#*h 199

[colormush]

[your-zipper-is-down]

Julia didn't hesitate lmao

[learningfromlosing]

Forgot that Chappell Roan did not in fact coin the term hot to go and thought the pizza shop was just a stan

[hyuuukais]

So at my work we have like a section in the break room that gets decorated for the different seasons and holidays. Well they updated it for summer and people can add their own fish to the wall… someone made a Chappell Roan fish and I thought of you immediately

OMG OMG I LOVE THAT ??? and i love how u thought of me 😭💙 hot to go is gonna be stuck in my head for the rest of the day now, i know it (but i don't mind, i love it 😋)

[nitori-swims-rinstyle]

Nothing is more of a happy boost than knowing i’ll hit 200 johnny photo cards before mid year :D this beast has been building for almost 4 years.

[fantasywritten]

you / good girls / squid game / miscellaneous tag drop!

[niki-phoria]

hello :))) can you do enha x their non verbal love languages for their partners like other love languages outside of words of affirmations

⋆｡°✩ enha's love languages

includes: established relationship, maybe not totally accurate but i did my best

a/n: thank you for requesting !! i hope you like it :))

gn reader (no pronouns used)

feedback is always appreciated <33

⋆｡°✩ heeseung - gift giving

(word count 195)

heeseung pauses in the middle of the sidewalk when a small flower catches his eye. he recognizes it as one of your favourites - complete with beautiful white petals. he smiles softly to himself as he kneels down to gently pick one of the flowers before tucking it safely into his palm as he turns to head back to your apartment. 

heeseung finds you still laid in your shared bed, tucked into the covers like you were when he left for his daily morning walks. your disheveled hair is spread out across the pillows and one of your arms rests on top of the blankets.

he stifles a small chuckle as he sits down on the edge of the bed, gently pushing a stray strand of hair back into place. you stir at the action, face scrunching up slightly.

heeseung leans down to press a kiss against your forehead, finally making your eyes flutter open. “hee?” you whisper. 

he tucks the flower just beside your ear, positioning it so the petals sit just out of your eyesight. you remain silent as he carefully adjusts the plant before pulling back with a satisfied smile. “good morning, jagi.”

⋆｡°✩ jay - acts of service

(word count 199)

you sniffle, wiping your teary eyes once again as you turn the key to your apartment before pushing the door open. a soft gasp escapes you when you’re met with the overwhelming smell of your favourite food and your loving boyfriend standing in the center of your apartment rather than the darkness you had grown accustomed to. 

“jay?” you whisper.

“hi jagi,” he softly smiles. his eyebrows furrow slightly as he steps closer to you, bringing a hand up to cup your cheek. his thumb wipes away a few stray tears that threaten to roll down your face. “rough day?”

“yeah.” you let your eyes flutter shut as you lean against jay’s chest, letting warmth surround you. he wraps his arms around your waist, pulling you into a hug as you slowly relax into his hold. 

you stand together in a comfortable silence for what feels like hours before jay speaks again. “i made dinner,” he whispers. “your favourite. and i folded your laundry and took the trash out. i know you hate dragging the bag all the way downstairs.”

you pull back slightly to look at jay before pulling him into a deep kiss. “thank you,” you whisper.

⋆｡°✩ jake - physical touch

(word count 198)

jake’s head falls against your shoulder as you curl up beside him, still entranced by the movie playing on your living room screen. his hand rests comfortably against your thigh as he rubs small circles against the fabric of your sweatpants just hard enough for you to feel. 

slowly, his arm wraps around your waist from behind as he slowly coaxes you to lay down on the couch. he pushes a pillow over to give your head more support against the arm rest before he leans his body down on top of you. jake lets out a soft sigh as he nuzzles his head closer against your chest, effectively trapping you against the cushions. you chuckle to yourself at the feeling of his hair tickling the exposed skin of your neck as you reach up to push some of the strands down. 

jake’s arms remain wrapped loosely around your waist. “what?” he murmurs, moving just enough to look up at you. 

“nothing,” you smile as you carefully adjust his fringe so the hair is out of his eyes. “i’m just… so in love with you.”

jake smiles brightly, reaching over to grab your hand. “i love you too.”

⋆｡°✩ sunghoon - acts of service

(word count 204)

sunghoon lets out yet another annoyed sigh, gently beginning to rub at his temples in an attempt to ward off an oncoming headache. across from him you glance up from your own work to look at him; your eyebrows furrow slightly in concern. 

you quietly stand up from your seat, walking up to the counter to order a coffee and a small dessert in the hopes of cheering him up. 

“here,” you whisper, pressing a chaste kiss against sunghoon’s forehead as you slide a fresh cup of coffee and tiramisu towards his side. 

“thank you,” he murmurs with a soft smile. he lets the cup warm his hand as he raises it to take a quick sip. it tastes sweet as he swallows it. “tiramisu?”

