#and the tournament was nice too

[desultory-novice]

"Comfort Food"

Late to the party Second-chance Round 2 propaganda time! I was cheering for both @moonmacabre01's Fondue and @m0x1ez's Moonstone, so going against both in one round was sad...!

But it wasn't hard to come up with a funny scenario for the two Dark Matter-possessed fairies (half-fairy in Noir's case) and Dedede's best chef. Especially after finding out about the existence of THIS dessert from the Hoshi no Kirby ~ Okashi na Sweet Island picture book!

Yes, that's a Dark Matter-themed fruit tart XD

Obligatory appeal to [Vote for Noir] in his current match to keep the comically traumatized failboy hijinks going for another round...!! - Full Thought Bubble Text (for ease of reading)

Moonstone:

There has to be a way to kill my other self. But which self is the "other" self? is there any way to escape this fate? If I could control it… But what if my research is just teaching it how to control me first…?

Noir:

I'm a monster. I don't deserve to live. But then why do I still linger on after death? is this punishment for what I did? I just want it to end. But do i even deserve to be free…?

@kirbyoctournament

[tenshi-agerasia]

new enstars characters (nice + 4piece) as tbh/autism creatures ◕_◕ also i color picked them and recolored some pride flags because i can

fuyume -> bigender

ibuki -> nonbinary

esu -> transmasc

raika -> aroace

kanna -> agender

[justalilstar]

HOOOOLY SHIT OKOK. I FINISHED IT BEFORE THE DEADLINE COULD KILL THRASH ME YAYYYAYYYYY

erm. hello!! hhihhi!! sorry if the intro is long i wanted it to be cool,,, I hope it was cool!!! Here's all the. relevant info!! Name: Night Terror (Crescent Stardom is her legal name though)

Reference Image:

Notes on Personality: Night Terror, as she is actively reformed here, Is considerably less cruel than her old self. But still keeps very stand-offish to strangers and has a natural glare that tends to make people think she is still as aggressive as before. Be gentle with her and you might be able to catch a glimpse of her softer, more skittish personality that she moreso shows around family than anyone! She is also fairly quiet, so communication with her outside of little spurts or responses will take effort. She's just anxious, that's all!

Backstory and Lore: Separated from her Father; Meta Knight; soon after birth, Crescent Stardom was renamed Night Terror by the evil wizard Nightmare. He altered her form to be as monstrous as he'd made Meta Knight, and raised her to be the one to kill the lone swordsman. Her view on the world was heavily warped until Kirby shattered through it with sheer kindness for their long lost sister. To this day she is in active recovery with her refound family, struggling with concepts of morality and trying to build herself a new image... It's. A work in progress.

@kirbyoctournament

[kirbybecomesastarwarrior]

What do you like to do on your free time, Lady Celestine?

Well when it's just myself:

Oh, I love to read in the grand library in the castle. And there is nothing more than enjoying a lazy afternoon filling myself up with knowledge... it makes me feel more connected to the world and its infinite context.

I love fishing & swimming I love the water probably because it is my element and the fishing. Not with a fishing rod though I swim towards them, I LOVE THE THRILL OF THE HUNT. Every time I come back home from swimming there is always a guarantee I will be back with a fish.

I do cook sometimes when I'm free though everyone mistakes me for performing necromancy, I don't know why- wait a moment... now that I think about it maybe it's my own fault for joking around all too much. Sometimes I like to pretend I'm cooking poison or some sort of evil potion and crackle like I'm an evil witch. (It's just the prankster that is still leftover from my younger years as Merlyn, haha!~)

Oh and then lastly I experiment with new alchemic formulas with my magic to see if I can create something new~

(If it's with Arthur)

I love gardening it's something I do together with Arthur. Believe it or not Arthur's actually the better gardener there. (Probably because his elemental magic is earth). Besides flowers, we grow our own herbs & tea leaves (he put that section there just for me). <3

We dance together~

Sometimes Arthur would start to hum a tune to me and would invite me to dance with him. And then I'd find myself humming alongside him. (He's done that too in our younger years whenever I was lost in thought or particularly stressed out.)

We like baking together too... Y'know once time the little wart didn't. know what an acronym for teaspoon so when he read it as TSP. And was confused and asked what a "TSP" was. "HOoHOoHOoH" I can't help but laugh every time I see it now. (sleeping beauty reference)

Any free time we have together sitting and enjoying each other's presence... We just relax and talk reminiscing about old times together. After all, we are retired.

Pretty standard things~

But there is one more thing I'd like to share that I do sometimes in my free time as well. (Forgot to say, I'm getting old sorry dear~)

@cauliarty 's oc Dotty

@kirbyoctournament

[elena-of-avalor-polls]

If my calculations are not wrong, I currently have 55 scenes which means you guys can submit 9 more scenes!

