Alkali metal · element 3
Lithium
Small, light, and somehow powering everything.
Only 2.5% of people are Lithium. (estimated)
If you're Lithium
You run on very little and give out a lot. Quick to react, quick to recharge, you are the one people plug into when their own battery is dead, and you rarely say no.
Lithium is so light it floats on oil, and so reactive it has to be stored in it.
How to get along with Lithium
Do
- Recharge them: sleep, food and one quiet evening a week.
- Give them a small project; they run beautifully on little.
- Say thank you. They power everyone and rarely hear it.
Don't
- Don't drain them for months and act surprised when the battery dies.
- Don't leave them near water: emotional storms hit them harder than they show.
When it goes wrong: When they overheat they overheat fast. Cool the situation, not the person.
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
- 5
- Stability
- 7
- Energy
- 10
- Rarity
- 4
- Warmth
- 6
Lithium in literature
- Gavroche — Les Misérables, Victor Hugo (1862)
- Rikki-Tikki-Tavi — The Jungle Book, Rudyard Kipling (1894)
- Heidi — Heidi, Johanna Spyri (1881)
Characters from public-domain works, chosen for the same traits. Company, not a verdict.
Closest personalities
The elements whose profiles sit nearest to Lithium's. If you got Lithium, one of these was probably your runner-up.