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The Basics:

Name: Aaron
Age: 24
Location: Springfield, MO
Occupation: Hotel Front Desk Clerk
How did you find out about this community? My wife, Virago_Queen


Personality Questions:

1) List and expand upon your three best traits / strengths.
I would have to say 1) Intelligent - I always did well in school (when I tried) and people are always looking to me for answers, and not just with bookwork. I rarely comment on this, though, in fear of sounding arrogant. 2) Funny - I'm told by everyone I know how much they enjoy my sense of humor. Sometimes I try a little too hard, I think, but I usually get laughs wherever I go. My sense of humor is extremely broad and can span everything from the most vulgar, brainless, immature content all the way up to jokes about historical figures and politics that usually go over peoples heads. 3) Loyal - I value my family and friends over everything else in my life. Once you've earned my trust, you can count on me being there for you in whatever it is you need. On the other hand, if anyone ever betrays that trust, I tend to be equally suspicious and vengeful.

2) List and expand upon your three worst traits / weaknesses.
1) Short-tempered - I can't stand people without common sense, and I tend to fly off the handle at the first sign of that kind of stupidity. 2) Stubborn - I can't admit I'm wrong, even when I should. This has gotten better over the last few years, but it's still a problem. 3) Lazy - I find it hard to get motivated to do something I'm not interested in. Once I convince myself something's a priority it becomes almost a single-minded focus, but it's getting there that's the problem.

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: I'm outgoing to the extreme. I love meeting new people and making friends. I'm the guy that walks into a room, looks for the guy that's not neck-deep in his cell phone, and starts up a random conversation.

Cheerful [ ] [X] [ ] [ ] [ ] Gloomy
Explain: I'm cheerful 95% of the time, and extremely so. I'm always the "silver-lining" type, but eventually my optimism levels hit empty and I need to take a day or two to be gloomy as hell, which effected this decision. After that day or two, it's like someone flipped a switch and I'm back to being cheerful.

Leader [ ] [ ] [X] [ ] [ ] Supportive
Explain:I picked the middle-of-the-road response because I'm perfectly content to let someone else lead, until they prove they're incompetent...then I feel an overwhelming need to immediately relieve them of their responsibilities and take care of it myself.

Confident [ ] [X] [ ] [ ] [ ] Modest
Explain: In the past I've been very paranoid that being confident could make others think I'm arrogant, but over time I've come to realize that being overly modest makes a person look weak, so this is an area of largely changed in, especially recently.

Reserved [ ] [ ] [ ] [X] [ ] Impulsive
Explain: I like to think I'm logical most of the time, but the truth is that when I see something I want, I tend to find ways to acquire it immediately, regardless of if it makes sense or not.

Energetic [ ] [ ] [ ] [X] [ ] Calm
Explain: There are a few subjects I can get excited about, but as a rule I tend to be extremely laid back.

Feminine [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [X] Masculine/Tomboyish
Explain: I don't think of myself as overly-macho in the least, but I think anyone that knows me will agree there's not really a feminine bone in my body.

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 think I answered this question fairly thoroughly above, but I'll reiterate: I'm perfectly content to follow a competent leader, but as soon as he/she proves they don't have the capability of getting the job done, I'll be the first to tell them and the first to do something about it.

5) What interests/hobbies do you have? How do you like to spend your free time?
I tend to spend my time playing video games and watching movies, preferably with friends.

6) Describe one to three careers you would find ideal, with a little explanation of why it appeals to you.
When it comes to work, I enjoy creating and I enjoy interacting with people, so I think something along the lines of a teacher would be great. I could teach in a way that I feel would be interesting to my students and create my own lesson plan, and I would hopefully be leaving a meaningful impact on someone else's life. Aside from that, I tend to be a little loud-mouthed sometimes and I love giving people my opinion, just to see if they agree with me, so being a critic of some kind would be pretty cool as well.


FF Questions:

7) List one to three favorite Final Fantasy games and why you like them. Sequels/spin-offs/non-numbered/KH/Dissidia games are okay.
My favorites would probably be FF9 and FF10, and for very similar reasons. I enjoyed a great majority of the characters from both of these games, the dialogue and story were top notch, and the musical scores for both were unbelievable. I can't speak highly enough about either of these.

8) List one to three of your favorite Final Fantasy characters and why:
My favorite characters would have to be Reno from FF7, Auron from FF10, and Balthier from FF12. I can most closely associate with Reno, but Auron and Balthier are both just too cool to accurately measure, and for completely different reasons.

9) One to three characters you relate to (you may reuse answers from #8 if applicable) and why:
Ha ha, well, Reno, obviously. His entire attitude, especially in Advent Children, is right up my alley. Other than that I would say Tidus for his willingness to do what's right, but overall light-heartedness.

10) The FF game you liked playing least:
So far, FF13...simply because I've played that game for damn near 10 hrs and I'm still not out of the GD tutorial...=S

11) One to three FF characters you dislike and why:
Quina from FF9, hand down. Biggest waste of space piece of crap character in the universe.

12) 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):
I would say just the overall concept of the gunblade is just straight up amazing. I can't think of a specific model I liked more than any other, but the idea of a sword-gun is just too cool.

13) Your favorite Final Fantasy summon (e.g. Ifrit, Carbuncle, Bahamut, etc.):
Either Bahamut from FF9 or Anima from FF10.

14) 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.):
I'm a big fan of the Lion Heart limit break from FF8/Omnislash from FF7. There's just something about hitting your opponent a bajillion times for max damage that I find very satisfying. =P

15) A Final Fantasy mini-game/sidequest you invested entirely too much time into:
This is actually really sad, but the play at the beginning of FF9, specifically the sword fight Zidane has with Blank. It's a one time thing and has no bearing on the rest of the game, but I tend to do it over and over again just because I love the music and think it's fun as hell.

16) Your favorite Cid:
I'm not a huge fan of any of them, TBH, but I'll go with Cid Highwind just because he has some hilarious dialogue.

17) Optional: Up to one class you think does not fit you, with reasoning why.
I would say White Mage, and I believe the reasons are pretty much obvious...lol.