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[doedoeattaboy]

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[rawsmackdownnxtdivas]

Raw Flashback - Seth Rollins vs Rusev (with Lana)

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Vote and reblog 😊😊

[ind1exo]

This mf having a breakdown breakdown. I can easily imagine this psycho rapidly clawing at parts of his body with blood coming out like how Dio from JoJo part 3 did it after drinking the blood of the Joestars.

...I just had a crazy thought.

Seth said that to the last person he should be saying it to. xD Look at him. Kenneth is a grade A vampirephobe.

...So, Seth's possibility of saving Kenneth should have completely flown out the window by now. Just put him out of his misery.

AND WTF IS THIS HEIGHT DIFFERENCESHSJSSKA--

[matthewliberatore]

august 14 stl cards vs oak a's

ok mikolas don't let me down

jordan walker should not have been called out the tag didn't even touch him (it was overturned tho)

GOLDY 2 RUN HOMER TO TAKE THE LEAD

and then gallegos gives the lead up immedately after he comes in...

SETH GREEN TYSM FOR DROPPING THAT BALL ❤️❤️

jojo romero is on fire rn 🗣

THAT'S A WIN 💪💪

[machisneedle]

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This blog I've made is dedicated to writing for my interests!! So basically, I write fanfics is the easiest way to put it ☆₊˚ ₍ᐢ. ̫.ᐢ₎

Intro 🕷️ྀི` .

For a quick understanding of who I am and what I do, my name is iris and I'm 19, 20 in March!

My main hyperfixations right now are hunter x hunter IM SO IN LOVE W FEITAN RAHH <33.

I also really like honkai star rail, zenless zone zero and sometimes genshin (I don't play the game but adore the characters).

Some other animes I enjoy are jujutsu kaisen , chainsaw man , hellsing , higarashi when they cry and jojos bizarre adventure !

Blog rules and who I write for 🕷️ྀི` .

Rules

With fanfics, especially smut, I'm not picky with what I read or write ? But I obviously do have my limits.

I won't write bathroom stuff... It just grosses me out sorry.

Hard gun or knife play that could risk safety, not sure it just feels awkward to me.

L0l1-c0n/inappropriate activities with underage people, i will write fluff or friendship headcanons for minors but refuse to write smut, unless i age them up.

Unneeded abuse, now that sounds bad but stuff that feeds into a fetish instead of a plot I mean.

Those are my main rules, and I am willing to write more... unconventional stuff like (somno , light non-con , light feet stuff). Not that I'm particularly interested in it sexually , I just find it interesting to write.

Who I write for

Hunter x hunter -

Feitan , chrollo , kurapika , machi , pakunoda , sometimes hisoka , shalnark , illumi , shizuku , gon (platonicly) and killua (platonicly).

Honkai star rail -

Blade , Sunday , moze , jiaoqiu , doctor ratio , jade , acheron , kafka and also jing yuan maybe.

Genshin -

Capitano , neuvillette , kazuha , Al-haitham , diluc , Lisa , raiden shogun / ei and clorinde.

Zenless zone zero -

Seth , wise and lighter.

Jujutsu kaisen-

Yuta okkotsu (aged up) , suguru geto , megumi fushiguro (aged up) and maki zenin (aged up).

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[is-your-blorbo-a-bottom]

Welcome to Is Your Blorbo a Bottom?

This is a polling blog to vote if you favorite characters are a bottom, top, or switch!

Submission rule

- please only characters 18+

- please give me characters name and what they are from

- only one character per ask (you can submit as many as you want just separate them into their own asks)

- check under the cut for any characters already submitted

Please submit all your favorite characters!

Characters submitted in alphabetical order (by first name)

