Reading the Gothic Lolita Bible in my bedroom. Filled with GLEE!!!!!
The latest Gothic Lolita Bible has a 200-question quiz on "Are you a pure gothic & lolita?". The questions are very interesting, and they have several designers, models and normal lolitas off the street who took the quiz and the scores they got. Surprisingly, the highest score was around 130. However, I think anyone who got a full 200 would probably also be institutionalised >_>;;
Here is my translation of Part A -- "Gothic & Lolita Mentality"
1. Do you want to become a doll? Or a robot? Do you like artificial things?
(Yes/No)
2. My blood is not red. I think it's pink or blue. If not, I don't even know if I have any...
(Yes/No)
3. You hate slobby clothes. You like clothes that cinch your body tightly.
(Yes/No)
4. It's not just in your clothing, but in your life you like to have rules or constrictions or prefer living conventionally.
(Yes/No)
5. You don't like clothes that show off too much skin. Even in Summer you don't like to show off your skin.
(Yes/No)
6. However, you like to wear a corset to make your bust appear bigger and prettier.
(Yes/No)
7. You wouldn't mind being born into a time when there was still a caste system. You would like there to be master-servant relationships. Of course, acting like a prince or or princess would be wonderful, but also the image of being a maid or butler and devoting yourself to others is appealing to you.
(Yes/No)
8. When you see someone dressed in Gothic or Lolita fashion you think "A-ha! That's it!".
(Yes/No)
9. Until you found out about gothic & lolita fashion, you didn't care about what you wore, or didn't have any clothes you really wanted to wear.
(Yes/No)
10. You don't have many friends. Or you don't have any. It's fun to have friends, but you're fine without them.
(Yes/No)
11. The person you like most is yourself.
(Yes/No)
12. If you fell in love with a guy, you would never ever change what you wear or your hobbies for him. Before that, you'd have to toss him...
(Yes/No)
13. When you see lace peeking out of your sleeve, you feel really good.
(Yes/No)
14. When you wear clothes that are not gothic or lolita, you feel lousy.
(Yes/No)
15. You want a castle in Europe.
(Yes/No)
16. You can recall the names of 5 castles in Europe.
(One point for each. /5)
17. You want to live in a country like Germany, France, England or Italy.
(Yes/No)
18. You study German, French, Esperanto or Italian.
(One point for each. /4)
19. By far you prefer being photographed to taking photos.
(Yes/No)
20. You also like to collect photos of pretty people.
(Yes/No)
21. To you, the most special flower is most definitely the Rose.
(Yes/No)
22. You own more than 3 things that are rose-scented (soap, rose water etc...)
(Yes/No)
23. If possible, you'd love to be a person who exists eating nothing but rose petals.
(Yes/No)
24. In a past life, you lived in Europe. Or at least you'd like to think that.
(Yes/No)
25. When you see pictures of scenery in Europe on TV or in magazines, your chest hurts and you start to cry.
(Yes/No)
26. Even when you're in trouble, if you see someone in more trouble than you, you forget yourself and help them. You want to live by chivalry or "Noblesse oblige".
(Yes/No)
27. You are sure there used to be angel wings on your back.
(Yes/No)
28. You yearn for not a natural, but a man-made paradise.
(Yes/No)
How did you score? Do any of the questions surprise you?
Please don't re-post this anywhere, but feel free to link^^
25. When you see pictures of scenery in Europe on TV or in magazine, your chest hurts and you start to cry.
ReplyDeleteHmmmnnnn Cardiac arrest is so lolita.
Don't you mean "Cardiac arrest is so lol-Hrrrnnggghhhhhhhh"
ReplyDeleteI liked all those ones about "You want to live in Europe", "You think you lived in Europe in a past life" and so on. I already live in Europe. xD
ReplyDeleteDo I get more Loli-Points for being English? If I do, it's sad that I'm not allowed points for wanting to live here because I already do!
Most of these make me think that if anyone really agreed with them, I'd think they had some real issues.
I scored 4! Thank you for the translation!
I'd like to answer these questions on my blog and link back to this post with proper credit. Would that be alright? I think if I post my answers without the questions they don't make a lot of sense. n_n However, I respect your time and effort to translate this.
ReplyDeleteHimecakes: According to this test, I think you definitely get extra loli-points for living in Europe and speaking EnglishXD There is actually a whole section just asking to write the names of things in English too, LOL
ReplyDeleteAlice: Sorry, I'd prefer my translations don't leave my blog. It's all about context.
These always worry me a bit haha, I hope nobody really takes them seriously. Although if you get loli-points for being British, go me :D
ReplyDeleteThank you for translating, this was really interesting :)
I hate being British, our slang words make this have a somewhat different meaning to what it is meant to.
ReplyDeleteQ12"Before that, you'd have to toss him..."
I score 20/32,