#that weren't submitted before for the character tournament

[queer-book-character-tournament]

Would you consider a user submitted crackship singles mixer poll or are you content

i'd consider it but i am pretty content rn lol i'll think more on it while this one runs

[hotvintagepoll]

Propaganda

Deborah Kerr (Bonjour Tristesse, An Affair to Remember, The King and I)— For several decades she held the record for most Oscar nominations without a win (6 in total), and she was a prolific leading lady throughout the 40s and 50s. She's best known today for the romance An Affair to Remember with Cary Grant, and as the governess in The King and I. Many people have this erroneous perception of her as extremely prim, proper, and virginal, but this could not be further from the truth. When she first came to Hollywood under MGM she was typecast into boring decorative roles, but broke sexual boundaries for herself and Hollywood generally in From Here to Eternity, when she made out (horizontally!) with Burt Lancaster (on top of him!) in the famous Beach Scene. She went on to play many sexually conflicted women, a character type that would define most of her post- Eternity work. She continued to break Hays Code boundaries with Tea and Sympathy, which addresses homosexuality/homophobia head-on, and even did a topless scene in The Gypsy Moths 1969!! One of the only classic stars to do so. She deserves a more nuanced and frankly a hotter legacy than she currently has!!!

Ethel Merman (Anything Goes, Call Me Madam)— Possessed of a bold, brash voice, and an even bolder and brasher presence, Ethel Merman might be more well known for her stage roles, but she made several movies, and was bold and brash in them as well. Also I think if I don't submit her, she's going to come back and haunt me.

This is round 1 of the tournament. All other polls in this bracket can be found here. Please reblog with further support of your beloved hot sexy vintage woman.

[additional propaganda submitted under the cut]

Ethel Merman:

You've gotta love any woman who got typecast as lead-MILF

Deborah Kerr:

I think she was one of my first crushes before I realised I was bi in The King and I when I watched it as a kid honestly. The kissing scene in From Here to Eternity is iconic for a reason. Actually tried to learn the accents for the characters she was playing if they weren't English which is more than pretty much anyone else was doing then. Played very restrained characters who frequently seemed to be desperate not to be so restrained. Did horror movies without venturing into hagsploitation tropes. Gave Marni Nixon the credit she deserved for her share of the singing in The King and I.

Anne Larsen is a peak late 1950s bisexual with big MILF energy. Have you seen the behind the scenes pics of her wearing a suit?? Have you????? Vote Deb as Anne Larsen.

Nominated for an Oscar six (6) times and never won, but besides her having actual talent (hot), and besides her looking Like That (very hot, also beautiful), she was always playing women who are, like, crazy repressed. Which makes it fun and easy for me to read these characters as queer. Icon!!!! You know what's hot? Playing ambiguously gay in vintage Hollywood.

Her face and talent and body, yes, ofc, duh. But also!!! Her HANDS!!!! I may be but a simple lesbian, but she is the best hactor (hand actor) that ever lived and that's HOT! For propriety's sake I feel I must redact a large portion of my commentary on this subject. Anyway. She's hot in her most famous roles (mentioned above), and also some of her sexiest hacting is on display in An Affair to Remember (her hand on the bannister when Cary Grant kisses her off-screen??? HELLO???), Tea and Sympathy (when she's trying to persuade Tom not to go out and she keeps flexing her hands like she wants to reach out to him but can't??? ALLY BEHAVIOR! WE STAN!), and The Innocents (which opens and closes with extended shots of her hands bc director Jack Clayton was also an ally and he did that for ME). Much of her appeal also lies in the fact that she often played deeply repressed characters and you know what's hot? When those uptight characters finally unravel. It's sexy. It's cathartic. It's erotic. Plus, she's beautiful to look at in both black & white and technicolor, and the more of her films you see, the more you can't help but fall in love!

Literally is in thee most famously sexy scene of all time (or maybe just during the hays code era which is what we're talking about HELLO), which is the beach scene with Burt Lancaster in from here to eternity. To quote a tumblr post of a screen capture of a tweet of a video of joy behar on the view: "y'know, there used to be movies where they were kissing on the beach... From Here to Eternity. They're kissing-- Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr are Kissing on the Beach and then the WAVES crash!! You know exactly what they did!"

She might have a reputation of being chaste and virginal or whatever, but we all know it's the quiet ones who are certifiable FREAKS

[astronomodome]

Tumblr Poll Tournaments & MCYT

So a while ago I made a post expressing my frustration with the way a lot of tumblr poll tournaments seem to exclude mcyt characters- or if they are included, people in the notes are rude about it. The first situation of these- the poll organizer including rules against submitting characters from mcyt- is something I can easily quantify. I've crunched some numbers in order to find out two things:

How common is this phenomenon, really?

Why does this happen in the first place?

A note before I start: I'm not blaming the poll organizers for this, and I don't want anyone to get angry at them for excluding mcyt. At the end of the day, it's up to them to curate what they want their poll to be, and if they don't want to deal with the toxicity that often comes with letting mcyt characters run (or if they just don't like it for whatever reason), that's their decision. Trust me- poll organizers have to put up with a lot of shit already, and I don't want to add to it, regardless of their opinions on mcyt. If any poll organizers recognize their own words in the later part of this overview, they can contact me and I'll remove it. This is also why I have chosen not to identify the blogs from which I took the examples- I mean no harm to any poll organizer. They are a symptom of a much larger problem and they haven't done anything wrong except be a little misinformed at worst.

Excluding mcyt characters from poll tournaments really isn't that big of a deal on its own- though it is frustrating- but it does speak to the larger attitude of the general tumblr population towards mcyt. While not without its flaws, this can be used as a metric to measure the extent of this attitude and maybe get a hint of why it exists.

...Please note, also, that most of these polls date back to around March-June 2023, when poll tournaments were a big thing on Tumblr. Not super outdated, but I still should note that opinions might have changed since then.

Also also, be warned that there are examples below of some organizers being pretty toxic! It's not a whole lot, but if you don't want to expose yourself to that, maybe pass on this post!

With that out of the way, let's get started.

Part One: The Numbers

The first thing I decided to do was figure out a rough percentage of how many poll tournaments have a rule that excludes mcyt characters from being submitted. To get a sample batch of poll blogs, I used one of the blogs that pits the winners of tournaments against each other and checked each blog included in that. This ended up being a more tedious process than I had thought, since there's a lot of variation in the way poll organizers, well, organize. I ended up with 123 blogs sorted into three categories.

The first category included tournaments where a rule for or against mcyt characters wouldn't really make sense, for a variety of reasons. Most commonly, the tournament was between letters of the alphabet or animo acids or government agencies, not fictional characters, so I counted them out. There were also a handful of blogs where the contestants were determined by the organizer, not by nomination at all. Combined, blogs that did not fit my criteria made up 60/123 of my samples.

The second and third categories were the blogs that either had a rule against mcyt characters, or didn't. Most of the blogs I looked through had rules I could find, and some were more thorough about it than others. For my purposes, I counted the blog as a no only if they explicitly had a rule against mcyt characters, or clarified later that they weren't allowed. Most poll blogs didn't mention mcyt at all. (This will become relevant later.)

Of the 63 blogs that fit my criteria, 11 (17.5%) of them had a rule against mcyt characters, while the remaining 52 (82.5%) did not.

To me, this seems like pretty good news! I had honestly expected the percentage of blogs that excluded mcyt to be much higher. This is definitely a good sign! But I wouldn't really jump to assuming that mcyt characters would actually be accepted in all of these blogs. I will explain this in the next part of my research.

Part Two: The Examples

The second thing I wanted to find out with this research was why organizers end up having rules against mcyt in the first place. Is it just the bad reputation the mcyt space has (largely a result of one green man in particular)? Let's look at a few examples of poll rules against mcyt characters. Some of them are from my sample blogs and some of them aren't.

Type 1: Not understanding the difference between real people and characters in mcyt

The majority of the rules against mcyt I saw were of this type, and honestly, it's pretty reasonable. It's a pretty major debate in the mcyt community over whether mcyts' characters are separate enough from their content creators to count as fictional. However, there are a considerable number of mcyt characters who are explicitly stated to be different from their cc in the same way as a character in a movie played by an actor is different from the actor playing them. Excluding all mcyt characters for being 'real people' is just incorrect, though I can kinda understand where the organizers were coming from with this one.

It should also be noted that the vast majority of poll blogs had a rule against submitting real people. There's a possibility that some poll organizers might have lumped mcyt characters as real people even if they didn't specify it explicitly. Therefore, an attempt to actually submit an mcyt character into one of these tournaments might be against the rules based on what the organizer thinks. I have no way to quantify this, which is why I said earlier that the results of my initial test might not be accurate.

Type 2: 'Problematic fandom' (toxicity warning for some of these)

This type of rule is usually broader than just mcyt, but lumps it in with other fandoms known for being associated with bigotry (often hp, which is... yeah i'm definitely not going to argue in favor of harry potter but yikes. really? we're as bad as terfy potter? really.) At least one of them let dsmp characters in with the exception of dream, which is a lot fairer than... some of the others.

