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The people have spoken....

and ADORA CRELLIN from SHARP OBJECTS has been voted MOST TOXIC MOTHER!!! Though facing the powerfully popular CERSEI LANNISTER, in the end her munchausen-by-proxy derangement and child endangerment has earned her the win.

Thank you to everyone for playing and congratulations to our runners-up, BEATRICE HORSEMAN (serial emotional abuser and child poisoner) and MARISA COULER (kidnapper and child murderer).

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Toxic propaganda: Adora Crellin (Sharp Objects)

CW: child death, self-harm

Oooh where do i even begin... The classic munchausen by proxy mother who neglected the child that refused to let her take care of her, and the child who hadn't rejected ended up dying. Poisoned her now living daughters... Gave too much mommy issues to one of the daughters who ended up killing the kids who got close with the mom

Adora is a horrible mother. She is violent, mean, and hates children. She shouldn’t have had children!! But ugh!! She did!!! :(

Adora is horribly toxic and abusive to her daughters Camille, Marian, and Amma. Never once did she have a nice moment with Camille (the protagonist), instead treating her horribly, humiliating and belittling her, and blaming Camille for Adora not loving her. Adora flat out tells Camille that she never had any love for her and that it was Camille's own fault. Now for the worst part (spoilers incoming). Adora's second daughter, Marian, was sickly all her life and died very young. It's revealed that Adora poisoned her her entire life, and it eventually killed her. Adora poisoned her daughters because she liked taking care of them when they got sick. Adora liked feeling needed, and she enjoyed having control over her daughters (when they were sick they followed her orders). This didn't work so well on Camille hence she survived to adulthood and also part of why Adora wasn't fond of her. Actually this might be the worst part. Adora had a third daughter, 13 year old Amma, who she spoiled and treated like a doll and had (or at least she thought she had) complete control over. The truth is Adora raised a murderer because Amma is the killer that Camille, a reporter, is investigating. It is because of Adora's "parenting" that led to Amma being a horribly cruel little girl that was fiercely jealous of the other girls that her mother payed attention to, which resulted in her killing them. Now for some random things Adora did: bit a baby's cheek, cut herself while gardening and blamed Camille for causing it, stole Camille's clothes at a dressing room while shopping which forced Camille to reveal her self-harm scars to Adora and Amma, and, lastly, told Camille that one day Adora would carve her name in the only part of Camille's skin that wasn't covered in self-harm scars.

she killed one of her kids😭and was so bad she inadvertently raised a one daughter into becoming a murderer who hurts or kills anyone who receives any of her mother’s (or her oldest sister’s) love and attention; and her first daughter she just fucked up real bad

Drove her first daughter to a horrifying type of self harm after abusing her all her childhood and shames her for the scars over her body. Poisoned her second daughter to pretend she was being a good attentive mother. It ended up killing her while she was still a kid. On the process of doing the same to the third daughter whose concept of love is so messed up, she mistreats everyone around her for attention, to extreme measures. Inherited a pig slaughterhouse and is the richest person in her town for it yet she has never worked in it. Immigrants are forced to work there. The tiles of her bedroom are made of ivory taken from elephants teeth.

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currently in an insane work situation but I'll try to be back in a few days to give the results their proper due

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ONE DAY LEFT, FOLKS!

FINAL SHOWDOWN

Cersei Lannister (ASOIAF/GOT) vs. Adora Crellin (Sharp Objects)

Cersei Lannister

CW: child death, sibling incest - Her actions killed her ENTIRE family and then some through her enabling her son. She never took responsibility for it either. - She had sex w her brother next to her sons corps - she dotes on her eldest son (the prince/king) and enables his vicious cruelty towards others. she is heavily critical of her younger son (an 8-year old) and constantly reprimands him for not obeying her every order and not acting as perfectly as she demands. she disrespects and demeans him constantly, and threatens people he cares about. she plots to have everyone around her murdered because she’s so paranoid about her kids getting killed; she is protective of them but she’s also unhinged and miserable to be around and she sucks the joy out of every room she walks into

Adora Crellin

CW: self harm, child death - Oooh where do i even begin… The classic munchausen by proxy mother who neglected the child that refused to let her take care of her, and the child who hadn’t rejected ended up dying. Poisoned her now living daughters… Gave too much mommy issues to one of the daughters who ended up killing the kids who got close with the mom - Drove her first daughter to a horrifying type of self harm after abusing her all her childhood and shames her for the scars over her body. Poisoned her second daughter to pretend she was being a good attentive mother. It ended up killing her while she was still a kid. On the process of doing the same to the third daughter whose concept of love is so messed up, she mistreats everyone around her for attention, to extreme measures. - read more here

mod notes: at last we discover who shall prevail....

