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web-novel-polls · 11 months ago

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Do y'all want to see the 65 quotes I compiled for, like, six hours after I posted the WN Quotes Submissions?

[ ] Yes

[ ] Of course

[ ] Absolutely

[ ] PLEASE

A lot of these will have to be culled and/or reorganized, but here's the pickings so far:

Romance

"When he thought of Cheng Qian, he suddenly felt like there was nothing else that he desired in this life."

Ch.56 about Yan Zhengming from Liu Yao

Listen, I absolutely love this quote because Yan Zhengming is the BIGGEST materialist.

“You are just like my reverse scale. You live, I live. You are my life. Therefore, no matter how difficult things are in the future, or how arduous life becomes, I want you to live.”

Jing Lin to Cang Ji, Nan Chan, Ch.93

“I have never known fear… But I don’t want you to die.”

Jing Lin to Cang Ji, Nan Chan, Ch.93

“To me, the one basking in infinite glory is you; the one fallen from grace is also you. What matters is you, and not the state of you.”

Hua Cheng to Xie Lian, TGCF

"It's alright, even if you aren't a son of nobility anymore, you are still you, and in your heart there's a spark, sooner or later it will shine brilliantly. I can see it, and in the future, someone else will also see it."

Gu Mang to Mo Xi, Yuwu/Remnants of Filth, Ch.5

"What was he going to do in the future? He also did not know that he felt like he was a moth and NanGong Si the flame. He always wanted to follow the light, even if it would only cause him to break apart."

Ch.154, pg.71, Ye Wangxi

“I know you can’t fully believe in what I said. It doesn’t matter. I will be by your side for a long time, anyways, I’m yours.”

Xiao Yu’an, How to Survive as a Villain, Ch.28

"Yin Hanjiang, if this Venerable can save you once, he can save you twice. If this Venerable doesn't allow you to die, then you can't die."

Wenren È, Devil Venerable Also Wants to Know, Ch.15

"They referred to each other as father and son, but their fate was like that of a broken lamp, burned away immediately in the blink of an eye, only he was still remaining immersed in this delusional dream."

Sha Po Lang, Ch.25

"Thank you, Reinhardt…I wanted to hear that you'd cause trouble for me."

Charlotte, The Demon Prince Goes to the Academy, ch.266

"I need you, not just for duties like a servant, but for you to be present where my eyes can see. I wish you were always there."

Reinhardt POV about Charlotte, The Demon Prince Goes to the Academy, ch.528

"How many times have I saved your life by now? If I have to kill you later, I'll bite my tongue and die first."

Reinhardt to Charlotte, The Demon Prince Goes to the Academy, ch.630

"I thought I could be with you forever, but I never expected it to come to this. I do not regret it. It is all my own will. If I want someone to blame, I can only blame fate. If there is a chance to do it all again, I would trample this destiny fiercely under my feet!"

Everyday I Get Up to See the Villain Stealing the Show, Ch.75

"I hope that you will hate me all your life."

Yan Xiaohan, Golden Terrace, ch.23

"I wish that, after my death, I’ll also have a picture left in Qilin Hall. When that time comes, you’ll carry it up to the Golden Stage yourself......The most high and most bright are the sun and moon, and the most close yet most distant are a husband and wife. If you promise me this, you will be my only next of kin from now on."

Fu Shen to Yan Xiaohan, Golden Terrace, Ch.26

Non-Romance

"He could have dug into his living, burning chest, let him look at his heart which was nearly dying from the agony it felt, and they would have only jeered at his passion, suspected his kindness, scorned his overconfidence, and made fun of his trembling sincerity."

Yuwu/Remnants of Filth, Ch.17 in regards to Gu Mang

"People always liked to find someone who seemed pretty good, place them in the depths of their hearts, then project their own beautiful fantasies onto that person, turning them into the source of light in their life."

Yuwu/Remnants of Filth, Ch.5

"Man is no more than lust given flesh and blood. Some people are held back from progressing by the vices, and others pursue a grand and pristine reputation. However, if carnal desire is lust, isn’t the desire for a pristine reputation also considered lust?"

Yuwu/Remnants of Filth, Ch.28

"If you don't know how to save others, how will you save yourself?"

