Odd truths and ancient magic, revolution and invention, all conspire to distract us from the passion
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About You…
Name: Jessica
Nicknames or Aliases: Jess, Gerbs, Gerbinator, GothmasterPlus
Gender: Female
Same Gender Stamp? It's preferable, but not necessary...I would also GREATLY appreciate why you think I am a certain vampire... especially if it's one from a series/show/movie that I haven't heard of/haven't read/seen (i.e.--Twilight)...
Age: 18
Location: Central New York State
A Snippet From A Song (or two) That Suits You Well:
"Our blood hails the North, pagan Vikings stay true"
-Sagateller by Solefald
Vast forests with evergreen trees
Foggy hills the eye can see
The wind sweeps through a valley
That lies by the deep blue see
A village from another time
Awakens with the misty dawn
This is my home my mind shows me
The home that I will never see
Small houses, carved in dragonheads and runes
The smell of tar and burning wood
Men and women breathe their souls to their craft
Some dancing to the lyre's tunes
A young man wraps his arms round me
One dancing flame we came to be
The only vows I chose to know
This is the place I call my home
Oh, the vision tortures me
I will never really see
I will never smell its smell
Nor touch the face of my loved one
My village by the deep blue sea
Today an ugly factory
Oh, why has it become my fate?
That I am here one thousand years too late
-Home that I Will Never See by Hagalaz' Runedance
Honour be to our Mother Earth,
The blessing of the gods upon thee.
Thou give us life and thou taketh it,
For life to go on eternally.
Show me the wonders within this world
‘cause I shall never fail to see
That merriment, grief and life and death
Are altogether bound within thee.
-Behold the Passionate Ways of Nature by Hagalaz' Runedance
Raise yourself, warrior
And revenge us
Fight the men with cross that raped our souls
Never let our gods die
Raise yourself, warrior
And revenge us
Fight the men with cross that raped our soil
Never let nature die
-The Oath He Swore one Wintersday by Hagalaz' Runedance
Warrior soul, blazes through the land of ice and snow
Her pagan heart and flesh built to endure the cold
-Warrior Soul by Kiuas
I would rather be with trees than in the middle of noisy streets....
-With Trees by Korpiklaani
Your Favorite Quote(s): “To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day
To the last syllable of recorded time,
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to a dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more: it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury
Signifying nothing"
William Shakespeare♥ , Macbeth VV 15
Because it explains the fleetingness of life, and the pointlessness of it all. It's Shakespeare, I ADORE Shakespeare. The words are witty, and beautiful, yet deadly & poisonously true.
“Revenge is something that weak people follow, if you are strong enough you will persevere & ignore everything that has gone before... 'I've come back fighting three times as strong as before'”
-Dani Filth
I believe this statement is brilliant. I believe holding a grudge is something that only causes the enemy or person who harmed you to truly win-you decide. You decide your fate and what happens, it may not be completely in your hands, but you do have the right to decide in the end. Who wins-you, or them?
"Face the Fate my Gods have chosen, today the Old Gods will live again."
As a pagan, especially a Norse pagan, this is highly important to me.
Likes: Metal (music), art, mythology, Norse/Germanic culture, all things Norse, Thor, Odhinn, poetry, a good book, literature, vampires, Vikings, Viking Age, Victorian Age, friends, Autumn, winter, graveyards/cemeteries, forests, nature, fjords, Scandinavia, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Germany, Austria, Paris, Florence, photography, pencils, paintbrushes, notebooks, a good pen, hugs, cuddling, kisses, chocolate, curry, Indian food, Thai food, hoodies, tea, Romantic poets, Romanticism, black, black nail polish, fishnets, black lace, corsets, piercings, tattoos, paganism, non-fluffy pagans, animals, cats, ravens, crows, hikes, the Adirondack Mountains, Finnish, German, Swedish, Icelandic/Old Norse, Norwegian, languages, Gaulish, Faroese, Faroe Islands, Old English, metalheads, gothic style, Gothic Architect, darkness, last.fm, Earth, spirituality, history
Dislikes: The Twilight "Saga" (no offense to anyone... I just LOATHE those books), homophobia, close mindedness, fluffy pagans, racism, nazi-ism, ignorance, hatred, vengeance/revenge, disease, cancer, those who are overly judgemental, the movie adaptation of Queen of the Damned
Talents: Art (drawing & painting), writing (poetry & short stories), singing
Hobbies: Writing (poetry & short stories), painting, drawing, surfing the interwebs, finding new music, reading, scouring for info about paganism & pagans (old & new), Vikings Age-history, history
What Do Your Friends Like About You? My calm nature, my frankness, my insight, my enthusiasm, my "uniqueness"
What Do You Like About Yourself The Most? The fact that I am who I am, and do not let anyone else take that away from me--I am myself, and if someone doesn't like it, oh well. Also, my taste in music. ;)
It’s Late At Night and You Have No Work to Do. How Do You Busy Yourself? Watch a good movie, listen to music, write poetry, draw/paint, surf the interwebz, watch Blood Ties on the interwebz (which is what I've been doing lately)
A Little Deeper…
What do you believe is your ideal career? To be an illustrator/poet, because writing poetry & creating art are my two passions
When was the last time you laughed? About an hour ago at the memory of an inside joke
How much do you value life? A lot. I believe people waste it or don't value it enough, they think they have so much time... when in reality, The Norns could snip the thread at any moment
What were you like as a child? I was sweet, I followed the rules, did what I was supposed to, but a non-conformist in my own little way.
