Would You Be A Superhero Or A Supervillain? Take The Quiz!

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Everybody daydreams a little bit, and with the heavy exposure of comic book characters in pop culture these days, a lot more people think about being super. But which side would you be on? The answer usually changes depending on our mood or situation. There are times where we wish we see a sad story on the news and wish we could do something monumental to help; others where someone cuts you off on the road and you want to vaporize them soul first and torture them for a thousand years. It’s natural (right?).

In comics, there really aren’t many characters that shift from one side to the other; they if they do, they usually end up back in the role they started in sooner or later. Comics do love their binary notions. Makes things easier on the audience. So, in the end, you’re going to be a hero or a villain. If you’re taking this quiz you’re probably wondering which side you’d be on. We hope you get the answer you want, but we’re not promising anything. It’s entirely up to you.

Question 1

First question is the most obvious: Do you think you’d be a hero or villain?

Sure, every villain is the hero of his own story, and by default we’re the hero in our own story, but how we see ourselves is important. You can be totally honest on this one, even if you think you’d be a villain. We’re not tracking your IP address. A third-party government organization is.

Question 2

Would you wear a cape?

DC Comics made capes fashionable in comics. However, by the 60s and 70s, during Marvel’s heyday, Stan Lee didn’t want his character wearing capes as a way to further distinguish themselves from DC. Also, he just didn’t like the style. While some characters in Marvel wear capes these days, there are still admittedly few.

Question 3

Whose side were you on in Heat?

Heat (1995) Al Pacino Robert DeNiro

If you haven’t seen this film, then finish this quiz, watch it and then take this quiz again. In this 1995 classic crime epic, Detective Vincent Hanna (Al Pacino) is on the hunt for Neil McCauley (Robert DeNiro) whose crew has been ripping scores across LA. It’s a complex cops and robbers story and a character study on lonely, obsessed people who have clashing philosophies on freedom and morality. Also, there are several badass shootouts.

Question 4

How would friends and family describe you?

If you’re dreading answering this or you’re unsure how they would, then that’s pretty much an answer in and of itself. Both heroes and villains lead lives that are influenced almost completely from their childhoods (it makes origin stories easier to write) and their personalities almost always somehow sync up to the secret life they have behind closed doors.

Question 5

How confrontational are you?

Both heroes and villains must be confrontational to a certain degree to do the startlingly similar jobs. The answer to this question isn’t cut and dry, but it’s a necessary one so bear with us. There are many different types of confrontations and confrontational personalities. The key is to figure out where on the spectrum you belong compared to where a hero and villain separate.

Question 6

Is it better to be feared or loved?

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Niccolò Machiavelli asked this question in The Prince—his treatise on war, leadership and strategy. He found that it is safer to be feared, though that isn’t to say that it would be entirely safe. To be loved may lead to be taken advantage of or taken for granted. To be feared could lead to being resented and plotted against. Fun times, huh?

Question 7

Would you kill?

This isn’t a cut and dry answer. There are heroes who kill (Grifter, the Punisher) and villains who don’t (the Rogues). Dealing with life and death is a complex issue. As a hero, would you be serving the public good by killing or would you be taking a step toward autocracy? As a villain, killing would leave fewer witnesses but also increase your sentence if caught.

Question 8

What’s your favorite color?

There isn’t a color limit on superheroes and villains. They dress in all kinds of crazy attires that make them look like neon-dipped serial killers. Really, with all these costumed maniacs running around, how hard is it for ordinary people to figure out who is who when these guys fight in the middle of the street. Does that mean this question is just kinda screwing with you? Maybe.

Question 9

Whose side were you on during Marvel Civil War?

Ostensibly a fight between superheroes, there’s still a story about good and evil at play in Civil War—it’s just a little more nuanced. There’s a sense in the story which side the villains would support, but even then, there’s an argument to be made. So, whose side did you fall on?

Question 10

What movie has the better ending: Die Hard or Goodfellas?

Two classics pieces of American Cinema that only have the vaguest connections; they’re both in the crime subgenre. Die Hard is an action film taking place at Christmas. Goodfellas is a decades’ spanning true story of life in the mafia. The answer is not about right and wrong, just a matter of taste.

Question 11

Can you work well in a group?

Both heroes and villains have been known to unionize from time to time. Neither side seems to be all that good at it as people feud within the group, leave, rejoin, leave again. The rosters are constantly changing. It’s almost as if people with massive egos have trouble getting along together. Who’d have thought?

