#quiz explanations

[wrathfuldissonance]

"Alright, 'Master,' are you done laughing at everyone?"

"Aren't you Hideki's Servant?"

. . .

"... Okay, yeah, fine, I'm done laughing. For now. I'm sorry it's just... hilarious... that there were three questions that only one person got right, and the same person didn't even get all of them! ... Wait, no, results just updated. It's only the one. There are four that only had two right responses each though!"

"How auspicious. Then let's begin with your tricky question, shall we?"

"Right... My favorite fruit is actually kiwifruit! This actually was mentioned before but it was a while ago. Unsurprisingly, everyone except one person went for the low-hanging fruit. I do love pomegranate, too, but I prefer the seeds frozen then dipped in chocolate. So good. I do like cherry juice and cherry wine too, so it's kind of surprising nobody went for that."

"I'll be sure to share that with Gilgamesh. Speaking of your favorite drinks, though..."

"Only three people got this right. Considering I'm known for being a chocolate fiend the number of people who got it wrong is astounding and a little worrying. My favorite drink is hot chocolate. I do like tea and coffee, of course, but even coffee I tend to add chocolate to. Rum's good in mixed drinks."

"Perhaps one day we'll share a drink. Regardless, the jewelry one seems to have stumped as many people as got it right."

"Can probably blame that on my fashion sense being on point. I'll wear jewelry that suits my outfit even if I wouldn't otherwise choose it. I do prefer silvery metals with green gems! I think gold usually makes me look a bit washed out, but I'll wear it when it suits the outfit. I do also like moonstones. The one person who went with platinum and diamonds... Well I certainly don't mind those at all."

"In other words, you don't mind being spoiled? Though I will point out those filigree ear decorations you like to wear do look like rose gold and opals."

"Oh! Those were a gift from Dove. They're rather fond of gold, and they said the opals suited my eyes."

"I see... This next one appears to have only two correct answers."

"Hm, that one was down to observational skills. To be fair, they are all principles I live by, but their true order is something more like... I don't make promises I don't intend to keep, forgive but never forget, I'm made of spite and vinegar, and I won't make the same mistake twice."

"You have to admit, your spite and refusal to give up is quite a bit more blatant than what you don't do."

"When have I broken a promise?"

"... Fair point. And this next one is why I'm here."

"Okay this one absolutely is on me. I forgot to specify it was specifically for this me. Though even accounting for the clocktower haters... you're still Hideki's Servant, not one of the other me's."

. . .

"What, did some other me summon you while we weren't paying attention?"

. . .

"... message received I guess?..."

"Now that that's cleared up..."

[ew-selfish-art]

DpxDc AU: Tim as a child was never given a lot of information regarding the scribbling messy handwriting that appeared over night all over his arms- naturally he came to his own conclusions.

Tim Drake was home entirely alone at 9 years old and was about to go out for the night to test his brand new long exposure camera lens when he sees the writing on his arm. It’s not English, like he assumed it was at first, but it was using the alphabet to represent… Tim isn’t bad at math but this formula is complex for his little genius brain.

Looking at his camera, he decides he can spare a moment to look it up, solve it, and get back out into old town Gotham in time for Batman and Robin’s final patrol lap. He does just that, finding the problem to relate to some aerospace engineering and then quickly deduces what laws and theorems need to be applied. He finds a pen, writes down his findings in much neater handwriting onto his arm, and goes out. It’s barely a remarkable night at all. He gets a much more memorable photo of Robin roundhouse kicking a hench person.

Things just continued on that way. Tim would find some complex math, physics or chemistry prompt on his arm (surrounded by various question marks or notes or sad faces)- he’d answer it as best he could and move on with his life. Perhaps his parents were manifesting these pop quizzes? Perhaps his subconscious felt guilty about abandoning his studies for more Bat related pursuits? Tim really didn’t care to think much about it once he became Robin- there was too much on his plate and too many peoples problems for him to fix.

Notably, however, after the attack at the Tower, the pop quiz appeared and Tim wrote back that he wouldn’t be able to find an answer to this one. It was the only time Tim questioned the markings appearance and it was because the next thing that appeared was “Hope you feel better soon.”

… his parents wouldn’t include that on a pop quiz. Cursed then. Tim decided it must be a curse, whatever, he’d deal with the implications later in life.

Tim then has the worst year of his life, hes 15, no longer Robin and the questions from his curse are getting less math oriented and more… philosophical. A lot of mentions of death that, in hindsight helped him actually grieve, and a lot of theories about dark matter and souls. Tim answers back as best he can but he’s drained and his answers aren’t very good in his opinion. He gets minimal feedback.

It all comes to a point that he’s at a family dinner, Bruce is at the head of the table, Jason has promised just to stay for dessert, Damian hasn’t thrown a single insult his way and Steph was laughing at him- when a new theoretical model appears on his arm.

“You’re just as bad as Bruce, Timberly. Hiding a soulmate from all of us, how fucking typical.” Jason points out, while watching Tim scribble back some math with a question mark onto his arm.

“A what? No, this is just a curse. I get pop quizzes every now and then.” Tim bats away Steph who rapidly approaches and began to analyze his arm (the rest of the family isn’t far behind).

