My application
The Basics:
Name: Katy
Age: 17
Location: South England
Occupation: Student
How did you find out about this community? (Specify usernames if you remember them.) Searching around, mostly. I've been meaning to join for a while.
Personality Questions:
1) List and expand upon your three best traits / strengths. (These should be personality-related, not physical.)
1. I'd say I'm pretty loyal. I would pretty much do anything for my friends, I'm almost too protective over them.
2. People say that I have a great sense of humour, so there's that. I'm pretty good at getting people to laugh, it's probably my main way of cheering people up.
3. I'm pretty clever (Wow, that sounds really bigheaded), and I always do fairly well academically even though I don't exactly apply myself.
2) List and expand upon your three worst traits / weaknesses.
1. I boast a lot. Most of it's just light ribbing and joking, but I can be pretty self centred about it.
2. I'm really shy. I can't really talk to anybody unless they talk to me first, for the most part, unless I really, really try. It's rather problematic.
3. I get really, really anxious about stupid things. As much as I talk myself big, I get scared by things pretty easily and downright irrationately.
3) Rate yourself on the following traits by putting an 'X' in the box you think fits best. (E.g. if you are slightly more introverted than extroverted, put an 'X' in the second box.) Explain your choice as well.
Introverted [ ] [ ] [x] [ ] [ ] Extroverted
Explain: This was difficult. It depends who I'm with, really. If it's a bunch of people who I don't know at all, I'm really, really introverted. If it's people I've been friends with for a while then I am the boldest and just won't shut up. Therefore, I thought I'd place myself in the middle.
Cheerful [ ] [x] [ ] [ ] [ ] Gloomy
Explain: I like a laugh, but I'd say I'm sarcastic enough to keep myself away from being completely cheerful. I don't let anything get me down, though.
Reserved [x] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] Impulsive
Explain: I definitely prefer to think things through so that they don't go wrong. I'm so unimpulsive that I often have to even check posts on here a few times to make sure that everything's okay.
Energetic [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [x] Calm
Explain: Definitely calm. I don't see the need to go running about and getting over excited.
Logical/Thinking [x] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] Emotional/Feeling
Explain: I'm definitely more logical. I find it quite hard to put myself in others' shoes. It's not impossible, of course, but often if it's not serious enough then it is rather difficult. I'd say it means I give better, more rational advice, at least.
Grudge-holding [x] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] Forgiving
Explain: Yeah... I have a bit of a temper on me, so I'm definitely one to hold a grudge. It runs in my family.
4) Describe how you typically work in teams. Is it generally a good experience, or do you prefer working by yourself? Do you like to lead and make decisions or do you prefer to let others make decisions so that you can do the legwork? You may find it helpful to give an example of a team you worked on recently and how that went. I'm alright with working in a team lower down, but I'm definitely not leader material. I'm fine with just doing the work that's given to me and being left alone, for the most part.
5) Spider-Man Decision: If you had to choose between saving two dozen innocent children and saving your best friend/significant other/person closest to you, which would you pick and why? I'd pick the best friend/significant other/person closest to me. I know it's really selfish and terrible, but usually the people who are actually important to me are people that I just couldn't lose.
6) Your friend has had their feelings hurt and comes to you for consolation. What do you do? Let's say, two days later they come to you again still upset over the same issue. What would you do in that case? First I'd give them a bit of a pep talk, let them know that whoever had hurt their feelings wasn't even worth stepping on, and after that I would find who hurt their feelings and have a nice little discussion with them.
7) What interests/hobbies do you have? How do you like to spend your free time? I'm obsessed with playing video games, I like to watch TV (although a very limited range of shows, unfortunately), and I of course enjoy icon making. I also like roleplaying, watching movies and spending time with my friends. I like to read and write, but other than RP and reading forums I don't get much opportunity for either at the moment.
