Name: Dakota Holloway
Nickname: She doesn’t have any =(
Age: 20 21 22 23 24
Birthday: August 31 1997
Sign: Virgo
Gemstone: Peridot
Blood Type: O-
Fav. Food: Anything made of bread. If she had to pick a favorite…it would be pretzels. Soft pretzels.
Hated Food: Anything that comes from out of the ocean.
School: Meadowview High School
Hobbies: Cosplay:
When someone doesn't like themselves, clearly the only real way to live is to strive to look and act like people that you do like. It's also a great way to be social, something that Dakota also has quite a bit of issue with talking to people, but when she is coslpaying, she will gladly be whatever the character calls for, be it loud, rude, sarcastic, or meek as a mouse. As long as it's something other than herself, she's cool with it. For the first few years in her cosplaying adventure, she bought all of her costumes, though as time wore on, she began making them, so she's gotten quite good at sewing and making clothes. Not that she would brag, of course.
Books:
Books have always been one of the best ways to escape the reality of the world, and Dakota has never really felt that she was fully part of the world, so most of her childhood was spent in a dusty corner of the library, reading away. Ever since she started cosplaying, her book obsession has gotten a little less, but she can still be found in her corner of the library at least three times a week, so she is still a complete bibliophile, and proud of it.
Harry Potter:
Some might argue that Harry Potter is just another book, but to Dakota, it is most certainly not just another book. Harry Potter was the first thing that began breaking her out of her shell, and she feels that it is clearly the best thing in the entire world. Hands down. Her first costume that she ever decided to wear was a thrown together Hufflepuff outfit that she wore to a midnight release to one of the books. Harry Potter is her go to...whatever on a bad day, and it's the series that keeps her going, be it the books, or the movies, or even her copies of all of the audio books. Never a day goes by that Dakota isn't being a Potterhead in some form, and if you get her talking about the series in any way, well. You'll have a friend for life, or at least someone who won't shut up for quite a long while.
Virtues: Determined:
From reading books, to doing homework, to getting into a good university, Dakota has a very determined spirit and doesn't give up whatever she's trying to accomplish, no matter how difficult it may prove to be or seem to be. She likes to finish even when the struggle is real. In fact, a lot of the time she really likes to finish
because the struggle is real. Anything worth having or doing, is worth working for...except socializing outside of cosplay. Because that is just...mildly completely terrifying.
Responsible:
There are so many interesting things to do in the world, so many books to read, so many conventions to attend, but while you're young...school has to come first. Dakota has a lot of things she would rather be doing, to be perfectly honest, but school does have to come before anything. She is quite a responsible young lady, and she likes to be known as such. There is nothing like being in the library and overhearing those old dears behind the counter gossiping that she's the most responsible girl she knows...it's the only praise she gets. But it's something.
Diplomatic:
Dakota is a listener, not a speaker, so it is rather easy for her to see the pros and cons of both ends of an argument. If there's one thing she can't stand, it's people fighting with one another, and she'll do whatever she can to get her friends to try and see both ends, the way she can. She prides herself on the ability to think things through and not let things rile her up. At least, she doesn't get angry about things. Hurt feelings is another story.
Flaws:Shy:
To be perfectly honest, shy is a bit of an understatement for Dakota. She hates speaking in public, she hates being anywhere that she does not know, and going places to try them out is much too much work and would cause much too much stress. It is so hard for her to get out and do anything that requires involvement with other human beings. She just constantly feels like she doesn't fit in with...anyone. Anywhere. She has a select few people that she feels comfortable enough with to hang out, but other than that, she is normally alone, as often as possible.
Participant:
Aside from cosplaying, and anything to do with Harry Potter, Dakota mostly lives her life on the sidelines. She chooses to watch rather than partake in most of the things life has to offer, and sometimes seems rather standoffish by this choice in lifestyles. It is just very difficult to connect with people sometimes, and she doesn't mean to come off as a stuck up weirdo...it just happens that she comes off like that.
Bitter:
Sometimes living life on the outside of everything can get very lonely, and sometimes that loneliness is just to much to deal with. A lot of times, Dakota feels very bitter when she sees people with their friends and having fun. It just doesn't seem fair that she has to miss out on that ninety percent of the time...it's not her choice that she's so shy. It's just something she...has to deal with. And it sucks. Often she will have very nasty looks on her face when viewing people hanging out and having fun without her...and this only serves to push people farther away from her. It's a nasty cycle that she just can't figure out how to break.
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