#non-tourney

[mili-song-tournament]

read your tags on the tiebreaker and hard agree. it makes me a tad sad that PM songs are sweeping, not that they're bad, but there's clearly a bias and the fact that they come from a game and a context you can get attached too influences a lot

i've always had a strong preference for songs that tell a story (even pre-mili, i love vocaloid song series and i miss the era where those got tie-in novels and i'm glad that's making a comeback). my favorite mili songs are often interconnected to each other and that context strengthens my enjoyment of them all (rosetta/camellia, witch's invitation/sl0t/ga1ahad/summoning, world.execute(me);/world.search(you);/sustain++;), and the songs made for ruina and limbus explicitly tie into the games' stories while also being self-contained which is cool. its just a shame that project moon fans seem to dgaf about any of the other stories the band has told through their songs :(

[fromtheseventhhell]

hi! I’m a new fan of asoiaf (and Arya obvi lol) and I love ur blog <3 there’s a popularish post on this site that basically talks abt how the comparison between Arya and Lyanna is meant to convey that they were both tomboys and not that Arya is actually really pretty and I generally agree bc obviously yeah but it seemed kinda weird that like so many of the ppl reblogging that post were like either huge Sansa stans or were hellbent on telling others that Arya is NOT pretty which… I feel like is also missing the point?? Idk if you know which post I’m referring to, but either way I was wondering if that’s like a general fandom opinion that Arya is meant to be this conventionally unattractive person that doesn’t have looks really tied to their stories (kinda like Brienne)? Or if this is just something you’d see on tumblr cause I’ve heard the fandom here is a bit different than on like Reddit or twitter

I can take a guess at which post you're referencing and yes, it is a generally accepted idea that Arya isn't meant to be pretty. I don't think that's specific to Tumblr either, I've seen people on tiktok/reddit/twitter/etc. argue the same. While I do think there's a point to be made about Lyanna's memory being romanticized, I disagree that the conclusion should be that Lyanna and Arya aren't meant to be pretty. The idea that personality and looks aren't dependent on each other seems to be a difficult one for this fandom to grasp, so they treat Lyanna being pretty and her being a tomboy as mutually exclusive when they can (and do) coexist. There would be no point in Arya and Lyanna being referenced as pretty as many times as they are (several times for each of them) if that wasn't the case. "Missing the point" is a great way of describing it because this take is dependent on ignoring what's written in the books. As usual, I think this links back to fandom's inability to comprehend female characters that don't neatly fit into flat archetypes and their placing value on beauty and not wanting said value associated with the wrong "type" of characters. Arya and Lyanna being pretty and wild/non-conforming seems to be a little bit beyond fandom's processing capabilities.

[doubleslashkarma]

Good evening Tumblr, I may have found a new fandom and immediately drew 1001298 things for it. I will not explain what DOATK is, but just know it is essentially internet absurdity distilled into MSPaint and banging tunes

if you are not familiar with DOATK and recognize any of these people- no you dont

[nasuverse-most-breedable-tourney]

Current Standings

[minotaurfemme]

i once connected with someone on a dating app who messaged me to let me know that the name on their profile was out of date and they were changing it to my deadname. which is now my pitch for an episode of Trans Seinfeld

quick someone who's watched more than one episode of seinfeld do a bit off this because this is rlly funny but i havent seen enough to do it justice

[w3ath3r-0f-sw34t3rz]

i'm prolly gonna do all these eventually anyway

[muirneach]

MONFILS VS DOMI AT MALLORCA IN ROUND ONE???????

[revivedrevengerumble]

I just realized your icon was Lewis after I submitted him lmao. Oh well at least I know he's gonna get in!

It's not a guarantee tbh I just picked that because I already had it saved

[bearballing]

what qualifies something to be Queer Media anyway. does it have to be About being lgbt or just contain themes and or characters that are ?

if the latter then beast machines is the best queer media because there is a subplot that is a ""love triangle"" between 3 characters and there are themes of homophobia and self identification (gender allegory) and etc etc etc

i'm jk though. beast machines is not actually good.

[d20unfuckability]

Maybe it's just that it's late, but legitimately I'm tearing up a bit looking at this data.

There were 17,980 votes cast in play-ins. That's a truly mind-blowing number, and that wasn't even the main event, where it's already almost doubling play-ins' average number of votes per poll on day one of round one.