“Drake. Explain how you came to this conclusion.” Damian seems more curious than anything, if his lack of insults was anything to go off of.

“Since I was young I’ve had at least weekly math check ins, I never had a parent or anyone else around so I assumed my parents had me cursed to ensure I stayed on top of my studies. Sometimes it’s physics or chemistry, for a while there it was a ton of philosophy and behavioral psychology.” He shrugs his shoulders.

“Master Tim, I believe the lack of adults in your life has led you towards a false conclusion. That is most certainly a soulmate mark. The individual to whom you are responding is undoubtedly your other half.” Alfred attempts to calm the room before explaining to Tim. Tim isnt sure if he believes the butler, though Alfred only very rarely lied, so he grabs the pen once more. He writes his first question back: “Who am I to you?”

The room waits in anticipation and within moments a brand new line appears on Tim’s arm and he is vindicated: “We do math together???”

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The reason Danny is failing English is because his built in homework helper sucks ass at metaphors and has apparently never read any classic literature. The tutor on his arm is great at puzzles and math tho.

Danny gets a reply back one night that he wasn’t expecting (Who am I to you?) and he mentions it to Jazz. Who goes insane that Danny didn’t even question it and just went with “meh, probably haunted” as his explanation for the phenomenon for all these years.

Apparently, if Jazz was right, he had a soulmate who was uh, super fucking smart. That was an overwhelming thought.

The next day Danny is in crisis mode and writes back “Wait, WHAT AM I TO YOU??? Can I help on your homework??”

Danny gets vindicated when the writing on his arm presents a shit ton of dates and information for an unsolved Gotham cold case. See, Haunted.

———

Eventually between Danny becoming the top candidate for astrophysics at Wayne Enterprises and Tim Drake being outed as having contributed tips to the GCPD that solved cold cases- they meet and realize just how dumb they’ve been.

[rassicas]

i have one video i've been wanting to make about a certain splatoon lore topic so badly for some years now and i wanna do it soon. but every time i think about it i can feel myself going insane. there's so much i need to say. how do i structure this in a way that makes sense. does it even make sense at all. to me? god help me

[bennetsbonnet]

I was just watching Jeopardy! and one of the categories was classic novels explained badly...

[necrotic-nephilim]

as an apology for being gone for a month, have a uquiz i spent a week making! pls feel free to reblog with which character you got, i worked way too hard on this silly little thing. there are eight different characters you can get that are varying levels of unknown, with comic recommendations for each character <3

[ninja-knox-ur-sox-off]

Y’all i ain’t even TOUCHED my pen since this new round of classes started up ya boi is going through it

[midnightdemonhunter]

but now i've got a bellyache.

[vani-ash]

I was rewatching kinnporsche on the plane and

Did Kim sign Wik for Ohm as well?? Bestie didn't even know who you were Kim 😭

[wearevillaneve]

Sandra Oh and Awkwafina at the 2024 Critics Choice Awards. (sandraohonline)

[pfhwrittes]

Hey P! I'm not sure if you've answered this (If you did I missed it) but what would *your* daemon be? All your HDM AU posting has got me thinking about it

hiya charlie! how's it going?

i haven't answered this before but i did do a daemon quiz recently that made me cackle with laughter at the response.

so i got bighorn sheep which had this to say:

"You are a sociable but hardheaded individual who enjoys success. More so than others with caprine daemons, those with bighorn sheep are classic show-offs, proud of their stubbornness and enjoy riling others up. They are direct and don't shy away from confrontation, and are defensive when provoked."

i gotta say, i feel weirdly seen by this quiz. i am definitely a show off (i have several friends that will attest to this as well as this whole blog which is just me showing off the words i have written), i'm definitely stubborn and yeah, i admit to enjoying riling people up (i like arguing for sport, it's fun!).

(and yeah, i'm my friend's and family's go-to person when it comes to confrontation. funnily enough they don't enjoy it so much when i'm the one confronting them over something...)

[chemicalarospec]

reading Death Note and reading Jane Eyre was actually a pretty similar experience for me.

[cctinsleybaxter]

Prev that post that's like 'robert redford is like an american girl doll' was a game changer for understanding quiz show as self-insert rpf i think they put that on the casting call sheet

[queer-whatchamacallit]

Hey guys I made a thing, and I think you should do it even though it’s probably cruel and unusual punishment

Enjoy!

[thesilly-goose]

maybe i’m just pretentious but it bothers me so much when people use the word “much” when they should be using “many”

[flyingsquidmoth]

hmmmm.... well you see tumblr I have not taken that quiz... and I feel like those badges would mark me out as a nerd sooooooo... :/

[mylanguageclasses]

Understanding 〜ことになる in japanese

If you’re learning Japanese, you’ve likely come across the phrase 〜ことになる (koto ni naru). This grammatical structure is incredibly versatile and is used in various contexts to express outcomes, decisions, or natural conclusions. Whether you’re a beginner or an advanced learner, mastering 〜ことになる will significantly enhance your Japanese communication skills. In this blog post, we’ll break down…