If we want to give the organizers benefit of the doubt here, we can say that these rules are made to keep the poll less toxic than it would be otherwise... but to be perfectly honest, some of these might be more about that phenomenon of purity culture that has had a habit of popping up in fandom spaces since forever. That's a whole other conversation I'm not ready to have now, but it comes as no surprise to me that mcyt has become a little taboo in some places (likely to a large extent because of dream and all the drama he's generated). There's also no telling whether the poll organizers in these cases even know that there are other smps besides dsmp... but that's besides the point, since there are other dsmp characters that aren't associated with dream at all. Excluding them reveals a misconception about the mcyt genre anyway. And of course, I think we can all agree that some of these are just pretty rude.

Which brings us to our conclusion.

I feel like a lot of the toxicity towards mcyt as a genre and mcyt characters boils down to people either not really understanding what mcyt is (i.e. mcyt -> minecraft youtubers -> real people) or hearing stuff about dream and assuming the entire mcyt space is reflective of that. Of course, it's a frustrating issue that some people think this way. I think it's nice to be reminded, though, that this sort of thing isn't very widespread. Alongside the bad examples, I saw a lot of organizers confronting their preconceived notions: one organizer let in an mcyt character after admitting their 'unfamiliarity with the source material', another allowed mcyt characters 'on the condition that you can explain how they are a separate character' and a few others fiercely defended mcyt characters against toxicity in their polls. Every day we grow as a community and we can't let a few people with misguided notions of what we are keep us down. Keep watching, keep creating, and as Zedaph once said, It's okay to be silly!

[theturncoattournament]

The Best New Main Character Tournament (Round 4/Quarterfinal Poll)

Note: I recommend reading this blog's pinned post that explains what this tournament is about before voting

The four most voted for characters on this poll will proceed to the semifinal round; the two least voted for will be knocked out of the competition.

PROPAGANDA:

Palamedes Sextus- You'd have Palamedes and Camilla solving the mysteries of Canaan House and tracking down the murderer, you've got his emotional turmoil at being rejected by the love of his life, you have his sheer bafflement at his good friend Protesilaus taking up a vow of silence and repeatedly attacking this other huge, silent weirdo who showed up. It would also be the best detective novel ending, in that he'd give his solution speech about who the culprit was and how they did it, then immediately explodes. Book over.

Descole- He's the antagonist of the prequel trilogy of games and often helps add to the mysteries to solve. I would love to see his perspective of all he did throughout those games.

Garrus Vakarian- None submitted

Eli 'Weevil' Navarro- Francis Capra is a fantastic and immensely underrated actor and he deserves his own show. Weevil is truly the best character and the under-utilised potential of the parts of his life that should have been relevant and weren't will haunt me until I die (worse because he was a major character/series regular). Please, I am begging you, force Rob Thomas to put his money where his mouth is in actually reckoning with the class (+race) inequality the show is always nominally condemning and then reinforcing every time they give racist millionaire characters a giant narrative spotlight and a seventeenth chance instead of paying attention to their POC regulars with so much more potential

Vee- There is just so much potential! It could be a cute cartoon about an awkward little shapeshifter trying to behave like a human. From time to time, a backstory episode about her past as a basilisk and her escape out of the Boiling Isles. Their closest friend is Masha, who slowly discovers their secret, and becomes their confident, like MoringMark Comics from 2022-10-20. (And of course, romance). With the return of Luz in the the human realm, it could be more psychological, exploring complex feeling toward her (envy, but also affection). But yeah, imagine a cute slice-of-life cartoon with the cutest character of the show! Completely in the mood found family, "weirdos staying together" and "being understood"!

Kim Kitsuragi- None submitted

[alectoperdita]

What if for the prompt kaijou with 45 or 40? Dealers choice. Maybe for 40 kaiba dresses up as kaibaman for mokuba or xyz reason & he’s really nice to jou through the anonymity of his costume? 🤔

From Put That Guy in a Situation(TM) Ask Game

Read the previous prompt fill for 45 here

40. Identity reveal/major secret revealed

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One day, Seto would wring Pegasus's lily white neck. Not today, but someday. And soon.

Tribute, his ass. There was no reason for Pegasus to make such a card other than to make him a laughingstock. He even named it after Kaiba.

Kaibaman.

What a ridiculous "monster" design. From the helmet to the flowing brown locks to the mockery of his trademark coat. Kaiba didn't even wear that coat anymore. He constantly reinvented his look to keep his image from going stale. Yet that was still the one most people remembered and would remember, thanks to Pegasus memorializing it in card form.

Mokuba loved it, though. And as much as Kaiba loved his little brother, he sometimes despaired over his lack of taste. Being fourteen only excused him up to a certain point.

It was also because of his love for his brother that he suffered his current indignity—traipsing around his amusement park dressed as one of his least favorite monsters, Kuriboh included.

For KaibaLand's third anniversary, the company had organized a slew of events in the week leading up to the event, including special shows, limited edition merchandise sold only on park grounds, and a mini tournament. All in the name of drumming up attendance. And it worked like a charm.

Tickets sold out weeks in advance. Day after day, they hit the attendance limit. Security caught their fair share of stragglers trying to sneak in through the side entrances. Products flew off the gift store shelves. They could barely keep them stocked day-to-day.

But it was difficult to bask in the resounding success in his current state. Between the helmet and the meter-long wig, Kaiba perspired as he'd never before in his life. The costume's state-of-the-art fabric could only wick so much sweat. In addition to impeding his peripheral vision, the helmet roasted him. But if he removed it for even a nanosecond, he'd be besieged.

That was because of another of Mokuba's bright ideas—a scavenger hunt. He insisted that guests who weren't Duelists (and Kaiba scarcely believed such people could exist) should have a chance to win prizes, too. Thus, the boy had put together an elaborate list of two hundred items, each worth various amounts of points. At the top, with the possibility of netting the player with almost fifty points, was a photo with Kaiba taken on the day of the anniversary.

But Mokuba was as devious as he was clever. Simply because Kaiba had to be out and about for the game to be fair, it didn't mean Mokuba had to make it easy for them.

Hence, the costume. Literally having him hide in plain sight.

Countless guests had approached him for pictures thus far, but he doubted a single one of them would submit it as part of the scavenger hunt. To them, he was one of the park's many character actors.

It was the perfect disguise for surveying the park in relative peace. Kaibaman the Duel Monsters drew less attention from the crowds than Kaiba Seto. So he could go wherever he pleased without being mobbed.

But he was reaching his limit. He needed to find somewhere secluded and shaded to cool off before heat exhaustion claimed him. That wouldn't be easy, given how crowded it was.

He found one eventually. An oasis of calm among the hustle and bustle. Or it could've been if there weren't already people there—a couple plainly in the middle of a quarrel. That alone should've sent Kaiba speedwalking in the opposite direction.

Except he knew the couple.

Well, he knew one of them. Jounouchi Katsuya remained a bit of a thorn in his side to this day. The boyfriend, though? Kaiba wouldn't have known if he wasn't dating Jounouchi. At least Jounouchi regularly made it to the podium in Duel Monsters tournaments. What's-his-name barely broke the top ten in rankings.

Kaiba hated to say it, but Jounouchi could do better than that loser.

"C'mon, babe, you're blowing this out of proportion," What's-His-Name wheedled as he clung to Jounouchi's elbow.

"Leggo. Don't you 'babe' me. I know what I saw," snarled Jounouchi with clenched fists.

Kaiba wondered if Jounouchi might hit the other man.

What's-His-Name didn't know when to cut his losses, though. "She was hitting on me! I swear!"

"You had your hand in her back pocket."

The loser broke into a cold sweat. Perhaps he didn't expect Jounouchi to be so blunt about the matter, especially in public. Just goes to show how little he understood Jounouchi, then. He switched tactics, instead. "You can't blame me. I mean, you saw how smoking hot she was. Tell me you wouldn't cop a feel if she offered. You swing both ways too."

Without warning, Jounouchi lurched forward, putting him intimately face-to-face with the man. Their roles reversed in a flash; What's-His-Name tried to jerk back, but Jounouchi had captured his wrists.

Jounouchi's gaze was equally steely as he spoke. "No, because being bi doesn't mean being a lying cheat. That's all on you."

To say What's-His-Name was shaken was an understatement. He looked ready to shit himself.

"I'm sorry. It'll never happen again. Gimme another chance, Katsuya—"

Something inside Kaiba recoiled upon hearing Jounouchi's given name. Was he that serious with the loser?

Jounouchi dropped his wrists. "No. We're done. Lose my number."

What's-His-Name really had no self-respect. Or brains. He reached for Jounouchi again despite everything about Jounouchi's body language screamed "DO NOT TOUCH." Kaiba could see it already. The inevitable right hook, the blood, and the screeching, then the many headaches that ensued after a public altercation.