“your favourites,” you nod. a light flush spreads across sunghoon’s face, complete with a soft smile. an overwhelming feeling of love washes over him at the simple actions. 

he pushes his computer to the side, momentarily abandoning his responsibilities for the day. he reaches out to push the tiramisu into the center of the table before sliding a fork over to you. “thank you, jagi,” he smiles. you reach out to grab his hand across the table. 

“of course.”

⋆｡°✩ sunoo - gift giving

(word count 200)

“sunoo!” you gasp at the sight of your boyfriend, immediately running towards him. 

“y/n!” he laughs when you jump into his arms, nearly tackling him to the ground in the process. his arms instinctively wrap around your waist to support you as you both stumble backwards from the force. 

you bury your face into sunoo’s neck, pressing fleeting kisses against the exposed skin. a light blush spreads across his cheeks as he places you down onto the ground. “i missed you so much,” you whisper. 

sunoo pulls back just enough to cup your cheeks in his hands, brushing his thumbs against your skin. he smiles brightly at you before he quickly pulls you into a sweet kiss. “i missed you too, jagi.” 

sunoo gasps slightly as he reaches into his pocket, pulling something out. “i got this for you,” he smiles as he hands you a necklace. you hold the thin chain in your hand, carefully observing the small pendant that hangs from it. it shines beautifully in the sunlight. 

“wow,” you whisper in astonishment. “it’s gorgeous.”

sunoo takes the jewelry back from you to carefully feed it around your neck before clasping the chain. “thank you,” you smile.

⋆｡°✩ jungwon - quality time

(word count 200)

jungwon rubs the exhaustion from his eyes as he wanders over to sit beside you on the couch. he lets out a soft sigh as he stumbles over to lay beside you on the cushions, letting his head rest in your lap. his disheveled hair lays sprawled out against your thighs as he wedges himself further against your thighs. 

you let out an amused hum as you watch him for a few seconds. you gently trail your fingers along his jawline before pushing a few strands of his hair back and out of his eyes. jungwon lets out a content sigh at the feeling, shifting slightly closer to you. you softly smile as you continue to rake your hands through his hair, twisting the strands between your fingers. 

“tired?” you whisper. 

“exhausted,” jungwon sighs. “just wanna lay here with you.”

“okay.” 

the drama playing on your tv plays is forgotten as you continue playing with jungwon’s hair. you watch as he slowly begins to drift off to sleep; his breathing evens out and his eyes begin to flutter closed. you smile, reaching over to raise one of his hands up to press a soft kiss against his fingertips. “goodnight, wonie.”

⋆｡°✩ niki - quality time

(word count 202)

you rub an aching muscle in the back of your neck as you finally close your computer, glancing over your shoulder. you softly smile at the sight of niki. he’s sitting on your bed with a console in his hands as he finishes yet another round of mario kart. 

you silently stand up from your desk, walking over to sit beside him. “you’re finished?” he asks as he hands you another console. 

“for now.” niki smiles brightly. you connect your console quickly before leaning back against your headboard with him, starting another round. 

your shoulders occasionally brush against each other as you move your bodies in tandem with the players as if moving will adjust the characters. “hey!” niki playfully complains when you accidentally block his view of the tv screen. 

he knocks his body against yours as he covers your own view. “don’t cheat!” 

“you started it!” 

your laughter mixes together as you continue intentionally moving in front of each other until your controllers both lay forgotten on your bed. you wrap your arms around niki’s shoulders as he moves to pin you against the blankets. “i win,” he proudly whispers as you reach up to pull him into a kiss.

[susartwork]

MxH fanclub fused with my UTMV OCs cause why not

( o｀ω′)o♡ enjoy!

Himeros (by @nova2cosmos) + Reformed = Mania Micro (by @au-mashup-party) + Chéri = Mint Ruby (by @rubytale-chapter2) + Basic = Rubic Alli (by @technicolor-chocolate) + Kyria = Kyle Mylim (by @nova2cosmos too) + Quasar = Magnetar Break (by @artistoons-blog-thing) + Ves = Avoid Yosa (by @foxalone) + Alphysis = Uranium Tenshi (by @foxalone too) + Clone/H-420 = Clone/J-199

[delaneytalks-tostatues]

This completely stemmed from the lyric "I-A-N-T-H and E, this bitch is fucking crazy" which ended up not making it in but shhhh

Backing track is once again from Sing2Piano! Same disclaimers as last time, with the addendum I intended to just sing the chorus through the end but force of habit did not but didn't feel like re-recording the whole thing so. It's a little messy because I did not rehearse it.

