#isabel does polls

[isabelpsaroslunnen]

Oh right, it's not just dissertation month but Pride. I'm belatedly joining the month of my people with ... a poll :)

My best friend has been good-naturedly mocking my predictable (read: gay) taste in female characters since childhood. I thought it would be fun to let the good people of Tumblr vote between some of said predictable options:

[sexiestpodcastcharacter]

Bonus Poll #7 — Champions (Extended Edition)

[moodyvoid]

I asked this question once a long time ago, but now we have polls, so I’m asking again!

Put their names in the tags, if you’d like to! Rb, pls!

[broadwaydivastournament]

Broadway Divas Tournament: Round 4

It's been a little too relaxed around here these last few weeks. Very few wars, very few vicious fights among Diva fans. So. We're back to where we began with Bernadette vs. Patti and now Lea Salonga in the pit. If Lea hasn't been tossed back in after losing to Christine Baranski Round One, I'm confident my beloved Kelli O'Hara would have made it to Round 4 (and then been summarily eviscerated by Bernadette). So, to avenge my darling blonde soprano (a dying breed), here she is boys, here she is world, here's Patti.

Seven-time Tony nominee, two-time winner Bernadette Peters (1948) has a sixty-plus year stage career of monumental proportions. Considered the foremost Sondheim interpreter, their collaborative works include Sunday in the Park with George (1984), Into the Woods (1987), Gypsy (2003), and Follies (2011). She has a thriving concert career, and was a co-founder of the beloved Broadway Barks event each year in Shubert Alley. She has an honorary third Tony (Isabelle Stevenson Award) for her outstanding advocacy and philanthropy.

Lea Salonga (1971) made history in 1991 as the first Asian performer to ever win Best Leading Actress in a Musical for Miss Saigon. She was just twenty years old at the time, the second youngest, and now all these years later, she qualifies for our MILF tournament. Lea has starred in six Broadway shows including Les Miserables (as first Eponine and then later Fantine), Once On This Island (2017), and most recently a brief stint in Here Lies Love (2023). She is also the singing voice for Disney's Mulan.

Eight-time Tony nominee, three-time winner Patti LuPone (1949) has a staggering fifty-plus year stage career. Award-winning roles include Eva Peron in Evita (1979), Gypsy (2008), and Company (2022). She has toured the US with her wildly successful concert and cabaret acts, and will kill you on sight if she sees a cell phone in the theatre. Patti was NOT Norma Desmond on Broadway, and because of it, is the proud owner of the ALW Memorial Pool. She is no longer a member of Actors' Equity. Despite that, she will reportedly be back on Broadway next season in a straight play.

NEW PROPAGANDA AND MEDIA UNDER CUT: ALL POLLS HERE

"Time to prove that this is the Bernadette Peters website. Let's go, lesbians, let's go."

"She may have had a second chance at winning, but we've got to make things fair. Let's see how she does up against not one, but two of Broadway's biggest Divas."

"Just like her Broadway career, Patti LuPone rises from the dead. She's just here for the extra chaos, and I cannot wait to see the results."

[staghunters]

DO YOU HAVE A TASTE FOR TERROR?

April 5 marks the 50th anniversary of Carrie (the novel), and because it's my altime fav, my pookie, my blorbo at the beginning of my horror obsession, I want to watch one with you!

Mark that calendar for a special edition of The Basement, where the victor of the poll will be screened!

All have their highs and lows. Propaganda for each can be found under the readmore, but in case you've already made up your mind:

The results of this poll will be counted alongside one with the discord pals (no worries, you guys have the privilege of double voting) to determine the winner.

Official post shall be made when results are in!

Carrie (1976)

The first and to some the most iconic. Brian de Palma did something with this one that scared even Stephen King himself in the theatre! Sissy Spacek has a great time in the role, and the supporting cast is pretty great, too (this was John Travolta’s first big role)!

