#plus 7 in top 3 and 3 winners

[dancerxswiftie]

stars at the dance off part 2: teens & seniors

[kqirvaa]

HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY SMOSHBLR!!

I did what I believed to be the top 7 ships of the fandom (🤞) plus of course my “super important poll” from like yesterday, with Courtgela as the winner!!!!

Pissed I didn’t get to use the Shaynse clips from today but oh well

anyways smoshblr have a happy valentine’s!!! <3

[thisisnotthenerd]

do you ever give yourself ideas that seem like they shouldn't take much time in execution and then end up taking up way too much time?

anyway we're back with the first real entry for thisisnotthenerd's d20 stats of 2024. this time we're talking:

cast appearances by episode count

season count is one thing; there's only 21 of those so far. by contrast, we've had 222 episodes of d20 as of 1/16/2024. by may 2024 we'll have finished fhjy and hit 241.

by the current count, the intrepid heroes' full seasons account for 128 episodes of the total 222, or around 57.6% of the total episode count. if you add the fantasy high oneshots, it bumps up to 59.4%, and if you consider that we're adding 20 to the count with fhjy, by may 2024, intrepid heroes episodes will make up 62.6% of the dimension 20 catalog.

anyway here's the cast list:

the uncontested winner is brennan lee mulligan with 211/222 episodes. 95% attendance. the only times he hasn't been there are: the 4 episodes of shriek week, the 6 episodes of coffin run, and the gencon mismag oneshot.

in second place is lou wilson, with 151/222 episodes. this is every intrepid heroes season (128/222), plus 3 sidequests (4+10+6) and 3 oneshots.

in third, sweeping her way with the most recent season, is siobhan thompson with 147/222, after the ih seasons, 3 oneshots and 2 sidequests (6+10)

in fourth, we have ally beardsley with 144/222, after the ih seasons, 2 oneshots, and 2 sidequests (10+4)

very close in fifth, we have zac oyama, with 143/222, after the ih seasons, 4 oneshots, and 2 sidequests (6+6).

in sixth is emily axford, with 138/222, from 126 ih episodes, 2 oneshots, and one sidequest (10)

and in seventh is brian murphy, with 130 episodes, from the ih seasons and 3 oneshots.

after this we have a steep drop off, since the ih episodes make up 57% of the total count, and will make up 61% by the end of junior year. anyway next is aabria iyengar, with 48 episodes, a little over half which she gm'd (26).

next is erika ishii, with 37 episodes. they've been in 5 sidequests (6+4+10+6+10) and one oneshot.

to finish off the top ten, rekha shankar and izzy roland are tied with 26, since both have been in three sidequests [(6+10+10) and (10+6+10) respectively]

the last of the three cree, in 11th place, is matthew mercer, with 18 (6+6+6) episodes, 6 of which he gm'd

after which is carlos luna with 12, though he's been behind the scenes as crew in many more.

13th is taken up with another tie, this time between danielle radford and becca scott, who each have 11, though their splits are different, since danielle has been in 2 sidequests and a oneshot (4+6+1), while becca has been in 1 sidequest and 1 oneshot (10+1)

after this we get into the mass groups:

with 10 episodes there's a couple of options for how they got to that point, but less options for 6 and 4

10 episodes: ify nwadiwe (6+4), lily du (6+4), katie marovitch (10), sam reich (10), raphael chestang (10), grant o'brien (10), persephone valentine (10), omar najam (10), oscar montoya (10), surena marie (10), rashawn nadine scott (10), and jasper william cartwright (10)

next is griffin mcelroy, with 7 episodes, because he did the RTX oneshot along with tiny heist.

6 episodes: amy vorpahl, justin mcelroy, travis mcelroy, clint mcelroy, jessica ross, marisha ray, krystina arielle, b. dave walters, jasmine bhullar (GM), anjali bhimani, alex song-xia, freddie wong, hank green

4 episodes: gabe hicks (GM), dani fernandez, monét x change, alaska thunderfuck, bob the drag queen, jujubee

and last but not least, our oneshot only friends: brian david gilbert, michelle nguyen bradley, noxweiler berf, and markeia mccarty

and that's all for this time! check out the spreadsheet to see where the data comes from and every individual checkbox that i had to click for this to be fully accurate.

[respectthepetty]

Hi RTP! What are the BLs you would recommend solely for the colors? 🌈

Anon, before I answer this great ask, I want to highlight other posts I've written that are slightly similar:

Reading the (Visual) Rainbow Awards 2023

Overall Winner - Kiseki: Dear to Me

Top Five - Color-Coded Storytelling in BLs

Honorable Mention: Oh No! Here Comes Trouble

5) Moonlight Chicken

4) My Beautiful Man

3) My Love Mix Up

2) Semantic Error

1) Big Dragon

Top Five Color Moments of 2023

Honorable Mention: 7 Days Before Valentine

5) GAP

4) Bed Friend

3) Last Twilight

2) Moonlight Chicken

1) The Eighth Sense

Bonus: Jeff Satur x SHAUN's "Steal the Show"

I don't want to repeat any of the shows I picked, and I'm trying to pick more recent ones so people can find them if they want to watch them, but per your ask, I'm recommending them based solely on colors regardless of how much I liked them.

Recommended Colorful BLs

Honorable Mention: Intern in My Heart

The show is not finished, and it's not a BL, yet it is doing everything right, which is why it gets the honorable mention. Great (Grey) is coded black/dark in the show, and Top is coded pink/light. They are supporting characters who are best friends, and they have stuck to their colors throughout, but in the last episode, they *almost* exchanged colors after Top revealed that he liked Great. Now I'm praying to all the saints for a full color exchange in the finale like I have a personal stake in this because I do! I'm invested, and it better not disappoint me.

#5 - One Room Angel

When I write "Heavenly Human" for a character who wears white, and "Black Brooder" for a character who wears black, THIS is what I mean. A story about an actual angel and a guy who wanted to die was the perfect place to use the light x dark dynamic. However, calling this show a BL is troublesome, which is why it's number five. It still is a great example of what the light x dark color scheme should be used for, and in the end, the guy who wanted to die is much lighter in mood and color, which is what the colors are all about.

#4 - Why R U? (Korea)

First and foremost, that kiss was LIT! The Thai version had Tutor and Fighter's high heat, which could never be matched, but Korea had that kiss, and it ate! But on top of that, it had colors! Ji Oh was a Black Brooder while Lee Won was a Multicolored Menace, and right after this kiss, they flipped colors. That's right! After five episodes of being enemies, they made out for acting "reasons," and then exchanged colors. Normally, Korea is all about the feelings, so the color exchanges in Korean BLs align with a character's feelings changing, but this one directly correlated with a kiss. And for emphasis - That kiss was fire!

#3 - Secret Crush on You

Destiny Seeker might have won the 2023 award for best group effort in color coding, but Secret Crush on You set the bar for that award the year before. This show is Color-Coding 101. Each character has a color, and by each, I mean each and every single damn character in a cast of eleven (plus three fairy godmothers) has their own color. That is a ridiculous feat! Wardrobe, props, and lighting deserved a raise for this show. Some shows can't even get consistent color coding when it only has two characters, but this show understood the color-coding group assignment for the entire series! I'm still applauding two years later.