A

Anakin Skywalker- Star Wars

Astarion- Baldur’s Gate 3

B

Blitzø- Helluva Boss

Bucky Barnes- the MCU

C

Castiel- Supernatural

Chris Redfield- Resident Evil

Cole- Lego Ninjago

Crowley- good omens

D

Dean Winchester- supernatural

Death- Discworld

Double Trouble- She-Ra

E

Eleanor Shellstrop- The Good Place

G

Gale Dekarios - Baldur's Gate 3

Gallagher - Honkai Star Rail

Greg House- House MD

H

Hawks from My Hero Academia

I

Isami Ao- Bang Brave Bang Bravern

J

Jace Beleren- Magic the Gathering

Janus Sanders- Sanders Sides

Jolyne Cujoh- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

K

Kazi- The Dragon Prince

Keiji Shinogi- Your Turn to Die

Keith Kogane- Voltron

L

Lammio- the Unknown Soldier

Laois- dungeon meshi

Leonard Church- Red vs Blue

Leone Abbacchio - JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

Loona- Helluva Boss

Lucien La'chance- Oblivion

Lucifer- Hazbin Hotel

M

macaque- lego monkie kid

maglor- the silmarillion

Merlin- BBC Merlin

Miles Edgeworth- Ace Attorney

N

Needles- The Magnus Protocol

Nori Doorman- Murder Drones

O

Oko- Magic the Gathering

Optimus Prime- Transformers: Prime

P

PIXAL- Lego Ninjago

Prince Sidon from Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Q

Quentin Coldwater- The Magicians

R

Reiner Braun- attack on titan

Rei Suwa- Buddy Daddies

Rikiel- jojos bizarre adventure

ryomen sukuna- jujutsu kaisen

S

Sampo Koski - Honkai Star Rail

Senshi- Delicious in Dungeon/Dungeon Meshi

Seth Gordon- All For The Game

Shin Tsukimi- Your Turn to Die

Stolas - Helluva Boss

T

The Lamb - Cult of the Lamb

The tenth Doctor - Doctor Who

Tomura Shigaraki - My Hero Academia

V

Vash the Stampede- Trigun

Virgil Sanders- Sanders Sides

Vox- Hazbin hotel

W

Will Halstead- Chicago Med

William Birkin- Resident evil 2

Wolf on the Cookie Crisp Cereal Box

[biggie-chcese]

rain code age headcanons because i have literally only ever been choosing ages based on what's funniest but now i wanna cast away my grand layers of irony and be genuine for a moment. also. this goes pretty in depth so be prepped for the long haul when you click read more lmao.

spoilers for the whole game below and it's because of one specific character iykyk

Yakou - this man has the soul of a guy in his late 40s going through what would be his midlife crisis if not for the fact that he's fully aware he passed the midpoint years ago. but that soul is trapped in the body of a guy who doesnt look a day older than 28. what moisturizer does he use? i doubt he even uses anything other than that 13 in 1 shampoo. anyway, i think he's 32.

Halara - 26. nothing really to justify this other than they've got that mid 20s swag but 25 didn't feel right. adult enough to be as competent as they are yet young enough to look like that. moving on.

Desuhiko - 19. i think he's the youngest of the NDA because. well. idk man have you read his dialogue? he's got a whole lot of growing to do and is still very lost on his direction in life. he's giving 'bitch fresh outta high school (or in this case, detective training) and relishing in his freshly obtained freedom."

Vivia - 28? yeah i got nothing for this i am going purely on vibes here. 28 just feels right.

Fubuki - 23. she's clearly still a bit young but is also clearly a grown ass adult who wasn't raised right so i think this makes for a happy medium, especially if she's already been on some worldwide adventures n shit before the game. works out quite swimmingly methinks.

Kurumi - 18. for my personal comfort bc we'll get to yuma later but im not gonna sit here and ignore the way the game constantly grovels at the audience's feet to ship them so id rather she not be any younger than this. anyway, more about her: she tends to hold her own as an informant with more competence, maturity, and effecience than most of the NDA. but she also has a pretty childish black and white view on things, like believing her beloved detectives are always right (girl if you were real you would be ENTRENCHED in stan culture oml do NOT get into minecraft youtubers) but i've... seen 18 year olds on the internet that are exactly the same so whatever

Aetheria girls - putting them all at 17-18 because, based on honorifics, they are treated as upperclassmen by their peers in the Japanese dub. i think waruna is the youngest and kurane is the eldest.

Yomi - 25. he has that vibe. old enough to be taken seriously as an adult but young enough to act like That™. yknow?

Martina - 32. she's giving older woman sexy librarian vibes and generally carries herself with a certain level of poise and maturity but is also a freak in a way that can best be explained by being a woman in her 30s. not elaborating on this

Swank - 41. to me he's like those awful surly businessmen who go to cabaret clubs to drink and smoke their office job woes away and cheat on their wives. but he also has extreme mafia boss swag about it so i kinda love him for that. dunno what this has to do with age tho. moving on.

Seth - 22 because he's giving youngest brother. i think he's the youngest of the peacekeepers in general. guillaume definitely bullies him about this.