PROS

The closest to a time-period-accurate adaptation that we can get, as the events of the book take place in 1979

Sissy Spacek <3

Cool practical effects

Piper Laurie being funny and unhinged

CONS

Might feel dated on some fronts

Not the most tense until it gets to the Moment

30-year-olds playing teenagers, but what else is new

Piper Laurie being more cringe than funny

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Carrie (2002)

TV Movie from the 2000s! Angela Bettis does this one really well, and despite the modernized setting, it holds up. Overall this sticks the closest to the book format/plot.

PROS

Book accuracy

Carrie is more be gay do crime

A WHOPPING 2 hours and 10 minutes long

KATHARINE ISABELLE IS IN THIS ONE

CONS

Tries to do VFX but is not the best at it

Ending that is drastically different and may not appeal to some

Early-2000s comedy moments

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Carrie (2013)

Probably the one that most are familiar with or saw come by in tv trailers. In the middle of the grand age of tumblr, this one graced the silver screen. I hate to say it, but I’ll forever mourn an early draft of the screenplay that was written by the Riverdale guy

PROS

More horror moments (julianne moore carries (haha) the role of Margaret)

Gay undertones

Great VFX

CONS

Takes A Lot of lines and scenes directly from the 76 film

Started the discourse of actresses being too pretty for the role (which could also have been misogyny. Chloe moretz is cute in this one)

Has some needle drops that are artefacts of their time

[doyouknowthisactor]

By "roles" I mean playing a different character, and in a different piece of media; someone playing one character across a franchise only counts as one thing for the purposes of this poll, as does playing multiple characters in one franchise/piece of media

Below are some of this actor's roles. Please only check after voting!

El Ministerio del Tiempo / The Ministry of Time as Irena Larra

El abuelo / The Grandfather as Dona Lucrecia Richmond

Hazlo por mí as Isabel Velasco

Una pistola en cada mano / A Gun in Each Hand as Sara

Cayetana Guillén Cuervo is the daughter of actors Fernando Guillén and Gemma Cuervo, and sister of actor and filmmaker Fernando Guillén Cuervo

More roles

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Billboard project

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Trump lashes out at women accusing him of sexual assault

In a second bizarre appearance this week, Trump spent 45 minutes in a grievance-filled “press conference” overflowing with defamatory attacks on women who have accused him of sexual assault. The one thing the “press conference” did not include was questions from the press.

Trump's 45-minute rant reminded voters of the multiple accusations of sexual assault against him. And in a breath-taking admission, he said he did assault one of his accusers because, “[S]he would not have been the chosen one.” That defense repeats his claim that he did not sexually assault E. Jean Carrol because “She’s not my type.”

It is Kafkaesque that one of the major party nominees has so many credible claims of sexual assault lodged against him that he can spend 45 minutes denying them. In any other era in American history, such allegations would be instantly disqualifying. But the major media focuses on horse-race polling to the exclusion of character and demonstrated unfitness for office.

Even as Maggie Haberman of the Times provided an accurate recitation of Trump's rambling discourse, she acknowledged, “As a one-off event, Mr. Trump’s diatribe was already receding from view in headlines by late afternoon.”

Of course, as long as the Times continues to lose interest in Trump's meltdowns in four hours, it is no wonder that Trump's depravity is overlooked by the public.

There is a growing consensus that the press is failing to hold Trump accountable for his criminality and corruption. Rebecca Solnit of The Guardian addresses the failure of the press in her op-ed, The mainstream press is failing America – and people are understandably upset.

I recommend Solnit’s essay to your weekend reading, but to whet your appetite, I excerpt the following:

The first thing to say about the hate and scorn currently directed at the mainstream US media is that they worked hard to earn it. They’ve done so by failing, repeatedly, determinedly, spectacularly to do their job, which is to maintain their independence, inform the electorate, and speak truth to power. They pursue the appearance of fairness and balance by treating the true and the false, the normal and the outrageous, as equally valid and by normalizing Republicans, especially Donald Trump, whose gibberish gets translated into English and whose past crimes and present-day lies and threats get glossed over. They neglect, again and again, important stories with real consequences.

