#runner up bracket

[goodcartoondadshowdown]

Kanan Jarrus vs. Phoenix Wright

[ultimatemilvesbracket]

WINNER: MORTICIA ADDAMS IS THE ULTIMATE MILF!!!!

[poorlittleyaoyao]

I ship sangcheng because I relate to Jiang Cheng and think Nie Huisang is the sexiest cultivator because I like lazy dom bottoms. It's not deeper than that chengyao deserves the win tbh

Honestly, I respect this. This is the sort of healthy self-awareness that both halves of Sangcheng could benefit from in their daily lives.

[whatthefuckisasweep]

hi jake and amir fans on tumblr dot com!!!!!

i wanna see something so can you reply/reblog with 5 episodes you consider top and then 5 episodes you consider underrated :3?

mine (tbh there isnt solid answers for me but this is my attempt):

Top 5:

Hotel Room

Celebration

Breakfast Date

Pizza

aaaaanddddd let's just go withhhhh ... uhhh ...

Sandwich Email

Underrated 5:

Storm (I WILL DIE FOR STORM I WILL EXPLODE PEOPLE WITH MY MIND FOR STORM)

Translator (WOULD ALSO EXPLODE PEOPLE FOR THIS EPISODE)

Bless You

Explanation

Cereal Thief

[bigcats-birds-and-books]

wow not that i like. FORGOT. that driscoll is my Precision of Vocabulary character. but. damn they know WAY more terminology than i do lmao

[treemaidengeek]

This latest round of pornbots has some devastatingly creative blog names. I’m collecting the most evocative ones from @theleakypen & tumblr friends. It’s time for

😘 Best Bot Contest (1H) 🤖

Vote in round 1G here, & check the #best bot contest tag for results of A-G. What does "best" mean? You decide! (Haikubot is of course actually best bot. This is for spambots only.) Bracket winners will go head to head.

🏆Runoff brackets coming soon! 🤖

1H is currently my last bracket before runoffs (runoff technical details in tags). If you've been meaning to submit round 1 candidates, your time is now! (or later, I'm having fun & will keep doing this as long as the bots keep comin')

[powerpolyculeshowdown]

i added the tags from the list to the pinned post to make it easier to access them if ur on mobile like me and search function is shit

ill update the round tag as new rounds come out- SPEAKING OF WHICH ill be unavailable for most of tomorrow and saturday so round 1 should come out on sunday!

[vocaloid-song-showdown]

sorry 2 bug you about this but do you know when the polls will be published?

i wanted to have everything ready for monday (feb 20) at around noon est but i really misjudged how long everything would take </3 </3

i'd like all the polls to be up and ready to vote on by wednesday ??? but i'll be a lot busier than i usually am this week. the start of voting might just have to be pushed back a few days :(

the brackets are So Close to being done but after taking the 2 songs per producer rule into account, the songs stop right at 62 (technically 61 ??? but someone put in a general nomination for every kagerou project song! while only one was formally nominated multiple times several other songs from the series were nominated ^^ ). if there's going to be a bracket w 64 songs it'll have be a bit longer than i originally expected orz

[eurovision-brackets]

Käärijä is the winner of the 2023 Eurovision Outfit Bracket!

No one is suprised. It's Käärijä.

Congratulations to our runner ups:

Let 3, Alessandra, and Lord of the Lost!

[janmisali]

I have two different ideas for how to do a continuation of the Super Mario Bracket. they would both take a lot of work and time and neither of them would really be as fun as the bracket itself.

option one is a "title defense mode" for Vivian: have Vivian go head-to-head against literally every other character in the bracket (except the matches we've already done) until someone wins against her, just to confirm that she really is tumblr's (but mostly my followers') favorite mario character.

option two is a "runner-up bracket": run the whole bracket again (no reseeding) but with Vivian removed (since she already won), and skip any matches that have already happened. the winner of this new bracket is the second-place winner, and repeat until I personally lose interest

[goodcartoondadshowdown]

And the winner is...

Kanan Jarrus from Star Wars: Rebels! With him being an excellent father figure to the Ghost crew, it was shocking that he didn't quite make it to the big leagues. Nevertheless, Kanan has proven himself as one of the best dads in animation - and that's something worth celebrating.

Thanks to everyone who participated! Stay tuned for what's next: every other dad that was submitted!

[sheepinthebigcity]

Baby Show Villain Tournament: FINALS

One last time: PEEP THE BRACKET.

It's been a crazy ride. People have been going for their faves to win this thing, but in the end... It was a really unsurprising outcome, actually.

