#fictional character bracket

[pluralitypoll]

Welcome to the PLURALITY POLL!!

Starting on 11/2/24, with each round lasting for a day, people are welcome to vote for which plural / system they like best!

All of the characters were chosen by the mod, and peer-reviewed by their partner!! And as a general note: some of these characters are simply coded to be plural, not necessarily canonically. However, there is evidence for a majority of these as to why they're here!!

Please do not start syscourse in the tags or in the comments. That is the one thing I ask.

*Arthur / John and Phosphophyllite / Lapis Lazuli do not have images. The former is on purpose due to lack of official art, but the latter is not. Just ignore it!!

And now, without further ado.... MAY THE BEST PLURAL WIN!!

Matchup list below the cut for easier access:

LEFT SIDE:

Yuji Itadori / Ryomen Sukuna (Jujutsu Kaisen) vs. Princess Luna / Nightmare Moon (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)

Yukito Tsukishiro / Yue (Cardcaptor Sakura) vs. Mafuyu Asahina (Project Sekai)

Oz / Jack Vessalius (Pandora Hearts) vs. Shinta Ruri (Ranger Reject)

Shinobu Sensui (YuYu Hakusho) vs. Amu Hinamori (Shugo Chara!)

Unknown Patient (Evillious Chronicles) vs. Near [Nate River] (Death Note)

Nicole / Jessica Sanders (NBC's Heroes) vs. Cloud Strife (Final Fantasy VII)

Arthur Lester / John Doe (Malevolent) vs. Josef / Cartaphilus (Mahoutsukai no Yome)

Nobara / Koyuki Ibaragi (Gakuen Alice) vs. Echo / Noise Baskerville (Pandora Hearts)

Uendo Toneido (Ace Attorney) vs. Yugi Mutou (Yu-Gi-Oh!)

Zetsu (Naruto) vs. Toko Fukawa / Genocider Syo (Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc)

Daisuke Niwa / Dark Mousy (D.N.Angel) vs. Mikoto / John Kayano (MILGRAM)

Alice Baskerville / Intention of the Abyss (Pandora Hearts) vs. Homura Akemi (Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica)

Lucy / Nyu (Elfen Lied) vs. Klein Sieben (RWBY)

Junko Enoshima (Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc) vs. V / Johnny (Cyberpunk 2077)

Satoshi Hiwatari / Krad (D.N.Angel) vs. Phosphophyllite / Lapis Lazuli (Houseki no Kuni)

Letty / Rick (Alicemare) vs. Fraulein Bibliotheca / Chiquita (Irodoru Sekai no Namari Hime)

RIGHT SIDE:

Sora / Roxas / Ventus (Kingdom Hearts) vs. Alfendi Layton (Professor Layton)

Aquamarine Hoshino (Oshi no Ko) vs. Neopolitan / Trivia Vanille (RWBY)

Ayin (Lobotomy Corporation) vs. Momoka Nishizawa (Keroro Gunsou)

Greed / Ling Yao (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood) vs. Aventurine (Honkai: Star Rail)

Owen / Kizu (Mahoutsukai no Yakusoku) vs. Hitsugi Kurone / NEGI (Ensemble Stars!!)

Charles / Scarlett Eyeler (Hello Charlotte) vs. Iruma Suzuki (Mairimashita! Iruma-kun)

Korekiyo Shinguuji (Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony) vs. Soul Eater Evans (Soul Eater)

Hatsuharu Sohma (Fruits Basket) vs. Alisa Ilinichina Amiella (God Eater)

Tomie Kawakami (Tomie) vs. Chise Hatori (Mahoutsukai no Yome)

Hantengu (Kimetsu no Yaiba) vs. Faust (Limbus Company)

Ken Kaneki / Sasaki Haise (Tokyo Ghoul) vs. Ghost Quartz / Cairngorm (Houseki no Kuni)

Harvey Dent / Two-Face (DC) vs. Furina de Fontaine (Genshin Impact)

Vinegar Doppio / Diavolo (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind) vs. Jin Bubaigawara [Twice] (My Hero Academia)

Yogi (Karneval) vs. Marc Spector / Steven Grant (Moon Knight)

Charlotte Wiltshire (Hello Charlotte) vs. Layla (Genshin Impact)

Shu Itsuki / Mademoiselle (Ensemble Stars!) vs. Seele Vollerei (Honkai: Impact 3rd)

[hug-adopt-abandon]

[fictionallawyersmackdown]

Final Poll. May the jury decide.