Solnit’s criticism that the press “translates Trump's gibberish into English” was also discussed by Isabel Fattal in The Atlantic | Daily, A new level of incoherence from Trump. Fattal writes,

But the biggest problem, the problem that all journalistic analysis of Trump's response ought to lead with, is that his answer makes absolutely no sense. Earlier this summer, The Atlantic’s editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, warned about “one of the most pernicious biases in journalism, the bias toward coherence.” Journalists “feel, understandably, that it is our job to make things make sense,” he wrote. “But what if the actual story is that politics today makes no sense?”

When Joe Biden stumbled in attempts to express himself—a lifelong characteristic driven in part by his stutter—the Times wrote dozens of stories suggesting that Biden was unfit to be president (despite his spectacularly successful current presidency). But when Trump speaks gibberish, the Times strains to glean meaning and coherence where none is to be found.

The question is, “Why?” Why does the media believe it is their role to filter and correct Trump's incoherence? The answer to that question will vex historians for decades and centuries to come.

In the absence of a satisfying or clear answer to that question, my default assumption is that the major media sees Trump as good for business, even if he is bad for democracy. Profit über alles. Shame on them.

Trump is a uniquely unfit candidate for the presidency The presidential oath of office requires the president to swear to protect and defend the Constitution—which Trump has already attempted to overthrow on one occasion and has promised to do so again.

Before Joe Biden withdrew from the race, there was a general sense that “the need to defend democracy” was not an argument that resonated with voters. It should be. Perhaps it is time for Kamala Harris to revisit and reframe the argument, especially given the renewed activity around Trump's legal and criminal jeopardy. It sure would be nice if the major media viewed Trump's threat to democracy as newsworthy.

[Robert B. Hubbell Newsletter]

[sulkybbarnes]

I got tagged by the lovely @piningeddiediaz , thank you for the tag 💕💕💕

Make a poll of your 5 all-time fave characters and tag five people!

I've seen many versions where people say vote for the character I remind you of the most, so I'm going with that ✌🏼

Tagging my beloveds @deadlyanddelicate , @jamie-tartt , @lesbiansagainsttheatre , @irregularcollapse , @sonboyadam , @emmerrr if you want to do it 💕

[pandoratheprocrasticreator]

Tumblr Sexywoman Poll: Final Roster

Alright folks here's the final roster for my Tumblr sexywoman poll. Other people have done this but I want to see what kind of drama I can stir up this time. This will be a poll on which sexywoman is the most Iconic TM. What that means - if she's actually sexy, if she had cultural impact, if you just like her character, etc - is up to the individual voter.

Polls for each round will be up at 8 AM PST, with round 1 starting on February 7. Rounds 1 and 2 will last for one day each, rounds 3 and 4 will last for 2 days each, and round 5 will last for three days. Just to build dramatic tension. (EDIT: I checked and Tumblr is lame, unfortunately, so my only options are to keep the poll up for a day or a week. I will keep the first three rounds up for a day each. I'll probably have the last two rounds up for a day too but if enough people thing keeping one or both of them up for a week is good for dramatic tension I will do that.) I will also have a one-day buffer between each round to prepare for the next one. (Please bear with me - I'm a student.)

A disclaimer: I don't know almost half the franchises on this roster. I only know them from the sheer volume of horny fanart of said characters that crosses my dash via osmosis. I am aware some characters on here are minors in canon, and there may be more in the franchises that I don't know.

The inclusion of canonically underage characters does not reflect my values, only that I've seen a lot of people on Tumblr sexywoman-ify them. Regardless of whether it was right in the first place, I've seen people on Tumblr be horny about all the characters on this list. To not include them on this poll would be disingenuous.

This post will be pinned and updated with links to the polls for each round. All polls will be tagged "tumblr sexywoman poll" on my blog in case I don't get around to updating the links right after the polls are up. While I LOVE to see people arguing over their blorbos this poll is just one elaborate shitpost on my end so I hope everyone keeps it lighthearted and fun. May the best Tumblr sexywoman win!

Pandora

EDIT #1: Polls for round 1 are linked here. Sorry for the delay, everyone!