This was a silly little joke in my head- I was sure it was gonna flop hard.

I'm so glad y'all are having as much fun with this as I am <3

[mili-song-tournament]

Would it be reasonable to shuffle the brackets around so that all the remaining PM songs all get pitted against each other - just to save the rest of the songs from being affected by PM bias (saying this as a PM devotee myself)

Honestly probably not? I'm not tagging PM going forward, and all the PM songs (save for Salt Pepper Birds, which is more of a historical song than a PM song) are on one half of the bracket, most of which are facing against each other anyway and the others are facing Actual hydrogen bombs (world.execute(me);, bathtub mermaid, and RTRT are all among the top 10 most viewed songs on Mili's channel). I would be extremely shocked if IHWLL beat world.execute(me);, especially by a wide margin.

[web-novel-polls]

Do y'all want to see the 65 quotes I compiled for, like, six hours after I posted the WN Quotes Submissions?

[ ] Yes

[ ] Of course

[ ] Absolutely

[ ] PLEASE

A lot of these will have to be culled and/or reorganized, but here's the pickings so far:

Romance

"When he thought of Cheng Qian, he suddenly felt like there was nothing else that he desired in this life."  

Ch.56 about Yan Zhengming from Liu Yao

Listen, I absolutely love this quote because Yan Zhengming is the BIGGEST materialist. 

“You are just like my reverse scale. You live, I live. You are my life. Therefore, no matter how difficult things are in the future, or how arduous life becomes, I want you to live.” 

Jing Lin to Cang Ji, Nan Chan, Ch.93 

“I have never known fear… But I don’t want you to die.” 

Jing Lin to Cang Ji, Nan Chan, Ch.93 

“To me, the one basking in infinite glory is you; the one fallen from grace is also you. What matters is you, and not the state of you.”

Hua Cheng to Xie Lian, TGCF

"It's alright, even if you aren't a son of nobility anymore, you are still you, and in your heart there's a spark, sooner or later it will shine brilliantly. I can see it, and in the future, someone else will also see it."  

Gu Mang to Mo Xi, Yuwu/Remnants of Filth, Ch.5

"What was he going to do in the future? He also did not know that he felt like he was a moth and NanGong Si the flame. He always wanted to follow the light, even if it would only cause him to break apart." 

Ch.154, pg.71, Ye Wangxi

“I know you can’t fully believe in what I said. It doesn’t matter. I will be by your side for a long time, anyways, I’m yours.”  

Xiao Yu’an, How to Survive as a Villain, Ch.28

"Yin Hanjiang, if this Venerable can save you once, he can save you twice. If this Venerable doesn't allow you to die, then you can't die." 

Wenren È, Devil Venerable Also Wants to Know, Ch.15

"They referred to each other as father and son, but their fate was like that of a broken lamp, burned away immediately in the blink of an eye, only he was still remaining immersed in this delusional dream."  

Sha Po Lang, Ch.25

"Thank you, Reinhardt…I wanted to hear that you'd cause trouble for me." 

Charlotte, The Demon Prince Goes to the Academy, ch.266

"I need you, not just for duties like a servant, but for you to be present where my eyes can see. I wish you were always there." 

Reinhardt POV about Charlotte, The Demon Prince Goes to the Academy, ch.528 

"How many times have I saved your life by now? If I have to kill you later, I'll bite my tongue and die first." 

Reinhardt to Charlotte, The Demon Prince Goes to the Academy, ch.630 

"I thought I could be with you forever, but I never expected it to come to this. I do not regret it. It is all my own will. If I want someone to blame, I can only blame fate. If there is a chance to do it all again, I would trample this destiny fiercely under my feet!" 

Everyday I Get Up to See the Villain Stealing the Show, Ch.75

"I hope that you will hate me all your life."  

Yan Xiaohan, Golden Terrace, ch.23 

"I wish that, after my death, I’ll also have a picture left in Qilin Hall. When that time comes, you’ll carry it up to the Golden Stage yourself......The most high and most bright are the sun and moon, and the most close yet most distant are a husband and wife. If you promise me this, you will be my only next of kin from now on." 

