# Who in fiction are you? (Book Week Scotland Personality Test) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 27, 2013, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-fiction-are-you-book-week-scotland-personality-test/674907 "2013-11-27T11:40:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Doyle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doyle/32/439_2.png) [@Doyle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doyle)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-fiction-are-you-book-week-scotland-personality-test/674907/21 "2013-11-27T14:24:52Z")
**Aragorn** from The Lord Of The Rings ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-fiction-are-you-book-week-scotland-personality-test/674907/22 "2013-11-27T14:25:08Z")
Apparently I am Mikael Blomkvist from The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Having neither read the novel nor seen the film, I have no idea how to feel about that. \*A generally happy person, you enjoy your own company and the company of others. With an excitable nature, you have a tendency to seize upon and get really passionate about new people and ideas, but you do need time alone to process your experiences. Emotional excitement is indeed a large part of your life leading to boredom with mundane tasks – much to the chagrin of your family, colleagues and friends. On bad days you can switch from gregarious to over-bearing. But, given flexibility plus time with people and ideas, your enthusiasm can help almost anyone overcome seemingly insurmountable problems.\* Doesn’t seem all that far off, though. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-fiction-are-you-book-week-scotland-personality-test/674907/23 "2013-11-27T14:28:17Z")
“You are Mma Ramotswe from The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency” "Mma Ramotswe relies on her intuition and understanding of people, rather than attention to the details of the law, to help her solve cases. Her rare insight into how people work is something you share. Your quest for finding meaning in life draws you towards jobs that help you make the world a better place. Although you’re generally calm and laid-back, on bad days you can become introverted, stubborn and inflexible, and you have a strong dislike for conflict. Yet you are capable of achieving so much, including great writing, if you’d only give yourself more credit." I guess I’d better read the book! ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-fiction-are-you-book-week-scotland-personality-test/674907/24 "2013-11-27T15:34:27Z")
Another Dr. Watson, which is fitting, given that the last test like this I took told me that I was Sherlock Holmes. Most of the questions on this one seemed to fall along only one or two axes, though-- That’s really not enough to be interesting. ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-fiction-are-you-book-week-scotland-personality-test/674907/25 "2013-11-27T15:35:49Z")
Another Zaphod checking in. But I’m just zis guy, you know? ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-fiction-are-you-book-week-scotland-personality-test/674907/26 "2013-11-27T15:37:27Z")
> [@glee](#): > > Me too. Lets start a club. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-fiction-are-you-book-week-scotland-personality-test/674907/27 "2013-11-27T15:37:52Z")
George Smiley. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-fiction-are-you-book-week-scotland-personality-test/674907/28 "2013-11-27T15:38:48Z")
“You are V from V for Vendetta” Holy Crap! > [@](#): > > V has a clear vision of the way things should be; a characteristic you share. You also share a talent for devising systems and plans for action with a well thought out vision of what’s needed to complete a specific task – no matter how large. > > Your friends admire your straight-forward, no-nonsense honesty but they like it even more when you make an effort to take account of their feelings too. Even if you can be over-bearing and controlling on your bad days, your V-like boisterous and fun persona at social events means people gravitate towards you. Well, that doesn’t sound so bad, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Barking\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Barking\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barking_Dog)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-fiction-are-you-book-week-scotland-personality-test/674907/29 "2013-11-27T15:45:32Z")
Another Poirot checking in. ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-fiction-are-you-book-week-scotland-personality-test/674907/30 "2013-11-27T15:50:46Z")
> [@Lightnin](#): > > I’m Albus Dumbledore. I’m fairly disappointed. As am I. > [@](#): > > You are Albus Dumbledore from Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone > You are a naturally humane soul with a deep understanding of people – even the most evil of wizards. As being around you is so much fun, friends might be surprised that you need a lot of time by yourself too. > > Dumbledore is everyone’s favourite and your loving nature and ability to make others feel special stem from your emotional intelligence but, put to bad use, this can turn to string-pulling. Giving yourself space to process your emotional experiences will help you to overcome personal crises such as the defection of friends, enabling your brilliance to surprise even you. That’s all well and good, but now I have to explain to my fiancee (a female, for the record) that I am homosexual. This is somewhat distressing. I always thought I liked women. Heck, I LOVE women. But I suppose that was all just a fantasy born of many years of enjoying my sexuality in a sea of women (figuratively speaking). How the heck am I supposed to start over now? I am a middle-aged guy living in the woods, for Goddess sake! But, as my late father once said, “if you read it on the Internet, it must be true.” Man, this is going to suck. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-fiction-are-you-book-week-scotland-personality-test/674907/31 "2013-11-27T15:51:15Z")
Katniss Everdeen!? :eek: 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-fiction-are-you-book-week-scotland-personality-test/674907/32 "2013-11-27T15:51:31Z")
George Smiley. I wonder who the female equivalent of that would be, since it all starts with age and there aren’t all that many famous older females. They could have skipped 90% of the questions and just asked if you were an extravert or introvert. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-fiction-are-you-book-week-scotland-personality-test/674907/33 "2013-11-27T15:52:08Z")
> [@](#): > > But, as my late father once said, “if you read it on the Internet, it must be true.” Of course, he was quoting Abraham Lincoln. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-fiction-are-you-book-week-scotland-personality-test/674907/34 "2013-11-27T15:59:51Z")
Dumbledore. ---
**Author:** ![Minnie\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Minnie\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Minnie_Luna)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-fiction-are-you-book-week-scotland-personality-test/674907/35 "2013-11-27T16:47:37Z")
Hermione Granger ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-fiction-are-you-book-week-scotland-personality-test/674907/36 "2013-11-27T16:57:59Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > George Smiley. I wonder who the female equivalent of that would be, since it all starts with age and there aren’t all that many famous older females. > > They could have skipped 90% of the questions and just asked if you were an extravert or introvert. The female equivalent is Emma Morley, whoever she is. I could only find descriptions of the apparently dreadful film version of the book, starring Anne Hathaway. If I were nicer, I’d be Precious Ramotswe. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky\_the\_Wonder\_Spirit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Sparky\_the\_Wonder\_Spirit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky_the_Wonder_Spirit)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-fiction-are-you-book-week-scotland-personality-test/674907/37 "2013-11-27T16:58:55Z")
I am Jane Eyre. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-fiction-are-you-book-week-scotland-personality-test/674907/38 "2013-11-27T17:01:43Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > They could have skipped 90% of the questions and just asked if you were an extravert or introvert. Exactly–they all seemed to be different ways of asking about the same personality traits. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-fiction-are-you-book-week-scotland-personality-test/674907/39 "2013-11-27T17:21:34Z")
Depending on the gender, I’m Coraline or Hercule Poirot. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-fiction-are-you-book-week-scotland-personality-test/674907/40 "2013-11-27T17:42:27Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > George Smiley. I wonder who the female equivalent of that would be, since it all starts with age and there aren’t all that many famous older females. > > They could have skipped 90% of the questions and just asked if you were an extravert or introvert. Well, yeah, and I’m a lot older than Katniss Everdeen! How did they come up with her? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-fiction-are-you-book-week-scotland-personality-test/674907.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-fiction-are-you-book-week-scotland-personality-test/674907.md?page=3)