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Giving this a midway bump! tbh I'm glad I decided to do it this way instead of running polls for all 226 characters, because from the submissions we've gotten already it's clear that there are a handful of characters people care a lot about moreso than the vast majority on the list Also, so far Mickey Mouse is the only character who we've received arguments both for and against why he should join

Redemption Event Submissions

Welcome to the yearly redemption event for the tumblr found family, where characters who previously didn't get into the found family get a second chance. If your blorbo was turned away, now's your chance to fight for them! Click the link below to see who tose characters are:

LIST OF CHARACTERS ELIGIBLE FOR THE EVENT

We're doing it a bit differently this year - since there are a lot more characters, no one is automatically entered. Instead, you submit characters you want to see below in the form below, along with propaganda about why you think they deserve another chance:

SUBMISSIONS HERE

Submissions will be open from today until 1st January 2025. After they close, if there are any duplicate image submissions I'll run a few short polls to determine which one will be used in the characters' poll and then we'll start the event for real.

Answers to some questions about this event under the cut:

"Why do we have to submit propaganda?" This is mostly to stop someone submitting the whole list, to be honest. It doesn't have to be very long propaganda, just something to say why you think this character is awesome and/or deserves another chance

"Can I reuse my propaganda from last year?" Yes, please do! There was some excellent propaganda last year and it'll save you time rewriting the same thing if nothing's changed

"Can I use fan art for the image?" No, all usual submission rules apply here as well

"Do characters whose polls ended in ties (i.e. occasional family members) qualify for this event?" Yeah, they're included at the bottom of the candidate list. Feel free to give them another chance to join the found family outright

"But my character didn't do anything wrong! They don't need redemption!" Then uhh… maybe we're the ones getting redemption by giving them another chance? Look, I'll be real with you - it's not a very good name for what's essentially a second chance event, but it kinda stuck before I properly thought it through

I think that's everything? Let me know if there's anything I missed and otherwise, happy redemption event!

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Redemption Event Submissions

Welcome to the yearly redemption event for the tumblr found family, where characters who previously didn't get into the found family get a second chance. If your blorbo was turned away, now's your chance to fight for them! Click the link below to see who tose characters are:

LIST OF CHARACTERS ELIGIBLE FOR THE EVENT

We're doing it a bit differently this year - since there are a lot more characters, no one is automatically entered. Instead, you submit characters you want to see below in the form below, along with propaganda about why you think they deserve another chance:

SUBMISSIONS HERE

Submissions will be open from today until 1st January 2025. After they close, if there are any duplicate image submissions I'll run a few short polls to determine which one will be used in the characters' poll and then we'll start the event for real.

Answers to some questions about this event under the cut:

"Why do we have to submit propaganda?" This is mostly to stop someone submitting the whole list, to be honest. It doesn't have to be very long propaganda, just something to say why you think this character is awesome and/or deserves another chance

"Can I reuse my propaganda from last year?" Yes, please do! There was some excellent propaganda last year and it'll save you time rewriting the same thing if nothing's changed

"Can I use fan art for the image?" No, all usual submission rules apply here as well

"Do characters whose polls ended in ties (i.e. occasional family members) qualify for this event?" Yeah, they're included at the bottom of the candidate list. Feel free to give them another chance to join the found family outright

"But my character didn't do anything wrong! They don't need redemption!" Then uhh… maybe we're the ones getting redemption by giving them another chance? Look, I'll be real with you - it's not a very good name for what's essentially a second chance event, but it kinda stuck before I properly thought it through

I think that's everything? Let me know if there's anything I missed and otherwise, happy redemption event!

