#making a poll about the worst bc if it were about best I think we’d almost unanimously agree Nia’s ate

[the-unconquered-queen]

Leaked makeovers

[lady-asteria]

Sashannarcy's propaganda-meta

Propaganda for @/powerpolyculeshowdown poll

Disclaimer:Spoilers for Amphibia, the whole show, and Marcy's journal.

Disclaimer 2.0: I may use the words "babes" a little bit much, sorry if someone is uncomfortable.

The tropes, babes, the tropes! 

We aren't talking only about childhood friends to lovers or enemies/rivals to lovers. It's childhood friends to "It's complicated" to "we are going to fix this bc it's worth it" to lovers. The messy part, the complicated part is what makes them appealing because they end up fixing their problems. They have seen the others as their innocence, their worst and their best. /In this orden/ And knowing each other since they were kids is essential to their relationship because it is what gives them the ultimate reason to fix the messiness, as hard as it's, as scared as they are, the other two matter too much to each one to not do it. 

On the other hand: they are soulmates. Like, canonically. There is a prophecy about the three of them coming to Amphibia, fix their problems and defeat evilness. The prophecy is about them, their relationship was written in the stars by fate. Unlike other soulmates it isn’t a question of unconditional forced romance but one which triumphs because of their decisions and desire (kinda out of topic? But this is one of the reasons why I’m 100% comfortable with the soulmate trope with them) /Also, they look so cute/

Tecnichally, they have been and are roommates! OH MY FROG!  They are ropmmates

Reviving crying: Do you remember that scene in Tangled when Rapuzel cried over Eugene to keep him alive? Beautiful and romantic, right? (And emotionally devastating bc how dare them?) They have that here too! After being possessed by The Core, Marcy is unconscious (Sasha may think she has killed her? Maybe) Anne and Sasha put her body between them, crying while they say “Oh, Marcy. We love you” “And we forgive you. Please come back to us” and their tears awakened her. 

Meet-cute: Marcy and Anne meet on the beach, the former was building a sand castle and when she was getting anxious about the sea “I was determined to protect your masterpiece from being washed away before it was finished. You were getting anxious, so I took you by the hand, looked you in the eyes, and promised -We would defend your castle till the bitter end!-” &  “We lost your castle, sadly, but we’d found each other” (extracts from Marcy’s journal written by Anne) Sasha met them (they were around five?) when two teenagers throw Anne and Marcy from the swings making them cry- Sasha... did her best and the swings were returned to them. And when she was going to leave, Anne asked her if she wanted to play with them. Anne and Marcy choose Sasha that day and she chooses them every day after too, which leads to my next point…

They care so much for each other? They would do everything (...literally) for each other? Most of their mistakes come from love? The plot starts bc of Marcy's fear and love for them, bc she didn't want to lose them. (She hacked the universe for them, which is very romantic and gay if you ask me)

Also, tecnichally, they have been and are roomates. Oh my frog, they are roommates!

One of the points of their relationship is how, even if it's messy, even if it isn't pretty, even if it's toxic they love each other so much that they are going to make things better, for themselves as individuals and their relationship together. It's the kind of love that isn't unconditional in the "nothing matters" but in the "we can make this better, we are worth it" Love wasn'tenough to make it perfect, but it was to become.

OTHER THINGS TO CONSIDER:

Blushing:

Touchy:

"Your pupils grow when you see something you like":

Hands holding:

LOOK! Marcy is aquarius, Anne is gemini and Sasha is Aries...JUST SAYING

Korrasami ending: They are holding hands! There is a portal!

It's them, it's always them.

[junker-town]

The best and worst from college basketball’s first month

A thrilling opening month of the 2017-18 college hoops season deserves a full recap.

Though it feels like we just got going a short while ago, the 2017-18 college basketball season is already a month old. In five weeks we’ve seen stunning falls from grace, surprise rises to prominence, and a handful of players we’d known only from highlight videos become bonafide college hoops stars.