Fu Shen to Yan Xiaohan, Golden Terrace, Ch.26

Non-Romance

"He could have dug into his living, burning chest, let him look at his heart which was nearly dying from the agony it felt, and they would have only jeered at his passion, suspected his kindness, scorned his overconfidence, and made fun of his trembling sincerity." 

Yuwu/Remnants of Filth, Ch.17 in regards to Gu Mang

"People always liked to find someone who seemed pretty good, place them in the depths of their hearts, then project their own beautiful fantasies onto that person, turning them into the source of light in their life." 

Yuwu/Remnants of Filth, Ch.5

"Man is no more than lust given flesh and blood. Some people are held back from progressing by the vices, and others pursue a grand and pristine reputation. However, if carnal desire is lust, isn’t the desire for a pristine reputation also considered lust?" 

Yuwu/Remnants of Filth, Ch.28

"If you don't know how to save others, how will you save yourself?" 

Chu Wanning, The Husky and His White Cat Shizun, Ch.103

"Because like people, an ox has gotta eat. For the sake of eating, a lot of work has to be done. If one day you can't work anymore, then no one cares if you're alive or dead." 

Ox Eats Grass, The Husky and His White Cat Shizun, Ch.65

"Doubt is the privilege of those who have a way out." 

Rong Jiu, The Husky and His White Cat Shizun, Ch.112

“If I can’t change the sun, then I’ll at least decide what kind of shadow I’ll be.” 

Elizabeth, Villain Hides His True Colors, Ch.16

"If one's heart is small, all their sufferings even as large as a house, can only be crammed into that small corner. But if one's heart were as vast as heaven and earth, then even if their troubles were as large as a mountain, they would become nothing more than a droplet of water in the endless sea." 

Liao Ran, Sha Po Lang, Ch.26

"He believed that when he was alone, he could do anything all by himself. For a lone person, when he reaches the peak of his achievement, he's still alone; when he falls to the depths of the abyss, too, he's still alone. Even if his head were to fall from his shoulders, wouldn't that just be a scar on his body? What was there to fear?"  

Liu Yao: the Revitalization of Fuyao Sect, Ch. 36

 "To be famous in this world is to fool everyone under the heavens." 

Island Lord Gu Yanxue, Liu Yao: The Revitalization of Fuyao Sect, Ch.44

“An Zhe skipped over the laws section. He knew that he was a law-abiding mushroom, and a law-abiding mushroom would not violate the laws of any species.”

Little Mushroom, Ch.5

What the fuck does this mean An Zhe Sksjsj

“Perhaps… once I’m dead and you’ve completely eaten my body… you’ll obtain a lot more things…Then it seems that I will have done something meaningful as well, although I don’t know if it will be good or bad for you.” 

An Ze, Little Mushroom, ch.1

"They are more interested in being nice to Moondae than in Moondae himself…" - 

Debut or Die, Ch.138

“-I only believe in people with walls. In order to understand someone, I think I should face that wall first.”

Han Donghoon, ORV, Ch.60

“Remember: when humans ascend, they are still human; when they fall, they are still human.”

TGCF

“Eleris had traded the entire world and her own life for me. Because she loved me that much. I couldn't even begin to fathom how much Eleris cherished me.”

The Demon Prince Goes to the Academy, Ch.634

"Isn't it blasphemy to believe that the gods always pursue goodness? No, to believe that the gods always make choices for the sake of humanity?" "Did the gods ever say that the good they pursue is the same as the good for humans?”

Rowan, The Demon Prince Goes to the Academy, Ch.577

“Adding the possibility of hope… can't be a bad thing…”

Detto, The Demon Prince Goes to the Academy, Ch.516

"The first time I calculated, I destroyed a child's life. The second time, I destroyed my only close friend. The third time, I destroyed the world."  

the bald monk, It's Not Easy Being a Master, Ch.57

"If the heavens really loved him, they would’ve slapped Zich across the face and told him to change his ways." 

The Regressed Demon Lord is Kind, Ch.1

"She didn’t have the courage to leave someone to die just to save herself." 

The Demon Prince Goes to the Academy, Ch.167 about Ellen

“Olivia Lanze didn't know how to live if it wasn't for others.” 

The Demon Prince Goes to the Academy, Ch.244

“I worked hard. Whatever it was, I put in effort. If I worked hard, I could someday stand shoulder to shoulder with my classmates who each have outstanding talents, even if I was behind for now. I believed that….I was living in defeatism without even realizing it.” 