Katya Goncharov Vs. Vriska Serket - Winner: Vriska Serket (59%)

Catra Vs. Bowsette - Winner: Catra (61%)

Sally Vs. Queen - Winner: Queen (69%) (nice)

Malfina Vs. Ianthe Tridentarius - Winner: Ianthe Tridentarius (54%)

Loona Vs. GLaDOS - Winner: GLaDOS (77%)

Marceline Vs. Cassandra - Winner: Marceline (74%)

Doc Ock Vs. Princess Luna - Winner: Doc Ock (67%)

Jessie Vs. Riza Hawkeye - Winner: Jessie (54%)

Hornet Vs. Eda Clawthorne - Winner: Eda Clawthorne (58%)

Rouge the Bat Vs. Shego - Winner: Shego (66%)

Zarya Vs. Hatsune Miku - Winner: Hatsune Miku (66%)

Monika Vs. Lord Dominator - Winner: Monika (63%)

Ena Vs. Franziska Von Karma - Winner: Franziska Von Karma (55%)

Isabelle Vs. Lady Dimitrescu - Winner: Lady Dimitrescu (85%)

Lusamine Vs. Junko Enoshima - Winner: Junko Enoshima (69%) (nice)

Lapis Lazuli Vs. Yor Forger - Winner: Yor Forger (68%)

EDIT #2: Roster for round 2. The polls will be up at 8 AM PST on February 9th.

EDIT #3: Round 2 polls are up!

Vriska Serket Vs. Catra - Winner: Catra (56%)

Queen Vs. Ianthe Tridentarius - Winner: Queen (50%) (holy shit)

GLaDOS Vs. Marceline - Winner: GLaDOS (69%) (nice)

Doc Ock Vs. Jessie - Winner: Jessie (58%)

Eda Clawthorne Vs. Shego - Winner: Eda Clawthorne (64%)

Hatsune Miku Vs. Monika - Winner: Hatsune Miku (60%)

Franziska Von Karma Vs. Lady Dimitrescu - Winner: Franziska Von Karma (51%)

Junko Enoshima Vs. Yor Forger - Winner: Yor Forger (73%)

EDIT 4: The age of Junko, Vriska, and Resident Evil big lady ends now! The classic Tumblr sexywomen have been massacred this round. Special shout out the Ace Attorney fans for getting Franziska Von Karma to just barely beat Lady Dimitrescu. It can't have been easy. Also special shout out to Deltarune and Locked Tomb fans. there were 127 votes on that poll and Queen barely just beat out Ianthe. I did the math and if the votes were split 50/50, then Queen only got one more vote than Ianthe. Every vote counts, people!

Roster for round 3. The polls will be up at 8 AM PST on February 11th.

EDIT #4: Round 3 polls are up!

Catra Vs. Queen - Winner: Catra (52%)

Jessie Vs. GLaDOS - Winner: Jessie (59%)

Eda Clawthorne Vs. Hatsune Miku - Winner: Eda Clawthorne (70%)

Yor Forger Vs. Franziska Von Karma - Winner: Yor Forger (53%)

Also, nominate someone for my Vriska poll coming next week!

EDIT #5: Roseter for round 4. Polls will be up at 8 AM PST on February 13th.

It is with a heavy heart that I announced that Franziska Von Karma has been defeated. Kudos to the Ace Attorney fandom. You tried your best. I've been told that since like 50% of my followers followed me for The Owl House, that this poll was rigged. Maybe I should have made this poll on a side blog to distance it from all the TOH stans for a fairer poll. Guess we'll see if Eda likers or Yor likers come out on top this round. On the other side, I didn't expect Catra OR Jessie to make it this far. Props to Catra for defeating Vriska AND Queen holy shit.

EDIT #6: Round 4 guys. Sorry for the delay:

Catra Vs. Jessie - Winner: Jessie (64%)

Eda Clawthorne Vs. Yor Forger - Winner: Eda Clawthorne (52%)

EDIT #7: Roster for round 5. This is the final round, so I'll put the poll up for a full week. The poll will be up at 8 AM PST on February 15th.