[louroth]

All this nervous energy just running off of you as long as you. keep. moving. The adrenaline feels lovely as it surges, past the last set, into another, and a third— you're going for failure, aren't you?

Always.

It is not enough to coast the high of enough. It has to be more. There has to be the tenuous sigh of relief as your body scrambles to survive within the frame you've made for it. Just one more. Another.

The weights fall to the floor with a clatter and your mouth splits into a wide grin of approval as everything— your vision, your limbs, your spirit— trembles, quakes: the good kind of exhaustion. The ceiling is the loveliest view you've ever seen— you did it. The something you can do. Colors dull in comparison to it. As you lay on the mat, tracing worms of fracturing color that twitch with your heightened breath, a face steps in, swirling your vision into whirls of lights and traces of sweat. A smirk, a raised eyebrow— distant, not staring, but aware. He hefts his own weight. Flicks his focus to your red, flushed face. Meets your eyes for a fraction of a second before curling the iron once more.

"A sight for sore eyes."

You, at a lack for words, trace an eye over his form. He rolls his lips. You flick a brow.

And that is all there is to it.

[false-credentials-tournament]

Welcome to the Lied On Their Resume Tournament!

[Plaintext: Welcome to the Lied On Their Resume Tournament!]

We come here to celebrate fictional characters who engaged in the time-honored tradition of lying to employers. We should all follow their example. Submission form here! Please read the guidelines below before submitting.

Guidelines

[plaintext: guidelines]

This poll is for characters who have told intentional falsehoods about their skills and/or expertise in order to gain some form of employment. The "resume" may be non-literal; a character does not need to have submitted a piece of paper listing their qualifications and gotten an interview in order to count toward this tournament. The "employment" may also be short-term or under-the-table.

This poll is NOT for characters who lied about or concealed their identities for a purpose other than falsifying their credentials. While identity theft or obfuscation and lying on your resume often go hand in hand, I will not accept submissions for characters whose false identities do not include a phony set of skills. - That being said, I understand this is a pretty nebulous zone in which to draw a line. Characters who faked their identities first and faked their skillsets second, but whose skillsets then became and remained plot-relevant, may be submitted. They will be carefully considered on a case-by-case basis by me and whatever friends want to help me out.

Fictional characters only. I will not be accepting any real people, even if their situation is extremely funny. Fictionalized versions of real people are fair game, but they must lie on their resumes within their source material and not as a bit of trivia otherwise not included within the text.

Given that this is a tournament that centers liars, spoilers will likely be present in all polls. Propaganda will be placed under a readmore, but be warned that following this blog may put you at risk for seeing a character you recognize and going "WHAT? What are THEY lying about?!" if you haven't, like, gotten to that part yet.

I will not be accepting Harry Potter submissions cuz I don't really wanna give the series more air. It's my poll I do what I want

Submissions will remain open until I have...let's go with 32 entrants. I like remaining optimistic

[sapphiccharacterstournament]

Canon Sapphic Characters Tournament Final Round (Bracket 5)

[haveyouheardthispodcast]

[napoleonic-sexyman-tournament]

In order to make this bracket work nicely, we need one less person. So....

The one with the least votes after 24 hours will be voted off the bracket. We repeat, the least votes. Vote for who you want to stay, not who you want to go.

Propaganda under the cut:

Tom Pullings:

“have you seem the james d’arcy depiction? come on.”