Dominic - 34. bro is built like a jojo character what else do you want me to say. he's still got that youthfulness about him that makes me think he's still not going through his midlife crisis, so i wouldn't place him any older

Guillaume - 23. guillaume is so girlypop manic pixie dream girl core that she's definitely got the energy of someone who is young but also strikes the balance of being someone who has a job and a mortgage. dunno how she does it. id like to think she isnt even much older than seth but still bullies him for being the baby of the peacekeepers. do u understand my vision. please. they have so much annoying coworker potential.

shinigami - idk like 1000. she's a death god who cares.

yuma - okay. yeah. look i dont give a singular fuck about age discourse- headcanon whatever you want- but from looking at canon material i genuinely think that he could not possibly be any younger than 21. 20 if we wanna push it. yes, i know he looks young. i have eyes. but also, im in my 20s and the most common thing people tell me when i reveal my age is "oh, i thought you were 15." one time a person asked me if i was 12. at my job. that i was actively working at. i was 20. adults can look young, and contrary to the classic 1000 year old loli dragon trope he doesnt act overtly childish. he acts like a normal fuckin guy. yes he cries but like. you wouldn't in his position? bro speedruns lifelong trauma so skillfully that he's backwards long jumping into alternate universes where everything is somehow worse. i'd be freaked out if he didn't cry. also im aware that the child prodigy detective trope is a thing and that kodaka has written that before but... he was number one three years ago. and the training takes two years. which means, if he is a minor in the game's present day, he started working at the WDO at 12 and became number one at 14... at the oldest. have you ever met a 14 year old? forgive me for not suspending my disbelief here. and really the kicker for me is that yuma has a line where he says he's not sure if he's drinking age (which would be 20 in japan), but you know who would be sure? you know who knows yuma's age better than yuma?

makoto kagutsuchi - this megacorporation CEO has a fully stocked minibar installed in his penthouse. <- sentence i cannot bring myself to believe if it's about a child. since i also cant picture him becoming CEO at age 14 without yomi at least once angrily pointing that out (he only ever mentions that makoto is an outsider, or has his head in the clouds), id like to think both him and yuma, at their youngest, earned their top spots at their respective organizations at 18. it keeps their gifted kid syndrome and young prodigy-ness without making things comically ridiculous or uncomfortable for the sheer amount of sexual situations yuma gets put into.

anyway that's my silly little ramble on age headcanons. this was actually really fun to think about. shoutout to kodaka for leaving out the ages. funniest choice he could've made

[sethmp3]

✧!Introduction!✧

Hello my name is Seth!

✧ I am a minor

✧ pronouns are she/her and if you must know im bisexual (mostly prefer men though)

✧ I'm filipino so my time zone is (GMT+8)

✧ I have school 6-9 hours per weekday

Rp Blogs(OPENED very slowly though !!!):

Record of Ragnarok

@hope-of-humanity ADAM

@anonymous-moon-is-here MOON (from @/qin-shi-king blog)

@ror-nikola-tesla NIKOLA TESLA

Twisted Wonderland

@the-fairest-of-the-land VIL

Interest:

Identity V

Record of Ragnarok

Twisted wonderland

Stardew valley

Jojo Bizarre Adventure

Genshin impact

Honkai starrail

DNI:

Racists

Homophobes

Israel supporters

Generally any red flag/problematic

[echidna-enquiries]

You all actually seem to get along as a family… have any of you ever dealt with toxic family members? Surely your large family isn’t all perfect..

The group that had gathered looked solemn... no one knew where to start speaking. Salem: (he let out a sigh, deciding to be the one to speak up first) Unfortunately yes... I had married and was unfortunate to expose my son to such a person. My ex-wife, she... was not the person I thought she was. She turned out to be very... abusive. More in a way of her behavior and words. But I put up with it... but then I found out she had treated our son far worse... All because he 'didn't turn out like she wanted'. (he places a hand on his head) I still feel so much regret for Lance having to be in such a situation. The moment I found out, I had never felt so-... so angry. (he sighs, collecting himself) I divorced that wretched woman as soon as I could and made it clear she was not welcome near me or my family ever again ... (he looks off with a scowl) I don't know where she is, and I don't care to... she could be rotting in a ditch for all I care... after everything she put Lance through behind my back, and made him keep silent over it.

Morgan: My own ex-wife... I'd rather not get into her entirely, but she was unfaithful I found her with another...one of our close friends in fact. (she adjusts her glasses, holding back a shaky breathe) I hadn't been in a long term relationship since... at least until Arcana.

