Transformers Fancharacter Archetype Test - Updated

[dvandom]

Manual test, I may build it into an automated poll eventually, but probably not. :) Just something I whipped together during my office hour this morning, then tweaked while dinner was cooking.

I put in a link rather than pasting the whole thing behind a cut because I may change it a few more times.

Edit: Which I have done. I added an archetype (Noble Defender), renamed a few of the existing ones, and did some stats.

Comments

[andrusi.livejournal.com]

Ooh. This looks easily adaptable to other fandoms. In particular I think the Mega Man community could benefit from this, especially if the adaption was really condescending or just plain mean.

[dvandom.livejournal.com]

Well, I did try to keep it non-mean. Other than Mary Sue and Whackjob, none of the archetypes is necessarily negative.

[funct.livejournal.com]

Got a 7 for combat monster.

[the-s-guy.livejournal.com]

Interesting. Let's see -

Character 1: Ex-black marketeer, pit fighter, weapons collector and low-level grunt forced to think more than he likes to keep himself alive. Scores 7 on Combat Monster, 3 each on Whackjob and Conqueror. That's pretty accurate.

Character 2: Professional victim, experimental guinea pig and coward. Scores 11 on Scientist (?), 7 on Bystander, 5 on Romantic Lead, 4 on Human Interaction and 3 on Mary Sue. Bystander I can see, but he's not really much of a worldbuilder unless you count "sees bits of it while being thrown from one bad situation to another". He does do repair work, so maybe the test picked up on that. There's not really an entry for "would like to pull the world over his head and hide, whimpering, until it all goes away".

Character 3: DJ, entertainer, and general rough-and-tumble noisemaker.
Scores 5 on Superspy and three each on Human Interaction, Romantic Lead and Conqueror. I can kind of see that - it'd fit if he was less frivolous.

Character 4: Mindwiped ex-Cobra agent's brain patterns, part-time whackjob scientist and plotter, eventually turned into a pawn by better political minds. Sometimes has access to ridiculous firepower but is more often found on the phone to humans.
Scores 8 on Superspy, 6 on Human Interaction, four each on Scientist, Whackjob and Conqueror, and 3 on Combat Monster. Yeah, that sounds about right.

Character 5: Civilian courier. Just your average guy trying to get his job done and not looking for trouble.
Scores 9 on Bystander, 5 on Scientist, 4 on Superspy, three each on Whackjob and Conqueror. Well, I can certainly agree with the Bystander bit.

[lameazoid.livejournal.com]

I've only got one fan character with any real backstory.

He's a double agent Decepticon pretending to be an Autobot. He scored highest with 8 as a "Plotter" which fits pretty well. Almost everything else was below 4 except Builder/Scientist which got a 5.

Looks like it's working pretty well.