He cleared his throat, and the two other men froze. Slowly, their heads turned, and they both gawked at Kaiba. At his costume.

Fighting the embarrassment brewing under his collar, he pitched his voice lower when he said, "That's enough. He's made his position clear."

Suddenly, Kaiba was immensely grateful for his helmet. It would hide a multitude of sins.

What's-His-Name's gaze flitted back and forth between Jounouchi and Kaiba. Perhaps he had been willing to grovel like a worm, just not in the presence of a third party.

"I'll call you later," he muttered before fleeing the scene.

"Don't bother. I'm blocking ya," Jounouchi called after him. Then, straightening to his full height, which was still shorter than Kaiba, he jutted out his chin and said, "Thanks, but I had that handled."

"I know," Kaiba replied. "It wasn't for your sake. I was saving the idiot from the broken nose he was talking himself into."

He hadn't intervened out of the goodness of his heart. No, the only media circus worse than the one where Jounouchi went public dating another man would be a knock-down, drag-out breakup fight of the same relationship on KaibaLand property. That was something Kaiba wanted to avert at all costs.

Jounouchi blinked. Once. Twice. He threw his head back and laughed, wrapping his arms around his waist while his entire body heaved from it. It was Kaiba's turn to stare. Maybe the breakup hit Jounouchi harder than expected. He was laughing like a loon, with tears now streaming down his cheeks.

Should Kaiba say something?

Should he leave him alone?

To his relief, both the laughter and the tears soon subsided. Jounouchi slumped and perched himself on a low garden wall. While wiping the moisture from his eyes, he patted the empty spot next to him. For a long awkward second, Kaiba debated the wisdom of taking such an invitation. In the end, the shade convinced him and he took a seat, back ramrod straight, beside Jounouchi.

Jounouchi kicked his legs forward, scuffing the sole of his sneakers against the concrete. "Betcha wondering why I was with that bozo."

Kaiba nodded before he could stop himself.

"I mean, it wasn't all bad. We had a lotta fun in the beginning. We saw each other almost every day. Went out together all the time."

Kaiba was aware. For weeks without end, new photos of Jounouchi and his beau surfaced daily in the tabloids and gossip sites.

Jounouchi continued, "Sometimes it felt like he was showing me off. Which was probably the first warning sign now that I think about it. We were out in public all the time, but we barely spent any time where it was just the two of us except for— Never mind, you don't need to know that part."

Heat gathered under Kaiba's tall collar. He silently thanked Jounouchi for his rare discretion.

"But at the time? I gotta admit. It was nice. It felt good to be wanted like that."

Jounouchi finally looked his way. The helmet's limited field of vision ensured he couldn't see much of anything other than Jounouchi's resigned expression. Not unless he turned his head away. That seemed rude even to Kaiba's limited social graces.

Kaiba cleared his throat. "It doesn't give him the right to treat you like that, especially after you came out for him."

"What? Nah! Please! That was the press blowing shit out of proportion. I've been telling 'em I ain't straight forever. They just didn't believe me until they saw me with a man with their own damn eyes. Dunno if they thought it was a publicity stunt or something, but it's not like I was hiding it." Jounouchi rolled his eyes, then shook his head. "It's so hard to find guys to date."

Kaiba caught himself before he nodded.

"I mean, don't get me wrong, this sucks. Breaking up sucks. But I ain't heartbroken about it. I just wish it hadn't turned out like this. I know it sounds insane, but shit like this makes me feel like I'll never be good enough." Jounouchi slumped forward to assume a rather defeated posture. His bangs fell over his eyes, obscuring them. He didn't move for several moments, leading Kaiba to wonder if he was crying for real despite his insistence he wasn't heartbroken. A deep sigh heaved out of the man. "Anyway, sorry for dumping all that on you, man—"

Kaiba cut him off. "You'll find someone better."

Jounouchi shot up. He gawked at Kaiba with wide eyes. "Ya think?"

"He was beneath you. His best tournament ranking was thirteen." Disdain seeped into Kaiba's tone. "And that's when he breaks the top twenty."

Jounouchi's shoulders shook as he bit his bottom lip. It took him a beat to recompose himself. "God, of course, that's the part you're most outraged about."

Was Kaiba supposed to be offended? Jounouchi made it sound like he was the ridiculous one here. He left it alone, though. Jounouchi was laughing again. It was a vast improvement over the gloom that previously wreathed him.

"Well, I actually feel tons better now." Jounouchi flashed a lopsided grin. The idiot always looked better with a smile, no matter how vapid. "So thanks for that, Kaiba."

He stiffened. Not Kaibaman. Just Kaiba. "Excuse me?"

Jounouchi tipped the helmet back to unveil Kaiba's stunned face. "Your Christian Bale Batman impression could use some work."

Heat engulfed Kaiba from head to toe. The glaring afternoon sun may not be to blame. He groped for something to say. Anything. But Jounouchi caught him red-handed. What could he possibly say to justify himself?

Jounouchi let go. The helmet slipped back into place, obscuring the top half of Kaiba's face once more. Through the lenses, Kaiba watched him intently as the man stood and stretched, extending both arms to the sky.

"Don't worry, I won't tell anyone"—Jounouchi glanced back and winked—"it's you in the costume."

Read other prompt fill ficlets here

[im-s0rry]

Grimm's Chaos Clash Finale (300 Post Special)

So it seems that this little game has ended. Our winners have been found from the Chaos Clash Tourney. . .

GIVE IT UP FOR DOGGONE AND ORCHESTAL!!!

AND NOW, AS STATED, @petra-creat0r AND @cannibala-co NOW GET SPAMTON'S WILL TO LIVE AS WELL AS BRAGGING RIGHTS FOR WINNING THIS STUPID LITTLE TOURNAMENT!!!

I just wanted to say, from the bottom of my heart, thank you all for submitting your characters, joining this tournament, voting, cheering on our contestants, and overall just having a fun time expressing your creativity through this niche community that we all call home. I made this tournament so that we could all use our creativity to push ourselves further beyond. . . And I think that we were able to accomplish that with this tournament. I am so glad that this community was able to get together and do something like this. . .

And now, a few closing statements for my 300th post on this Blog.

Folks, I'll be honest with you all, I'm not sure how I got this far. This community has shifted so much in this short time, it's hard to see how we got here in the first place. We lost and regained my dear friend Mercair, we went through two ARGs where several people got replaced by AI while Sakriss was introduced to the world, almost all of my Secret Bosses got redesigned, fun was had, and friends were made. . . To @glitch-the-artist , whom I have spent way more time with, in all honesty, I want to thank you for all that you've done for this community. Your work is amazing and has inspired me to work harder than ever. . . To @mercair , who left for a long while before returning with the incredibly made @dont-play-deltarune-at-3am ARG and a new Secret Boss, Sakriss! You've always been an incredible friend, an inspiration to many, and a niche micro-celebrity in this side of the Deltarune Secret Boss Fandom. I owe a lot to you, man, and I still don't regret turning you into Sonatta that one time. . . To @mrchaosman , who's taking a break from posting to focus on his mental health. . . Thank you. You were always there for me when I needed you, you built me up and I. . . I never returned the favor. . . And I regret all of those times where I left you on read. I hope to do better after this, I mean it this time. . . To those six other people who were at one point in my mind. . . May you rest in peace. You made up a small part of my life that. . . I kind of regret now that I think of it. Your sacrifices weren't in vain, y'all. . . But even then, I don't miss y'. . . To @creepa-b0t-inc , honestly one of the most dedicated and amazing people in this Fandom. You've helped on so many projects and worked with some of the biggest creators in this Fandom and i want to thank you for all of that work youve done for this community. Without you, I don't think this community would be the way it is now. . . To everyone who's supported my work up to this point, I want to thank all of you. Without you, I wouldn't be here ranting about my weird ocs and improving as much as I have now. This community, this game, it means so much to me. . . And I want to thank you for all of that. . .

. . . By why go out like that? Why go out without something new to think about. Something. . . Bold. This is the first time I've told anyone outside of the small group of people who I've tried to make this happen with, I'm here to tell you about Void Hotline. Void Hotline is a small Deltarune AU I've had a hand in making about WD and Dess, along with a small group of other characters including the Goners, Chara, Flowey, Seam, Everyman, and the Skeleton Brothers, all working at a call center which is specifically designed to make the Secret Bosses go insane and know the truth about their world. I wouldn't expect much from it, due to it being an uphill battle with me and the team constantly forgetting to work on it, but I feel like with the help of some other people, specifically you guys, maybe this can go somewhere. If you're interested in helping with this AU, please message me about it and I will see if you're fit for the team. Together, I hope that we can make this stupid little AU. . . And I hope that you all have a great day. I bid you all adieu. Happy 300th.

