#Vote if you haven't already!!!

[apritellointeractive]

The poll to Part 5 is extremely close! If you haven't voted yet, please do!!! Otherwise... I might have to pull an emergency cryptic vote >:3c

[sexy-sapphic-sorcerer]

Smash or Pass: Merlin

Merlin characters as tags from this poll

(BBC Merlin & Text Posts [i guess] 13/?)

[mishapen-dear]

thinking about the elections tonight... bad, cellbit, baghera, and forever are four candidates who are devoted to the island- more specifically, to the residents of the island. They care for the eggs, and they care for each other, and the way they exhibit that care through their primary presidential strategies is fucking fascinating.

Bad is who I watch the most, so I know him best. He's a classic mother hen. He doesn't like to take risks with the eggs, and he likes to prepare. If there's any sort of variable that could hurt an egg then he wants to control it. They have a stable relationship with the federation right now- it's not great, but they know the parameters. Don't trust cucurucho. don't follow cucurucho. send the eggs to NINHO every time there's a threat. the time of day changing means you need to run. Other than that they're p okay and roughly safe. But adding a president could potentially change everything. What if the president makes a rule that makes it easier to kill the eggs? And what about the way a president could cause tensions between the players to rise even higher? The dynamics of the island could change drastically. It's safer to neutralize that threat before it ever becomes a threat. It's easier to stop a war before it can start.

Baghera's primary concern is the way the election is designed to pit the residents against each other. All of them know that the Federation is a threat and she, like Bad, is focused on not letting them hurt more people. But, unlike Bad, she's less resistant to change. If the power is spread to multiple players rather than just one, it will be harder for the Federation to corrupt any one of them. Each time before the Federation has gotten to someone it's done so by isolating them. Felps, Cellbit, Jaiden- they've all spent a lot of alone time with Cucurucho. A council isn't just to consolidate the ideals of the island; a council would protect the players themselves. Sure, there might be disagreements and arguments, but they've had those before (and they're having them now!) and there's no reason to think they wouldn't be able to get through them again.

I hit a bit of a wall with Forever and Cellbit's pov here. Everything I know about their plans are from the debates and paraphrased discussions that have been translated here on tumblr, I'm going to talk less about their explicit plan and more about what the result will entail- a single president who takes responsibility for the island. It seems to me like they've recognized the presidential seat as the powerful opportunity that it is, and they want to take advantage of it. Here's some extra personal speculation but, adding rules, adding or removing mods, proposing public works, enforcing laws- those are just the abilities that are listed. Those are incredible opportunities to make the Federation take action, which is more than they've had before. We've seen before that the Federation isn't perfect; the Federation makes mistakes.

By working with the Federation, by making them take action (in a semi-controlled, semi-predictable way) you open them up to more opportunities for them to fuck up (while benefiting you). And, maybe, one of those fuck ups will be the key to taking them down. Maybe they could reopen ender chests. Maybe they could open the nether. Maybe they could learn why the Federation is holding an election in the first place. It's possible to do all these things with Baghera's plan, sure, but that's not a guarantee and, if someone like Bad is on the council, there's absolutely no way to be sure it would get done. And, if there's a council, then that opens up everyone on the council to the Federation's wiles. If there's just one president, then that's where the Federation's focus will be. By using a single person to build a relationship with the Federation, they only risk that single person. By electing ministers instead of a council, they can ensure that the island residents' needs are being heard while placing the federation's focus on that one person. A point can be made that they've done that before- with varying results. like kidnapping. selling your soul. etc. But! overall, I think they've gained more than they've lost by singling out one person. Because of them, we know that Cucurucho can't be trusted. We know that the Federation has a series of tunnels underneath the island. We know that the Federation not only has some sort of cryo technology, but had some unknown reason to use it. We know that there was another person working with Cellbit to take care of Felps (theorized to be ElQuackity), so we know there's at least one more Fed that isn't Cucurucho + blank-faced workers. There's been risk, but there's absolutely been rewards. This is just a very long meandering way to say that their plan to sacrifice Forever to the presidential seat reminds me very much of Cellbit's plan to sacrifice himself to the federation. They're saving their friends by potentially damning themselves and I, for one, think that is cool as hell.

they all care about each other so much. bad's plan means taking on no more risk. baghera's plan means spreading that risk evenly to stand strong together. and cellbit and forever's plan means taking the risk onto themselves so they can reap the rewards for others. am i reading too much into things? no this is tumblr and this smp is about LOVE and i really genuinely think that their election plans are a fantastic example of just how much they love each other

[kirby-the-gorb]

[givehimthemedicine]

just had a horrifying family lore conversation with my grandmother and now I need to ask: did your family have an official barf bowl for when you were too sick to get out of bed in time?

if it was a bowl/pot from the kitchen, did it return to active use in the kitchen once washed?