8) Describe one to three careers you would find ideal, with a little explanation of why it appeals to you. I would really, really like to get into games journalism. It's a growing industry, obviously, and there are so many ways to break into it. If I was to go to university (still undecided) then I would go to train to be a primary school teacher. It's really fun and rewarding, working with young kids, and if I could then it would be a really interesting thing to do.
FF Questions:
9) List one to three favorite Final Fantasy games and why you like them. Sequels/spin-offs/non-numbered/KH/Dissidia games are okay.
1. Final Fantasy VII - obvious reasons. It was a wonderful game, I really enjoyed the original and like to play it through about once a year. The characters are awesome, the plot was interesting (although badly translated) and the fact that it didn't always take itself seriously harkens back to a better era for the series.
2. Final Fantasy IX - the art style was really charming and the pre-rendered backdrops were just gorgeous and well crafted, they had so much love put into them. All the references to earlier Final Fantasy games made my inner FF fan squeal every single time. Although the battle system was slow, it was still pretty fun and an interesting way of learning abilities. The characters were amazing too. I mean come on, Steiner and Vivi.
3. Final Fantasy IV - It was the first main series game that I played! I love this game, even though it's sort of short by today's standards. I used to play it endlessly so it just grew and grew on me until I can't imagine not loving it any more. They've managed to get me to buy all the remakes.
10) List one to three of your favorite Final Fantasy characters and why:
Cloud Strife - I just find him a really interesting character, in the main game at least, rather than the spin-offs. His psyche was just really interesting and, even though he didn't feel he was that cut out to be leader, he still tried his best to guide everybody as best he could and still kept going even as things got worse and worse.
Kain Highwind - He's just awesome, and his feelings and motivations throughout the story of FFIV were really interesting to me.
Kefka - How could Kefka not be one of my favourites? He's gloriously mad and you never quite know what he's going to do next.
11) One to three characters you relate to (you may reuse answers from #8 if applicable) and why:
Cloud Strife. I relate to the fact that he was kind of lost and confused, and really admire him for his strength throughout the story even as things steadily unravelled around him.
12) The FF game you liked playing least: Final Fantasy XIII. I was just so excited for what it might be, and then I was so disappointed. Didn't help that it was my main 16th birthday present when I could've got something so much better if I'd known.
13) One to three FF characters you dislike and why:
1. I'm not a fan of Tifa. You can look at the original game (and this is just one way of looking at it, I completely understand if people like her instead) in a way that just makes her seem really manipulative. I mean, she didn't pay any attention to Cloud, who had no friends, until he said that he was going to join SOLDIER. At that point she realised that she could mould him into her knight in shining armour, so she goes ahead and gets him to make that promise. Plus, throughout the main game, even though she knew what had happened she never actually sucked it up and told him that he might want to think very hard about whether or not his memories about that day in Nibelheim were actually true.
2. Rinoa. Her personality just annoyed me. I get that it was supposed to be cutesy or something, but that just doesn't mesh well with me.
14) Favorite weapon in a Final Fantasy game (either the name if you liked the name, or a picture if you liked the look of it, or a description if it had awesome stats/abilities): Uhh... that ball that Wakka had in FFX that could petrify. The reason I liked it? Well, because the guy would throw a ball at something, it would make a little "boff" sound, and then the enemy would just be stone.
15) Your favorite Final Fantasy summon (e.g. Ifrit, Carbuncle, Bahamut, etc.): Doomtrain from FFVIII. It was a demonic train.
16) Your favorite spell/ability/technique that can be learned in a Final Fantasy game (e.g. Esuna, Steal, special finishes/overdrives such as Tifa's Final Heaven limit break, etc.): Cid's final limit, Highwind.
17) A Final Fantasy mini-game/sidequest you invested entirely too much time into: Chocobo Hot and Cold! Even after I found all the chocographs in an area I would just keep playing. The music was relaxing, and the game just had this way of making you go, "Well, just one more time..." for hours on end.
18) Your favorite Cid: Highwind, definitely.
19) Optional: Up to one class you think does not fit you, with reasoning why. I wouldn't say I'm much of a White Mage. I'm not nice or peaceful enough.