Halogen · element 35
Bromine
The only liquid nonmetal. Smells like it means it.
Only 0.7% of people are Bromine. (estimated)
If you're Bromine
You are intense, a little corrosive, and impossible to ignore in a room. People take you seriously because the alternative doesn't end well.
Bromine is a red-brown liquid that fumes at room temperature, and its name means 'stench' in Greek.
How to get along with Bromine
Do
- Take them seriously; it saves time.
- Handle disagreements with gloves on.
- Give them something worth being intense about.
Don't
- Don't put them in a sealed room with people who are also intense.
- Don't try to dilute them with small talk.
When it goes wrong: They fume. Ventilate: air, a walk, a day. Then talk.
Atomic profile
Every element is placed on six personality dimensions derived from its chemistry. Your answers are placed on the same six, and the closest element wins. How the scoring works
- Reactivity
- 8
- Sociability
- 6
- Stability
- 7
- Energy
- 5
- Rarity
- 4
- Warmth
- 4
Bromine in literature
- Bill Sikes — Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens (1838)
- Milady de Winter — The Three Musketeers, Alexandre Dumas (1844)
- Tybalt — Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare (1597)
Characters from public-domain works, chosen for the same traits. Company, not a verdict.
Closest personalities
The elements whose profiles sit nearest to Bromine's. If you got Bromine, one of these was probably your runner-up.