#some heavy hitters in this one!

[straightbaittournament]

only the option with the lowest percentage will be eliminated! propaganda under the cut (and more always welcome!):

jason grace and piper mclean:

So. Hera/Juno put a bunch of fake memories in Piper’s head of a months long relationship with Jason. However plot and stuff happens and they end up dating for real. Except no they didn’t. In the next series Apollo goes to them to ask for help and finds out they’ve broken up. Then there was a death prophecy that for once was actually fulfilled (RIP Jason). Finally at the end of ToA Piper was seen kissing a girl and your choice how to interpret that. Got together because a goddess shipped them. Broke up because they realised they were gay.

chrissie cunningham and eddie munson:

Had the CUTEST SCENE IN THE ENTIRE SHOW where they flirted and he tried to sell her drugs but then SHE GOT MURDERED and it was tragic

the joker and harley quinn:

They were a thing. She left his toxic ass for a cool plant lady. Good for her.

alec hardy and ellie miller:

They're your classic workplace enemies to lovers. Alec takes the job that Ellie was meant for, they're forced to work together on a devastating murder case, they bond. Over three series Alec becomes more human and lets his walls down around Ellie, and she begins to respect and trust him as a colleague and as a friend. Its a Big Deal when they hug. In most cases, especially when it's an m/f detective duo, they would end up together. But yet. Thee David Tennant and Olivia Coleman did not even have an aborted kiss or feelings confession. Neither of them end up with anyone else but they don't hint at anything at the end either. Queer Ally of all time David Tennant does straightbait ironically.

sam winchester and eileen leahy:

The last season set them up to be together, and then in Sam’s finale flash-forward, they replaced her with “blurry wife” literally a random blurred out woman rather than having him end up with Eileen Eileen is the coolest Supernatural character: she's deaf and also formerly dead (like Sam)

tan:

ok so it's complicated? like he's the lead love interest in a show that was very explicitly marketed as queer but I'm calling him straightbait because he literally straightbaits like every character in the show? So there's this girl (Jane) and everyone jsut assumes that he's dating her? Like she gets (spoiler!) murdered in ep 1 and the police are like "the body was found by the victim's boyfriend" and they mean Tan. Bun the main character drunkingly kissed Tan in the first episode as well and then saw Tan and Jane at an event holding hands and he was like....... wow this is awkward and also is he cheating on her with me??? (he was best friends with Jane). Anyways like this continues with Tan being under suspicion for Jane's murder because he's was her lover apparently and Bun is like living with this guy now and Tan is like laying it on thick about his attraction towards Bun but Bun is still suspicious and then Bun's talking to one of the kids that Jane and Tan taught and the kid is like "yeah so Miss Jane's boyfriend...." and Bun is like "right, Tan." and the kid is like "what??? mr tan never dated miss jane she was with this other guy." and Bun is confused (rightly) until like a few episodes later or so they're staring at their red string board and Tan is like "yeah so I was literally never with Jane we were just good friends" and is then also implied to be like gay as well so he's not even bi. Which ok straightbait over right? Wrong! Jane's actual boyfriend gets murdered and Tan gets arrested for it and he's like "what motive do I have to kill him??" and the police are like "well you two were fighting over Jane's love clearly" and he just kinda scoffs and smirks with a whole "these idiots have no idea that i'm currently planning on how to propose to my boyfriend of like a week" but just doesn't say anything?!?!?!?! he actively makes himself more suspicious and a greater target by pretending to be straight instead of just being like hey guys you know I was just buddies with Jane right? and i'm currently hooking up with the doctor who keeps giving you guys problems?? Anyways he's not straightbait in the sense that it was any surprise to the audience that he ended up with a boyfriend. but he did pretend to be straight for no real reason and literally endangered himself by doing so (this universe didn't seem to have like any actual homophobia stuff)

bruce wayne and selina kyle:

So a while back there was a whole thing about their wedding with SO much buildup. Like a whole mini series, a couple arcs in the main batman run, Superman and Nightwing threw him a bachelor party. Then when it was time for them to get married Selina fuckin left him at the altar. She left him at the altar man

luke skywalker and leia organa:

The idea of Luke and Leia was used in advertisements but they obviously decided not to do that. IT’S SO FUNNY. Like, I think this is the closest white straight people will ever get to ‘they were cousins’ing a couple. I looked up advertising to see if it was just in the movie proper or it WAS used to sell it and https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5z1SziDPKQw&t=118s&pp=2AF2kAIB ‘Luke and Leia: in danger, in love, in Star Wars’ is going to be one of the things that rolls around in my head for ages. It’s not just the whole ‘het love triangle advertises 2nd pairing that everyone knows won’t happen’ like Twilight, it’s the backpeddaling ‘no no it can’t happen, they’re actually siblings! It’d be weird! Ignore the ‘good luck’ kiss and the ‘I’ll be back’ kiss in the medbay and of course the full on make out session scene that happened! And even our own advertising’ Of it all.‘

eva garvey and gabriel:

they were really cute together and all their flirty build up actually had me, a known dyke, kind of rooting for them and then halfway through the show right in what's about to be a makeout scene they reveal he's gay lmfao. then they sleep together (platonically on different side of the covers) in his houseboat. iconic and i'm not mad about it but it was SO clearly calibrated to be straightbait and switch it was so funny like the cameras were WORKING for those lingering shots

kagome higurashi and inuyasha from inuyasha:

Long time until they get together, with teasing moments

good luck everyone! now go vote!

