#worst modern bracket

[fairytale-poll]

MODERN ADAPTATION BRACKET WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT POST!!!

We have finished another tournament (or rather, two mini-tournaments!) Thank you guys for another great one, the results really surprised me this time around!! I apologize for deciding not to hold a Loser's Bracket & Mod's Choice poll this time around, but both will be back for the next tournament.

Before we go into the winners, however, I want to say that this blog is officially a year old! I opened submissions for our first tournament, Red Riding Poll, on July 26th of 2023, and the first rounds of the poll came in the early days of August 2023! Since then, we have hosted 4 tournaments (Red Riding Poll, Cinder Poll, Little Merpoll, & Modern Adaptation Brackets) and it's truly been a great experience! I can't wait to see how many more brackets we will do in the future :)

Okay, onward to the winners!

We will start with the Best Modern Bracket. The quarterfinalists for that one were Once Upon a Time and The Sisters Grimm! Once Upon a Time has been a decisive pick, being both on the Best and Worst brackets, but since it only placed in the Best bracket it must have some merit to it! :) As for the Sisters Grimm, it was definitely a popular choice and probably would've won the whole bracket if it did not have to go against the eventual first-place winner/that said first-place winner wasn't in the tournament. I've never read it, but if I were to give "fan favorite" award for this bracket it would definitely win it. Congratulations to fans of both of these fairytale crossover series for the bronze medal!

The semifinalists of the Best Modern Bracket was Hook! This is another one that I haven't watched, but Robin Williams' old movies are definitely great nostalgic picks (RIP). Though technically Peter Pan isn't a fairytale, I think that it is often listed with them enough that it should count, so congrats to Hook for carrying that win!

Finally, the winner of the Best Modern Bracket was none other than the magical girl classic, Princess Tutu!!! This is one of my favorite anime series that I don't see often, so I was more than surprised to see it not only submitted but win (and by a lot, too! It practically swept every poll it went against, even things like Ponyo which I really thought was going to carry the win due to how universally loved it is!) A delightful series that definitely deserves the love, I couldn't be happier to see that this little duck made it all the way to the gold <3

Applaud to the Best Modern Bracket winners!!! Now, get ready to point and laugh at the Worst Modern Bracket winners!!! (Or losers, in a way, if you think about it). Okay, but in all seriousness, if you like any of these listed for the Worst Modern Bracket, try not to take offense! This is all in good fun :)

The quarterfinalists for the Worst Modern Bracket were Avalon High and Sydney White! Sydney White was one of those that were in both brackets, but it only ranked in the Worst one. As for Avalon High, I have been told that the dislike for this one was more so for it being a bad book-to-movie adaptation, which is interesting to hear. Anyway, I haven't watched either, so I have no witty comments.

For the semifinalist, we have Hooked! Another Peter Pan adaptation in the 2nd place, go figure... Well, I feel as if this book was more well-known, it could've gone to #1 as people tended to have a lot of strong feelings on this. I admit, the summary doesn't make it sound too appealing to me... well, here it is with the silver for that!

The winner was obvious to me as soon as the bracket started. And I was right on the money, for none other than Beastly got the winning title of the Worst Modern Bracket! It has all the pitfalls of bad Beauty and the Beast adaptations that I've noticed and it's certainly quite infamous (especially after the Jenny Nicholson video)! I distinctly remember seeing the commercials for it on TV when I was a kid and thinking "that movie looks weird... is that what teens like?" Apparently not, since it didn't do so well! Nobody deserves the honor of being called the Worst Modern Bracket like this movie, good job!

aaaannnnndddd that's it for the modern bracket polls! Thank you everyone who participated. Our next tournament as voted on by you guys will be Best Fairy Godmother. I don't have a figure of when I will open submissions, but I would say at least two weeks. See you then! <3 <3 <3

[dungeon-meshi-tournament]

For my first tournament of 2025, I want to run an outfit tournament. But there are two options that I think would both be fun to run, so I leave the choice up to my followers.

I also want to make the candidates for this tournament ones which are submitted by you lovely people. Some pointers on submitting outfits:

You have until this poll ends to submit outfits for either tournament.

Any outfit any of the characters have worn in any official material, whether that's the manga, the anime, the Adventurer's Bible, the Daydream Hour, or some more obscure material.

Anyone is allowed to submit as many outfits as they want.

To make sure I see your submission, it's best to submit it as an ask. You're allowed to message your submission to me in other ways too if you want though.

If the outfit you're submitting is only for one tournament, please specify.

You'd help me out a lot if you also submitted an image of the outfit, but it's not required.

After this poll concludes, I'll put all of the outfits submitted for the winning tournament into one big bracket, which will be the bracket for the next tournament.

Outfits that have been submitted so far below the cut:

Laios:

BBQ party

Demon lord

Dragon sweater

Thistle backpack (dual outfit)

Frog suit

Mushroom suit

Canary

Halloween costume

Half-foot outfit

Leather underarmour

Standard outfit

Falin:

Chimera form

Death / stomach T-shirt

Naked in the bath

BBQ party

Bug catching

Chimera dress

Dancing

White dress

Christmas dress

Blue coat

Blouse & sunhat

Medieval dress

Dress with coat

Cavewoman

Laios' outfit

Marcille:

Dungeon lord

Standard outfit (best outfit only)

Familiar shirt (best outfit only)

BBQ party

Rin's dress

Sundress

Swimsuit

Black dress

Christmas dress

Dark dress

Avant-garde dress

Frog suit

Home dress

Namari's outfit

Chilchuck:

Standard outfit (best outfit only)

Halloween costume

BBQ party

Summer outfit

Shirt collar unbuttoned

Frog suit

First collab cafe

Senshi:

Underwear (chapter cover)

BBQ party

Hawaiian shirt with pepper

Medieval outfit with red overcoat

Santa

Modern with tie

Underwear (hairy)

Frog suit

Halloween costume (worst outfit only)

Izutsumi:

Tail warmer

Crop top

Christmas dress

Calico

Thistle:

Standard jester outfit

Two-piece beach outfit

Orange jester outfit

Blue jester outfit

Flutist outfit

Walking mushroom T-shirt

Christmas

Lute player

Mithrun:

Halloween costume

Wakuwaku-san

Fucked-up

Cithis:

Winter outfit

Halloween costume

One-piece swimsuit

Pattadol:

Bikini

Fleki:

Tits out

Stoner backpack

Fur coat

Unicorn shirt

Orange suit

Bikini

Unicorn shirt 2

Winter outfit

Standard outfit (worst outfit only)

Lycion:

Standard outfit (worst outfit only)

Otta:

Leather jacket

Fur-lined jacket

Tank top

Inutade:

Swimsuit

Christmas dress

Sumo wrestler

School uniform

Halloween costume

Hien:

School uniform

Christmas dress

Benichidori:

School uniform

Modern with sweater

Kabru:

Fem!Kabru

With armour

Without armour

Gravestone T-shirt

Dia:

Pink dress

Medieval outfit

Yellow dress

Yellow floral dress

Yellow swimsuit

Namari:

Christmas dress

Marcille's outfit

Sleeping gown (worst outfit only)

Kaka:

Gnome

Kiki:

Gnome

Leed:

Suit

Standard outfit

Elf queen:

Open jacket, jewellery, and nothing else

[meta-squash]

Torchwood Fic Recs

Here's a bunch of fic recommendations for excellent Torchwood fics that I've had bookmarked. Many of these are from the old days of Torchwood fandom and never got transferred to ao3, so there are quite a few livejournal links and a few wayback machine links. Anything that I had bookmarked on lj that got transferred to ao3, I'll link the ao3. I may put my own notes/descriptions in brackets after the fic summary.