We have Robbie Rotten, the dealer's choice character who is unbelievably memetic. He decimated, to the point where one of his rivals only received ONE VOTE! We have Dr. Two Brains, a character who was a front runner from the start, receiving some detailed nominations and also decimating in every comp he was in, up against some pretty tough comp!

So, who's gonna win? Let's find out now! RIGHT NOW!

Propaganda under the cut:

Robbie (Dealer's Choice): "robbie rotten sweep omfg"

Dr. Two Brains: "I didn’t already nom him??? He’s funny I love the silly mad scientists in these shows and also he just wants to eat cheese how can you NOT like him"

"Hes your classic mad scientist type! Hes voiced by Tom Kenny so hes got great voice work and is so cool and awesome. he taught wordgirl how to be a hero before turning evil so theres cool dynamic stuff there! hes also kinda gay"

"If two brains doesn’t win I’m committing so many atrocities, anyways have you seen this man? His origin story is so tragic yet silly and and he’s the number one villain so if he wins it would fit his character so much ☹️☹️😭😭☹️☹️ and and he was/is such a role model to wordgirl and and did you know he’s also trans yeah he told me the other day and and explodes"

"TWO BRAINNNNNSSSSS FOR THE WINNN

"

"YOU WILL VOTE FOR TWO BRAINS!!!! THIS IS FAIR CITYS NUMBER ONE CRIMINAL WE ARE NOT LETTING HIM LOSE THAT TITLE!!!!! VOTE FOR THE SILLY SCIENTIST MOUSE MAN!!!!!"

[ascendancyzine]

BEST CHISS COMPETITION

Final Poll: Thrawn vs Ar'alani!

This is it everyone. This is the one we've all been waiting for! Ar'alani is the winner of bracket 1, and Thrawn is the winner of bracket 2. But who will take home the ultimate title of "Best Chiss (TM)"? Vote well - Admiral Dy'lothe is watching (and judging).

And stay tuned for the runner up polls! All of our non-finalists will get one more chance at being *nearly* Best Chiss :D

[queereads-bracket]

WINNER: Queer Fantasy Books Bracket

Monstrous Regiment (Discworld) by Terry Pratchett

Polly Perks joins the Discworld army to find her brother Paul. "Ozzer" cuts off her blonde braids, dons male garb, belches, scratches, and masters macho habits - aided by well-placed pair of socks. The legendary and seemingly ageless Sergeant Jackrum accepts her plus a vampire, troll, zombie, religious fanatic, and two close "friends". The best man for the job may be a woman.

Fantasy, humor, war, secondary (disc)world

Runners-up:

🥈 Nimona by ND Stevenson 🥉 The Locked Tomb series by Tamsyn Muir 🥉 Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard series by Rick Riordan

View the spreadsheet of all books from this bracket here

View the full seeded matchup here

NOTES AND INFO FOR INTERESTED NEW MONSTROUS REGIMENT READERS

(Discworld scholars, please feel free to add your wisdom!)

Monstrous Regiment is part of the wider Discworld series but is largely standalone in terms of the story and main characters. While there are some appearances by characters from other Discworld series or references, overall Monstrous Regiment is not strongly connected to any particular subseries within Discworld

NOTE ON EDITIONS:

Some US editions made two notable editorial changes to the original text: changing one instance of him to her and changing one in uniform to in female uniform. There is more detail about this on reddit/tumblr posts here and here (note: also contains plot spoilers)

The less-spoilery tldr: If you want to read Pratchett's original text, look for the Doubleday, Corgi, or Random House editions, and avoid the Harper Collins/Harper Torch editions

Discworld connoisseurs, please feel free to chime in with any additional thoughts or info! Enthusiasm always welcome

[milflewis]

ok but mob au

1.

“You really didn’t know who I work for?”

When Yuki found out that Pierre’s boss is the Sebastian Vettel, the Lion of Singapore, and the unofficial heir to Schumacher & Co., he had only raised his eyebrows. Pierre took that to mean he had already figured it out.

Yuki blinks at him. “No.”

“But.” Pierre frowns. “Why did you — I always have so many knives on me! Is this not weird to you?” He gestures at his jacket which hangs open, showing four different perfectly sharpened blades tucked into the lining.

Yuki shrugs. “You are French, yes? You like to cut things. Like cheese.”

Pierre mouths wordlessly. Cheese.

“Anyway,” Yuki adds. “You are weird, so. This would not be weird.”

2.

The first time Sebastian meets Lewis, his runners are wet with Michael’s blood and Lewis’s hands are pressing his head into the glass door. His face aches, nose throbbing.

“Can I help you?” he says, or tries to say. It comes out vaguely smushed.

He pushes back a little just to see. Lewis lets him move half an inch before shoving him back.