#2 - Stay by My Side

Taiwanese BLs are my vice. Even the worst Taiwanese BL will still be better than the rest of these BLs. I WROTE WHAT I WROTE. So, of course, I liked this show beyond color reasons, but the colors greatly helped me enjoy the show even more. We had a guy who was haunted by ghosts. He was colorful and light coded. Then we had his roommate who could magically keep the ghosts away. He was dark coded. Read it again. The guy being haunted was bright, light, and colorful, while the guy with the power to help was dark. GENIUS! It was Mr. Unlucky Has No Choice but to Kiss with a supernatural twist. The dark coded guy is sad and isolated but the one who is being HAUNTED BY GHOSTS brings life to his world! Give me a minute. I'm still not over it.

#1 - Pit Babe

I watched this show muted and without subtitles, yet the colors guided me through all thirteen episodes. I understood the plot perfectly because of the colors, and only became confused when people tried to tell me about the actual plot. Alpha? Omega? Santa Maria? Wasn't important. Didn't matter. I don't know them. Red and Blue were the main characters here, and they did their damn job. Babe, in his black, was his own man. He wasn't trying to fit in, but every time the red light focused on Charlie and Way, I was screaming for Babe to run because the colors told me they were still tied to Tony BECAUSE THEY WERE! That's elite color coding, and it ushered in a whole new way for me to watch a show. I loved it.

Bonus: Old Fashion Cupcake

I love this show which is why it is a bonus. Unlike the other shows where I had issues with some part of the plot, Old Fashion Cupcake is as close to perfect as any show has ever come in my personal rating system. It is an Advanced Color Coding course only offered for graduate students, which, honestly, is very Japanese of it because it was in the ties. The color coding showed up in other ways, but the ties were where the story lived since in the past, Nozue was a bright red, but we saw his red damper in the present, which made his loyal assistant bluer. It was only five episodes, yet it used every second of those five episodes in every single way to propel the story forward, colors included. Actually, let me go rewatch this for the hundredth time instead of just writing about it!

[striveattemptfail]

🎉🥳 Happy 10 Year Tumblr Anniversary 🥳🎉 (shitposting celebrating 10 years on main!)

This blog has existed for 10 whole years and to celebrate I'm hosting a give-away \o/ Per my poll, all winners will receive a FREE art commission. PLUS, winners can also choose to opt-in and receive free physical prizes, shipping included*!!

Blacklist #SAF Anniversary GA to block this post.

Give-away runs from Aug. 13–23, 2023~!

RULES

Must be following me @striveattemptfail​​​​​ BEFORE Aug. 18, 11:59pm EST. > I will be checking!

Bonus entry for following my sideblog @jercythesiscrying

Unlimited reblogs + likes. Sideblogs allowed! > Please note in the tags/reblogs what blog you are following from. If I cannot find the URL in my followers list you will be disqualified.

Ask box and/or Tumblr DMs must be OPEN.

All ages** allowed to enter!

WINNERS

1ST PLACE Choice of:

1 full-body character OR up to 3 full-body chibis with detailed background (value CA$60+)

PLUS choice to opt-in for first dibs on physical prizes

2ND PLACE Choice of:

1 waist-up character OR up to 2 full-body chibis with semi-detailed background (value CA$40+)

PLUS choice to opt-in for leftovers on physical prizes

3RD PLACE Choice of:

1 bust icon with simple background, character or chibi style (value CA$20+)

PLUS choice to opt-in for leftovers on physical prizes

Super Secret 4th Place If none of the top 3 winners opt-in, I'll do a bonus draw for someone else to receive the physical prizes instead!

COMMISSION PRIZES

High-res A5 illustration to be given as PNG and PDF (unless otherwise requested)

SFW ONLY! — Suggestive themes and partial nudity OK but anything more explicit is not allowed

Art is for personal use only

Open to any/all fandoms or OCs! — References needed for OCs or fandoms I'm unfamiliar with. List of my fandoms under the cut with full disclaimer

No complex poses, backgrounds, mecha

Animals/furries OK as long as it follows the above parameters. (Examples here: one, two, three)

I reserve the right to turn down or modify requests. (See disclaimer under the cut for more details)

PHYSICAL PRIZES***

Karasuno First Years Zine (2018) > Full colour Haikyuu!! fanbook > Perfect bind, 80+ pages, 5.5x8.5" > Valued at CA$25

Batblob Pack (Winter 2023) > Includes unreleased screenprinted 5x7" art print and 1/8 zine of various Batblobs > Printed on ~55gsm paper > Valued at CA$15

the lazy zine. (19/23) > Part of the (unreleased) 19/23 series > Original art: screenprint quarter zine of lazy animals > Valued at CA$7

Plus bonus things...? 👀

All prizes (both illustrated and physical) will be fulfilled before the end of 2023 barring any external circumstances and emergencies.

DEADLINE

Give-away runs from Aug. 13, 9:00pm EST – Aug 23, 11:59pm EST. Winners will be contacted immediately and given 24 hrs to respond. If a winner fails to respond within that time another person will be chosen and given the same deadline. Winners will be announced on this blog by Aug. 28 with their respective prizes.

🎉🥳 Good luck and happy anniversary to me! 🥳🎉

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NOTES / DISCLAIMER

This give-away is not affiliated with Tumblr or any franchises mentioned anywhere within this post. It is being independently hosted by me and I am bearing the responsibility of fulfilling all prizes. As mentioned above, I reserve the right to turn down or modify requests based on my schedule and capabilities once the give-away ends and production begins. Keep scrolling down for a list of fandoms I'm familiar with!

* I am shipping from Canada. If your country does not allow mail/packages from Canada, I cannot ship your prize until it does. You may be subject to customs fees or import taxes once the package arrives to your country. Barring other circumstances, all prizes will be shipped before the end of November 2023. I cannot guarantee that your package won’t go missing or will arrive undamaged, but feel free to contact me if anything goes wrong~!

** If you are a minor you MUST have permission from your guardian(s) to provide me a valid mailing address. I want to keep this give-away open to as many people as possible, but you MUST be willing to share some personal information at your safest discretion. I guarantee that your information will never be used outside of this give-away nor will be shared with anyone except myself. I will NOT be responsible for any issues that may arise if you choose to ignore this disclaimer.

*** Physical prizes might not look like the pictured examples. Prizes may not be in mint condition due to storage and shipping conditions. They may also include other imperfections due to the nature of the screenprinting process. Aside from the Karasuno First Years Zine, all other physical prizes are artworks I’ve made throughout the years, which are great for art/publication collectors but not necessarily fan/merch collectors.

For the record, this isn’t a “foIIow 4 foIIow!! i WaNt MoRe FoLIOwErS!!” kinda deal. I just want folks who've stuck around for a long time to get a better chance at receiving something in return for watching this blog grow and evolve along with me. This is as much a celebration for y'all as it is me actually maintaining this thing for so long LOL ¯\_😂_/¯

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Fandoms

Below is just a very short list of fandoms I've previously created for. Again: I'm open to OCs and fandoms I'm not familiar with but references must be given 😌👍

Comics

Check, Please!