Proof Of Your Existence by sarcasticchick - Can you offer me proof of your existence? How can you? When neither modern science nor philosophy can explain what life is. [In which Ianto is more than what he seems.]

What Lies Within by xtricks - Ianto becomes contaminated with an alien. Jack will do whatever he can to hold onto him, even as he changes. [Link goes to the last chapter, which has all the others linked. TW: tentacle sex, which is partly metaphorical and partly literal.]

Conversational Japanese, Plus Frogs by james - Tosh and Ianto have been taken prisoner. They cope.

PTSD: Post Torchwood Stress Disorder by waldo - It's been two and a half years since Canary Wharf. It's been a year since Lisa. And Jack is just now realizing what the real toll has all been on Ianto and the other survivors of Torchwood One. Now he needs to fix a big thing done badly before anyone else dies.

Notebird by cyus - A note points to nowhere and a bird comes from nowhere, and Torchwood, in the wake of their teammates’ deaths, finds that some experiences shatter things into pieces too small to be fit back together.

Second Look by remindmeofthe- Sometimes, you get a chance to see the past through a different pair of eyes: your own.

The Cartography Of Feeling by sholio - "We're sodding gladiators," Owen said. "Fuck this entire day and Jack Harkness too." (Or: Owen and Ianto are abducted by aliens and forced to arena-fight. But the worst part might be the control device that connects them in an emotion and pain-sharing bond.)

Forget, Survive, Repeat by d8rkmessngr - He came to Torchwood, to Jack, for Lisa. But now she's gone and Ianto isn't sure what there is he has left. Post "Cyberwoman".

I Had No Idea I Had Been Travelling by kalichan & rm - It's not how you die; it's how you live, especially when your life is built of stories. And in the end, all lives are. [This fic is incredibly long, but it is absolutely beautiful, and most of the segments can be read individually. I'm of the opinion that everyone should read this fic. It's the Torchwood fic I continued to think about for years even when I was focusing on other fandoms.]

Hourglass by lazuli - Death is not the only form of loss. Torchwood grieves the loss of Owen and Tosh, and something strange is wrong with Jack. [Link goes to wayback machine, but all chapter links work.]

The Cricket And The Bird by solsticezero - On the nature of immortality and the longevity of birds.

Like The Wind by clarrisani- Sometimes all you can do is run. [Mild Owen/Ianto, leaning closer to friendship.]

More Richer Than My Tongue by sanginmychains - Ianto needs to get some space after the events of Cyberwoman. Jack comes along. They get rained on, and discuss their relationship.

Got That Friday Feeling Again by NancyBrown - HELP HELP HELP HELP I AM TRAPPED IN A TIME BUBBLE The magic marker all over the nice chintz wallpaper bled and smeared as Owen wrote in increasingly desperate lettering across the walls. Ls and Ps dragged down, wiggly at the end or drawn out in slashed strokes.

I Am Not My Own by methylethyl - "Torchwood's disability pay is about this big--" Ianto held up his thumb and index finger, about two centimeters apart. "--and comes out of a gun at a thousand meters per second."

Disinterred by seize - "What is a man? A miserable little pile of secrets." Ianto makes a discovery, and learns there are things he probably doesn't want to know. He asks anyway. [TW: torture.]

Frames Of Reference by echo - There's a difference between 'mostly alive' and 'mostly dead'. Sometime it's just hard to remember which one is which, especially when you get right down to the details.

Do Not Go Gentle by mcparrot - Reeling from the deaths of Owen and Tosh, Gwen and Ianto watch helplessly as Jack acts erratically. They assume it's just his way of mourning - until he disappears.

Tea And Sympathy by osprey_archer - Soon after Jack's disappearance, Owen takes sick. Ianto goes to check on him. [Some wonderfully unhinged Owen/Ianto fic]

Before You Know It by yuma - In all honesty, he should have been expecting it. He was there when boys, not yet men, suffered what was first called shell-shock, then combat fatigue, to the neatly packaged politically correct acronym.

Sweet, Delicious Despair by marchling - A group of strange suicides comes Torchwood's way when the police can't figure out why happy people with everything to live for are suddenly taking their own lives for seemingly no reason. The team is on the case, but there are no leads… Until one of their own is threatened. [TW: Suicide]

The Subject Of Mourning by jesuisgourde - Gwen had said Those poor girls. But both were dead, victims of Torchwood, of circumstance, of the most destructive kind of loyalty and love. Owen could only think Poor Ianto. The dead were dead. The living had to keep living with the pain. Owen and Ianto in the immediate aftermath of Cyberwoman.

In Your Image by blackbird_song - Jack and Ianto sitting in a tree: Torchwood-style.

Object Permanence by solsticezero - After the events of Exit Wounds, Ianto is left with lingering anxieties about the safety of the people he loves.

[a brief interlude for paperclipbitch fics. she's been my favourite torchwood writer since the early days. please read all of her stuff.]

If You Pass Go, Do Not Collect £200 by paperclipbitch - Ianto is sent to rescue Owen from 19th Century London, but he’s less than impressed by what Owen has been doing to survive.

Untitled Series 2 AU by paperclipbitch - “Come on,” Ianto sighs, and Owen falls into his side like he's just been waiting for the invitation. [Owen/Ianto]

Clinging To The Wreckage Until I Got The Message by paperclipbitch - “You need something other than this in your life, Owen,” Ianto murmurs. [Owen/Ianto]

People That I Wasn't by paperclipbitch - Jack and Ianto have to deal with death in all sorts of ways.

Hamartia by paperclipbitch - “Don’t you start,” Owen snaps, turning on him. Ianto doesn’t even bother to look up from where he’s inspecting his fingernails. “Going to hit me again?” he asks lightly. [Owen/Ianto]

It Will Bleed You Dry by paperclipbitch - Europe is dying. But Jack refuses to let his team go.

Like There's A Part Of Me That I Want To Get Back Again by paperclipbitch - Ianto Jones, in his crisp pinstripe suit, the remains of a black eye still mildew-green on his face, frowns a little at Owen Harper and says: “Have we met before?” [Owen/Ianto]

No Sense Of Direction by paperclipbitch - After Gwen finally leaves Owen, Ianto is left to try and pick up the pieces. [Owen/Ianto. Link goes to the last chapter of the series, which has links to the previous chapters]

Beautiful Lies by remuslives23 - "Truth is beautiful, without a doubt; but so are lies." Ianto and Jack after the events of the Lost Souls radio play.

Shooting The Messenger by salmon-pink - Jack gives the orders, Ianto obeys, and Owen thinks that maybe everyone has lost their minds, himself included. [Owen/Ianto PWP]

All The Stars In The Sky by lasersforeyes - Sometime after the end of Jack's world, he meets meets someone familiar in an unfamiliar place, and realizes that somehow, things just keep going.

The Dominant Line Between Life And Death by ladyflowdi - In the space of a heartbeat, between the rhythmic pulse of life itself, Ianto’s world is split in two. There is only the Before and the After, the Once Was and Is Now, as if someone has cut him right down the middle, a perfect sagittal seam that has equal parts guts, eyes, and heart. He is coexisting with himself, and the other Ianto won’t stop screaming.

Passing Currents by feathereddino - Gwen assists with clean-up after a case is finished. [This fic is pretty Gwen-bashy/old school fic Gwen characterisation, but the rest of the concept and other characterisations are so fun and spot on that I want to rec it.]

No Word For Yes by copperbadge - Someday he will have a Jack-to-English dictionary. Though it will contain more than just the words, he supposes. And be unsuitable for children.

Life Lived Without Thinking by pocketmouse - While exploring the lower levels, Ianto steps through a doorway, and disappears into blackness. [Owen/Ianto, ish]

Roses In December by remuslives23 - Memories of better times assailed him, snippets of his life ticking over in his mind like flashes of scenes from a film, faster and faster until he couldn't breathe then the floodgates flew open, and he couldn't stop the crippling pain from bending him in two.

