#round 1 c

[musicaltheatregirlsandsongs]

Musical Theatre Song Contest: Round One C

Submitter’s propaganda under the cut

Requiem

I've soured on the show over time, but this song still really speaks to me. It's such a unique emotion conveyed so well.

Wenn ich tanzen will

Girlboss empress argues with on-off boyfriend Death about dancing, feat. UST. Seriously, though, this is an exhilarating battle-of-the-sexes style number and one of the best in the musical.

[dead-wives-tourney]

Round 1 Side C

who is more dead wife?

propaganda:

Mia Fey:

she invented new and fun ways to haunt the narrative mia fey the woman that you are

At first she's held up as a noble and inspiring mentor character, but as the games go on you realize she's as complicated and flawed as any other character. I think this conflict between her legacy and her real self adds a lot of depth to her.

She’s so cool she’s the first character you meet in the first game and she’s your mentor (read: tutorial) for the first case and the game gives you just enough time to get attached to her before BAM!! She gets murdered and you have to solve the whodunnit. Fear not though, because she stays relevant the whole trilogy!! (Also helps you from beyond the grave in classic dead mentor figure fashion). Her boyfriend later serves as an antagonist because he blames you for her death, in a more classic “dead wife” plot. Anyways VOTE MIA!! SHE LITERALLY LEFT HER FAMILY OF SPIRIT MEDIUMS TO GO TO LAW SCHOOL (?????). THE CHARACTER EVER.

Spock:

The entire plot of the third movie is set in motion by his death, and the WHOLE PONT of the film is to showcase that his best friend is willing to risk everything —his career, his starship (that he loves more than he loves himself), numerous people’s safety (including his SON’S)— in order to bring Spock back to life. Also Spock’s whole thing (and the reason he sacrificed himself) is that “the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few”, which his friend goes explicitly against, putting Spock’s life above everyone else’s best interest. If that’s not a dead wife story I don’t know what is. He even Comes Back Wrong and everything!!

[mod naoto commentary: hehehehehhehehheheeh]

[deltaruneposts]

It's possible to pacify C. Round if you use hacking to give Susie an extremely low attack stat. Doing this causes the game to crash, however.

[most-tragic-character-tournament]

PROPAGANDA UNDER THE CUT: [SPOILERS AHEAD]

JONATHAN SIMS:

C!TOMMYINNIT:

[its-to-the-death]

Battle of the Gingers Bracket C Round 1

Miss Holloway (Nightmare Time - Starkid) vs Amelia Earhart (Night at the Museum)

[onepiece-polls]

One Piece Crack Ship War - Round 1 Side C

'Pepsi shipping' art by @orange-artist

Propaganda under the cut.

Foxy Grandpa: After submitting my previous ship, I thought of the ship name, thought, "Oh that's cursed", and therefore had to inflict the curse unto others. God please let this get eliminated round 1. The world is a cruel and unfeeling place if it allows this to exist as a thought in human minds for longer than the bare minimum amount of time.

Pepsi shipping: Daddy issues + fun hair colors + she'd sing and he'd play guitar + Sanji would cry.

[web-novel-polls]

Web Novel Quotes Tournament, Round 1C

Quote A: 

“–If I was going to give up so easily, I wouldn't have started this journey.” - Yoo Joonghyuk, Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint, Chapter 82

Quote B: 

“Shen Qingqiu panted, his heart flooding with tears-- his period was finally over!” - The Scum Villain’s Self-Saving System 

Submission: Trans rights 🏳️‍⚧️

[hinge]

Hinge presents an anthology of love stories almost never told. Read more on https://no-ordinary-love.co

[rodgerthedilo]

Just drew some silly guys from Chapter 1 as 3&4 slowly approach.

I love Deltarune sm.

[salesperson-competition]

ROUND 1 - C!TECHNOBLADE vs WARIO

Will c!Technoblade sell wario merch in exchange for CASH?

OR will Wario sell c!Technoblade microgames in exchange for money (for pizza and other things)?

PROPAGANDA

C!TECHNOBLADE

"Anarchist. No canon design. features in a heartbreaking tale about generational trauma, seperation from family, how political ideology tears people apart, and the amnesiac space child."

WARIO

"WARIOOOOOO"

[splatoonpolls]

THE SPLATOON SEXYMAN (or woman) CONTEST ROUND 1 BATTLE 6

IN THIS CORNER WE HAVE

KIKI

AND IN THE OTHER CORNER WE HAVE

TAKA

[rumbelleshowdown]

⭐️

Author: clearbluewater

Group C: secret admirer; let's get away; bees, honey

⭐️

everyone wants you (that was my crime)

‘A honey and PB sandwich for my honey? I hope you enjoy.

Love, 

Your secret admirer.’