Marvel – MCU and comics only

DC Comics – comics only

and a metric ton of manga

Anime

Yuri!!! on ice

Haikyuu!!

Kuroko no Basuke

Gakuen Babysitters

Tanaka is Always Listless

and many, many more

Western Cartoons

Avatar: the Last Airbender / Legend of Korra

RWBY

Gravity Falls

plus many more

Misc.

Glee

Twilight

Star Wars – all movies and shows (no comics/novels)

IRL people (e.g. YouTubers, celebrities, etc) – TBD on case to case basis

[ivys-garden]

Danger! Danger!

Session 7 Secret Life Spoilers ahead!

We're in the final stages now, so it's time to try and predict the winners. Here's the top 5 likeliest members to win, in descending order

5. Joel - He's got Pearl on his side, he's been pretty intimidating before so people will be weary of fighting him, however if he goes after Scott properly Gem and Scott will be the end of him

4. Scar - done really well this series (seriously how did he survive the wither wth). employing a similar strategy Scott had used in the past of hiding in a corner until the time is right to strike. He's managed to avoid making enemies, only Lizzie wanted him dead and she's gone now so no one will be going after Scar for a while. However he's not got any friends so if Trader Scars is ever compromised he's going to struggle

3. Impulse - like he said himself he's gotten really close to winning this, things are also looking good for him as he has Gem and Scott on his team and is close allies with the heart foundation

2. Bdubs - again like Impulse he's got a powerful allie in Pearl, but he also has an advantage of having a fall-back alliance for when mounders will inevitably collapse

Gem - again like Impulse, Gem is allied with two of the strongest players from the previous games, she's got a reputation like Joel and Pearl so people will be reluctant to attack her, she's close allies of the heart foundation and hasn't made any enemies all season

(Spoilers)

Gem will go red this session,but considering how different the rules are this season going red this early probably won't have much effect on a player's chances of winning as the greens fighting back is very unlikely, as is red on red violence, meaning she'll only have to look out for traps and mobs, which she's been very good at so far (minus that time with the endermen)

Plus if things ever go south she can run and hide with the Scotts in there heavily fortified base

[anotherescsite]

Decade of Success and Failure: Semi final edition... an long winded introduction

Not all Eurovision songs are created equal and because there were too many of the songs for one song contest, the EBU had a problem way back in the 1990s. Yugoslavia fell apart. The USSR disintegrated. The West and East Germany's merged. A song contest of 45 songs will a long evening for one contest and it would be 2am by the time the night was over, and the winner would be well into their third bottle of champagne and not able to stand up in order to collect their prize.

On April 3 1993, Ljubljana hosted a semi final. I don't recall why it was Ljubljana, but I know 7 countries competed (Hungary, Estonia, Romania, North Macedonia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia) and the top 3 of this event went to Eurovision. That lasted one year.

The next solution was created in 1993 and put in place in 1994. The concept was very basic; if you are placed in the last six songs you will not take part the following year. Examples of effective countries absent include Israel, Turkey, Belgium (in 1994), and Lithuania, Estonia and Switzerland (in 1995). This format lasted two years as one of the big 4 dropped into last place: Germany. They complained that they gave a lot of money to the event and that was something the EBU clearly needed so the EBU created something new.

The 1996 contest was the next year of a semi final but not like the animal we have today. The 29 countries submitted their entry on a audio cassette for a jury of 8 people to judge the songs. Norway - the host nation was exempt; but they still voted. At the end, and quite hysterically, Germany was outside of the top 22 songs so they were still relegated from Eurovision 1996. Karma. It is the only time they have been absent from a song contest. They were again unhappy.

It was where the EBU created the Big 4 (later to be the Big 5) and from 1997 onwards Germany, the UK, France, Italy and Spain are guaranteed a place in the Grand Final of he Eurovision. For everyone else, there was yet another qualification change.

The four year rule was a complicated stupidity of a process that I have a migraine thinking about it. To enter into the song contest of 1997, a table of the results of the previous 4 years were added together and averaged and the top 18 or so countries were qualified. The countries that were absent in 1996 were auto qualified as was the host nation. Everyone else was on Eurovision vacation. This rolled around each year right up til 2003 when the EBU created the new semi final process we know of today, except it began as one semi final in 2004 and expanded to two in 2008.

Eurovision is now a two semi final plus one grand final format for many years now. In the past, I have looked at the countries participation in the finals over the last ten years. This time, I am looking at the semi finals and later in the year, I will do the final series as usual.

Clearly, this will be without the Big 5 as they do not take part in semi finals. The bonus is that countries all other countries could have a place in this countdown. Unfortunately, Andorra, Monaco, Turquia, and Slovakia have not completed in the last 10 years, so they will not appear in the list. Bosnia-Herzegovina has taken part only once in 2016. I figure I'll include them, but more of a token entry than a grand gesture.

[dieauster-und-diegarnele]

Best hairstyles in A:tLA

Just our personal favorites.

11 because why not: Mai. Her hair silhouette resembles a Japanese hairdo, which is a nice touch. Simple shapes and graceful lines really suit the character's shut-down attitude, her role of a obedient noble girl who always knows the rules. Could've make it to the top if it wasn't for the buns - they don't match her serious personality. If you don't have hairpins to throw, why do you need them at all?

10: Toph (in her noble look). An elegant hairdo; pretty elaborate to indicate her status but not too much. Also a great contrast to usual Toph's bun, which is less complicated and goes with bangs, because she doesn't need to keep her hair from her eyes anyway. Low position because Toph with this hairstyle is not "true" Toph.

9: Aang. A shaved head! This represents his beliefs and culture, which is great. We know there's not much of hair itself, but still :) Also, shaved head accompanied with a head tattoo - the boy has some style! Not a very high place, though, because it's not fancy enough :)

8: Long Feng. Traditional chinese long braid with shaved forehead, which makes the character look smart and mature. It differs Long Feng from other Earth Kingdom nobility or generals too.

7: Katara (seasons 1 and 2). Perfect hairdo for an action girl plus it's inuit-inspired and just looks really nice. So much better than her loose hair... (which should be way longer btw)

6: Sokka (seasons 1 and 2). Simple, elegant, unique. Season 1 shaved heads aesthetic. To be fair, this guy looks great with his hair both up and down.

5: Avatar Yangchen. Almost the same as the one Long Feng has but more loose, only the tip of her hair is braided; also the tattoo makes it look slightly different. Moreover – a woman with partly shaved head! It's pretty rare. Full of grace and yet simple. She really looks like a spiritual person!

4: Princess Yue. A combination of the moon goddess and inuit-like braids. It looks exotic, regal and is decorated a lot, which suits Yue's high position. Also the hair color is just gorgeous.

3: Prince Zuko (season 1). His hair transformation during the show is great but we like this phase the most. Not only it represents his defeat in the Agni Kai and suits his sometimes childish behavior but it also looks so unique! There are not many popular characters with such hairdo. Zuko looks almost alien, it opens his face, so we can immediately fall in love with his elegant features and expressions. The best shaved head of the first season :)

2 and 2: Lo and Li's official hairdo. Gosh, this is something. They look almost scary. We can guess they are noble or very high-ranked. Yes, maybe not the most beautiful ones but it definitely stands out. The more complicated – the better!

