Buckleberry Ferry
Hi all!
BASICS:
Name: Christina
Age: 19
General Location: Central Alabama, US
Three positive adjectives describing you: Open-minded, intelligent, artistic. I'm incredibly tolerant of other people/beliefs/preferences. I don't think I'm a genius, but I'm good at many things (excluding math, haha). I easily pick up things, from school subjects to hobbies, but it's hard for me to end projects. Being artistic kind of relates to the previous example. I play music, write, draw, and sew/crochet, but they are hobbies more than anything.
Three negative adjectives describing you: Stubborn, easily provoked, impatient. I think being stubborn can sometimes be good, but often I can't admit to mistakes or can't end an argument gracefully. I don't easily lose my temper outwardly, but waiting for things often makes me stressed.
Do you have a preference on race or gender? (one or the other): Not really, although I'm not too keen on dwarves, though I suppose with my obstinacy I could probably be one. ;)
THIS OR THAT: (there's room for both in some cases)
Love or War: Love, certainly. War is sometimes necessary (keyword: sometimes), but love is ideal. Unfortunately, it's not in human nature.
Strength or Mercy: Strength. I believe I'm a pretty strong person; I've been through a lot in the past year (my father and grandmother died within six months of each other a little over a year ago), and of course I've had my emotional bouts, but I'm overall unafraid of picking up my life and trying to move on as best I can. Mercy is also good, but I think it leads people to being too "soft," or unwilling to see flaws that could endanger life, and it's just overall a trait that could ruin somebody.
Determined or Accepting: That's a hard one! I would say accepting, though, because without having an open mind, it's hard to be determined for something, I suppose. Or you can be so blinded by your own beliefs that you don't see all solutions to a problem.
Making your own Destiny or Accepting Fate: Making your own Destiny, definitely. It's best to be as happy as you can be, and sometimes I think you have to challenge Fate.
Life or Death: Life. Death is essential to life, of course, but death brings grieving and some sink into depression and never come out of it. Life has so many wonderful things, and while it's hard to get through at times, it's worth it.
Brave or Safe: I'm not as brave as I would like to be, but being brave is more important. It's working for a goal, for a cause that's important to you in some way, and being unafraid to stand up for it. I wouldn't say I'm unafraid to stand up for my beliefs, but I avoid confrontation as much as possible, haha.
GENERAL LOTR QUESTIONS:
Which is your favorite movie: Return of the King. Not just for the resolution to the story, but for the portrayal of Frodo and Sam's loyalty. Then again, Fellowship of the Ring is wonderful because it goes so quickly from innocent and fun to dark and serious. So...hm, I guess I would say RotK anyway, because it's the most poignant and beautiful and really holds the audience in until the very last moment. I cried the most at it, too, so obviously it reached me the most.
Book?: Fellowship of the Ring. The beginning of the adventure, and the almost frantic adventures that sort of become dulled in the last two books (which I still love, but FotR is the favorite).
Favorite character and why: Éowyn for her determination, and reluctance to love Faramir. But Faramir probably is equal to Éowyn (no, not because they end up together, hah), but for different reasons. The relationship with his brother, the sadness of his "relationship" with Denetor, the bravery of the battle of Minas Tirith. But then there's Sam - haha, such a hard choice. In the end, I would probably say Éowyn, though.
Who do you relate to the most?: Pippin, because I love mushrooms. ;) No, really though, probably Frodo. I find it hard to keep going sometimes, but end up making it through. That's probably the main reason. It's honestly so hard to choose just one. :\
What got you into the fandom?: My mom's always talked about it, but I never actually got around to reading the books until I kept seeing the commercials for the movies. I finished only the first book before the first movie, and never really compared the two. I fell in love with the first book, so I kept going.
If you could live anywhere in Middle-earth, where would it be?: I have to say, no matter how cliché, that Lothlórien for its sheer beauty of the trees and the river. I'm a nature freak. I think it would be easy to be by oneself there, too.
What would you do with the One Ring?: Hopefully return it to Mount Doom because Sauron's pretty insane. Plus, I don't trust myself with that much power.
If you could have a Ring with any power, what would it be?: Invisibility, definitely. Sometimes I just want to get away from people.
How'd you find us? Er , actually, I don't remember, even though it was only an hour ago. I know for sure that it was referenced in another community, though, despite me not knowing which it was.
Post a picture of yourself (in costume is great!), if you have one and are comfortable doing this. If not, just describe yourself:
I hope that it's okay if I include two pictures - an up-close, and one with me in this year's Halloween costume, which sadly isn't LotR-related (Mrs. Lovett from Sweeney Todd).
Thanks everybody! I look forward to meeting you.
