stamped as sirius black // defensive spells theme
Name: Jess
Age: 28
Gender: It's complicated.
Previous Stamps:
Stamped as: Sirius Black
Sorted: Gryffindor
Matchmaker: Bill Weasley & Nymphadora Tonks
About You
Describe your personality:
I am an optimist. I regard problems as personal challenges, and have little patience with pessimists. Overall, I consider myself friendly and charming. I'm smart, and enjoy complex puzzles. I'm enthusiastic and have an interest in everything. I like do things in an innovative manner that others wouldn't expect. I can simultaneously play the court jester, the capable leader, and the charismatic genius.
Positive qualities:
- Quick with words and thoughts; quit-witted.
- Trusting.
- Empathetic.
- Brave.
Negative qualities:
- Easily bored.
- Melodramatic.
- Proud.
- Lazy.
- Hedonistic.
Neutral qualities:
- Perverse sense of humor.
- Immature for my age.
- Intense; passionate; enthusiastic; obsessive.
Likes: Getting stuck outside in thunderstorms, snow, and the sound of insects at night
Dislikes/Pet Peeves: Fruits with pits, people who can't face with equanimity opinions that differ from theirs, slow drivers, the gender binary, obnoxious drunks, pies and cakes, ignorance and phobia
Strengths: I can learn pretty much anything if I put my mind to it. I like people easily, and quickly become overly fond of others. I like helping others.
Weaknesses: I don't like seeing a project through to its completion. I care too much of what others think of me, and yet I often alienate others with my strong opinions.
This or That
Optimistic or Pessimistic: optimistic
Realistic or Idealistic: idealistic
Introverted or Extroverted: extroverted
Brave or Safe: brave
Selfish or Selfless: both
Stoic or Emotional: there are some emotions I express and others I don't.
Trusting or Cynical: trusting
Brains or Brawn: both
Impulsive or Cautious: both
Pacifist or Temperamental: Temperamental
Spells
What's your favorite spell (of any kind) and why? Accio is incredibly useful for a lazybones like me!
How do you feel about the Unforgivable Curses? Do you think that using them can be justified? It's hard to imagine an instance in which an Unforgiveable would be acceptable. Certainly I couldn't justify a Curcio at all. But Imperio could have justifiable uses. Imagine a little girl is about to wander into the street and the first thing you happen to think of to do is to Imperio her to leave the street? Sure there were less questionable spells to use, but you didn't harm her at all and you saved her life, so I'd have no problem with it. Finally, Avada Kedavra actually seems like a very humane way to kill someone if you must kill. There are worse things you could choose, I think.
If you were battling someone, would you be more likely to cause them serious harm or just try to do the minimum amount of damage in order to protect yourself? Somewhere in between. Causing them harm at some point becomes a mean to protect yourself. You can't be solely defensive or else you're just planning your retreat. If you disable their ability to fight, you've also defended yourself. But I wouldn't want to cause them more pain and harm than was really necessary. Though, I say that now. I'm pretty sure in the heat of battle I wouldn't really hold back at all.
Pretend you were in Harry's position right after Bellatrix killed Sirius. You have the opportunity to torture her or even kill her. What do you do? Oh geeze. This is particularly an awful question because I love Sirius and hate Bellatrix and I wanted Harry to torture her in that scene. I did. But ultimately it wouldn't bring back Sirius, and Bellatrix is far beyond learning any lesson from it. Also, I don't think Sirius would want that at all, and that counts for quite a lot. So I wouldn't kill or torture her, but I would sure try to capture her. Of course in reality I wouldn't have time to consider this so carefully in the moment and I would probably do exactly what Harry did.
Which of the options do you think you would be least likely to ever use? Oppugno seems to me to be relatively amateur and therefore a bit useless.
Check any that appeal/apply to you:
[x] Protection
[x] Destruction
[ ] Death
[x] Life
[x] Revenge
[ ] Pacifism
[x] Safety
[x] Control
Finally, please link three (or more!) votes here: I don't have any yet, but I promise that I will vote on every single open application as soon as I fill this out. And you guys know I'm good for it.