[themerlinmatch]

Our New King Needs An Advisor

Welcome to the Kingarthurtournament Extended Universe! For those who weren't there for last tournament, at @kingarthurtournament we democratically elected the new King of England: The Swedish Little Girl Who Found a Thousand Year Old Sword In a Lake. Now our new ruler has to establish her court and first and foremost she need A Merlin.

Some rules to follow for submissions

We are looking for a magic user of some kind/a wise person, or you know, some guy named Merlin or someone who happen to have a king Arthur of sort that they follow around. Gender and age don't matter here (although a long white beard is appreciated)

You can subject as many characters as you want but only submit them once please

I will accept any adaptation of/work inspired by the arthurian legend as well as places, brands, objects, animals... real or fictional as long as they fit the theme.

I might not get the reference tho, please specify in the form, there's a section for this.

I can't say "no real people" because, well... *gestures to the little girl*. But it will be case by case

Historical character are okay as long as they were dead before 1900

No Harry Potter.

They don't have to be related in any way to the Little Swedish Girl to enter

You totaly can resubmit characters who already were put in the previous bracket if they are relevant here

Submit your characters through here!

Contestants will be selected by  number of submissions but depending on how many I get, if you're very funny in the form I might be biased

Like last time I will include some bullet points about the character taken from the form so feel free to rant in question 4

Propaganda is welcome in the ask box!

[sexiestpodcastcharacter]

Hey! After seeing all That with the birdname terf going down and what you said, I, the person who submitted Cyrille (from 5 Minuten Harry Podcast) wanna clarify some stuff:

First off, I'm trans. Maybe not be that relevant but let's establish that. And yes, I do condemn JKR, don't think anyone should give her money and frankly even frown upon most fanworks that weren't started before it became widely known.

Secondly, the podcast does in fact criticise JKR (tho unfortunately not for the stuff that matters) very frequently and the creator has gotten in legal trouble with her and Warner Bros before (over copyright, she made an extremely popular abridged HP series when I and most of the german tumblr population were teens and some pre-teens) so even though she sometimes pays lip service to them, we can probably take that with a grain of salt.

Thirdly, outside the podcast itself, coldmirror (the pod's creator) has criticised JKR more than on it, including calling her an idiot or something to that effect for "everything she's doing right now" back when her being a terf became widely known tho she didn't get more specific than that. Also, the podcast started wayyy before then, it started so long ago, Alan Rickman was still alive. There's even a mention of his then recent death a few episodes in since coldmirror had a major crush on him for decades and he's how she got into HP. The format doesn't really allow for changing the subject matter after the fact and it was massively popular from the get go, coldmirror's most successful project in years, possibly even outshining that abridged series by now and so I get she was incentivised to continue it.

Fourthly, coldmirror herself is very much a problematic fave and we all know it. Due to the massive influence that abridged series and all of her later works had on my generation, we do still love her, but we know she's far from flawless. Even so, all the times after JKR's terfness became known that coldmirror mentioned spending money on HP stuff for research (eg different versions of the movie that show different parts of the screen since the whole podcast is about overanalyzing every frame and background details) she has always bought it second hand. She did go to Wizarding World pretty early on and took pics of props etc there but that was before. Still tho, we know she's not that great a person, even tho we all love her. And that's not just me talking, I dare you to find me three germans above the age of 20 on this site who dislike coldmirror. It'll be very difficult.

So, was it a great submission? No. Is the podcast problematic? Yes. However,

Lastly, Cyrille was never intended as a serious submission. Iirc it was very late, I had submitted like five in a row and I got a little silly with it. I did not intend for her to end up in the tournament, I 100% counted on her being disqualified and simply you mentioning her as a little shout out to my fellow germans. I think I mentioned something to that effect in the submission but it appears I was not unambiguous enough about her not being a serious submission. Sorry about that.

(Oh, and the playing with gender part wasn't intentional btw, coldmirror read the name Cyrille, assumed it to be feminine and from that sprang the fictionalised Cyrille, even tho the real Cyrille is a man. She did acknowledge this way, way later in the podcast.)

None of this ofc is all that relevant to the discussion regarding the bird terf, but I figured you, personally, might appreciate the extra context.

(In response to this post for those seeking context.)

Don't worry, you were perfectly clear about it being a joke, but including it I only had 62 characters for the bracket (and I wanted 64) so I seeded it in last place behind my own choices.

And yeah, pretty much every podcast (and book and television show and-) I have at least some issues with, and some of those issues are large enough that I no longer derive enjoyment from the show despite liking other aspects. I think recognizing the "problematic" aspects of art is necessary to have any useful or fun conversations about it, and acting like everything must have both ideological and executed purity only results in people ignoring, denying, or trying to hide the issues that are there. Which personally I find boring, frustrating, and can often ruin my enjoyment much faster than the problematic aspects themselves.

Thank you for submitting the characters, and for your insight into 5 Minuten Harry Podcast!

[platonic-pals-punchout]

Hello, submitter for op and ratch from transformers here- I feel… indirectly involved that someone was publicly attacked over my words in the poll. I see you worked it out with them now (and I'm glad), so that means this is late, but I still wanted to express myself for additional context. I picked that particular series, even though they are friends in several versions, because their bond is shown the most often and seems to be the strongest in it. However, they could also be viewed or interpreted romantically in said series for the same reason, despite not being 'official.' Regardless, their friendship and level of care toward one another is the core focus, which I love dearly, and that is why I submitted them. I hope that is helpful, I did not intend for anyone to get roasted for shipping them.

Appreciate you sending this! I'm glad that you weren't personally hurt by what they said before they knew better.

However it's unacceptable to send "actually these characters are dating!" to a blog running friendship polls, especially when it says in multiple places not to do that, and in multiple places that this blog is a safe space for aros & that it's run by aros who don't want to see those interpretations which are so often shoved down our throats.

ANY characters can be interpreted as romantic if you choose to do that. That's not what this blog is about. You don't see me going to "best romantic pair" tournaments and going WELL ACTUALLY THEY'RE JUST FRIENDS UM YEAH THAT'S BASICALLY CANON SOOOOOO... because that's fucking rude.

[fictional-actors-bracket]

🐉🌪️and 🥪 for the ask game

Ask game

"What was the very first submission you received?" Zidane from Final Fantasy IX

"Who/what did you have in mind when you started the tournament?" I got the idea from Eugene from Guardian Tales. I wanted to submit her to a poll, but there weren't any she fit.

"Who didn't you know before it all started but now you root for them in every poll?" All a3 characters

[kh-marriage-material]

why are some of the characters on there twice? that doesn't seem fair at all.

Just a heads up, some of this explanation may spoil bits of KH3 and previous games! tl;dr is that even the characters who look alike are different characters, and the similar characters both being in it were not meant to stack odds (with the proof that none of them are the person i'm rooting for)

I'm sorry for the confusion! I'm assuming you're talking about how like, Lea and Axel are both in this, along with some of the other Nobodies along with their counterparts.

Everyone in this tournament except for Scrooge McDuck was submitted by at least one person who wasn't me. The Nobody/Somebody counterparts that are both in this are all in it because different people submitted both of the characters for separate reasons.

I view Nobodies and their Somebodies as separate entities. Yes, you could make an argument that they're the same person, and that is very understandable! However, a) I didn't think of that and b) I do believe that they're different people. Like, if Roxas and Sora were in the same competition, then it's a no brainer that they're separate. Roxas may be Sora's Nobody, but Roxas became his own person. He has his own heart. It's easier to tell them apart than it is for the like 11 members of the Organization that didn't change appearances between their Somebody and Nobody forms(for the most part), but that still holds true. The fact that Isa and Saix, for example, look very similar does not stop the fact that Saix isn't the same as Isa. The fact that Isa and Saix share a body doesn't make them the same person, in the same way the Terranort, Xemnas, and Terra are all separate characters.

Another important note is that a lot of them act at least a little different or have different motivations once they gain their heart. It can get a little fuzzy in some cases because many grew hearts and acted on what their heart told them before leaving the organization or rejoined the organization after regaining their heart with the intention of making up for past mistakes done while they were Nobodies the first time, all while still using their Nobody persona. However, I still hold that they're different.

Vexen wasn't included because he wasn't submitted at all, neither were Lauriam or Elrena. I just double checked because I was worried I accidentally missed them and they weren't there. It's no hate against any of them, it isn't me trying to stack the odds in favor of any of the Nobody/Somebody pairs. While I won't be upset at the results unless it's like a joke character who wins(i stg im going to cry if it ends up being like Aqua vs Scrooge at one point and Scrooge wins. do not do this to me. I will veto it.) I also have my own person I'm rooting for and it isn't one of the ones where a Nobody and their direct counterpart are both included.

I hope this is a satisfactory explanation and I'm sorry for the delay in answering! I wanted to make sure to explain it properly and not dismiss the question.

[maribatserver]

Tag Team Tournament - Scoring Updates

Now, as anyone who played in the Tag Team Tournament in 2023 could tell you, some of our original scoring methods got pretty solidly exploited last year. What happened was that during our first year, we wanted to encourage artists to join the Tournament, which they did, and they were amazing! However, once we started getting more art, and more comics in particular, it became clear that our scores were broken.