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Welcome to the Horror Villain Tourney!

Basically I want to throw your favorite horror antagonist into a bracket and watch you guys duke it out over which one is the best

inspired by @toxic-mothers-tourney @poetrysmackdown @handsomestwomantournament @sapient-locations-bracket @fuckingstupidbracket

Rules

you can only submit each character once, but you can submit as many characters as you want.

each character needs 3+ submissions to qualify, but the mod has been known to have a bias.

primary villains ONLY. i don't want to hear how x character is "actually" the villain. sorry, i have been in too many asoiaf fandom debates not to include this as a rule.

on a related note, if your slasher franchise of choice has multiple villains (i.e., scream), i am unlikely to include more than the primary or original villain.

not just slasher horror though. obviously all subgenres are welcome.

your villain of choice does not have to be human. sapient locations, objects, aliens, and supernatural creatures are all welcome.

be kind and have fun. arguing and bickering is fine but i have seen these brackets go very far south, and i'm not afraid to shut this down if they do.

Here's your submission link:

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What do you mean my mother isn't winning this competition?

you all had your chance to vote for her but she lost in round one!

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can we have a special bonus round to decide which of the semifinalists get 3rd place

we'll see! if it looks like there's interest for it. ngl running two polls at once has been really draining so I might not have the energy lmao

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FINAL SHOWDOWN

Cersei Lannister (ASOIAF/GOT) vs. Adora Crellin (Sharp Objects)

Cersei Lannister

CW: child death, sibling incest - Her actions killed her ENTIRE family and then some through her enabling her son. She never took responsibility for it either. - She had sex w her brother next to her sons corps - she dotes on her eldest son (the prince/king) and enables his vicious cruelty towards others. she is heavily critical of her younger son (an 8-year old) and constantly reprimands him for not obeying her every order and not acting as perfectly as she demands. she disrespects and demeans him constantly, and threatens people he cares about. she plots to have everyone around her murdered because she’s so paranoid about her kids getting killed; she is protective of them but she’s also unhinged and miserable to be around and she sucks the joy out of every room she walks into

Adora Crellin

CW: self harm, child death - Oooh where do i even begin… The classic munchausen by proxy mother who neglected the child that refused to let her take care of her, and the child who hadn’t rejected ended up dying. Poisoned her now living daughters… Gave too much mommy issues to one of the daughters who ended up killing the kids who got close with the mom - Drove her first daughter to a horrifying type of self harm after abusing her all her childhood and shames her for the scars over her body. Poisoned her second daughter to pretend she was being a good attentive mother. It ended up killing her while she was still a kid. On the process of doing the same to the third daughter whose concept of love is so messed up, she mistreats everyone around her for attention, to extreme measures. - read more here

mod notes: at last we discover who shall prevail....

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Salutations to our semifinalists. Beatrice Horseman (serial emotional abuser and child poisoner) and Marisa Coulter (kidnapper and child murderer) gave an honorable showing and will not be forgotten.

These rotten bitches may not be finalists, but they're winners all the same. Congratulations to them for getting this far.

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FINALS TO BE POSTED SOON!!!

in one corner we have Ms. Muchausen's-by-proxy herself, a women so rancid her actions led directly to the deaths of one of her children and to severe self-harm in another, a domino effect of death and suffering leading directly back to her as a result of her pathological need for attention. everyone give it up forrrrrr.....

ADORA CRELLIN!!!!

and in our other corner we have the queen of dysfunction, miss sibling incest herself, a woman whose self-image was so warped by social factors and the terror of prophecy that all she can do is attempt to control and belittle her children in a doomed attempt to keep them safe. her kids are terrified of her! we love to hate her! everyone put your hands together forrrrrrr.....

CERSEI LANNISTER!!!!!

FINALS WILL BE POSTED WITHIN A DAY! STAY TUNED TO VOTE FOR THE MOST TOXIC MOTHER IN FICTION!!!!!

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CERSEI LANNISTER IS NOW A TOXIC MOM FINALIST!!!! Sorry Marisa, waltzing into your daughter's life 12 years late, playing dressup, murdering her bestie, and drugging her was not enough compared to HAVING SEX WITH YOUR BROTHER NEXT TO YOUR SON'S CORPSE. HERE WE COME FINALS.

