#poll dancing

[i-can-kazoo]

For the purposes of this poll, consider yourself jewish if you are undertaking the conversion process.

Also for the purposes of this poll: if you would like to apply nuance to your answer, feel free to do so in reblogs, tags, replies, or even in my inbox, and vote according to the answer that most closely aligns with your nuanced take.

PLEASE REBLOG FOR MORE VOTES

[ryttu3k]

A question, spawned by a thread on Reddit! Explanation will be beneath the cut, please have a read after replying to the poll.

This is the doll character EC, from the Australian 90s children's show, Lift Off. EC was able to move independently and served as a friend to the child cast.

For responses: 'positive emotions' includes feeling warm, affectionate, etc towards EC. 'Neutral emotions' includes feeling ambivalent, not having any particular feelings regarding EC in particular. 'Negative emotions' includes feeling fear, disgust, disconcerted, etc towards EC.

Beneath the cut, a longer explanation on EC, and why I'm asking this question.

Lift Off was an Australian kids TV show that aired from 1992 to 1995, aimed at 3-8-year-olds (I was five when it started), partially fantasy but largely educational, aimed at helping kids learn how to deal with problems and difficult emotions, learn about the world, and foster empathy for others. In the first episode, two of the main cast of kid characters find a discarded doll, who, much to their surprise, starts to move independently. The kids befriend the doll, named EC, who becomes a main cast member.

In this clip, Poss and Kim find EC.

EC, short for 'Every Child', was designed to be an audience stand-in, allowing the entire young audience to project upon them, to be a vehicle for imagination. This... may have backfired for a lot of people, because thirty years later, what most people remember of Lift Off is of being completely terrified of EC, the faceless, non-speaking doll.

This article on the ABC, with Luke Carroll, one of the child cast members, opens by mentioning kids being terrified of EC. This article on Buzzfeed is entirely on how scary EC is. This post on r/AustralianNostalgia also goes into it, and this recent post on the same (which prompted me to make this post!) shows a positive response from OP, but with a lot of comments to the contrary!

(There were EC dolls available for sale - albeit with a plastic head, not a cloth one. I desperately wanted one.)

So, I'm extremely curious about how people initially respond to EC, particularly those who didn't watch Lift Off as a kid. There's a thread on the first subreddit post that has me thinking:

"We had an EC toy and I never once found it creepy. I loved playing with EC and played in a similar vein to the kids on the show. I've since found out that I'm quite neurodivergent so maybe that says something? I loved this show so much and have since shown it to my kids."

"I loved EC too… and I’m ASD, maybe that’s the secret"

"Exactly me! Was my fave toy ever. I remember all the scenes where he made cool magic happen"

Another comment:

"I adored Lift Off. Had my own EC doll because he just had the loveliest vibes (still have him somewhere), had the Purple Backpack as my very first school bag, got the magazines every month... it had me transfixed. Diagnosed with ASD in my 30s, which might explain it. But that show was just pure, undiluted joy for me."

I adored EC, wanted an EC of my own, and I'm autistic. I'm wondering if a positive response to EC is linked to that - with clearly projected body language and a lack of facial expression (or facial features!) and spoken word, EC definitely communicates in a non-'normative' way, which I found extremely comforting. I vastly preferred EC and Lotis (the sapient artificial intelligence controlling the building's elevator) to the human kids, honestly!

So, how do you feel about EC?

[srkonly]

Harry and Sejal OG of love, friendship, bonding, maasti, dare and happiness!

The best Imtiaz Ali fiction that audience misunderstood.

[robotslenderman]

List here.

[voidingintotheshout]

“Asked about the U.S. presidential election on his flight back to Rome from Singapore, the pope said not welcoming migrants is a "grave" sin, and likened having an abortion to an "assassination." He said U.S. Catholics would have to "choose the lesser evil" when they vote in November, without elaborating.”

[roxygenize]

Okay wanna do a fun Pnat thing w/ the Hunger Games so let’s do a poll 2 kick THINGS OFF !!!!!!

Poll ONE: Who would be from District 1?

District 1: a Career District, meaning that they are trained for the Games and hold significant power in cahoots with the Capitol. The wealthiest District, it produces Luxury Goods for the Capitol; jewelry, makeup, haircare, etc. Tributes are usually Volunteers, whoever has the best chance of winning will Volunteer for glory.

[dramatisperscnae]

tagged by: @stupidiinspades and @therebetterbepie tagging: you. with the face.

[goldenwitherphoenix13]

I could not get the face right. I promise I just couldn't so just.... here... under the cut is a kind of doodle of cat maid Jimmy poll dancing. I know the pose is rather... fun but the poll chose this not me. I was hoping for option 3.

Anyways, last warning, kinda suggestive cat maid Jimmy poll dancing with bad physics. Enjoy!

I have nothing more to say.

[icemankazansky]

Apparently I've already lost followers for this, and I haven't even said anything. So, as a little treat for being so brave during this trying time

I am going to give the hornet's nest a gentle caress.

Poll!

If an anti left a comment on your story on AO3—and in fact has been going through a specific tag leaving similar comments to every story on the tag, without reading them—and this comment included the phrases, "what is wrong with you?" and "USE YOUR FUCKING BRAIN" [caps as in original], what would your personal feelings toward that person be?

[ryttu3k]

Doing that thing where you list a bunch of favourite characters (picking one from each fandom, except Zelda because... I feel like it) and people can vote on them and there's a distinct, uh, dichotomy between the first three and the rest.

[haveyoutriedthis]