Seth: I'm not sure if my case counts towards myself, but towards Sorrel, I'd say it was very... ugh. (he shakes his head, thinking back) For a time, I... wasn't sure who Sorrel's mother was. I was very reckless about my sexual activities in my younger years. I got no call or letter, or anything from the mother. Just found the child dumped on my doorstep out of nowhere, not even a note or a birth certificate. I had to handle all of that myself... (he scowls darkly, his nails digging into his arm as he crossed his arms) What makes me the most disgusted, is that I found out who it was eventually. No need to mention her by name, but this bitch... she had the nerve, the GAUL, that once Sorrel was old enough. She just so happened to try and reconnect with her 'lost baby' just as he had began training to become the next Guardian... let's just say it didn't go as she liked. Tiberius: Eheh, does my stupid ass count? (the others give him a look, mix of annoyance and concern) Sorry, that sounded funny in my head. Okay (scratches head, letting out a breathe)... my choices in exes were not... great. In my youth, I had pretty bad taste in women... my ex-fiance was likely the worst, according to the family. They had made it clear they didn't think she was right for me. Not even for the same reasons as the others, she was a bitch or nothing but... man she was really irresponsible, reckless, didn't think about anything long term. if she had stayed with me. She would've been a bad influence, either on me or my daughter. (he looks off, a solemn look in his eyes). At first, I was stubborn... I really thought that despite everything that it could work... then she got pregnant. I thought that it was a bad idea but she didn't listen... and then Journey came along. I tried to do better for her, and she... well. It shouldn't have been much of a surprise that she quickly left, just... poof. Gone. (he crosses his arms) It fucked me up for a while, but I tried to do right by Journey... sometimes it really bugged her that her mum walked out. It made her feel she wasn't good enough as a kid... I hate her for that the most. Jojo didn't need that. Rhett: If this counts, my in-laws were... well. Lets just say they were a bunch of pompous pricks. I knew they weren't fans of me and my wive's apparent 'outlandish' lifestyle compared to theirs of 'class and high-society' (he scoffs) The amount of times I wanted to smash whatever was closest to me over their heads I lost count of. They were full of shitty comments towards my wife, me, our friends... but they learnt very closely not to dare make any comments about our kids. I made it very clear that I did not like them back either, my names for them got very. (he darkly chuckles) Creative. I wont' repeat them. Seth: What a killjoy... this is such a downer topic. We could use a compilation of curses.

Marcello: Um-if we're talking about in-laws. I guess I got one more. Not mine but my dad's... or well my mum's parents. I had never met them and for a good chunk of my childhood I never knew why. I'd ask but Dad would just say something quick to end the topic while Mum would get so sad... Wasn't till I got older that Dad filled me in. My grandparents were apparently REALLY awful people... they abused mum bad. Mistreated her horribly, verbal, sometimes even physical stuff. He never said anything specific but, that it was just bad. It had gotten to a point that dad threatened them, saying that if they came towards her or anyone in our family again. They'd have to deal with him. So I never met them. Or my other grandparents, but dad doesn't talk about them a lot. Only 'grandparents' I had were my great Aunt Cordelia and Uncle Bertram. They had told me a bit about my grandma's but Shepherd didn't like talking about them Morgan:...Really? Not once? Not anything beyond what history shit tells us? Marcello: Nope. I always tried asking if his mum was bad or something but no, she wasn't. Dad just... didn't like talking about her. Tiberius:...wait did you say grandma's? As in... plural? Marcello: Don't you remember, Evangeline was a lesbian. Had an unofficial wife. But my other grandma uh... Serenity I think her name was, she died when dad was really young.

Tiberius:...Well it'd be nice if he you know-told us these things.

Rhett: C'mon, you know that ain't happening...

Salem: (clears his throat again) Anyway um... to summarise. We all try to be good to eachother, at the end of the day we're kinda all we have. Immortality does that to us... but we haven't been immune to coming across and unfortunately bringing people into our family that were indeed very toxic.