[electrozeistyking]

i am injuring myself through this au (this means i’m doing something right angst wise)

[twooowars]

holy fuck wow that new wheels post made me very curious so i looked on imdb for the user ratings of what are considered the Worst episodes... these are the "bottom 12" iasip episodes according to them, excluding gang beats boggs ladies reboot for obvious reasons. which would YOU consider the absolute worst out of the following episodes?

[mo-ok]

🖤 cool guys and cowboys 🖤

🌠

[curls-cat]

nothing like a medium sized fandom to make you realize that the most popular fic isn't usually the best written

[from-the-coffee-shop-in-edoras]

Hello from-the-coffee-shop-in-edoras!

It’s another week of sending out some interesting ASKs to my mutuals. 🥰 Have you read any must-read classics? If you did, which was your favourite and why? If you haven’t, what is your favourite book and why?

Oh, gosh! Like many of us here in Tolkien Tumblr, I also adore the genius that is Jane Austen and will take the chance to plug the lesser-discussed Lady Susan, which I think is *extremely* funny. I also had an obsession with Alexandre Dumas (père) from the time that I was young, and The Count of Monte Cristo remains one of the best times you can have with a book — drama and romance and revenge and tragedy and all the things! Does it count as a classic? I don’t know, probably depends who you ask. But it works for me!

Thanks for asking! I look forward to seeing other people’s responses to this — it’s a great way to get some recs for wonderful books that I’ve somehow missed or overlooked so far!

[podcastwizard]

you'd do numbers on tumblr

and that has been my burden since i was 14 years old

[crow-talks-hockey]

wow. well. my interest in the rempe-mania has absolutely plummeted. i was like "oh kinda cool" for round about the first two days and then... then i realized he's just going to be, and really already is, another dirty ass player and the Model R^nger if you know what i mean. the first couple fights were kind of cool and all but holy fucking shit if this is exactly the player we do NOT need coming up in the league. i'm all for bringing some of the rough-and-tough (BUT CLEAN) stuff back to hockey but when it's this? when it's coming into the league and basically making your goal hurting players? and getting away with it? it's bullshit. too many players have lost their primes or their ENTIRE FUCKING CAREER to injury especially related to head injuries, which is what rempe is doing. and he fucking knows it. it makes my stomach sick. and probably the worst part about this is the dops will do nothing. just like how they do nothing with wilson or trouba or perry or kane or any of the other repeat offenders. now, you could say rempe isn't a repeat offender yet but come on. if this continues it's going to happen. but it wont matter because the nhl doesn't care. they don't care. it's disgusting.

[wings-of-angels]

trying to plan out what pokèmon bruce wayne would have... much to think about

[raeofgayshine]

I love playing Pokémon in a way that would absolutely kill anyone who knows a thing about the game. No I don’t know most weaknesses and strengths of typings or what I should be using. No I’m not building a well rounded team. No I don’t remember battle to battle what moves are effective against what Pokémon’s even if I just fought them and lord knows I don’t really understand their power or literally any stat my mons have. I am heavily brute forcing my way through this game with my team full of Sunflora fusions because this is Infinite Fusions and I can do that. Yes having everyone a grass type presents problems. No I don’t care! I will beef them up enough they can tank hits until I can destroy whoever I’m fighting and if all else fails I have potions and revives and everything I need on stock to keep going. I do not know what I’m doing but I’m having fucking fun with it!!!!

[camels-pen]

*holding your face in my hands* listen- listen- Usopp's Snake Fireworks are not canon. They are not canon. I know that. You know that. We all know that.

But what if- and hear me out now- what if I gave him them anyway

[knifeforkspooncup]

bro ive been adhding the entire day and i forgor if i asked the asks i was gonna ask so i guess i'll just do it again lol if i already did, just ignore this. anyway:

ox rib, goats, Alpha Centauri, ball

Welcome to the club I literally did my first productive thing of the day after being froze all day and it is currently almost 9pm here. Also buddy I can't remember if you asked me already anyways so here we go (possibly again?) (Cue ABBA background music)

Ox rib - if you were a type of food what would you be?

I'd either be like, roasted vegetables or a grilled cheese sandwich. Idk why. Maybe I'm just craving those things lmao. If anyone wants to chime in and personality analyze what being a grilled cheese sandwich says about me, be my guest.

Goats - if goats could speak, should they be able to vote? Why or why not?

Imo goats should be able to vote just as they are. At least then maybe the absolute barnyard of a political system in my country would make a little more sense. Plus I think it's high time clothing was made more edible and I think goats have a lot of thoughts about that.

Alpha Centauri - where do you run off to when it feels like the end of the world?

My mind. Which is cruelly ironic because usually it's my mind that's making it feel like the end of the world. It's a codependent relationship.

But seriously my imagination, my daydreams, or more often these days distraction like my silly little favorite shows or fanfiction. Where's that poem about not mocking the bright colours of the life preserver?

Ball - what's something that's great in fantasy but disappointing in reality?

Everything lmao. OK partly joking but really a huge aspect of my experience is the real world not living up to my internal world. It's why sometimes fixations on fictional stories are simultaneously The Best and also deeply existential dread inducing for me.

A more normal answer is most careers lmao. I have an on paper certified Cool Job and it really is just. Meh.

[spymeister]

[fisherman-fight]

my work on the first round of polls is... probably about halfway done? there’s like 50 in round one it’s. a lot. i still need to find pictures for all the competitors and fix some formatting but other than that, they’re just about ready to go

[degrassi-ship-war]

Qualifying Round (Group 8):

The character with the least votes will be eliminated. The other four will move on to the main tournament!

[shewantsitall]

Southern Whizzer is a die hard Atlanta Braves fan and you can't change my mind