Ludwig to Gladen Amorelle, The Demon Prince Goes to the Academy, Ch.295

"An action borne from simple fear, beyond good and evil…As a mother….I want to protect my remaining child."  

Luna Artorius, The Demon Prince Goes to the Academy, Ch.423

"Of course, I know that no matter what, the mountain of sins I have accumulated cannot be cleared away... But if it's possible, if I can contribute even a little to prevent that future tragedy. Maybe I can alleviate, even just a tiny bit, the weight of the slaughter and sins I've accumulated... I dared to think that way…" 

Eleris, The Demon Prince Goes to the Academy, Ch.427

"If I can't find meaning in death, I will find it in life." 

The Demon Prince Goes to the Academy, Ch.450

"It is right not to engage in reckless acts…However, standing atop the mountain built upon my recklessness, I cannot help but think that refraining from something due to its recklessness is merely an excuse for complacency." 

The Demon Prince Goes to the Academy, Ch.466

"'A truth that divides everyone only leads to everyone's downfall...If that's the truth, it's better not to know.' If this problem could be overcome with just my own injustice, I'd accept the injustice."  

Reinhardt to Kono Lint, The Demon Prince Goes to the Academy, ch.541

"I feel like the you from the temple days is the real you....This Reinhardt who became the Demon King... somehow feels fake...There are no secrets now, but you, who have lost all secrets, feel even more like a fake." 

Olivia to Reinhardt, The Demon Prince Goes to the Academy, ch.558

"It's a sad time…But even in such times…Let's try our best to live."  

Louise von Schwarz to Ludwig, The Demon Prince Goes to the Academy, ch.582

“Just as I can't buy my happiness with someone else's misfortune…I can't buy someone else’s happiness with my misfortune, can I?” 

The Demon Prince Goes to the Academy, ch.667

"If it was impossible to be loved by everyone, then it must also be impossible to be hated by everyone."  

Scarlett's realization about Reinhardt in ch.644, The Demon Prince Goes to the Academy

“Although it was only for a short time I had lived in the sky. I was one with the wind. I played together with the sunlight filtered through the trees…Even though only a fragment of the wide world, I was able to travel.” 

Even a Cicada Becomes a Dragon If Reborn, Ch.1

"Master Chen always says that the body is like a canvas. It can't be helped that it shows wear and tear over the years. Rather than trying to keep on being an unpainted canvas, one should embrace the scars. Behind every scar is a memory, so accept every mark on your body as an untold story. Just like an image being painted with thousand strokes, become an artwork where every inch has its own meaning. Even if it feels like a stupid reason, or if it was an accident, or if it's painful, don't pain a part of your life white. One day, you will be able to look at the scars and smile, because they are proof of your very own story." 

The Grandmaster's Weird Disciple, Ch.15

[You are my disciple. I’ll believe you even if you look at the stones and say to me it’s sand.] 

Russell to Lucion, Count's Youngest Son is a Warlock, Ch.4

"Kindness will always be straightforward. It is only malice that needs to be covered up with evasive pretense, just like the words that mountain bandit said today." 

Li Xian, FGEP, Ch. 44

"I once told you that, between our identities, one is in the sky above and one on the ground below - the difference between clouds and mud....Within that pile of sludge is also grades and ranks. Though I am deeply entrenched, I also want to eke out an existence in it."

Yan Xiaohan to Fu Shen, Golden Terrace

“Kim Namwoon…You are right. I am the same type of human as you.” 

Kim Dokja to Kim Namwoon, Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint,  ch.6 pg.39 

"If hyung was such a person, you wouldn't have saved me on the subway. I believe in you.” 

 Lee Gilyoung to Kim Dokja, Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint, ch.21 pg.141

"It is comfortable to live alone, eat alone and survive alone. But…I know one novel that developed in such a way and was ruined." 

Kim Dokja to Lee Gilyoung, Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint, ch.31 pg.216

"Tell me, you fool. If I continue to regress, will I ever get to meet you again?”

Yoo Joonghyuk, Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint, Ch.525

"I, someone of no redeeming quality, could be loved by the others."

ORV, Ch.513

She wanted to tell him. Tell him that there was a world that didn't need his sacrifice to be saved. She thought that, if it was her, she should be able to do it.  Because she was most proficient at lying than anyone alive, after all.

