Hi Silyara, Your application is now up and subject to questions from our judges. It would be great if you could answer the questions until the 9th of April, or earlier if that's possible. The judges vote when you have answered all the questions. Thank you!
Some questions for you: 1. How do you deal with confrontation? 2. Which character in canon do you think you'd get along with the best? 3. In which house would the people who know you best put you? 4. What traits do you value in other people?
1. How do you deal with confrontation? Anger or emotional responses rarely leads to a good solution. I have heard confrontations from three blocks away, and I have seen people throw breakable items at each other. More than anything, I do not do either of those. Even if inside all I feel like doing is yelling someone down (such as when someone seriously told me women should stay at home and not work, literally) I stay calm and I respond coolly and logically, as best the situation requires. In customer service, it generally went along the lines of “when in doubt the customer is always right” but still being able to hold up the standards and not letting them get away with stuff they should not. In debates, I go with logic and observation. I will point out holes in their arguments or point out things they are ignoring while making my own statement. I tailor the answer to my needs, taking what I know of them into account in order to sound convincing and to avoid explosions. That way I can still get my point across without
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3. In which house would the people who know you best put you? As they have known me a long time, they generally tell me I used to be a Ravenclaw but that I have grown out of it as I mature. They say that how I experience the world, my goals and my determination make me a Slytherin. I have used my skills in manipulation since I was a child - I needed to. My family was one crazy place of strong powerful unbending personalities, which can lead to loud confrontations where neither party is willing to back down. And every time, I ended up being the one they had to go to. And I knew the situation, but the only way to diffuse it was through leaving out what needed to be, trimming other people’s words into more acceptable versions, explaining what was meant behind the words (if any family is bad at saying what they actually mean all the time, it’s mine). When I first learned to be social (late bloomer for that, books had been my best friends), I was at first glad to simply be in a group, even though it was about fifty people and there were
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I'm totally stealing this question from an ex-judge, but I find this question helps a lot so: Rank for the following in importance (as far as the philosphy of your life is concerned): Wisdom, Fame, Family/Friends, Fortune, Love, Duty, Tradition, Justice, Mercy.
Also, what do you think of abundant display of emotion?
Rank for the following in importance (as far as the philosophy of your life is concerned): Wisdom, Fame, Family/Friends, Fortune, Love, Duty, Tradition, Justice, Mercy.
Family/Friends; Family, for me, does not include everyone I am related to by blood. Instead, I take this as the “my people” category. In life, it is the people that truly make the difference. Romantic love can, but it is not as deep as these bonds. These are the bonds that are not broken. These are the people that no matter what, you are there for, and they are there for you. And if you do not have those - even if it is only one person or two - you are alone, and is that worth it? Wisdom; Most humans are complete idiots. And if everyone could just get a divine hit of wisdom, the world would be a much better place. Unfortunately, humans seem neither to be getting wiser nor using an inbuilt mechanism to deal with overpopulation/stupidity the way most animal species are balanced. And without wisdom, most of the traits/ideas below cannot be properly kept/used/followed.
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Love; I took this to mean romantic love. Romantic love is very nice and sweet in the movies, and the real thing can be very rewarding, though generally harder work. And if it happens, if I find someone I wish to be with that way, then I will be grateful for the opportunity and take it. I am willing to do my part in a relationship. However, I do not need to be in love or to have someone that way. There are so many advantages to being single that many people seem to forget about - I do not. And it would take a lot for me to give up this freedom, which gives me the ability to do whatever I want, whenever I want to do it. Mercy; Mercy is when someone does not deserve to get a second chance, when the one giving it has no obligation to do so yet chooses to anyway. That is an amazing gift to give and to get. I believe that for what we have control over in life, we ought to do the best we can and get what we deserve in return for it. And for someone wanting mercy, they will do anything for it. Yet mercy should only be selectively given. If
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1. Who is your least favorite character in the series and why? 2. How would you react if someone insulted you deeply, refused to apologize, and made it very clear that nothing you do will change their opinion?
