#number bracket

[alto-tenure]

I need a Math Nerd Number to win the number tournament, because the number tournament is a very Math Nerd thing and the normies don’t deserve a victory here

[foxpile]

i find it so interesting that some people are saying that they didn’t care about jean at all before starting tsc. because i’ve been obsessed with that stupid bastard since the moment i met him and i cannot fathom other people not feeling the same way

[whos-hotter-jjba]

Hottest JJBA Outfit Bracket - Round 2 Match 2

[nostalgia-tblr]

the safeword is 'magna carta'

(that's latin for "wow this is a long list of things i am not allowed to do anymore")

[lmchaptertitlebracket]

I.v.8 Madame Victurnien Dépense Trente-Cinq Fracs Pour La Morale

And here we get to the Numbers Question! Our dear translators are split half and half over the correct amount of francs (it's 35) and interestingly, this is exactly divided between "Victorian" and "modern" translators.

Madame Victurnien Spends Thirty Francs on Morality: Wilbour, Wraxall, Hapgood

Madame Victurnien Expends Thirty Francs On Morality: Walton

Madame Victurnien spends Thirty-Five Francs in the Cause of Morality: Denny

Madame Victurnien Spends Thirty-Five Francs on Morality: FMA, Rose

Madame Victurnien Spends Thirty-Five Francs For the Sake of Morality: Donougher

[holmesillustrations]

Left: “THE DRIVER POINTED WITH HIS WHIP—'BASKERVILLE HALL,' SAID HE” Hound of the Baskervilles, Sidney Paget Characters: Coach driver, Watson, Dr Mortimer, Sir Henry

Right: “I SAW HIS EYES FIX THEMSELVES OVER MY SHOULDER.” Hound of the Baskervilles, Sidney Paget Characters: Dr Mortimer, Charles Baskerville

[adamussutekh]

Here is my jadam propaganda from the last book club for the people who missed it. They make me insane ok goodnight

[twinkskeletons]

and the ship bracket round one is live!!

be normal have fun etc here r all the links ^_^

joshler vs weekeman

andtrick vs peterick

wentzross vs geetrick

travtrick vs stumporta

spencetrick vs ryden

rikey vs frikey

trete vs wentzporta

gabilliam vs treckett

prank vs petekey

bilvysisky vs gabekey

gerbert vs wentzman

brallon vs jikey

awtto vs gawsten

gabevicky vs joetrick

wentzley vs trohley

frerard vs rayrard

[ll-but-its-random]

EVERYONE BEFORE YOU VOTE ON THE NEXT ROUNDS HEAR ME THE HELL OUT!!!!!

FIVE AND EINAR DESERVE TO WIN I SWEAR IF THEY GET ELIMINATED I'M GON-

*inhale*

I mean, here's every reason there is to vote for them in the ship brackets.

The dynamic on a small scale:

Terrible guy >:( x Worse than him :D

Overdressed x Underdressed

"Murdering the aristocrats in charge together because fuck authority"

The dynamic on a large scale:

What if I keep spiraling to insanity after the world left me alone and you keep pulling me back up?

What if no one has ever stuck around me this long before but here you are?

What if I need a mental support pillar that is you? What if you need a physical support pillar that is me?

What if I sacrificed myself to save you so you can live on only for you to do the same thing for me while neither of us realizes it?

What if, uh?

Next, the parallels. They are similar in ways yet differ in certain others making them fit together SO WELL that, if you think of it, they're really the only people who can understand what the other has been through or how they think.

And there are so many of those I will need to break them down too (more or less chronologically):

Their target to survive:

This was their starting point. The reason they began doing what they did. Five has been doing whatever to stay alive because it was heavily stressed by both Rey and Ethan as well. He was willing to go through with terrible things to save himself.

Einar, similarly, joined the Foundation to have some providing organization. He saw it as his best opportunity to master his Legacies and live a fulfilling and mostly secure life, in exchange for certain services. He, too, was willing to ditch morality for it.

2. Manipulation and deceiving:

This is mostly regarding their personalities, and is more clear when you compare Einar to Five during the main series.

Legacy or not, they turn to lying and manipulation often to achieve what they want. They can be very convincing to people and take full advantage of it (again, related to them ignoring 'good morality')

3. Being titled 'monsters':

I've mentioned this in an old post before. We all know other characters have a very negative view of Einar and Five, and most of them have good reasons to. We also often see the two pretending they're not bothered by it. Still, there were scenes where the antagonization clearly had an impact on them.

And on the same topic...

4. Effectively corrupted:

Goes without saying, the Mogadorians fucked Five over as bad as the Foundation did Einar.

The very same ever-powerful organization they depended on for survival had used them and, in the process, made them become things they weren't before. These so called 'monsters'. As I mentioned, they followed along only to survive.

5. Ranting about each other:

Something very cute I noticed in F6 and RtZ. These two scenes in which Einar and Five explain/defend each other to someone else (Isabela and Ran). The fondness and trust between them. The way that they see each other how no one else can.

Tell me it isn't the best.

6. The guilt-driven urge to be redeemed:

They each have a point in their arc when the reality of everything they did crashes down on them (Five killing Eight/Einar being called out for his actions). These were major turning points for them as they fueled their actions to seek redemption.

We see them doing things they probably wouldn't have before:

-Five helping the Garde, standing up to Setrakus Ra, keeping his distance from them after the series, and ultimately, his final sacrifice that made him see that his Legacies can do good.

-For Einar, it was all the contemplation on what he'd done, handing himself over willingly, killing Lucas as his final contribution to his own rebellion, giving out the names of Foundation members.