[zorlok-if]

If it's election day where you live (and you're able to), make sure to go vote!

You may think it feels futile or pointless, but the only votes that don't count are those that are never cast. Your voice, your opinions, and your vote do matter. Don't throw them away.

For people in the US, find the closest polling place here.

[au-sonic-smackdown]

Why is the final round just bugs vs rabies?

Seems to me the common consensus (based on replies I've gotten on the poll) is that the bugs ARE the rabies, and that the werewolf stuff is a whole other separate category, but it's still an incredibly funny match-up nonetheless and I can't wait to see how things play out

Showdown of the century big dog VS rabid hedgehog

[sysig]

Happy birthday!!! I hope you're having a great day!!

I am! Thank you :D

[jaggedwolf]

wanted to read some f/f romance novels set in college while I let the longfic draft rest. already fucked up with the first book I started on because one of them is in grad school (wrong type of college!) and the other is running for congress. there's also a fictional mayor of new york who does not have something deeply wrong with him, which is a requirement for the office imo.

and yet, all of that said, I cackled out loud at how the main two women meet in-person because I got one page of anticipation of how ridiculously it was going to go down. that was good.

[periodiccompletionist]

Round 1, Side 3, RESULTS

A tie! Both Lithium and Xenon will advance to the next round!

At 58.1%, Gallium advances! Rubidium (Ru U B Bi I - 5/118) is eliminated.

At 85.4%, Sodium advances! Dubnium (U B N Ni I - 5/118) did not get the Dub.

At 77.1%, Selenium advances! Hedonium (H He O N Ni I U - 7/118) is eliminated.

At 58.6%, Copper advances! Netherite (N Ne Th H He Er I Te - 8/118) is eliminated.

At 63.3%, Dysprosium advances! Terbium (Te Er Rb B Bi I U - 7/118) is eliminated.

At 52.4%, Vanadium advances! Boron (B O N - 3/118) is eliminated.

At 67.4%, Curium advances! Caesium (C Ca Es S Si I U - 7/118) is eliminated.

At 73.3%, Nitrogen advances! Livermorium (Li I V Er Mo O U - 7/118) is eliminated.

At 54.8%, Francium advances! Niobium (N Ni I O B Bi U - 7/118) is eliminated.

At 88.9%, Calcium advances! Thulium (Th H U Li I - 5/118) is eliminated.

At 81%, Aluminum advances! Samarium (S Am Ar I U - 5/118) is eliminated.

At 66.7%, Neodymium advances! Strontium (S O N Ti I U - 6/118) is eliminated.

At 56.1%, Zirconium advances! Adamantine (Am N Ti I In Ne - 6/118) is eliminated

At 76.2%, Carbon advances! Fluorine (F Fl Lu U O I In N Ne - 9/118) is eliminated.

At 73.2%, Platinum advances! Tantalum (Ta N Al Lu U - 5/118) is eliminated.

Biggest Sweep: Calcium vs. Thulium

Closest Match: Vanadium vs. Boron (excluding Lithium vs. Xenon)

Most Voted: Copper vs. Netherite, with 58 total votes

[moonscape]

man everything im hearing about e*ts just sounds worse and worse

[self-shippy]

If any of your f/os have been or are in a poll tournament, imagine cheering them on! Your cheers give them the strength to push through and fight on!

[nashdoestournaments]

yoohoo~ one hour left~

[regallibellbright]

Titania's actually doing fine, probably because they're both obscure fandoms and everyone's going "wait what the FUCK do you mean warning for mass murder," checking the propaganda, and then going "Oh, yeah, OKAY THEN." whereas Amandine and Shadow Weaver's crimes are comparatively similar and got the same warnings so I could see people not reading the five different variants of "FUCK Amandine, we all hate Amandine."

I think we've actually gotten confirmation of EVEN WORSE than we previously thought for Titania since the applications went in. Or I was just behind on the Patreon stories, don't recall the timing.