Semifinals: Match 1

Marisa Coulter (His Dark Materials) vs. Cersei Lannister (ASOIAF/GOT)

Marisa Coulter

CW: nonconsensual medical experimentation, child death - she is intensely manipulative, even managing to leverage some influence over the goddamn church at times. she weaponizes her maternal relationship with her daughter in an effort to control her, and uses “mother’s love” as a way to justify her actions. notable shitty moments include sending magic spy drones after her daughter, torturing enemies for information on the whereabouts of her daughter, drugging her daughter into sleep for weeks to “keep her safe,” and kidnapping/overseeing experiments on other children that involve severing their connection to their souls. - Oh she’s terrible and so complicated. No qualms about doing evils to lots of children (luring poor children off the street to be kidnapped for a soul-splitting experiment that was likely to result in their deaths) But when she realizes the same thing is about to happen to her own child she snaps and stops the experiment. Her daughter hates her. She loves her daughter terribly but knows she is (rightly) hated. She’s allied with the evil church, not because of her beliefs but because the church is politically super powerful. Her daughter comes into her care later in the books and she drops everything to go hide away in the mountains with her daughter to keep her safe. But she also keeps her daughter drugged with a sleeping potion because she knows if her daughter wakes up she will run away. She loves her daughter but it’s in such an absolutely toxic way. I think she should win this whole bracket. - read more here

Cersei Lannister

CW: child death, sibling incest - Her actions killed her ENTIRE family and then some through her enabling her son. She never took responsibility for it either. - She had sex w her brother next to her sons corps - she dotes on her eldest son (the prince/king) and enables his vicious cruelty towards others. she is heavily critical of her younger son (an 8-year old) and constantly reprimands him for not obeying her every order and not acting as perfectly as she demands. she disrespects and demeans him constantly, and threatens people he cares about. she plots to have everyone around her murdered because she’s so paranoid about her kids getting killed; she is protective of them but she’s also unhinged and miserable to be around and she sucks the joy out of every room she walks into

mod notes: YEE HAW LET'S GET THIS THING ROLLING

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ADORA CRELLIN IS NOW A TOXIC MOMS FINALST!!!!! Beatrice didn't belittle and poison her children as much as you did! CONGRATULATIONS, ADORA!!!!

Semifinals: Match 2

Adora Crellin (Sharp Objects) vs. Beatrice Horseman (Bojack Horseman)

Adora Crellin

CW: self harm, child death - Oooh where do i even begin… The classic munchausen by proxy mother who neglected the child that refused to let her take care of her, and the child who hadn’t rejected ended up dying. Poisoned her now living daughters… Gave too much mommy issues to one of the daughters who ended up killing the kids who got close with the mom - Drove her first daughter to a horrifying type of self harm after abusing her all her childhood and shames her for the scars over her body. Poisoned her second daughter to pretend she was being a good attentive mother. It ended up killing her while she was still a kid. On the process of doing the same to the third daughter whose concept of love is so messed up, she mistreats everyone around her for attention, to extreme measures. - read more here

Beatrice Horseman

CW: nonconsensual drugging, fatphobia - The show examining the complexity of generational trauma through the character of Beatrice Horseman and how the abuse she inflicted on her son Bojack affected him in his adulthood. She showed little compassion and love for her only child, resenting him for “ruining her life” and constantly reminding him of this throughout his upbringing. - She constantly abuses her son, forces him into humiliating performances as a child because that’s the only value she sees in him (as she openly tells him), neglects any emotional needs he has even when he’s begging for support, insults and berates him non-stop, and blames him for her own unhappiness openly. She calls him at one point and tells him that he’ll never be happy and that he’s incapable of it. Then later, with her alleged Granddaugher, she sneaks her an addictive weight-loss powder into her coffee, literally causing her to have an overdose, all because she’s slightly chubby, and thereby causing her serious trauma as well. - read more here

mod notes: oh both of these women are so rancid

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Welcome to Science Genius Girl Showdown, where your favorite she/her scientists go head to head to see who is the smartest* of them all!

*=SGGShowdown is not an accurate assessment of character intelligence.

Submit your Science Genius Girls here! Submissions will remain open until July 30th!

Some rules, guidelines, and disclaimers before getting started!

The bracket is aimed to be announced on August 1st or 2nd!

Depending on how many unique submissions are made, this bracket may have 16, 32, or 64 participants! If more scientists are submitted past that, there's the potential that a second bracket may be held, though that's not guaranteed.