1: Aunt Wu. What a lady! All her look is Heian inspired, including her hair. It shows us her status and her wealth. Plus the headpiece. Plus this majestic gray. Plus the braid on the back! Absolute winner.

Update: it's not a braid, it's a low ponytail, but still.

Yes, braids and shaved heads are the best :)

Bonus: Ta Min's bridal hairstyle. Doesn't add more to the character, since we already are told that she is highborn and is getting married in this scene but is still beautiful and epic.

Screenshot source

[kcrabb88]

Fic Writer 20 Questions

Tagged by the lovely @foreverchangingfandomsao3!

1.) How many works do you have on ao3?

107

2.) What's your ao3 word count? 

1,383,112

3.) What fandoms do you write for? 

I've written for Les Mis, Phantom of the Opera, Black Sails, Captain America, Hadestown, and Star Wars.

4.) What are your top five fics by kudos?

Shoulder the Sky: My RoTS fix-it AU and the first installment in the series of the same name! Obi-Wan figures Palpatine out and gets stabbed and put on trial for his trouble. Anakin has to sort his way out of Palpatine's manipulations.

Les Hommes de la Misericorde: My first long fic in the Les Mis fandom, which is very dear to my heart! It established many long lasting friendships as well as my brand of "Valjean saves some or all of the Amis after the barricade"

Whispers From the Dead: The sequel to Shoulder the Sky, featuring undead Sith, lots of QuinObi, Obi-Wan whump, Anakin being the Jedi master he always could have been, really cute Skywalker twins, and Padme finally getting to be chancellor.

Conjuring Miracles: My OWK what-if, where Vader gets his hands on Obi-Wan at the end of episode 3.

Between the Soul and the Star: My Les Mis fic where I attempt to save ALL the Amis and put Javert through his paces :D

5.) Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

I like to! I don't always get to every one, but I do try and answer as often as I can, especially long comments--I like to thank people for that effort! Plus, I've made friends by talking in comments!

6.) What's the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

I think that one goes to By Force of Friendship, my Les Mis Barricade Day fic where Enjolras watches each of his friends die one by one, until he reaches his end. I mean, blame canon for that! But still, it hurt.

7.) What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

I dunno if I can pick one? I've written a lot of fix-it fics for various fandoms, although my Hadestown fix-it, As If it Might Turn Out This Time, might be the winner .

8.) Do you get hate on fics?

Hmm I got flames like everyone else back in the 'ole ff.net days, but the only hate I ever got was on my Les Mis pirate AU (long taken down and turned into my series of novels) and I wouldn't even call it hate so much as weird and aggressive.

9.) Do you write smut? If so what kind?

I do! I used to do almost entirely closed door/implied smut, but over the last few years, between my girl Raoul Phantom of the Opera AU and QuinObi fic for Star Wars, I write it a lot more! And I've really enjoyed writing it, too. Lot of character work that can happen!

10.) Do you write crossovers? What's the craziest one you've written?

I wrote a Criminal Minds/House MD cross years and years ago, pre-Ao3!

11.) Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not that I know of!

12.) Have you ever had a fic translated?

A couple of Les Mis ones, yes! Into Chinese.

13.) Have you ever cowritten a fic before?

Wayyyyy back in the day, pre-Ao3, but not since then.

14.) What's your all time favorite ship?

I write a lot of gen fic, but as far as romantic ships go, it's a tie between QuinObi and Raoul/Christine, both of which I'm feral over and have written the most shippy content for.

15.) What's a WIP you'd like to finish, but doubt you ever will?

Don't currently have any unfinished ones! Well, WFTD, but it's almost done and will definitely be finished.

16.) What are your writing strengths?

I think character-depth and character arcs are probably my biggest strength? It's what's most important to me as a reader, so that's where I tend to focus the most.

17.) What are your writing weaknesses?

God, blocking!!! Not even in action scenes, that I can do, but when people are just sitting in a room! Constantly have problems with that.

18.) Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

Sometimes I do! I've used French in Les Mis here and there.

19.) First fandom you wrote for?

Rurouni Kenshin, back when I was a tiny baby on Media Miner.

20.) Favorite fic you've ever written?

This is like picking a favorite child??? I can't pick, but I will say that I'm proud of how I've expanded my horizons and written new things in Whispers From the Dead!

[ourladyofomega]

Great news for most of you: @rivetgoth has summoned me to choose ten of my favorite listens of September ‘23. Expanding the time span to thirty days meant holding out until the end of the month just to be sure. Picking out only ten was easy to do, and whether you like me or not, you’re gonna’ have to deal with it.

Your winners are:

#1: Replacements, The: "Unsatisfied" #2: Cult, The: "Rain" #3: Chemical Brothers: "No Reason"

This group of three is what happens when you’re following a mutual who’s super-obsessed about music. @tewz is an open book with plenty of audio and music video posts for the taking, plus a couple of Spotify playlists to rifle through. (Stay for the cat videos, too.) She’s my go-to and because of her, I had easy assembly of one of my recent radio broadcasts.

A fellow dee-jay asked me to fill-in for him not long ago. Now I had a double-broadcast (four hours) to set up. I had enough reserves from her to pull it off, so The Replacements’ “Unsatisfied” and The Cult “Rain” made the cut. Chemical Brothers: "No Reason" reminded me why they retained a feverish fan base to begin with, going all the way back to their “Setting Sun” days. Dare I say it reminded me of Daft Punk? Really, I thank her for everything music-wise she’s given me, ever.

#4: Crime Of Passing: "Off My Shoulder"

I love everything about this track. Unmistakably reminds me of Diat and the rest of the record follows with goth rock, post-punk / d.i.y, and coldwave. As a whole, Crime Of Passing displays a great style, aesthetic, seriousness, and urgency; all coming together and consistent as a gloomy yet smoking-hot nine-track album.

#5: Yfory: "Chwaer Pwy?" #6: M(h)aol: “Therapy” #7: Es: "Emergency"

I did an all post-punk / d.i.y. broadcast last month. One portion of the show had me group together female-fronted bands from Europe. That block started with Germany’s Maraudeur, continued on with Scotland’s Breakfast Muff, and then these three. Anyone paying attention knows that Europe (and especially the UK) is giving every other city scene a run for their money.

Also from Germany, Yfory struck me with their album cover (If anyone can identify that typeset, do let me know), their fluid Welsh lyrics which is new to me, and their great craftsmanship; hence "Chwaer Pwy?". I went with “Therapy” from feminist band M(h)aol because it sounds so rough. It’s the Irish equivalent of Guerilla Toss’ “Eraser Stargazer Forever” which sweeps the floor of everything. (If you really want to set yourself on fire, listen to “Period Sex”. Wow.) And, I got excited for new sounds from England’s Es. I played their opener “Emergency” at least 20 times and I still haven’t figured them out. That’s a good thing. Fortunately, the hopeful sounds of “Emergency” follows towards Less Of Everything and far away from Object Relations, and that’s from Flora Watters on keyboards, who is that special ingredient that makes Es. Their uniqueness pushes them near the very top of post-punk / d.i.y.

