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“Would You Be Able To Decide?”: 30 Surprisingly Tough ‘Would You Rather’ Choices From Fiction
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
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?
Panda Kicki 1 week ago
Being on that pirate ship would mean your livelyhood was robbing and k*****g others.
SchadenFreudian Psychology 1 week ago
Mermaid, but I wouldn’t be dumb enough to swap my tail for legs. I want to be a mermaid to get AWAY from the world of people!
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#2
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?
Panda Kicki 1 week ago
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.
Alex Kennedy 1 week ago
Um… did you watch to the end of the movie and read to the end of the book?
Marcellus II 1 week ago
Conversely, did you read on the incident the book is based on?
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#3
Who would you rather have as a friend: Aslan (The Chronicles of Narnia) or Peter Pan?
Roman Arendt 1 week ago
Even if it was only because he's a cat. Sufficient reason for me.
Load More Replies... Panda Kicki 1 week ago
Aslan was kind and unselfish. Peter Pan is rather stupid, very self centered and I have yeard rumours about how ye got his boyd....
Shark Lady 1 week ago
Aslan is a metaphor for God, which would make him a really useful friend to have around. Also, he's a giant lion which is great for snuggles.
SchadenFreudian Psychology 1 week ago
Neither. I’d live in Peter Pan’s world and hang out with Tinkerbell and Captain Hook.
Marcellus II 1 week ago
This is why each poll should have a "Obviously neither, I'm not insane"-option.
Hassel Davidhoff 1 week ago
I picked Peter Pan 'cuz he'd be fun for a bit and 'cuz Aslan is christian büllshit.
#4
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?
Rume David 1 week ago
Surviving in the maze is way better, there's resources for you but the desert in madmax is the exact opposite
SheamusFanFrom1987 1 week ago
I choose to Rockatansky it because the World Doesn't Need Another Hero, but perhaps an anti-hero who is One of the Living.
#5
Which item would you rather have: a lightsaber from Star Wars or Excalibur from the Arthurian legend?
Norm Gilmore 1 week ago
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!
UnclePanda 1 week ago
I got kicked out of Jedi training school because they caught me using the lightsaber to cut bologna.
The_Nicest_Misanthrope 1 week ago
Awesome as lightsabers are, I'd absolutely chop my own hand off by accident
UnclePanda 1 week ago
"Damnnit, Luke. Right through the hull again. Put a wrist strap on that damnn thing."
#6
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?
Woof Yo 1 week ago
Never saw Sherlock covered in tarantulas, snakes or rats. Well. Maybe rats?
Panda Kicki 1 week ago
He did spend nights sneaking on a deadly snake that was sent out to k**l....but it wasnt a daily event.
Load More Replies... SchadenFreudian Psychology 1 week ago
Indiana Jones is hot, but I like being safe, so I’m going with Sherlock Holmes.
Lotekguy 1 week ago (edited)
I would too, but I'm curious about laudanum. (It must be safe, since BP's censors left it alone. Haha!)
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Janissary35680 1 week ago
Sherlock had late Victorian legal access to cheap, unadulterated cọcaine.
#7
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)?
Panda Kicki 1 week ago
Trick question. The war was very much active in Endera, they just fought it from a distance.
Laserleader 1 week ago
Nope, and neither did most of the voters. And I don't mean the movie version.
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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?
Beak Hookage 1 week ago
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.
BK BigFish 1 week ago
If you're a Witcher, you're living in the Middle Ages ... great in theory, horrible in practice
Crystalwitch60 1 week ago
Vampire !! handy when people u don’t like really p I s s you off ! Only issue there being I bloody love garlic hmm
#9
Who would you rather face in a fight: Smaug the dragon (The Hobbit) or Saruman the wizard (The Lord of the Rings)?
#10
Would you rather live in blissful ignorance of the truth of the Matrix, or face the painful truth?
Norm Gilmore 1 week ago
Going to take a full prescription of Blue pills before this year is out...
SchadenFreudian Psychology 1 week ago
If I can’t do anything to stop the bad stuff from happening….knowing the truth is just going to drive me crazy. Nothing I do seems to make any difference.
Laserleader 1 week ago
Doesn't stop a bus from running into you when you walk ignorantly into the street.
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whiterabbit 1 week ago
If you believe that you're not paying attention, I've never seen more people waking up and denying the government slop. Thanks to independent media, which has never been bigger than it is right now. The problem is it's likely too late.
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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)?