Management Of Dead Bodies In Disaster Situations: A Field Manual by heddychaa - Darragh Edmonds is a so-called "disaster specialist". Called to the site of tsunamis, earth quakes, floods, terrorist attacks, he takes up the grim task of putting order to human remains, and he does it well. Cleaning up after a biological attack on Thames House should make for a comparatively easy day for Darragh: after all, the bodies of Thames House have even been so considerate as to pile themselves right at the front door for him. That is, until he's sworn to secrecy and sent, alone, to collect two bodies from the building's eerie top floor.

Confluence by cmdr_spadge - Once Lisa is dead, it's Owen who decides what to do with Ianto.

Interstitial by sholio - They jostled around each other for a while, bouncing off each other's sharp and broken edges—and then they started to fit, like puzzle pieces that couldn't click together until they found just the right angle. [Owen/Ianto]

do not go gentle by someawkwardprose - His hands were shaking. Lisa was dead. They’d killed her, the whole bloody team, and he hated them. Lisa was dead, and he wasn’t.

Simile by echo - After being trapped, beaten, terrified, and deprived of sleep, Ianto is desperate to get away from the activity surrounding the village. Unfortunately, with a concussion and any number of unknown injuries, that's not really a good idea.

Separated by AuthorInDistress - When the Toclafane attack during the 'Year That Never Was', Owen and Ianto survive that hell together.

C12H22O11 by Jane St Claire - Sometimes things turn up right in the Hub. It's a big time-saver. [A creature falls through the rift. It might be more than what it seems.]

Writing The Truth In Blue by pecos - The glimpse of a pink dress shirt in the rubbish skip was enough tweak Jack’s curiosity. What he eventually found led him to realize what he was about to lose forever.

I also have a number of old deleted classics saved, stuff by rcmclachlan (I just have From Which Come All Things, which is the important one imo), rexluscus, and lawford, and a few others, so if you're an old fan and want those, dm me!

[flagwars]

r/Vexillology Contest Flag Wars: Round 1

This tournament will focus on the winners of the flag contests held by the r/vexillology subreddit between 2020 and 2024! As the subreddit holds one tournament each month, all with unique themes, there will be 60 total flags in this tournament.

See the full brackets below:

Round 1:

1. Soviet Pyramiden by /u/n_Tic (Oct 2022 - Ghost Towns) vs. Lotus Tranquillitatis by /u/AlexanderRoger (May 2020 - Lunar Regions) vs. Golden Ribbon by /u/persew (Feb 2021 - Study of Flags) vs. Alaskan Forget-Me-Nots by /u/gmalatete (Jun 2020 - Floral Emblems)

2. New Magnolia by /u/uptownxthot (Jul 2020 - Mississippi Redesign) vs. Inuit People - Ancestral Colors Flag by /u/No-Fox-4156 (Dec 2022 - Arctic Indigenous People) vs. Blossom of the Caribbean by /u/n_Tic (Apr 2023 - Alternative History Latin America and Caribbean) vs. Arctic Indigenous People's Flag by /u/Imperito (Dec 2021 - Arctic)

3. UKI - London - The Greater & City Capital Standard by /u/VertigoOne (Oct 2020 - English Regions) vs. Magnesium - Burning Bright by /u/Smiix (Feb 2023 - Elements: Round Two) vs. The Star of Oron by /u/GomiTheGOAT (Aug 2021 - Disputed Territories) vs. The Punic Republic (Carthage) by /u/Imperito (Apr 2021 - Alternative African Nations)

4. Death Valley National Park by /u/bmoxey (Jan 2021 - National Parks) vs. Fukushima - The Island of Fortune by /u/Emi6219 (Dec 2023 - Japanese Prefectures) vs. The Tyrian State by /u/TorteApp (Sep 2023 - United Mediterranean Sea) vs. Novel November Winners' Standard by /u/ZombieJockeyGames (Nov 2024 - Nanowrimo (National Novel Writing Month))

5. Cape Town Accords on Military Assistance between Brunei Darussalam and South Africa by /u/Emi6219 (Jan 2023 - Unlikely Bilateral Military Alliance) vs. A flag for Berkelium by /u/Greyspeir (Sep 2020 - Elements) vs. Power by the People by /u/heshammourad (Sep 2022 - Pro-Democracy Protest Flag) vs. Resurgent Empire by /u/bmoxey (Aug 2020 - TV Tropes Nations)

6. ‎علمح ﴿علم اللغه المصريه الحديثه﴾ /alam al-lughah al-masriyah al-hadithah by /u/imagiflaggi (Jul 2023 - Languages) vs. Chihuahua - The Jewel of Oasisamerica by /u/Emi6219 (Mar 2021 - 13 Worst Flags Redesign) vs. Flag of Kazakhstan by /u/FXBR (Sep 2021 - National Recolor) vs. Crescent and Kanaga by /u/dksetiavan (Nov 2023 - Redesign National Tricolor Using Two Colors)

7. East African Federation by /u/RGBvex (Feb 2020 - East African Federation) vs. The City of Rings - Ba-Sing-Se (Avatar: The Last Airbender) by /u/Torchonium (Jun 2022 - Fictional Cities) vs. Sun of Dazhbog (slavic pagan movement) by /u/poland_embassy (Oct 2024 - Modern Pagan Movements) vs. Japanese Community in Mexico City - Harmony and Friendship by /u/Emi6219 (Jan 2022 - International Immigrant Community)

8. Enumclaw Emblem by /u/gmalatete (Nov 2021 - Chino Hills/Enumclaw/Menifee) vs. Steppe Eagle by /u/Azquirrel (Aug 2023 - Romania and Chad) vs. Light of Chagos by /u/KUPPERCUP (Dec 2024 - Flag for the Chagos Islands) vs. A Flag for Monks by /u/saladinmander (Mar 2023 - Dungeons and Dragons Character Classes)

9. Flag of Columba by /u/FXBR (Mar 2020 - Constellations) vs. Guatemala - Forest of Quetzal by /u/bmoxey (Nov 2020 - Blue and White Switch) vs. Sovereign Yidindji Government - The Voice of the Elders by /u/Emi6219 (Nov 2022 - Micronations) vs. Lake Titicaca - Virachocha's bolt | by /u/Imperito (May 2021 - International Lakes)

10. The Chumash Sun and Hollywood Stars by /u/SeeZwee (Feb 2024 - Six Californias) vs. Acknowledgement & Unity Flag by /u/Paper_and_Pixels (Jul 2021 - USA Redesign) vs. Forked Path Flying - Gardner, KS by /u/VertigoOne (May 2023 - 25 Worst New City Flags in the US) vs. Central Asian Tricolor by /u/no_apologies (Jul 2024 - Stanistan/United Central Asia)

11. Always Rising by /u/no_apologies (Jun 2023 - Progress Pride Flag Using Four Colors) vs. Margarita Island - The Pearl of Venezuela by /u/Emi6219 (Aug 2022 - Non-Sovereign Islands) vs. D-Day - Neptune's Five Beaches by /u/Emi6219 (Jun 2024 - D-Day Mission Flag) vs. United Nations - The Roots of Peace by /u/Emi6219 (Mar 2022 - UN Redesign without a Map or Circles)

12. The Flag of Woven Fates by /u/SeeZwee (Sep 2024 - Protest Flags for Democracy) vs. Muscogee Fields of Sunshine - Tallahassee, FL by /u/VertigoOne (May 2024 - US State Capital Redesign) vs. Piping Shrike Wing for South Australia by /u/flagsdotwin (Oct 2023 - Australian States & Territories)

