Which Character from The Silver Eye Am I…NOT??

Hello, fellow Silver Eye enthusiasts!! All two of you 😉

I’ve taken this quiz several times before, usually resulting in Chara (and Enel, upon occasion). However, I have yet to take it to find my opposite. This is, in theory, accomplished by choosing the opposite to what you’d typically choose.

I could have just taken this and made a random comment somewhere telling all of you what I got, but I decided you would all benefit from a play by play. So. Here goes!!

(This entire quiz is from Laura Hollingsworth’s The Silver Eye webpage. All creative credits to her; I’m not trying to steal anything from her. Trust. You can find the quiz here.)

I am sometimes rude to others

1. No! NEVER! I would sooner die! 
2. Yeah, sometimes. There are people who deserve it. 
3. I try not to be, but I slip up 

My actual answer is 3. It goes against my nature to be purposefully rude to people, so anti-me shall choose 2.

I try to follow the rules.

1. Yes, rules are good. 
2. Maybe, what rules are we talking about here? 
3. What is a ‘rule’? 

I need more options 😭 1 is what I would actually choose, so I suppose 3 is the opposite of that. Or…as close to the opposite of that as I’m likely to get.

I experience my emotions intensely

1. Yes 
2. No 

Oh I am such an emotional person. I cried my fourth time reading The Warden and the Wolf King. David made me tear up multiple times. If I’m mad, get out of the way. If I’m sad, you can tell. If I’m excited, I may actually start bouncing.

Thus anti-me is cool as a cucumber and affected by nothing. Sad songs never bring her to tears. She doesn’t grin madly whilst reading The Importance of Being Earnest. She doesn’t understand emotions. What are they??

I hold a grudge.

1. Yes 
2. No 

To be completely honest…I can hold a grudge. And I have. And I do. And I will undoubtedly continue. #AnneShirleymoments

So somehow anti-me doesn’t experience emotions and doesn’t hold grudges.

I have little interest in abstract ideas.

1. Yes 
2. No 

Wait…yes means I have little interest in abstract ideas, no means…I do have interest in abstract ideas?? Why must yes/no questions be so needlessly complicated at times?? 😭

I rather dislike math. That seems abstract. We’ll go with no. two on this one.

I have a sharp tongue.

1. Yeah 
2. Nah 

This isn’t quite something I can tell about myself, I don’t think. I mean…I probably can??

We’ll go with anti-me has a sharp tongue. If I really do have a sharp tongue, I don’t think I utilize it often.

I can picture myself buying a fire lookout tower from a government auction, then disassembling it, relocating it to my backyard, and reassembling it, so that I can see above the treeline and other houses.

1. Yes, that sounds like a fantastic idea. 
2. No, I do not think I would ever do that. 

😂 This question seems built expressly to find out if you’re Enel or not. I really don’t picture myself doing that (not to mention I don’t think I can disassemble and reassemble a fire lookout tower). I’d love it if someone else did it for me though!! It’s basically a tree fort. An excessively sturdy and tall one. That’s not actually in a tree.

Anyway, anti-me would totally do this. Don’t ask why.

Where is your ideal place to live?

1. Cabin by a lake in the mountains 
2. Beach house with a wrap around deck 
3. Penthouse apartment 
4. Townhouse in a quieter part of the city 
5. Homestead in the countryside 
6. Village house surrounded by gardens 
7. Villa in the hills 
8. RV that is ready to hit the road 

This question is hard enough to answer for what I’d actually want. I would love a beach house…but anything in the country would be splendid. So anti-me must live in the city or something.

Penthouse apartment or RV??

Anti-me totally lives in an RV. I don’t think I’d like to never have a place to call home. Besides, you can’t fit many books or plants in an RV, I don’t think.

If something in your house breaks, what is the first thing you do?

1. Try to fix it on my own 
2. Call a professional 
3. Call a friend 
4. Try to ignore it 

Anti-me would just fix it on her own. She’s cool like that.

Actual me would probably call a friend. No, she would actually call her dad, because he’s really good at fixing stuff.

What is the word people would most likely use to describe you?

1. Smart 
2. Quiet 
3. Kind 
4. Impulsive 

😂 Anyone who knows me could tell you that I am not impulsive. I probably fall under the smart, quiet, and kind categories, but impulsive?? Never.

Pick a Chesterton Quote!

1. Joking is undignified; that is why it is so good for one’s soul.  
2. Don’t ever take a fence down until you know the reason it was put up. 
3. Right is right, even if nobody does it. Wrong is wrong, even if everybody is wrong about it.  
4. When we really love truth we love even the unpleasant truths. 
5. Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of a readiness to die. 
6. An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered. 

I would choose the courage one, I believe. I need more of that.

Anti-me…is undecided. How about the fence one. Sure.

