Forum:Tourmaline Losnedahl

The Open-Ended Questions

A. Please answer the following questions as elaborately as possible. (Remember, this part is only a requirement for your third to fifteenth character! However, if you want to have more input on where you character is sorted, then please answer #6!)

1) What would you consider to be your character's strengths, and your character's weaknesses? Elaborate on your answer.


 * strengths: creative, talkative, curious, supportive


 * weaknesses: over-emotional, disorganised, self-deprecating, self-neglecting


 * (i think i mostly covered how they affect her in her personality section, so i hope this is fine. :) )

2) What goals and objectives has your character set out in their life? Is it to be successful and rich? Is it to find happiness?  Why?


 * To support her friends.
 * To find happiness all over again.
 * To find someone to love her.
 * To FIX herself.
 * Leena feels like she is broken. And she prefers rather than to help herself, she will support others, and remain unselfish.



3) What's their ideal way of spending a free day? Why so?


 * Leena would probably spend her day alone, because while the company of others can be good, it is often also tiring – and she wants to come back from her ideal day refreshed rather than drained. It would probably begin with a decent lie-in, maybe to ten am or so (preferably without any sleep paralysis episodes). A long walk through forests searching for the perfect reading spot, her only companion her kitten Halley; and once she finds it, a few hours spent there just losing herself in pages would be nice enough. If it rained and left the musty forest-smell behind, that would be even better. She’d return home probably soaked through and dry off by the fire with her book, her kitten, with a cup of coffee, a bowl of kiisseli, and a fleecy blanket. Falling asleep there with her music playing doesn’t seem like such a bad plan.

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<font face=Times New Roman>4) If your character could only keep 5 possessions, what would they be? Why?
 * 1) <font face=Times New Roman><font face=Times New Roman>1. Her notebooks – they contain her most precious and private thoughts, and they are the proof that she can make it over any obstacle because she has done it before. They contain song lyrics she wrote down and words she wrote down because they came to her in a random, seemingly unimportant order in the middle of the night but proved inspirational later. Those notes have documented her life and her journey, and she wishes to keep them forever.
 * 2) <font face=Times New Roman><font face=Times New Roman>2. A black tourmaline ring – After her parents named her Tourmaline, they bought a ring, which they gifted to her for her sixteenth birthday just before they got into the car crash that took her entire family away from her. It is the last thing of them she has, and if she ever lost it, she thinks it would break her. Given her track record of losing things, she never, EVER takes it off.
 * 3) <font face=Times New Roman><font face=Times New Roman>3. Music (through medium of iPod and headphones) – it’s the one thing that carries her along her way, has a new meaning in fleeting moments. She doesn’t remember the last time she didn’t have music in her ears, in wakeful moments and sleeping ones too. Writing inspiration tends to come from lyrics, too, and seemingly mundane tasks are given new meaning by the right beat.
 * 4) <font face=Times New Roman><font face=Times New Roman>4. Probably her wand. It’s her point of identification with being a witch, remembering what magical talent she has and staying connected with it.
 * 5) <font face=Times New Roman><font face=Times New Roman>5. Halley. Even if it meant she had to leave the dreamless sleep potions behind and she had to live with sleep paralysis episodes for the rest of her life, she would take the little kitten with her. It’s the best type of companionship. Because humans can get exhausting.

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<font face=Times New Roman>5) What one thing would your character change about the wizarding society? Why?
 * <font face=Times New Roman><font face=Times New Roman>Probably the Hogwarts house system. She just feels it promotes division based on what talents you might or might not have, which is inconsiderate to say the very least. You carry your house even as an adult. “What house were you?” is going to be a common question, and while she’s sure she too will be wearing her old house scarves with pride well into her twenties, it’d be easier without it.

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6) What house does your character want to be in? What house does your character not want to be in? Why?


 * <font face=Times New Roman><font face=Times New Roman>Fundamentally Leena opposes splitting people into groups based on “traits”. How well did that go in the ‘Divergent’ books, again? It just seems non-inclusive and it encourages people to be rivals with one another in mediums from sport to even participation in class. It splits people apart from their friends (Leena fears knowing nobody in her house, but at the same time doesn’t know if she has the energy to get to know anybody.) She supposes that if she has to choose one of these “houses” to be a part of…she’d rule out Slytherin at first sight due to the negative energies it seems to give off and how it’s treated by the other houses.