This bracket will generally work off of a weekly format, though exceptions may be made for special outliers.

While SGGShowdown understands that trashtalking is part of the bracket experience, please try to keep it respectful! Mod reserves the right to block voters for being too rowdy or disqualify participants if their supporters cause too much of a ruckus. This is mainly intended to be a celebration of girl scientists in media, so aim to keep the mood light!

Real people and OCs will not be accepted, and while no fandoms will be banned outright, mod reserves the right to exclude characters that they believe may cause unnecessary drama or they personally take issue with.

In order to have as much fandom diversity as possible, mod will be limiting the number of participants from a fandom to one (or two if there's enough submissions for the bracket to feature 64 participants.) If you'd like to submit multiple characters from a piece of media, you might have a better time getting the girls into the bracket if you submit them as a single participant! As an example, if you'd like to submit multiple girls from the same property that are all part of their school's science club, you could submit them as [School]'s Science Club rather than submitting them as three individuals. If multiple girls are submitted from the same property, 1 day preliminaries may be held to determine which will make it into the bracket proper.

While genius is right there in the name, science is far more the focus of this poll! As long as your girl's interest in science is one of her main character traits, she may be implemented even if she's not the brightest! Mod is an avid fan of failgirls, so there's no need to worry about your character being smart enough to be accepted!

In a similar vein, while mod supports smart girls from all walks of life, this is a poll about scientists first and foremost. Authors and literaries are fantastic, but we're specifically shooting for women in STEM here!

That being said, the science your girl specializes in does not necessarily have to be one that exists in the real world! If your girl is in a setting where magical or otherwise fantastical setting and her field of study centers around something unique to the setting, she may also be accepted! As long as they have the science girl vibe, they may be accepted!

SGGShowdown is the first tournament that mod has hosted, so I'd like to ask for your understanding if any missteps or mistakes are made along the way.

The askbox is open if you have any questions you'd like to ask me, though I will note that questions such as "How many submissions do you have for [character]?" or "Will [character] be making it into the bracket?" will be deleted. "How many submissions do you have for [fandom]?" will be permitted due to the cap, but please search to see if that question has already been addressed.

Here's some specific tags this blog intends to make use of!

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ONE DAY LEFT!

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Update

Hi, voters! I'm on call this weekend and it sounds like a heavy caseload is coming in, so I can't guarantee I'll be around thie weekend to announce the winners etc. I may not be back until Tuesday or Wednesday. See you all then!

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Semifinals: Match 1

Marisa Coulter (His Dark Materials) vs. Cersei Lannister (ASOIAF/GOT)

Marisa Coulter

CW: nonconsensual medical experimentation, child death - she is intensely manipulative, even managing to leverage some influence over the goddamn church at times. she weaponizes her maternal relationship with her daughter in an effort to control her, and uses “mother’s love” as a way to justify her actions. notable shitty moments include sending magic spy drones after her daughter, torturing enemies for information on the whereabouts of her daughter, drugging her daughter into sleep for weeks to “keep her safe,” and kidnapping/overseeing experiments on other children that involve severing their connection to their souls. - Oh she’s terrible and so complicated. No qualms about doing evils to lots of children (luring poor children off the street to be kidnapped for a soul-splitting experiment that was likely to result in their deaths) But when she realizes the same thing is about to happen to her own child she snaps and stops the experiment. Her daughter hates her. She loves her daughter terribly but knows she is (rightly) hated. She’s allied with the evil church, not because of her beliefs but because the church is politically super powerful. Her daughter comes into her care later in the books and she drops everything to go hide away in the mountains with her daughter to keep her safe. But she also keeps her daughter drugged with a sleeping potion because she knows if her daughter wakes up she will run away. She loves her daughter but it’s in such an absolutely toxic way. I think she should win this whole bracket. - read more here

Cersei Lannister

CW: child death, sibling incest - Her actions killed her ENTIRE family and then some through her enabling her son. She never took responsibility for it either. - She had sex w her brother next to her sons corps - she dotes on her eldest son (the prince/king) and enables his vicious cruelty towards others. she is heavily critical of her younger son (an 8-year old) and constantly reprimands him for not obeying her every order and not acting as perfectly as she demands. she disrespects and demeans him constantly, and threatens people he cares about. she plots to have everyone around her murdered because she’s so paranoid about her kids getting killed; she is protective of them but she’s also unhinged and miserable to be around and she sucks the joy out of every room she walks into

mod notes: YEE HAW LET'S GET THIS THING ROLLING