Stardust she/her 1 week ago
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
Apatheist 1 week ago
Actually, it isn't. The atmosphere is so thin that it could barely knock over a plant pot, let alone a rocket or a solid door. One of the many times they made space look more dangerous than it actually is - another being asteroid fields. The asteroids are miles apart, there's no need to keep swerving rocks.
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Crystalwitch60 1 week ago
Mars thanks , omg I loved that film me n my daughter were in hysterics all the way thru it , like u can grow potatoes on mars ,who knew , and you can also get coffee and ketchup to 😂😂never saw any shops mind , but you can , so I,ll go there , no people !
#12
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)?
#13
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?
Lotekguy 1 week ago
I think being a BP regular almost guarantees a preference for the quiet life. Otherwise, we wouldn't be sitting around making comments, and handing out approval for like - minded sentiments.
Load More Replies... SchadenFreudian Psychology 1 week ago
I already wanted a peaceful life away from the action before I read this question.
SheamusFanFrom1987 1 week ago
Living the peaceful life would be a dream, but I'd be keeping my Uchigatana and Sword of Night and Flame within reaching distance. Better prepared than just another number.
Fellfromthemoon 1 week ago
That "deluded but noble adventurer" is a caricature of the people who could not see the difference between the tales in a book and reality. Don't forget that books became recently available for the general audience short before Cervantes' time. Something like, I don't know, if grown adults would start heated arguments about which fictional character would overpower another, similarly equipped fictional character, even when the two characters are supposed allies, like Superman and Batman. Or expressed their hope to gain supernatural powers, and maybe they learn about their powers by a message carried by some bird and they can hone their supernatural skills in organized education.
#14
Would you rather befriend the whimsical Captain Jack Sparrow (Pirates of the Caribbean) or the brilliant Captain Nemo (20,000 Leagues Under the Sea)?
Beak Hookage 1 week ago
Sparrow is cool but I think if I met him in person I'd find him annoying after a while.
#15
Who would you rather meet and get advice from: Gandalf (The Lord of the Rings) or Yoda (Star Wars)?
Alex Kennedy 1 week ago (edited)
“Do or do not, there is no try” is a recipe for never improving at any skill, ever.
Load More Replies... BK BigFish 1 week ago
If it's Gandalf, you're stuck in the Middle Ages, no running toilets, no computers, you have to walk everywhere....
Chich the witch 1 week ago
Almost went with Gandalf but Yoda would have more valuable insights I'm thinking.
#16
Which group would you rather join: The Three Musketeers or the Ghostbusters?
#17
Would you rather participate in the Hunger Games or try to escape Jurassic Park without a vehicle?
Remi (He/Him) 1 week ago
At least I don't have to take out other humans to survive on Jurassic park. Probably wouldn't make it anyway
#18
Where would you rather go to school: Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (Harry Potter) or Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters (X-Men)?
Jesha 1 week ago
Xavier's accepts people as they are and is repeatedly underlined as a place where hate and bigotry are not welcome.
Rachel Reynolds 1 week ago
True, but the school blows up live every other story arc
Load More Replies... Panda Kicki 1 week ago
The whole wizard world is toxic, bullying and racist to muggles Xaviers school seems much better.
Yelenda Lawrence-Tahir 1 week ago
But in HP, muggles don’t know about wizards. In X-men, humans fear/discrimine mutants
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Stephen Lyford 1 week ago
If I'm at Xavier's school, it means I have ONE mutant power. If I'm a student at Hogwarts, it means I can do ALL KINDS OF THINGS with magic, more versatility. :)
Hassel Davidhoff 1 week ago
Bums me out that more people have chosen Hogwarts, so far. X-Men forever!!
Beak Hookage 1 week ago
Hogwarts is a horribly run disaster area that regularly gets its own students k****d and is rampant with massive amounts of bullying the staff does little to nothing about. One school full of vindictive bullies and careless teachers was enough for me, thanks.
#19
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?
BK BigFish 1 week ago
There are lots of Jedi, but only two Sith in the galaxy at any one time: The Master, and the Apprentice who has to slay his Master to replace him.
Remi (He/Him) 1 week ago
What's the year? As in I'd like to be the weak Jedi unless it's close to Palpatine's rise to power.
#20
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?
Crystalwitch60 1 week ago
Well of course , but we are allowed to go dark ,if needs must at times !
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Would you rather attempt to survive one night hunted by the Predator, or spend one night hiding from a Xenomorph on a spaceship (Alien)?
Norm Gilmore 1 week ago (edited)
Predators only hunt armed, powerful prey. So I'm good just walking around the jungle. :-)
Judes 1 week ago
And if you survive one night with the alien, there's no guarantee that its baby won't burst out of your chest a few days later.