So, after last year, we took some time to re-evaluate our scoring, and we made some changes to ensure that things were more fair and less susceptible to point grabbing. We also added a few new bonuses that we hope will help encourage creation and collaboration.

Those of you who read our Event Guide Document will already know about all of these changes, but just in case you missed it, or if you weren't sure which items changed from last year, all of our changes are below the cut.

Submission Scoring Changes

Visual Art:

Sketches will be awarded 5 points.

Line art will be awarded an additional 5 points, for a total of 10 points. 

Flat color will be awarded an additional 5 points, for a total of 15 points. 

Shading or rendering will be awarded an additional 5 points, for a total of 20 points. 

Visual Art must be clearly related to Maribat and to the characters on your team in order to be scored, and that connection must be able to stand on its own, even if it’s a companion piece to another Maribat work.

Comic: Visual Art score multiplied by two. This is a flat score, which will not be increased by adding panels. 

Incorrect Quote: 1 point

Headcanon: 3 points

Mood Board: 5 points

Note: All images included in a mood board must be sourced with permission of their original creators. Do not use other people’s art or photographs without their permission. If you use photographs, please check the license they were published under before using them. Comic panels or screenshots from DC or MLB can be used with sourcing.

Free Stock Photo Library Websites: Pexels, Unsplash, Pixabay. If you know of any other free stock photo websites feel free to share them with Mod Newsie.

Animated mood boards will earn 1 additional point.

Edit: 

Edits which are still flat images will earn 5 points.

Edits which use animated scenes will earn 10 points.

AMVs (animated music videos) will earn 15 points.

Bonus Point Changes

Prompt Bonus:

A prompt will be scheduled for every day throughout the event. If a creation fulfills the prompts on their assigned day (marked by 24 hour periods beginning and ending at midnight EST), it will be awarded 3 extra points. If it is used before or after the assigned day, it will earn 1 extra point. Prompts cannot be stacked for multiple bonuses until the final day of the tournament.

To fulfill a prompt, you must use the prompt phrase in your creation, have it make sense in the context of your creation, and the mods must be able to find it. 

You can add on to the phrase, either before or after, but if you want to add words within the phrase you may only break it up once. You may change certain aspects of the prompt to suit your creation: punctuation, pronouns, emphasis, plurality, and verb tense can all be changed. However, all words (or some form of them) must be used. 

If you are drawing, you may use the prompt in the description of your art instead of adding a speech bubble to the art itself, but it must be clearly tied into art itself as something the characters are saying or doing.

If your use of a prompt may not be immediately obvious, make sure to leave the mods a note about how to find it when you submit. (Ex: A poem where the first letter of each line spells out a prompt).

Teamwork Bonus:

Last year we noticed a lot of folks working together or creating based on what other players had made, and we loved seeing that! As such, we have a few new bonuses that you can earn when you work with others.

Companion Piece Bonus: If your creation is a companion to another Maribat work made by someone else, you will get 1 bonus point. If the other work is another submission for this year’s TTT, you will get 3 bonus points. Make sure that you add a link to the work that inspired you in your submission.

Collaborator Bonus: If you collaborate with another creator to make one submission, you will receive 5 bonus points. Make sure that both of your screen names are listed on the form when you submit.

Playlist Points:

This year, every team will have a playlist published on Spotify (and linked in the Teams section of this document). At the end of the event, our Mods will tally up the number of saves each playlist has. Every team except for whichever team is in first before these points are added will receive bonus points for every save. If the teams are tied, as happened in our 2022 Tournament, then all the tied teams will receive points for their saves. Our scores can get very close, so saving a team playlist could very well be the difference between first and second place.

Moderator’s Discretion:

Each mod has 35 points that can be awarded to submissions throughout the competition as a bonus. Each submission can only get a max of 5 extra points from a single mod.

Mods may be contacted at any time for clarification on scoring guidelines, either by messaging us in Discord or sending an ask to our blog here on tumblr.

[hotvintagepoll]

This is a three-way poll. Only one of these women will continue to the next round of the bracket.

Propaganda

Deborah Kerr (Bonjour Tristesse, An Affair to Remember, The King and I)— For several decades she held the record for most Oscar nominations without a win (6 in total), and she was a prolific leading lady throughout the 40s and 50s. She's best known today for the romance An Affair to Remember with Cary Grant, and as the governess in The King and I. Many people have this erroneous perception of her as extremely prim, proper, and virginal, but this could not be further from the truth. When she first came to Hollywood under MGM she was typecast into boring decorative roles, but broke sexual boundaries for herself and Hollywood generally in From Here to Eternity, when she made out (horizontally!) with Burt Lancaster (on top of him!) in the famous Beach Scene. She went on to play many sexually conflicted women, a character type that would define most of her post- Eternity work. She continued to break Hays Code boundaries with Tea and Sympathy, which addresses homosexuality/homophobia head-on, and even did a topless scene in The Gypsy Moths 1969!! One of the only classic stars to do so. She deserves a more nuanced and frankly a hotter legacy than she currently has!!!

Keiko Awaji (Stray Dog, A Japanese Tragedy, When a Woman Ascends the Stairs)— Her role as Harumi— a dancer who lives with her mom and will go to incredible lengths for one nice dress— is so fucking killer. she more than holds her own against Toshiro Mifune, the incredible sense of dread and foreboding in their scenes has really stuck with me

Hazel Scott (Broadway Rhythm, Rhapsody in Blue)—ok ok let me tell you about Hazel Scott. She was a Trinidadian piano genius. By the age of 3 she could play the piano by ear. She would play jazzed-up versions of classics in nightclubs and could sing too! She appeared in five movies, and used her influence as a piano prodigy to improve Black representation in film—she turned down offensive parts, demanded equal pay, and always wore her own costumes to ensure she was portrayed as glamorous and beautiful. She was the first African-American woman to host her own television show, The Hazel Scott Show. She stood up for civil rights and was an overall icon! If you want to watch her being a genius, here she is playing two pianos at once. And here's this one that shows off her consummate glamor! [videos beneath the cut]

This is round 4 of the tournament. All other polls in this bracket can be found here. Please reblog with further support of your beloved hot sexy vintage woman.

[additional propaganda submitted under the cut.]

Deborah Kerr:

I think she was one of my first crushes before I realised I was bi in The King and I when I watched it as a kid honestly. The kissing scene in From Here to Eternity is iconic for a reason. Actually tried to learn the accents for the characters she was playing if they weren't English which is more than pretty much anyone else was doing then. Played very restrained characters who frequently seemed to be desperate not to be so restrained. Did horror movies without venturing into hagsploitation tropes. Gave Marni Nixon the credit she deserved for her share of the singing in The King and I.

Anne Larsen is a peak late 1950s bisexual with big MILF energy. Have you seen the behind the scenes pics of her wearing a suit?? Have you????? Vote Deb as Anne Larsen.

Nominated for an Oscar six (6) times and never won, but besides her having actual talent (hot), and besides her looking Like That (very hot, also beautiful), she was always playing women who are, like, crazy repressed. Which makes it fun and easy for me to read these characters as queer. Icon!!!! You know what's hot? Playing ambiguously gay in vintage Hollywood.

Her face and talent and body, yes, ofc, duh. But also!!! Her HANDS!!!! I may be but a simple lesbian, but she is the best hactor (hand actor) that ever lived and that's HOT! For propriety's sake I feel I must redact a large portion of my commentary on this subject. Anyway. She's hot in her most famous roles (mentioned above), and also some of her sexiest hacting is on display in An Affair to Remember (her hand on the bannister when Cary Grant kisses her off-screen??? HELLO???), Tea and Sympathy (when she's trying to persuade Tom not to go out and she keeps flexing her hands like she wants to reach out to him but can't??? ALLY BEHAVIOR! WE STAN!), and The Innocents (which opens and closes with extended shots of her hands bc director Jack Clayton was also an ally and he did that for ME). Much of her appeal also lies in the fact that she often played deeply repressed characters and you know what's hot? When those uptight characters finally unravel. It's sexy. It's cathartic. It's erotic. Plus, she's beautiful to look at in both black & white and technicolor, and the more of her films you see, the more you can't help but fall in love!

Literally is in thee most famously sexy scene of all time (or maybe just during the hays code era which is what we're talking about HELLO), which is the beach scene with Burt Lancaster in from here to eternity. To quote a tumblr post of a screen capture of a tweet of a video of joy behar on the view: "y'know, there used to be movies where they were kissing on the beach... From Here to Eternity. They're kissing-- Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr are Kissing on the Beach and then the WAVES crash!! You know exactly what they did!"