It's just the first draft blah blah blah I'm still workshopping the lyrics (which are below the cut)

I could be the one or your new addiction let me in your head turn it all to fiction

Don’t want just the world More than every city Who can blame a girl? Call me hot, not pretty

And Harry do you like this beat? I gave you a lobotomy it’s like 199 degrees Do necromancy with me just do it with me

I-A-N-T-H and E You want a lobotomy Change your hair just to be mean doing it Lyctorally

I-A-N-T-H and E You want a lobotomy Change your hair just to be mean I-A-N-T-H and E

I-A-N-T-H and E They can all call me crazy I-A-N-T-H and E They can all call me crazy

I woke up alone Staring at my ceiling  I try not to care but it hurts my feelings

You don’t have to stare come here get with it You could fix my arm In a damn hot minute

And Harry do you like this beat? I gave you a lobotomy it’s like 199 degrees Do necromancy with me just do it with me

I-A-N-T-H and E You want a lobotomy Change your hair just to be mean doing it Lyctorally

I-A-N-T-H and E You want a lobotomy Change your hair just to be mean I-A-N-T-H and E

I-A-N-T-H and E They can all call me crazy I-A-N-T-H and E They can all call me crazy

What’s it take to get your power? Fix my arm, what do you say? Hurry up, you're making supper Everyone says I’m deranged

What's it take to get your power? Fix my arm, what do you say Hurry up, you're making supper Everyone thinks I’m insane

[usafphantom2]

radar cross-section. Tap photos to enlarge ☝️

Linda Sheffield

SR-71 epoxy asbestos composite areas

Data from Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird[199]

General characteristics

Crew: 2; Pilot and reconnaissance systems officer (RSO)

Length: 107 ft 5 in (32.74 m)

Wingspan: 55 ft 7 in (16.94 m)

Height: 18 ft 6 in (5.64 m)

Wheel track: 16 ft 8 in (5 m)

Wheelbase: 37 ft 10 in (12 m)

Wing area: 1,800 sq ft (170 m2)

Aspect ratio: 1.7

Empty weight: 67,500 lb (30,617 kg)

Gross weight: 152,000 lb (68,946 kg)

Max takeoff weight: 172,000 lb (78,018 kg)

Fuel capacity: 12,219.2 US gal (10,174.6 imp gal; 46,255 L) in 6 tank groups (9 tanks)

Powerplant: 2 × Pratt & Whitney J58 (JT11D-20J or JT11D-20K) afterburning turbojets, 25,000 lbf (110 kN) thrust each

JT11D-20J 32,500 lbf (144.57 kN) wet (fixed inlet guidevanes)

JT11D-20K 34,000 lbf (151.24 kN) wet (2-position inlet guidevanes)

Performance

Maximum speed: 1,910 kn (2,200 mph, 3,540 km/h) at 80,000 ft (24,000 m)

Maximum speed: Mach 3.3[N 8]

Ferry range: 2,824 nmi (3,250 mi, 5,230 km)

Service ceiling: 85,000 ft (26,000 m)

Rate of climb: 11,820 ft/min (60.0 m/s)

Wing loading: 84 lb/sq ft (410 kg/m2)

Thrust/weight: 0.44

@Habubrats71 via X

[gyu-vinnie]

138, 150, 179 and 199 with gunwookie pls 😩✊

“fuck, i love you so much”/ “you’re all mine”-“hm…”-“say it”-“i’m all yours”/ “i want to fuck you so bad”/ “i want to make a mess of you”

i’m getting major insecure gunwook vibes from this 😼

okay, so maybe pranking gyuvin was a bad idea. just maybe…

okay it was a terrible idea. you and taerae wanted to tease him and be your usual silly selves. what you didn’t know was that gunwook was already not in the best headspace since he woke up. all because of some stupid dream he had the night before where someone took you away from him. he kept telling himself that would never happen, that you love him too much. and well, he was technically right.

unfortunately, you and taerae had no clue about this dream. when he came into practice, the first thing he saw was your head resting on taeraes shoulder and he swears he heard his heart shatter. upon making eye contact with you, he stormed out the room making you and taerae share a glance and start giggling to yourselves that the plan succeeded.

spoiler alert, it didn’t. not even 30 seconds later matthew storms into the room. “y/n, why did i just see gunwook speed walking down the hall in tears?”

the second you heard him say that you stood up. “which way did he go?” matthew shrugged and pointed left. “it looked like he was going towards the bathroom or something.”

you quickly thanked him and started running towards the bathroom. you could hear sniffing, and it broke you heart. “wookie? are you in here?” you asked while making it towards the bigger stall, seeing his sneakers you bought him and recognizing him instantly. “baby, can you let me in?”

you heard shuffling and the door unlocked, when the stall door opened you were met with the sight of a puffy faced, red eyed, swollen lipped gunwook. your eyes instantly widen and you went in the stall, closing the door behind you and locking it.

you turned to face him and one look at his face again made you hug him instantly. “shit, gunwook, im so sorry. i didn’t mean to make you cry. me and taerae were just trying to mess with you.”

you cupped his face, wiping his tear stained cheeks. he didnt say anything, just kinda stared at you. your first thought was that he was mad at you, but his face was emotionless. if he was mad, atleast you’d be able to tell. he looked deep in thought.

“i want to fuck you so bad.” he mutters, it being barely audible. your eyes widened and you frozen. “h-huh?” he moved your hands from his cheeks and pinned them above your head, pushing you against one of the walls.