Chu Wanning, The Husky and His White Cat Shizun, Ch.103

"Because like people, an ox has gotta eat. For the sake of eating, a lot of work has to be done. If one day you can't work anymore, then no one cares if you're alive or dead."

Ox Eats Grass, The Husky and His White Cat Shizun, Ch.65

"Doubt is the privilege of those who have a way out."

Rong Jiu, The Husky and His White Cat Shizun, Ch.112

“If I can’t change the sun, then I’ll at least decide what kind of shadow I’ll be.”

Elizabeth, Villain Hides His True Colors, Ch.16

"If one's heart is small, all their sufferings even as large as a house, can only be crammed into that small corner. But if one's heart were as vast as heaven and earth, then even if their troubles were as large as a mountain, they would become nothing more than a droplet of water in the endless sea."

Liao Ran, Sha Po Lang, Ch.26

"He believed that when he was alone, he could do anything all by himself. For a lone person, when he reaches the peak of his achievement, he's still alone; when he falls to the depths of the abyss, too, he's still alone. Even if his head were to fall from his shoulders, wouldn't that just be a scar on his body? What was there to fear?"

Liu Yao: the Revitalization of Fuyao Sect, Ch. 36

"To be famous in this world is to fool everyone under the heavens."

Island Lord Gu Yanxue, Liu Yao: The Revitalization of Fuyao Sect, Ch.44

“An Zhe skipped over the laws section. He knew that he was a law-abiding mushroom, and a law-abiding mushroom would not violate the laws of any species.”

Little Mushroom, Ch.5

What the fuck does this mean An Zhe Sksjsj

“Perhaps… once I’m dead and you’ve completely eaten my body… you’ll obtain a lot more things…Then it seems that I will have done something meaningful as well, although I don’t know if it will be good or bad for you.”

An Ze, Little Mushroom, ch.1

"They are more interested in being nice to Moondae than in Moondae himself…" -

Debut or Die, Ch.138

“-I only believe in people with walls. In order to understand someone, I think I should face that wall first.”

Han Donghoon, ORV, Ch.60

“Remember: when humans ascend, they are still human; when they fall, they are still human.”

TGCF

“Eleris had traded the entire world and her own life for me. Because she loved me that much. I couldn't even begin to fathom how much Eleris cherished me.”

The Demon Prince Goes to the Academy, Ch.634

"Isn't it blasphemy to believe that the gods always pursue goodness? No, to believe that the gods always make choices for the sake of humanity?" "Did the gods ever say that the good they pursue is the same as the good for humans?”

Rowan, The Demon Prince Goes to the Academy, Ch.577

“Adding the possibility of hope… can't be a bad thing…”

Detto, The Demon Prince Goes to the Academy, Ch.516

"The first time I calculated, I destroyed a child's life. The second time, I destroyed my only close friend. The third time, I destroyed the world."

the bald monk, It's Not Easy Being a Master, Ch.57

"If the heavens really loved him, they would’ve slapped Zich across the face and told him to change his ways."

The Regressed Demon Lord is Kind, Ch.1

"She didn’t have the courage to leave someone to die just to save herself."

The Demon Prince Goes to the Academy, Ch.167 about Ellen

“Olivia Lanze didn't know how to live if it wasn't for others.”

The Demon Prince Goes to the Academy, Ch.244

“I worked hard. Whatever it was, I put in effort. If I worked hard, I could someday stand shoulder to shoulder with my classmates who each have outstanding talents, even if I was behind for now. I believed that….I was living in defeatism without even realizing it.”

Ludwig to Gladen Amorelle, The Demon Prince Goes to the Academy, Ch.295

"An action borne from simple fear, beyond good and evil…As a mother….I want to protect my remaining child."

Luna Artorius, The Demon Prince Goes to the Academy, Ch.423

"Of course, I know that no matter what, the mountain of sins I have accumulated cannot be cleared away... But if it's possible, if I can contribute even a little to prevent that future tragedy. Maybe I can alleviate, even just a tiny bit, the weight of the slaughter and sins I've accumulated... I dared to think that way…"

Eleris, The Demon Prince Goes to the Academy, Ch.427

"If I can't find meaning in death, I will find it in life."