She might have a reputation of being chaste and virginal or whatever, but we all know it's the quiet ones who are certifiable FREAKS

Keiko Awaji:

Hazel Scott:

[karasunology]

⸙ ˚₊ ➷ BOKUTO KOUTARO BEING A DAD HEADCANONS! ❞

✎ . . . will you please write about oikawa, bokuto, and sugawara as dads?? :>

❝ ― submitted by @ nonnie <3 ❞

-ˏˋ ➶ character(s) ━ bokuto koutaro <3

[ trigger warnings ━ slight manga spoilers !! ]

✎ . . . DAD HEADCANONS.

[ SUGAWARA KOUSHI & OIKAWA VERSION. ] [ MIYA ATUSMU VERSION. ] [ KUROO TETSURO & KOZUKE KENMA VERSION. ] [ IWAIZUMI HAJIME VERSION. ]

-ˏˋ playing soleil's tape ˊˎ-

[ 📼 ] . . . no thoughts, head and heart full of bokuto koutaro

BOKUTO KOUTARO.

➜ bokuto wanted to have a baby with you

➜ that's it that's the tweet thank you for reading😌💅

➜ i'm kidding don't leave, i have abandonment issues

➜ just like oikawa, kou ─ your husband, has gotten baby fever and it wasn't going down any minute until bb boy gets his way

➜ phew, i'd let him get his way with me✋😳

➜ bokuto was great with kids, always playing around with them in a park as if he was one of them, and both of you knew that

➜ and when bokuto sees that you're also good with kids, mans knew he wanted to build a family with you

➜ he wanted not just one, because seeing what both of you created taking in different forms and pieces of their parents would leave him so proud

➜ would very much take it as a sign from the universe saying to him that the both of you were meant to be patents

➜ the day he lets you awknowledge his little daydream, was when the both of you were sitting down on the coach re-watching his match last week after babysitting one of your guys' friend's kid

➜ mans couldn't TAKE IT ANYMORE

➜ the way you coo at the child, you cooked with the child and just the way you tenderly supported the kid with your arms as you helped him reach a toy from the shelf

➜ and of course, you accepted it; there wasn't any other man other than kou that you wanted to start a family with

➜ let's just say mans wanted to make one right then and there after you confessed to him that you wanted to start a family with him as well

➜ and y'all did just that💀

➜ after receiving the news of your pregnancy, bokuto has never been more happy, aside from those times he won a match on nationals and, well ─ marrying you

➜ but in the white noise of excitement and joyfulness, there was a lingering thought and it was terrifying; what if he doesn't make enough time for both you and his child because of volleyball? will he have to take a break from it? would your child love him?

➜ bokuto was now down to emo mode just with the thought of your guys' children hating him

➜ and when the thoughts became to unbearable, he contacts akaashi.

“ bokuto-san, ” koutaro could tell akaashi was thinking about it before saying something,

“ you're one of the best men i know that's good with children; don't waste your time sulking about nonsensical what if's, when the present is right there in front of you ”

➜ akaashi was, to say the least, your one of your children's godfather.

➜ but the day your babies was going to arrive, it was as if your husband had a switch and unlike the usual ─ he was the one supporting you

➜ he held your hand, squeezing them to let you be aware that he's right there by your side, knowing that you needed all the support right now and he gave it to you

➜ tenfolds the support you gave him

➜ and when be first saw the first triplet being born, he knew right there that he fell in love once again, but with the child he has co-produced with the love of his life !!

➜ i just wanted to say that y'all's kids are NIGHT OWLS, literally, gets the biggest bursts of energy at ungodly hours

➜ koutaro would still get anxious and terrified, but there was something about your triplets that puts him at ease ─ like, one thing he'd be doubting himself and then the next thing, he'd be all fuzzy inside when his three triplets just looked like a litter of puppies asking for his attention on his lap

➜ and he'd just, revert back to reality seeing how blessed he was and stopped doubting himself and just live in the present

➜ EYE ─ I'M SO SOFT I CAN'T😭✋

“ now say dada ” he encouraged the little sunshines on his lamp as a youthful giggle serenated from his son's lips

“ dawa ─ ” the baby tried to copy his words, before shreiking of laughter when kosuke saw the defeated look on his father's face, somehow bringing him joy

➜ while his baby girl, kouzumi, was peacefully attached to him as the most interesting in her golden eyes were his hair ─ attempting to reach her arms to his hair, making grabby arms

➜ after a few months, you've noticed how much your triplets were in sync with their father ─ all together, being balls of sunshine

“ you've been trying for hours kou, take a break. ” you laugh, as you looked up from the book you were holding seeing your husband housing an offended look, and of course ─ a weird sound, a scoff? you didn't know, until, your other son imitated him

➜ almost perfecting the one he made

➜ and bokuto was ECSTATIC

“ hONEY, HONEY, OH MY GOD DID YOU HEAR THAT? ” he squealed, as his son imitated his sound again

“ he's responding to me !! ”

“ dO IT AGAIN KOSUKE ” he says as he takes out his phone

➜ the type of father to do the peek-a-boo game with his triplets and doing it perfectly as they're just enamured by his father as if he was doing some avada kedevra shit 😭🗿

➜ hey queen!! 🙆👑 GIRL, YOU HAVE DONE IT AGAIN, CONSTANTLY RAISING📈📉 THE BAR🔝 FOR US AND DOING IT F L A W L E S S  L Y

➜ the type of father that would never miss any important moments with his children, even though he's a busy with volleyball especially since it's his profession

➜ the type of father that has too many videos of his children on his phone saying papa in different ways, trying to imitate him, first steps, first laugh & JUST EVERYTHING

➜ has a whole usb of his children, three folders for each of them

➜ has a whole ass frame of his daughter's drawing from five years old of him and her and he would NOT let anyone touch it other than him and maybe you when you when you need to dust off the frames because it's getting too dusty

➜ you guys would always be there to support him no matter what, either in the stands of at home

➜ but when you guys do visit his games and cheer him on, MANS WILL BE UNSTOPPABLE

“ mommy !! look, daddy's coming ” kaoru, the youngest of your triplets, tugged softly on your coat

➜ you smiled as you saw your husband running up to you and your kids after his matches as a few reporters, in respect, stood a few meters away from you guys, taking kosuke on his right arm, the other with kaoru and on top of his shoulders was kouzumi tugging on her father's spiked hair she could never seem to get over with

“ ahH ─ my hair baby girl, you're kinda hurting daddy ” koutaru laughed as your daughter tried processing his words before wrapping her arms around his head softly to not fall off a small gasp escaping her lips

“ i'm sowry for hurting you daddy! ” she exclaimed as her brothers tried telling her off while the reporters just watched in awe at her

“ don't hurt daddy just because he lets you on top of there ─ ” kosuke scolded her, slightly jealous that she had the highest view

“ ─ yeah! ” your youngest vigorously nodded his head as he agreed to his brother, both obviously pouting that she had the chance to be ontop of their father's shoulders

“ uh kou, i can take them now since there's a few people wanting to interview you. ” you offered as you jerked your head onto the reporters directions smiling at them

“ oh no ma'am !! it's alright, we also kinda wanted to interview your children as well, since a lot of netizens are curious about them, seeing them everywhere on his socials. ”

➜ you guys agreed as they start asking you guys questions, but more to the triplets as they responded cutely, their identical amber eyes looking at them like an owl in curiousity

➜ JUST IMAGINE THREE ADORABLE OWL LOOKING KIDS HANGING ON TO THEIR MOTHER OWL AND BOKUTO JUST LOOKS LIKES A MONKEY BAR LMAO

➜ like these kids just attached to him lmao

➜ but there are times where he has to go on tournaments, training camps, olympics & probably photoshoots/commercials ngl and these three owls he left in your care are in EMO MODE LMAOO😭✋

➜ they got it from their dad, and you were now stuck with three emo bokutos but times three

➜ wow multiplication

➜ when she's a mathematician😍

➜ but bokuto would honestly also miss his children clinging to him for dear life

➜ like they would never be separated without having facetime calls every five hours

➜ but your kids understood that he has other things to do and theg try not to complain that much for your sake

➜ your kids are actually sweethearts okay 🥺

➜ when they grew up, his sons were still attached to him but they weren't as clingey as when they were in their childhood days ─ but your daughter phew, your daughter used to be the clingiest of them all and now it's just none, nonexistent, vanished, obliviated, avada kedevra LMAO

➜ like you know how teenagers be

➜ and your husband was DEPRESSED ABOUT IT

➜ his bb girl won't touch his hair anymore :(

➜ his bb girl won't be a little girl no more :(

➜ especially when kouzumi starts having boyfriends😭 MANS WAS SAD THAT THERE ARE ALREADY BOYS OTHER HIM IN HER LIFE

➜ it felt as if it wasn't even yesterday that kouzumi said that she don't need no prince, she'll be both a fucking princess and knight in shinning armor

➜ ugh periodt💅

➜ and koutaro's nows just like

“ WHERE DID ALL THAT TALK GO ?? ”💀💀💀

➜ ALSO BOKUTO GIVES THE BEST ADIVCES NO CAP

➜ gives volleyball advices, relationship advices better than u could ever

➜ this is getting too long but, even if some of his kids may not show it anymore, they still love their father so much and won't let anyone replace him because he's basically the ace of their hearts.