“you heard me, i want to make a mess of you.” as you back hit the wall you looked up at him with wide eyes. “would that make you feel better?” he nodded and nuzzled his face into the crook of your neck, leaving soft pecks all the way down. “just give me 10 minutes…10 minutes and i’ll be fine.”

so that’s what you did, you gave him 10 minutes. well, technically you two are at the 12 minute mark but who’s counting? surely not you at this moment. your are eyes rolled to the back of you head as gunwook pounds into you with his head hung low. the only sounds being able to be heard is the filthy sound of skin slapping, the squelching noise, your muffled moans that are barely audible with gunwooks big hand over your mouth, and the small words he’s whispering as he fucking into you, a single tear still rolling down his face.

“fuck, i love you so much. so so much” me mutters into your ear. though honestly it’s going in one ear and out the other with how fucked out you are. “your all mine, okay?”

you slowly started to come back to your senses as gunwooks thrusts start to get sloppier and your own orgasm approaching quickly. “hmm…” you moan out, he moved his hand from your mouth and started thrust faster, sending you over the edge as you cum on his cock. “say it…say your mine”, he upped his head so he could see you. “i’m all yours”

and the second the words slipped from your mouth, he came. whispering small praises to you and pulling out. “l-let me help you clean” he says shakily as he grabs the toilet tissue and starts wiping.

when you went back in the studio, it was as if nothing happened.

[almostarts]

Gaetano Pesce (8 November 1939 – 3 April 2024)

Moving against the stream of rational, functional modernism in the 1960s and early 70s, Mr. Pesce experimented with materials and production methods to create furniture pieces imbued with political or religious meaning for brands from Cassina to B&B Italia.

Many would go on to become icons of Italian design including the Up5 chair – an innovative vacuum-packed chair designed to resemble a female prisoner – which he designed for B&B Italia precursor C&B.

Pesce moved to New York in 1983 and began to move away from mass production to create "standardised series" in everyday materials like resin, adapting conventional production techniques to create varied and imperfect outcomes.

The result are pieces such as the 1884 Pratt chair, which toe the line between functional design and decorative art, helping to create a new category that would later become collectible design.

Mr. Pesce was born in the Italian city of La Spezia in November 1939, only two months after the start of world war two.

As was common at the time, he trained in both architecture and design, studying first at the University of Venice and later at the Venice Institute of Industrial Design.

Among his architecture projects is the Organic Building in Osaka from 1993, with its plant-covered facade made of orange fiberglass that served as a precursor to today's vegetation-covered green walls.

But Mr. Pesce's most pioneering and well-known work happened in the world of design. In the late 1960s, he became one of the leaders of Italy's Radical Design movement, rejecting modernism's rigid focus on forms dictated by function.

Instead, Pesce focused on the idea that functional objects, much like art, could carry a deeper message.

One of the most famous examples is the controversial Up5 chair from 1969, which manufacturer B&B Italia describes as "the first product of Italian design with a political meaning".

Rest In Power !

"Up 5 & 6" Dressed Up Chair & Ottoman, 1969 – 2014, Polyurethane foam, fabric, Height: 40.5 in (102.87 cm)Width: 47 in (119.38 cm)Depth: 51 in (129.54 cm)Seat Height: 16 in (40.64 cm),

“Square Airport Lamp” (1986/1994). Photography by Elizabeth Carababas/The Future Perfect. Light sculpture consisting of a flexible rubber membrane studded with small light bulbs. Although made from a mold, no two lamps are alike, due to the imperfections that arise from the hand-mixing and pouring of colored urethane. H 92 - W 65 Cm,

"Feltri" Armchair for Cassina, 1980 -1989, Felt, Fabric, Resin, Width: 156 cm, Depth: 80 cm, Height: 129 cm, Seat height:42 cm, Courtesy: Oldera,

"Pratt Chair #7," 1984 2018 (purple), 2018, Transparent polyurethane, :93 x 53 x 53 cm. (36.6 x 20.9 x 20.9 in.),

"The Cabinet of The Tired Man," 2018, Photo: Courtesy of Salon 94 Design and Gaetano Pesce,

"Tramonto a New York" three-door screen, for Cassina, Made of coloured resin, hinges and feet in burnished brass, Width: 221, Height: 199,

"Organic" Building, Osaka, Japan, Completed in 1993 to embody the corporate ideal of Oguraya Yamamoto Co., Ltd,

"La In-Portante" Modular Bookshelf from the "Abbraccio" Series, 2010. Comprising 57 adjustable polyurethane resin shelves. Produced by Le Fablier, Italy. Polyurethane resin, painted wood, lacquered metal, 86½ x 118¾ x 16⅞ in. (219.7 x 301.6 x 42.6 cm) Courtesy of Sotheby's,

La Michetta Modular Sofa,Compostion of 8 by Meritalia, Structure in Lacquered Wood Seat with Elastic Belts, Flexible Polyurethane & Fiberfill Padding, Dimensions: W370 x D245cm,

Unique 'Ireland' table, Made of polyurethane and metal. The table was made and exhibited in 1996 by Gallery Mourmans, Knokke-Zoute, Belgium. It was part of a series of 'EU tables', where all 15 member countries were represented as a table, in this case Ireland. The top of the table has the shape of the outlines of the country and it stands on legs in the shape of question marks. W.80.71 in;H.28.74 in;D.57.09 in; (W.205 cm;H.73 cm;D.145 cm), Courtesy: Incollect.

