The Dark Is Rising Sequence Obsession Quiz

Just how obsessed with The Dark Is Rising are you?

Click every box that you answer yes to and find out!


The Books
1. Have you read The Dark Is Rising?
2. Have you read Over Sea, Under Stone?
3. Have you read Greenwitch?
4. Have you read The Grey King?
5. Have you read Silver on the Tree?
6. Have you read all the books more than once?
7. Have you read all the books more than four times?
8. Have you read them in more than one version? (i.e.: hardcover vs. paperback vs. audiobooks...)
9. Do you own more than one copy of the books?
10. Have you translated them into another language?
11. Was that language Welsh?
12. Have you read any of Susan Cooper's other works? (Seaward, Dawn of Fear, etc.)
13. Multiple times?
14. Have you written to Susan Cooper?
15. And begged her for a sequel/to revise Silver on the Tree because you didn't like the way it ended?

The Fandom
16.
Have you read TDIR fanfic?
17. Have you written TDIR fanfic or filks?
18.
Have you drawn any TDIR fanart?
19. Have you seen TDIR slash fanfic/fanart? (slash=homosexual themes)
20. Have you written/drawn TDIR slash fanfic/fanart?
21. Are you on any TDIR mailing lists?
22. Are you on three or more TDIR mailing lists?
23. Does the majority of your e-mail consists of mail from TDIR mailing lists?
24. Have you started a TDIR mailing list?
25. Have you started more than one?
26. Do you visit TDIR websites?
27. Do you run a TDIR website?
28. Do you participate in TDIR chat rooms?
29. Have you started a TDIR chat room?
30. Have you participated in a TDIR RPG?
31. Have you read the books to your unborn child so that they'll become addicted young?
32. Do you have a favourite relationship? (e.g.: Bran/Jane, Will/Bran, etc.)
33. Do you write lengthy treatises on why one pairing/ship is better than another?
34. Do people continually use you as an example of a spokesperson for one particular pairing/ship?
35. Have you written fanfic devoted to one pairing/ship?
36. Have you had any TDIR related dreams?
37. Do you have them regularly?
38. Have you talked your friends into reading the books?
39. Did they become as obsessed as you are?
40. Do you have a favourite book of the series that you revere above all others?

The Personal Stuff (or, things you wouldn't admit to others)
41. Do you find one of the characters oddly attractive?
42. Do you harass fanfic authors trying to get them to put the character in leather?
43. Have you named a child and/or pet after a TDIR character?
44. Would you if you had one to name?
45. If you read the books at a young age, did you eagerly await the morning of your eleventh birthday?
46. ...and then were furious/heartbroken/depressed when nothing happened?
47. Have you constructed a timeline of events in the TDIR books?
48. Have you spent time doing a timeline to figure out how old the characters would be today?
Do any of the following give you the creeps:
49. ...Vicars?
50. ...White yachts?
51. ...Cornish housekeepers?
52. ...Dairymaids?
53. ...People with red hair? (apologies to those who have red hair, but you can't be too careful)
54. ...Mink/Polecats?
55. Did reading The Grey King prompt you to study Welsh?
56. Are you now fluent in it?
57. Do you get excited when you read Arthurian literature (Le Morte d'Arthur, The Once and Future King, The Mabinogion) because you can make connections/references to the sequence?
58. Do you recommend TDIR to Arthurian literature enthusiasts?
59. Do you recommend TDIR to people who are looking for an excellent fantasy series?
60. Do you recommend TDIR to people who are looking for something to read until the next Harry Potter book is out?
61. Do you recommend TDIR to people who aren't actually looking for anything to read?
62. Do you prefer one version of the cover artwork to another? (yes, you can have a preference)
63. Have you ever spent an afternoon in the Slough/Windsor area, looking for Will's house?
64. Even though you don't live in the U.K.?
65. Have you ever spent an afternoon in Cornwall looking for Kemare Head/the Grey House?
66. Even though you don't live in the U.K.?
67. Have you ever wandered round Snowdonia National Park in hopes of finding the Lost Land?
68. Even though you don't live in the U.K.?
69. Have you ever wandered round the Chiltern Hills, looking for traces of the Midsummer Tree and the last battle?
70. Even though (say it with me now) you don't live in the U.K.?
71. Would you move to the U.K. so you could do any of the above things?
72. Would you like to see a live-action film of TDIR?
73. Would you be too horrified at the thought of the film-makers destroying the book in the adaptation process?
74. Do you have a list of actors that you'd like to see as characters in the live-action film?
75. Have any of your friends and/or family suggested therapy to help you overcome your TDIR addiction? (jokes count)

The Really Freaky Stuff (or, things you shouldn't admit to others)
76. Do you own a warestone?
77. Does it work?
78. Has TDIR influenced your career choice (e.g.: You're now a mediaeval lit. scholar because you read the books)?
79. Have you ever made/carved your own Signs?
80. Have you ever taken metal working/other crafting class for that specific purpose?
81. Have you ever had a fantasy where you met Susan Cooper?
82. Do you have an autograph from Susan Cooper?
83. Have you ever stalked Susan Cooper? (if yes, turn in this test now and give yourself up, for all our sakes)
84. Have you considered going on (or arranging) a TDIR tour to see all the locations/possible locations of places in the books?
85. Have others expressed an interest in going on this particular tour?
86. Would you visit obscure locations simply because they were mentioned in the books? (this includes places like Slough [TDIR--the closest large town to Will's village in Bucks.] and Paddington Station [Greenwitch--the station that the Drews and Will departed to at the end of the book])
87. Do you have a preference for a relationship that might...disturb other people? (Merriman/Will, for example)
88. Have you written fanfic/drawn fanart about this relationship?
89. Have you gotten into lengthy arguments about your relationship preference?
90. Have these arguments come to blows?
91. Re question 90, did you first try to avoid having the argument come to blows by pointing all five fingers at your opponent and yelling, "Forget!"
92. And being very angry when that didn't work?
93. Would you consider selling yourself to the Dark?
94. Have you sold yourself to the Dark? (not according to my warestone, you liar)
95. Have you attempted to learn Ogham?
96. Have you created personal version of the Old Speech?
97. Do you find yourself relating TDIR to other books and/or television series?
98. Do you find yourself relating TDIR to real life?
99. Do you write lengthy commentaries about various aspects of the sequence, such as the references to literature, mythology, characterisations, etc.?
100. You took this quiz?

Bonus Questions.

Are you from Wales?
Are you from Cornwall?
Are you from Buckinghamshire?
You wrote this quiz.




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11-30%

31-60%

61-89%

90% +


Quiz by Gramarye, format shamelessly stolen from the Harry Potter Obsession Quiz. Cheers to the Otaku Purity test for a few ideas.

Please send all questions and/or comments to Gramarye who, for the record, is 103% obsessed. All links are welcome.

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