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With so many great magical worlds, fictional settings, and unique ideas in books and movies out there, it’s hard not to raise the question: “What would life be like if I were the hero of this story?”

In this poll, you’ll get to cast your vote on which worlds are more habitable, which characters are more heroic, which villains are more fearsome, and more. Drop the everyday act, let your imagination flow freely, and let’s see which options you’d rather take if given the chance!

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#1

Which item would you rather have: a lightsaber from Star Wars or Excalibur from the Arthurian legend?

Would You Rather choice: split image of a blue lightsaber and Excalibur sword in a stone

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Norm Gilmore
Community Member
15 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I need to watch this again soon. :-) Monty Python and the Holy Grail-King Arthur: The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite, held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water, signifying by divine providence that I, Arthur, was to carry Excalibur. That is why I am your king. Dennis: Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony. Arthur: Be quiet! Dennis: You can’t expect to wield supreme executive power just ’cause some watery tart threw a sword at you! Arthur: Shut up!

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    #2

    Would you rather live in blissful ignorance of the truth of the Matrix, or face the painful truth?

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    #3

    Who would you rather meet and get advice from: Gandalf (The Lord of the Rings) or Yoda (Star Wars)?

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    #4

    Which group would you rather join: The Three Musketeers or the Ghostbusters?

    Split image of musketeers in a grand hall and Ghostbusters firing proton packs, Would You Rather hero choice

    Walt Disney Studios , Columbia Pictures Report

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    #5

    Would you rather participate in the Hunger Games or try to escape Jurassic Park without a vehicle?

    Split image: archer drawing a bow on left, people confronting a towering dinosaur in a dark forest on right, Would You Rather

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    Chelle Jones
    Community Member
    16 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Odds are much better on the island of dinosaurs.

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    #6

    Who would you rather face in a fight: Smaug the dragon (The Hobbit) or Saruman the wizard (The Lord of the Rings)?

    Would You Rather: menacing dragon facing a bloodied long-haired white wizard in dark film scene

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    Woof Yo
    Community Member
    16 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Smaug would make it quick - Saruman would not

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    #7

    Would you rather live as a powerful figure on the desert planet Arrakis (Dune), or as the average person on the lush moon Pandora (Avatar)?

    Desert canyon left and floating islands right, Would You Rather choose fantasy or survival

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    #8

    Where would you rather go to school: Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (Harry Potter) or Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters (X-Men)?

    Split image of a lit fantasy castle and a stately manor with a runner, Would You Rather choices from books and films

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    Jesha
    Community Member
    14 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Xavier's accepts people as they are and is repeatedly underlined as a place where hate and bigotry are not welcome.

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    #9

    If you were transported to the world of Star Wars, would you rather become the weakest Jedi joining the light side or the strongest Sith joining the dark side?

    Would You Rather split image: Jedi with green lightsaber confronting hooded dark lord in cinematic scene

    Lucasfilm Report

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    #10

    Who would you rather have as a friend: Aslan (The Chronicles of Narnia) or Peter Pan?

    Would You Rather split image: Aslan lion in forest beside animated Peter Pan mid-jump, books and films characters

    Walt Disney Studios Report

    Chelle Jones
    Community Member
    16 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A man child.. no thanks! Aslan is the only sane answer. :)

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    #11

    If you were transported to the Wonderful Land of Oz this instant, would you rather become a fraudulent but influential and well-liked wizard or a powerful but misunderstood witch?

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    #12

    Would you rather be put into the middle of the maze from The Maze Runner or live in the wide and open desert from Mad Max?

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    Rume David
    Community Member
    13 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Surviving in the maze is way better, there's resources for you but the desert in madmax is the exact opposite

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    #13

    Would you rather attempt to survive one night hunted by the Predator, or spend one night hiding from a Xenomorph on a spaceship (Alien)?

    Would You Rather image showing Predator on left and Xenomorph Alien on right in dark setting

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    Norm Gilmore
    Community Member
    15 hours ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Predators only hunt armed, powerful prey. So I'm good just walking around the jungle. :-)

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    #14

    Would you rather be stranded on an island alone, like in Cast Away, or be part of a teenage group, like in Lord of the Flies?

    Would You Rather: stranded man on beach with package versus group of boys in jungle confronting leader

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    Panda Kicki
    Community Member
    14 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The real lord of the flies , where a group of boys got stranded, was very different.They cooperated and thrived until saved 8 months later.

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    #15

    Would you rather live under the sea as a mermaid in the world of The Little Mermaid, or sail the seas on a pirate ship in the world of Pirates of the Caribbean?

    Would You Rather scene: mermaid diving underwater on left, ghost ship sailing through fog on right

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    #16

    Would you rather live the life of Sherlock Holmes, solving crimes with extraordinary skills in observation and deduction, or lead a life of thrilling adventures seeking powerful relics and facing dangerous foes like Indiana Jones?