[mirzablogg]

İMAM CAFER-İ SADIK AS BUYURDU:

-“Emir’ul- Muminin Hz. Ali (a.s), evinde namazı için ne küçük ve ne de büyük bir oda ayırmıştı. Akşam olduğunda, çocuklarından birini yatmak için o odaya götürüyor ve orada namazını kılıyordu.”

Emir’ul- Muminin Hz. Ali (a.s), abdest aldığında kimsenin O’nun eline su dökmesine izin vermezdi ve; “Namazımda hiç kimseyi ortak yapmayı sevmiyorum” buyuruyordu.

Hz. Ali (a.s), bir şeyden endişelenip rahatsız olduğunda namaza sığınıyordu. Sonra şu ayeti okuyordu: “Sabır ve namazla yardım dileyin.

ömrünün solarında her gece ve gündüz bin rekat namaz kılıyordu.

Emir’ul- Muminin Hz. Ali (a.s), namaz için abdest aldığında, yüzünü onunla kuruladığı özel bir havlusu vardı; yüzünü kuruladıktan sonra onu bir çiviye asardı; İmam (a.s)’dan başka kimse ona dokunmazdı.”

(Kaynak; Mehasin, c. 2, s. 452, H. 2557.

İlel’uş- Şerayi’, c. 1, s. 323.

Hisal, s. 199.

Mehasin, c. 2, s. 207, H. 1618.)

Kuşeyr tefsirinde şöyle nakledilmiştir:

“Hz. Ali (a.s), namaz vakti ulaştığında rengi değişerek titriyordu. Kendisine; “Ne oldu sana, neden durumun böyle değişti?” dediklerinde şöyle buyuruyordu:

“Emaneti eda etmek vakti ulaştı; Allah Teala o emaneti göklere, yere ve dağlara sundu; ama onlar onu yüklenmekten kaçındılar ve ondan korkuya kapıldılar; onu insan yüklendi...”

(Kaynak; Ahzâb/72.) Menakıb, c. 2, s. 124.)

Allahumme salli ala Muhammedin ve ala Al-i Muhammed tesliman ecmain accil Ferecahum.

[lee-sanghyeok]

Garments worn by BOYNEXTDOOR in [19.99] "Nice Guy" MV

A. DICKIES Classic Bib Overalls (€89 / $49)

B. FULL COUNT 【2024SS】5500PT-6 RAW ($120 / €110)

C. REPRESENT Permanent Vacation Shirt ($165 / €169)

D. DRIES VAN NOTEN Double layered dragon shirt (€199 second-hand)

E. NIKE Court Heritage Logo Tee (£20)

F. 123 RIVINGTON ROI REBIS Gym Bag zip-up hoodie ($623)

G. LOUIS VUITTON Long-Sleeved Cotton Rugby Polo ($1590 / €1300)

H. DAIRIKU New trim tee (¥19 800 / €125)

I. HARLEY DAVIDSON T-shirt ($48 on Ebay)

J. FROM ARLES 90S Vintage Graphic T-shirt (฿2,264 / €60)

K. LC WAIKIKI Southblue Short Sleeve Striped Polo (€19)

L. TENDER PERSON Velour raglan long tee (¥30,800 / €195)

[wlw-webcomic-bracket]

Group Stage Stats and Standings

With two out of three rounds of the group stage complete, here's a summary of where things currently stand. Remember, there are two ways to qualify for the championship bracket - winning a group (10 characters), and having the most total votes without winning a group (6 characters). By receiving enough votes, any character in the tournament could still technically qualify for one of the six wildcard slots.

First, these tables show standings by group. Purple indicates the group leader (by number of wins; ties broken by number of votes) and red indicates a character who has been locked out of winning their group. Note that since Rain Flaherty and Lucas in Group A have been in three matches rather than two, their vote totals are multiplied by 2/3 to allow a fair comparison.

Next are standings by total number of votes. Group leaders are in purple, and the leaders for the six wildcard championship slots are in blue.

The last batch of group stage polls will go up later this week. Until then, if you're interested in more stats, I've put them beneath the cut because there are Many.