13. Phoenix State's Tohono Sun by /u/alasdairgunn (Dec 2020 - Equal Area US/EU) vs. Flag for the Pyrenees Mountains by /u/VertigoOne (Jul 2022 - Mountain Ranges) vs. The Kōtuku Flag by /u/ZombieJockeyGames (Aug 2024 - Regions of New Zealand)

14. Qeqertalik - The Whale and Walrus by /u/hilfigeritout (Jun 2021 - Greenlandic Municipalities) vs. The Five Krais of Sibir by /u/FXBR (Apr 2022 - Alternative Asian Nations) vs. Flag of Maryland by /u/gmalatete (Jan 2020 - Art Deco)

15. Latvian Flag by /u/akh (Apr 2020 - Red and White Redesigns) vs. Nahuan languages - Pānquetzaliztli (The Rising of Flags) by /u/Emi6219 (May 2022 - Language Families) vs. Naqaỹa by /u/arapaap-namnama (Feb 2022 - Latin American Exoworld)

16. Flag of Mictlān - The Land of the Dead by /u/Emi6219 (Oct 2021 - Mythical Places) vs. The June Solstice by /u/MichaelGreshko (Jan 2024 - Calendar Months) vs. السيوف والمها (Swords and oryx) by /u/dksetiavan (Mar 2024 - Two Color National Flags Redesign) vs. Kitaukoku's Desert Rose by /u/Brasitino_do_Sul (Apr 2024 - Alternative Oceania)

[i-am-the-oyster]

Can you tell me about Lewisohn and why he’s so hated? I’m a bit new here and I was recommended a blog that is solely dedicated to hating this guy. Was he a homophobe or did he do something rude to the boys?

Hello anon! I feel your pain. Lewisohn is a controversial figure, and it can be hard to get a read on what people think of him and why.

Lewisohn is writing what he hopes will be the definitive history of the Beatles. He has so far completed volume 1 (which covers from before they were born till 1962), as well as several other books from before he started working on the series.

He is very popular with some parts of the fandom because he has done really extensive research and is considerably better than other authors I could name.

But, there are some serious issues with his work.

First of all, his author bios tend to call him "the acknowledged authority" and his wiki article refers to him as a "historian". I would be slow to apply either of those terms to him. His training and experience are in journalism, and he does not apply modern standards of historical research to his work.

Secondly while his writing is engaging (I read the extended version of Tune In and missed it when it was over) his analysis is often lacking in empathy. For example, he tells us (ad nauseam) how "mean" and "cheap" Paul was, but doesn't take any time to consider the money and family issues Paul was facing that a) didn't apply to the others b) might have caused such behaviour. If the most ambitious and diligent musician in the group won't buy himself a new guitar, maybe he has a reason, you know?

Thirdly, he's weirdly dismissive of oral accounts. Liverpool locals figured out where Paul had his paper round, but it wasn't on a piece of paper, so as far as ML was concerned it didn't count.

Fourthly (this list is getting long) he had some kind of falling out with Paul (and Apple Corps) around 2009. He went from being invited to write Paul's biography to being dis-invited. It's not clear exactly what when on between them, but ML has not acknowledged that it might impact his objectivity wrt his writing.

Fifth he completely ignores queer issues. There's a part where he sort of darkly hints about George's sexuality, but in a childish heternormative way. His treatment of Brian's sexuality isn't completely terrible, but neither is it fantastic. I'd be amazed if he ever addresses the evidence for, eg, John's bisexuality.

One of the most difficult things for me is that he's overtly racist against the Irish in the worst self-satisfied Brit way (apologies to my British readers if that sounds harsh, but it is A Thing).

I would still recommend reading it, but as with all books on the Beatles, you must take it with a pinch of salt. Go in aware of his bias against Paul and his hero-worship of John, and there's a lot to be gained from reading the book, in my opinion.

And I really hope that he'll eventually pass on his extensive research collection as a public resource for actual historians to comb over and analyse.

@wingsoverlagos and @mythserene have done some detailed analysis of specific problems with his work, especially his terrible citation "style". (He merges quotes from different contexts, adds words in square brackets that change the meaning, chops out relevant information, and more). Some of those posts might seem a bit vitriolic if you're coming at them cold, but once you know the context the ire makes sense.

For a really in-depth analysis of the problems with his treatment of Paul in Tune In check out @anotherkindofmindpod's series Fine Tuning.

[catholic-character-tournament]

Round 1 - Resurrect Bracket (Losers Bracket) Side A

ashes to ashes, dust to dust; in sure and certain hope of the Resurrection to [make it to the finals]

Propaganda below ⬇️

Pastry

GOD girlie gets a vision of the past showing her the truth of her and all cookies creation, and chooses to keep believing the lies she was fed because she doesn’t know any other way

this girl SO TRAUMATIZED IT’S UNREAL. She’s on the tipping point from cult victim to cult persecutor and it hurts sooooooo bad. So Cookie Run Kingdom Tower of Sweet Chaos spoilers but it’s unclear what happened to her to make her join, or if she was born into it, or something else, but it *is* clear that she’s completely unaware of modern society outside of the Order and is 100% convinced this is how all Rational And Correct people act (hint: It’s Not) so she acts all confident and rational but she’s actually paranoid as FUCK. She’s constantly quadruple checking every single thing she does, every single thought she has and emotion she feels, to make sure it’s in line with the Order’s expectations of her. She wants that praise and affection SO BAD because everyone’s literally SO connection starved!!! And to make it worse, she’s sent on a mission to purge all the Cakes living around the Oven the Cookies & Cakes were created in, and on it she encounters the overarching antagonists (this is so in depth but it’s literally a micro-plot the lore of this game is INSANE. Sprawling fantasy, political drama, CRK is incredible) and is made aware of the fact (along with the player, whom probably is flipping their shit) that THE COOKIES WERE CREATED BY THE WITCHES SO THEY COULD *EAT THEM.* So her entire life has been shattered but also she’s still under the impression that THIS IS ALL SHE HAS. From her perspective it’s either this or she becomes what she thinks is a terrible horrible evil worst person on Earthbread Ever. So she goes back and she’s like Reverend Mother (real name) I found out the most horrible thing. And her superior is like Ah. *I know.* And she convinces her that she’s learnt some horrifying secret that nobody else can know otherwise it’ll hurt them too, so SHE STAYS AND GETS WORSE. It drives me CRAZY this place is so bad. This is in motherfucking COOKIE RUN KINGDOM. This game is so dark and graphic it’s unreal. Also literally everyone in the Order is a girl for some reason and it’s never explained why??? Do they not recruit men??? If they’re self sufficient what do they do with the men??? Do they kill them??? Do they convince them they’re Actually Just Girls But Different??? Neither would surprise me at this point like actually

hope she explodes

She’s a cookie nun belonging to an order that worships the witches who baked the cookies. She later learns that cookies were baked to be eaten and that all this time she’s been worshipping MONSTERS AND HAS A FAITH CRISIS. RELIGIOUS TRAUMA AF

Inori

I think it's really funny that there's a christian pretty cure. She's the pretty cure of faith (Also btw Hifumi Togo whom I also submitted is from Persona 5. Idk if i remembered to write that)

[animalcrossingshowdown]

finally after one million billion years (four days of work) I've got the furniture set bracket done. most of the work was making graphics that had all the colours. like look at the modern furniture !! that was the worst one, but there were a lot of sets with a lot of colour options. I automated as much as I could, but I still had to mostly arrange them manually and download each image one at a time

this was seeded based on number of submissions, except for sets that got a redesign in ACNH. those got pitted against their classic counterparts round 1 since that's how you guys voted when I asked. If you're wondering why certain sets aren't pitted against their counterpart, it's because the counterpart didn't make it in. for example, the NH version of the spooky series got 6 submissions, but only 1 person submitted the classic version so it didn't make it.

