#showdown 2024

[rumbelleshowdown]

It's that time of year, dearies!

The time of year when I ask if the fandom wants another Rumbelle Showdown. This is the official interest post. I'll use responses to this to judge whether we still have enough people active in the fandom to make this work.

One caveat: please don't respond to this post by declaring that you will absolutely be signing up as a writer. The authors are supposed to be anonymous, remember?

Due to the nature of the Showdown, I personally feel that we need a minimum of 10 participants at the beginning. I'd prefer a minimum of 12, but I'll run the event with 10.

It's not just a matter of having enough writers, though. This event requires fandom participation to work. I need the fandom to send in prompts, read the fics, reblog, comment, send love to the authors via the ask box, and most importantly, to VOTE!!

If you're new to the fandom -- and how wonderful that we are still recruiting new people to this crazy ship of ours? -- you may not know what I'm talking about. I'll refer you to our FAQ, Event Breakdown, and Rules. If you still have questions after reading those, send me a question via the ask box.

[reolf]

The Fruit of Life

I finally posted my showdown fic of 2024 under the name of Ruklon Runarys!

[santatrackershowdown]

I didn't know he did that! Neat!

[parksnark]

+14 to athletics

[arctvros]

BREAKING NEWS: kenjaku drops out of presidential race, endorses star plasma vessel fetus for nominee

[tmnt-multiverse-election]

Kids Showdown 10/18/24

Shelldon @the-lavender-clown (Fool's Gold)

Kid Leo @angelpuns (Kid Leo au)

Swanattello @tangledinink (Swanattello)

August Hamato @star-sparkler (August Hamato)

can you guess the theme for this showdown?

[hakurasakura]

If Jujutsu High had iPhones… | [inspo.] [template]

[the-lavender-clown]

TMNT MULTIVERSE ELECTION SHOWDOWN

Question one

Question two

Question three

@tmnt-multiverse-election

[kivizzaofficial]

Inktober s going on on a background

[kaitcreates]

Congrats to our winners!

Third Place: Ty Balckthorn

Second Place: Tessa Gray

And in First Place…

Jem Carstairs!!

[demynom]

chase young nation rise

[pinklimonadart]

This guy

[santatrackershowdown]

I love the little Live Feed there on Google Santa tracker because it tells us nothing. Zero relevance to the places where Santa actually is, and also it's still images.

[creepy-scrawl]

ISTG THAT IF MISS KILO KISH DOES NOT ENTER THE FINALS ON THE TUMBLR POP GIRL COMPETITION SHOWDOWN 2024 IMMA KMS DIRECTLY ON TUMBLR LIVE 🔪🔪🔪

[bigcats-birds-and-books]

Books of 2024: STARLING HOUSE by Alix E. Harrow.

Still in my Haunted House Era™, finished this one this afternoon, had a great time!! Harrow somehow always puts Just Enough of my personal catnip in her books, and I've really enjoyed everything of hers I've read so far (WITCHES, JANUARY, and now this, which was decidedly more modern--I'm a fan!).

Like with THE ONCE AND FUTURE WITCHES, I really enjoyed the sibling dynamics in STARLING HOUSE. Opal and Jasper were delightful, and the ONLY valid Miscommunication Plot Point is one-upping each other on [SPOILER REDACTED]--wholesome, perfect, no notes. I loved how sharp and vicious Opal was, and I loved how insufferable Arthur was, and I loved Jasper (who, me? having a soft spot for clever kind teenage boys?? whaaaat), and Bev, and the hellcat, and THE HOUSE!!! The House was great, I'm making so many NaNo prep notes over here.

I also enjoyed the parallels between Eleanor and Opal and how cyclic violence was emphasized through the circular framing. AND it was fun piecing together the whole manuscript's structure--definitely a break from, say, VanderMeer, or Le Guin, but I liked the footnotes and the offset fonts and figuring out who was telling which stories and Why It Was Framed Like That. Good book! Good time!! Do recommend!

[tmnt-multiverse-election]

Showdown 9/20/24

Ghost @amevello-blue (Ghost In The Shell)

Future Leo @cosmoscrown (Odd Man Out)

Liam @fishsticksloser (Last Echoes)