Load More Replies... Beak Hookage 1 week ago
The Predator would take one look at this fat lameo and instantly reject me as worth hunting.
Chich the witch 1 week ago
now that I know the mud trick, I'll take the predator and have a spa night.
SchadenFreudian Psychology 1 week ago
Doesn’t the Predator only get attracted to places where people are fighting and being violent? I’m pretty non-violent, so they should leave me alone.
#22
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?
SchadenFreudian Psychology 1 week ago
I have painful memories because I had to learn a lot of things the hard way. If I lost those memories, I’d start making the same mistakes I made in the past all over again.
Nota Robot 1 week ago
The film goes to show that when memories are erased people will inevitably make the same mistakes again, thus eventuallt needing another erasure. Not to mention the paranoia of realising their memory was altered, but not the why or the fac5 that they gave consent. In the end only the corporation that offers the procedure gets anything put of it. Money.
#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?
SchadenFreudian Psychology 1 week ago
I think we’ve gone too far already. The internet started out as a good thing, but as soon as business people got hold of it, they made it into dangerous trash just so they could get rich.
#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?
MalayDragon 6 days ago
and he's still more terrifying than all of those creatures combined.
Load More Replies... Hassel Davidhoff 1 week ago
The thing about the Quiet Place movie world is this: what happens when you, inevitably, audibly fart?
Rachel Reynolds 1 week ago
Pennywise turns into your worst fear. I'm an adult. What is he going to turn into? The existential dread of growing older?
Crystalwitch60 1 week ago
No no no not pennywise , I do not do clowns ! On the pennywise thing ,has anyone watched welcome to Derry IT the prequel to the pennywise horrors ?
#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)?
Alexia 1 week ago
Unfortunately, this is just the beginning, it will only get worse. I know what I'm saying, I lived in dictatorship.
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SchadenFreudian Psychology 1 week ago
Believe it or not (I’m an editor, sometime writer and avid reader)—I’d take Fahrenheit 451. In that world (without the surveillance) you could still hide books and read on the sly. Surveillance is already making everybody’s life worse.
Janissary35680 1 week ago
And you get to memorize your favorite book and recite it to people. 451 °F it is then.
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#26
Where would you rather be stuck for 5 days: the woods in The Blair Witch Project or the haunted hotel from The Shining?
Maggie Fulton 1 week ago
Honestly, the people in Blair Witch were idiots. Follow the stream, they usually lead somewhere, plus you have water.
Shark Lady 1 week ago
You could just stay right on the edge of the woods, as close to civilisation as possible.
Rachel Reynolds 1 week ago
My SERE and SAR training would probably serve me better in the woods. Bring it on, witch.
#27
Would you rather be abandoned in the wilderness (The Revenant) or be stranded out in the sea with a tiger (Life of Pi)?
Crystalwitch60 1 week ago
They have tigers in the wilderness , and oh so many other amazing animals ,
pineapple87 1 week ago
If you've seen Life of Pi, the tiger is a metaphor, but it only goes to fortify the horrors you would face in such a situation
#28
Which virtual reality universe would you rather explore: Oasis (Ready Player One) or the Grid (Tron)?
WindySwede 1 week ago
Amd you are not uploaded into the world, like you are in Tron! 😬
Load More Replies... MalayDragon 6 days ago
The Oasis and The Grid are both online worlds, The difference is, In the Oasis you have an Avatar so if you die you just loose money and items. The Grid, You! are uploaded into the world, meaning if you die.. That's Game Over.
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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)?
Alex Kennedy 1 week ago (edited)
The *whole point* of Dune is that power over other people (inevitable as it may be) makes *no-one* happy!
#30
Would you rather have Hermione’s Time-Turner necklace or Harry’s invisibility cloak?
Apatheist 1 week ago
The legislation was in Scotland. Pro-women doesn't mean it's hateful, it's looking after the majority.
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What do you think ?
Ronja Oksanen 1 week ago
Too many star wars references compared to the 0 star trek ones, boooo 👎🏼
WindySwede 1 week ago
Would you rather be the Doctor (Hologram in Yoyager, efter the mobile emitter), or Data (Android TNG).
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Ronja Oksanen 1 week ago
Too many star wars references compared to the 0 star trek ones, boooo 👎🏼
WindySwede 1 week ago
Would you rather be the Doctor (Hologram in Yoyager, efter the mobile emitter), or Data (Android TNG).
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