 * <font face=Times New Roman><font face=Times New Roman>Gryffindor seems to be kind of filled with jerks. Adventure-loving, sporty jerks, but jerks all the same, who think they’re in the BEST HOUSE because a bunch of famous people were in it. Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff seem like her best options, although she relates more to Hufflepuff and the way it takes “the rest” because she’s never seen any special traits in herself. The people in that house seem nice enough, too.

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<font face=Times New Roman>B. Select the option that best fits your character. (Remember, this part is a requirement for every character you make! Please bold the answers from an IC Point of View, and mark in italics the answers from the OOC Point of View.)

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<font face=Times New Roman>1) Which type of spell is most useful?


 * <font face=Times New Roman><font face=Times New Roman>A. A Complex Spell


 * <font face=Times New Roman><font face=Times New Roman>B. A Spell Of Control


 * <font face=Times New Roman><font face=Times New Roman>C. A Combat Spell


 * <font face=Times New Roman><font face=Times New Roman>D. A Healing Spell

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<font face=Times New Roman>2) What is most important to you?


 * <font face=Times New Roman><font face=Times New Roman>A. Grades.


 * <font face=Times New Roman><font face=Times New Roman>B. Getting your way.


 * <font face=Times New Roman><font face=Times New Roman>C. Life.


 * <font face=Times New Roman><font face=Times New Roman>D. Friends and family.

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<font face=Times New Roman>3) What would you do if a teacher caught you cheating?


 * <font face=Times New Roman><font face=Times New Roman>A. I'm the person people cheat off of.


 * <font face=Times New Roman><font face=Times New Roman>B. I wouldn't get caught; I'm too slick.


 * <font face=Times New Roman><font face=Times New Roman>C. I would deny the accusation until the teacher gives up.


 * <font face=Times New Roman><font face=Times New Roman>D. I would 'fess up, apologize, and accept the consequences.

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<font face=Times New Roman>4) What matters most to your character?


 * <font face=Times New Roman><font face=Times New Roman>A. Wisdom


 * <font face=Times New Roman><font face=Times New Roman>B. Reputation


 * <font face=Times New Roman><font face=Times New Roman>C. Success


 * <font face=Times New Roman><font face=Times New Roman>D. Friendship

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<font face=Times New Roman>5) What's the best way to get things done?


 * <font face=Times New Roman><font face=Times New Roman>A. Putting together a qualified team and completing the task efficiently.


 * <font face=Times New Roman><font face=Times New Roman>B. Trick someone else into doing the work for you.


 * <font face=Times New Roman><font face=Times New Roman>C. Get some friends together and lead them in the task.


 * <font face=Times New Roman><font face=Times New Roman>D. The right way, no matter how long it takes.

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<font face=Times New Roman>1) Give a description of your character's personality. Are you noble or sneaky? Arrogant or Humble? Anything about your character that might help the Sorting Hat decide. (Don't worry, you can copy this onto your character page later!) (Remember, personality must be at least one paragraph long for the first two characters, two paragraphs long for the third to eighth characters, and three paragraphs long for the ninth to fifteenth!)


 * <font face=Times New Roman>Leena is a complicated soul and a difficult person to get to know; and even then, you'll never know her inside out. The girl is a walking contradiction. She can be bright and eccentric at the first introduction, but then become withdrawn when it comes to maintaining a friendship or even a relationship. Responsibility and organisation both set alarm bells off in her head and she's scared of disappointing people or even losing them like she lost her family. Mostly because she sucks at making plans - well, no, she just sucks at sticking to them.


 * <font face=Times New Roman>Because she's scared of losing people she's easy to manipulate. She's kind of a bit of a pushover.


 * <font face=Times New Roman>She despises being the center of attention in a room, and she won't stand in direct sunlight - she's always the girl in the shadowy corner because it disguises how little sleep she gets when she's running low on Dreamless Sleep Potion. That's her problem. She sees the issues she has as a weakness and she's too stubborn to ask for help, so she ends up suffering. She will always put others before her own well-being to the point it becomes a fault rather than a strength.