[theturncoattournament]

Who would be the best new main character? (Round 3)

Note: I recommend reading this blog's pinned post that explains what this tournament is about before voting

PROPAGANDA:

Toph Beifong- None submitted

Sheik- So Link famously travels forward in time 7 years to a post apocalyptic wasteland, and is helped in his quest to fix everything by a mysterious ninja, Sheik. But from Sheik’s perspective, he spends 7 years hiding, training, and fighting, all so that when Link pops out of stasis, everything is ready. Sheik has intel on the dungeon bosses, he has magic songs for each location, and he’s, to all appearances, more agile and skilled than Link by the time Link shows up. HOW and WHY and can we PLEASE see some of that?

Eli 'Weevil' Navarro- Francis Capra is a fantastic and immensely underrated actor and he deserves his own show. Weevil is truly the best character and the under-utilised potential of the parts of his life that should have been relevant and weren't will haunt me until I die (worse because he was a major character/series regular). Please, I am begging you, force Rob Thomas to put his money where his mouth is in actually reckoning with the class (+race) inequality the show is always nominally condemning and then reinforcing every time they give racist millionaire characters a giant narrative spotlight and a seventeenth chance instead of paying attention to their POC regulars with so much more potential

[propertyoftoru]

PropertyofToru's Playlist X Characters (Bokuto x Reader)

how it works: you can go to my playlist and select a song and then submit the song with a character from my list! i will then write a one shot based off of that song with your character! You can choose if you want smut, fluff, angst, or a combination. you CAN request a song thats already been used for a different character. more songs will be added! if you’d like to request your own song that is allowed too but i’d prefer if it was from my list! ♥

This is my first time writing for bo so i'm sorry if this is horrible :>

Warnings: angst, fluff, jealousy, smut after the warning! (ALL CHARACTERS IN MY WORKS ARE AGED UP)

You and Bokuto had been friends for as long as you could remember, meeting as children and being attached at the hip ever since. Once he started playing volleyball in middle school you became his biggest supporter sticking by his side through his entire career, going to every practice game and tournament you could get to. He did the same for you supporting your passions and hobbies always there with a smile on his face to encourage you. His team often teased him for going “emo mode” whenever you weren't around, his mood shifting immediately as you stepped through those gym doors. Bokuto’s coach always encouraged you to come to practices and games insisting that he played best with you around.

That was until last week. Bokuto had dragged you to a party the team had thrown to celebrate their win streak, not losing a single game all spring. Who were you to rain on his parade? The way his smile was beaming with pride, he was quite literally vibrating with excitement and adrenaline, you couldn't possibly say no. God you wish you had. Bokuto hardly ever drinks, insisting he didn’t need it to have fun. But it was a celebration so he made an exception, quickly getting drunk due to his low tolerance. He was laughing and talking with his teammates about the game they had just won, bursting with pride at their praise of his abilities. And that’s when you heard it. The cliché “who wants to play truth or dare?” you rolled your eyes at Tatsuki’s drunken suggestion, about to mock him before Bokuto shouted. “Oh yes! I love this game!” you flinched from his loud voice next to you, laughing at his enthusiasm.

You had been playing for a little over an hour, watching the boys doing ridiculous dares and hearing truths you probably could’ve gone without knowing. By some stroke of luck you had managed to come out unscathed so far, not receiving a single truth or dare. That was until Akaashi’s eyes landed on you attempting to avoid his gaze. He smirked before turning his eyes to his captain and speaking “Truth or Dare Bokuto… and before you answer, picking truth would be totally lame.” Bokuto’s eyes widened at that before laughing loudly “I'm not one to back down from a challenge so... dare.” Your stomach turned at the evil expression on Akaashi’s face, seemingly getting exactly what he wanted. He pretended to think for a minute before saying “I dare you to kiss the prettiest girl here.” Bokuto stiffened at that before he glanced around the party, seeing lots of girls, some he knew and others that he didn't. After a few seconds of looking around, his glance finally landed on you before his head whipped back around to Akaashi. “That's not fair! The prettiest girl here is my best friend!” You felt warmth crawl up your neck and spread across your face, blushing from his drunken display of affection. He was always the first to compliment you and give praise to your outfits or new posts on social media but somehow this felt different. Akaashi just shrugged before saying “A dare is a dare, unless of course you’re too chicken.” This left Bokuto gaping at his friend, he was NOT a chicken, and he refused to be called any more bird related nicknames. He abruptly turned to you, his eyes lidded from the alcohol coursing through him before gently grabbing your face and placing his lips on yours. The kiss was short and sloppy but something you didn't realize you had been wanting. His eyes refused to meet yours before he quickly turned back to Akaashi “There! I did it! Now you can’t call me a chicken!” They all began clapping and laughing but you sat there finding yourself becoming more and more angry by the second. You quickly stood up and stormed away ignoring Bokuto calling your name. You hadn’t been drinking so you drove yourself home finding yourself becoming more sad than angry during the short trip. You pulled into your driveway and turned off your car, staring out your window for a moment before feeling your lip begin to tremble. Tears began to pool in your eyes and you heard your phone vibrating on the seat next to you, seeing Bokuto's name flash across your screen. You ignored him as you turned the device off and climbed out of your car. Why were you so upset? It was just a stupid dare. That kiss meant nothing to him right? So why did it mean so much to you?

It had been three weeks since that party and you had been avoiding Bokuto like the plague. You ignored all of his texts and calls, he even tried emailing you at one point. He showed up outside your apartment sitting outside your door for an hour before eventually sighing and giving up. You stopped going to his games which crushed him, his coach eventually benching him for being too distracted during a practice match. You felt awful avoiding him but you were still upset about the kiss. He had been your best friend for so long, how could he just kiss you like it meant nothing. You were more angry at yourself than you were at him, you felt those feelings that you had been pushing down for so long begin to claw their way to the surface. But the more you thought about it the more you realized that he was the only person you wanted. There was just nobody like him. You refused to allow yourself to continue thinking about it. So you tried to distract yourself the only way you knew how, by going to a volleyball game...Not your brightest idea. You knew Bokuto’s team had a game today because the coach would always give you a copy of their schedule. You grabbed a hoodie from your backseat before making your way into the gymnasium and pulling the hood up, hoping to avoid being noticed. You just wanted to see him play because no matter how upset you were you missed him desperately. You glanced at the scoreboard and scrunched your face in confusion when you saw that they were losing miserably. You searched the court for his white and grey hair but eventually noticed him sitting on the bench with his shoulders slumped. You watched as his team fought their hardest but struggled without him on the court. Your heart ached knowing that you were the reason for his depressive state, wanting nothing more than to run up to him and hug him. You got lost in your thoughts and before you knew it the whistle blew signifying the end of the match. The teams lined up and shook hands and thanked each other for the game as people made their way out of the stands.

You sat for a few minutes, contemplating if you were ready to approach him or not, not really sure what to say to him. Standing and making your way down the steps, deciding that you didn't want to go another day without him, you began searching for his tall figure in the crowds of people. After a few minutes of searching you saw a few tufts of his spiky hair in the distance and squeezed through the groups of people making their way out of the building. As you got closer to him you heard a loud giggle come from in front of him and a hand reach out to touch his arm. “Well I don't care what your coach says, if you had been out there you guys would’ve won for sure.” You felt like you were going to puke when she batted her eyelashes at him, twirling her hair around her finger and biting her lip. You saw Bokuto’s shoulders shrug before you heard him reply “yeah I guess.” You mentally sighed in relief when you realized he was completely uninterested in the girl in front of him. But she seemed determined to gain his attention, so she began to move her hand up and down his bicep before giggling. “I mean how could they not look at how big and strong you are.” Bokuto shifted awkwardly, clearly uncomfortable with how forward she was being. You clenched your jaw and before you had a chance to stop yourself you reached out and took her hand off of him. “He’s clearly not interested in you.” Bokuto’s head whipped to you before he wrapped his arms around you, hugging you tightly.