1. Who is your least favorite character in the series and why? Peter Pettigrew. There is so much to dislike and disrespect, I can't really see a single redeeming quality in this character. He wants to live, preferably with the least amount of pain possible. Well, that is not enough in my opinion. And if it is enough for someone to just survive, to do some of the most terrible deeds possible on both a personal and social level to survive, then that person is pathetic and needs to get squashed. Despite not ever really showing qualities that make him a good friend, the other marauders take him in and treat him as one of them. He’s chubby and rat-faced, and alright he doesn’t have enough of a spine to be a nemesis for them or even too pathetic to pick on or something. But he goes along. They help him have fun throughout their lives, and when the war comes, he chose to fight with them. And when he got trusted to hold James and Lily and Harry essentially in his hands, he gave it out to save his own skin
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1) For each house, choose someone you think you'd get along with pretty well, and also choose someone you'd despise on sight. Explain why. Gryffindor; Albus Dumbledore; Dumbledore is intelligent, and that is definitely a plus for getting along well with me. I know it isn’t someone’s fault that they are stupid (as opposed to ignorant), but stupidity can really make me want to hit my head against the wall. He is also a bit out there, zany, like Einstein or something, which makes him an interesting character. And he does not wear his personal issues on his sleeve when he is out and about all the time. Being emotional can get old after a while, which is why Harry got on my nerves sometimes
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Nymphadora Tonks; Book 6 and onward. She was fine in OotP, but in the sixth book she was a mopey pathetic pining girl, and when Harry thought it was about Sirius, I was like “Alright, it may be pathetic looking, but I can understand that.” But no, she likes a man, and he doesn’t want to be with her. Oh no, it's the end of the world! That has never happened to anyone else before! How can she be her previously happy confident likeable self without her Remypoo?
I have gone through unrequited romance, and I’ve been dumped for social reasons. But romance is not the end of all life. And really, how is appearing like that going to convince him to be with her? He’ll feel so sorry for her? Then, apparently she had gotten him into her bed, gets knocked up, and like many men, he decides to go with a shotgun wedding. But even Harry can see he doesn’t look happy, but she glows! Haha, I tricked him into marrying me now! And Remus was a bad husband and a bad father - from the get go, trying to abandon them, always choosing to fight. So she is
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Slytherin Narcissa Black-Malfoy; Even though we only see her briefly here and there, I think I love this woman (platonically). In every instance possible, she proves how much she loves her family, those who are hers, and how she will do anything for them, anything at all. She did not want to send Draco far away because she would miss him. And so she sent him care packages from home, which are always awesome to receive when one is away at school. Yet her affection for him goes so much deeper than that. She risks her life to get Snape to swear to protect Draco. And that scene shows that she at least had a good relationship with Bella. When Draco loses his wand, she gives him her wand, which is so important. She chooses to leave herself defenseless for him. She lies directly to the Dark Lord, a powerful legilimens, for a chance to save Draco again. When the battle goes full throttle again, she runs through the middle of it all, defenseless, trying to find her son. Yet she is not willing to do this for anyone, only for her people. And she
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Your application is now up and subject to questions from our judges. It would be great if you could answer the questions until the 9th of April, or earlier if that's possible. The judges vote when you have answered all the questions.
Thank you!