    Split image of two film heroes: contemplative man with pipe and rugged explorer on a rope bridge — Would You Rather choices

    Warner Bros , Lucasfilm Report

    Woof Yo
    Community Member
    16 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Never saw Sherlock covered in tarantulas, snakes or rats. Well. Maybe rats?

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    #17

    Would you rather become a soldier as a child to prevent future wars, like in Ender’s Game, or defend Earth against an active alien invasion as an adult (Independence Day)?

    Would You Rather split image: serious boy in blue uniform raising hand beside a yelling man in sunglasses and green vest

    Summit Entertainment , Twentieth Century Fox Report

    Panda Kicki
    Community Member
    14 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Trick question. The war was very much active in Endera, they just fought it from a distance.

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    #18

    Would you rather wake up as a witcher with heightened senses in The Witcher universe and fight monsters for hire or as an immortal vampire in the Twilight universe, dependent on blood for sustenance?

    Split image of two fantasy heroes - a silver-haired monster hunter and a pale brooding vampire, Would You Rather choices

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    Beak Hookage
    Community Member
    11 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Twilight vampires are the lamest vampires ever conceived. They're essentially sparkly Mormons for goodness' sake. And I have zero interest in romance, which is all they seem to care about.

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    #19

    Would you rather get stuck on Mars all alone (The Martian) or on Agatha Christie’s mysterious island, packed with criminals (And Then There Were None)?

    Astronaut with rover on Mars next to four men in suits walking a coastal path — Would You Rather choices scene

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    Stardust she/her
    Community Member
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    15 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mars is a cold, radioactive wasteland with intense dust storms that can damage electronic equipment that may be necessary for survival and the gravity of the planet is so small that your muscles would atrophy very fast. I’m picking the criminals though that’s also a bad bad option

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    #20

    Would you rather erase some painful memories to maintain mental health, like in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, or would you rather keep them?

    Would You Rather man with shocked face under a medical scanner and metal tray in a clinical room

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    Alexia
    Community Member
    13 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Keep all memories, good and bad, because all of them together made me into who I am.

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    #21

    Would you rather go on a mission that involves entering other people’s dreams within dreams (Inception) or go on a space mission inside a black hole (Interstellar)?

    Man reclined with headphones beside a spacecraft and glowing planet in split image — Would You Rather theme

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    SheHulk
    Community Member
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    13 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No to both , really, but Id rather stay on earth.

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    #22

    Would you rather become a deluded but noble adventurer dreaming of becoming a chivalrous knight like Don Quixote or live a quiet and peaceful life in retreat?

    Would You Rather lone knight on horseback charging a windmill in an open field, cinematic scene

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    Emilu
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    9 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love how we’re pretty much all like “we want peace and quiet!” 🤣

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    #23

    Would you rather create advanced artificial life to help humanity that’s capable of suffering, like in Blade Runner, or limit technological progress forever to avoid moral responsibility?

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    BK BigFish
    Community Member
    1 hour ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's not about moral responsibility, it's about survival. Terminator!

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    #24

    Would you rather face Pennywise from IT or an alien creature with extraordinary hearing, sometimes referred to as a listener, from A Quiet Place?

    Two horror figures side by side, a sinister clown and a red snarling monster, Would You Rather choices theme

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    #25

    Which dystopian world would you rather live in: a society where books are banned and burned to suppress freedom of speech (Fahrenheit 451) or a totalitarian superstate, where Big Brother exerts control through constant surveillance and propaganda (1984)?

    Burning book beside surveillance camera, Would You Rather choices from books and films theme

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    Woof Yo
    Community Member
    16 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In the US, we are already living 1984

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    #26

    Would you rather befriend the whimsical Captain Jack Sparrow (Pirates of the Caribbean) or the brilliant Captain Nemo (20,000 Leagues Under the Sea)?

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    Panda Kicki
    Community Member
    14 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sparrow is fun, but his friends tend to die or get in trouble.

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    #27

    Where would you rather be stuck for 5 days: the woods in The Blair Witch Project or the haunted hotel from The Shining?

    Would You Rather choice: eerie twig figure in woods beside identical girls in blue dresses in a hotel hallway

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    #28

    Would you rather be abandoned in the wilderness (The Revenant) or be stranded out in the sea with a tiger (Life of Pi)?

    Split scene: hunter in misty forest on left, tiger in lifeboat on right — Would You Rather choice from books and films

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    #29

    Which virtual reality universe would you rather explore: Oasis (Ready Player One) or the Grid (Tron)?

    Would You Rather scene: crowded domed sci-fi hall on left, neon-lit futuristic motorcycle rider on reflective floor on right

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    #30

    Would you rather have Hermione’s Time-Turner necklace or Harry’s invisibility cloak?

    Split image: close-up of hands holding a glass locket and a hand with lantern among bookshelves, Would You Rather

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    Jesha
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    14 hours ago

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    For this franchise to leave public consciousness and thus stop funding hateful legislation in England.

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