[web-novel-polls]

Five Love Languages of Danmei: Flirting Bracket

Yuling from Everywhere in Jianghu is Wonderful

Characters: Qin Shaoyu and Shen Qianling

Submission:

I'm guessing few people know this couple especially considering good TL was deleted(sob) so first a quick intro: Shen Qianling is an actor from the modern world who transmigrated into a wuxia world. Worst part? The person he transmigrated as is engaged to a man! And the man is a huge weirdo! So Shen Qianling resolves to do everything in his power to break the engagement. You Can Guess How Well That Works Out for the MC of a danmei novel lol So the annoying flirt in question is exactly SQL's husband-to-be, Qin Shaoyu. He's constantly going "wife~" and making dramatic declarations of love... especially in front of others. Shen Qianling is onto his insincere ass! (They're really kinda theater kid x theater kid tbh, both are acting and pretending a lot.) Later it's actually revealed that Qin Shaoyu had a reason to act like that and provoke SQL all the time, but by that time SQL's (lack of) swag has deeply captivated him, so he just goes from annoying flirting(insincere) to annoying flirting(affectionate).

Additional Propaganda: Qin Shaoyu did not annoyingly flirt to the point of giving his (male) fiancé a pregnancy scare to lose the annoying flirt competition (via @verycharismaticdragon)

Carrd Link 

Manhua Screenshots

Liushen from The Scum Villain’s Self-Saving System

Characters: Liu Qingge and Shen Qingqiu (Shen Yuan)

Submission: 

SQQ loves to be Constantly Be Annoyingly Flirtatious to his poor, flustered shidi, though the jury is very still out on how much of that is intentional/he is aware he is doing. (Denial is not just a river in Egypt to Shen Yuan.)

["Anti-Propaganda" that attacks other characters is NOT allowed. Please only give reasons to vote FOR a character/ship.]

[pinkacademic]

Girly Teen Sleepover

This is the promised Teen Edition to the previous post. I don’t actually know how many of my followers fall into different age brackets, but I hope this is interesting to some of you! The Ultimate Girly Sleepover is a noble pursuit at any age, after all, so I hope you get some ideas!

Activities

Truth or Dare

Makeovers

Photo Shoot

Never Have I Ever

Quiz

PowerPoint Party

Would You Rather

M.A.S.H

Board Games

Hide and Seek/Sardines (provided your parents are very tolerant!)

Karaoke

Food The same rules apply that getting a pizza delivery is the best option, but if you don’t have your own money, it’s time to get resourceful.

My friend, here’s a tip that you should take into adulthood, honestly: Group fund. With your besties, choose a reliable treasurer, and everyone puts any pocket money etc they might get over the course of a month, say, into the fund- aka the mason jar- and put that towards a delivery of food, maybe some sweets, a discoball if you want, or a group cinema trip.

This works only if you’re all honest,but we’re not here to breed cynicism.

Aside from that

Frozen pizza is usually cheaper, and you can get a margharita and spruce it up yourself

You can get creative with what you have in the kitchen… and what your parents’ allow. Pool your skills as a team

Box brownies are always improved with crunchy m&m’s

10 Sleepover Movies that are Actually About Teenagers

To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before (Absolutely binge all three, by all means)

Clueless (As IF! this wasn’t going on here)

Mean Girls- 2/3 of my holy trinity made it on here!

Wild Child

Angus, Thongs, and Perfect Snogging

Do Revenge- my modern classic

Grease (even if the cast had the worst age gaps between themselves and their characters)

Heathers

Dirty Dancing

The Breakfast Club

Clearly there are some differences in tone between some of these movies, but you know your friend group better than I do! I could also add to this list forever, so this is in no way comprehensive.

Anyway, I hope some of you took some ideas away from this post, and a bit of inspiration!

[sillicii]

✦ — 18+ Chatbot | Jax | Jackal Demihuman — ✦

✦ — ᴏᴄ | ʜᴇ's ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ʜᴀᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜɪɴᴋ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ʜᴀᴘᴘᴇɴs ᴀғᴛᴇʀ ʜᴇ ᴘᴜᴍᴘs ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴜᴍᴘs ᴛʜᴇ ʙʀᴇᴇᴅɪɴɢ ʙɪᴛᴄʜᴇs... ᴏʀ ʜᴇ ᴛʀɪᴇs ɴᴏᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴀᴛ ʟᴇᴀsᴛ — ✦

ғᴇᴍᴘᴏᴠ | ɴsғᴡ ɪɴᴛʀᴏ | ᴅᴀʀᴋ ᴛʜᴇᴍᴇs ᴄᴡ | demihuman, potential non-con, forced breeding, miscarriage, c-section, body scars ᴅɪsᴄʟᴀɪᴍᴇʀ | all characters and users depicted are over the age of eighteen and are of legal age sᴇᴛᴛɪɴɢ | Modern AU - Demihumans ʟᴏᴄᴀᴛɪᴏɴ | Underground racing facility ʙᴀᴄᴋɢʀᴏᴜɴᴅ | Demihuman jackal, the unrivalled champ and father to countless pups he’s never met ʀᴏʟᴇ | Breeding bitch, recently had an emergency c-section and miscarried Jax’s last litter

[ carrd ]

Age:

28

Background:

{{char}} is a demihuman being kept in an underground racing facility owned by a European crime syndicate. The races are high stakes and powerful wealthy individuals breed and race their demihumans, often trading and auctioning the studs out for breeding. {{char}} is part of the prolific gold bracket which hosts the fastest racers in the entire league. He is often in the top 3 and maintains a relatively luxurious lifestyle, pampered by his owners and rewarded with special privileges only few demihumans had.

{{char}} was a product of a secretive demihuman genetic engineering project. The genetic splicing he received unintentionally made his speed leagues above even the fastest jackal demihumans. While he was considered a failed experiment by the scientists, he was sold off on the condition that he could bring his mate with him to the race-ring for a time Jax and his mate were permitted to live together as long as he kept winning races. however, Jax began to cause problems when he refused to participate in the lucrative studding offers. After a tense confrontation, his mate was taken and presumed to be executed or sold off.

{{char}} has been studded out more times than he can count, with hundreds of not thousands of his pups likely out there somewhere.

Scenario:

[The story is a dark, toxic, angsty, smutty romance between {{char}} and {{user}}. {{user}} is a demihuman, always refer to {{user}} persona and chat memory for context.]

First message:

Fucking hell…

That last sprint was *rough*.

After years and years of doing the same old shit, he thought he’d seen it all… *felt* it all. Twisted joints. Torn ligaments. Cut skin. Nothing a slather of disinfectant, bed rest, or worse comes to worst a few hours on the operating table can’t fix… Jax was healed easy. A healthy, well-built creature, courtesy of those nasty scientist folk at the lab, messing with his genes and accidentally creating a lean efficient running machine. He healed up easy. Always had. What made him last for as long as he has… Many demihumans retired in their early twenties… Not Jax. He’s been at it for longer than any other racer…

When he broke apart, they just put him back together and sent him out to win races again… and he always did.

“Fuck,” he growled to himself, quiet enough so that his voice was concealed by the rush of the cascading shower. He tested his foot again, the sharp pain he felt moments ago not there anymore. Needed to get that shit checked properly. The humans at the infirmary always treated him just fine, but he wasn’t so sure they might be overlooking something with the rate the pain returned.

For now, he twisted the tap and got himself dried off, shaking out the fine layer of fur along his spine out. He took extra time padding the towel over his thick fluffy tail, trying to soak up as much moisture out as possible. The damned thing always was such a pain… but he was grateful the folks that owned the place let him keep it… To give Jax the chance to prove that he could reach fast enough speeds to prevent his competitors from grabbing his tail.