The Demon Prince Goes to the Academy, Ch.450

"It is right not to engage in reckless acts…However, standing atop the mountain built upon my recklessness, I cannot help but think that refraining from something due to its recklessness is merely an excuse for complacency."

The Demon Prince Goes to the Academy, Ch.466

"'A truth that divides everyone only leads to everyone's downfall...If that's the truth, it's better not to know.' If this problem could be overcome with just my own injustice, I'd accept the injustice."

Reinhardt to Kono Lint, The Demon Prince Goes to the Academy, ch.541

"I feel like the you from the temple days is the real you....This Reinhardt who became the Demon King... somehow feels fake...There are no secrets now, but you, who have lost all secrets, feel even more like a fake."

Olivia to Reinhardt, The Demon Prince Goes to the Academy, ch.558

"It's a sad time…But even in such times…Let's try our best to live."

Louise von Schwarz to Ludwig, The Demon Prince Goes to the Academy, ch.582

“Just as I can't buy my happiness with someone else's misfortune…I can't buy someone else’s happiness with my misfortune, can I?”

The Demon Prince Goes to the Academy, ch.667

"If it was impossible to be loved by everyone, then it must also be impossible to be hated by everyone."

Scarlett's realization about Reinhardt in ch.644, The Demon Prince Goes to the Academy

“Although it was only for a short time I had lived in the sky. I was one with the wind. I played together with the sunlight filtered through the trees…Even though only a fragment of the wide world, I was able to travel.”

Even a Cicada Becomes a Dragon If Reborn, Ch.1

"Master Chen always says that the body is like a canvas. It can't be helped that it shows wear and tear over the years. Rather than trying to keep on being an unpainted canvas, one should embrace the scars. Behind every scar is a memory, so accept every mark on your body as an untold story. Just like an image being painted with thousand strokes, become an artwork where every inch has its own meaning. Even if it feels like a stupid reason, or if it was an accident, or if it's painful, don't pain a part of your life white. One day, you will be able to look at the scars and smile, because they are proof of your very own story."

The Grandmaster's Weird Disciple, Ch.15

[You are my disciple. I’ll believe you even if you look at the stones and say to me it’s sand.]

Russell to Lucion, Count's Youngest Son is a Warlock, Ch.4

"Kindness will always be straightforward. It is only malice that needs to be covered up with evasive pretense, just like the words that mountain bandit said today."

Li Xian, FGEP, Ch. 44

"I once told you that, between our identities, one is in the sky above and one on the ground below - the difference between clouds and mud....Within that pile of sludge is also grades and ranks. Though I am deeply entrenched, I also want to eke out an existence in it."

Yan Xiaohan to Fu Shen, Golden Terrace

“Kim Namwoon…You are right. I am the same type of human as you.”

Kim Dokja to Kim Namwoon, Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint, ch.6 pg.39

"If hyung was such a person, you wouldn't have saved me on the subway. I believe in you.”

Lee Gilyoung to Kim Dokja, Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint, ch.21 pg.141

"It is comfortable to live alone, eat alone and survive alone. But…I know one novel that developed in such a way and was ruined."

Kim Dokja to Lee Gilyoung, Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint, ch.31 pg.216

"Tell me, you fool. If I continue to regress, will I ever get to meet you again?”

Yoo Joonghyuk, Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint, Ch.525

"I, someone of no redeeming quality, could be loved by the others."

ORV, Ch.513

She wanted to tell him. Tell him that there was a world that didn't need his sacrifice to be saved. She thought that, if it was her, she should be able to do it. Because she was most proficient at lying than anyone alive, after all.

ORV, Ch.539

「There are three ways to survive in a ruined world. I have forgotten some of them now. However, one thing is certain: you who are currently reading these words will survive. –Three Ways to Survive in a Ruined World [Complete]」

ORV, Ch.1

Even if we can't reach each other, even if we can't meet each other, we should continue to pound away on each other's walls. Even if that wall would never open up, keep writing something on that wall, anyway.

ORV, Ch.538

“Cher is a very beautiful person, but she doesn’t hate me. She’s different from those people…She said that I have beautiful eyes, and she played the piano for me. She looked so good when she smiled…I think I can also like the world a little more for her.”