Rumpelstiltskin grit his teeth as he read over the note. This was the third note Belle had received from her so-called secret admirer in the course of a week. He looked down and saw a takeout bag sitting in front of the door to his shop. He debated setting the note and the sandwich aflame then and there. Courting the wife of the Dark One was bold, but taping a note and leaving a gift on his doorstep? 

Someone wanted to die, surely. 

His ruminations were interrupted when he heard the click-clack of Belle's heels behind him. 

���What? Again?” Belle asked, a pleased tone in her voice. 

“It appears so,” Rumpelstiltskin said. 

She came up around Rumple and slipped the note out of his hand, her face lighting up as she read it. She then picked up the takeout bag and waltzed into the shop. 

“Belle–” He was cut off by the chiming of his doorbells. 

She went all the way to his counter and set the bag there, carefully lifting the takeout box out of the bag, and opening it. “Did you say something?” She asked when he followed her in. 

“No, dear,” he said, resigned. 

That got her attention. “Rumple,” she said, shuffling closer to him and putting one of her hands on his face, gently commanding his attention. “What is it?”

He wasn't planning on voicing his discomfort, but…

“You know, whoever your secret admirer is has got a lot of nerve, trying to court the Dark One’s wife,” he said, trying for a joke, “I could just as easily track him down and turn him into a toad.”

Belle gave him an unimpressed look. “That would be cheating though.” She gave him a kiss. “And also no fun. Come on, this is the first time I’ve had a secret admirer.”

Rumpelstiltskin scoffed. “I hardly believe that.”

“It’s true! And besides, you are the one that I love,” she said, “But if you really want me to, then I’ll put a stop to it.” 

Her blue eyes were peering up at him, and he found he was unable to say no to anything she asked. “No, sweetheart, you deserve to be appreciated.” He regretted his words as soon as they left his mouth. He should just put the whole thing to bed now, tell her, no, this whole thing made him uncomfortable and it made him feel insecure and that he wasn’t enough for her. 

As if. 

She grinned and her face lit up. 

And then he remembered why he couldn’t tell her no in the first place.

She wrapped her arms around his neck. “I promise, you’re still the one for me. Now, share my sandwich with me?” 

He did. 

(He'd had better sandwiches.)

***

Ever since he and Belle had talked about her secret admirer, something had been bothering him, and he couldn't put his finger on what. Was he still jealous? Sure. But that wasn't it–at least not entirely. 

Belle had looked so happy to be receiving the notes and gifts, and after everything he didn't feel like he had a leg to stand on to take it away from her. 

And the more he thought about it, the more he realized he'd been neglecting Belle lately. 

The whole thing with the Snow Queen was a mess, and it was a miracle she didn't leave him after he lied to her about the dagger and manipulated Hook. 

Basically, a lot had happened, and romance wasn't at the forefront of either of their minds. 

He had to fix this.

***

“Let's get away,” he had said over breakfast.

“What?” Belle poured each of them a glass of orange juice. 

“Let's take a trip, you and me.”

She sat down and paused. “Where would we go? There's only so many places in Storybrooke.”

Rumpelstiltskin reached over for her hand, and she didn't hesitate in squeezing his back. “Leave that, my dear, up to me,” he said.

***

Planning a trip was harder than it looked. It was easy to do when he could magic himself and his belongings anywhere he wanted, but it was a lot harder when he had to do it manually. Still, Rumpelstiltskin was nothing if not a thorough man. 

He was just glad Belle didn't see him fight a losing battle with the computer. He almost started hitting it with his cane. Almost. But then Belle got another note so he just asked Henry for help instead. 

***

This time, Belle received a gift in the form of a bee stuffed animal, and he debated using magic to find out the identity of the perpetrator. 

“It's so cute,” Belle said, her nose scrunching up in joy. 

The note was the worst part. It read:

‘I can't bee-lieve how bee-autiful you are.’

Belle looked at him. “Rumple, you've got your murder face on.”

Really, he was just wondering if he'd truly gone that soft–if people weren't scared enough of the Dark One to not go after his wife. They would've never tried this before, back in the Enchanted Forest. 

But he also wasn't married to the love of his life then. 

He looked at Belle's face, gaze full of warmth and concern, and he decided that maybe being a little soft wasn't a bad thing. 

“Nothing.” He smirked and grabbed her by the waist. She let out a delighted laugh. “I'm just not good at sharing,” he said.

***

“Where are you taking me?” Belle asked. She was sitting in the passenger seat of his car, blindfolded. 

“Patience, sweetheart,” Rumpelstiltskin said. 

“I can't see anything.”

“That's sort of the point, my dear,” he said. 

“I don't like not seeing anything.”

He stopped the car as he approached the town line. “Good thing we're here–let me help you,” he said when he saw Belle blindly reach for the door handle. 

He walked around to the other side of the car, and guided Belle out. Once he was sure she was steady on her feet, he untied the blindfold. 

