MERIDA DUNHALLOW, D1 :: CBD FIN

your eyes, they tie me down so hard
i'll never learn to put up a guard
so keep my love, my candle bright
learn me hard, oh, learn me right
this ain't no sham, i am what i am

( a g e ) eighteen
( g e n d e r ) female
( l o c a t i o n ) district one
( s e x u a l i t y ) indifferent
( o c c u p a t i o n ) career, professional hellion

though i may speak some tongue of old
or even spit out some holy word
i have no strength with which to speak
when you sit me down
and see i'm weak

( b i o g r a p h y )

we will run and scream, you will dance with me
they'll fulfill our dreams and we'll be free
and we will be who we are
and they'll heal our scars
sadness will be far away

"Merida! How many times do I have to tell you -"

"A lady doesn't put her weapons on the table," I finish, making no move to place my bow on the floor. I've never been a lady. My mother both knows and laments this. I'm not a lady with my ruffled crimson curls that won't be tamed, with my freckles and eyes the blue of a wild October sky. I'm not a lady with my Career's muscles and callused hands and bruised arms from the kiss of a bow string.

I'm not a lady with my battle-cries and the love of the wind in my hair, with my hatred of dresses and the way I snarl every time my parents try to throw Tyrannus Rex at me with the hope of a good match and grandchildren. I'm not a lady because I refuse to go meekly into oblivion. If I'm going down, then I'm going down screaming. I'm not a lady because the Games hold no fear for me, only the promise of adventure.

They found me by the fence when I was just a tiny thing, no more than two years old with a head of crimson curls and a penchant for biting anyone that came near me. Papa says I'm a child of the forest, and that's why I'm so wild. I have three little brothers now, five year old triplets who are wee devils, but I love them more than life itself. Mama always talks of fate and destiny, but I like to think that when it all comes down to it, this child of the forest will make her own fate.

I am no lady, so my bow will sit on the table where I've placed it.

so as we walked through fields of green, was the fairest
sun i'd ever seen, and i was broke, i was on my knees
and you said "yes" as i said "please"
this ain't no sham, i am what i am
i leave no ties for a cynic's mind

( c o m m e n t s / o t h e r )

we will run and scream, you will dance with me
they'll fulfill our dreams and we'll be free
and we will be who we are
and they'll heal our scars
sadness will be far away

( c o d e w o r d ) o hai dair

( f a c e c l a i m ) barbara meier

( s p e e c h ) D6D27D
( e m p h a s i s ) 85AB7C
( m a i n ) 426B73
( f l a s h b a c k ) 4D4B71
( h e a r i n g ) 522149

( s o n g ) not with haste - mumford & sons

( p l o t ) princess merida in scout's disney plot

concise bio day 2013

do not let my fickle flesh go to waste
it keeps my heart and
soul in its place
and i will love with urgency
but not with haste