born in fire, born in blood
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egypturnashQuiz. Posted because the lengthy result was, somehow, exactly not what I'd expect.
You are a PHOENIX in your soul and your wings make a statement. Huge and born of flame, they burn with light and power and rebirth. Ashes fall from your wingtips. You are an amazingly strong person. You survive, even flourish in adversity and hardship. A firm believer in the phrase, 'Whatever doesn't kill you only makes you stronger,' you rarely fear failure. You know that any mistake you make will teach you more about yourself and allow you to 'rise from the ashes' as a still greater being. Because of this, you rarely make the same mistake twice, and are not among the most forgiving people. You're extremely powerful and wise, and are capable of fierce pride, passion, and anger. Perhaps you're this way because you were forced to survive a rough childhood. Or maybe you just have a strong grasp on reality and know that life is tough and the world is cruel, and it takes strength and independence to survive it. And independence is your strongest point - you may care for others, and even depend on them...but when it comes right down to it, the only one you need is yourself. Thus you trust your own intuition, and rely on a mind almost as brilliant as the fire of your wings to guide you.You are eternal and because you have a strong sense of who and what you are, no one can control your heart or mind, or even really influence your thinking. A symbol of rebirth and renewal, you tend to be a very spiritual person with a serious mind - never acting immature and harboring a superior disgust of those who do. Likewise, humanity's stupidity and tendency to want others to solve their problems for them frustrates you endlessly. Though you can be stubborn, outspoken, and haughty, I admire you greatly.
*~*~*Claim Your Wings - Pics and Long Answers*~*~*
"rarely fear failure" - HA! So many things have I not done for fear of them going awry!
"the only one you need is yourself" - I wish.
"fourish in adversity and hardship" - No, I tend to just curl up and hope the world just goes away, even though I know from experience that it won't!
Although the rebirth and renewal and self-destructive themes fit.
These things are like the daily horoscope in the paper, most of the time. Evocative phrases that you can see yourself in. This one's especially evocative because it's working with some well-worn mythic icons - demons, angels, phoenixes, dragons... large, complex, multifaceted symbols.
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kensan_oni, by the way.
You are a PHOENIX in your soul and your wings make a statement. Huge and born of flame, they burn with light and power and rebirth. Ashes fall from your wingtips. You are an amazingly strong person. You survive, even flourish in adversity and hardship. A firm believer in the phrase, 'Whatever doesn't kill you only makes you stronger,' you rarely fear failure. You know that any mistake you make will teach you more about yourself and allow you to 'rise from the ashes' as a still greater being. Because of this, you rarely make the same mistake twice, and are not among the most forgiving people. You're extremely powerful and wise, and are capable of fierce pride, passion, and anger. Perhaps you're this way because you were forced to survive a rough childhood. Or maybe you just have a strong grasp on reality and know that life is tough and the world is cruel, and it takes strength and independence to survive it. And independence is your strongest point - you may care for others, and even depend on them...but when it comes right down to it, the only one you need is yourself. Thus you trust your own intuition, and rely on a mind almost as brilliant as the fire of your wings to guide you.You are eternal and because you have a strong sense of who and what you are, no one can control your heart or mind, or even really influence your thinking. A symbol of rebirth and renewal, you tend to be a very spiritual person with a serious mind - never acting immature and harboring a superior disgust of those who do. Likewise, humanity's stupidity and tendency to want others to solve their problems for them frustrates you endlessly. Though you can be stubborn, outspoken, and haughty, I admire you greatly.*~*~*Claim Your Wings - Pics and Long Answers*~*~*
"rarely fear failure" - HA! So many things have I not done for fear of them going awry!
"the only one you need is yourself" - I wish.
"fourish in adversity and hardship" - No, I tend to just curl up and hope the world just goes away, even though I know from experience that it won't!
Although the rebirth and renewal and self-destructive themes fit.
These things are like the daily horoscope in the paper, most of the time. Evocative phrases that you can see yourself in. This one's especially evocative because it's working with some well-worn mythic icons - demons, angels, phoenixes, dragons... large, complex, multifaceted symbols.
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kensan_oni, by the way.
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Date: 2004-01-20 06:45 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2004-01-20 08:02 pm (UTC)Perhaps the lesson is that results from quizzes found on the Net, made by mysterious unknown people who may or may not have spent any time making sure that the scoring from the various answers balanced out nicely, are not to be taken seriously?
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Date: 2004-01-20 11:24 pm (UTC)I just took the quiz and it did have a "See all possible results" link. Unfortunately it didn't have a nice easily cut-and-paste-able URL, so here's the short list:
Dark Angelic - Steel - Phoenix - Broken - Angelic - Faery - Demon - Dragon
I got "Angelic", which I guess means I should be standing on some poor schlub's shoulder, across from gwynbones, trying to convince said poor schlub to do the right thing.
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Date: 2004-01-21 11:17 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-01-20 08:03 pm (UTC)Quiz results.
Date: 2004-01-20 08:32 pm (UTC)While I did get phoenix too, my friends tend to angel/dragon archetypes. We'd need a larger sample to see if it's really skewed (though I agree that it's doubtful the results mean much).
-Deuce
Re: Quiz results.
Date: 2004-01-20 10:54 pm (UTC)I work in the mental health care field.
*snickers*
Re: Quiz results.
Date: 2004-01-20 11:35 pm (UTC)Re: Quiz results.
Date: 2004-01-21 12:55 am (UTC)This has a lot of comments for a quiz result
Date: 2004-01-21 10:08 am (UTC)It has several dragon results, I got airdragon, but the person who I got it from got elk and is more dragonlike than me
Re: This has a lot of comments for a quiz result
Date: 2004-01-21 10:38 am (UTC)Huh, I got air dragon too. "A bolt of lightning to the psyche, a freshness for the intellect, and someone who needs to be treated with respect. Use your insight wisely, and you shall be rewarded, for you are the Messenger of the Sky God."
I think the interesting thing about quizzes is not neccesarily the result of any particular one, but the overall trends. Like the time I went and took as many Harry Potter quizzes as I could find and got largely sorted into Slytherin, or compared to a Slytherin character. This says something about the way I view myself that just one lone result of "Snape" or "Black Dragon" or "Camenbert" or "π" suggests.
Data point.
Date: 2004-01-21 08:22 pm (UTC)-Deuce
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