#8: Mamalarky: “Green Earth”

No way! What is this?! As if Palm’s Dog Milk and Mr. Elevator got a room, fucked, and made this. And I don’t know why I’m also equating Todd Rungren’s “Hello It’s Me”, maybe Peter Max, and other late-Sixties / early-Seventies standards in the mix, but this sounds amazing. It has that lo-fi, drowsy, malfunctioning feel with a wondrous charm to it. It’s really beautiful.

Now get this: “Green Earth” is on the environmentally- conscious The Eleventh Hour: Songs for Climate Justice compilation (and later Pocket Fantasy: B-Sides), and then you can clearly hear vocalist Livvy Bennett breathe in and inhale before singing each verse. Get it? Any song that can transport you to a new, undiscovered world is a unanimous winner in my book.

#9: Blonde Redhead: “Melody Experiment” #10: Tan Cologne: "Visitation"

To describe these in one word: inexplicable. They can be a soundtrack to a future world that could very well be possible, but in the same measure possibly not. These would fit right in with the annual ‘second chance’ broadcasts I do to end the year. ‘Second chance’, meaning, songs I enjoy but simply don’t fit into a specific category, so they have one all of their own. Think Erasers’ “Easy To See”, Mega Bog’s “Maybe You Died”, New Chance’s “Real Time”, Lily’s “New Fries”, and Il Quadro Di Trosi’s “Sfere Di Qi”.

“Melody Experiment” from Blonde Redhead sounds unreal to me. I still don’t believe it even exists. If it does, it’s the definition of ‘slick’. Sonically, it has wavelengths of “Corrections” from Phil Western and a breath similar to Pixel Grip’s Rita Lukea. Don’t ask me why I came up with that. To each, everyone’s own. Tan Cologne’s new single had to be influenced by Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood “Sand“; the all-encompassing heat during the pending sundown on a blazing-hot Summer day. These final two picks I’ve already heard at least thirty times, and I plan on hearing them thirty more.

Good news: I tag no one. As always, play at your own risk.

[420pogpills]

top 10 eurovision entries - the legendary list as decided by me

i've been watching eurovision since i was a baby, i grew up with this stuff and i freaking love it so i thought lemme share the songs that just absolutely topped it for me 😌 very hard to narrow it down but i did my best so LET'S GO~

disclaimer: this is purely my opinion so plz don't get pissed at me because i decided these based on most memorable FOR ME, rather than best song/best voice etc

10. ruslana - wild dances (ukraine, 2004)

this was such a memorable one for me, it was around these years when i really started looking forward to eurovision and this one is just epic in my eyes.

9. måneskin - zitti e buoni (italy, 2021)

i don't think i need to explain why this one was legendary. it just was - everything about it, everything about them. 10/10 deserved win.

8. we are the winners - lt united (lithuania, 2006)

YES i am biased because i am lithuanian but i'm sorry this performance cracks me up every time i remember it - not to mention this was our highest performing entry ever 😂 just good vibes all around

7. sunstroke project & olia tira - run away (moldova, 2010)

sorry but this one was SO fun, and the saxophone guy will always be legendary

6. soldi - mahmood (italy, 2019)

oh this one was a cultural reset for me, i still have this song in my spotify and will always do the clap - epic song!

5. manizha - russian woman (russia, 2021)

i'm a biiiiig big fan of this one. especially for the message. in russia, only 10 percent of women who suffer domestic abuse report it to the police - because the laws there state that your abuser cannot be arrested unless the abuse is bad enough to warrant hospitalisation. just one of many many examples of how women are dehumanised in countries like russia - and i love and admire all the women who stand up and try to put the message out there.

4. only teardrops - emmelie de forest (denmark, 2013)

this one was a game changer to me - the voice, the staging, the fairy core... everything about this song and performance was 10 out of 10 and deserved that win

3. loreen - euphoria (sweden, 2012)

loreen is definitely the queen of eurovision for me.. this song, this performance - everything about it was incredible and totally deserved the win.

2. alexander rybak - fairytale (norway, 2009)

this song had everyone going feral - me included. easily one of the biggest and bestest bops to come out of eurovision. alexander but his whole rybussy into this one

1. verka serduchka - dancing lasha tumbai (ukraine, 2007)

nothing needs to be said. if you disagree - you are wrong ❤️

+ PLUS: some honorary shoutouts to some of my other faves -

lordi - hard rock hallelujah (finland, 2006)

netta - toy (isreal, 2018)

eleni foureira - fuego (cyprus, 2018)

conchita wurst - rise like a phoenix (austria, 2014)

go_a - shum (ukraine, 2021)

[fourseasonsfigs]

New Year Celebration and Giveaway!

A-Han is here to hand out good luck and fortune! To welcome the Year of the Rabbit, Four Seasons Figthusiast is holding a giveaway of all kinds of Word of Honor, Wenzhou, and Junzhe merch. Read on, noble figthusiasts!

I'm putting the fine print up first:

You don't need to be interested in the actors beyond Word of Honor, but no either Gong Jun or Zhang Zhehan antis and no ZSJ followers.

If you want to be part of this giveaway, go ahead and give this post a ❤️, and you'll be included. No need to follow me, but all previous followers (I've screenshot-ed my list just now) will get double entries as a thank you.

As a special thank you, my top 3 active followers per my dashboard are already winners, if you choose to participate, I'll message you for your choice of prizes.

Giveaway starts right now and ends Friday morning 1/20/2023 at 9am Pacific Standard Time.

On 1/20 I'll select 5 winners, and they can pick from the prizes in the order that they win. There are multiples of some prizes, and any prizes not given away will be given away in the future!

US based only except for the Fig Pre-Order prize, which is international only. If you are international and win you will default to this prize.

Items marked as brand new are indeed brand new, others were purchased from a previous owner from Xianyu, and all in good shape.

P R I Z E S. . .

PRIZE 1: RealGe Be Bright All-In Set (brand new). I uploaded my warehouse photo from SB since they already have a flat lay, but this is in fact stateside. Includes the photobook, mini photobook, shikishi art board; flash drive with 6+ hours of behind the scenes footage, keychain, plastic tumbler, photocards, and a little mini projector thing:

Prize 2: Spring Autumn Dreams Word of Honor / Junzhe Photo Book (from XY), together with the Official SHL Concert Gift Box contents (brand new from XY): includes tote bag, folding fan, and 2021 calendar given away to SHL concert attendees. Yes, the calendar is hopelessly out of date, but the photos are meant to be turned into postcards. No box, unfortunately, it didn't survive the overseas trip:

Prize 3: Wenzhou Hairpin figs, as seen in this post (brand new), can be sent with or without the spicy artwork box:

Prize 4: Plush kitten and puppy Junzhe 7cm Dolls / keychains (brand new and un-Rua-ed [don't have their faces mushed to the shape of your choice yet]):

Prize 5: Tanghulu Niuniu fig, as seen in this post (brand new):

Prize 6: Be Strong fig, as seen in this post (brand new),

NOTE If you pick either Zhehan fig and (naturally) want a Junjun to go with him, I have some options I'll message the winners about.