Are you satisfied with your life? Pretty much. There are a few things here and there that could be "tweaked" but overall, yes.
Someone kills someone who was important to you. How do you react? I would be angry, grieve, and hope that justice is served.
You can’t have what you want. How do you react? It really depends on what it is. I would probably get slightly upset. If it was something trivial, I would be slightly upset and let it slide. I prefer to be reasonable. But if it was something I really want, I may get extremely upset.
Your Favorites…
Favorite Book(s)? Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles (esp. Interview with the Vampire, The Vampire Lestat & The Vampire Armand), The New Tales of the Vampires by Anne Rice, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien, The Children of Hurin by J.R.R. Tolkien, The Kalevala (compiled by Elias Lonrot), I, Vampire by Michael Romkey, The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan Poe, Necronomicon: The Best Weird Tales of H.P. Lovecraft by H.P. Lovecraft, Beowulf (Seamus Heaney Translation), The Sagas of the Icelanders, The Poetic Edda, The Gods & Myths of Northern Europe by H.R. Ellis-Davidson, The Dictionary of Northern Mythology by Rudolf Simek, Wuthering Heights by Emily
Favorite Movie(s)? The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Crow, Interview with the Vampire, Donnie Darko, The Corpse Bride, Beetlejuice, Sleepy Hollow, From Hell, Sweeney Todd, Monty Python & the Holy Grail, Monty Python's The Life of Brian, Time Bandits, American Psycho, Harsh Times, Dark Kingdom: Dragon King, The Lord of the Rings films, Pan's Labyrinth
Favorite Artist(s)? Vincent Van Gogh, Odilon Redon, Victoria Frances, William Blake
Favorite Music? Last.FM
Favorite Place(s)? Munich, Germany, The Adirondack Mountains, Myrtle Hill Cemetery, University Library
What is Your Favorite Childhood Memory? Anything to do with camp in the Adirondacks
About Vampires…
Someone invents synthetic blood that will keep you alive and strong, but it doesn’t taste right. If you were a vampire, how might you react? I wouldn't want it, but I'd let whoever wanted to use it, keep it. I want nice, fresh, warm human blood! What better way to extract blood than in the heat of passion? I wouldn't be able to do that with synthetic blood. So much less fun if I'm not able to seduce and have my fun with victims (or human lovers or fellow vampires)... That's most of the fun of being a vampire!
You’ve been turned into a vampire without someone asking your consent beforehand. How do you feel? How do you handle the situation? I would become very angry and make them tell me why they've done this to me without asking... If I didn't dislike them too much, and they didn't desert me when I was only a fledgling, I would be able to get over it... I think.
Which famous vampire would you like to hang around with? So many choices! Lestat, Louis, Armand, Nikki of The Chronicles... Spike of Buffy & Angel... Henry FitzRoy of Blood Ties... They're all so lovely ^^
If you were a vampire, who would your biggest enemy be? Sunlight. Vampire slayers. I make a sure not to make too many enemies... of course this all depends on which vampire-verse we're talking about here!
If you were a vampire, would you be the do-gooder sort, downright evil, or somewhere in the grey between the two? I'd definitely be in the grey area. I prefer not to get into too much trouble... but being bad just feels so good sometimes! Everyone needs a little bit of chaos, no?
Choose Up To Six Words That Suit You
( ) MAGIC
( ) VIOLENT
(x) SPIRITUAL
( ) VENGEANCE
(x) INTROVERTED
( ) EXTROVERTED
( ) BENEVOLENT
( ) MALEVOLENT
(x) ANCIENT [in the sense of ancient primal force...of humanity, of the supernatural... of the Earth...]
(x) SOPHISTICATED
( ) CHAOS
(x) ARTISTIC
(x) LOVE [romantic...physical...whatever...]