 * <font face=Times New Roman>Leena is clumsy. She loses things. Sometimes she'll forget what she was going to say and blush, and stutter, and get all embarrassed.


 * <font face=Times New Roman>She likes to write and draw, very solitary pursuits. People won't ask her if she needs help then, and she won't have to push them away because they're onto her. Some people who don't know her call her the "angsty artist" because she's very closed-off about her childhood, and they aren't wrong when they say there's a tragic backstory beneath the shell that just needs to be unlocked. She wants to fall into someone's arms and just shatter, letting it all out, but hasn't found anyone she trusts enough to do that yet, and still she wouldn't want to burden them.


 * <font face=Times New Roman>Even her study notes are tumblr aesthetic. Most things that she does have to be beautiful, otherwise, why is she doing them?


 * <font face=Times New Roman>She can't live without music. She hates silence, fears it even. It gives her life meaning, somehow.


 * <font face=Times New Roman>Constant curiosity sets her reading, writing, and wandering across the grounds - she is someone who often gets into trouble for doing things she shouldn't, and going to places she shouldn't, just because she was curious.  She dreams to see the world, but doesn't have the energy to do it, so just does it through books, instead. Leena's no sportswoman, and in fact finds little enjoyment in sport - sports? Nah. Gobstones and a good book. She often contemplates the reasons for things. She wants meaningful conversation - like, do morals really matter? How are we here? Why are we here? Time is just humans' construct that we forced ourselves into.


 * <font face=Times New Roman> She falls in love with smart people in a heartbeat. Really, she falls in love with everyone and she needs to stop. It hurts when none of them love her back.


 * <font face=Times New Roman>Leena is disorganised and messy. It fits her chaotic nature. She likes to procrastinate. But this makes her become anxious under the pressure of a deadline or under expectations. If she suddenly withdraws it's because she needs to be alone and recuperate. It's hard to leave her - self-deprecating, self-hating, doesn't think she's good enough for anyone. Secretly just...really unhappy because she's lost everything and nothing in her life has ever gone the way she expects it to.


 * <font face=Times New Roman>Her life is strongly controlled by her emotions, which pull her left, right, every which way...mood swings are a common thing with her when she's just breaking. (She's also a little too empathetic for her own good.)   Yet still she stubbornly maintains a happy, bright, front - so she can support her friends without them worrying about her state. She runs on caffeine, sugar, and energy spikes, and is well-renowned for her very special sweet tooth. Leena loves EVERYTHING. Nature - she loves nature, and walking in it.


 * <font face=Times New Roman> She loves books and the stories they tell. She loves animals, she loves her friends, she can talk her mouth off about things she loves and she loves to listen to people, too. It seems the only thing she doesn't love is herself. She's very social. More social than you'd expect. But right after that she'll go to bed and sleep to recharge, read some books alone, and return to the social world when she feels ready. She sleeps in a LOT because just living is exhausting.


 * <font face=Times New Roman>If you hurt Leena's friends you're going to run into a different person. It's like she's not even Leena anymore. Darker, angrier, really willing to hurt someone. It's like every bad trait she's stifled comes rushing out of her in this dark, defensive, anger. She bruised her knuckles once hitting a wall. (She'd been aiming for someone's face, but they'd been too fast.) The Gem Squad are the prime example of these "friends." They're the only people who can say they know Leena at all, and she's fiercely defensive of them.


 * <font face=Times New Roman>She can't help but be jealous of everyone whose lives are going exactly the way they want them to. The people who don't have to live in an orphanage. The people who don't have to live with the guilt that the only reason they were in that car was because they were going for HER birthday meal. She's very easily upset. The kind of person who cries for other people, over movies, such like. She cries a lot but rarely over herself, and if she does she'll never admit she isn't fine.


 * <font face=Times New Roman>Leena isn't the sort to lie to people because it sounds better on principle.  She'll ask if people want the truth, or the loving response, and she'll do either dependent on the answer.


 * <font face=Times New Roman>Her main confidence is PRIDE. She's gay and she knows that much about herself. And when you don't feel like you know yourself that well, that's important.

