#dc-polls-preliminaries

[dc-polls]

They Would Not Fucking Say That! Preliminary Poll

Michael Jon Carter (Booster Gold)

From: Batman (2016) #45-47 Context: Batman and Booster Gold...exist? Honestly there's zero background to this one, they hadn't interacted at all in the Rebirth universe up to that point.

Booster goes back in time to save Bruce's parents, inadvertently creating a worse timeline.

Booster is a TIME MASTER. His entire purpose is protecting the sanctity of the timestream. On the rare occasions he has seriously tried to tamper with it, it's to prevent his own tragic backstory or to save his best friend's life. Why would he do something so completely anathema to his entire shtick for BATMAN, who he is awkward work colleagues with AT BEST? They aren't friends! Booster isn't invested in Bruce! He's also not the colossal idiot King paints him as and knows better than to pull stupid shit like this! In fact, Booster appeared immediately before this story in a Superman storyline telling Superman that no, they can't actually go back in time and save Krypton...WHICH IS THE CORRECT ANSWER. So why, months later, is he saving Thomas and Martha Wayne and creating a dystopian timeline where Selina can only say "meow?" (I'm not joking. That's what happens if the Waynes live.) HE WOULD NEVER.

As always, remember to check the notes for info others may have shared, and reblog to help increase reach!

Submissions close Wednesday August 23, 11:00 pm EDT

[mlmshipbracket]

PRELIMINARY POLL #3

PRELIMINARY POLLS [HERE]

PROPAGANDA BELOW

Satoru Gojo/Suguru Geto:

They ruined me. Actually i think they ruined everyone who watched JJK. you could call their story bittersweet. historians would call them best friends. Geto was Gojo's "one and only". Sigh

Conner Kent/Tim Drake:

NO PROPAGANDA SUBMITTED

[its-to-the-death]

Glasses Swag Sequel Preliminary Round #3

Only one will make it into the bracket!

[overworkedblorbobattle]

Preliminary Poll 5: Welcome To The Table

[best-female-villain-tournament]

A villain is someone who is evil and has ill intent

most villains are antagonists but not all antagonists are villains

[sciencegeniusgirlshowdown]

SGGShowdown PRELIMINARY: Marvel

Moira Mactaggert/Moira X | House of X VS Olivia "Liv" Octavius | Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse VS Shuri/Black Panther | Black Panther/Marvel Cinematic Universe VS Jemma Simmons | Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D./Marvel Cinematic Universe | Lunella Lafayette/Moon Girl | Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur

[victimsofyaoipoll]

Preliminary Round

[fairytale-poll]

PRELIMINARY ROUNDS! MATCH 7 OUT OF 10

Propaganda Under the Cut:

Lian Harper:

She's a badass!

Scarlet:

She's a feisty young girl determined to be the first female warrior (red hood) in her kingdom. Doesn't take shit from anybody, and definitely overconfident in her own abilities lol. but she'll get there. She'll do anything to protect the people she loves.

[oopsalldadsderby]

(Reminder of the criteria. Names are formatted as [dad name(s)] & [kid name(s)].)

[dc-polls]

They Would Not Fucking Say That! Preliminary Poll

Jason Todd (Red Hood)

From: Red Hood and the Outlaws #34, The New 52 Context: Starfire tracks down the man who kept her as a slave for the purpose of killing him.

Jason convinces her to NOT kill the man.

I will admit it had been a little while since I fully read through rhato but literally just two issues before the incident Jason was shooting up a plane full of terrorists so it's not like he had a dramatic change of heart about morals over the course of the comic. He has killed people and believes that some people cannot be redeemed and should die. He's willing to kill for the people he cares about. He has argued with Batman about their respective moral codes, and his gotham comeback included a very dramatic revenge scheme. One of the many people Jason has killed was a human trafficker in RH: Lost Days. Why would he talk down Starfire from killing a slave trader? Not just any slave trader either but the one who had her. It's not like he's appreciated batman ever telling him to not kill someone. How is starfires revenge any of his business? And why would he be against it? Starfire even says that that he of all people should know why she has to. And Jason's only response to that is "He ruled your life when you were a kid, Kori. Don't give him anything else." I just don't think that's very compelling. I got into DC comics fairly recently so I can't say im an expert on various characterizations or character depths, but I do think that he would not fucking say that. Like come on.

[Image ID: Three comic panels. The first one features Starfire standing outside in the rain with her hand, alight with fire, on the slave trader's throat. She says "Don't... ask me to do this. Don't ask me to walk away." In the second panel she crouches and lays the man down on the ground as she turns her torso to face Jason and Arsenal, who are pointing their respective gun and bow at her, pointing at Jason and saying "You KNOW, Jason -- You above EVERYONE ELSE should know why I HAVE to DO this! If you ASK me to-- I won't. But I can not say for sure that I will EVER forgive EITHER of you." In the third panel we see Jason in his Red Hood attire pointing two guns at her as he says "He ruled your life when you were a kid, Kori. Don't give him anything else." /End ID]

As always, remember to check the notes for info others may have shared, and reblog to help increase reach!

Submissions close Wednesday August 23, 11:00 pm EDT

[blackhair-redeyes-tournament]

Preliminary Round

[its-to-the-death]

Glasses Swag Sequel Preliminary Round #8

Only one will make it into the bracket!

[overworkedblorbobattle]

Preliminary Poll 3: Batman

[best-female-villain-tournament]

A villain is someone who is evil and has ill intent

most villains are antagonists but not all antagonists are villains

[sciencegeniusgirlshowdown]

SGGShowdown PRELIMINARY: DC (+ additional questions/specifications!)

Abigail "Abby" Arcane | Swamp Thing (2019 Television Series) VS Felicity Smoak | Arrow (2012 Television Series) VS Lena Luthor | Supergirl (2015 Television Series) VS Barbara Gordon/Batgirl | Unspecified VS Karen Beecher/Bumblebee | Unspecified VS Natasha Irons/Steel | Unspecified VS Harlivy/Harley Quinn + Poison Ivy/Harleen Quinzel + Pamela Isley | Unspecified

Finally started working on the bracket, but realized that there's quite a few characters from the DC extended universe! Due to the nature of this fandom, I feel as though it'd be fair to fudge the numbers a bit for the fandom cap, so I'll be allowing four participants from DC into the bracket! Even with the increased cap, there's still a couple excess girls! While I could take the easy out and axe the girls who didn't have any sort of iteration specified, I feel as though that'd be rather unfair, so! It's preliminary time!

I condensed Harlivy into a pair due to the number of submissions I received for them, both individually and as a couple! Though there wasn't ever a consensus on which continuity to take them from. Since I would like to focus on a singular iteration of an SGG, I'd like to request those more familiar with these characters to suggest an iteration to take Batgirl, Bumblebee, Steel, and Harlivy from in the replies or in my askbox!

[straightbaittournament]

it actually kills me when i get multiple submissions from one property but every ship is different