“You took me to the town line?” Belle asked.

“Well, not quite,” he said. His hand went to his pocket, wrapping around two small potion bottles. “I know you've always wanted to go to Paris.”

“Rumple, you didn’t,” she said.

He took the two bottles out of his pocket. “I've already planned everything. All we need to do is drink these so that we're able to come back.” 

When she let out a sob, he looked at her in alarm. Her hands were covering her mouth, her eyes tearing up. 

“What is it? Are you upset? Do you not like it? I could do something else–”

“Rumple.” She put her hands over his, the one holding the bottles. “I'm so happy.” 

“Really?”

Belle nodded. “Really.” She threw her arms around him, and he hugged her back even tighter. 

When she pulled back and said, “I love you,” her own gaze locked on his, he suddenly no longer cared about some random secret admirer. 

After all, he was the one she loved. 

[hinge]

Hinge presents an anthology of love stories almost never told. Read more on https://no-ordinary-love.co

[musicaltheatregirlsandsongs]

Musical Theatre Song Contest: Round One C

Submitter’s propaganda under the cut

Touch Me

Touch Me is just masterful, especially the Deaf West version. The build up? The choreography? The signing? Glorious. One of the best, most expressive full ensemble songs ever.

It's very pretty and has super good singing and instrumentation and I'm not good at explaining these things but its really good ok <3333

Dentist!

It’s a really great song with a good groove and also sung by a hot dentist.

[dead-wives-tourney]

Round 1 Side C

Who is more dead wife?

propaganda:

Jason Grace:

Well…everyone, literally everyone, is so upset about his death! It's actually insane, because the characters seem to care more about him after he is dead. He is mentioned more when he's dead than when he's alive, and that is. so dead wife of him. He also appears as a sort of dream state to Apollo (unclear whether it's actually him, ghosts do exists but Jason presumably is at peace) to motivate him to keep going. it's a dead wife flashback, that's what that is. His friends are all in pieces, it's legitimately heartbreaking to read. One of his friends seems to fully develop a form of PTSD. One of his other friends goes out of his way to avenge him by taking his killer down with him and ensuring Jason's name would be the last he ever heard. His oldest friend (they'd drifted apart) leaves her current home to joint he Huntresses because after the shitshow of the invasion and his death she needs to get outta there and actually breathe. And then there's this whole tragedy aspect where his ex-girlfriend and best friend who he hadn't seen in months has to watch him die for her and in front of her, and then watch as his horse finds and brings his water-logged corpse to shore. For a middle-grade series the author goes HARD on the descriptions of the color of dried blood in his clothes and how his skin is unnaturally white and covered in sea foam, sand, and "arrows in every limb." Oh yeah, he gets stabbed twice that's why he dies. This guy was canonically like sixteen???? And then his other best friend who he hadn't seen in months, who was trying to make his way back to him and was definitely powerful enough to save him arrives two days later and literally when they're LOADING JASON'S COFFIN INTO A PLANE TO TRANSPORT IT. what the FUCK rick riordan. (did I mention that in the past book series we had multiple chapters from Jason's perspective and the thought that kept him going was the idea of growing old with his friends and future family. agsdhjfey) His death has such a huge impact on the whole series. Apollo mentions him like every four chapters after this. He dreams about him. He sings about him at his funeral. He takes his last message to heart and they kind of become his mantra. "Remember what it's like to be human." And after the Trials of Apollo ends, we have ANOTHER book that takes place through the POV of his friend with PTSD, and Jason shows up to haunt the narrative again. This friend was close to Jason as Jason was there when he was outed and only gave him unconditional support. He haunts the narrative the whole book. Basically Jason's death hangs over all three books that have been released that take place after his death. this shit was insane to read in middle school. oh and even the gods themselves mourn him! Hera is shown wearing all black and being pissed of at Zeus (Jason was a son of Jupiter/Zeus but a champion of Hera, and it's implied that she wanted to stop his death but Jupiter insists nothing could have been done. They seem to be having some relationship issues about this. Hera also cannot have children, and Jason was the closest thing she'd ever had.) Jason Grace is a dead wife!

Portgas D Rouge:

Wife? of the Pirate King Gol D Roger. Mother of his child, which is basically how she died. Were they actually officially married? It's never shown for sure but I think she still counts as a Dead Wife.

[qprsmackdown]

c!Emerald Duo propaganda

Meowrails propaganda

[most-tragic-character-tournament]

PROPAGANDA UNDER THE CUT: [SPOILERS AHEAD]

C!JIMMY SOLIDARITY:

TIMOTHY RAND:

[hinge]

Hinge presents an anthology of love stories almost never told. Read more on https://no-ordinary-love.co

[its-to-the-death]

Battle of the Gingers Bracket C Round 1

Rand al'Thor (Wheel of Time) vs Kristen Applebees (Dimension 20: Fantasy High)