BASICS:
Name: Christina
Age: 19
General Location: Central Alabama, US
Three positive adjectives describing you: Open-minded, intelligent, artistic. I'm incredibly tolerant of other people/beliefs/preferences. I don't think I'm a genius, but I'm good at many things (excluding math, haha). I easily pick up things, from school subjects to hobbies, but it's hard for me to end projects. Being artistic kind of relates to the previous example. I play music, write, draw, and sew/crochet, but they are hobbies more than anything.
Three negative adjectives describing you: Stubborn, easily provoked, impatient. I think being stubborn can sometimes be good, but often I can't admit to mistakes or can't end an argument gracefully. I don't easily lose my temper outwardly, but waiting for things often makes me stressed.
Do you have a preference on race or gender? (one or the other): Not really, although I'm not too keen on dwarves, though I suppose with my obstinacy I could probably be one. ;)
THIS OR THAT: (there's room for both in some cases)
Love or War: Love, certainly. War is sometimes necessary (keyword: sometimes), but love is ideal. Unfortunately, it's not in human nature.
Strength or Mercy: Strength. I believe I'm a pretty strong person; I've been through a lot in the past year (my father and grandmother died within six months of each other a little over a year ago), and of course I've had my emotional bouts, but I'm overall unafraid of picking up my life and trying to move on as best I can. Mercy is also good, but I think it leads people to being too "soft," or unwilling to see flaws that could endanger life, and it's just overall a trait that could ruin somebody.
Determined or Accepting: That's a hard one! I would say accepting, though, because without having an open mind, it's hard to be determined for something, I suppose. Or you can be so blinded by your own beliefs that you don't see all solutions to a problem.
Making your own Destiny or Accepting Fate: Making your own Destiny, definitely. It's best to be as happy as you can be, and sometimes I think you have to challenge Fate.
Life or Death: Life. Death is essential to life, of course, but death brings grieving and some sink into depression and never come out of it. Life has so many wonderful things, and while it's hard to get through at times, it's worth it.
Brave or Safe: I'm not as brave as I would like to be, but being brave is more important. It's working for a goal, for a cause that's important to you in some way, and being unafraid to stand up for it. I wouldn't say I'm unafraid to stand up for my beliefs, but I avoid confrontation as much as possible, haha.
GENERAL LOTR QUESTIONS:
Which is your favorite movie: Return of the King. Not just for the resolution to the story, but for the portrayal of Frodo and Sam's loyalty. Then again, Fellowship of the Ring is wonderful because it goes so quickly from innocent and fun to dark and serious. So...hm, I guess I would say RotK anyway, because it's the most poignant and beautiful and really holds the audience in until the very last moment. I cried the most at it, too, so obviously it reached me the most.
Book?: Fellowship of the Ring. The beginning of the adventure, and the almost frantic adventures that sort of become dulled in the last two books (which I still love, but FotR is the favorite).
Favorite character and why: Éowyn for her determination, and reluctance to love Faramir. But Faramir probably is equal to Éowyn (no, not because they end up together, hah), but for different reasons. The relationship with his brother, the sadness of his "relationship" with Denetor, the bravery of the battle of Minas Tirith. But then there's Sam - haha, such a hard choice. In the end, I would probably say Éowyn, though.
Who do you relate to the most?: Pippin, because I love mushrooms. ;) No, really though, probably Frodo. I find it hard to keep going sometimes, but end up making it through. That's probably the main reason. It's honestly so hard to choose just one. :\
What got you into the fandom?: My mom's always talked about it, but I never actually got around to reading the books until I kept seeing the commercials for the movies. I finished only the first book before the first movie, and never really compared the two. I fell in love with the first book, so I kept going.
If you could live anywhere in Middle-earth, where would it be?: I have to say, no matter how cliché, that Lothlórien for its sheer beauty of the trees and the river. I'm a nature freak. I think it would be easy to be by oneself there, too.
What would you do with the One Ring?: Hopefully return it to Mount Doom because Sauron's pretty insane. Plus, I don't trust myself with that much power.
If you could have a Ring with any power, what would it be?: Invisibility, definitely. Sometimes I just want to get away from people.
How'd you find us? Er , actually, I don't remember, even though it was only an hour ago. I know for sure that it was referenced in another community, though, despite me not knowing which it was.
Post a picture of yourself (in costume is great!), if you have one and are comfortable doing this. If not, just describe yourself:
I hope that it's okay if I include two pictures - an up-close, and one with me in this year's Halloween costume, which sadly isn't LotR-related (Mrs. Lovett from Sweeney Todd).
Thanks everybody! I look forward to meeting you.