Age: 28
Gender: It's complicated.
Previous Stamps:
Stamped as: Sirius Black
Sorted: Gryffindor
Matchmaker: Bill Weasley & Nymphadora Tonks
About You
Describe your personality:
I am an optimist. I regard problems as personal challenges, and have little patience with pessimists. Overall, I consider myself friendly and charming. I'm smart, and enjoy complex puzzles. I'm enthusiastic and have an interest in everything. I like do things in an innovative manner that others wouldn't expect. I can simultaneously play the court jester, the capable leader, and the charismatic genius.
Positive qualities:
- Quick with words and thoughts; quit-witted.
- Trusting.
- Empathetic.
- Brave.
Negative qualities:
- Easily bored.
- Melodramatic.
- Proud.
- Lazy.
- Hedonistic.
Neutral qualities:
- Perverse sense of humor.
- Immature for my age.
- Intense; passionate; enthusiastic; obsessive.
Likes: Getting stuck outside in thunderstorms, snow, and the sound of insects at night
Dislikes/Pet Peeves: Fruits with pits, people who can't face with equanimity opinions that differ from theirs, slow drivers, the gender binary, obnoxious drunks, pies and cakes, ignorance and phobia
Strengths: I can learn pretty much anything if I put my mind to it. I like people easily, and quickly become overly fond of others. I like helping others.
Weaknesses: I don't like seeing a project through to its completion. I care too much of what others think of me, and yet I often alienate others with my strong opinions.
This or That
Optimistic or Pessimistic: optimistic
Realistic or Idealistic: idealistic
Introverted or Extroverted: extroverted
Brave or Safe: brave
Selfish or Selfless: both
Stoic or Emotional: there are some emotions I express and others I don't.
Trusting or Cynical: trusting
Brains or Brawn: both
Impulsive or Cautious: both
Pacifist or Temperamental: Temperamental
Spells
What's your favorite spell (of any kind) and why? Accio is incredibly useful for a lazybones like me!
How do you feel about the Unforgivable Curses? Do you think that using them can be justified? It's hard to imagine an instance in which an Unforgiveable would be acceptable. Certainly I couldn't justify a Curcio at all. But Imperio could have justifiable uses. Imagine a little girl is about to wander into the street and the first thing you happen to think of to do is to Imperio her to leave the street? Sure there were less questionable spells to use, but you didn't harm her at all and you saved her life, so I'd have no problem with it. Finally, Avada Kedavra actually seems like a very humane way to kill someone if you must kill. There are worse things you could choose, I think.
If you were battling someone, would you be more likely to cause them serious harm or just try to do the minimum amount of damage in order to protect yourself? Somewhere in between. Causing them harm at some point becomes a mean to protect yourself. You can't be solely defensive or else you're just planning your retreat. If you disable their ability to fight, you've also defended yourself. But I wouldn't want to cause them more pain and harm than was really necessary. Though, I say that now. I'm pretty sure in the heat of battle I wouldn't really hold back at all.
Pretend you were in Harry's position right after Bellatrix killed Sirius. You have the opportunity to torture her or even kill her. What do you do? Oh geeze. This is particularly an awful question because I love Sirius and hate Bellatrix and I wanted Harry to torture her in that scene. I did. But ultimately it wouldn't bring back Sirius, and Bellatrix is far beyond learning any lesson from it. Also, I don't think Sirius would want that at all, and that counts for quite a lot. So I wouldn't kill or torture her, but I would sure try to capture her. Of course in reality I wouldn't have time to consider this so carefully in the moment and I would probably do exactly what Harry did.
Which of the options do you think you would be least likely to ever use? Oppugno seems to me to be relatively amateur and therefore a bit useless.
Check any that appeal/apply to you:
[x] Protection
[x] Destruction
[ ] Death
[x] Life
[x] Revenge
[ ] Pacifism
[x] Safety
[x] Control
Finally, please link three (or more!) votes here: I don't have any yet, but I promise that I will vote on every single open application as soon as I fill this out. And you guys know I'm good for it.