Read more here!

[bonefall]

☆ Put this star into the inbox of your favorite blogs. It's time to spread positivity!

No more positivity. When I receive my 9 lives from AnonClan I will ascend as Bonestar and kill Clear Sky. The time of self-care is over it is time for OTHERS HARM

[art-that-fucks-you-up-tournament]

SET SIX - ROUND ONE - MATCH SEVEN

"The Handmaidens of Sivawara Preparing the Sacred Bull at Tanjore for a Festival" (1886 - Valentine Cameron Prinsep) / "Ajax and Cassandra" (1886 - Solomon Joseph Solomon)

THE HANDMAIDENS OF SIVAWARA: i thought this was an actual photo at first. the little details are *biting my hand off* it is just so sfdbkjfhwiuef you get me? (anonymous)

AJAX AND CASSANDRA: the lighting. the fucking vibes of this artwork are INSANE. (anonymous)

("The Handmaidens of Sivawara Preparing the Sacred Bull at Tanjore for a Festival" is an 1886 oil on canvas painting done by British artist Valentine Cameron Prinsep. It measures 58 x 73¾ in. (147.3 x 111.5 cm.)

"Ajax and Cassandra" is an 1886 oil on canvas painting done by the Jewish-Brit artist Solomon Joseph Solomon. It measures 304.5 x 152.5 cm (10 x 5 ft) and is currently held at the Art Gallery of Ballarat in Ballarat, Australia.)

[vanibear]

skitters around like a beast. Hii ❤️ok im going 2 go ramble in the tags now👍

[wlw-cryptid]

U need someone to paint minis with? 👀👀

yes oh my god 😭 I don't think I'll ever be really playing with them but I love wh40k minis. I want to get some age of sigmar things too

[best-fnaf-song-competition]

Bracket Announcement!

The final 64 songs that will be in the bracket have been decided! In no particular order, they are:

Showtime by Madame Macabre You Can't Escape Me by CK9C Night 4 from The Five Nights At Freddy's Musical Labyrinth by CG5 Expectations by DHeusta You Belong Here by JT Music The Puppet Song by TryHardNinja Circus Of The Dead by TryHardNinja Salvaged by NateWantsToBattle Never Be Alone by Shadrow Drawn To The Bitter by DHeusta Creepin' Towards The Door by Griffinilla Just An Attraction by TryHardNinja Follow Me by TryHardNinja Dead But Not Buried by TryHardNinja Not Here All Night by DAGames We Don't Bite by JT Music Afton Family by KryFuZe Sweet Dreams by Aviators Dream Your Dream by TryHardNinja Stay Calm by Griffinilla Daddy's Little Monsters by TryHardNinja Mechanical Instinct by Aviators Another Five Nights by JT Music We Want Out by DAGames Nightmare By Design by TryHardNinja Break My Mind by DAGames Too Far by CK9C Bonnie's Mixtape by Griffinilla I Got No Time by The Living Tombstone Make This Puppet Proud by Adam Hoek They'll Keep You Running by CK9C Fazbear Family by The Stupendium Built In The 80s by Griffinilla A Pizza The Action by The Stupedium I Can't Fix You by The Living Tombstone Join Us For A Bite by JT Music FNAF 1 Song by The Living Tombstone Our Little Horror Story by Aviators Back Together by The Stupendium Dance To Forget by TryHardNinja I'm The Purple Guy by DAGames You Can't Hide by CK9C Always Come Back by NateWantsToBattle A Child Like You by HalaCG Look At Me Now by TryHardNinja They'll Find You by Griffinilla The Mangle by Groundbreaking For You by Nightcove Die In A Fire by The Living Tombstone The Bonnie Song by Groundbreaking The Finale by NateWantsToBattle Before by Shadrow It's Been So Long by The Living Tombstone Left Behind by DAGames This Comes From Inside by The Living Tombstone Springtrap Finale by Groundbreaking Run Run! by CK9C Night 2 from the Five Nights At Freddy's Musical It's Me by TryHardNinja Follow You by Nightcove Five More Nights by JT Music Already Dead by Kittensneeze Don't Come Crying by TryHardNinja

It'll probably take me a week or two to decide on bracket matchups + get the whole thing ready, but in the meantime here's some fun links for everyone to play with!

The original spreadsheet showing every nomination in the order it was given

My own alphabetized spreadsheet that you can use to find specific details on one song

Playlist of every song that was nominated

Playlist of the 64 songs that made it into the bracket

See you all soon with the polls!

[desultory-novice]

"There Will Be Blood Shed"

" '...Don't do it?' " " 'I want to live...?' "

"I wanted to live too."

"...Once..."

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Soooooo, as you can imagine, I finally listened to "The Only Thing I Know For Real" from Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance and while apparently the character in question became something of a meme, for a first time listener, the song hit hard enough that before I knew it, I was sketching murder boy doing what he does best.

