What Will You Be Reincarnated As?

Aug 17, 2017

Beyond the Page

In The Epic Crush of Genie Lo, there’s some discussion about reincarnation, based in Buhhism and a person’s karma. The book relies on the myth of the Monkey King, Sun Wukong, returning to Earth and finding our main character, Genie Lo. Sun Wukong, aka Quentin Sun, informs Genie that she is a figure from his past that’s been reincarnated and he needs her help dealing with the demons taking over the Bay Area. Crazy, right?

We don’t want to spoil anything, so you’ll have to read the book to learn more about Genie Lo’s past life.

Let’s just say that when we read F. C. Yee’s book, we started thinking about what we would be reincarnated as and decided to pull together a short quiz to help us figure it out. Will you be like Genie Lo . . . or do you have some work to do. Take this quiz to determine your fate!

A robbery is happening in an alley when you walk by. What do you do?

Try to help them...somehow.

Keep your distance and call for someone to help.

Watch from a distance and do nothing

Try a little too hard to save them and make things worse

Run away

You already have plans for the day, but a friend asks for help moving. What do you do?

Reluctantly help them.

Say you'll do it, then fake an illness day of - you'll get them a nice gift.

Of COURSE you'll help them. Those boxes you dropped probably aren't fragile.

Ignore the message. That's enough of an answer.

Just tell them no, you have plans.

Do you ever do volunteer work?

I avoid it as much as possible.

I volunteer ALL the time. Sometimes I overbook myself, actually.

I volunteer if it benefits me.

As much as I can - I have to make sure everything I need to do is taken care of.

Team Work - Good or Evil?

Ugh, people.

At least it means less work for me?

LOVE working in a group! So many collaboration opportunities!

Is it important to care about problems around the world?

As long as I'm good, who cares?

Of course! We are all connected, especially these days.

What Would You Be Reincarnated As?

Human

Congrats! You get to be a human! Be a teenager all over again...maybe we shouldn't really congratulate you on that.

Cat

You've been good...but not good enough to get total free will. Instead, you'll spend your days sleeping in the sun and getting pampered by people who definitely overstep your boundaries. Don't worry, you'll knock over some plants when they bother you.

Insect

Look, we don't know how else to say this but things aren't looking good for you. You should maybe work on getting some good karma before you end up as a bug with a really short lifespan and have to earn your way back to humanity.

Dog

You are pure and good but sometimes in your effort to be good, you make mistakes. Bad mistakes. You're getting close though.