The girl had stormed off after being rejected leaving just you and Bokuto still hugging in the middle of the hallway. He pulled away slightly after a minute, tears welling up in his eyes, your heart squeezing, remembering how sensitive he can be. His arms still locked around your waist, with his lip trembling he asked “where have you been? I've been so worried about you.” He brushed some of your hair out of your face, softly stroking your cheek. You turned your face away, grabbing his much larger hand with yours. “Bokuto, when you kissed me, I was hurt. I know that kiss was just a dare and it meant nothing to you but it meant everything to me. I realized that I had these feelings for you and I didn't know what to-” You were cut off by him pulling away from you a confused expression painting his features. “It meant nothing to me? Are you out of your mind?” he screeched before wiping his face and sighing. He placed his hands on his hips and shifted his weight nervously before looking at you again. “I have been wanting to do that for SO long but I was terrified you would hate me for it. I guess I finally had the courage to do it because I was drunk but I have been dreaming of that moment for YEARS.” You stood there with your mouth hanging open suddenly forgetting how to form words. He had felt the same way the whole time and you had been completely oblivious to it? “Why didn't you just tell me Bo?” He laughed at that before pulling you back into his chest wrapping his arms around you again. “Why didn't YOU tell ME?” It was your turn to laugh before nuzzling your head into his chest missing his warm embraces. “Touché” He looked down at you and smiled warmly. “If it’s okay with you I'd really like a redo of that kiss.” A large smile made its way across your lips, warmth spreading through your entire chest. “Get down here and kiss me idiot.” He leaned his head down before attaching his lips to yours, the kiss was tender and sweet and a sharp contrast to the last time your lips had met. Your lips were moving in sync, as his arms tightly squeezed your waist, leaning forward into the kiss he tipped you back slightly. Suddenly he picked you up and spun you around with his lips still attached to yours, you giggled into the kiss before pulling away for air. He took this as an opportunity to yell “I just kissed the prettiest girl in the whole world!” You hid your face in the crook of his neck as he continued to shout. You saw his teammates approaching and Akaashi had a small grin on his face. “Hey Idiot, did you finally tell her?” Bokuto nodded and you made a mental note to thank him for that dare.

SMUT WARNING: 18+ (oral, daddy kink, praise kink, light slapping, cockwarming, unprotected sex, slight degrading) slightly based off of this vid

It had been a month since you and Bokuto had officially begun dating and you were both happier than ever and somehow even more inseparable. He spent almost every night at your apartment, most nights crashing in your bed too exhausted from practice to drive himself home, not that you minded. You had been cuddling in your bed watching a movie together when he had dozed off, tugging you closer in his sleep.

You smiled at his need to have you as close as possible even when he was asleep. You shifted slightly, preparing yourself to join him in his slumber when you heard him groan from your movements, rutting himself into the curve of your ass before wrapping his arms even tighter around your waist. You felt your face heat up and your stomach erupted in butterflies, the furthest you had taken it with him was heated makeout sessions. You wiggled your hips again feeling his heavy breathing against your neck and his bulge beginning to harden against you. You couldn't hold back the small whimper in your throat as you rubbed your thighs together. You felt your nerves begin to spike when one of his hands moved to your hip, gripping it tightly. Was he awake?

Your question was answered when you felt him begin to trail soft kisses along your neck and he began to tug at your hip to encourage you to move again. He began to grind his hips forward, grunting softly at the friction. He suddenly turns you over eyes still dusted with sleep before attaching his lips to yours, the kiss is sloppy and needy, mixed with the sounds of his grunts and your needy whines. You trail your hand down his chest before gently placing a hand on his bulge, before squeezing it softly. This earns a throaty groan from him, his eyebrows creasing in pleasure.

“You want it baby?” You nod at him with watery eyes, already so desperate for his touch. “Lemme hear you say it angel, wanna hear those words come out of your pretty mouth.” You whine feeling flustered and a little embarrassed but too lost in your lust to care.

“Please Ko, wanna feel you.” you plead. Without a moment of hesitation he's on top of you, mouth attached to your neck, sucking and biting the skin softly. You whimper feeling him grind himself into your clothed core, you fist the back of his shirt, wanting to be closer to him. “Want it off ‘Bo, wanna be closer.”

He pulls away from you, and peels his shirt off, looking down at you with his deep golden eyes. “Such a needy little thing aren't you baby? So desperate for me?” You nod before he lowers his head down to your stomach and begins to place kisses where your shirt had rode up. He began to nudge it up further with his nose, before licking a strip across your lower stomach. You wiggled in his hold and he tightened his grip around your waist to keep you still. He hooked his fingers under the waistband of your shorts, pulling them down along with your panties, placing soft kisses along your thighs and down your legs as he did. You shyly pushed your knees together suddenly feeling very exposed but he was quick to pull them apart, inserting himself between your thighs.

“Don’t you ever try to hide yourself from me baby. You look so fucking beautiful.” He leant down and placed a quick kiss to your lips before moving down your neck, placing gentle kisses to your collarbones. Pulling back to tug your shirt up over your head before tossing it to the side and returning to your chest, placing his open mouth on your nipple. He sucked it into his mouth gently scraping his teeth on it while tugging on the other with his free hand. You quickly placed your hands in his hair, tugging at the ends and wrapping your legs around his waist, trying to pull him closer, a string of whines flying from your mouth. He switched his mouth doing the same to your other nipple before trailing open mouth kisses down your stomach and hips before stopping right above your mound to look up at you. He stops to look at the way your eyes were clenched shut, eyebrows furrowed in anticipation, chest heaving trying desperately to calm your breathing.

“Look at me baby” Your eyes snap open, lifting your head slightly to look down at him between your legs. “Good girl” was all he mumbled before licking a fat stripe up your cunt.

Your head flew back, a gasp flying from your lips as you tugged at his hair harshly. He slowly slid a finger up and down your slit, his mouth attached to your clit, sucking at it harshly. He slowly slid his finger in feeling the way your tight walls clamped around his thick digit, before slightly curling it upwards searching for the spot that would have you squeezing your thighs around his head.

“Mmph~ Boku-” you were cut off by your own gasp, he had found it. He began to relentlessly brush his finger against that spot, quickly adding another digit, lapping his tongue against your clit. The sound of him humming between your thighs, him rutting into the mattress below him, his mouth now suctioning around your clit, and his fingers sliding perfectly against the soft spongy spot inside of you quickly became too much as you felt the coil in your lower tummy begin to tighten. “G-gonna- fuck Bokuto gonna cum.” you began to grind your hips into his face, smearing your wetness all over his mouth.

“Go ahead baby cum all over daddy’s face.” you whined at him, hearing him call himself that sent you over the edge, clamping your thighs around his head, your pussy squeezing his fingers tightly as you pulsed around them. He kept moving his fingers, his tongue still lapping your clit, licking up your juices.

You squealed, quickly becoming overstimulated. “Bokuto! Too much!” He slowly pulled his fingers out, placing gentle kisses on your pulsing clit. He climbed his way up your body, hungrily attaching his lips to yours, you moaned tasting yourself on his tongue.

“Please Bo want you now” he grunted against your lips but made no effort to move. “Wanna hear you say it baby” you whined knowing what he meant but feeling a heavy blush coat your cheeks at the thought of calling him that.

“Please daddy wanna feel you” His head dropped into your neck, a low growl coming from his throat before he grabbed your jaw with his hand. “You sound so fucking pretty whining like this for me” He sat back pulling his sweatpants down before laying down beside you, you sat up thinking he wanted you to ride him before he pulled you back down.

He turned you on your side before whispering in your ear. “You wanted to be a little slut and grind your ass against my cock like this then that's how you're gonna fucking take me baby.” He reached down gripping his cock and slid it between your wet folds, fucking himself between your thighs. “So fucking wet baby, so good for me”

He pulled back a bit before lining himself up and slowly pushing in. Because of the position you were even tighter, squeezing his cock harshly. He groaned as he slowly sunk his length into you before bottoming out, his fat cock stretching you out leaving a slight sting mixed with the pressure of him filling you up completely. He stilled for a minute letting you adjust to his thickness, gripping your hips tight enough he was sure to leave bruises.

“So fucking tight, all for me baby, all mine.” He began to rock his hips gently loving the little sounds it pulled from you. “Gonna take what i give you baby, gonna take all of it” one of his hands slid up your body wrapping around your throat squeezing gently while the other made its way to your clit, rubbing small circles on it. Your eyes rolled back in your head as you bounced on his cock, your hands holding your sore breasts to stop them from bouncing.

“F-faster please daddy, i can take it” He moaned loudly at that before snapping his hips forwards, increasing his pace and rubbing your clit faster.

“Such a good little fuckin whore, takin my cock so fuckin well baby. Wanna feel you cum around my cock angel Mmm~ wanna feel you squeeze me” You felt your cunt pulse around his cock from his words, the coil in your stomach tightening again. “ m’close daddy gonna cum”

His pace increased at your words, a harsh slap coming down on your thigh. “Not yet baby, you fucking hold it until I tell you” You whined feeling yourself on the brink of release “can’t hold it, needa cum, please fill me up with your cum daddy” He groaned again his pace becoming ruthless,his balls slapping against your ass harshly.

“Go ahead baby, milk daddy’s cock like a good little slut” You squeezed your eyes shut as you felt the coil snap for the second time screaming as you came around his cock, begging for him to cum deep inside your cunt. After a few more sloppy thrusts his hips stilled his cock still buried deep inside of you. Both of you panting harshly, skin slicked with sweat, as he whispered sweet praises in your ear.

He placed soft kisses on your shoulder, whispering “i love you so much” and pulling you closer to him before you both fell asleep with his cock still inside of you.