Xiao Ai, ch.25, NFM

"Survive and take responsibility! Atone for the rest of your life or live a garbage life. Just somehow survive!”

Kim Dokja to Lee Jihye, ORV, Ch.40

"I wish to see the novel's epilogue.”

Kim Dokja, ORV, Ch.42

"I would find him next to me sometimes, then gone, and then back at my side again. Maybe it was because of this, but it felt like Koo-Jun Hyuk was always next to me and far away from me at the same time."

The Cult Leader in the Clergy Academy, ch.9

"Sun-Woo. No matter what happens in the future, don’t even think about revenge."

Do Sun-woo's father a week before his death, The Cult Leader in the Clergy Academy, ch.17

Stats

DPA - 18 (3 romance, 15 non-romance)

ORV - 11 (all non-romance)

4 each (1 romance, 3 NR) - Yuwu & 2ha

3 quotes (2 R, 1 NR) - Golden Terrace

3 quotes (1 R, 2 NR) - Liu Yao

2 R - Nan Chan

2 each (1 R, 1 NR) - SPL, TGCF

2 NR - Little Mushroom, Cult Leader

1 Romance - How to Survive as a Villain, DVAWTK, Every Day I Get Up to See the Villain Stealing the Show

1 NR each - It's Not Easy Being a Master, The Regressed Demon Lord is Kind, Even a Cicade, Grandmaster's Weird Disciple, The Count's Youngest Son is a Warlock, FGEP, NFM, Villain Hides His True Colors, Debut or Die

#not a poll #webnovel quotes tournament #submitting propaganda for these quotes will make sure they don't get cut btw #or just submitting them again but if you want to offer some propaganda.... 👀#my posts #web speaks #but yeah. the wn quotes tourney's probably going to be the biggest one yet lol #except maybe the 5 Love Language of Danmei length-wise? but most Contestants lol #edit: also the romance/non romance thing was just for my brain. idk if they'll be their own brackets or anything

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x-for-a-y · 1 year ago

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i would honestly kill to know when the first minitourney &/or tintinlike(s) happened because i feel like their existence is so vital to the current format of the tourney scene

#i know tournaments themselves for abstract (collections of) concepts them predate even kfad #i.e. what a minitourney effectively is but i'm just thinking of when #within the mashup tourney scene the practice of making mashup tourney contestants & having them compete #without the musical track component or even a reward began #and if when it began lines up with when mashup tourney-formatted projects without the competition began #then that would be massive however i highly doubt there's a real connection there #knowing the dates on those things would better serve to track other broad trends within the community #my use of the term tintinlike is erroneous. man do i wish there were a better way to refer to tournament-formatted mashup projects without #bracket or even competition #like i don't know Precisely where the term blindfad comes from but it makes sense on its own as a word with meaning #etymologically speaking i guess. it's not anywhere near as contex-requiring as ''tintinlike''

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fairytale-poll · 1 year ago

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i am here to show a few reasons why cinders ouatis does, in fact, qualify as a cinerella.

(btw htis is not to pcik a fight or to be rude to that anon, i would sjut like to show that there are several thigns the propaganda did not speak of that qualified her for the position, if she's meant to follow all the cinerellea tropes.)

first, her story, then how it falls into line with what makes a cinderella.

so, her mom died. that's. that's kidna a big stapple in msot cinderallas. her dad (the king btw, i promise it's kinda important) remarried to her "wicked stepmother" and then had new stepsisters as well (wicked in quotes. they're- ok. there's a lot)

in the era of a war against king Cole, cole ended up taking over her kingdom/planet, with the help of her stepsisters and step mother, and they kinda turned her in ("wicked" part). she was then thrown into jail.

(also her love interest was, at least in popular theories since it wasn't explicetly stated, one of the commanding officers in the raid.)

rose, her love interest ("Prince Charming" but yk princess bc lesbians yippee!), got to know her a bit while she was still in prison, and there was like a lot of unresolved everything.

then a "godmother in white" (snow, rose's sister, or at least that's how i interpreted it, however it could very well be general white or whatever her title was that snow ended up adopting) broke her out the day that rose was resasigned and leaving planet. the godmother told her that if she and rose were married by midnight, then they woul be able to be together bc idk laws ig? (i mean, i've nevre heard of laws that allow that but yk ok why not)

then at the wedding cole ended up kidnapping rose and cinders fled (she also feels really guilty about this, but if you read the fiction for it, im pretty sure it said that rose had told her to run) and was one fo the few survivers of the everything that happened there.

then she spends the rest of her years hunting down rose wiht this like... mood ring? at least it kinda works like one i think.

then when she finally finds rose agin.... um.

well, i'll let you listen to the album.