Jonathan Strange:

“Incredibly weird. Somehow both a wifeguy and ignores his wife to get back at his former mentor. Eats a dead rat to become insane. Panics when the French attack unexpectedly so he moves Brussels to America. Also he is ginger and has a big nose <3” admin side note: the casting for the live action apparently didn't keep his ginger-ness

Anthony Trumbull:

"Portrayed by Cary Grant!"

William Laurence

“The man rode a dragon and treated it as a person (character is important!”

[fictional-twink-bracket]

Winners of preliminaries !!

(PT: Winners of preliminaries)

This is just everyone that's going through to round 1.

Match 1 - 364 votes

Thistle (Dungeon Meshi) - 28.6%

Ray (Only Friends) - 24.5%

James Wilson (House MD) - 17.9%

Nagahiro Sakiguchi (Pretty Boy Detective Club) - 12.1%

Match 2 - 488 votes

Cloud Strife (Final Fantasy VII) - 54.1%

William James Moriarty (Moriarty the Patriot) - 23.2%

Jake (Disventure Camp) - 7.4%

Juri (Vampire Dormitory) - 7%

Match 3 - 621 votes

Nagisa Shiota (Assassination Classroom) - 30.1%

Shinji Ikari (Neon Genesis: Evangellion) - 21.4%

Yoosung (Mystic Messenger) - 16.7%

Atsushi Nakajima (Bungou Stray Dogs) - 14.7%

Match 4 - 210 votes

Lio Fotia (Promare) - 29%

Rantaro Amami (Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony) - 20%

Deidara (Naruto) - 17.1%

Duke (Nevermore) - 15.7%

Match 5 - 359 votes

Vash the Stampede (Trigun) - 22.3%

Griffith (Berserk) - 20.6%

Mithrun (Dungeon Meshi) - 20.1%

Alois Trancy (Black Butler) - 16.4%

Match 6 - 328 votes

Giorno Giovanna (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure) - 21.6%

Ayan (The Eclipse) - 20.4%

Azul Ashengrotto (Twisted Wonderland) - 14.9%

Armin Arlert (Attack on Titan) - 14.6% (Original Poll), 51.6% (Decider)

Match 7 - 962 votes

Kurapika (Hunter x Hunter) - 30.7%

Akito Shinonome (Project Sekai) - 20.3%

Edgar (WOE.BEGONE) - 16%

Joke (Jack & Joker) - 14.2%

Match 8 - 365 votes

Wild Link (Legend of Zelda) - 38.4%

Wei Wuxian (The Untamed) - 31.2%

Yami Yugi (Yu-Gi-Oh!) - 13.4%

Ryuunosuke Akutagawa (Bungou Stray Dogs) - 12.6%

Match 9 - 223 votes

Venti (Genshin Impact) - 39.9%

Kou Mukami (Diabolik Lovers) - 14.8%

Hyoma Chigiri (Blue Lock) - 13.9%

Jeffery (Class of '09) - 13.5%

Match 10 - 316 votes

Ai Di (Kiseki: Dear to Me) - 30.4%

Gandalf (Lord of the Rings) - 23.7%

Grusha (Pokemon) - 19.6%

Yami Bakura (Yu-Gi-Oh!) - 16.1%

Match 11 - 258 votes

Sebastian Michaelis (Black Butler) - 34.1%

Luka (Alien Stage) - 22.5%

Louis James Moriarty (Moriarty the Patriot) - 19.4%

Sousaku Yubiwa (Pretty Boy Detective Club) - 10.1%

Match 12 - 201 votes

Chuuya Nakahara (Bungou Stray Dogs) - 34.3%

Seitarou Tanabata (Nanbaka) - 22.4%

Italy (Hetalia) - 20.4%

Shin (Nana) - 8% (Original Poll), 78.8% (Deciding)

Match 13 - 178 votes

Kaworu Nagisa (Neon Genesis: Evangellion) - 38.8%

Sephiran (Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance/Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn) - 24.2%

