Villainess Survival Test

What it asks

The scenes will be familiar to anyone who reads the genre: the broken engagement, the society debut, the first meeting with the heroine, the crown prince's attention. In each one you are asked whether you play the villainess as written, break the doom flag, or design an entirely different game.

Six core questions measure your disposition as a villainess, and a final question decides which variation of the ending you receive. Woven into the options are choices only someone who already knows the original story could make.

What you get

There are 24 endings. Some, like The Prepared Villainess Who Designs the Board, turn the original plot to their own advantage. Others solve the problem in strikingly practical terms — The Cold-Blooded Villainess of Financial Retribution among them.

The other end of the range is covered too: The Queen of High Society Who Kicks Her Blankets at 3 A.M., The Half-Hearted Villainess, The Fake Villainess Weak to Love, The Villainess Who Survives on Instinct. And at the extremes, The Genuine Villainess With No Brakes and The Master Who Perfected the Art of the Iron Wall. Eight ending tiers in total.

Who it's for

Readers of romance fantasy web novels, anyone who loves villainess-reincarnation tropes, and anyone who has thought "I would not have let myself get dumped in that scene." Seven questions, three minutes.

Available in Korean, English and Japanese.

All 24 results

Every result this test can give you. Open any title to read the full result — the character's story and the advice that comes with it.

• The Prepared Villainess Who Designs the BoardThe covert-ruler type who hides every emotion and waits for the perfect moment to strike.
• The Cold-Blooded Villainess of Financial RetributionThe monopolist type who converts foresight into profit and takes hold of the entire board.
• The Villainess Who Seizes Everything She WantsThe rare villainess type who stays beloved no matter how wicked she behaves.
• The Queen of High Society Who Kicks Her Blankets at 3 A.M.The face-conscious competitor type who performs flawless poise, then lies awake tossing all night.
• The Half-Hearted VillainessThe endearingly clumsy perfectionist type who hides a naive romantic behind her demand for hard evidence.
• The Genuine Villainess With No BrakesThe meticulous-tailor type who measures and weighs everything in pursuit of the best possible choice.
• The Fake Villainess Weak to LoveThe selective mind-reader type who sees straight through everyone else, yet stays blind to her own people.
• The Villainess Who Survives on InstinctThe half-baked oracle type whose hunches always land, though she can never explain why.
• The Master Who Perfected the Art of the Iron WallThe type who taps the stone bridge until it cracks, grinds it to powder, and only then crosses.
• The Lady Who Awakened Mid-SnackThe armchair-conqueror type who has already taken over the world in her head, but can't quite get her body to move.
• The Safe-Zone Enthusiast LadyThe faint-hearted minnow type who vanishes with uncanny timing the instant danger draws near.
• The Villainess Who Fumbles the FinishThe deniability-expert type who gets exactly the result she wants without ever touching it herself.
• The Time Bomb of the BallroomThe straight-charging grenade type who acts on impulse first and leaves the cleanup to everyone else.
• The Master of ImprovisationThe luck-fueled gladiator type who survives every crisis on sheer quick thinking.
• The Spoiled Youngest LadyThe reckless mayfly type who leaves tomorrow's worries to tomorrow and spends today having fun.
• The One-Woman Protest SpecialistThe emotion-driven activist type who charges in with good intentions, then sways at anyone else's opinion.
• The Sunfish Lady Who's Doomed Either WayThe warm-hearted strategist type who tries so hard to be ruthless, yet pulls her hand back at every tear.
• The Reckless Villainess Even Fate Steers AroundThe audaciously unconventional optimist type with neither a plan nor a backup plan.
• The Breath-Holding Aspiring ExtraThe innocent-spectator type who finds the shade so comfortable that she refuses to step into the light.
• The Devoted Lady Who Longs for a Dramatic RomanceThe nobly self-sacrificing type who dodges danger for herself, but runs headlong into it for the one she loves.
• The Lady Who Only Picks the Safest SeatThe dependent type who entrusts her whole life to a reliable backer, and still hesitates to the very end.
• The Human Bouquet Who Smiles Even at DeathThe flawlessly pure type who translates even the world's malice into goodwill.
• The Undisputed Champion of InnocenceThe master-of-complacency type who senses every warning sign and swallows it whole with easy optimism.
• The Lady Who Endures and Endures, Then Floors It Into a U-TurnThe safety-first type who deliberates hundreds of times over, waiting for someone to push her forward.

Further reading

• Why the Villainess Fights to Survive: The Rules of Romance Fantasy Possession Stories

  Someone who already knows the ending falls into the story. A look at the rules romance fantasy possession stories keep returning to, and at what we weighed while turning those rules into seven questions and twenty-four endings.

Results from this test are entertainment content. They are not a medical or psychological diagnosis, nor professional advice.

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