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Just Some Guy Joust!

(unsure why this is on your dash? if you followed lovecore-swag-showdown, freaky-fish-fshowdown, or doomed-bythe-narrative, that's us, we've just rebranded for the new tourney)

This is a tournament for guys who are just dudes. Dudes that are just sitting there. Average characters living normal lives, potentially in universes where that is extremely comedic. This is... the Just Some Guy Joust! Nominations are now open!

We are holding TWO tournaments this time! One for characters from established media, and another for OCs!

Rules for established media:

Character must at least have "just some guy" energy! Gender does not matter, women can be just some guy too. Bonus points for characters that live in high fantasy or sci-fi etc. worlds with super cool teams n stuff, and they're like. Just an office worker. But don't stress too much about whether or not they count, the definition is loose!

You may submit multiple characters, but don’t submit the same character more than once

Cannot be a real person

Don't submit "all characters from [x]" as there is a great chance I have NO clue what you are talking about

I'd prefer super jokey responses (i.e. "your mom from your mom") be kept to a minimum, but the occasional joke submission is fine

Nominate some guy here!

Rules for OCs:

Your OC should have "just some guy" energy. Gender does not matter! Don't worry too much about if they count or not as the definition is loose, just try to make as compelling an argument as you can! I will love each of them no matter what

Please do not submit an OC if you will get majorly upset by either not getting into the tournament or by losing the tournament. This is not a guaranteed entry into the tourney. Please be kind to yourself and hold off from submitting if you know you will have an extreme negative response to either of these things.

This is for Original Characters, not characters from established media. There is another form for characters from established media, use that one instead

Fandom OCs are tentatively allowed. If you have a purely original OC you can submit instead, I would prefer that, but I will not stop you from submitting Fandom OCs

You may submit your friend's OC but only if you have gotten their consent to do so, thank you

You may submit multiple of your OCs but only 1 will be allowed in the tourney

Nominate your OC here!

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Does Jidan from Tweeny Witches count as haunting the narrative? He only appears in person for a brief time but his influence is felt by multiple characters throughout the series. The most notable example is Arusu, his daughter whom he gave the True Books of Spells and taught everything she believes about magic when she was young.

First of all I'd like to say that we're in no way the arbiters of who is and isn't haunting the narrative, and the tournament is over and done with so if you're asking in an attempt to get him into another tournament, that's not happening

That being said, it does sound like Jidan is haunting the narrative based on our rules about it. But really, you should determine for YOURSELF if he is or isn't :)

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Was Grandma Tendou from Kamen Rider Kabuto simply not popular enough to make it in, or was the fact that she didn't even get casted with an actress a dealbreaker for your tournament. (It appears I cannot type question marks so please imagine one here).

Hello! We were basing who got into the tournament based on 1. how many submissions they got, and also 2. how much we believed they fit into the definition of "haunting the narrative"

Grandma Tendou got only one submission, so she wasn't really in the running in the first place, since we had over 100 single-submission characters and not enough slots for all of them. Characters having an appearance wasn't something we took into consideration (some of the characters we did include were from podcasts, a medium which doesn't have official appearances. We used the podcast cover art as opposed to a character picture, if I'm remembering correctly)

Sorry 🙏 I'm sure she haunts the narrative very well though!!

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Welcome to the Buried Gays Tournament!

Time to celebrate the best trope ever made. We'll make our best dead, queer, and fictional characters brawl it out!

Submissions are here and are open until Monday, October 16th, 11:59PM EST. Please reference the nomination guidelines on the submission form before voting. Good luck!

Other tournaments list under the cut.

@best-book-siblings / @bestadaptationtournament / @gaslightgatekeepgirlbosscombat / @booktomoviebrawl / @bodyguardbracket / @every-character-ever-poll / @the-ghost-bracket / @fave-fight / @hot-take-tournament / @greatest-greek-games / @best-bff-brawl / @moon-swag-tourney / @hauntthenarrative / @aromantic-character-showdown / @look-how-they-massacred-them / @paranormal-investigator-polls / @overworkedblorbobattle / @fictionalplushiestourney / @pinkhairswagtourney / @foreheadfaceoff / @annoyingblondebracket / @sleepygirlbracket / @fuckaroundandfindouttournament

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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNER: CHARA FROM UNDERTALE!!!

NOW CROWNED THE ULTIMATE NARRATIVE HAUNTER AS VOTED BY TUMBLR! 🎉🎉🎉

And a special mention to Laura Palmer, the honorary winner!!! Every character in the tournament, including many of those who got out early, deserved to be here and their fans fought hard, thank you everyone for following along and voting!!!