“Jesus, Hamilton,” Sebastian hears Michael say. His voice cracks roughly. Sebastian nearly cried when the doctor told him Michael survived the surgery, that they got all the bullets out and he was in recovery. He swallows thickly, as the relief makes him all dizzy even now. “I know you got out today but c’mon, let him go. This is Sebastian — I talked about him.”

The hands on Sebastian’s neck disappear and he’s rubbing at his jaw when he turns around. “Ow,” Seabastian tells Michael. His cheeks are pale and his chest is wrapped in white bandages but his eyes are alert and he is grinning.

“Sebastian, this is Lewis Hamilton. Lewis, Sebastian Vettel. Mika says we are all friends here.”

He pats Mika’s ankle that is propped up on the bed beside his hip. Mika’s eyes stay closed, arms folded in his chair, chin on his chest. There are dark bruises under his eyes under now.

“Right. If Mika says so.”

Lewis steps back towards Michael’s bed, grabbing the duffle bag from where it was leaning against the wall. Sebastian looks at his bare arms, the tattoos that go all the way down to his fingers, the rings there. His jeans sit low on his hips. He needs a shave. Sebastian recognises him from his mugshot, even of his hair is longer now and his face is more lined.

They hadn’t had the time to arrange for Michael to share a cell with someone affiliated with them, and when they had got in contact with him, a week later, he had settled in well enough with his cell mate. By Michael standards at least.

Does not talk much, Michael had told Sebastian over the phone. Likes his fucking singing though. Stares at the picture of his dog. Do you think he is lonely?

When Sebastian had brought it up with Mika, the best person for this kind of thing when Corinna is away, Mika had only shrugged, and told him that he doesn’t think it is just Hamilton that is lonely, and that of fucking course anyone who could survive nine weeks in solitary with just Fernando Alonso as company in the next cell over is someone that Michael would find interesting.

Sebastian looks away from the breadth of Lewis’s shoulders in his white tank and pulls a face at Michael’s waggling eyebrows.

3.

“How old do you think I am?” Jenson asks, as Alex adjusts his long-rifle until it sits comfortably against his shoulder, supported by the flat roof they are lying on. 

Alex doesn’t answer, because he knows exactly how old Jenson is, and the fact that people continue to tell Jenson to his face that he looks ten years older than his actual age will never stop being funny.

“Ollie, how old do you think I am?” Jenson calls.

“Jen, leave the kid alone,” Alex says. “You could dye your hair.”

“Do I look like a man who would dye his hair solely to stave off questions about his age?”

“Yes,” Alex sweeps the street below them, marking the buildings bracketing the shop they are surveilling. “Ollie, how are you doing over there?”

He can hear him scramble around for a second before a burst of static. “Radio ready for orders, sir.”

Alex grimaces, still not used to that, as Jenson only laughs beside him.

4.

“Michael? We got him.” Eddie leans back against the closed door.

Michael hums, closing his leather notebook. He leaves his fountain pen tucked into the middle so he remembers what month of intakes he was going over.

“Send him in.”

The kid’s hair is long and dirty, falling into his eyes and around his ears. His knees are all busted up under his baggy shorts. His face is drawn and thin, and he is glaring at Michael, jaw clenched.

He goes all pale when he sees who sits in front of him. Seems like he didn’t know whose car it was.

“Jesus,” Michael says. “You’re tiny, how did you reach the pedals?”

This morning, the kid — Sebastian Vettel, Michael had asked around — had hot wired Michael’s car in under two minutes and driven away. Michael had watched from the restaurant’s window, amused and impressed.

Mika had been decidedly less so when Michael told him, ten minutes later, that they were going to have to order a cab.

“I’m not that short!” The glare intensifies. His eyes are kind of freaky, Michael thinks. Very big and bright.

Michael holds out a hand, level with his chest, and squints. He lowers it considerably. Sebastian looks like he wants to bite it.

“Of course not,” Michael tells him soothingly. Eddie gives him a reproachful look. Michael holds back his eyeroll but takes his hand out of reach of Sebastian’s mouth.

“I have a job for you,” Michael says, watching Sebastian’s eyes sharpen. He smiles thinly. “If you’re up for it.”

“A job. For me? What kind of job?” Sebastian tilts his head to the side, making his eyes wide. His curls tumble across his forehead. The whole effect is rather sweet, Michael considers, delighted. This will be interesting.

Mika has been nagging at Michael to stop picking up strays but he thinks he will agree with Michael on this one.

5.

Michael stretches out his back, legs interlocked at the ankles, until something clicks along his spine. He exhales slowly, sinking back into the shitty mattress.

They called for lights out fifteen minutes ago. Lewis is still in the bunk above him. Michael looks at the scratches across the metal rods. He had a good workout today, no interruptions, and his arms are nicely sore.

