I can't really help it, I suppose.
Introverted or Extroverted: Depends on how you look at things. I keep the majority of my thoughts to myself, but not my opinions; I throw those out there without concern. So I suppose I'm both?
Rule or Be Ruled: Neither. There's no one in the world that I would let "rule" me; I have far too much will for that, and too much pride to give anyone that power. However, I also refuse to "rule" over anyone else. How could I live with myself, taking away the free will that I just said I'd never give up myself? I couldn't do it, wouldn't do it.
Silly or Serious: Both. I can be extremely serious when I need to be or when I'm in a bad mood. However, when I'm with someone I really love and feel free around, I think nothing about goofing off, doing whatever we feel like doing.
Are you adventurous? I'd like to think so. I'm always up for a challenge, always coming up with new ideas and trying to put them into action.
Are you willing do anything to protect your friends/family? Anything.
Mulan
Who is your favorite character? Why? If you feel that it would sway votes, then leave it blank I can't choose one! I love the them all for different reasons. Mulan for being the strong female, Shang for being Shang, Mushu for comic relief, Cri-kee for being cute, etc.
Who is your least favorite character? Why? This'll probably gain me a few haters, but Chien-Po, at least in the second movie. In the first, he was pretty funny, so I didn't find the whole zen-mode thing as obnoxious as I did in number two. I found myself constantly wishing he'd talk faster or at least say something I actually was interested in hearing.
What's your favorite song from the movie? I'll Make a Man Out of You! By far. Love the tune, love the lyrics, love singing it, love the irony. My female friends and I love belting it out at the slightest reminder.
Out of all the characters, which one is LEAST like you? Only choose one please. I'm thinking Mushu. As much as I love him, I could never hope to be as funny as he is, or as sparky. xD I also would never even have considered what he did in the second movie; that was pretty painful to watch.
Anything else? Thanks!
Optional: Post at least one picture of yourself
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs274.ash1/20154_1306125087961_1075541673_30961734_3046363_n.jpg
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs270.ash1/19778_1312772374139_1075541673_30978581_6118924_n.jpg
Please vote on at least 3 applications, or however many there are and list them here:
Tunnels_of_loce (Matchmaker theme)
Savaburry (Matchmaker theme)
Disneygirl89 (Matchmaker theme)