New meme assignment: Describe yourself in 3 fictional characters

A new personality test is going around Twitter this week: The game is to “describe yourself in three fictional characters.” Which combination of made-up personality traits speaks to who you really are? Now is the time to consider the question deeply and tweet about it. 

The responses so far range from apparently sincere—

pic.twitter.com/9izaq2F87b

— clarko@mastodon.social (@Clarko) September 19, 2016

DESCRIBE YOURSELF IN 3 fictional characters… Ready go pic.twitter.com/bedgBZWM1y

— Johnny Grasso (@Johnny__Grasso) September 18, 2016

https://twitter.com/LittleFlakyCute/status/777244669910671360

—to probably still sincere but also very clever—

https://twitter.com/moscaddie/status/777915508188471297

—to the characters from your own good video game that you wrote.

https://twitter.com/MammonMachine/status/777916297891815424

Some people are Mirandas/Ilanas (this is definitely a thing):

https://twitter.com/ggunselie/status/775614703934504960

While many, many others are Squidward, Squidward, and just Squidward. Highly relatable. 

“Describe yourself in 3 fictional characters” I only have one pic.twitter.com/XpEiACscHw

— 💀Holly 🖤 PAXU! Booth 4147! 🐀 (@HollyConrad) September 18, 2016

This is one of those memes that falls into the category of “games people used to play on LiveJournal 15 years ago.” Certainly it’s fun to think about the relationship between yourself and the media you like: What’s appealing about certain characters? What aspects of yourself do you see in them? 

But it’s 2016 now, so people also love to be self-deprecating, jokeful irony boys. 

https://twitter.com/watermelonshibe/status/777110035146997760

https://twitter.com/PaperbagTweet/status/777094841637437440

Describe yourself in 3 fictional characters. pic.twitter.com/M9BWmVzw1L

— Kieron Moore (@KieronMoore) September 19, 2016

This, by the way, is cheating. Yakko, Wakko, and Dot are like the id, ego, and superego of cartoon characters:

“Describe yourself in 3 fictional cha—”

Done. Next? pic.twitter.com/umuYkNKdOt

— Laszlo Xalieri (@xalieri) September 19, 2016

So, who are your three?

https://twitter.com/metswee/status/776906027157499904

https://twitter.com/Sulidaesy/status/777024352353148928

https://twitter.com/huuhkaja/status/777440065370853376

https://twitter.com/LeenaVanD/status/777793068795781120

Remember, there’s no partial credit if you turn this assignment in late.