#anime horse tournament

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CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR HORSEY CHAMPION, EPONA!

Thank you to all who participated in this tourney! I'll be back with more polls after the Holiday season!

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Anime Horse Tournament Round 4 Matchups!

Epona (The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess) VS Josephine (Evillious Chronicles)

Valkyrie (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 7: Steel Ball Run) VS Ponyta (Pokémon)

Mach (Yu-Gi-Oh Zexal) VS Farul (One Piece)

The Bicorn (Dungeon Meshi) VS Anne (Dungeon Meshi)

Runaway Horse (Revolutionary Girl Utena) VS Pegasusmon (Digimon)

Horse That Gets Thrown Through a House (Attack on Titan) VS Lady Oscar's Horse (Rose of Versailles)

Pegasi/Winged Horse(s) (Witch Hat Atelier) VS Silver Bullet (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 7: Steel Ball Run)

Sorting Unicorn (Mashle: Magic and Muscles) VS Rapidash (Pokémon)

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Taxonomy Tournament: Mammals

Pholidota. This order is made up of the pangolin, the only mammal to have keratin scales.

Perissodactyla. This order is also known as the odd-toed ungulates because they (mostly) have hooves and bear weight on one or three toes. It is made up of equines, rhinos, and tapirs.

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Botanic Tournament : Main Bracket !

Round 6 Poll Q

"But op this isn't a flower name" : read this

(Basil and juniper)

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Prelim 6/27

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Sampson v Morph

Sampson

Animal: Horse

Person: Prince Philip

Movie: Sleeping Beauty (1959)

Morph

Animal: Shape-shifting Pink Blob

Person: Jim Hawkins

Movie: Treasure Planet (2002)

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Turku Castle Tournament

July 2018

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[best-animated-short-tourney]

Choose Your Favorite!

Vote in the other polls

Where to find the shorts:

[sandymybeloved]

truly nothing demonstrates reading comprehension of this site like taking submissions for a tournament with very simple rules

[tournament-winners-tournament]

miitopia horse!!! Here's my horse, Your Mom

WHO IS THE GREATEST HORSE

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Anime Horse Tournament Round 2 Match 23

Propaganda:

Slow Dancer -

"Cool ass horse."

"The racehorse of Johnny Joestar, the protagonist of the Part. Slow Dancer is an older horse with lots of experience racing, a good fit for Johnny who spent much of his childhood learning to horse race but has since become jaded. Slow Dancer is temperamental and took some effort to tame, but once Johnny tamed it, Slow Dancer and him became inseparable.

Not just because Johnny's participating in a cross-country horse race, but also because Johnny is paraplegic, Slow Dancer also functions as Johnny's mobility aid for most of the series. Johnny does have a collapsible wheelchair he uses sometimes, but most of the time he rides Slow Dancer. Slow Dancer is so important that he also rides it in video games, including fighting games, which is really cool and weird to use a horse in a fighting game."

Fakir's Horse -

None submitted.

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ROUND 2D: MATCH 2

Burple

[taxonomytournament]

Cryptotaxonomy Tournament: Equines

Note: these creatures do not actually exist. The following descriptions are facetious

Pegasus. This equine species is made up of Pegasi, which have wings capable of self-powered flight. It works because of magic or something.

Unicornis. This equine species is made up of Unicorns, which have a single horn on their head, and are capable of telekenesis and healing powers.

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Botanic Tournament : Main Bracket !

Round 4 Poll TTT

*It's actually Honorable Rosemary and the character is always refered as such (Thanks to the lovely reviewer who informed me nicely)

(Juniper and rosemary)

[aldryrththerainbowheart]

Medieval knight!Jason Todd who's a long-lost son of the Wayne earldom. He took up a crusade when he was younger but was believed to be dead. Only to reveal himself several years later during the swordsmanship tournament hosted by Wayne family. Just as Dick was lying in the sand coughing up blood next to his discarded sword, his unknown challenger took off his scarlet helmet and the entire court erupted in chaos.

That was years ago now. Since then, Sir Todd made amends with his family, but they are by no means close. Jason managed to gain a title and a fief on his own, independent of his family and he takes no small pride in that. These days he and his merry group of loyal warriors take up mercenary work and guardianship if the person has enough coin.

When the local baron hired him to be a personal guard for his daughter, Jason was sure that would be an easy job for a good amount of gold. The red knight soon found out that being your bodyguard is not as easy as he thought. You were quite the escape artist. Whenever a banquet or an audience was too boring for your liking, you simply vanished, and Jason had to search for you high and low to drag you back. It made him grind his jaw and caused his temper to flare more than once.

You were thrilled and appalled that someone spoke to you so crassly and brazenly. Other soldiers your father assigned to you treated you with the utmost respect and gave up after a few months. Not the red knight. He proved himself to be just as stubborn as you, if not more. At this point, it wasn't about money anymore. He just couldn't stand the thought of some spoiled daughter of a noble getting the better of him. Jason had no qualms about throwing you over his shoulder and carrying you back to the castle, while the plate of his armor dug uncomfortably into your stomach.