The main reason I decided to have this tournament start with a group stage is that I think it's fairer to the characters (more on that later), but I'd be lying if I denied that More Stats was also a contributing factor. To begin with, here are the total number of votes by group (Group A adjusted as noted earlier):

Group H - 6,573

Group B - 2,653

Group J - 2,081

Group F - 2,002

Group E - 1,254

Group C - 1,196

Group D - 968

Group G - 950

Group A - 785

Group I - 485

These are the individual matches with the most votes and the most notes:

Dainix vs Zhusen (Group H) - 3,674 votes, 1,139 notes

Eddie Kaspbrak vs Lucy Marlowe (Group B) - 1,869 votes, 314 notes

Dainix vs White Chain (Group H) - 1,401 votes, 239 notes

Carla Rutten vs Davepeta (Group J) - 1,118 votes, 155 notes

Penny Spender vs Gaueko (Group F) - 985 votes, 239 notes

Zhusen vs Lupe Jara (Group H) - 824 votes, 109 notes

Vote totals in the remaining matches were distributed as follows:

600-699 votes - 1

500-599 votes - 1

400-499 votes - 4

300-399 votes - 4

200-299 votes - 11

100-199 votes - 14

0-99 votes - 1

The widest margins of victory (by number of votes, not by percentage) - all four matches from Group H are in the top four:

Zhusen vs Lupe Jara (Group H, 724-100) - 624

White Chain vs Lupe Jara (Group H, 605-71) - 534

Dainix vs White Chain (Group H, 946-455) - 491

Dainix vs Zhusen (Group H, 1,999-1,673) - 326

Carla Rutten vs Fleet (Group J, 396-81) - 315

Eddie Kaspbrak vs Fenic (Group B, 375-112) - 263

Eddie Kaspbrak vs Lucy Marlowe (Group B, 804-1,065) - 261

And the narrowest margins of victory (again, by number of votes):

Merlow the Rose vs Chau Le (Group G, 128-130) - 2

TIE Rain Flaherty vs Luck (Group A, 92-98) - 6

TIE Lucas vs Luck (Group A, 75-81) - 6

DIFFERENT TIE Bacon vs Julie (Group D, 113-102) - 11

DIFFERENT TIE Tedd Verres vs Merlow the Rose (Group G, 145-134) - 11

Rain Flaherty vs Elle Argent (Group A, 95-110) - 15

Maggie vs Sulla Pinsky (Group E, 79-97) - 18

In two groups, the current group leader and the group member with the most votes are not the same:

Group F: Gaueko (2-0 record, 747 votes) and Penny Spender (1-1 record, 810 votes)

Group J: Davepeta (2-0 record, 743 votes) and Carla Rutten (1-1 record, 916 votes)

All four characters are currently set to advance to the championship bracket - Gaueko and Davepeta as group winners, and Penny and Carla via wildcard slots.

Something interesting I noticed the other day is that the nine top-ranked characters by vote count all got there in part by facing each other:

In Group H, Dainix (#1) faced Zhusen (#2) in the first round and White Chain (#5) in the second round

In Group B, Lucy Marlowe (#4) faced Eddie Kaspbrak (#5) in the first round

In Group J, Carla Rutten (#6) faced Davepeta (#9) in the first round

In Group F, Penny Spender (#7) faced Gaueko (#8) in the second round

These are the same five matchups that had both the most votes and the most notes. All five of them were reblogged by at least one of their characters' creators. And all but one of the nine characters received more votes - often several times more - facing their highest-ranked opponent than facing their lowest-ranked opponent:

Lucy Marlowe - 8.3x (1,065 vs 128)

Davepeta - 4.1x (598 vs 145)

Gaueko - 2.3x (522 vs 225)

Zhusen - 2.3x (1,673 vs 724)

Eddie Kaspbrak - 2.1x (804 vs 375)

Dainix - 2.1x (1,999 vs 946)

Penny Spender - 1.3x (463 vs 347)

Carla Rutten - 1.3x (520 vs 396)

White Chain - 0.8x (455 vs 605)

This seems to indicate popular characters actually benefit from facing each other, especially taking into account that the championship bracket will be seeded by total number of votes. Of the six characters currently holding a wildcard qualification slot, five of them are ranked in the top seven qualifiers overall.

On the flip side, these are the characters with the most nominations who don't currently qualify for the championship:

Cheryl (Group E) - 8

Rain Flaherty (Group A) - 8

Teige Carroll (Group I) - 7

Lucas (Group A) - 6

Of the fourteen characters who received five or more nominations, ten are currently slated to advance. The remaining six current qualifiers received either three or four nominations each.

These characters have received the most votes so far without winning a match:

Merlow the Rose (Group G) - 262

Cheryl (Group E) - 244

Rosemaster (Group D) - 235

And these are the characters who have the fewest votes while winning both of their matches:

Yoshi (Group I) - 156

Luck (Group A) - 179

Vaarsuvius (Group I) - 200

Elle Argent (Group A) - 285

Group A and Group I are the only groups with two undefeated characters who will face off in the final round, and the only groups in which number of votes had to be used as a tiebreaker to determine the current group leader.

Vaarsuvius has the lowest number of votes of any character currently winning their group. While there's only a difference of 85 votes between Elle Argent and Vaarsuvius, there are quite a few characters between them - Elle is ranked 15th, while V is ranked 27th. V is the only character currently slated to advance over other characters with more votes.