Akoya Gero (Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE!) - 14%

Samson/Sam (Stardew Valley) - 11.2%

Match 14 - 399 votes

Tamaki Suoh (Ouran High School Host Club) - 41.1%

Noriaki Kakyoin (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure) - 18.3%

Naoto Shirogane (Persona 4) - 14.3%

Hitoshi Suguroku (Nanbaka) - 12.5%

Match 15 - 577 votes

Rui Kamishiro (Project Sekai) - 26.2%

Jambu (Wings of Fire) - 24.8%

Leon (Fire Emblem) - 22.9%

Mikoto Kayano (MILGRAM) - 13.5%

Match 16 - 473 votes

10th Doctor (Doctor Who) - 34.9%

Xiao (Genshin Impact) - 24.3%

Tsukasa Tenma (Project Sekai) - 18%

Yumoto Hakone (Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE!)

Match 17 - 326 votes

Yuri Leclerc (Fire Emblem)/Jin Xiaobao (Meet You at the Blossom) - 27.6% (each)

Yoshikazu Miyano (Sasaki to Miyano) - 18.1%

Yamaguchi Tadashi (Haikyuu!!) - 12%

Match 18 - 222 votes

Tonkla (4 minutes) - 39.6%

Ryuu Zaou (Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE!) - 27%

Iruma Suzuki (Welcome to Demon School Iruma-kun!) - 17.6%

Carlos Rodriguez (High School Musical: The Musical: The Series) - 7.7%

Match 19 - 273 votes

Sou Hiyori (Your Turn to Die) - 27.8%

Kokichi Ouma (Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony) - 24.9%

Burgh (Pokemon)/Sebastian (Stardew Valley) - 14.3%

Match 20 - 354 votes

Sanji (One Piece) - 39.3%

Nagisa Hazuki (Free!) - 38.7%

Happy Chaos (Guilty Gear) - 15.5%

Sion Ulster (Wistoria: Wand and Sword) - 4%

Match 21 - 236 votes

James (Pokemon) - 41.1%

Neku Sakuraba (The World Ends With You) - 21.2%

Bill Cipher (Human) (Gravity Falls - Fandom) - 14%

Sousuke Mitsuba (Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun) - 10.2%