EDIT # 8: Final Round! This poll will be up for a week. I'll probably unpin this post in favor of the Vriska poll roster when I have that up. Probably around the 18th. The winner of the sexywoman poll will crown the winner of the Vriska poll when that ends.

Jessie Vs. Eda Clawthorne

Thanks for voting, everyone!

Pandora

[isabelpsaroslunnen]

lol I had so many tags that Tumblr deleted my tags about the unfortunately high proportion of royal characters in my female character poll vs my anti-monarchist principles.

As I recall, it was basically about how I only support royal claims of hot, fancy, usually morally ambiguous, and at least somewhat intimidating women. As a result, I'm completely "meh, Gondor needs no king" about Aragorn's kingly virtue and ancestral claim, but DEEPLY OUTRAGED when the ultra-cheesy Flash Gordon in 1980 concludes with Ming being succeeded by his daughter Aura's love interest rather than Aura herself.

(I know Barin has some ancestral claim of his own in, I don't know, the Flash Gordon lore. I care no more about this than Aragorn's. Aura for Grand Empress of Space! She can annihilate planets with hot hail if she wants, as a treat.)

[sexiestpodcastcharacter]

Congratulations to our winners!

Thank you to everyone who submitted characters, wrote propaganda, and voted in these polls! The past four months have been loads of fun for me, and I hope they have been for you as well.

I have one more two-round bracket planned, which will start tomorrow, and after that I have a couple of bonus polls to post, and other than that the blog will be pretty quiet until next September. I will, of course, continue to reblog other polls that feature podcast characters, so please send any you find my way! If you really like my polls, you can follow my other tournament blog @best-shapes.

Currently taking submissions for the 2024 Sexiest Podcast Character Tournament!

Main Tournament Masterposts:

Preliminaries. Round 1. Round 2. Round 3. Round 4. Round 5. Round 6. Round 7. Round 8.

Bonus Bracket Masterposts:

Round 1. Round 2. Round 3. Round 4.

AI Bracket Masterposts:

Preliminary. Round 1. Round 2. Round 3. Round 4. Round 5.

Bonus Polls:

Warren Kepler vs Elias Bouchard (sexy).

Jonathan Sims vs David Ward vs Khoshekh (pathetic wet cat of a man).

Sans vs Dᴇᴀᴛʜ vs Dyre Owed (fuck marry kill).

Warren Kepler vs Elias Bouchard (punch).

Glenn Close vs Jodie Foster (sexy).

Isabel Lovelace vs Glenn Close vs Dr. Carlos "the Scientist" Dave Robles (sexy).

Isabel Lovelace vs Dr. Carlos Dave Robles vs Glenn Close vs Cecil Gershwin Palmer vs John Doe/The Entity vs Carlos the Scientist (sexy).

Immortal Doll vs Nikola Orsinov vs Persnickety Pete (puppets).

Elias Bouchard vs Marcus Cutter (boss).

Non-Person Concepts (sexy).

April Fool's Day, 24 hours (boopable).

The Ruby Seven vs Odyssey-San (sexy).

Mod's AIs (best).

Arthur Lester vs Doug Eiffel (parent).

ACAB (sheriff).

Adaptations Polls (there's four of them).

Miscellaneous Polls

Statistics:

Main Tournament Part 1. Main Tournament Part 2. General Statistics Tag.

FictionPodSexyPerson's Bracket

Round 5. Round 6.

1st Place: Carlos the Scientist. 2nd Place: Cecil Palmer. 3rd Place: Lup.

[nobodysdaydreams]

HILBERT PICKED ONE HECK OF A TIME TO DROP HIS TRAGIC BACKSTORY (or my reaction to Episodes 25-26 of Wolf359).

First off I would like to welcome any newcomers to my reactions, courtesy of my poll about Blessie's name, as well as my post about my unhinged yet, apparently shockingly plausible theory that Blessie was created with DNA from Reneé Minkowski.

You can click the links to view the posts, but in the meantime, I'm gonna get right to the reaction, because I've been studying all day, and want to reward myself with a little treat. Sorry for ranting so much about Blessie, but I find the character extremely compelling. I hope Blessie makes it to the end. He deserves it. If not, you best believe I’ll be writing some crack fic.