Prize 7: Doreamon figs as seen in this post, picture included but no frame (from XY):

Prize 8: Weiyang Photobook set All-In (except missing the figs, ironic I know, the seller didn't send them). Does include the snowglobe. Brand new(ish) but missing some cellophane packaging. Includes photobook, big wall hanging, flash drive with footage, mini PBs, standees, luggage tag, slogans, postcards, cards:

Prize 9: Wenzhou cut-paper plug-in lamp (brand new but plugged in to confirm it works, actual pic below), plus tote bag and Wenzhou silk scarf (both brand new, just unfolded to show the designs) plus a bunch of other assorted Wenzhou photos and postcards / stickers / paper goods (not shown):

Prize 10: Hydrangea Photobook set All-In, includes pajamas size medium (can send without the PJs as well), standees, clips, keychains, cards, stickers, portable chopsticks/spoon set with case, 2022 calendar (also hopelessly outdated, but you'll have the pics!), ceramic cup, and photobook, all brand new except for the photobook:

And last, but definitely not least:

Pre-order Fig (International Only): I felt bad that all my merch is stateside, and international shipping is prohibitively expensive for big items. So, you get your choice of any fig or fig set that are currently available for pre-order (there's some really good ones!). I'll send the winner a list of these figs.

Please note any pre-order can be expected to take months to be produced. I will direct ship these to your address from the SB warehouse when they are ready.

Alternatively, if there's an existing fig you really want off Xianyu we can talk.

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Thanks for reading! Feel free to leave any notes about any prizes you're excited about!

I'm looking forward to folks getting some fun merch - good luck!

[vyvesvi]

saw all the ep 3 performances but not the actual ep lol.

voting list (week 3)

all of these girls are criminally low compared to how they performed imo.

first round commentary (copied from my twitter 🫶🏿)

1. team: hard

my winner(s): like 6/7 but emma jaoying & P.AMP stood out, it's a shame geumhee was hidden for her high note

this team is great but who decided the concept/outfits 😭

2. team: 7 rings

my winner(s): WANG KE (and vita)

the other girlies didn't stand a chance against wang ke this was legit brutal 😭 i do wonder if they were all comfortable with the concept though, this doesn't seem like something liliana wouldve chosen?

also rei is my girl but this performance doesn't play to her strengths at all im devastated 😭

3. team: one more last time

my winner(s): DUNA, rose

duna's experience really shone through, plus she fits this concept super well. very glad she got center. rose also did super well, i only wish she had the second main part 😭 praying this saves her

devi also did great, but i don't think this'll be enough unfortunately:/

4. team: i like you

my winner(s): zoi, TEGAN, tk

i had to think about this team bc once again, so insanely hard to pretend this is live. zoi was just good onstage, tegan has that voice, and tk surprised me. they clearly want preemy gone tho i hate it hereee

5. team: kick back

my winner(s): QIAO YIYU

honestly i love love love this team composition but i don't think the stage really showed their strongest points...i think a different wayv song would've made all the difference tbh

6. team: booty bomb

my winner(s): yeham, coco, MAO XIUTING

tbh there are some people here with lots of screentime who i don't understand the hype for, although both of them did better than their auditions. anyways yeham!!! she barely got screentime apart from her lines but i loved her voice with this concept tbh, it added a much needed freshness? brightness? to the performance. i need to see a full stage ver with no cuts though

7. team: love destiny 2

my winner(s): PANGJANG (everyone did well though)

pangjang just has the voice, what is there to say really. i feel soooooo bad for ninnint, she did well but this was really not the song for her. fly high girlie 😔✊️

8. team: play with me

my winner(s): YEAN, elyn, caith

seoyeon has greater ability than a lot of the contestants but her energy really isn't there to the point where i can't help but wonder if it's on purpose...?

9. team: i'll do it how you like it

my winner(s): ?

the chaba krista rjing vocal meal in the beginning was so sick omg

the rest of the performance didn't really click even though no one was bad at all. need maliya to be saved though like that's a Face

picking a winner is tough for this team because you have some singers who can't dance/perform & some dancers who don't sing as well. in truth pream, rjing, xueyao, and maybe maliya are the most balanced, but xueyao in particular didn't really stand out. pream stood out because of her center time, but this is far from her best (her presence is usually a lot stronger). maybe id go with rjing? but id need to see a full stage with no cuts

10. team: pieces of love

my winner(s): KITTIE

you have to suspend your disbelief a bit with these shows but i couldn't even pretend this was live & it's so distracting 😭 yuan ke & jessica are my next picks but i need them to focus more on facial expressions

my top 9?

honestly i've had a really hard time coming up with a group, if only because i genuinely like 47ish of the contestants (others i dont like or simply don't know). also, i do think it'd be nice for most of the group to be thai. i scrolled through the contestants and just picked the first 9 that i saw who made me go "yeah, you" lmfao and this is what i ended up with:

yean feels virtually indispensable at this point. she can dance, she's a great pop vocalist, and she can fit any concept. the show is also very on her side.

wang ke's performance in 7 rings convinced me of her star power (honestly she's been hit or miss to me until this point). wang ke didn't need to be the best singer or dancer to stand out on stage, it's her energy that really sets her apart and that's a hard skill to learn.

tegan...she's just a surprisingly strong contestant. i wasn't really a fan of how she acted during the theme song arc (all 7.5 minutes of it, lol) but i do understand that she was trying to lighten the mood. from the theme song to round one she showed that she really could hold her own on stage if she put her mind to it. other factors: star quality, demographic appeal, growth idolism, unique tone/strong vocals

rose is my underrated pick. she has a great voice and i think she can be styled to fit a number of concepts. she hasn't gotten much screentime, but i really hope she makes round 2, just to force the show to show more of her strengths. in some ways she's a little bit filler here, but i think she's necessary for the group to gel

ruan, our summer dream center...idk i just like her a lot. she suits different concepts and is super super hardworking & serious about this, while also being really kind. i want to see her learning/speaking more thai and english hopefully!

qiao yiyu is a talent & demographic pick (and one of my overall main picks at this point) she's another member who i see as indispensable. she's a main dancer who can fit multiple styles (but she's also for the girlies). in this pic she kinda looks like yuqi? lmfao

p.amp, my other totally biased pick 🥲 she's so gorgeous onstage and has so much presence i don't understand why the masses aren't seeing her 😭. she's a filler visual here but hot take, we don't need a wannabe gangsta rapper who can't dance self proclaimed quote unquote "real rapper" in the lineup when so many gg raps are pre-written and last for max 4 lines. p.amp can do it while dancing, being charming, and looking hot. i rest my case

geumhee is my pick of the csr members, although duna's rank is the best & seoyeon is the one getting a storyline. geumhee would be slightly filler here, but her singing ability would make her a lead vocal, and he experience and preexisting intl audience would make her indispensable. tbh she's the first member i personally noticed in csr, but i think that csr could live for a couple years without her and then benefit from her return.

mingming is good, although im generally on the fence about her. she has great lead vocal potential and is very likable. i kind of think the mindy members will be fine if none of them make it, but i do feel her voice is a little wasted there.

nationalities: 4 thailand, 2 china, 1 usa, 1 japan, 1 south korea

other contestants to consider:

pailiu! i really like her (and she's currently rank 2) but im not seeing a group that she fits into in the top ranks. maybe if maliya, jessica, xueyao, yuanke, p.amp, jaoying, etc were a bit higher. it's too soon to tell though i suppose

elyn's (#1) fanbase is really showing out for her considering the relatively minimal screentime she's had. her vocals aren't as strong as rose's, but she could potentially replace her in the lineup and add more (in terms of fan loyalty & demographic appeal).