Question 12

Have you changed much in the last 10 years?

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We’re not talking about if you graduated or you moved someplace new. We mean if you look different or you feel different. If your way of thinking or belief system has changed drastically. Would old friends who you haven’t seen in a long time recognize you physically or personality-wise? Or are you a new person?

Question 13

How do you feel about sidekicks?

Both sides have dabbled in sidekicks, though the heroes do it more often; the war against evil is an endless one, so it makes sense that they would set up the next generation of crime-fighters. It doesn’t matter if you’re a superhero or villain, either way, would you make use of a sidekick? Someone to watch your back? Someone to take the fall? Up to you.

Question 14

Were you the bully or the bullied?

Peter Parker Bully

Look, we’re not judging either way, but as we said earlier, the adolescent period is an important developmental time in a person’s life. It helps direct where we’ll end up as adults. We read that on the back of a book written by Sigmund Freud, so we know what we’re talking about.

Question 15

Do you consider yourself a natural leader?

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Being a leader is an honor and a burden. People rely on and trust in you. In return, you have to be able to do things that the people around you can’t. That’s why you’re the leader. They look to you, if not for inspiration, then for direction.

Question 16

What type of hero do you prefer?

There are regular heroes (Superman, Wonder Woman, Captain America) who are decent people. They’re out there because it’s the right thing to do. An anti-hero is more violent, less typically heroic—Batman, Wolverine, Punisher. They’re a moral gray area and often operate more in the name of justice than law.

Question 17

What type of villain do you prefer?

There are complicated villains—Lex Luthor, Dr. Doom, Darkseid—who have complex motives. Sometimes, you even understand or empathize with them. Then there are simpler villains whose goals and reasoning are more easily categorized—Red Skull, Joker or Carnage. They live to do evil. Which do you prefer reading about in comics?

Question 18

What would you do if you found a wallet?

One day, you notice outside the doors of the bank, you find a lost wallet. It has the owner’s ID in it, and two thousand dollars in cash. You recently lost your job and you have no new one likely on the horizon. You’re having trouble paying your rent and buying food. This two grand would help. Do you take the money or do you mail it back to the owner using their ID?

Question 19

Are good and evil relative concepts?

If you took the money in the last question, does that automatically make you a bad guy? Does standing up to a bully automatically make you a good guy? Is there such a thing as a benevolent dictator? Are there things that are acceptable in one culture but not another? If that’s true, can anything be inherently good or evil? If a cop shoots a criminal in order to save a life, has he still not committed a cardinal sin?

Question 20

What word best describes you?

Earlier, we asked if you think you would be a hero or a villain. Then we asked what others might think of you. Getting more detailed now, we want to know what adjective best describes your personality, your personal philosophy. Don’t worry, this will all make sense in the end. Mostly.

Question 21

Favorite food?

That’s right, we need to know what you eat. You can take this one of two ways: that our program is that complicated that we need to know you intimately in order to get the truest results, or we’re going to judge you by your diet. Making you a little paranoid now? What’s the right answer? Is there even a right answer? Is truth a relative concept too?

Question 22

When you’re watching a high-speed chase, what’s the first thing that comes to mind?

That’s right. Another Voight-Kampf question. Remember, there are no right or wrong answers. By answering truthfully, you’re only doing exactly what you’re supposed to do. In that way, nothing is good or evil. But, then, this is a superhero/villain quiz, so one way or the other you’re ending up on the binary scale.

Question 23

A friend is getting beaten up. What do you do?

You’re walking down the block and see a friend of yours being beaten up by a group of young toughs. This is a good friend, but even with your help, you’d be hopelessly outmatched. If you interfere, you’ll get a bad beating. If you call the cops, they still won’t get there in enough time to stop it.

Question 24

What do you want most in the world?

The world’s a funny place. Lots of people on it. The odds of standing out aren’t that great, but then, look at some of the idiots who have millions of Twitter followers, so what do we know? As a hero or villain, your concerns are global. The health of the world is something you need to maintain or manipulate. You have two choices for this question and, depending on how you look at it, they could be inextricably linked.

Question 25

What’s more important: Freedom or order?

Order is predictable. Order means safety. It also means uniformity and the potential abuse of power. Freedom is unpredictable. Freedom allows for risk. It allows you to start out poor but end up rich. It also means you could lose it all. Freedom creates too many variables.

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