( ) BEAUTIFUL
About You…
Name: Jessica
Nicknames or Aliases: Jess, Gerbs, Gerbinator, GothmasterPlus
Gender: Female
Same Gender Stamp? It's preferable, but not necessary...I would also GREATLY appreciate why you think I am a certain vampire... especially if it's one from a series/show/movie that I haven't heard of/haven't read/seen (i.e.--Twilight)...
Age: 18
Location: Central New York State
A Snippet From A Song (or two) That Suits You Well:
"Our blood hails the North, pagan Vikings stay true"
-Sagateller by Solefald
Vast forests with evergreen trees
Foggy hills the eye can see
The wind sweeps through a valley
That lies by the deep blue see
A village from another time
Awakens with the misty dawn
This is my home my mind shows me
The home that I will never see
Small houses, carved in dragonheads and runes
The smell of tar and burning wood
Men and women breathe their souls to their craft
Some dancing to the lyre's tunes
A young man wraps his arms round me
One dancing flame we came to be
The only vows I chose to know
This is the place I call my home
Oh, the vision tortures me
I will never really see
I will never smell its smell
Nor touch the face of my loved one
My village by the deep blue sea
Today an ugly factory
Oh, why has it become my fate?
That I am here one thousand years too late
-Home that I Will Never See by Hagalaz' Runedance
Honour be to our Mother Earth,
The blessing of the gods upon thee.
Thou give us life and thou taketh it,
For life to go on eternally.
Show me the wonders within this world
‘cause I shall never fail to see
That merriment, grief and life and death
Are altogether bound within thee.
-Behold the Passionate Ways of Nature by Hagalaz' Runedance
Raise yourself, warrior
And revenge us
Fight the men with cross that raped our souls
Never let our gods die
Raise yourself, warrior
And revenge us
Fight the men with cross that raped our soil
Never let nature die
-The Oath He Swore one Wintersday by Hagalaz' Runedance
Warrior soul, blazes through the land of ice and snow
Her pagan heart and flesh built to endure the cold
-Warrior Soul by Kiuas
I would rather be with trees than in the middle of noisy streets....
-With Trees by Korpiklaani
Your Favorite Quote(s): “To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day
To the last syllable of recorded time,
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to a dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more: it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury
Signifying nothing"
William Shakespeare♥ , Macbeth VV 15
Because it explains the fleetingness of life, and the pointlessness of it all. It's Shakespeare, I ADORE Shakespeare. The words are witty, and beautiful, yet deadly & poisonously true.
“Revenge is something that weak people follow, if you are strong enough you will persevere & ignore everything that has gone before... 'I've come back fighting three times as strong as before'”
-Dani Filth
I believe this statement is brilliant. I believe holding a grudge is something that only causes the enemy or person who harmed you to truly win-you decide. You decide your fate and what happens, it may not be completely in your hands, but you do have the right to decide in the end. Who wins-you, or them?
"Face the Fate my Gods have chosen, today the Old Gods will live again."
As a pagan, especially a Norse pagan, this is highly important to me.
Likes: Metal (music), art, mythology, Norse/Germanic culture, all things Norse, Thor, Odhinn, poetry, a good book, literature, vampires, Vikings, Viking Age, Victorian Age, friends, Autumn, winter, graveyards/cemeteries, forests, nature, fjords, Scandinavia, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Germany, Austria, Paris, Florence, photography, pencils, paintbrushes, notebooks, a good pen, hugs, cuddling, kisses, chocolate, curry, Indian food, Thai food, hoodies, tea, Romantic poets, Romanticism, black, black nail polish, fishnets, black lace, corsets, piercings, tattoos, paganism, non-fluffy pagans, animals, cats, ravens, crows, hikes, the Adirondack Mountains, Finnish, German, Swedish, Icelandic/Old Norse, Norwegian, languages, Gaulish, Faroese, Faroe Islands, Old English, metalheads, gothic style, Gothic Architect, darkness, last.fm, Earth, spirituality, history
Dislikes: The Twilight "Saga" (no offense to anyone... I just LOATHE those books), homophobia, close mindedness, fluffy pagans, racism, nazi-ism, ignorance, hatred, vengeance/revenge, disease, cancer, those who are overly judgemental, the movie adaptation of Queen of the Damned
Talents: Art (drawing & painting), writing (poetry & short stories), singing
Hobbies: Writing (poetry & short stories), painting, drawing, surfing the interwebs, finding new music, reading, scouring for info about paganism & pagans (old & new), Vikings Age-history, history
What Do Your Friends Like About You? My calm nature, my frankness, my insight, my enthusiasm, my "uniqueness"
What Do You Like About Yourself The Most? The fact that I am who I am, and do not let anyone else take that away from me--I am myself, and if someone doesn't like it, oh well. Also, my taste in music. ;)
It’s Late At Night and You Have No Work to Do. How Do You Busy Yourself? Watch a good movie, listen to music, write poetry, draw/paint, surf the interwebz, watch Blood Ties on the interwebz (which is what I've been doing lately)
A Little Deeper…
What do you believe is your ideal career? To be an illustrator/poet, because writing poetry & creating art are my two passions
When was the last time you laughed? About an hour ago at the memory of an inside joke
How much do you value life? A lot. I believe people waste it or don't value it enough, they think they have so much time... when in reality, The Norns could snip the thread at any moment
What were you like as a child? I was sweet, I followed the rules, did what I was supposed to, but a non-conformist in my own little way.