Tagging the mutuals who got me invested in this, and if you want to be tagged or untagged from these posts, lmk, or you can follow my blog or simply follow the tag "#bods wolf359 reactions". Anyone who has followed me for a while knows my updates are inconsistent, so I apologize in advance for that and for any spelling/grammar mistakes in my posts. Especially in this one because it is late, and I am tired.

@sophieswundergarten @oflightningandstars @acollectionofcuriousreblogs @herawell

Episode 25: Lame-O Superhero Origin Story

Oh right they are going to Hilbert for help. Bad idea. BAD IDEA.

Hilbert don't try to play therapist. You are NOT in the same boat. You treated him like a science experiment.

Also. This is the same voice actor talking to himself. Pretty incredible. Pure talent. Honestly.

And yeah Hilbert, don't shame him for working with Hera and Minkowski. It's called friendship, something YOU wouldn't understand.

"Ever met anyone who could get things done on their own" "only Lovelace"

...so NOT Cutter then? Hm. I wonder what Hilbert and others have helped Cutter with along the way then. And I wonder what it is about Isabel Lovelace that makes Hilbert so terrified.

Besides, you know, the huge bomb.

Lovelace. Lovelace. You need to be reasonable.

Yeah. HILBERT DOESN'T FEEL GUILT. It's creepy. "Latent, it can be controlled. I've made vast improvements since last round off full scale trials"

...

...

...

Hilbert.

Hilbert.

What happened the last round of trials?

"Command classified you as expendable and gave you exposure samples before I even knew your name"

Oh my gosh I hate Cutter and command so much. And Doug is NOT expendable. Would else is gonna make jokes to lighten the mood?

"They gave orders to terminate your life at Christmas"

^That line is so messed up. Especially since it's also his birthday! I love how hard they rub in how evil command is, like, this could not have waited 24 hours for their evil plans, they couldn't even have that decency, oh no, it had to be on Doug and Jesus's birthday when Minkowski had made them a nice dinner. There was no other way to do this.

They are the worst. They're the worst.

"I did not ask for this hand Eiffel, but I will play it through to the end. For your sake as much as mine."

Hilbert...what hand are you playing? Why do you want to "radically improve human life". And what does radically improve human life mean for you? Does he have a family member that's like...dying of cancer or severely disabled and he's doing this for them or something, because while that's very sad, it does not excuse murder.

"How did they go?" "Slowly..." Oh...huh. Hilbert kinda liked them, but killed them anyway. Why? Hilbert dude, what is your game here?

"What did all that niceness accomplish? You have chance to make a contribution to humanity?"

Hilbert. Two problems with your logic.

So far your contribution has been mostly murder of humanity, so unless that viruses ends up saving millions, you're not really proving your point. Your point only works if there is payoff, and right now, I am really not seeing it, you are MILES aways from Earth and all the people you plan to hypothetically save or sorry "improve" (geez the tmbs comparisons with that one)

Do you HONESTLY believe CUTTER, Mr. "I'll throw you off this building Rachel" is gonna use it for good? Really? You think you get out of this alive? You think you get what you want? You think anything good comes out of this? You're a fool.

EXACTLY! CALL HIM OUT DOUG.

"We can do better"

THERE IS NO WE HERE HILBERT YOU DON'T HAVE A VIRUS IN YOUR BLOODSTREAM. AT LEAST NOT THAT I KNOW OF.

Right! No consent! That's why it's wrong!

Hilbert: "I'm asking you now. At least believe that all I want is positive results".

...are they trying to make Hilbert sympathetic? Because he's still very misguided, and it's gonna take a lot.

Lovelace, Minkowski, you need to work together. There is a middle ground here. One that won't get everyone killed.

"Decima is my life's work but I don't like it." THEN WHY ARE YOU DOING IT.

HILBERT... sister? Why does she need antiradiation meds?

"Ah! Look Monitor! This conversation not productive!"

