Lanthanide · element 61
Promethium
Named after the Titan who stole fire. Glows in the dark.
Only 1.9% of people are Promethium. (estimated)
If you're Promethium
You took something dangerous and gave it away, and you're paying for it slowly. Brilliant, unstable, and quietly heroic.
Promethium has no stable isotope; it glowed pale blue on watch dials and was named after Prometheus, who stole fire for humans.
How to get along with Promethium
Do
- Admire the fire they stole for others.
- Don't ask them to be stable; ask them to be brilliant.
- Stay near while they glow.
Don't
- Don't forget what it cost them.
- Don't make them the martyr twice.
When it goes wrong: They burn out, quietly and on schedule. Be there before the dial goes dark.
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
- 6
- Sociability
- 5
- Stability
- 2
- Energy
- 4
- Rarity
- 9
- Warmth
- 5
Promethium in literature
- Prometheus — Prometheus Bound, Aeschylus (430 BCE)
- Antigone — Antigone, Sophocles (441 BCE)
- Enjolras — Les Misérables, Victor Hugo (1862)
Characters from public-domain works, chosen for the same traits. Company, not a verdict.
Closest personalities
The elements whose profiles sit nearest to Promethium's. If you got Promethium, one of these was probably your runner-up.
Other lanthanides
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