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Corviknight from Pokemon swept the poll and joined the tumblr found family

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Wolves from Real Life swept the poll and joined the tumblr found family

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Head Chef from Hades Game swept the poll and joined the tumblr found family

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Kahili from Pokemon Sun and Moon joined the tumblr found family

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Opportunity from Real Life swept the poll and joined the tumblr found family

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Ash Mongoose from Archie Sonic joined the tumblr found family

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Haruka Sawamura from Yakuza joined the tumblr found family

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Getaway from Transformers joined the tumblr found family

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Joltik from Pokemon swept the poll and joined the tumblr found family

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Hades from Hades Game joined the tumblr found family

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Scorch from Real Life / TY swept the poll and joined the tumblr found family

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Okay, so I've separated out the pinned post and the F.A.Q. to hopefully make loading times easier for everyone. Nothing's changed on either post except for a bit of rewording here and there to make everything clearer In regards to the upcoming Redemption Event, I'm mostly ready to go with that as far as the submissions form and event post are concerned. I'm just waiting for the last batch of current polls to end (incase there's anyone in there to be added to the list of candidates for the event) and then I hope to get submissions open for the Redemption Event in early December

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Welcome + Rules

Welcome to the Tumblr Found Family HQ! Here, we present your blorbos to the masses to have them vote upon whether they should be added to the collective tumblr found family or not. Submit your blorbos here:

See which blorbos have already joined the found family HERE! To avoid seeing the results posts, mute "ff results" The rules are: 1. Play nice; be respectful to others 2. Blorbos can be of any age, since a found family can be just that. So feel free to submit a one-day old infant or a ten thousand year old tree, if those are your blorbos 3. No Harry Potter (or other titles associated to this series or the author) 4. No real people (might make an exception if it's funny) 5. "No real people" includes no individual tumblr users, youtubers or streamers (this might seem obvious, but there were still a lot of them submitted) 6. No OCs. All your OCs are great and I'd feel sad if they got rejected from the found family See F.A.Q. HERE!! Please check the F.A.Q. before asking any questions

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Frequestly Asked Questions

The FAQ was getting kinda long, so I've decided to cut it off into its own post so the pinned post loads better for people on slow connections

Q. When are submissions opening? (Pinning this one to the top, because it's by far the question we get the most) Short answer... I don't know, sorry! Long answer... Because of the way the blog is set up, it's very hard for me to figure that out. Basically, each fandom gets one poll a week, but as there are often multiple characters for some fandoms in the submissions form, it's a pain to figure out exactly how many characters are left to add new polls for when you factor out the repeat fandoms (and also, if a repeat fandom's poll would end before submissions are opened, then a new character from that fandom will be polled before submissions are opened, meaning I'd need to work that out as well). There are often about 200 characters in the submissions form, so you can understand this is too much for me to figure out manually, especially since I'm a full-time shift worker, so my schedule doesn't give me a lot of free time. I don't even like to give a ball park estimate to this question, because with being a shift worker, if I have to do a lot of extra work at short notice and can't meet when I said I'd open submissions, I feel like I'e let you all down and that feeling sucks However, when I do open submissions I try to vary it so that one round will be open at roughly 7-10am GMT and the next round will be open at roughly 7-10pm GMT, to try to catch as many people possible. I know that's not ideal for everyone and people have expressed disapointment about this in the past, but those are all the hours I'm able to give :(