One of the dangers of a round-robin format is a match in the final round between two characters with a 0-2 record, both of whom have already been locked out of winning their group. That will only happen once here, between Teige Carroll and Eri McCure in Group I.

Finally, here's a piece of etymology I learned while preparing for the tournament: The "robin" in "round robin" has nothing to do with the bird or with the English given name. Instead, the term originated from the French phrase "ruban rond," meaning "round ribbon," but over time "ruban/ribbon" was idiomized to "robin."

[the-mediaeval-monk]

Hey! Thanks so much for sharing that list of monastic-themed fiction. Would you mind also sharing some good non-fiction titles on monastic masculinity? (I saw in one of your posts that it was a topic in your dissertation.) It doesn’t have to be exhaustive, just something for an introduction or maybe some titles you personally like. Thanks a lot!

Hi! Yes, here is a (non-exhaustive) list of sources :)

Primary Sources:

Clairvaux, Bernard of. The Letters of St. Bernard of Clairvaux. Translated by Bruno Scott James. London: Burns Oates, 1953.

Daniel, Walter. The Life of Aelred of Rievaulx. Translated by F. M. Powicke. Edited by Marsha Dutton. Kalamazoo, Mich.: Cistercian, 1994.

Gender and Sexuality in the Middle Ages : A Medieval Source Documents Reader, edited by Martha A. Brozyna, Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co., 2005.

McNeill, John T., and Helena M. Gamer. Medieval Handbooks of Penance : A Translation of the Principal "Libri Poenitentiales" and Selections from Related Documents. New York ; Chichester: Columbia University Press, 1990.

Suso, Henry. The Life of the Servant. Translated by James M. Clark. London: James Clarke & Co Ltd., 1952.

Secondary Sources

Arnold, John H. "The Labor of Continence: Masculinity and Clerical Virginity." In Medieval Virginities, edited by Anke Bernau, Sarah Salih and Ruth Evans, 102-18. Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2003.

Boswell, John. Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality : Gay People in Western Europe from the Beginning of the Christian Era to the Fourteenth Century. Chicago ; London: University of Chicago Press, 1980.

Bullough, Vern L. "On Being a Male in the Middle Ages." In Medieval Masculinities, edited by Clare A. Lees, Thelma Fenster and Jo Ann McNamara. Regarding Men in the Middle Ages, 31-46: University of Minnesota Press, 1994.

Bynum, Caroline Walker. "Jesus as Mother and Abbot as Mother: Some Themes in Twelfth-Century Cistercian Writing." The Harvard Theological Review 70, no. 3/4 (1977): 257-84. http://www.jstor.org/stable/1509631.

Bynum, Caroline Walker. Jesus as Mother : Studies in the Spirituality of the High Middle Ages. Publications of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Ucla. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1982.

Bynum, Caroline Walker. "The Female Body and Religious Practice in the Later Middle Ages." Chap. 6 In Fragmentation and Redemption : Essays on Gender and the Human Body in Medieval Religion, 181-238. New York: Zone Books, 1992.

Connell, R.W. "The History of Masculinity." Chap. 14 In The Masculinity Studies Reader, edited by Rachel Adams and David Savran, 245-61. Malden, Mass. ; Oxford: Blackwell, 2002.

Coon, Lynda L. Dark Age Bodies : Gender and Monastic Practice in the Early Medieval West. The Middle Ages Series. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011.

Damrosch, David. "9. Non Alia Sed Aliter: The Hermeneutics of Gender in Bernard of Clairvaux." In Images of Sainthood in Medieval Europe, edited by Szell Timea, 181-96. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1991.

Doss, Jacob W. "Making Masculine Monks: Gender, Space, and the Imagined “Child” in Twelfth-Century Cistercian Identity Formation." Church History 91, no. 3 (2022): 467-91. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0009640722002098.

Elliott, Dyan. Fallen Bodies : Pollution, Sexuality, and Demonology in the Middle Ages. The Middle Ages Series. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1998.

Elliott, Dyan. The Corrupter of Boys: Sodomy, Scandal, and the Medieval Clergy. The Middle Ages Series Edited by Ruth Mazo Karras. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2020.

Gutt, Blake. "Medieval Trans Lives in Anamorphosis: Looking Back and Seeing Differently (Pregnant Men and Backward Birth)." Medieval feminist forum 55, 1 (2019): 174–206.

Hadley, D. M. "Introduction: Medieval Masculinities." In Masculinity in Medieval Europe, 1-18. London: Longman, 1999.

Hotchkiss, Valerie R. Clothes Make the Man : Female Cross Dressing in Medieval Europe. New York ; London: Garland, 1996.

Karras, Ruth Mazo. From Boys to Men : Formations of Masculinity in Late Medieval Europe. Philadelphia ; [Great Britain]: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2003.

Karras, Ruth Mazo. "The Regulation of “Sodomy” in the Latin East and West." Speculum 95, no. 4 (2020): 969-86. https://doi.org/10.1086/710639. https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/710639.