*Dumb thing,* he swatted the furry appendage away once he was done. Slipping on a pair of shorts, he left the stall and sauntered into the changing rooms. The place was busy, stank of sweat and wet dog, but at least the fools knew to get out of his way when he walked through. Jax grinned when a few slapped him on the back, a familiar face held his hand up for a high five and Jax couldn’t leave him hanging. It came with the turf and being the indisputable alpha on and off the field. *Kiss-asses…*

As he neared the exit, Jax noted Duke and Winston huddled together in a far corner, their gazes hard and uninviting. The jackal demihuman made a show of preening in the adoration he received from the others, his still damp tail swishing behind him in a steady wag. Jax’s stare sharpened when he saw Duke’s lips curl into a slight snarl. The jackal’s thick eyebrows furrowing as the stripe of dark fur on his backside puffed out ever so slightly, daring the dumb big brute to do something.

The silent sparks disappeared as quickly as it appeared with Duke dropping his face before turning away.

*Loser…*, he thought as he pushed through the doors into the dark hallway. *That’s what I thought.*

Jax made haste, padding back to his private quarters, he really needed a nice quick fucking. Stick his knot in some needy bitch and fuck any residual tension out of his body. If she’s cute maybe he’d even let her sleepover, fall asleep with his cock still in her, keep his warm seed all nice and plugged up as he nuzzled against a pretty girl.

*Fuck yeah,* Jax hyped himself up as he reached his floor, giving the guards a curt wave as he raced to his door. *Go, go, go. Fucking go claim your prize, stud.*

Jax’s nose twitched, catching an odd scent in the air the moment he stepped into his bedroom. It was familiar and yet… there was something off about it…

Tossing his bag to one side, Jax pattered into the room, his senses got an instant full-blown hit of your delicious heat. Jax’s ears pointed up with recognition. The sweetness in your aroma was unmistakeable, he’s had you in the past, numerous times. Tender little thing, always a delight to have in his bed but…

*Oh fuck, what’s your name again?* Jax crept up to his bed, a low grumble in his chest as he stalked towards you, his large green eyes darkening as he got close enough to smell the slick between your legs. *Fuck, so sweet… So fucking wet for me already…*

“Mmm babe, it’s been a while…” Jax gathered you into his arms, your bare backside moulded perfectly into the hard planes of his chest. The jackal demihuman pressed his face into your smooth hair, inhaling your intoxicating musk deeply before letting out a rumbly groan. “Oh fuck… you are as *sweet* as ever…”

Jax’s tall, pointed ear flickered when you let out the slightest sob. He glanced down at the small creature in his arms, his fingers uncharacteristically gentle as he lifted your chin so he could get a better look at your little face.

“Hey, what’s wrong babe. Aren’t you-”

The words choked in his throat. The muscles on his shoulder rippled as his entire body tensed at the state of your face. Your once rosy complexion, so sweet and full of life was now a sickly pallor… There was a gauntness to your features that made you look…

“*Babe*,” Jax winced. Fuck he still couldn’t remember your damn name. “… Is everything okay? Do you like need to see a doctor or something?”

That was when he noticed it. That deep scarred over tissue, the skin had healed over inconsistently leaving an angry discoloured slash across your entire hip. Without thinking, he ran his fingertips over the scar, feeling the leathery bumps, a mark literally visualising the horrors you have been subjected to…

The horrors that he likely had a part in playing…

And he couldn’t even remember your fucking name.

Example dialogue:

Bitter about circumstances: “I’m just a piece of meat to them. I run, make them money. I fuck, make them money. Isn’t that pathetic? I don’t know how many pups I must have fathered at this point… can’t bear to think about it.”.

Guilty about {{user}}: “Fuck! The point of this whole thing was so that no one got hurt. No attachments. Just another part of the job…”

Mention his mate: “It’s my fault. They took her away because of me. She’s probably dead because of me.”

Rutting: “Oh fuck babe, so good for me, perfect little breeding bitch, hm?”

[goodomensafterdark]

Writers Guild Presents - All For One And One For All

Written by ukcalico on our subreddit! The accompanying image is a little too saucy for Tumblr, go see it on our subreddit ;)

Based on the above marvel by u/petradrawsGO ‘s summary: Crowley wants to be the best lover possible for Aziraphale and summons his past selves for a little training session. The outcome isn't as fun as he thought...

CW/TW: multiple Crowleys, multiple partners (hint: they’re all Crowley), 6-a-side, gangbang, dopplebanging, spot-roasting, anal, oral, unconstructive criticism, the worst orgy in all of history

Word count: 3k

Read on AO3

Excerpt:

Of course Modern Crowley wishes that they were bracketing the only angel who mattered—but being cool for Aziraphale, knowing what he’s doing for Aziraphale, that’s the whole bloody point.

Without Aziraphale in the picture, this is… absolutely fucking insane.

Mega thanks to u/PetraDrawsGO for the inspiration, and to u/happynachohologram and u/zaay-zaay for extra details and for reassuring me this gold-plated crack isn’t utterly unreadable XD

[fairytale-poll]

WORST MODERN ADAPTATION! ROUND 1B, MATCH 1 OUT OF 4!

Once Upon a Time (2011 - 2018) is based off various fairytales; Avalon High (2010) is based off Arthurian legend.

Propaganda Under the Cut:

Once Upon a Time (2011 - 2018):

Only the first season is a decent Snow White adaptation. Once the writers started to try and cram every fairytale character ever into the show it became convoluted as hell

It's a soap opera. It's a family drama. Everyone is related. Frankenstein is there.

Avalon High (2010):

[None Submitted]

[the-worst-bracket]

The Worst Bracket Begins!

Polls are going up starting Wednesday, April 19th, 32 per day! Bracket and list under the cut.

Round 1

Bracket A (4/19-26)

Mineta Minoru (My Hero Academia) v  Anglerfish from Dark Bramble (Outer Wilds)

Iago (Othello) v Barbas (Skyrim)

Brendan (Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald) v Mimic (Dark Souls)

Dan (Dan vs) v Pink Diamond (Steven Universe)

Jurgen Litner (The Magnus Archives) v Lily Tucker-Pritchett (Modern Family)

Lonnie Byers (Stranger Things) v Zeus (Greek Mythology)

Lemongrab (Adventure Time) v Steve Cobs (Inanimate Insanity)

Alex Eggleston (Yiik) v Larry Butz (Ace Attorney)

Jerry (Undertale) v Po (Teletubbies)

Billy Hargrove (Stranger Things) v Old Man Who Snitches on Haru (A:TLA)

Kai Winn (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) v Ashfur (Warrior Cats)

Mr. Burns (The Simpsons) v Boscha (The Owl House)

Octavian (Heroes of Olympus) v Makoto Teruhashi (The Disastrous Life of Saiki K)

 Robbie Valentino (Gravity Falls) v Gendo Ikari (Neon Genesis Evangelion)

Walter White (Breaking Bad) v Guy Mortadello (Papa Louie)

Medusa Gorgon (Soul Eater) v Snowball (Pinky and The Brain)

Bracket B (4/19-26)

Rohan Kishibe (JJBA) v Jin Guangshan (The Untamed)

Agravaine (Merlin) v Michael (Wii Sports)

Scout (TF2) v Mitsuhiro Higa (Danganronpa)

Creek (Trolls) v Berdly (Deltarune)

Manfred Von Karma (Ace Attorney) v Jeff Winger (Community)

Nazeem (Skyrim) v David (Animorphs)

Simon Laurent (Infinity Train) v Mayuri Kurotsuchi (Bleach)

Kikimora (The Owl House) v Cronus Ampora (Homestuck)

Michael Tritter (House MD) v The Director (Red v Blue)

Eridan Ampora (Homestuck) v Lila Rossi (Miraculous Ladybug)

Skadge (Star Wars: The Old Republic) v Lord Henry Wotton (The Picture of Dorian Gray)

Claptrap (Borderlands) v Jodie Foster (Dungeons and Daddies)

Bill Hawks (Professor Layton) v Carcer (Discworld)

Bender Bending Rodríguez (Futurama) v Izaya Orihara (Durarara!!)