*is dreading the other two quote questions that are coming* It’s hard enough to choose just one quote with no basis as to why you’re choosing one. Is it the one that describes you?? Your motto for the upcoming year?? The quote you’d put on a bumper sticker?? Be more specific, Laura.

What is the ritual that helps you calm down?

1. A warm shower 
2. Talking to a friend 
3. Exercise 
4. Work 

BAHAHAHAHA. Anti-me says exercise. Next question.

Pick a Lewis Quote!

1. Free will, though it makes evil possible, is also the only thing that makes possible any love or goodness or joy worth having.  
2. Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither. 
3. If I find in myself desires which nothing in this world can satisfy, the only logical explanation is that I was made for another world.  
4. Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next man. 
5. Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person’s ultimate good as far as it can be obtained. 

OH I LOVE QUOTE NUMBER THREE!!!! Ummm…anti-me picks pride.

Do you prefer working in a team or on your own?

1. Team 
2. Own 

Just let me hole up in my room and do the work on my own…I don’t need anyone’s help…I don’t trust anyone else to do this…

For my final group project in my literature class last semester, we had to make a video on the book we read together (Jane Eyre). I didn’t trust anyone else with something that impacted my grade that much, so I volunteered myself to splice all the videos together and add slides over the top and gave myself the hardest video to make (analysis of theme). Oh, and have I ever mentioned I have horrid internet?? Here I am, working with videos using poor internet and I’ve never done it before in my life.

I have academic trust issues, what can I say.

Anyway, anti-me loves working in groups. She just eats it up. It gives her an opportunity to exert her naturally outgoing personality and take charge and make decisions.

Pick a Tolkien Quote!

1. The wide world is all about you. You can fence yourselves in, but you cannot forever fence it out.  
2. I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend.
3. Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.  
4. Not all who wander are lost.  
5. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.  

But it’s Tolkien…neither I nor anti-me wants to pick just one. That’s unfair.

*sigh* fine. Anti-me chooses the first one. Don’t ask which one I would actually choose, because Tolkien is the master of words and we can’t possibly rank these particular quotes above their comrades.

If you’re in a bad mood, do you prefer…

1. To be left alone  
2. To have someone cheer you up  

That’s…complicated. I think I would actually go with the second option, but I prefer being comforted to being cheered. Cheered up feels more like a happy person trying to pull a sad/mad/bad mood person up to their level, while comforting is being sat with on whichever level you’re on until you’re fine with life again.

All that to say anti-me wants to be left alone.

Pick a Peterson Quote!

1. The purpose of life is finding the largest burden that you can bear and bearing it. 
2. There’s lots of times in your life that you’re not going to be happy… You want to have something meaningful – that’s the boat that will take you through the storm.  
3. The future is a hydra of snakes and terrors. But, it’s there whether you confront it or not, so you might as well confront it. 
4. You can’t change other people, but you can change yourself.  
5. When you have something to say, silence is a lie.  
6. If you think tough men are dangerous, wait until you see what weak men are capable of.  

…is it bad that I don’t know this Peterson fellow of whom we speak…

Hmm. Anti-me chooses option no. three.

In this scenario, you exist in a world with other people, and some of them DISLIKE YOU. What do you make of that?

1. I would want to understand why, and possibly defend myself. I would prefer it if everyone thought of me positively, unrealistic as that may be. 
2. If someone who knows me has an issue with me, I would give a strong effort to address and resolve it, however if it’s just some stranger, then who cares? 
3. My opinion of myself is the one that truly matters, and I won’t let someone else’s deeply affect me. 

wHAT??? Why…why don’t they like me??? 😭😭😭

I care. Too much. But hey, we’re not here for me today. We’re here for anti-me. Anti-me is secure in her identity and doesn’t care. She is a fortress. A tower.

Are you more outspoken or reserved?

1. I stick to myself  
2. I can be loud but also enjoy quiet  
3. I’m pretty much the loudest person in every room  

Hehehehe…anti-me is probably really loud.

SHOE?

1. Boot 
2. Sandal 
3. Business (Loafer or Classic heel) 
4. Athletic/Casual 

Ah. Splendid question. This quiz is so creative; I love it. Anti-me only wears heels. They give her confidence.

Soda Aesthetic? Go!

1. Coke 
2. Diet Coke 
3. Coke Zero 
4. Pepsi 
5. Dr. Pepper 
6. Diet Dr. Pepper 
7. Cherry Dr. Pepper 
8. Orange Soda 
9. Grape Soda 
10. Pineapple Soda 
11. Rootbeer 
12. Sprite 
13. Ginger Ale 
14. Sparkling Apple Cider 
15. Sparkling Water 

This is probably how I ended up part of the Alvarado family last time. They have a definite Dr. Pepper aesthetic. And ofc, Dr. Pepper is superior to other sodas.

Anti-me drinks something ridiculous like Orange Soda.