Hilbert. THIS IS THE ONLY DECENT THING YOU HAVE EVER SAID. But also me when I'm trying to avoid a conversation.

Olga. Nice name.

Aw she had cats.

Oh. He lost his other siblings to radiation poison. He doesn't even remember them.

...

Not that I feel bad for him. He's still an idiot.

When he was four? That's sad.

Huh. Looks like they both have families they'd rather forget. What happened to yours Doug?

Good question. What is his real name. Dmitri what now?

Yeah I wouldn't trust him either. But yeah, he does at least feel like a real person now. Yeah, maybe Doug will "come around". But you know what Hilbert? Maybe you will too. We'll see.

Oh we're getting Lovelace's backstory too I love this!

"Imagine losing him slowly, so he knows there's no hope. Do it four times."

Oh my. Yeah. That would break you.

And yeah: Minkowski DOES care about Lovelace. But we're forgetting the plant monster. Blessie matters too.

Oops. They fixed the ship. Well at least Lovelace trust them now.

More aggressively? What...no, please you guys have trust now, we do not need to pull out the knock out gas! This is a fragile situation. YOU ARE NOT THE ENEMY COMMAND IS. CUTTER IS.

Oh no. NO. NO NO NO NO NO.

DOUG!

HILBERT. I DO NOT FEEL BAD AT ALL. I DON'T CARE WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR SISTER. YOU ARE MURDERING A MAN. YOU MURDERED SO MANY MEN. I HOPE IT WAS WORTH IT TO YOU HILBERT. I HOPE IT WAS WORTH IT.

...but something tells me it wasn't.

Episode 26: Do No Harm

Oh and this episode title. "Do no harm" yeah, they BETTER do no harm. Eiffel can't die now! It's the middle of season two! Not even a season finale! We never got to find out his big secret about his family.

Hilbert you have explaining to do. Lovelace has to recognize the symptoms. Okay it sounds like she's being helpful. This is good. Crisis brings people together.

They better save Eiffel.

Anti-viral agent? Yeah it better work. And Hilbert she does make a point. How can they trust you?

Lovelace please calm down. I know you lost people but EIFFEL IS DYING. Hera please watch her so she doesn't do anything rash.

Oh gosh these gasping sounds... good voice acting but geez...

Ah. So his immune system is reacting to something else, which consequently also leads to it attacking the virus? Then what is this "something else"?

Hera called him her best friend 🥺

Yeah Hera. Call her out...but also, that was a bit harsh. She lost everyone, and she just wants to help you too.

I also love that Hera is willing to acknowledge that Lovelace's plan leaves her behind, but is okay with it, because it will save Doug and Minkowski.

"No one should have to live through that" Hera knows because that's her life. "And you shouldn't do the same to anyone else" GOOD POINT HERA.

"Fear is the only language you listen to you" "you need a better dictionary" oh boy.

I guess they're not getting along anytime soon.

LUNG COLLAPSED?

That's very serious. Hilbert. This is your ONE shot at MAYBE getting any semblance of...well maybe not redemption arc but something.

Oh boy. What do you have to say Hera.

Yikes. Well Hilbert, now you have motivation. I hope you're thinking long and hard about this Hilbert.

INTERNAL BLEEDING?

GIVE HIM YOUR OWN BLOOD THEN.

Oh great they don't have the right blood.

...Lovelace? Please. LOVELACE.

WHAT IS HER BLOOD TYPE?

I don't even know my blood type I should look that up.

...unusual radiological signals from the star? What does that mean?

Hera. Lovelace. Please get along.

"Don't you dare say I don't care about you. I don't say it because I can't" Oh my goodness.

Oh dear someone hug her good lord. And you CAN be there for them. Right now. BY GIVING BLOOD RIGHT NOW.

"The dumbest person I've met, admittedly it's a small sample size" 😂

"Four other people on this station" WHAT ABOUT BLESSIE!

...does...does Blessie have the blood for the job?

YES LOVELACE HAS THE BLOOD FOR IT!

Doug is the one thing holding them together. Maybe they can move forward together from here.