Match 22 - 199 votes

Lyney (Genshin Impact) - 34.2%

Orpheus (Hadestown) - 21.5%

Ulqiorra Cifer (Bleach) - 18.6%

Nero (Devil May Cry) - 10.1%

Match 23 - 619 votes

Glen (Nightmare on Elm Street) - 26.8%

Lilia Vanrouge (Twisted Wonderland) - 18.1%

Harley (Pokemon) - 16.8%

Ranpo Edogawa (Bungou Stray Dogs) - 14.4%

Match 24 - 553 votes

Kuzco (Emperor's New Groove) - 47.9%

Kaveh (Genshin Impact) - 16.3%

Great (4 minutes) - 15%

Battamonda (Hirogaru Sky! Pretty Cure) - 13.4%

Match 25 - 362 votes

Yuri Plisetsky (Yuri!!! On Ice) - 33.1%

Yue (Cardcaptor Sakura) - 23.2%

Boston (Only Friends) - 20.7%

Yosuke Hanamura (Persona 4) - 13.8%

Match 26 - 239 votes

Xie Lian (Heaven Official's Blessing) - 33.1%

Mello/Mihael Keehl (Death Note) - 27.6%

Mashiro Tsukiyuki (Bakuten!!) - 15%

Byakuya Togami (Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc) - 14.6%

Match 27 - 338 votes

The Onceler (The Lorax) - 49.4%

Dan Heng (Honkai Star Rail) - 23.1%

Vishnal (Rune Factory 4) - 9.8%

Nobimaru (Kemono Jihen) - 7.7%

Match 28 - 413 votes

Qifrey (Witch Hat Atelier) - 30%

Kabru (Dungeon Meshi) - 27.1%

9S (Nier Automata) - 17.2%

Nuengdiao (Never Let Me Go) - 12.1%

Match 29 - 323 votes

Rain (Love in the Air) - 33.4%

Scaramouche (Genshin Impact) - 22.9%

Seto Kaiba (Yu-Gi-Oh!) - 18.3%

Marik Ishtar (Yu-Gi-Oh!) - 13.9%

Match 30 - 321 votes

Babe (Pit Babe) - 33.3%

Izumi Sena (Love Stage!) - 23.1%

Affogato Cookie (Cookie Run: Kingdom) - 20.9%

Rosti Nauman (Wistoria: Wand and Sword) - 8.7%

Match 31 - 351 votes

Linhardt von Hevring (Fire Emblem) - 42.5%

Masaki Fujiyoshi (Tadaima Okaeri) - 16.2%

Kouha Ren (Magi) - 15.4%

Natsusa Yuzuki (number24) - 9.7%

Match 32 - 306 votes

Nagito Komaeda (Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair) - 23.2%

Goro Akechi (Persona 5) - 21.9%

vFlower (Vocaloid) - 15.7%

Light Yagami (Death Note) - 15%

Thank you for sticking through the preliminaries !! Hope you all enjoy round 1, and I'm so sorry if your blorbo didn't make it through.

[fictional-god-poll]

EDIT: AS SUIKA IBUKI IS NOT CONSIDERED A GOD IN CANON, SHE IS DISQUALIFIED. SOTHIS WILL BE CONTINUING INSTEAD.

[genderenvyelimination]

GENDER ENVY REDEMPTION ROUND!!!

WHY THEY ARE MY GENDER (notes):

"little fucking gremlin, green, evil, its the voice" - team irken

[hug-adopt-abandon]

[fictionallawyersmackdown]

Round 1A: Poll 1

[calicohyde]

Jack Hyde All-Character Tournament: Round 2, Seed 6

Bethany Rory (Any Publicity Is Good Publicity)

Beth Rory is advisor and bodyguard to leftist politician Gwaine Hinata. They are very close friends with him, but take none of his shit. They swore loyalty to him when he first began in politics, and promised that they wouldn't let him betray his values in the course of furthering his career. They are a veteran, due mainly to being born into a career-military family and being raised to think being a soldier was both an honor and an obligation. They left the military by choice and were disowned for it. Gwaine was there for them then, and now they are devoted to him as their only family.

Genre: Romantic Comedy Designation: Side Character Quick Facts: Agender, Aromantic, goes by their surname

VERSUS

Ferris the cat ("Witch Noir")

Ferris is a familiar, which is a cat that was a witch in its first life. A familiar gets reincarnated as a cat and has nine lives with which to find its platonic soulmate in a living witch. With each life, the power and preternatural intelligence it carries with it from its human life degrade, until on the ninth and final life it has become just a normal cat. Ferris found its mate in Anca on its third life as a cat. It spies for her and does whatever bidding it can manage without opposable thumbs or the ability to speak, but it has enough of its human personality left to make independent decisions and go against her wishes when it chooses. It was a tectonist when it was human, which is a witch that can move the earth, and it still has some of that leftover in its furry little body. When Anca elects to leave Angel to his own devices instead of sticking up for him against the board of Crones that want to banish him, Ferris decides to go with him and help him as much as it can. It still thinks of Angel's kids as its own. It protects Fred and Eddie with every trick it has left, as well as keeping an eye on other people it feels have been abandoned by its illogical human family members.

Genre: Horror Fantasy Designation: Side Character Quick Facts: ~300 years old when all lives are counted, was one of the founding members of the community it lives in and is technically a prominent local historical figure

[divorced-rwby-ships]

Welcome to the Divorced RWBY Ships poll!

Have you ever wondered which pairing is the most divorced ship on all of Remnant? Well, you've come to the right place! Here at Divorced RWBY Ships, we don't care about which ship is the best, we only care about which ship has the most Big Divorced Energy!

Although some RWBY ships already have a guaranteed spot in this bracket, I'd love to hear from the general public about which ships YOU wanna see on this blog! You can submit as many responses as you desire!

Here is the form for nomination!