(it's sad.)

NOW HERE'S WHERE THINGS OVERLAP

again, the remarriage of her father.

then the way her stepmother and sisters treated her. now, again. never explicitly stated how they treated her before cole came and stuff, but after that, she was in the position of being in rags when she deserved so mcuh more than that, but her stepfamily took it from her (in a few other ersion it's the stepmother making her the family servant/slave, in other version it's... something else idk i don''t read a lot of cinderella stuff tbh i preffer other fairy tales).

then we have the godmother saving her. that part speaks for itself. i think.

then for the ball (or in this case, a wedding to her "true love"), it IS explicitly stated that the rings, that turn red when its other is with it, are made of glass. in the fiction, it said that as cinders was putting the ring on rose's finger, the bmombs went off, and she dropped it. rose caught it, stuffed it in her wedding dress pocket (fuck yeah, i would love to have that on my wedding dress), told cinders to run. leaving the glass slipper (ring, ig, but yk it slipped so) behind, right around midnight.

also, her name isn't even cinders officially! i don't know what it was before, but durring the whole revolution and such and her looking for rose, she edned up taking a new name/persona, much like snow, and was dubbed cinders, "after the her ashen world" (or whatevr it was, idk, i haven't listened to the album in a bit). again, this plays into the whole thing with the name that many other version and adaptations liek to play off of.

tbh this is all i can think of rn bc im kinda tired, so feel free to expand on this. wanted to give as mcuh details as i could abotu her story and how it is fairly similar to every other cinderella story.

however to me, a lot of these cinderellas also jsut. aren't too close to a certain story of cinderella. there's a lot of creative liberaty taken in every version. now, the album in it of itself, (once upon a time (in space)) takes a bucnh of stories, this and many other fary tales, and twists them and makes it their own. it's an adaptation. and when it comes to things like folk lore, ledgends, myths, and fairy tales (especially those), there's always gonna be some inconsistancies than with other version derived of the same media. hell, even jsut the stories themselves almsot never stay consistent.

a cinderella is a cinderella if they are said to be based off of the story of cinderella. (im looking at you carrie, and how no one said she was any less of a cinderella than any other competitor)

-A

If this propaganda has convinced you, click here to vote for Cinders (Once Upon a Time in Space)!

#im going to be honest i didnt read all of this bc i cant focus on it rn #but ofc like everyone is allowed to send in info on their cinderella! :)#i do want to say i dont think prev anon wanted to say cinders shouldnt count for the tourney #i just think they found them less cinderella y than other contestants #but maybe reading this would change their mind !!#long post #ask #propaganda #not a poll

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just-some-guy-joust · 2 years ago

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you can do whatever the hell you want!! obscurity is a preference, not a requirement! you don't have to filter your nominations just because they might be popular, thats actually half the point of having nominations open! to find out whats popular and whats not!! as long as they are a creature that lives in the deep, youre good! literally submit anything, im the one who needs to worry about filtering stuff out, and im not even doing that all that much yet. you dont have to worry about it, i do not mind filtering out submissions that don't work. all You needa do is send me your favorite guys c:

#asks #deep sea fish tourney #this is a screenshot of the ask since the other half names your submission #which at the moment is something im staying secretive about (for the above reasons of popularity)#i cannot stress this enough. submit creatures that may have already been submitted #this is a popularity contest you can treat it like that its ok AHFSFHSHFD #pleeease send your favorite guys even if theyre generally popular PLEEEASE

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eurovision-song-bracket · 1 year ago

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IT'S THE FINALS!

“Cha Cha Cha” (Finland 2023)

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“SHUM” (Ukraine, 2021)

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#eurovision #esc #eurovision song contest #Kateryna Pavlenko #go_a #Käärijä #Jere Pöyhönen #tumblr bracket #tumblr polls #eurovisionbracket #tumblr tournament #tumblr tourney #tumblr poll #Youtube

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bdslab · 2 years ago

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Is your favorite BD character someone other than Fantasio, Asterix, or Gaston Lagaffe?