If you’ve fallen behind at all, here’s everything you need to know about an exciting first month of the season.

Best Team: Villanova

The Wildcats’ 11-0 resume isn’t quite as strong as we would have expected it to be at the start of the season, but that’s not their fault. The Battle 4 Atlantis tournament completely fell apart from day one, leaving ‘Nova to face the unranked trio of Western Kentucky, Tennessee and Northern Iowa while No. 18 Purdue and No. 2 Arizona ended up squaring off in the seventh place game.

Still, no team has looked more complete through the season’s opening month than Jay Wright’s. Jalen Brunson is making everyone who pegged him as a national Player of the Year candidate look good. Mikal Bridges is making everyone who pegged him as one of the season’s breakout performers look even better. Omari Spellman is proving to be the force inside that the Wildcats were lacking at times a season ago.

At the moment, there’s no reason to think Villanova won’t be a No. 1 seed on Selection Sunday for the third time in four years.

Biggest Disappointment: Saint Mary’s

This is supposed to be Arizona’s spot. I get it. The Wildcats went 0-3 in the Battle 4 Atlantis and became the first team since 1986 to go from No. 2 in the AP poll to unranked in one week. Even with that being the case, ‘Zona has since pulled off consecutive victories over an overachieving UNLV team, a top 10 Texas A&M squad, and an Alabama team that seems more likely than not to make the NCAA tournament. Sean Miller also has sophomore guard Rawle Alkins back in the fold, which means the Wildcats are nearly back to being 100 percent.

Putting Arizona here would have been easy. It also would have meant putting a team in a spot where no one expects them to be a couple months from now.

Instead, the honor goes to Saint Mary’s, a team whose slide from the top 25 has received significantly less attention. Returning nearly every key piece from a team that won 29 games in 2016-17, this was supposed to be the Gaels’ year to rule the West Coast Conference. After surprising losses to Georgia and Washington State, that no longer seems like a given.

Saint Mary’s now finds itself in the unenviable position of having next to no margin for error. Their non-conference schedule is abysmal, and Dayton’s ugly start means that the Gaels have no chance of entering conference play with a resume win already in their pocket. If SMC doesn’t find a way to get it done against arch-rival Gonzaga, then winning the WCC tournament could wind up being their only possible ticket to the Big Dance.

While Arizona and Saint Mary’s both got some deserved attention here, it should be noted that there were more than a few worthy options. Northwestern, USC and Minnesota shouldn’t escape this section without being mentioned, and they won’t, because they just got mentioned.

Best Dunk: Kerwin Roach, Texas

There have been plenty of spectacular crams through the season’s first five weeks, but none that made America get up from its collective chair like Kerwin Roach’s against Duke.

Best Player: Marvin Bagley, Duke

There are valid arguments to be made for Jalen Brunson, DeAndre Ayton and a handful of other players, but no one has been as consistently spectacular through the season’s first month than Marvin Bagley.

It isn’t rare to see a freshman arrive on the college basketball scene with the level of hype that Bagley had in the fall. It is rare to see said player rise above that hype. Bagley enters the weekend averaging 21.3 ppg and 11.3 rpg, and is shooting 67.2 percent from the field on two-point attempts. He’s also been at his best when the lights have been the brightest, posting a combined 64 points and 30 rebounds in Duke’s narrow PK80 victories over Texas and Florida.

This is going to be one of the more exciting Player of the Year races in recent memory. Bagley is the pace-setter, but there are a number of strong closers who are stalking closely at the quarter pole.

Best Freshman Not Named Marvin Bagley: Trae Young, Oklahoma

Many people rolled their eyes when Young’s game was liberally compared to that of Stephen Curry’s throughout the summer. The doubters have dwindled significantly after an opening month that has seen Young lead the nation in scoring at 28.8 points per game. That number isn’t the product of a self-over-team mentality either. Young ranks third in the nation in assists at 8.8 apg.

Oklahoma is an overachieving 7-1 thanks in large part to Young’s production. Both the Sooners and their young star have an opportunity to capture even more of the country’s attention when they face No. 3 Wichita State on Saturday.