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Some questions for you:
1. How do you deal with confrontation?
2. Which character in canon do you think you'd get along with the best?
3. In which house would the people who know you best put you?
4. What traits do you value in other people?
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1. How do you deal with confrontation? Anger or emotional responses rarely leads to a good solution. I have heard confrontations from three blocks away, and I have seen people throw breakable items at each other. More than anything, I do not do either of those. Even if inside all I feel like doing is yelling someone down (such as when someone seriously told me women should stay at home and not work, literally) I stay calm and I respond coolly and logically, as best the situation requires. In customer service, it generally went along the lines of “when in doubt the customer is always right” but still being able to hold up the standards and not letting them get away with stuff they should not. In debates, I go with logic and observation. I will point out holes in their arguments or point out things they are ignoring while making my own statement. I tailor the answer to my needs, taking what I know of them into account in order to sound convincing and to avoid explosions. That way I can still get my point across without ( ... )
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Rank for the following in importance (as far as the philosphy of your life is concerned): Wisdom, Fame, Family/Friends, Fortune, Love, Duty, Tradition, Justice, Mercy.
Also, what do you think of abundant display of emotion?
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Family/Friends; Family, for me, does not include everyone I am related to by blood. Instead, I take this as the “my people” category. In life, it is the people that truly make the difference. Romantic love can, but it is not as deep as these bonds. These are the bonds that are not broken. These are the people that no matter what, you are there for, and they are there for you. And if you do not have those - even if it is only one person or two - you are alone, and is that worth it?
Wisdom; Most humans are complete idiots. And if everyone could just get a divine hit of wisdom, the world would be a much better place. Unfortunately, humans seem neither to be getting wiser nor using an inbuilt mechanism to deal with overpopulation/stupidity the way most animal species are balanced. And without wisdom, most of the traits/ideas below cannot be properly kept/used/followed. ( ... )
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Mercy; Mercy is when someone does not deserve to get a second chance, when the one giving it has no obligation to do so yet chooses to anyway. That is an amazing gift to give and to get. I believe that for what we have control over in life, we ought to do the best we can and get what we deserve in return for it. And for someone wanting mercy, they will do anything for it. Yet mercy should only be selectively given. If ( ... )
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2. How would you react if someone insulted you deeply, refused to apologize, and made it very clear that nothing you do will change their opinion?
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2) What is the one thing you have to do in your lifetime? (as abstract or concrete as you wanna)
3) Is there any house you just don't see yourself in at all?
4) If you could have a coffee or tea with any HP character, dead or alive by book 7, who would it be and what would you want to discuss?
5) What are your thoughts on Snape?
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Gryffindor;
Albus Dumbledore; Dumbledore is intelligent, and that is definitely a plus for getting along well with me. I know it isn’t someone’s fault that they are stupid (as opposed to ignorant), but stupidity can really make me want to hit my head against the wall. He is also a bit out there, zany, like Einstein or something, which makes him an interesting character. And he does not wear his personal issues on his sleeve when he is out and about all the time. Being emotional can get old after a while, which is why Harry got on my nerves sometimes ( ... )
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I have gone through unrequited romance, and I’ve been dumped for social reasons. But romance is not the end of all life. And really, how is appearing like that going to convince him to be with her? He’ll feel so sorry for her? Then, apparently she had gotten him into her bed, gets knocked up, and like many men, he decides to go with a shotgun wedding. But even Harry can see he doesn’t look happy, but she glows! Haha, I tricked him into marrying me now! And Remus was a bad husband and a bad father - from the get go, trying to abandon them, always choosing to fight. So she is ( ... )
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Narcissa Black-Malfoy; Even though we only see her briefly here and there, I think I love this woman (platonically). In every instance possible, she proves how much she loves her family, those who are hers, and how she will do anything for them, anything at all. She did not want to send Draco far away because she would miss him. And so she sent him care packages from home, which are always awesome to receive when one is away at school. Yet her affection for him goes so much deeper than that. She risks her life to get Snape to swear to protect Draco. And that scene shows that she at least had a good relationship with Bella. When Draco loses his wand, she gives him her wand, which is so important. She chooses to leave herself defenseless for him. She lies directly to the Dark Lord, a powerful legilimens, for a chance to save Draco again. When the battle goes full throttle again, she runs through the middle of it all, defenseless, trying to find her son. Yet she is not willing to do this for anyone, only for her people. And she ( ... )
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