Are you satisfied with your life? Pretty much. There are a few things here and there that could be "tweaked" but overall, yes.
Someone kills someone who was important to you. How do you react? I would be angry, grieve, and hope that justice is served.
You can’t have what you want. How do you react? It really depends on what it is. I would probably get slightly upset. If it was something trivial, I would be slightly upset and let it slide. I prefer to be reasonable. But if it was something I really want, I may get extremely upset.
Your Favorites…
Favorite Book(s)? Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles (esp. Interview with the Vampire, The Vampire Lestat & The Vampire Armand), The New Tales of the Vampires by Anne Rice, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien, The Children of Hurin by J.R.R. Tolkien, The Kalevala (compiled by Elias Lonrot), I, Vampire by Michael Romkey, The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan Poe, Necronomicon: The Best Weird Tales of H.P. Lovecraft by H.P. Lovecraft, Beowulf (Seamus Heaney Translation), The Sagas of the Icelanders, The Poetic Edda, The Gods & Myths of Northern Europe by H.R. Ellis-Davidson, The Dictionary of Northern Mythology by Rudolf Simek, Wuthering Heights by Emily
Favorite Movie(s)? The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Crow, Interview with the Vampire, Donnie Darko, The Corpse Bride, Beetlejuice, Sleepy Hollow, From Hell, Sweeney Todd, Monty Python & the Holy Grail, Monty Python's The Life of Brian, Time Bandits, American Psycho, Harsh Times, Dark Kingdom: Dragon King, The Lord of the Rings films, Pan's Labyrinth
Favorite Artist(s)? Vincent Van Gogh, Odilon Redon, Victoria Frances, William Blake
Favorite Music? Last.FM
Favorite Place(s)? Munich, Germany, The Adirondack Mountains, Myrtle Hill Cemetery, University Library
What is Your Favorite Childhood Memory? Anything to do with camp in the Adirondacks
About Vampires…
Someone invents synthetic blood that will keep you alive and strong, but it doesn’t taste right. If you were a vampire, how might you react? I wouldn't want it, but I'd let whoever wanted to use it, keep it. I want nice, fresh, warm human blood! What better way to extract blood than in the heat of passion? I wouldn't be able to do that with synthetic blood. So much less fun if I'm not able to seduce and have my fun with victims (or human lovers or fellow vampires)... That's most of the fun of being a vampire!
You’ve been turned into a vampire without someone asking your consent beforehand. How do you feel? How do you handle the situation? I would become very angry and make them tell me why they've done this to me without asking... If I didn't dislike them too much, and they didn't desert me when I was only a fledgling, I would be able to get over it... I think.
Which famous vampire would you like to hang around with? So many choices! Lestat, Louis, Armand, Nikki of The Chronicles... Spike of Buffy & Angel... Henry FitzRoy of Blood Ties... They're all so lovely ^^
If you were a vampire, who would your biggest enemy be? Sunlight. Vampire slayers. I make a sure not to make too many enemies... of course this all depends on which vampire-verse we're talking about here!
If you were a vampire, would you be the do-gooder sort, downright evil, or somewhere in the grey between the two? I'd definitely be in the grey area. I prefer not to get into too much trouble... but being bad just feels so good sometimes! Everyone needs a little bit of chaos, no?
Choose Up To Six Words That Suit You
( ) MAGIC
( ) VIOLENT
(x) SPIRITUAL
( ) VENGEANCE
(x) INTROVERTED
( ) EXTROVERTED
( ) BENEVOLENT
( ) MALEVOLENT
(x) ANCIENT [in the sense of ancient primal force...of humanity, of the supernatural... of the Earth...]
(x) SOPHISTICATED
( ) CHAOS
(x) ARTISTIC
(x) LOVE [romantic...physical...whatever...]
( ) BEAUTIFUL