For that, they both took a long period of torture after, hoping that it would be the penance they payed for it (being stuck with the Augment/imprisonment with the inhibitor). While it happened in different series, they are both very tragic ends to characters so deserving and undeserving of them at the same time.

Then you have the differences between them that just highlight the parallels even more. Their relationship is perfectly 3D with a lot of sides and parts to it. And I think it could've developed very well if there was more focus on it.

Five and Einar are two of the most complex characters in this series and they go even deeper together.

Now let's talk a little about Rex x Adam.

Barely developed duo in one novella that suddenly disappeared with Adam's POV. If you don't read the forgotten ones, Rex just showed up on a Mog ship once and knew Adam somehow. He seemed to have the backbone of a Jell-O in UaO, like it vaporized after their first meeting. The tiny bit of character he built in the novella was gone.

They don't have much in common outside of being Mogadorian and everything that automatically comes with it.

I'll say it straight up, Adam, you can do way better. You're a fan favorite! Get yourself a guy with some spine! Nine is stupid, but he has the consistant character of an asshole. Or hey, if platonic works for you, there's Six, there's Marina, there's John. You're sexually ambiguous, you can do whatever and whoever the fuck you want!

Anyways, for added bias, here's a collection of all my Finar works.

finar finar finar finar finar - De1nonly_Jain [Archive of Our Own]

Thanks for coming to my ted talk.

@adamussutekh you have unleashed a power I didn't know I had.

[ultimate-character-design]

The 2nd Character Design Tournament

Please remember to vote for characters solely based on their design, rather than which character you are more familiar with or like more!

Number 7 | Pokemon

Cat | Do NOT Take This Cat Home

[numberfight]

WELCOME TUMBLR TO NUMBER FIGHT

In which we pick our favorite 32 numbers and see which one reigns supreme!! Run by the mod of @alphabetbracket we're back with another competition!

Inspired by blogs like @adorable-ones-tournament @catgirlgames @bestfictionaldivorce @best-green-character @redandbluebracket @riordanversecharactertournament @fictional-father-figure-comp @battleofthepurplebitches @mermaidbracket @purplegreenbracket @the-ghost-games @clash-of-the-wizards @nichesexymanbloodbath @tentacletournament @internetsongshowdown @the-coolest-demon-bracket @the-nobody-tournament @worst-fictional-cook-showdown @topdisease @foundfamilyarena and so many more!!

Submissions will be open for an indeterminate amount of time depending on how fast I get submissions, so act fast!

And as always please remember this is a silly goofy competition so don't take it too seriously, threats of violence over a Tumblr bracket will not be tolerated, so if you think your comment could be interpreted in such a way, please make sure to put a /j or /lh at the end of your comment!!

Edit: I realize now that 69 and 420 are too powerful numbers that would obliterate the competition, so therefore instead of being part of the main bracket (because I'm going to take a wild guess and say that they'd win every time) I'm going to say now that when we reach the finals of the 32 standard five rounds single elimination tournament (aka round 5) I will simultaneously hold a poll that is 420 vs 69 and then the winner of the main bracket and will go on to fight the winner of the 420 vs 69 poll if that makes any sense, so no need to submit those numbers! (Unless you have a really funny story to go with your submission)

Submission form is linked below so go nuts!

[fleeceyang]

BEST DPR IAN SONG TOURNAMENT

this bracket includes every dpr ian song, including those he features on. you will have 24 hours to vote in each round. i will update this post as the tournament progresses. have fun voting!

the tournament is done! thanks for playing! check who won under the cut ⬇️

ROUND 1:

1. nerves vs. scaredy cat 2. so i danced vs. no silhouette 3. famous last words vs. miss understood 4. violet crazy vs. seraph 5. bad cold vs. boom 6. saint vs. 1 shot 7. do or die vs. mr. insanity 8. diamonds + and pearls vs. calico 9. avalon vs. welcome to the other side 10. the gods can bleed vs. ballroom extravaganza 11. avalon interlude - band version vs. no blueberries 12. don't go insane vs. peanut butter & tears 13. zombie pop vs. limbo 14. merry go vs. mood 15. mito vs. skins 16. winterfall vs. mito reborn

ROUND 2:

17. dope lovers vs. scaredy cat 18. welcome to the show vs. so i danced 19. ribbon vs. miss understood 20. so beautiful vs. violet crazy 21. sometimes i'm vs. bad cold 22. mr. insanity vs. calico 23. peanut butter & tears vs. zombie pop 24. mito vs. winterfall

ROUND 3:

25. scaredy cat vs. 1 shot 26. so i danced vs. welcome to the other side 27. miss understood vs. ballroom extravaganza 28. so beautiful vs. no blueberries 29. bad cold vs. mood

QUARTERFINALS:

30. scaredy cat vs. mr. insanity 31. so i danced vs. ballroom extravaganza 32. so beautiful vs. peanut butter & tears 33. mood vs. winterfall

SEMIFINALS:

34. scaredy cat vs. ballroom extravaganza 35. so beautiful vs. mood

FINALS:

36. ballroom extravaganza vs. so beautiful

[symphonybracket]

The winner of our symphony bracket is 🎉 Dvořák 9! 🎉

In case you are new here: welcome! Our bracket is complete but we still have symphony-related polls. See this post for common tags that are used on this blog.

This blog is run by @recapitulation

Full completed bracket below the cut.

[whos-hotter-jjba]

Hottest JJBA Outfit Bracket - Round 3 Match 2

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