Best Game: Florida 111, Gonzaga 105 (2OT)

The 2017 installment of Feast Week was loaded with thrillers, none better than the double overtime thriller between Florida and Gonzaga at the PK80. The heavyweights exchanged blow after blow in front of a raucous crowd that gave the game the feel of an NCAA tournament regional final. The only disappointing thing about the contest was that it ended around 1:30 a.m. on the East Coast.

Worst Game: Virginia 49, Wisconsin 37

Sure there have been some remarkably lopsided scores and some games between non-power conference teams that were played at a much lower level than this one. Whatever. It’s fun to rip on Virginia and Wisconsin for being boring so we’re doing it.

Best Buzzer-Beater: Lexus Williams, Boise State

There are a number of worthy candidates in this category, but we have to go with Lexus Williams snapping the nation’s longest home court winning streak in unbelievable fashion.

All First Month Team:

Marvin Bagley, FR, Duke

Jalen Brunson, JR, Villanova

Trae Young, FR, Oklahoma

DeAndre Ayton, FR, Arizona

Jordan Murphy, JR, Minnesota

Most Pleasant Surprise: Arizona State

With an unblemished record and double digit wins over Xavier and at Kansas, it’s not hard to make the case that Arizona State has the best resume in college basketball. The combination of their prolific scoring but sometimes suspect defense is going to make ASU one of the most fascinating teams to follow during conference play.

Coach of the Month: Bobby Hurley, Arizona State

In keeping with the tradition of “Coach of the Year” translating to “Coach of the Team That Played the Most Above Preseason Expectations.” Not that Hurley doesn’t deserve to be here. No one saw Arizona State being a top 25 team after the season’s first month, let alone being a team with a legitimate claim to be ranked No. 1.

Strangest Storyline: Big Ten Play Starting in Early December

Maybe this is just me, but seeing things like a CBS game between Indiana and Michigan on Dec. 2 has completely screwed up my internal college basketball clock. It leaves me confused, angry, and wondering why the hell the neighbors still have their Christmas lights up. Expect similar confusion on March 4 when the Big Ten championship game goes down and then I freak out an hour later wondering why the NCAA Tournament Selection Show hasn’t started.

Best Homecourt Advantage: Grand Canyon

Yes, this is just an excuse to post a video of The Havocs.

Merry LITmas to all, and to all a good night http://pic.twitter.com/DNUjyVbVXT

— GCU Havocs (@GCUHavocs) December 12, 2017

Best Conference: SEC

Laugh all you want, no conference has had a better opening month than the Southeastern. Kentucky might be a step or two below where we expect them to be, but the rest of the league has picked up the slack. Florida and Texas A&M (despite recent losses) are both legitimate top 15 teams, Tennessee, Arkansas and Missouri could all wind up being tournament teams, and even the bottom of the conference is loaded with teams far more formidable than they’ve been in years past.

They might not be able to keep up with the ACC, Big 12 or Big East in a couple months, but as of this moment, no league is riding higher than the SEC.

Biggest Upset: Boston College 89, Duke 84

Statistically there have been bigger upsets this season than Boston College taking down Duke, but none shook the sport as violently as this one. This was a BC team that had won just six ACC games over the last three seasons taking down college basketball’s super team in the conference opener for both. The lights going out when the Eagle fans stormed the court was a nice touch.

Also, no other upset gave us the chance to look at the ACC standings and see Duke in last place for a couple of weeks. So there’s that.

Best Tournament: PK80

The Maui Invitational gave us a great title game and the Battle 4 Atlantis gave us a taste of March chaos, but no early season tournament gave us more than the PK80. Please, please, please make this an annual thing.

Best Social Media Burn: Jordan Bohannon, Iowa

The Hawkeyes haven’t won much on the court, but this is a flawless social media triumph.

Best Part About This Being Mid-December: We’ve Still Got Three and a Half Months to Go

Easy winner.