ORV, Ch.539

「There are three ways to survive in a ruined world. I have forgotten some of them now. However, one thing is certain: you who are currently reading these words will survive.  –Three Ways to Survive in a Ruined World [Complete]」

ORV, Ch.1

Even if we can't reach each other, even if we can't meet each other, we should continue to pound away on each other's walls. Even if that wall would never open up, keep writing something on that wall, anyway.

ORV, Ch.538

“Cher is a very beautiful person, but she doesn’t hate me. She’s different from those people…She said that I have beautiful eyes, and she played the piano for me. She looked so good when she smiled…I think I can also like the world a little more for her.”

Xiao Ai, ch.25, NFM

"Survive and take responsibility! Atone for the rest of your life or live a garbage life. Just somehow survive!”

Kim Dokja to Lee Jihye, ORV, Ch.40

"I wish to see the novel's epilogue.”

Kim Dokja, ORV, Ch.42

"I would find him next to me sometimes, then gone, and then back at my side again. Maybe it was because of this, but it felt like Koo-Jun Hyuk was always next to me and far away from me at the same time."

The Cult Leader in the Clergy Academy, ch.9

"Sun-Woo. No matter what happens in the future, don’t even think about revenge."

Do Sun-woo's father a week before his death, The Cult Leader in the Clergy Academy, ch.17

Stats

DPA - 18 (3 romance, 15 non-romance)

ORV - 11 (all non-romance)

4 each (1 romance, 3 NR) - Yuwu & 2ha

3 quotes (2 R, 1 NR) - Golden Terrace

3 quotes (1 R, 2 NR) - Liu Yao

2 R - Nan Chan

2 each (1 R, 1 NR) - SPL, TGCF

2 NR - Little Mushroom, Cult Leader

1 Romance - How to Survive as a Villain, DVAWTK, Every Day I Get Up to See the Villain Stealing the Show

1 NR each - It's Not Easy Being a Master, The Regressed Demon Lord is Kind, Even a Cicade, Grandmaster's Weird Disciple, The Count's Youngest Son is a Warlock, FGEP, NFM, Villain Hides His True Colors, Debut or Die

[fandom-soda-writings]

Ahah love when burnout hits hard right as you have this super exciting thing going on.

Was gonna write a fic for the poll but I've crashed super hard lately n just wanna curl up with some comfort stuff so I'm not forcing myself to write it anymore.

[fagdykevash]

me rubbing my hands together evily as i realize the poly ship name for my ocs could be spaceberry EHEHEHE

[w3ath3r-0f-sw34t3rz]

let the gay people fight commence

hi !!!! welcome to the cavetown song of all time tournament !

it's all in the title. we're here to appoint the most cavetown song of cavetown songs

here's the plan:

(it's hard to read ik)

i will be linking ongoing polls as we go

preliminaries and first rounds will last 1 day, the remaining will last a week

propaganda is ofc allowed! but absolutely no anti-propaganda i will cry. i mean it's bad in general but i specifically will cry. and don't mess with me as i am a big boy now and i'm very scary (and i do know karate)

plsplspls listen to the songs before you vote if u haven't already. as you can see he's got a lot of songs and a lot of them are more obscure and underrated and they slap. also even if they're not obscure. do it.

sorry if the general manner of this tournament isn't timely lol i am a singular sad, sad person

tag key-

polls- #polls (creative ik)

non-polls- #get a load of this (monster)

preliminaries- #cavey prelims[1/2/3/4] (ex cavey prelims1)

rounds- #round![1-5].[1-4] (ex round!1.1)

propaganda- #bugs who understand (if u guys have better funny-i see what u did there-reference tag names pls tell me)

tags 4 reach :) (on the chance they overlap with cavetown listeners) @tournament-announcer @tournamentdirectory @characterswithcolorsnamesfight @sleepygirlbracket @blue-hair-and-pronouns-tourney @doyoulikethissong-poll @fuck-you-upmusicbracket @mermaidbracket @badass-queer-couples-battle

[scp-torment]

Submissions ended so long ago and I JUST discovered 7274... this is tragic

SCP-7274 - Vascular Parasite

But on the bright side, you have a community to share with with now.

And this pen does seem really interesting! Haven't read the black box, I just skimmed over it, but it's a terrible idea and a great creature.