After six months of this, Jason was fed up with your nonsense and was ready to collect his gold and disappear for good. You were hiding from the baroness, some nonsense about dress fitting or a dance lesson. Jason was just returning from the training grounds when he saw you sitting on the ground near the barn, playing with a fresh litter of kittens. You knew the cat and the kittens well, and judging how other animals treated you it wasn't your first time there. You met his gaze and winked at him, placing a finger to your lips. Your first shared secret.

After that day, your personal guard Jason somehow became your partner in crime. He looked the other way sometimes or followed in a safe distance. You fascinated him, and somehow, before he even knew it, he started to fall for you. He wanted to deny it. Jason reminded himself time and time again why it was a horrible idea. However, he couldn't keep himself from falling more and more for you.

Another day, another one of your daring escapes. This time was, different, though. You took some of your belongings and your horse while leaving a letter to say your goodbyes. Jason did not care for exploring the feelings of absolute horror that grasped his heart at the thought of you disappearing from his life. He immediately set out to search for you. You couldn't escape too far and he knew where to go. He knew you better than anyone.

When he caught up with you, you were residing in a tavern in a small cozy village near the edge of your father's land. You were always annoyed and scathing whenever he came to bring you back home, but this time, you were just sad, almost tearful. Jason demanded an explanation for your unusual disappearance, and the one he received almost made him shatter the pitcher in his hand. The courting season was swiftly approaching.

He knew of your fear and unwillingness to get pawned off for alliance and title. He was also aware that your parents were adamant in marrying you off before grow out of marrigable age.

Which is why your loyal guardian made you an offer. You stay in the village for its upcoming festival, relishing in last days of freedom without responsibility, before returning home. This offer served not only you, but Jason as well. He wanted to revel in your presence before returning to your old life where he was the knight and you were the noble.

In hinsight, he should've realized that was a mistake, because in these last few days he became aware of how smitten he'd become. It was all too easy to forget his duties when you were pretending to be a simple village girl.

You peroused the stalls, gawking at everything you saw and chatting his ear off. He watched you trying to eat the commoner food with your bare hands, hilariously failing. When they arrived in the square where the dance was held, you haven't hesitated before grabbing his hand and pulling him for a dance. Jason wanted to protest, but your bright smile convinced him. He twirled you amongst the townsfolk before he noticed familiar faces heading your way. The baron's soldiers, no doubt they were looking for you.

Quicker than you could react, Jason pulled you into a darkened corner, covering your body with his, pressing your lips together. He kissed you until he knew the guards were gone. He pulled away to apologize but before he could say anything you grabbed him by the lapels of his cloak and pressed your lips together again. You kissed him with sweetness and desperation that stole breath from his lungs, and Jason had no choice but to melt into you. He wrapped his arms around you, pressing you impossibly close to him, your hands slipped from his cheeks to his hair.

He indulged little longer before letting voice of reason win, pulling away. Jason reminded you that you shouldn't be doing this, reminded you of your respective postitions. You didn't listened, instead, you uttered words Jason both wished and dreaded to hear.

You loved him.

He asked of you to never say these words to him again, and without another word he took your hand and led you back home as he tried to ignore your quiet sobs.

Despite your promises, he catches you trying to climb out over one of the garden walls during your courting ball. Jason wanted to strangle you, not that he enjoyed watching you dance with all those idiot nobles while all he wanted to do was to take you and carry you somewhere where there only be the two of you. This can't go on much longer, he has to end things tonight. Jason takes on a quest, to slay creatures in the southern forest. Surely you'll understand eventually...that the distance is good for both of you.

Months go by, and the pain the red knight felt when leaving you felt bearable. The other soldiers in his unit were curious as to why the infamous red knight left such prestigious position. Some speculated it was because the position was too peaceful and the dead son of Wayne was hungry for blood. If only they knew the true reason he left, but it was for the better. No one needs to know. One day, a messenger arrived, bearing a letter that stated there was an attack on the baron's family. The baron and his wife were badly injured and you were missing.

How was this possible?! You were supposed to be safe here! Without missing even a single second, Jason rode his horse tirelessly to the city. He will find you, and whoever took you will pay for every scratch he finds on you with their life. When he rescues you from your kidnappers, you're barely conscious. Gently, he pics up your weakened body and carefully carries you over the dead bodies lying everywhere. When he brings you back home, as he always done, he is adamant to never leave your side, no matter what takes. With heart full of determination, he asks, no, demands your hand in marriage. His name, his fief, his sword and his hearth, all of it is yours.

The baron is wise enough to give Sir Jason his blessings. After all, who's better for his daughter than a man who is able to set the world ablaze to safe her?

Art: Crown; Katerina Kirillova

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