emma not making my off the top of my head top 9 was really unexpected! i make the top 9 and then went wait where's emma? i think i would replace mingming with her, although honestly? emma's a star and should probably try to go to a company with some power, like perhaps yuehua china. for a survival show group, it's good that she stands out as an individual but in terms of cohesion...eh. she couldn't be filler, but she also probably couldn't be the star with the rest of this lineup. it's tough

absolutely LOVE krista's voice, but the reason i stopped voting for her is that she is kind of an absolutely miserable dancer. the great part is that she's super young, and can train to work on her dancing & her stage presence + facial expressions. krista (and others) make me wish that chuang was like produce japan, where the funding company (there lapone, here ryce) takes on trainees from the show for future permanent or temporary groups. krista would be a great candidate for that.

kitty, natty, & jaoying i noticed for the first time this round. i don't have much to say but they would be very solid filler members (not a drag, btw). im looking forward to seeing more of them!

yuan ke & wan yan jiayi are growing kind of indispensable if they want to have a foothold in china it seems. my personal pick would be yuan ke, but i think jiayi is moreso on the rise.

TBH i have 21 more contestant photos saved but let me just move onto another potential top 9

all i did was replace rose & mingming with elyn & emma, which brings the nationality count to: 2 thailand, 3 china, 1 japan, 1 usa, 1 malaysia, 1 south korea. see but now i'd say they need at least one more thai member! now sort of i want to put jaoying in over elyn lol. oh well 🤷🏿‍♀️

[redeyeflyguy]

Wonderful Top 7's

Top 7 Walt Disney World Queues (a.k.a. Where You Wait In Line P.S I Am Counting Interactive Elements And Pre-Shows)

#7: Pirates of the Caribbean: Pirates of the Caribbean is a pretty iconic ride and as a bonus, it comes with a pretty iconic queue. You wind your way through a dilapidated Spanish fort with cannons, dungeons, and skeletons while George Bruns' Pirates Overture plays in the background granting a sense of whimsy and intrigue to the setting. All before you reach the boat loading station set under a starry sky with a pirate ship floating in the background. Great stuff and it even comes fully air-conditioned which is certainly a plus.

#6: Star Tours: To put it simply, this queue oozes Star Wars fanservice and fun all throughout. You start off winding through a movie set of Endor before heading into a large area with your ride vehicle alternating instances of R2-D2 and C-3PO performing diagnostics while bantering and travel videos for locations throughout the Star Wars galaxy. Then you ascend several ramps containing more hilarious banter from droid security from reaching the pre-show. It's almost disappointing that it goes by so fast due to the ride's large capacity (almost).

#5: Peter Pan's Flight: Since it is a homing beacon for the young and young at heart inside another homing beacon, Fantasyland has several queues with many interactive elements to keep those idle hands very busy indeed. While The Many Adventures of Winnie The Pooh and Seven Dwarfs Mine Train do this really well too, I'm going to give the spot to Peter Pan's Flight. The recreation of the Darling's Nursery, playing with the shadows, Tinker Bell flying around, it makes you feel like you stepped into the original film more than any other attraction. Most certainly a step up to the originally sparse fairground decor.

#4: The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror: To be honest, it's the brief middle portion of this attraction's queue that is mostly responsible for its placement. The dilapidated, abandoned lobby of the Hollywood Tower Hotel is a spectacle dripping with mystery and atmosphere followed up by the second most iconic pre-show of all time. Although, to T4's credit, the (at least in my opinion) legitimately creepy boiler room and the overgrown and slightly angled exterior are both impressive in their own way and manage to help sell the ride's off-kilter vibes. But man, that middle part is worth the wait alone...the attraction is too.

#3: Flights of Passage: When WAITING for the attraction feels like an adventure in of itself. This queue is super long and the designers made use of that length by giving guests a smorgasbord of Pandoran environments.  You walk through a jungle waterfall, winding caves, a overgrown bunker teeming with bioluminescence, a functioning lab with a bunch of fantasy science projects and a big blue man in a tube, all before you reach the main bunker, loading areas, and pre show with awkward intern and Sigourney Weaver's descendent who looks exactly like Sigourney Weaver. Quite a lot before you sivako (rise to the challenge).  

#2: Expedition Everest: Detail is something that Walt Disney Attractions have excelled at and this ride is the grand prize winner. Your runaway tea train ride through the Forbidden Mountain starts in the Himalayan hamlet of Serka Zong where you pass shrines dedicated to mythical Yeti, a mountain climbing supply store run by two newcomer entrepreneurs, and an entire Yeti museum offering history and even evidence of the reclusive guardian's existence. Not only does it truly feel like you've stepped halfway around the world but it's a queue that tells the full prelude to the story of the attraction without the need of a pre-show video or presentation. Simply fantastic.

#1: The Haunted Mansion: Kind of an obvious pick but it's an obvious pick for a reason. This queue has it all. You have the ookie spooky atmosphere. You have all the fun games and activities to do while you wait. You have the Easter eggs in the graveyard. You have the most iconic attraction pre-show of all time. It even has partial air-conditioning. The only thing that would make it even better is if it had even more chills running down your spine as you made your way into Gracey Manor...as in full air-conditioning...because it can be very hot in Florida.

[maniacwatchestheworld]

The top 10 Two-Face/Harvey Dent looks

So I gathered my sister (@steeltypeloverbecca) and my ex (who doesn't really use social media) and together we ranked every Two-Face/Harvey Dent Look that I could be bothered to get my hands on from best to worst. In total we ranked over 200 Looks (general character designs and outfits). We agreed upon where to rank things between us via our emotions, hearts, and feelings. Here are the top 10 that we agreed upon.

10: Samurai Two-Face from Batman Ninja

What happens when you drop Two-Face into feudal Japan? Why he decides to become a samurai, of course! This one is just a fun Look that plays with the sensibilities of the time period the story takes place in interesting ways. I can't help but to imagine how much of a pain in the ass this outfit would have been to forge for the people in the story lol. But the textures, patterns, and little details in how the two sides of his outfit differ are just great! Huge kudos to the artists who worked on this look! They did a great job! A very fun time travel Look!

9: Classic Look

The original Look for Two-Face (more or less). This outfit is a classic for a reason and it's completely understandable why people continue to bring variations of this Look back over the years. It works! And I feel like the strength of this outfit has greatly contributed to Two-Face's popularity and continued longevity as a character. I had a lot of other pretty similar Looks to this one on the list, but ultimately his shoes on this one really won us over to rank it as high as we did. Solid asymmetrical character design, our boi is looking good, and this Look is simply iconic in a way that is entirely deserving of a top spot.

8: THE MOST BALLERINA Two-Face look from Batman: Masque

So I put 3 of Harvey's Looks from Batman: Masque onto the list overall, and all 3 of them made it into the top 10 Looks. But can you blame us!!!??? This was the WORST of the 3 looks and it is simply fabulous! I know nothing about ballet, but this outfit? Fun, flamboyant, dramatic, and probably historically inspired in a way that I know nothing about! It's a perfect outfit for the stage, and Two-Face just looks so goddamn elegant in it! This outfit is a winner and I love it! And yet it is somehow the worst of the three options!??? Surprising, I know!