[doedoeattaboy]

тамблер это отвратительная платформа с западными жиробасами

[cptnbeefheart]

if anyone has been following for my chronicles on introducing my friend seth to music he loves tom petty now. and we got in a fight yesterday because he called scorsese a pretentious elitist despite not knowing anything about him really and i had to stop myself from stoning him to death shirley jackson style. i KNOW youre not talking abyt MY FRIEND MARTY. he also likes paul mccartney and every time i send him music he says 'Like from Jojo?' be honest should i send unto him a plague of locusts

[kob131]

SPeaking of DB, what do you think about Giorno vs Joker? IIRC it's heavily interpretation heavy, but I'm curious to think on who you think would win.

Well, let's start by laying down the ground work in assuming that Joker's feats are equivalent to slaying a God. I still don't know if the creatures like Yaldaboth are truly gods (as in, comparable to SMT's YHVH or Lucifer) but let's say that Sataneal could make Joker a God Slayer.

In terms of destructive power, I'd say Joker is a winner. Obviously. Giorno has never faced a foe even near a God's level of power. Even beyond that, I would think the higher tiers of attacks from Personas probably match the more destructive Stands like Killer Queen. Unlike Golden Experience, which relies on Giorno's quick thinking and abuse of its power to win fights, not raw strength.

Versatility though, I'd honestly say goes to Giorno. If we use P5 The Animation as the basis for what Personas Joker can use, Joker has a good variety of moves between physical attacks with Yoshitsunne and Hecatoncheir, magic with Beelzebub and Vishnu, status through numerous Personas, healing through Pixie, simple range through Seth and White Rider and of course the sheer power of Sataneal. ... But Giorno's power lets him call upon any known animal on planet Earth as a weapon. Not as destructive as Joker's Personas but all Giorno would need is to create an animal with a toxic enough venom or poison and fling them at Joker to kill him (unless Joker can cure status). And because the animals can and will work autonomously from Giorno, he can run and hide while Joker NEEDS to direct his Personas. Which can be impaired by Giorno overloading Joker with life energy. You also have to remember that any damage Joker performs on an animal Golden Experience gives life to will reflect that damage back, making it extra dangerous.

Speaking of- healing ability. This is a weird one. Joker's healing doesn't require raw materials nor time like Giorno's Golden Experience. But it does use his finite resources in MP whereas Stands simply require focus from the user. It's weird where Joker's healing is superior to Giorno's but it's more finite than his.

We have intelligence which...I don't know. Joker is undoubtly intelligent (you wouldn't be able to wrangle the Phantom Thieves and use Personas effectively if you weren't smart in some way) but JoJo as a series basically works as a series of Puzzle Bosses which constantly require you to think outside the box and use EVERYTHING you have to beat them. It's also a written series so there's more time to showcase Giorno's cleverness than a video game/deliberately gimped anime where Joker is restricted.

And then, we have...the arrowheaded elephant in the room. Gold Experience Requiem. A stand that existed for about 4 chapters, had one fight and that's ALL we know in canon. GER's power is very...undefined. We know it's a lot stronger than GE and it's sentient. But it's ability to 'return to zero'?

All we know is it undoes...something.

Does it have to happen to Giorno to work? Maybe, but GER can undo King Crimson's time skip which wasn't necessarily targeted at Giorno. Diavolo intended on using it to kill Giorno but it wasn't directly AIMED at him.

Does it have a range for this? It literally has 'null' for stats so who knows?

Is it incapable of stopping extremely powerful attacks, like nukes? I dunno. It stopped King Crimson which isn't a nuke but is fucking with goddamn TIME.

Does Giorno need to be conscious? Maybe not, Giorno wasn't conscious when GER was reversing the time skip but we don't know if it could, say, stop an attack on a sleeping Giorno.

Could you overcome GER with a god's power? Maybe. Dio Over Heaven in the Eyes of Heaven game couldn't care less about it but that's a non-canon video game and Joker MIGHT be able to resist Dio Over Heaven's ability to rewrite reality.

It honestly depends on if you think Joker's 'will to rebellion' can overcome GER. It was able to overcome Yaldabath's overwritting of the world but GER is a Stand that, itself, fucks with Fate. Both Joker and Giorno are people who break fate itself to be heroes. So...it's really fucking hard to judge.

If you take out GER and Sataneal, Joker likely wins. He's just stronger with powerful options to overwhlem Giorno, who comes from an at least semi-realistic world. There is a chance Joker blows himself up from attacking an animal with a strong attack but Joker's Personas tend to resist at worst the elements they use. But with GER, it all comes down to whose will to overcome is stronger.

