#round: 7

[mynameisquoi]

this is so stupid. four babies. four brown-haired, brown-eyed babies. who asked for this??

just one more baby and the ritual could be completed. a shame.

ah well, happy whatever to bethan, marcel, theo, and seren.

[gimmick-blog-bracket]

Now for the final round!

@hellsitegenetics

I love them

I didn't know I needed to know that the weed-smoking girlfriends post was genetically a wolf, but I did, and I do. Also puts great stuff on my dash.

it’s so fun to be scrolling unhinged posts and then boom. an organism!

so many moths‼ also, unexpected comedy with some of the matches

perfect blend of silly and informative, and makes for an excellent punchline at the end of a long post. puts creatures on my dash. literally what more could you ask for

It's a really unique blog concept and a lot of times the results are pretty funny. It's great when the sequence matches the post content too!

Creatures 👍

Finds beautiful creatures out of the mess of the hellsite

Offers finality AND gives us a creechur.

I love them. English speakers talk like moths

If this blog wins, they could run the text of the winning announcement, and determine the post's genus and species!

They're also very good about tagging the type of creature depicted in the results, so as long as you mute tags of creatures you don't want to see, it's a very fun time seeing iconic legacy posts (and new submissions) being reduced down to a string of letters and assigned a random species of fish or moth or something!

uhh it’s cool

BLAST

There are so many weird bugs in the world

Yippee!!

If, as Haldane said, God has an inordinate fondness for beetles, then surely this blog proves that Tumblr has an inordinate fondness for moths.

Top tier blog as a geneticist, I love seeing obscure organisms and MOTH

Admin got rate limited after trying to blast the bee movie

the knowledge of biology to pull this off (i have taken one biology class in my life) and also the work to find all the strings honestly deserves quite a bit of praise

This gimmick blog has it all: science, pictures of animals, interaction with the text of other peoples' posts, interesting information, and a unique and fun premise. As a biologist, I'm rooting for hellsitegenetics to reach the end and take the tournament, because it is truly a standout among gimmick blogs.

If they win, perhaps this blog too shall become a cool organism :3

@hasgavlebockenburneddownyet

What's more happy holiday cheer than cheering on the destruction of a giant straw goat?

The birds may have won 2023, but I believe in humanity's capability for arson for 2024 <3

a vote for me is a vote for arson! This message was approved by hasgavlebockenburneddownyet

gavle is SUCH a public service and holiday feature

what's more tumblr than comical destruction and holidays?

sometimes you just gotta vote with your matchsticks

Bringing a cultural staple to tumblr since 2021

Arson is so much more fun

It would be really funny and ironic if it survives the tournament

you have no idea how much joy watching the chronicling of the gavlebocken brings me every year

hasgavlebockenburneddownyet provides an essential public service

always love seeing a bit of Swedish history on my dash 'Swedish bamboo season'

the goat account is peak gimmick blog

If I don't get to beat the goat then nobody does. -pointless-achievements

Never ask Tumblr to choose between lies and arson! The winner threatens by nature to rip apart the very fabric of our DNA!

goat statues made out of straw are exciting and interesting

I wanna see things burn

the goat is an essential part of tumblr culture and the goat blog is a sacred keeper of the tumblr high holidays

watching to see if the big straw goat has burned down each year is a true delight, something I never knew existed until tumblr and the blog dedicated to it

the incredibly focused nature of @/hasgavlebockenburneddownyet is what makes their gimmick superior.

Please guys bite gavlebocken

Look, I'm Danish. I was put on this earth to annoy the Swedes and vice versa, but even I voted for @/hasgavlebockenburneddownyet

gavlebocken is also such a fun name and this blog informed be about its existence, so for that I am grateful

hasgavlebockenburneddownyet is providing a vital service! Every year, people rely on their updates regarding the fate of our most beloved Yule Goat! How could they NOT deserve the win!?

sacred anti-corporate arson

a vote for gävlebocken is a vote for anarchy!

pls vote for them they're the funniest gimmick keeping track on the funniest phenomena in recent human history, like when i look at their acc i think to myself this is what tumblr was created for

the goat is the GOAT

HASGAVLEBOCKENBURNEDDOWNYET DESERVES TO WIN, I have them on post alert for a REASON

the holiday season wouldn't be the same without them

they do important reporting. Do you look at the news and be like 'the reporters aren't doing work they're just telling you whats happening.' Have some respect for the goat news

let the weird burnt sacrificial ritual of it all appeal to you

nothing makes my December more interesting, arson should win

doesn't barge in on other peoples posts which is always a good thing in my books. not a fan when obnoxious gimmick blogs turn a decent post into a garbled mess

[pawnyao]

[ALIEN STAGE ROUND 7 SPOILER]

Blink and Gone

[gruenthusiast]

When I tell you I started crying laughing drawing Ivan like this. He’s so out of character 😭😭 I love Ivan so much how do you think they reacted to till losing

[vellatrelle]

Luka blink goned Till straight to Ivan

[momochiio]

GO GET UR WIFE SUA😭😭

[questerine]

it’s hard to tell what ivan’s true intentions were, but above all else i believe that he did what he did during r6 because he was SURE that till wouldn’t care.

that’s why it’s so heartbreaking to me that the memory of ivan is clearly a TRIGGER for till in r7

remember? ivan criticized sua because her eventual death would only traumatize mizi. that’s why he kept himself at arms length from till — because he never wanted to become a source of trauma for him. as much as he craved till’s affection, he didn’t want to hold till back.

but ivan didn’t account for till’s real feelings. till — while it was not in a romantic sense — cared for ivan more than ivan was lead to believe.

and just like sua was for mizi, he’s nothing but a source of trauma for till. he became something luka used to exploit.

and it’s genuinely so heartbreaking because that was the last thing that ivan wanted.

[shakingparadigm]

Spoilers ‼️

so you're telling me that Till's last ever vision was him reaching out to his unattainable god. he was never able to truly reach her. he was struck down for even trying to come close.

[sidsinning]

I HATE YOU ALIEN STAGE FUCK FUCK FUCK

LUKA IF HYUNA DOESN'T END YOU I WILL

[homosexualcitron]

Did Luka just casually ask the aliens to put giant pictures of Ivan during the event

[racheldrawsthis]

cant believe he pulled the same move twice

[mynameisquoi]

hester: i wonder if mom will put my cousins in her post-apocalyptic zombie cat lady book.*sigh* i sure do wish i could have met them, but i guess reading about their fictional adventures in a dystopian parallel universe would be fun too.

snoopy: their fictional adventures? i was under the impression that i was the star of the show.

hester: don't you think you're getting a little too big for your britches? mom hasn't even finished the book yet.

snoopy: and she never will if you insist on her adding irrelevant side characters that distract from my story.

[mikhardwheat]

The difference between their reactions is driving me up the wall.

They're both equally overwhelmed by what is happening: they lost the people they cared about, they are forced to perform for someone else's entertainment, and they are surrounded by blasting reminders of their grief that neither of the two had time nor energy to deal with.

Mizi's rage makes her violent: she relives her trauma over and over and ends up losing her composure by attacking her opponent.

Till, on the other hand, nearly faints from the pressure and it about to give up (which might appear as surprising, given that he was shown to be the most rebellious out of the contestants at first).

There's more parallels between the rounds, but the eyes hurt me the most, so I'm sharing.

[sunnyirry]

alien stage doodle dump... they're consuming my brain halp

[ctrlzxoo]

ROUND 7: amongst a sea of green, is a glimpse of snow

Bonus: happy end(?)

[gruenthusiast]

guys something about Mizi really resonates in me it may be the pink haired depressed lesbian