I personally read the application entirely in the order in which it was written before doing anything, sometimes applicants just have a certain vibe that will be a good indication of my future choice. Some are obviously exuberant, some are obviously more introverted. I start from there. I open Wiki and then I skip to the element (air, water, earth) question that will tell me what time of animal I'm looking for. I'll have a look at the general category on Wiki (for example if it's water, I'm going to open the tabs of animals that live in water). And then comes the part when I have to make sense of what I'm reading: the applicants often want something but their personality says another, sometimes I can be happy with a balance, I open a text file and write down keywords for myself: wants to be fast but is very shy, for example, funny applicant but wants to be a predator. And then I just look at my lists on Wikipedia and try to find something original, unless there's no doubt in my mind. Sometimes an animal reminds me of the applicant because of their picture and I do the opposite: I read the animal's entry and try to see if the applicant fits.
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Date: 2010-05-03 01:41 pm (UTC)I open Wiki and then I skip to the element (air, water, earth) question that will tell me what time of animal I'm looking for. I'll have a look at the general category on Wiki (for example if it's water, I'm going to open the tabs of animals that live in water).
And then comes the part when I have to make sense of what I'm reading: the applicants often want something but their personality says another, sometimes I can be happy with a balance, I open a text file and write down keywords for myself: wants to be fast but is very shy, for example, funny applicant but wants to be a predator. And then I just look at my lists on Wikipedia and try to find something original, unless there's no doubt in my mind. Sometimes an animal reminds me of the applicant because of their picture and I do the opposite: I read the animal's entry and try to see if the applicant fits.
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