[alexilulu]

Books I read in 2024 Masterpost

#0: A Memory Called Empire (Arcady Martine, Tor Books, 2019)

#1: A Desolation Called Peace (Arkady Martine, Tor Books, 2021)

#2: Exordia (Seth Dickinson, Tor Books, 2024)

#3: The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives Inside Your Home (Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor, Harper Perennial, 2020)

#4: The King In Yellow (Robert W. Chambers, Warbler Classics (originally F. Tennyson Neely), 1895)

#5: Katana-Ra (Jay Libby (based on an outline by Kosala Ubayasekara), W.R.K.S. Games (self-published), 2023)

#6: Runequest: Roleplaying in Glorantha (Greg Stafford Steve Perrin Jeff Richard Jason Durall and friends, Chaosium Inc., 2019)

#7: Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë under the pen name Ellis Bell, Thomas Newby, 1847)

#8: Moby Dick (Hermann Melville, Independent Publisher (originally Harper & Brothers), 1851)

#9: Saevus Corax Deals With the Dead (K.J. Parker (pen name of Tom Holt), Orbit Books, 2023)

#10: A Legacy of Spies (John le Carré, Viking Press, 2017)

#11: Saevus Corax Captures the Castle (K.J. Parker (pen name of Tom Holt), Orbit Books, 2023)

#12: Karl Marx (Isaiah Berlin, Times Inc. Books, 1963)

#13: The Yiddish Policeman's Union (Michael Chabon, HarperCollins, 2007)

#14: Final Girls Support Group (Grady Hendrix, Berkley Books, 2021)

#15: Slow Horses (Mick Herron, Soho Crime, 2010)

#16-18: The Scholomance Series (Naomi Novik, Del Rey Books, 2020-2022)

#19-22: The Apothecary Diaries, Volumes 4-7 (Natsu Hyūga with illustrations by Touko Shino, published by Shufunotomo, English translation by J-Novel Club, 2021-2023)

#23: The Saint of Bright Doors (Vajra Chandrasekera, Tor Books, 2023)

#24: Agent Running in the Field (John le Carré, Viking Books, 2019)

#25: Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Part 7: Steel Ball Run (Hirohiko Araki, Shueisha, serialized 01/19/2004-04/19/2011 in Weekly Shonen Jump for the first 24 chapters followed by Ultra Jump monthly thereafter)

#26: Fire Warrior (Simon Spurrier, Black Library Publishing (an imprint of Games Workshop), 2003)

The Rules

1: unless tagged #spoilers, any novel I post will not contain plot spoilers but may contain vibe spoilers or allusion to events; I may talk about what the story is About that the dust jacket or my own synopsis may not make obvious but I won't tell you who killed somebody or a cool twist

2: I'd I post a book here it is because I finished it and liked it, OR I finished it and need to untangle why I didn't. Novels I simply don't enjoy I don't finish anymore, as a rule, but I may break it if something about it compels me to finish it. I've only had to do it twice in the last year, but both novels were so antithetical to my enjoyment that it made me actually feel mad about trying to read them.

3: I'm not gonna rate them. I don't like ratings systems, I'm not gonna try to hammer something into a number, and forcing it is just going to be dumb. I did think about making a 7 point criteria list that if a novel met it I would declare perfect, but that's too much work. Maybe in a lull of books or something I'll hammer one out. If I do, one point will be "did it contain a character wielding a sword flicking the blood from their blade before sheathing it?"

4: no rereads. I have a bad habit of returning to old books series when I have so many books that interest me that I'd like to break, so for 2024 unless I need to for something wild like a series entry I'm not expecting, no rereads.

5: There's gonna be some nonfiction in here. I've got a couple of things at the top of my to-read list that are political or social in nature, but if you're following me or reading these you probably can attune yourself to my political stances to know what's up pretty quickly. That said, I'm gonna talk about social shit occasionally even outside of those, so idk if that's a big deal but, yknow.

6: fuck it, we ball

[monster-character-poll]

Round One Brackets

Welcome to round one! In total, we have 116 characters competing for the title of Best Monster! Voting will start June 26th. Good luck!

(Special shout out to my friends for helping, thanks guys!)