Make your voice heard! Send in nominations for best BD character here or by reblogging and leaving their name in the tags

You may nominate up to 5 characters and characters may repeat. I’m making a bracket with the nominations when the queue runs out (in roughly 5 days)

#best of BDs contest #text #the Fantasio sweepers are real #by the way smurf fans #there are NO Smurfs on this list #i know you have your own tourney #but I think at least one deserves a spot on mine

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oopsalldadsderby · 2 years ago

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this is definitely going to end up as a showdown between popular franchises. good luck with the tourney tho!

Well yes, that's generally how these things work out.

#answered asks #anonymous #ins will be based on submissions to start with but i might do a round 2 for all the smaller ones #but yes. tourneys are popularity contests. i don't think this is news?

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starmagnets · 2 years ago

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so many in this batch have hats

#my ramblings #working on the second batch of doodles for the tourney contestants rn #there are. so many hats.

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magerywrites · 1 year ago

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Ladies. Gentlemen. Enbies. Nascent Armoured Core Six puppygirls. We have a tragedy on our hands. A category five code red containment breach.

It has come to my attention that there are people in the notes of this poll trying to use the Epic of Gilgamesh to justify Enkidu out-heading Ishtar.

The Epic of Gilgamesh. The story about, among other things, how arrogance and hubris against the gods will only lead to disaster and true wisdom is found in accepting that humans can never aspire to the domain of the divine. The story that literally uses Enkidu’s death to support that message.

We need to nip this in the bud. It’s kind of like citing Fate/Stay Night to justify saying that being a hero is lame and you shouldn’t want to save anyone. Neither Archer nor Gil are meant to be right. It’s pretty foundational to the entire story.

Furthermore, using the Epic itself as a reference point for understanding anything about Ishtar is fraught with flaws. The version Fate/Grand Order and Fate/Strange Fake rely on—the Standard Babylonian Version—presents a view of Ishtar so dissimilar to any other representation across any part of her mythology that scholarship has suggested the Epic's compilers were reflecting the existence of "anti-Ištar sentiment at that time" (Beaulieu, 2003). In fact, the original Sumerian version of Gilgamesh and the Bull of Heaven has nothing to do with romance, but is instead Inanna's attempt to stop Gilgamesh rampaging as he pleased through her temple in Uruk.

Beyond this, it's one piece of mythology out of dozens that feature her. I wrote an entire essay on the subject of Ishtar's sexual skills as attested to in her mythology for this tournament and feel obligated to note that in it I referenced twenty-nine different texts from the relevant time periods, including myths, prayers, kingship inscriptions, and the like... and I could have cited more if I'd had the time.

The Epic is a good story—it's a great story!—but it is exactly that: a story. Pull open the Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature (ETCSL) and read through the courtship of Inanna and Dumuzi (did you know there's a section in it called the Song of the Lettuce where Inanna refers to Dumuzi as her "well-watered lettuce" among a whole series of funky pet names?), or myths like Inanna and Enki or Inanna and Ebiḫ to get a sense of what she is actually like in stories that aren't, arguably, deliberately biased against her.

If you do, you might come to understand how I managed to put down five thousand words about Ishtar's immaculate head game and why I am so normal about her to begin with.

(I would like to be clear that I don't write this to deny Enkidu's sexual skills; as you may already know, a recent discovery revealed that Enkidu actually joins Ereshkigal in the "fourteen days and nights of sex in one myth" club. Rather, I seek, as always, to correct some significant misconceptions about Ishtar that propagate throughout the fandom due to Fate's take on her and the fame of the Epic itself.)

Side D, Round 4 (Match 2)

#i am very normal about inanna-ishtar #nasuverse head game tourney #inanna-ishtar #enkidu would beat almost anyone else in this contest #but ishtar? absolutely the worst possible match-up #it's not just that her skills are superior in this area it's that the bad blood between them #would mean she would go out of her way to make sure enkidu lost #and that is a very scary thing to be on the opposite side of: just ask mount ebih

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