Karras, Ruth Mazo. "Attitudes to Same- Sex Sexual Relations in the Latin World." In A Companion to Crime and Deviance in the Middle Ages, edited by Skoda Hannah, 84-101. Amsterdam: ARC Humanities Press, 2023.

Karras, Ruth Mazo, and Katherine E. Pierpont. Sexuality in Medieval Europe : Doing Unto Others. Fourth ed. London: Routledge, 2023.

Kerr, Julie. Life in the Medieval Cloister. United Kingdom: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2009.

Kieckhefer, Richard. "14. Holiness and the Culture of Devotion: Remarks on Some Late Medieval Male Saints." In Images of Sainthood in Medieval Europe, edited by Szell Timea, 288-305. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1991.

Kieckhefer, Richard. Forbidden Rites : A Necromancer's Manual of the Fifteenth Century. University Park, PA, UNITED STATES: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1998. http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/exeter/detail.action?docID=6224672.

Kieckhefer, Richard. "Necromancy in the Clerical Underworld." Chap. 7 In Magic in the Middle Ages, 151-75. Cambridge, UK ; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2000.

Klaassen, Frank. "Learning and Masculinity in Manuscripts of Ritual Magic of the Later Middle Ages and Renaissance." The Sixteenth Century Journal 38, no. 1 (2007): 49-76. http://www.jstor.org/stable/20478245.

Klaassen, Frank. "Necromancy." In The Routledge History of Medieval Magic, edited by Sophie Page and Catherine Rider. London: Routledge, 2019.

Kolve, V. A. "Ganymede/Son of Getron: Medieval Monasticism and the Drama of Same-Sex Desire." Speculum 73, no. 4 (1998): 1014-67. https://doi.org/10.2307/2887367. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2887367.

Linkinen, Tom. Same-Sex Sexuality in Later Medieval English Culture. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2015.

McNamara, Jo Ann. "The Herrenfrage the Restructuring of the Gender System, 1050–1150." In Medieval Masculinities, edited by Jo Ann McNamara, Clare A. Lees and Thelma Fenster. Regarding Men in the Middle Ages, 3-30: University of Minnesota Press, 1994.

Mills, Robert. "The Signification of the Tonsure." In Holiness and Masculinity in the Middle Ages, edited by P. H. Cullum and Katherine J. Lewis, 109-26. Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2004.

Mills, Robert. "Transgender Time." In Seeing Sodomy in the Middle Ages University of Chicago Press, 2015.

Muir, Carolyn Diskant. "Bride or Bridegroom? Masculine Identity in Mystic Marriages." In Holiness and Masculinity in the Middle Ages, edited by P. H. Cullum and Katherine J. Lewis, 58-78. Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2004.

Murray, Jacqueline. "Masculinizing Religious Life: Sexual Prowess, the Battle for Chastity, and Monastic Identity." In Holiness and Masculinity in the Middle Ages, edited by P. H. Cullum and Katherine J. Lewis, 24-42. Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2004.

Murray, Jacqueline. "One Flesh, Two Sexes, Three Genders?". In Gender and Christianity in Medieval Europe, edited by Lisa M. Bitel and Felice Lifshitz. New Perspectives, 34-51: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008.

Nelson, J.L. "Monks, Secular Men and Masculinity, C. 900." In Masculinity in Medieval Europe, edited by Dawn M. Hadley. Women and Men in History 121-42. London: Longman, 1999.

Newman, Martha G. "Real Men and Imaginary Women: Engelhard of Langheim Considers a Woman in Disguise." Speculum 78, no. 4 (2003): 1184-213. http://www.jstor.org/stable/20060926.

Rollo, David. Medieval Writings on Sex between Men: Peter Damian’s the Book of Gomorrah and Alain De Lille’s the Plaint of Nature. Brill, 22 Feb. 2022, 2022. doi:https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004507326. https://brill.com/view/title/57406.

Sauer, Michelle M. "Uncovering Difference: Encoded Homoerotic Anxiety within the Christian Eremitic Tradition in Medieval England." Journal of the History of Sexuality 19, no. 1 (2010): 133-52. http://www.jstor.org/stable/40663371.

Shopkow, Leah. "Mooning the Abbot: A Tale of Disorder, Vulgarity, Ethnicity, and Underwear in the Monastery." Chap. 9 In Prowess, Piety, and Public Order in Medieval Society: Studies in Honor of Richard W. Kaeuper, edited by Craig M. Nakashian and Daniel P. Franke, 179-98: Brill, 2017.

Thibodeaux, Jennifer D. The Manly Priest : Clerical Celibacy, Masculinity, and Reform in England and Normandy, 1066-1300. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2015.

Trokhimenko, Olga V. ""Believing That Which Cannot Be": (De)Constructing Medieval Clerical Masculinity in "Des Münches Not"." The German Quarterly 85, no. 2 (2012): 121-36. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41494744.

Trans and Genderqueer Subjects in Medieval Hagiography. Edited by Alicia Spencer-Hall, and Blake Gutt. Netherlands: Amsterdam University Press, 2021.