Like, not every line hits hard, but a significant number do.

"Memories broken" -Check

"The truth goes unspoken" -To Adeleine? Oooh yes

"I've even forgotten my naaaaaame" -Check and check

"I don't know the season or what is the reason I'm standing here holding my Blade" -I love the "don't know the season" part especially because on Shiver Star "summer" is what we would call "winter." Poor, mixed up kids

"A desolate place without any trace It's only the cold wind I feel" -That's Shiver Star in a nutshell

"It's me that I spite as I stand up and fight" -"Spite" in the sense that he's only hurting himself by doing this but also he regrets finding himself forced onto this path, yep...

"The only thing I know for real There will be blood shed" -See title

"The man in the mirror nods his head" -Reminds me of the Apologies title card I drew where Noir and Blade are reflected upon each other in the gleam of the sword.

"The only one left will ride upon the dragon's back" -....Okay, I have no witty comment here. Dragons are just a rock song thing! Oh! He did wear that dragon onesie when he was little??

"Because the mountains don't give back what they take." -Pfft! I'm sorry! I got curious and listened to "Wheelchair Sam" FIRST and thanks to that visual of him rolling down the mountain, I can't hear any of the "mountain" lines without laughing XD

"Losing my identity Wondering have I gone insane?" -Ahem! Back to serious and yeah. Though, Noir was usually too focused to stop and question what he was doing (...he couldn't dare...)

 "Looking downward from this deadly height Never realizing why I fight" -Ahh...this one hurts, thinking about all the nights he would sneak out of bed to hang out on the roofs and the number of times he peered over the edge (into the abyss...) Though Noir knows why he fights, he probably spent a lot of time wondering why he's alive

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「やめろ？」 「まだ生きたい？」 オレも生きたかった… …かつて、な。

Sometimes I hear certain chunks of dialogue in Japanese in my head first and have to translate them into English to get down what I want them to say XD And I just really like the idea of Noir being "I might've sympathized, but I just don't have room for that anymore. I have too much to do before the end and you're standing in my way."

[thoughtfulseason]

so coach is not going to the tournament but we’re going us three girls, one is not really my person but she wants to try for the first time, other is my friend who i managed to convince (she’s the best of us three but not by much, i’m in the middle). good thing is i don’t have to drive two hours cause my friend’s dad will drive us so phew and it should be fun i think. even without the funnest person i know (coach)

[terry-pratchett-book-bracket]

Hi all! So as my bio says, I'm running two other tournaments currently (@galavant-song-tournament and @indie-queer-movie-tournament) and the latter will take me until May to finish with but then I should have time for this. I'll make a proper intro post then as well and set up a bracket and whatnot. Basic info for anyone interested: I'll be including every published book written (or co-written) by Terry Pratchett, no matter if it's a novel, non-fiction, short story, or what. So submissions aren't necessary. I won't do plays or other media not published originally as a book. I'll accept propaganda at any time; I'll just file it away for now to use later so it's no trouble that we won't start for ages. (Also if someone's already done this bracket let me know; a quick search and I didn't find anything but idk, I only see some fandom content and could easily have missed it.)

[floral-hex]

wowwy wawawa. was worried about seeing a new psychiatrist, but any doc that gives me a month of ativan is okay in my book.

so anyway, I got that and also starting something called remeron after the weekend is over (going out of town for my brother’s 2 day chess tournament and don’t want to deal with side effects during it). Let’s be hopeful.

[queervocasongtourn]

A small suggestion, if I may - maybe put a line somewhere (either in rules or on each poll) suggesting that people actually listen to each song before voting. I say this because the last song tourney I saw was of a game that had an anime adaptation and the anime-only songs kept getting steamrolled because people just weren't giving them a chance. (It's something you'd think is obvious but maybe saying it somewhere would help?)

Yes, I am very aware of this. Given people have expressed their excitement of discovering new queer vocaloid songs, I hope this means everyone's more willing to listen to all options before voting! Of course I will encourage people to do so both in the general rules AND the post themselves!

[coquelicoq]

i finally wrote an xword that i think might be nyt-submittable...i originally wrote it for the local paper though so i now have to go back through and rework the clues to take out the specific local ones and make some of the others harder. i know exactly which day of the week this would run in the nyt (if it gets accepted) because this type of theme always runs on the same day, so at least i know which clue difficulty to aim for, but i'm still finding it difficult to hit that precise level! i'm used to just making the clues as easy as possible because my local paper's audience is mostly people who aren't xword aficionados. i already reworked this puzzle a couple times based on feedback from friends and family but that was all still when i thought i'd be running it in my local paper. i kinda just want to be done with it but i've never had a theme and fill i thought were completely nyt-worthy before!