You discover a stink bug has crawled up your PJ pants and is sitting on your knee while you are in the open living room, do you…

1. Go to your bedroom to change, as swiftly as if your life depended upon it
2. Pull down your PJs right there while hopping around to get it off you NOW 
3. Slam your fist into your knee to smash the bug, and deal with what consequences may follow  
4. Calmly stand and shake your leg, hoping the bug will just fall out. (It may crawl up further, but that is a risk you are willing to take) 
5. Let the bug stay there, it is a living creature too, and your knee is its home now  

😂 I am one hundred percent option number one.

Anti-me has great respect for God’s creation, apparently. Add it to the science books: Ava’s knee is a natural habitat for stink bugs.

Hath your lips muttered… swears? (mild and made up ones included)

1. Yes 
2. No 
3. No, I swear! I mean I don’t swear! I mean… only once in a while. 

Of course not, darling, it’s so vulgar. (I’m getting the picture that anti-me wears power suits to Walmart)

Pick an amusement park ride

1. Rollercoaster 
2. Ferris Wheel 
3. Carousel  
4. A water ride  
5. Bumper cars  

I would choose the carousel. Tame and fun and aesthetic.

So clearly, anti-me chooses a rollercoaster. The more loops and spins and drops, the better. She is not disturbed by them. Far from it. She lives for the thrill.

Is taxation theft?

1. Yes 
2. No 
3. What? 

…

Oh. I forgot about this question. Laura’s playing hardball here. I probably went with “What?” last time 😂

Anti-me probably thinks taxation is theft though.

You’ve just found out a secret that impacts someone you love, but ALL evidence suggests that if they learn this secret, it will lead to their death. Do you…

1. Keep the secret from them. You can live with some deception, but you couldn’t bear it if your actions resulted in their harm. 
2. Be upfront about the secret. You trust that telling the truth will lead to the best outcome, and you are willing to chance the consequences of your decision, no matter what they are. 

There is no way I would tell someone something if I believed that if I told them, they would likely die. Nope. Not happening.

Anti-me, however, can handle it.

Do you think crying is a sign of…

1. Strength 
2. Weakness 

Ok, this question is actually hard to answer honestly. I’d love to say I think crying is a sign of strength, but I cry too much. I feel too much.

Anti-me knows that crying takes strength though. To feel so much takes strength. She should teach me her ways…

So… What’s your level of self-contempt?

1. I don’t have any, thanks 
2. There’s a tad bit but I’m ok 
3. There’s kind of a lot 
4. I can hardly stand myself 

Oh. Poor anti-me. She needs some help. Get her some therapy.

Are you focused?

1. Super Focused  
2. Sometimes 
3. I am all over the place! 

Look at that. She’s super focused. She may have self-loathing issues, but at least she can stay on-task.

Do you like to write?

1. I love writing 
2. I dislike writing 
3. I can if I have to 

She…she hates writing??? WHO HURT YOU, ANTI-ME?? I’M SO SORRY.

In the age of a pandemic, you have a deflated basketball that you need to refill, but no way to do so. Do you…

1. Put on a mask. Carry the basketball with a wipe. Approach kids playing basketball on the street. Place the basketball on the ground before them and ask if they can fill it for you. 
2. Buy an air pump specifically to fill this one basketball. (Get arrested for non-essential business.) 
3. Go to an auto shop and ask them to fill the basketball. You are able to accurately throw it the 6ft needed to not get too close to them. 
4. Put it in an oven, as it heats it will expand. 
5. Approach kids playing basketball on the street but instead of asking if they have a way to reflate the basketball, you donate it to them and act like you have done them a great service. 
6. Report kids playing basketball on the street for not social distancing. The kids get arrested. Then you switch your basketball for theirs. 

😂😂😂 This question is so out there, but it’s one of my favorites of the whole quiz. It’s hard to answer, too. I think I’d actually end up with choice no. one.

But anti-me would totally report the kids who weren’t social distancing (did people actually get arrested for that?? That seems a little bit…extreme).

Hold on, why do I even need a basketball?? I don’t play it…

Le Results

*slight pause while we transfer answers to actual quiz*

Hehehehe…that’s actually pretty funny. Ayran would totally wear his version of a power suit to Walmart. Ah, that’s so valid!!

Anyway, this quiz hasn’t been updated in a while, apparently. Ayran has made an appearance or two. He’s pretty mysterious of a dude. Very classy. Very immortal. Very snazzy. He actually made the Silver Eye, from which the webcomic derives its name. He likes the color green. And sparkles.

Well, to all you who have never read the Silver Eye, this is your sign. I refer to you the beginning page here, and my initial post about it here.

To those of you who have read it…huzzah!!! Isn’t it marvelous??!?!

And with that, I bid you adieu.

Always,

Ava 💚