(For a full list of participants who were in this, you can find the full list of round 1 participants here!!)

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Chara / The Fallen Human has won!!!

Haunting the Narrative FINALS

Haunting the narrative means that the character’s absence heavily impacts the plot. They’re not present or active in the story when their influence is most strongly felt, whether they’re alive or dead!

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Welcome to the Miku figures Tournament!!

Do you like Miku? Do you like anime figures? Well this is the bracket tournament for you! Together we shall decide which Miku figure is the best of them all!

Rules:

-The figure must be of Hatsune Miku (duh)

-I can make an exception for non Miku figures if they are cosplaying as Miku (ex. this toro inoue miku figure or Hello Kitty x Miku figure/keychain)

-For simplicity sake, all variations of the same figure will compete as one.

now that the rules are out of the way...

*SUBMIT MIKU FIGURES HERE*

will close in two weeks from now (Aug/29-Sep/12)

Need help finding Miku figures to submit?

Try using MFC or MyAnimeShelf

Inspired by:

@into-the-mikuverse

@tournament-winners-tournament @namedafterflowerstournament @hubrisbracket @toxic-yuri-poll @battle-of-the-bowlcuts @victimsofyaoipoll @ultimate-word-tournament @hauntthenarrative @canonmisogynyvictimstournament @top-teacher-tourney @jerktournament @generic-anime-boy-bracket @generic-man-in-suit-battle @gemstonenametournament @princessandknightfight

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HUBRISTIC CHARACTER BRACKET

which character has the most hubris? the most pride and arrogance? the most tragic downfall? the most melted wax wings? who does this classic trope the best according to the tumblrinas? scientists (the tumblrinas) find out.

character submission rules

obviously you must think that this character in some way possesses the character trait of hubris. how you interpret this is up to you. have fun with it yall.

no real people (ie celebrities), however, mythological or religious figures are allowed.

if a roleplay character has the same name as their player, they're disqualified (ie, no dsmp, i have nothing against yall it just makes me personally a little uncomfortable)

no characters from harry potter

there are two nepotism characters that will automatically make it in; however, they are a secret for now ;) though he is the blog mascot, pride from fma:b is not one of them, so you should still submit him if you want him in the bracket!

submissions will close either after 2 or 3 weeks, (september 8th, possibly extended to september 15th) or until we get 100 submissions.

tagging some tournaments we were inspired by under the cut for reach, feel free to ignore !

@characterfoilshowdown @bisexualdivorceebattle @actually-insane-blorbo-bracket @sadboytournament @morally-grey-girlbosses @hauntthenarrative @bi4bibracket @battle-couple-battle @disabled-characters-showdown

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Haunting the Narrative FINALS

Haunting the narrative means that the character’s absence heavily impacts the plot. They’re not present or active in the story when their influence is most strongly felt, whether they’re alive or dead!

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Haunting the Narrative FINALS

Haunting the narrative means that the character’s absence heavily impacts the plot. They’re not present or active in the story when their influence is most strongly felt, whether they’re alive or dead!

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Now that the tournament is nearing its end, I just wanted to thank you for hosting this! This is the first time I was invested enough in a tumblr tournament to make propaganda, which was a lot of fun. Plus, my blorbo losing to Jackie is what finally made me watch Yellowjackets, and I ended up loving it!

Thank you for enjoying the tournament!!!! And I'm glad you found a new show to enjoy as well!!!!

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Haunting the Narrative FINALS

Haunting the narrative means that the character’s absence heavily impacts the plot. They’re not present or active in the story when their influence is most strongly felt, whether they’re alive or dead!

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Haunting the Narrative FINALS

Haunting the narrative means that the character’s absence heavily impacts the plot. They’re not present or active in the story when their influence is most strongly felt, whether they’re alive or dead!

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I am late to this but seeing this seems to be nearing the end I just wanna share one of my favorite haunting narrative.

Casey from Night in the Woods.

Shout out to Casey from Night in the Woods!!

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Haunting the Narrative FINALS

Haunting the narrative means that the character’s absence heavily impacts the plot. They’re not present or active in the story when their influence is most strongly felt, whether they’re alive or dead!

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This poll has made me finally start watching the owl house : D I've been meaning to watch it for a while.

Glad to hear!!! Now you too can know how much that narrative is haunted :D

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The final poll will be out at 1 pm EST tomorrow!

Haunting the Narrative Semifinals

Haunting the narrative means that the character’s absence heavily impacts the plot. They’re not present or active in the story when their influence is most strongly felt, whether they’re alive or dead!