Hello everyone! I've decided to make my own guessing game in the vein of Steveles' Whose Mind Is It Anyway? and ErinMilne's Name That Mind! This will follow the same format as their stories; I will describe some fictional character's mind, and you will have to guess who it is based on my hints. Like with Steveles' fic, the emotions' genders will be randomized, so that won't be a clue.

The phrase 'in the outside world' will begin the answer section, wherein I'll show the scene that I was writing from the emotions' perspective from the outside. With that said, here's the first chapter. It's a bit short, but I hope you like it.

This one's from a movie.

This was an expansive mind. Large windows overlooked larger personality islands. One had recently had a surge of activity, and it was glowing with a gold and green aura. The inside of HQ was no less spacious, made to seem even more so by the décor. The furniture was carefully placed to give the maximum artistic value as well as comfort for its inhabitants. It was all spotless, of course. Disgust would not stand for anything less.

Disgust, however, was in no condition to appreciate it, given that she had her face buried in her hands. The situation outside was ridiculous, as far as she was concerned. Her host was friends with the woman for a good reason, but even she had her moments, and this was one of them.

Disgust removed her palms from her head to offhandedly press a button, while looking around at her fellow emotions, seeing what they thought about what was happening. Joy was the one nearest to her, and he wasn't even looking at the console, instead gazing back at the alcoves around headquarters in which the finest examples of their host's artwork were modeled.

Joy was being nostalgic, and honestly, she couldn't blame him. The partnership of Joy and Disgust had been amazing to behold back in its heyday, with Joy getting the inspiration and Disgust refining it to perfection. Even the dress that Disgust was wearing was originally Joy's design.

And as for the others, Fear was looking at the Mind's Eye with a bored expression, Sadness was working on a sketch, and Anger was tapping the console and growling under his breath. Once he saw that Disgust was looking at him, he made eye contact and asked:

"How long are we going to let this continue? She's just letting herself go!"

Disgust glanced at the Mind's Eye and said: "Soon. I agree, this has gone on too long."

Anger got his chance soon enough, when the other woman asked a particularly stupid question. Disgust gave him a nod, and he and Disgust both started pushing buttons, jolting their host into action.


In the outside world, Edna Mode had had enough with Helen Parr's crying over her husband's absence. When Helen had asked no one in particular:

"What'll I do, what'll I do?"

Edna asked her: "What are you talking about?"

She then jumped up on the table and proceeded to scold Helen, punctuating her words with whacks from a rolled-up newspaper:

"You are Elastigirl! My God, pull! Yourself! Together! What will you do, is-is-is this a question? You will show him that you remember that he is Mr. Incredible, and you will remind him who you are. You know where he is. Go, confront the problem. Fight! Win!"

As an afterthought, she added:

"And call me when you get back, darling. I enjoy our visits."


Our first character: Edna Mode from The Incredibles. Edna's not a main character, but she is most definitely an interesting one. So now, the hints:

1. The mind was described as being 'expansive' and 'spacious'. One of Edna's biggest traits is that she has a presence entirely disproportionate to her actual size. Pretty much everything about her house in the movie is designed to emphasize this, and I thought it likely that her mind was as well.

2. There were several references to this character being an artist. The furniture is arranged for maximum artistic value, artwork (I couldn't say super suits, that would be too obvious) is displayed in alcoves (which reflects another thing in Edna's house- the hall where some of her suit designs are modeled).

3. The Joy-Disgust partnership is another reference to the character being an artist/designer of some sort. It's also mentioned to have been amazing "back in its heyday". The heyday in question is, of course, the Glory Days, when Edna designed super suits.

4. Joy having designed Disgust's dress is a hint towards the character's interest in fashion and textiles.

5. Disgust is in charge. Edna has a lot of disgust in her: Disgust for supermodels, disgust for bad ideas, and disgust for people who don't fix their problems. She's also very much a perfectionist.

6. I didn't describe the personality islands much, but I did say one had a recent surge of activity, and was a Joy/Disgust one. The island was the one dedicated to fashion design, and the recent burst of activity was when Bob commissioned Edna to create a super suit (well, actually he wanted her to fix his old one, and she took it to the next level).

7. The stream of events matches the scene in the movie: Helen cries about Bob potentially leaving her. Edna is annoyed and disgusted about Helen not actually doing something about it. She pushes Helen's used tissues into the incinerator (this is when Disgust pushed that button). When she's had enough, she gets angry and scolds Helen.

So, this is my first foray into guessing game-type fanfiction. I may have given too many hints, and I may not have done the character justice, but hopefully I'll get better at this. Please review, I need constructive criticism.