June 18, 2003
Which Fantasy/SF character are you?
I have to admit, I'm pleased and flattered by this one, even though these quizzes are obviously not meant to be taken seriously. According to the quiz, I am Captain John Sheridan, even though I personally have always identified more with (of course) Zathras.
In the last few years, we've stumbled. We stumbled at the death of the president, the war, and on and on. When you stumble a lot you tend to look at your feet. Now we have to make people lift their eyes back to the horizon and see the line of ancestors behind us saying, "Make my life have meaning," and to our inheritors before us saying, "create the world we will live in."
Posted by Zathras at June 18, 2003 12:27 PMDUDE!
THIS THING IS RIGGED! IT SAYS IM FRIGGIN PRINCESS LEIA!
"A strong-willed herald of causes against injustice, you passionately strive to right the wrongs around you.
Somebody has to save us, kids!"
$!#!$
Posted by: Shaw at June 18, 2003 01:39 PM*points at Shaw and snickers* Man, hope you like brass brassieres and thongs...bwahahahahaha!
I'm John Sheridan too. (Zathras isn't even listed in the potential list of characters people could be.) Though if we talk in terms of Monty Python, my stubbornness always has me identified as the Black Knight on MP quizzes.
Posted by: Moggy at June 18, 2003 01:52 PMI'm Wesley Crusher???!?
I am not sure this test has any connection to reality at all.
Posted by: Matt at June 18, 2003 02:01 PMYes, I was somewhat relieved to see that Zathras wasn't in the list -- I guess he's too much of a "minor character", since he's in only four eps of B5.
On MP quizzes, I tested as King Arthur... kind of weird that I would keep testing as these kinds of very public leadership figures, when my own preference is to be a more low-key type of person.
I think Shaw would look great in a brass bikini. *snicker*
>I think Shaw would look great in a brass bikini. >*snicker*
(heads for the mountains)
I wanted to be han solo . . . not the chick who wrote Postcards From the Edge
Posted by: Shaw at June 18, 2003 03:52 PM>>I think Shaw would look great in a brass bikini.
>>*snicker*
>(heads for the mountains)
Aww, what, you don't want hugs, kisses, caresses, and lovey talk from your good ol' friend? That's not nice, it might hurt his feelings -- and besides, you're missing out. *wicked grin*
>not the chick who wrote Postcards From the Edge
No, yours would have to be titled Blog Comments From The Edge. ;*)
Posted by: Moggy at June 18, 2003 04:17 PMew ew ew ew ew ew ew ewwwwwwwww
get off - off off off. Gonna have to take a lysol bath now...
Posted by: Shaw at June 18, 2003 05:36 PMok - question: how many sci-fi characters are in this database? Also, why am I Leia when I could've been Kirk. I'd rather have been Kirk $!$#!#
Posted by: Shaw at June 18, 2003 06:37 PMThe list of all the different characters is available on the site... it's about three dozen or so, iirc.
Posted by: Zathras at June 18, 2003 07:44 PMI came up as Data (which I find very surprising, considering some of my answers)
A controlled personality with a vast range of skills and behavior, you are often intrigued by the people and places surrounding you.
In the strictest sense, I did not win -- I busted him up.
Ok - apparently there are only 18 Han Solos according to
http://www.tk421.net/character/stats.html
Yet there are 406 Galadriels.
No Chewbaccas either.
Posted by: Shaw at June 18, 2003 10:48 PMWesley kicks Princess Leahs' butt... um, well maybe not..
He's got freaky mind powers... um, oh - she does too...
Well, at least he is a rebel - he quit his job! Princess Leah never did that! Hah! Same boring old princess job for life.
So there!
Posted by: Matt at June 19, 2003 01:46 AM"Ok - apparently there are only 18 Han Solos according to
http://www.tk421.net/character/stats.html
Yet there are 406 Galadriels."
It doesn't surprise me that there's a skew, even setting aside the author's suspicion that the "ballot box" has been stuffed.
When sites that do versions of the Myers-Brigg test reveal their stats, there are tons of some personality types (amusingly, the ones that are represented by about 1% or 2% of the general population are represented by up to 60% of the online population) and hardly any of other personality types.
This test is a form of personality test. Because certain personalities tend to congregate online whie others do not and because certain personalities are more likely to take this sort of test whie others are not, the results are going to be strongly skewed in favor of those types of personalities.
That's why there are, for example, lots of Spocks and not that many Gollums.
so - how long can parrish go w/o updating his blog?
Let's find out...
Posted by: Shaw at June 23, 2003 06:36 PMa real long time?
How many posts can we make in his blog before he updates again?
A whole hockin' lot?
(We miss you, Parrish)
(and Moggy, too! The MoggyBlog is all blank now.
:-(
Come back, both of you!)
Well, while we're waiting - check out the New and kinda improved am. feed magazine:
http:/www.americanfeedmagazine.com
Parrish's article will appear in the next update (this Sunday). Looks like "shaggy's mag" is going to go weekly.
Posted by: Shaw at June 24, 2003 02:48 AM