Q. How does this blog work? A. A post featuring a blorbo shall be made, stating who they are and their source material. A poll will be attached set to one week, asking if the blorbo should join the tumblr found family. At the end of the week, based on the result, I will announce if the blorbo has joined or not Q. What is a found family? A. A found family is a family you find for yourself. It is a term often used in fandom to describe a group of characters who aren't related by blood (although a few members might be) but have come to think of each other as a family through circumstance. Alternatively, they might not be officially regarded as a found family in canon, but parts of fandom regards them as such Q. Is this a tournament bracket? A. Nope, blorbos aren't competing against each other, they're only here to be judged by you. We are here enternally submitting blorbos (at least until I run out of steam or pass away lol) Q. I'm not sure if my blorbo counts because of ___ reason? A. If it's not any of the reasons mentioned in the rules, then feel free to send an ask. Or just submit them anyway and I'll decide Q. I submitted a blorbo and they haven't been posted. Did you get them? A. Again, feel free to send an ask. I don't have a regular schedule for posting these. Somedays there'll be batches of polls, others there'll be one or none Q. My blorbos are a duo/trio/etc., who cannot be separated. Can I submit them as a group? A. While I would prefer to stick to individual characters, if you have some who absolutely cannot be separated, I might make exceptions. Most likely, I'll make a poll asking if they should be judged as a group or individually, since there's a lot of media I won't be familiar with Q. My blorbo didn't get voted into the found family! Fuck you! A. Friend, as a fan of Theseus from Hades Game, I understand what it's like to have your fave hated by fandom. Anything decided on this blog can never affect your personal headcanons, so go in peace with your middle finger held high Q. What are your icon and header? A. The icon is of the Pokemon Bouffalant and Natu, based on a series of trading card art where Bouffalant finds two Natu and rescues them - the true spirit of found family. The header is a group of characters called the Black Ravens from the Professor Layton series - a group of ragtag working-class kids who make a black market together Q. I wrote some propaganda on the submission form, can you post it or send it back to me? A. Submissions are deleted as the polls are posted, so I can keep track of how many I have left to post, which means I can't do this. Please save your propaganda for the post and not the submissions form Q. Did you know you used fan art on ___ poll? A. Unless I'd mentioned getting permission from the artist, then please assume that I did not know and let me know. I hate art theft and wouldn't want to partake in that, but I'm just not familiar with a good 80% of the series submitted, so sometimes it might slip through the cracks Q. Can I submit a character who isn't my blorbo? A. Also fine! I enjoy it when people submit controversial characters to see how they'll do Q. What happens if there's a tie? A. The blorbo in question becomes an occassional family member who appears with our found family for some important cutscenes, but isn't officially considered part of the found family. That is essentially the only idea I've had for ties, but I'm open to suggestions for something better or funnier

Q. No, but seriously, my blorbo got ditched. Do they get another chance? A. At the beginning of each year we host a Redemption Event, where any past blorbos who were submitted get another chance. Because of the high volume of ditched characters, to be included in the event, your character will need to be submitted with propaganda via a form that will be released about a month before the event Q. I think the image used is a big reason why my blorbo got ditched. Why did you use that image? A. If an image hasn't been submitted, I will just grab one from an image search result in most cases. You know your blorbos best, so if you have a specific (non-fan art) image that you think shows them in their best light, please do submit it when you submit them Q. Did you mean the book version or movie version of that character? A. Whichever version of the blorbo that gets submitted, that'll be the one I use. If no specific version is mentioned, I'll just post that blorbo in general and use whatever image is most common when I look them up, unless an image has been submitted or a book cover has been requested to be used Q. My blorbo is a character played by a youtuber and/or streamer, not the youtuber or streamer themselves, is that okay? A. If it's a character, then it's fine. But please mention this on the submission. Because if I look them up and the result looks to be just some real person, they won't be included. I am largely unfamiliar with these kind of fandoms and will always err on the side of caution about their inclusion Q. What counts as a "sweep"? A. Any character who gets 90% or higher in either joining or not joining is counted as a sweep. This doesn't give them anything extra, it's just for bragging rights Q. What counts as a "close call"? A. Any character who's poll results are within the 49%-51% range for join/don't join is counted as a close call Q. How many characters can I submit at a time? A. There's no hard rule, since the form doesn't track emails, but please be considerate to others and try not to submit more than 10 characters per submission period. See next question for more details Q. How many characters from the same series can I submit at a time? A. Four (4) characters per series per submission period. I'll be lenient for if they've been submitted by multiple people, but from my experience running this blog, it's only Pokemon or the current Hot New Thing that'll be submitted by multiple people and anything else is usually one person submitting one character after another. I used to allow more, but people took this for granted and submitted 50+ from the same series, so now 4 is the cap Q. You missed a tag from that poll! Can it be added? A. Sure! Tags are either provided by the submitter or where left blank, I'll use my best guess. At minimum, you'll get the name of the character and series as they've been submitted. If you know more, let me know and I'll add them to the post during the voting period. Please note: The polls themselves cannot be edited after being posted, only the tags Q. Can fictional characters based on real people be submitted? A. Fictional characters that are inspired by real people (e.g. Steven Universe being inspired by Rebecca Sugar's brother) are generally fine. But characters that are basically just some real celebrity making a cameo somewhere (e.g. Simon Cowell appearing on the Simpsons), are a no Q. I don't understand what this blog is A. Don't worry about it, friend. Just keep driving and whatever you do, don't wind down the window. We'll be safe soon :) Q. Didn't this blog used to be called the Found Family Adoption Agency? A. It did, but I was made aware that the language used on the blog could be seen as potentially harmful to real life adoptees, so I changed the name of the blog and made some edits to try to avoid using such language. Posts made prior to 5th May 2024 will still contain references to adopt/ditching, so tread with caution on older posts