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<font face=Times New Roman>2) Write about the history of your character. How did they grow up? Is there an incident that made them the way they are? etc. (Again, you can copy this onto your character page later!) (Remember, history must at least be two paragraphs long for the first two characters, three paragraphs long for the third to eighth character, and four paragraphs long for the ninth to fifteenth character!)
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<font face=Times New Roman>Tourmaline Väinämöinen-Losnedahl has gone by Leena ever since she could remember. It sounded more Finnish than Tourmaline, which she has always felt is long-winded and stupid. The story behind it is that her parents had a circle of friends, and they all decided to name their kids after gemstones or whatever because it sounded pretty, or ''something. ''And  Väinämöinen was just long-winded and hard, so she cut it down to just Leena Losnedahl.


 * Her mother was a witch, her dad a regular Muggle. How they fell in love she'll never know. Everything in Leena's life was supposed to be perfect, but her actual conception was a drunk mistake - and once the first domino falls, they all do, right? That's how it works. The marriage ended in divorce when Tourmaline was six years old, and it was only because of a magical sign (making the bottles make music by themselves) that it was decided it would be safer for her to go with her mother without argument. Each year they'd have a birthday celebration together, and she'd get to stay with her father where he lived in Lillehammer, Norway, during school holidays.


 * As soon as she turned eleven she was off to Durmstrang. She was seen as an easy target and was often bullied, which affected her class performance. The worst part of it was that her teachers didn't even seem to care. It wasn't until a fight ended in physical injury and she wrote her mother that she was withdrawn from the school. She wasn't preppy enough for the girls at Beauxbatons. Too much of a hippie or a nerd or a tomboy, whatever they could think of. But at Castelobruxo the young redhead finally found her home. She regained her social happiness and was finally content. Until her mother announced they were moving to Japan and she ended up at Mahoutokoro for her fourth year. She didn't much like it there but the culture in Japan was nice and she made a few good friends. She had the friends of her mother, who she'd see on occasion when they got together, and they'd write all the time. So she felt like she had some friends.


 * The last move was to England just a few months ago. However, just a month after they arrived - on Leena's sixteenth birthday - she and her parents were involved in a car accident on her way to a birthday meal at Nando's. Both of her parents were killed and Leena injured.Waking up in St. Mungo's with no parents was no easy ordeal, and nor was the fact she would have to go to Lil Bundles after this. However, the nurse found things to talk to her about, and this reminded Leena that maybe Hogwarts would not be so bad. The reason they had come was because her mother's friends, and their children - Leena's penpals - were all going to be attending Hogwarts.


 * Maybe she'd finally be genuinely happy again like she was at Castelobruxo. The lost girl craving love might finally find her place in the world.

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<font face=Times New Roman> <font face=Times New Roman> <font face=Times New Roman> 4) Is your character a Pure-Blood, Half-Blood or Muggle-Born? Do you have any notable magical relations? (Remember, you cannot be related to important Harry Potter characters!)


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<font face=Times New Roman> <font face=Times New Roman> <font face=Times New Roman> 5) Does your character have any special magical abilities? Or special abilities in general (photographic memory, etc.)? Is he or she of a different magical race, such as Veela, Vampire, Werewolf or the like? Part or half of that magical race counts! (Remember, you cannot have a character with special abilities/of a different magical race as one of your first two characters!)


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<font face=Times New Roman> <font face=Times New Roman> <font face=Times New Roman> 6) What year is your character in?


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<font face=Times New Roman> <font face=Times New Roman> <font face=Times New Roman>C. These do not affect what house you're sorted to, but everybody must answer them!

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<font face=Times New Roman>1) Is this your first character?


 * <font face=Times New Roman><font face=Times New Roman><font face=Times New Roman>A. This is my first character.


 * <font face=Times New Roman><font face=Times New Roman><font face=Times New Roman>B. No, this is not my first character.

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<font face=Times New Roman> <font face=Times New Roman> <font face=Times New Roman>2) If your answer to the previous question is B, how many characters do you have? How many of them are "exotic" (of a different magical race/have a special ability)?


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