Fair enough. Lovelace is not getting along with Hilbert, but "a man's life is at stake, that is above all else, on this we agree". Huh. Seems Hilbert's coming around. He was trying to kill them earlier. I guess talking about his sister struck a nerve. But I've still keep a gun on him. Just in case.

29%. Those are rough odds, but you don't have any other options so... oh. Doug doesn't want to leave her? 2.7 years left?

"Don't you want to go home?" oh please tell me they don't split up the team. Minkowski is gonna have to go back, she has a husband.

And uh. What happened. That was not a good sound.

Tell me Hilbert didn't open the door.

Tell me the aliens didn't show up.

WHAT.

Well that...is not supposed to happen. SHOCKWAVE?

ALIENS? TIME LOOP? PORTAL?

UGH... it's super late guys and I gotta get to bed, but MAN I hope I can listen to more soon. Thanks for reading!

[blackknightax]

So, yesterday I said I'd be doing an animal crossing character today. Animal Crossing is Nintendo's cute little life sim game that uses a real time clock. Currently Animal Crossing is represented with Villager and Isabelle two great characters to represent the series.

When people ask for new animal crossing characters, they typically go for like, Tom Nook, one of the shop keepers, or Redd. All great choices but locks the animal crossing characters to just the important characters. I think we should try to incorporate one of the actual villagers. Now, choosing a villager is something that should be obscenely difficult. But here's the thing, I think I've got a good choice myself.

I've chosen Kangaroo Villager Walt. So when making a move set for a villager, I think we shouldn't reference the game mechanics, but instead, the implied lore of the characters. So Walt seems to be implied to be a martial artist, or at least attempting to be one and not succeeding. That is to say, I think it'd be a fun idea to have him for lack of better words, a bit of a joke character. Where he's stumbling through his attacks often falling over if he misses. Here's a silly move set idea

Neutral B, he performs a roundhouse kick, if it hits it does massive damage similar in nature to Falcon Punch, BUT if he misses he goes into knockdown. If he misses in the air he goes into special fall.

Up B is a move he will always succeed at, and it's the only game mechanic reference, he used New Horizon's pole vault to push against the ground and move up, this doesn't put him in special fall. If used in the air it works identically down to him not going into special fall.

Side B is a move where he uses his tail to launch himself sideways. If it hits he bounces off the opponent similar to Falcon's Up B for lack of better comparison. When he misses he will fall onto the ground and once more go into knock down. if used in the air he goes into special fall if he misses.

Down B is him attempting to do a counter. If he succeeds he uses the attack he gets hit by to perform a counter attack. if he fails he flops on the ground invincibly. if used in the air he basically performs an air dodge if he fails to counter. If you hold a direction when you get hit thats the direction he launches them

His final smash would be him pounding the ground with his feet and you'd somehow end up on a boat... with Guliver and Walt, the boat crashes, Walt stands up first. enemy goes flying after somehow.

This was a fun experiment to write out. I can't wait to do more. I know my following is nonexistent but I'd like to do a poll for what franchise to do next eventually. I don't know what franchise to do next, I'll probably figure it out while I'm at work.

[sunnydaleherald]

The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Friday, September 29

VAMP WILLOW: (to Willow, sadly) This world's no fun. WILLOW: (surprised, empathetically) You noticed that, too?

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[dollfaceksj]

Don't tell me Jk had sex with Both Hyunjoo and Isabelle??!! Oh I can't choose from the options u gave 😫😫 its sooo difficult but whatever it is Its going to be fun between Jk and Oc.

But I thought Jk was genuinely sorry for his words and though he fucked around but being arrogant in front of Oc about it ? I guess there will be a time where they may fight or get hurt again I guess

the thing with that is that they made up meaning they’re back at square one because reader accepted his apology! so anything jk does now is a continuation of their teasing game

the entire point of this fic GUYS is that jk is TOXIC thats literally the song the title of the fic was named after!!!!

its a jk fic, no matter what the results of all polls will lead to , jk x reader will be endgame

the choices will just make sure whether you hurt other people in the process!