7: Ballerina Harvey from Batman: Masque (casual look)

Whoever decided that Harvey should be a ballerina for this loose adaptation of the Phantom of the Opera, but make it Batman was a goddamn genius! We get all of these elegantly dressed Harveys and they are all great Looks in their own right! Here's a casual one, and before his disfiguration at that too! It's always nice to see a more casual Harvey. And this one is a handsome gent! I'm a sucker for the vest look on Harvey, and the green vest and pink cravat are a great combo. Plus those frills? Great Look. Ionic. Fantastic. So congrats to this look for being the best of Harvey's non-disfigured Looks.

6: Classic Turtleneck look from A Lonely Place Of Dying

So you know how I mentioned before that I included a few variations on the classic Look in this list? Well, here was one such look that was actually requested! And how can you improve on a classic look like Two-Face's original look? Simple, really! You simplify it! No patterns on this suit, and instead of a dress shirt, he's wearing a turtleneck. It's simple, casual, and it looks GREAT! Harvey's looking ready for a night out on the town or to do some chill crime! This look feels a bit 70's to me, but it's just a great and solid one overall!

5: Phantom of the Opera but it's ballet w/ dramatic cape from Batman: Masque

And here it is. Peak ballerina Harvey! The best Ballerina!Harvey Look! How can you look at this Look and not immediately fall in love with it! We looked at this and knew. Immediate classic. Immediately iconic! How can we not!? It's just so good! The hat! The cape! The colors! It's simple, elegant, and yet showy and dramatic! This outfit is wonderful in every way and is executed to perfection! It's simply iconic. One hell of a Look! How can we not love it!?

4: DC Legends Two-Face

Just a solid look with great execution. Everything about this outfit works and to a fantastic degree. It's different enough to stand out above many other black and white suit Looks, and the bright reds of the pinstripes, tie, and face give it just a little bit of POP! Not to mention those simply gorgeous eyes! They did more with the black and white suit Look than many bother to do, while also not over complicating it and keeping things simple. It's just incredibly solid and executes on everything it wants to do with a simple sense of style and panache! A simply great look!

3: Glam Rock Two-Face

Now this. THIS is A Look! Imagine my disappointment when I was pointed to the Deathstroke comics for a Look, saw THIS on the cover, only to find out that this is not how Two-Face is actually dressed within its pages AT ALL! This Look is incredible. It's glam rock! It's punk! And it's fantastic! A classy suit and one of the few Looks that pulls off using the color yellow well on one side, and just... The coolest disaster of a look on the other! Harvey looks GREAT in pink (and purple), and people do themselves a disservice when they don't embrace that fact! The bedazzled diamond patterns. What looks like bright and messy paint on his under shirts. The torn and battered quality of that side of the suit. This Look is incredible, I LOVE it! This needs to legitimately be in a comic somewhere sometime and not just tease us on the cover! I love this look so much, I would absolutely want a figurine of this Look! This Look absolutely deserves its place in the top 3 Looks!

2: William Shatner Two-Face from Batman vs. Two-Face

What can I say? We love William Shatner in this household, and a William Shatner Two-Face!? We are all for this! Once again, we have a look that's very much been inspired by Two-Face's classic look. Just a little simplified, and the colors desaturated for the sake of animation and to fit the world and style of the film. But William Shatner as Two-Face? I feel like that casting was simply inspired! The fact that Harvey looks a fair bit like a young William Shatner within the film was just a GREAT decision. Shatner was a good looking guy in his youth, and I think that for a Two-Face look to work, he does need to be handsome on his normal side. Just a great look. And since we love Shatner in this household, we couldn't give him anything less than an S tier rating! S for Shatner!

1: Monochrome suit from Batman: the Animated Series

And to nobody's surprise, our #1 ranked Two-Face look was his design from Batman: the Animated Series. What can we even say about this Look that isn't obvious just from looking at him? This iteration codified the black and white suit and for good reason! This Look is one that is so classic that it somehow beats out the original classic Look in terms of classic Looks that they keep bringing back! It's gorgeously elegant. It's stylish. It's simple. It's classy. It's just perfect, really! We agreed that somehow the Animated Series made Harvey look MORE handsome after his disfiguration than before it! We ranked how Harvey looked before he became Two-Face in the show. He looks kinda weird originally. But here? Oh. He's a handsome devil here! Somehow they managed to make his disfiguration look classy, handsome, and stylish too! Just like his outfit. Everything about this Look and how it's executed just WORKS! Many have tried to replicate its success, to try and adjust this Look to make it something different, but just as good. None have succeeded. We have ranked many a black and white suit look and none are able to quite reach this peak of character design. So of course it had to take the top spot! It's a good Look, we all know it, and of course it beats out all the others! 10/10 fantastic Look!

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Update 11/8

Round L5 has been completely posted and will expire on Friday. After that round is over, here's a reminder of where we will be at:

Group 1 (8 batches of 11 and 1 batch of 12 in round 1, 1 batch of 5 in round 1.5)

Round 1 (all 300 characters, polls of 3, winner of each poll and top 28 wild cards moved to the winners bracket, other 172 moved to the losers bracket)

Round 1.5 (tiebreakers for wild card slots and losers bracket byes, and meta polls about the tournament)

Group 2 (4 batches of 11 in round L1, then 8 batches of 8 per round)

Round L1 (worst 88 characters from round 1, polls of 2 from now on, plus 1 more meta poll about the tournament)

Round L2 (other 84 characters from the losers bracket and 44 winners of round L1)

Round W1 (all 128 characters in the winners bracket)

Round L3 (64 winners of round L2 vs 64 losers of round W1)

Group 3 (4 batches of 8 per round)

Round L4 (64 winners of round L3)

Round W2 (64 winners of round W1)

Round L5 (32 winners of round L4 vs 32 losers of round W2)

You are here.

Group 4 (2 batches of 8 per round)

Round L6 (32 winners of round L5)

Round W3 (32 winners of round W2)

Round L7 (16 winners of round L6 vs 16 losers of round W3)

Group 5 (1 batch of 8 per round)

Round L8 (16 winners of round L7)

Round W4 (16 winners of round W3)

Round L9 (8 winners of round L8 vs 8 losers of round W4)

Group 6 (1 batch of 4 per round)

Round L10 (8 winners of round L9)

Round W5 (8 winners of round W4)

Round L11 (4 winners of round L10 vs 4 losers of round W5)

Group 7 (1 batch of 2 per round)

Round L12 (4 winners of round L11)

Round W6 (4 winners of round W5)

Round L13 (2 winners of round L12 vs 2 losers of round W6)

Group 8 (1 poll per round)

Losers bracket semifinal (2 winners of round L13, loser takes 4th place overall)

Winners bracket final (2 winners of round W6)

Losers bracket final (winner of losers bracket semifinal vs loser of winners bracket final, loser takes 3rd place overall)

Championship (winner of winners bracket final vs winner of losers bracket final, loser is the runner up and winner is the ULTIMATE CHAMPION!!!!!!)