Omnipotent Villain: “Look pathetic little hero! See how outmatched you are? What do you have with you that could possibly beat my un-killable army?
Hero (who learned about their status at max 5 years ago): “You’re right. All I have is childhood trauma, the bare minimum of training for this moment, one special magical weapon, the weight of the world on my shoulders, an unfounded sense of nobility pushing me to go on despite unknowable odds, and the power of friendship.”
Villain (whose omnipotence extends to a good working knowledge of fictional tropes): “Uhhhhhhhh…..”
Hero: “Come now! I have bid goodbye to my doomed love interest and am prepared to die for my cause!”
Villain: “I’m just gonna….. go…. Check something.”
************CUT TO SECRET THRONE ROOM OF BIGGER, WORSE, SECRET SECONDARY VILLAIN PREPPING FOR THE SEQUEL********
Villain 1: “My Lord! We must retreat and give up the scheme! The hero is unbeatable! They have arrived to battle armed with an ancient protection!”
Villain 2: “What kind of protection My Servant? A special suit of armor? An immense spell?”
Villain 1: “Worse my lord. So much worse.”
Villain 2: “Name it!l”
Villain 1: “My Lord they had *shudders* plot armor.”
It’s fandom. We’re obsessed with them. Now it’s time to crown the winner.
Submit your chosen twink to the poll using the form down below! There’s more than half of the places left for a ton of characters. Let’s fill up this bracket and get this show on the road!
SUGGEST-A-TWINK
RULES/INFO
Must be male (cis or trans) OR masc nonbinary. Cross-dressing girls might be accepted if the characters around them don’t know (e.g: Mulan as Ping).
Must be young, or at least appear young. Millennia-old twinks do exist, just look at Legolas.
No IRL people. No, not even Timothee Chalamet. This is for fandom twinks, which means they must be fictional. Bandoms do not count.
Only one extra Genshin Impact character may enter the tournament, because otherwise it’s just a Genshin Impact tournament.
Twunks are accepted.
No botting/spamming. Be fair to everyone’s faves!
Submissions will last for a week, showdowns for 3 days (72 hours).
Showcasing art from some of my favourite artists, and those that have attracted my attention, in the field of visual arts, including vintage; pulp; pop culture; books and comics; concert posters; fantastical and imaginative realism; classical; contemporary; new contemporary; pop surrealism; conceptual and illustration.
Please will you complete this two minute anonymous survey:
I want to know what fantasy themes, characterisations and cultures you like or want to see more of, so I can write a YA fantasy novel that will reflect what contemporary people want to see more of in books!
If the survey goes well, I'm more than happy to share the results!
We've seen some incredible twinkfights already, and some shocking winners, and even some discourse (but we're ignoring that). No big sweeps yet, but here we are! SIDE A ROUND ONE and SIDE B ROUND ONE!
Polls begin at 4pm GMT.
Updated rules:
Polls will last for one week. From Round Two onwards they will be 24 hours.
Propaganda is welcome!
No Spamming or Cheating. That entails immediate disqualification.
No discourse or "wah wah this isn't a twink!". We've already done the preliminary round, and forging on at this point.
Useful links:
Twink poll announcement and rules
Updated rules
Final bracket reveal and Preliminary Round match-ups
There are even more useful links at these useful links. Think of it as a wiki walk!
Side A Round One and Side B Round One under the cut!
SIDE A ROUND ONE
POLL #1: Fa Ping (Mulan) vs Sauron (The Silmarillion)
(art by @cy-lindric)
POLL #2: Merlin (BBC Merlin) vs Peter Parker (The Amazing Spider-Man)
POLL #3: Frodo Baggins (Lord of the Rings) vs Lio Fotia (Promare)
POLL #4: Obi-Wan Kenobi (Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace) vs Jack Dawson (Titanic)
POLL #5: The Once-ler (The Lorax) vs Tim Drake (DC Comics)
POLL #6: Legolas (Lord of the Rings) vs Wei Wuxian (Mo Dao Zu Shi)
POLL #7: Q (James Bond) vs Kurapika (Hunter X Hunter)
POLL #8: Jaskier (The Witcher) vs Howl Jenkins Pendragon (Howl's Moving Castle)
SIDE B ROUND ONE
POLL #9: Link (Legend of Zelda) vs Guillermo de la Cruz (What We Do in the Shadows)
POLL #10: Kuzco (The Emperor's New Groove) vs Jack Frost (Rise of the Guardians)
POLL #11: Dream (The Sandman) vs Venti (Genshin Impact)
POLL #12: Tamaki Suoh (Ouran High School Host Club) vs Julian Bashir (Star Trek: Deep Space 9)
POLL #13: Leon Kennedy (Resident Evil) vs Billy Kaplan (Marvel)
POLL #14: Tintin (The Adventures of Tintin) vs Vash the Stampede (Trigun Stampede)
POLL #15: James (Pokémon) vs Luke Skywalker (Star Wars)
POLL #16: Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III (How to Train Your Dragon) vs Haruhi Fujioka (Ouran High School Host Club)