PART ONE

Ken Kaneki (Tokyo Ghoul) VS Power (Chainsaw Man) Denji (Chainsaw Man) VS Tony Tony Chopper (One Piece) Koro-Sensei (Assassination Classroom) VS Garou (One Punch Man) Kumoko (So I'm a Spider So What) VS Byakuroku (Amatsuki) Imperfect Cell (Dragon Ball Z) VS Dio Brando (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure) "Hikaru" (The Summer Hikaru Died) VS Shin-ah (Akatsuki no Yona) Moerumba (Futari wa Precure Splash Star) VS Sparda (Mahoutsukai Precure) Shindoine (Healin' Good Precure) VS John Doe (Yumekui Merry) Envy (Fullmetal Alchemist) VS Migi (Parasyte)

PART TWO

Frankie Stein (Monster High G1) VS Frankie Stein (Monster High G3) Draculaura (Monster High G1) VS Clawdeen Wolf (Monster High G1) Lagoona Blue (Monster High G1) VS Cleo de Nile (Monster High G1) Ghoulia Yelps (Monster High G1) VS Abbey Bominable (Monster High G1) Twyla (Monster High G1) VS Robecca Steam (Monster High G1) Spectra Vondergeist (Monster High G1) VS Operetta (Monster High G1) Deuce Gorgon (Monster High G1) VS Clawd Wolf (Monster High G1) Seth Ptolemy (Monster High G1) VS Jackson Jekyll/Holt Hyde (Monster High G1) Catty Noir (Monster High G1) VS Scarah Screams (Monster High G1)

PART THREE

Frankenstein's Monster (Frankenstein) VS Dracula (Dracula) Godzilla (Godzilla) VS King Kong (King Kong) Grendel (Beowulf) VS Gremlin (Gremlins) Mothra (Mothra) VS Minotaur (Greek Mythology) Baba Yaga (Slavic Folklore) VS El Coco (Folklore) Bigfoot (Folklore) VS Mothman (Folklore) The Wolfman (The Wolfman 1941) VS The Mummy (The Mummy 1959) Nosferatu (Nosferatu) VS Carmilla (Carmilla)

PART FOUR

Kelpie (Scottish Folklore) VS Nuckelavee (Orcadian Folklore) Santa Claus (Christian Mythology) VS Krampus (German Folklore) The Creature from the Black Lagoon (The Creature from the Black Lagoon 1954) VS Audrey II (Little Shop of Horrors) Shrek (Shrek) VS The Grinch (Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas) Elmo (Sesame Street) VS Venom (Marvel) Mike and Sully (Monsters Inc) VS Bowser (Mario Games) Monster House (Monster House) VS Giggling Green Ghost (Scooby-Doo) Edalyn Clawthorne (The Owl House) VS Vee Noceda (The Owl House)

PART FIVE

Springtrap (Five Nights At Freddy's) VS Sans (Undertale) Oz (Monster Prom) VS Polly Geist (Monster Prom) Faust (Guilty Gear Strive) VS Tenebrae (Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World) Reese Kelly (Scarlet Hollow) VS Zoe (Monster Prom) Chaos (Sonic Adventures) VS Teddie (Persona 4) Alucard (Castlevania) VS Ludwig the Holy Blade (Bloodborne) Asterius (Hades) VS Phonegingi (Dialtown) Lord Raptor (Darkstalkers) VS Firebrand (Ghosts 'n Goblins)

PART SIX

Mimikyu (Pokémon) VS Wormmon (Digimon) Impmon (Digimon) VS Guilmon (Digimon) Pikachu (Pokémon) VS Tyson (Percy Jackson) Lorgar Aurelian (Warhammer 40k) VS Rykard (Elden Ring) Mr. Hyde/Brain (Arthur) VS Twerkey (Miitopia) Micheal (The Magnus Archives) VS Jonathan Sims (The Magnus Archives) Elias Bouchard (The Magnus Archives) VS John Doe (Malevolent) The Hound (RWBY) VS Falin Touden (Dungeon Meshi)

PART SEVEN

Ankh (Kamen Rider OOO) VS Momotaros (Kamen Rider Den O) Graphite (Kamen Rider Ex Aid) VS Hajime Aikawa (Kamen Rider Blade) Urataros (Kamen Rider Den O) VS Kintaros (Kamen Rider Den O) Ryutaros (Kamen Rider Den O) VS Sieg (Kamen Rider Den O) Deneb (Kamen Rider Den O) VS Teddy (Kamen Rider Den O) Gubila (Ultraman) VS Pigmon (Ultraman) Nowhere King (Centaurworld) VS Pega (Ultraman Geed) Reimon (Ultra Galaxy: Mega Monster Battle) VS Kate (Ultra Galaxy: Mega Monster Battle)