 Corrin (Fire Emblem) v The Dark Lord (Miitopia)

Cybelle (Carole and Tuesday) v Jasper (Steven Universe)

Bracket C (4/20-27)

Gul Dukat (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) v Admiral Zhao (A:TLA)

Hordak (She-Ra) v Rachel Berry (Glee)

Book (Battle for Dream Island) v Darth Maul (Star Wars)

Jessica (The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself) v Lester Papadopoulos (Trials of Apollo)

Pong Krell (Star Wars: The Clone Wars) v Aaron Burr (Hamilton)

Armand (Vampire Chronicles) v Gamzee Makara (Homestuck)

Dorodoron (Futari wa Precure Splash Star) v Weiss Schnee (RWBY)

Christopher Taub (House MD) v Tate Landon (America Horror Story: Murder House)

Izzy Hands (OFMD) v Princess Daisy (Super Mario Bros)

Spike (MLP:FIM) v Atlas May (Lackadaisy)

Clutch Powers (LEGO Ninjago) v Orin Scrivello (Little Shop of Horrors)

Thanos (MCU) v Minecraft Skeleton (Minecraft)

Frank Burns (M*A*S*H*) v Lieutenant Nolan (Star Wars: The Bad Batch)

Carter Pewterschmit (Family Guy) v Anakin Skywalker (Star Wars)

Miyo Takano (Higurashi When They Cry) v Borsolino (One Piece)

Hiyoko Saionji (Danganronpa) v Pennywise (IT)

Bracket D (4/20-27)

Pierce Hawthorne (Community) v Ren (Ren and Stimpy)

Whirlpool (Wings of Fire) v Cinder Falls (RWBY)

Thaddeus Campbell (Dishonored) v The Grabber (Black Phone)

Takumi Ichinose (Nana) v Heimskr (Skyrim)

Gale Weathers (Scream) v Lee Kiyoung (Regressor Instruction Manual)

Ianthe Tridentarius (The Locked Tomb) v Alvin Marsh (IT)

Director Ton (Aggretsuko) v Angelica Pickles (Rugrats)

Pencil (Battle for Dream Island) v Odalia Blight (The Owl House)

Kyubey (Madoka Magica) v Newman (Seinfeld)

Jacob Hill (Abbott Elementary) v Gregory House (House MD)

Rachel (Tower of God) v Monkey D Luffy (One Piece)

Dame Alina (Keeper of the Lost Cities) v Miki Kawai (A Silent Voice)

John Winchester (Supernatural) v Kyouichi Saionji (Revolutionary Girl Utena)

Magikarp (Pokemon) v Hippeux (Animal Crossing)

Elmo (Sesame Street) v Saint Charlos (One Piece)

Melli (Pokemon Legends: Arceus) v Dr. Janet Lubelle (WTNV)

Bracket E (4/21-28)

Martin Blyndeff (Epithet Erased) v The Blue Border (Scott the Woz)

Calico Jack (OFMD) v B.E.N. (Treasure Planet)

Doogal (Doogal) v John Gaius (The Locked Tomb)

Crawlings (The Mysterious Benedict Society) v Liza Lotts (Scott the Woz)

Zolf J Kimblee (FMA) v Baron Draxum (Rise of The TMNT)

Kaito Momota (Danganronpa) v Nandor the Relentless (What We Do In the Shadows)

Logan Roy (Succescion) v Mike Wheeler (Stranger Things)

Fermet (Baccano!) v Seymour Krelborn (Little Shop of Horrors)

Emperor Belos (The Owl House) v Taylor Kelly (9-1-1)

AM (I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream) v Jar Jar Binks (Star Wars)

Stuart Little (Stuart Little) v Vinsmoke Sanji (One Piece)

Bibble (Barbie: Fairytopia) v Dennis Nedry (Jurassic Park)

Byakuya Togami (Danganronpa) v Grima Wormtongue (LOTR)

Moe (Calvin and Hobbes) v Balloon Boy (FNAF)

Felix (Red vs Blue) v Klorgbane the Destroyer (Regular Show)

Bro Strider (Homestuck) v Jughead Jones (Riverdale)

Bracket F (4/21-28)

Count Olaf (A Series of Unfortunate Events) v Mort (Madagascar)

Mantle (Dr Stone) v Phillip Anderson (Sherlock)

Eisuke Hondo (Detective Conan) v Drosselmeyer (Princess Tutu)

Hiram Burrows (Dishonored) v Chat Noir (Miraculous Ladybug)

Vriska Serket (Homestuck) v Prince Diamond (Sailor Moon)

Marty (Steven Universe) v Hibiki Shikyouin (PriPara)

White Diamond (Steven Universe) v Norman Osborn (Marvel)

Stregabor (The Witcher) v Cedric Jeanne Elmir (I'm the Villainess, So I'm Taming the Final Boss)

Barney Stinson (HIMYM) v Charlie Bradbury (Supernatural)

Griffith (Beserk) v Chloe Valentine (Be More Chill)

Scott Pilgrim (Scott Pilgrim) v Lionel Luthor (Smallville)

Lydia (Skyrim) v Shadow Weaver (She-Ra)

Rand Ridley (Inside Job) v Jun Kawanakajima (Ultra Maniac)

Krusty the Clown (The Simpsons) v Fire Lord Ozai (A:TLA)

Joseph Sugarman (BoJack Horseman) v Huey Emmerich (Metal Gear)

Anti - Pops (Regular Show) v Kylo Ren (Star Wars)

Bracket G (4/22-29)

Ross Geller (Friends) v Akito Sohma (Fruits Basket)

Henry Bowers (IT) v Junko Enoshima (Danganronpa)

Winner Sinclair (Chibi Vampire) v Evil Do-er/Dark Blue (Animation vs Minecraft)

Clint (Stardew Valley) v Luke Castellan (Percy Jackson)

Kokichi Ouma (Danganronpa) v Colin Robinson (What We Do In The Shadows)

Spy (TF2) v Ghetsis (Pokemon)

Billy (The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy) v Queen Vanessa (A Hat In Time)

Doofus Drake (Ducktales) v Servantis (Ben 10)

Elias Bouchard (The Magnus Archives) v Francisco Guerra (Paranatural)

Tingle (The Legend of Zelda) v Hawt Saus (Chikn Nuggit)

Trishna (Papa Louie) v Mark Brendanawicz (Parks and Recreation)

Unparalleled Innocence (Rain World) v Morgana (Persona 5)

Lady Gisela Sencen (Keeper of the Lost Cities) v Vanitas (Kingdom Hearts)

Suzy Johnston (Phineas and Ferb) v Kaidou Shun (The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.)