Seventeen minutes.

Lewis moves in his bed, rolling over to the right and for a moment, Michael thinks he will roll right off the edge, but then he is swinging down, silent. Michael holds himself very still.

"I am not interested in fucking."

"Yeah," Lewis says. "I heard."

Michael swallows. The sharpened edge of Lewis's plastic spoon presses into his throat. Lewis is dense and solidly heavy, knees on either side of his hips, one foot digging into his knee.

Michael has seen him fight. In an enclosed space like this, and unarmed, he isn't sure who would come out the better. His fingers itch with excitement.

"I found the picture you left," Lewis says quietly. The spoon doesn't move an inch. His eyes gleam in the dark like an animal.

"Okay," Michael says, not bothering to pretend not to know what he is talking about.

Lewis was fine this morning. He hummed to himself the entire way to breakfast, and he spotted Michael in the gym without even being asked. It wasn't until after dinner that he went all weird and still in himself.

Lewis presses down, just a little. Michael raises an eyebrow.

"Is he alive?" Lewis asks like he doesn't want to show his hand but is doing so anyway. His mouth trembles at the corners. Michael frowns at him. He has seen Lewis hustle in the yard at card games enough times to know that his poker face is better than this.

"Is he."

Oh. Jesus.

Michael laughs. It is too loud of a sound for where they are. He laughs anyway.

"You have issues," he tells Lewis, who only sends him a cutting look.

"That was supposed to make you feel better! Stop crying and all. You miss him, yes? Thought I could help."

Lewis stares at him. Blinks those animal eyes.

Michael makes a frustrated sound in the back of his mouth. He misses Mika. He never has to talk when Mika is around.

"He is being taken care of in that shelter you put him in. I had my people check. I was being nice! Friendly too!"

"We're friends," Lewis says slowly as if he expects Michael to say no.

"Obviously. You are being ridiculous," Michael says. "You think I would kill a dog? No!" He is a little hurt.

"You are the chief suspect in fifteen open murders," Lewis says, flat.

"Not of dogs!"

Lewis looks at him for a long moment before rolling his eyes. "How are you still alive, man? For real? I thought it was a threat."

He pushes off Michael and pulls himself up onto the top bunk, as silent as he climbed down at the start.

"No one else would see this as a bad thing."

He can hear Lewis roll his eyes.

"Literally every other person here would think you were sending a message. And not a good one."

"I was being nice!"

There is a clang of metal against metal, and their cell bars rattle. "Oi! You two! Shut the fuck up. Save the fighting or fucking for the morning."

"Gross, man," Lewis says, and Michael kicks at the underside of his bunk. "You are gross."

Maybe Mika was right when he said that Lewis might not take his generosity in the way he wanted it, Michael considers. He decides not to tell him. He would be too smug if he did.

He palms the sharpened spoon that Lewis had held to his neck and left on his pillow, beside his cheek. It is small and narrow. Michael presses his thumb against the slice, feeling it. He smiles, and tucks it under his sheet. He had needed a new one.

+1.

Sebastian had been small when Michael met him. All eyes and bony knees and dirty hair.

Then he opened up his mouth and his personality crawled out.

Michael has never looked back.

[ghoulcita]

⠀𓏵⠀⠀ 160+ followers!! ⁺ ࿐

First off I wanna just say thank you to all my followers and mutual u guys give me the motivation to post 🖤🖤😭 second off I’m so glad my account is growing smoothly I’ve had a few ups and downs but what creator doesn’t? I will start to post more consistently! But due to school I will be a little slow be patient! Also!!! Hosting an event soon so if ur interested and hosting a collab event DM ME!!!🙏 anyways tysm for 160+ followers im very grateful and happy for the amount of people who support me now and used to on my old acc (@kouijas)🖤🖤🖤

Cool people to follow!

@gyustarzzi2 @y-vna @nikist-4-n @flwerwon @ivsjake4evr @imwonyoungs @awwriri @bambicito @yvestually @yuqi-luv @saralinkaizo @hyelita @bugmort @aeraras @uyasumi @n-americano @rsier @ahyoen @choccomonke @mmeowii @oddfrntzzz @yvjw @muertecitos @gumishio etc! (Sorry if I forgot u🖤)

Sneak peak for the event??

📢: This event is all about competition. There will be a bracket that decides first second and third place. The starting amount of teams will be 8 teams of 3-6 people to keep it fair I will allow contestants to choose teams but you must communicate with each other. Every time you loose to another team your bumped down to a different bracket. (First -> second -> third -> runner up) so will your team make it to the leader board⚜️

NOTE: this may be modified to become much bigger event so stayed tune and thanks for reading!