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The Best Kirby Copy Ability Tournament Submissions are Now Open!

Submit your favorite Copy Abilities here! :D

Normally mod would put a picture of a bracket here, but since this is a different type of tournament, they'll see how big of a bracket they should make based on how many submissions this gets!

That being said, mod had their friends select 8 Copy Abilities that will automatically be placed in the bracket! These Copy Abilities are Sword, Hammer, Cutter, Beam, Fire, Ice, Needle, and Stone! So you don't need to submit those :3

Qualifications for Submissions:

The Copy Abilities you submit must:

Be considered an actual, official Copy Ability, fanmade Copy Abilities are not allowed!

Not already be denied from the tournament/Not be considered 'not a Copy Ability' based on the earlier polls! (What has been denied will be explained below!)

Be submitted using the Google Form found below! Any submissions made using the askbox will be ignored and deleted!

Rules for Submissions:

Do not submit Helpers, The Animal Friends, Air Ride Machines, Roles (from the Kirby Clash Games), Mouthful Modes, Metamortex Transformations, Hypernova, Rainbow Curse Transformations, Power Effects, Friend Actions, Special Skill Type Friend Abilities, Friend Throwing Type Friend Abilities, Ravel Abilities, and Last Battle Abilities! These have been denied from the tournament!

Do not submit the Copy Abilities already in the bracket (Sword, Hammer, Cutter, Beam, Fire, Ice, Needle, and Stone!)

You can submit multiple Copy Abilities, but please don't submit the same Copy Ability multiple times!

If you want to submit multiple Copy Abilites, please fill out the form separately for them, instead of submitting them in the same submission!

Copy Abilities from the anime are allowed!

Power Combos (from Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards), Super Abilities, and the Robobot Armor (+ Armor Modes) are also allowed! Just specify the one you want in the submission (ex: 'Burn-Bomb' instead of just Power Combos, 'Ultra Sword' instead of just Super Abilities, etc.)!

You can submit an Evolved Copy Ability from Forgotten Land, and it will be treated separately from its base ability! (ex: submitting Chain Bomb would be a submission for Chain Bomb, not Bomb :3)

And that's basically it! If you have any questions about the rules, qualifications, or about whether or not a certain Copy Ability fits the requirements, feel free to ask! ^-^

You can submit a Copy Ability here:

You can find a regularly updating (unless mod is asleep or busy) list of submitted Copy Abilities (along with the amount of submissions they've received) here!

Need help remembering a Copy Ability? You can check WiKirby!

The number of submissions needed for a Copy Ability to be safely on the bracket (assuming there are a few more submitted Copy Abilities than needed for an even-numbered bracket) will depend on the number of submissions this gets, but it'll be somewhere along the lines of 3-6 submissions!

The Submission Form will be open until Friday, November 29th at 9pm EST or until this receives 250+ submissions! Edit: The new date that the Submission Form will close is Thursday, December 5th at 9pm EST!

Tagging some other poll blogs for visibility! Feel free to ignore this if you want!

@tournament-announcer @foundfamilyhq @gentle-giant-swag @thecatfight2023 @favoritenintendocharacterbracket @tourneys-by-me @its-to-the-death @best-tournament-blog-bracket and anyone who wants to help spread this! :3