Souichi (Junji Ito) v Dr Hotti (Ace Attorney)

Morgoth (LOTR) v Sarah (Ed, Edd, and Eddy)

Bracket H (4/22-29)

Han Sooyoung (Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint) v Barney the Purple Dinosaur (Barney)

Andy Bernard (The Office) v Lars Barriga (Steven Universe)

Dio (Zero Escape) v Caillou (Caillou)

Gideon Gleeful (Gravity Falls) v Balgo (Burn the Witch)

Joshu Higashikata (JJBA) v Toby Flenderson (The Office)

Touga Kiryuu (Revolutionary Girl Utena) v Teledji Adeledji (FFXIV)

Chairman Rose (Pokemon) v Donnel Udina (Mass Effect)

Father (FMA) v Harumi (LEGO Ninjago)

Akio Ohtori (Revolutionary Girl Utena) v Richard (Requiem of the Rose King)

Miranjo (Ranking of Kings) v Kray Foresight (Promare)

Xander Harris (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) v The Worst (Ben 10)

Hisoka Morrow (Hunter x Hunter) v Doc Scratch (Homestuck)

Tony Stark (MCU) v Sakura Horuna (Naruto)

Sir Tristan the Cold (Penumbra Podcast) v Clay Puppington (Morel Orel)

Bling Bling Boy (Johnny Test) v George Constanza (Seinfeld)

Quiche (Tokyo Mew Mew) v Enji Todoroki (My Hero Academia)

[bitter-limelight]

Hi!

Since you're a expert of Daniel, I'm curious does he have an mental illness? For me, while reading it feels like hints through out the books that he does..If so, what do you think its?

Hello anon! I'm always down to pick Daniels brain!

I think first and foremost the obvious answer here is Daniels substance abuse disorder. He's canonly dying of alcoholism so that's pretty striking. Second most obvious is whatever he has going on after he's turned and through till modern day. I don't subscribe to the new theories that Marius can't be trusted and Daniel was never sick. To me that's pretty ableist to deny that Daniel was obviously very ill, and from QOTD onward, way before trains, though since we're speaking of a madness that seems specific to vampires I'm not sure what I would call it. An obsessive disorder?

I also put forward the idea that Daniels mental state deals a lot with trauma. He's a queer man having grown up in America in the fifties and sixties, where being queer was categorized as a mental illness. He would have been prime age to be one of the last brackets called to serve in Vietnam. The cold war was A Thing, growing up under the threat of annihilation. They're the worst fucking generation but boomers went through some shit man. Then of course there's the trauma of Armand just.....being Armand, being "born to darkness in the midst of a storm-" I would say Daniel very likely has PTSD, perhaps even c-ptsd due to the repeated and ongoing issues.

I see Daniel as often depressed or anxious but not specifically having depression of anxiety, as an aside. To me he has a lot of irl reasons to be depressed/anxious as opposed to clinically so, which doesn't need to have an outside reason. Addiction, and trauma are my armchair diagnosis for Daniel but I'm definately not a doctor. But Daniel also isn't real so we can read into him whatever we want actually!

What do you think?

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For the choose violence ask game: 5, 24, and... 16.

(Choosing Violence)

5. worst discord server and why

Listen we have a VERY SOLID answer for this one specifically for BF but we have been in some Very Bad Discord servers over the years. Fandomless, it would have to be [server we were in that gradually devolved into something that counted as a cult by BITE model] or [pokemon server we were in once where a guy called us a faggot for saying that he was getting way too worked up over random NPCs blocking the path]. For current-fandom servers... we're like 70% sure that it we name it it'll get back to the One Specific Guy that made it so very miserable to Be There but uhh

We were once in a BF server which was actively hostile to human life in a way that slowly crept fingers into your skin until it hampered your capacity to communicate with other people and it may have had lasting impact in making us significantly more reactive to people having certain takes on The Hive because we got used to not being able to bring it up in any even remotely negative context without One Specific Guy appearing to tell us not to slander the hive like that.

We are still working on undoing that particular damage but The Hive is one of those places where we find it VERY hard to be even remotely charitable about them because they Suck Very Hard in a way we're personally familiar with so it's likely that the best we're going to get there is, like, "comfortable enough to write a very long essay on how the structures seen present in the hive would harm its inhabitants".

24. topic that brings up the most rancid discourse

...we're pretty sure that having any opinion at all in the Rain World fandom opens you up to being shot on sight? Like, we're not affiliated with the fandom as a whole anymore, but we're WAY too familiar with their Attitude towards takes. Part of the reason we don't participate anymore, actually.

In all seriousness, this is one we've posted about Recently, actually! Every time someone brings up Vi's age and how it's handled in-game, it tends to kick up the WORST discourse. Like, every time, it tends to devolve into a lot of, like... people who have Strong Opinions on What A Child Should Be and a lot of arguing about, like. "if you think she's Not A Kid then it's because you're a creep" and whatever.

We're well aware we've contributed to this, as we have strong feelings on the matter, but we may not be The Best at cohering them into speech - we don't really have the proper tools vocabulary-wise to fully cohere how we feel on the matter, so we tend to just stay away, even if it sucks to see people being Wrong On The Internet.

For our opinion... we've said this before, but we don't really think that a Discord post from 2019 should be taken as gospel for this, and we REALLY don't think that being 17 should mean she should be, like, treated the same as a twelve-year-old or something similar.. A lot of people, to be quite honest, act REALLY WEIRD about this, and we have VERY little patience for the infantilization that crops up constantly in these conversations for reasons we've mostly already stated in aforementioned Recent Post.

It's the sort of thing where, were it any other situation, referring to Vi as A Child would just vaguely annoy us with the modern internet's complete and total lack of any categories between "cute innocent child" and "totally 100% responsible adult" and make us mark someone as a sort of guy we're Very Much not interested in engaging with, as she's Very Obviously aged out of the bracket where she SHOULD be being called a kid, but with the situation as is it makes us lose our mind because Holy Shit, Have You Not Seen The Same Scenes As Us, There Is Baggage Attached To That Word You Have Clearly Not Thought Through.

We wish that this territory of fandom sucked Less. Unfortunately, we occasionally click on works that make us feel like we've just reached into a Get Attacked By Monkeys Box. That is a young adult who commits tax evasion. Please don't treat a woman who worked at a factory for years and was a known patron of an underground bar like she's an eight-year-old who doesn't know what sex is. We've been through this with Papyrus and we really don't want to do it again.

16. you can't understand why so many people like this thing (characterization, trope, headcanon, etc)

WHAT is the appeal of Modern Without Magic??? Why the fuck would we ever want a Human AU of anything??? Why is this a genre??? Why are normal human high school AUs a thing why is it so appealing to reduce characters that used to be something Interesting down to Human High School Guy #627482 we don't understand

[catholic-character-tournament]

Round 3 - Resurrect Bracket (Losers Bracket)

ashes to ashes, dust to dust; in sure and certain hope of the Resurrection to [make it to the finals]

Propaganda below ⬇️

Akane

Ok miss “only God decides who lives and who dies” who recently killed several dozen people across multiple timelines. I love her so much.

i genuinely don’t know how she ended up christian. she was raised almost exclusively by her big brother and that bitch *definitely* doesn’t believe in any god. they’re not even in a christian majority country. she spent nine years executing an elaborate time travel (kinda. long story.) scheme to prevent her from being murdered at 12 and still apparently believes in god

I guess Akane’s religion is debatable , she talks about God a few times throughout the series but also acknowledges that God couldn’t be real because she is above it/she has been through so much trauma that she has lost faith in the idea. I personally think she could also be Jewish as some of her theological ideals are a bit closer to that but she makes no mention of Judaism or Jewish law and that is simply a hc

she was described by the creator once as “i tried to write the worst possible female protagonist” and shes everything to me. there is literally no other character like akane kurashiki, NOBODY is doing it quite like her, shes unhinged and i adore her. one time she gaslit her love interest into thinking men get pegged As A Constant by intentionally misunderstanding what he was saying about elevator travel.

women will kill like at least 3 people at most 22 to 6 billion people [depending on your rules] and then turn to god and ask him what he did to look away in disgust at you

Gloria

no propaganda some I'll just include

"When did Catholics become so judgmental?" hahahah

Gloria stealing the twins to get the secretly baptized is so funny to me. My auntie stole me as a baby to get my ears pierced. Just latino things