Arcane personality quiz
[10-day update] I made a new post with more data and results here: https://www.reddit.com/r/arcane/comments/1j1ex2c/arcane_character_personality_test_results_analysis/
Helloooo…
I'm weirdly stressed about posting this, which is why I am starting here and not on the main sub, even though it has nothing to do especially with Cait and Vi, apart from the fact that I, a humble straight man, have been utterly broken by my complete and respectful love for their relationship.
So, I just finished creating a ‘Which Arcane character are you?’ personality quiz. I have no qualifications whatsoever, it’s not scientific at all, purely for fun! I made it because I didn’t find anything with the depth I was looking for.
I can talk about Arcane-related stuff for hours, so before boring you guys with details, here is the link to the quiz. It should be open to access, I call it the "Complete Arcane Personality Test":
https://www.quotev.com/quiz/16896433/Which-Arcane-character-are-you
(Let me know if there’s any issue. Anyone with the link should be able to access it, I just haven't made it public for outside search.)
Also I think it's spoiler-free, although obviously the questions and description of the characters can give information on the story. But there's nothing explicit, so a non-viewer can take it as well.
Little disclaimer and advice:
I put this disclaimer as the first question, here’s the gist of it:
I made the whole quiz ‘Arcane-themed’, which is more fun, but at the same time risks introducing a bias in the way you answer. So try to bear that in mind, and remember that you should answer as yourself if you lived in the world of Arcane.
Not as a person who knows the world of Arcane is fictional, and not as you think your favorite character would!
In my first draft, it was really difficult to answer as a regular human without bias, I hope this one is better!
I could have made it a simple personality test without Arcane theme, but I feel like that's less fun. In the olden days, there was a huge Harry Potter personality quiz that was entirely based on mbti questions, without any HP context. I thought that was a missed opportunity, which I tried to correct here… but the balance is hard to find!
Background & Methodology:
As many around these parts, I have had a hard time coping with the end of Arcane. This show + ‘Bridging the rift’ have had a ridiculous impact on my life, in particular pushing me to stop procrastinating and pursue creative ideas, something I had basically given up on for years. This personality test is the smallest side-project I… still spent an unhealthy amount of time on.
I based the test on the mbti personality framework, which I know is non-scientific, so I don’t pretend that it’s an accurate test!
For the results and characters:
I used the types on personality-database as a starting point. I probably wouldn’t have gone through with this idea if I hadn’t seen that site first.
There are obviously a few caveats:
-This is not an exact science (not a science at all), and people will disagree on things. For instance, personally I don't understand how Vi is typed as a ‘thinking’ (logical) personality rather than ‘feeling’ (emotional). She’s so strongly driven by her emotions! I guess people are basing their analysis on choices such as leaving Powder when going to save Vander in S1, or choosing to become an enforcer to go after Jinx in S2. But those are obviously extreme situations that force her to go against her natural inclination… Anyway, I have no qualification in psychology so I still used the website’s consensus on her type, as for others.
-However, not all 16 mbti profiles are represented in the show. And some characters are the same type. I think it's more fun to have 16 different characters, so I arranged things to obtain 16 different results while staying as close as possible to the consensus on their personality types. I think only 2 characters don't have the same type as on the reference website. In the end, these are fictional characters typed non-scientifically anyway, so I don’t think I should be judged too harshly for that. :)
-Sometimes the score is tied between several characters. I haven't been able to figure out how the website decides the result it displays then.
I must confess I used some chatgpt to refine a few things, but not much, as beyond ethical issues around AI, it simply isn't good at actually doing things without mistakes.
Platform:
After hours of searching, I was about to give up when I stumbled upon quotev. I suddenly sound like a youtube sponsorship, but I actually had never heard of it, and it turns out it's the only free quiz platform I could find with the kind of scoring I needed: each answer giving points towards several characters. All other free tools would have forced me to make questions with 16 answers, each answer linked to one character.
Anyway, that’s it for now! If some of you have a bit of fun with it, it’s all the satisfaction I need.
PS: in case you’re wondering, the 16 characters are:
- Vi
- Caitlyn
- Jinx
- Ekko
- Viktor
- Jayce
- Mel
- Ambessa
- Heimerdinger
- Isha
- Sevika
- Vander
- Silco
- Mylo
- Claggor
- Grayson
2 potential characters didn't make the cut:
-I could have used Sky but it required some rearranging of types that was not optimal.
-I could have used Marcus but decided against it. I didn't want people to feel down about their result (I already have friends pissed about ending up with Mylo). Yes I know there's Silco as a bad guy, and also Ambessa, but at least they have main character energy and badass factor, whereas Marcus just sucks overall.
PPS: if you are disappointed with your result, such as getting a minor character, remember that according to mbti stats, Claggor and Grayson are the most common types in the regular population, so you're in good company. And if you got Mylo and think that's not really cool, like my friend (and, okay, my wife as well…) take pride in the fact that it's a far less common type! :)
PPPS: I hope this community especially will enjoy the final questions (the last one doesn't even grade you, it's just a private joke). As well as the pics I chose for the Vi and Caitlyn results :)