#round 435

[original-character-championship]

Bracket G Round 1

Poll 26

Deafheaven Leppard (@ratsovereignity) vs. Summer Jet (@kung-fu-cutbug)

435. Deafheaven Leppard (@ratsovereignity)

They/them, It/its, He/him, She/her

Singularly iconic, one of the greatest players in Jojo fan part Angel Warp. Slutty, powerful, miserable, BEYOND poker-faced: she's got it all. The facilitator of the pillarman return arc. Possibly funniest bitch alive with a cut-and-dry sense of humour, fondness for riddling talk, willful ignorance, and the peepaw flair.

Many great claims to fame, such as destroying a large hill because of being pissed that its name was changed from Leppard's Tit to Twisted Sister's tit (On and off girlfriend, bound to it by The Curse. Springtime ftw. They don't even like eachother that much), skinning people alive, flooding an entire empire despite being terrified of water, and most importantly being chased by the Wild Hunt to facilitate the passage of seasons from autumn to winter. He always gets out in time for spring, so does it matter (Yes. It does.---lifelong (over 70k years) traaaauma---)? It's thanks to her that the harvest is so good.

Don't you want to vote for a father of um. Siiiiix? Two biologicals despite a LOW birth rate, and five unwanted problemchildren that latched onto him as soon as it made the mistake of crawling out that pillar. Seriously, let her escape that narrative, this really isn't good for her. What's the difference between a room and a stage? - I don't want to be your mother, and all that.

Is also the product of the world's first divorce/why there's salt in the sea/the desolation of the princes. You know when a dissociative mad prince groomed for command since birth wielding the agendas of others as a holy blade (the one once with a name, now referred to only as the earthmover) can nail a foppish peacock/caligula's horse longing for something it had a taste of once and then was rewarded and punished with and bound by the strings of fate voluntarily (muse....) whatever kid shows up is going to be a REAL interesting beast. Especially when said monarch threatens to nuke entire civilisation using hamon-by-proxy and the peacock has to start aeons of stories by drowning the freak. And then the kid has to be put in the fridge for literally two million years. Yeah. You know that thing's going to be a freak.

So much Leppard lore, so little time. Whatever. Vote my little buddy. Angel Warp tumblr (It's real. and mostly dead fictional characters in a purgatorial ARG) will love it.

Leppard is very tall, reaching about eight feet by himself and over ten counting horns. Her horns spiral upwards like a gazelle’s and are covered in bands of metal for decoration. She is physically androgynous and very muscular, and has a coppery complexion, dotted with the occasional darker rosette and stripe. Their hair reaches around their lower legs and is a wavy earthen brown, with a few braided and beaded strands woven in. Their eyes are a luminous orange-amber with black sclera and blackened tearducts, their nose hawkish and hooked with a septum piercing, and their eyebrows enormous, their sharp face having very pronounced cheekbones, which is the cause of um. 'Gator style fucked up mouth extending all the way up to there. They wear a simple linen loincloth, and a mantle-cape (both white with orange accents), worn draped across a shoulder, weighed down by a single pauldron and golden necklaces in triangular shapes mimicking sunrays, these shapes also seen on their facepaint; three triangles, one set on an eyelid, and the other set below the other eye. Additionally, Leppard has coiling tattoos (traitor's brandings, actually) on their arms and legs, sharp claws, fangs and floppy ears covered in hoop earrings.

eeeem oh leppard fandragon here https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/76425579

436. Summer Jet (@kung-fu-cutbug)

she/her

Let's see here... She's 6'7" and fucking jacked, I know Tumblr loves big buff women; she's transfem, trans rights!; she's an absolute badass who has survived multiple near-death experiences so far in the tabletop campaign she was made for; she's a huge My Chemical Romance fan & I created her while riding the high of an MCR hyperfixation, I KNOW Tumblr is all over MCR or at least a significant portion of it is; she's my hottest OC, in my opinion; she's a sassy bitch/mom friend combo who takes no BS and will ride or die for anyone she's close with; and she managed to get together with the great-great-whatever-granddaughter of a powerful lightning deity.

So toss Summer your vote! She'll bring you over to her apartment to jam out and play some games together if you do, and uh... well, she's not going to claim responsibility for any power outages or freak lightning strikes you fall victim to if you don't. :p

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Why would you ask us, a ramtops witches blog, this

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I don't know if this is nanny pretending to be granny, or if it's actually granny, and I think I'm too scared to find out

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The Crumley's Hogswatch grotto is being advertised again but somehow I just don't think they can top last year's... like idk where they got the budget from but the real pigs?? CRAZY. my little sister asked for a pony and there was just one in the house when we got back like?? My mum was PISSED but yes talk abt Hogswatch magic. Still wonder how they pulled it off

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It's literally SO unfunny to be making jokes about the Opera Ghost when you all KNOW I saw so many of my friends DIE last year??? I literally have so much PTSD from it... like it's so insensitive you're all actually the WORST

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[daydreamingyuta]

Good Luck Charm | Haechan

summary: fluff, drabble, being haechan's good luck charm while he plays a video game wc: 435 a/n: Happy Haechan Day!! 💚🧸

"Do you like it?" You ask Haechan, showing off a new dress you just bought.

Your boyfriend's eyes tear away from the game he's playing to give you his full attention. He reaches out his hand, beckoning you to come closer. He plays with the satin hem a bit before wrapping his arm around your waist, looking up at you. "So pretty, baby." He says with a soft inflection.

You smile down at him and he lowers his hand to the back of your thigh, causing you to lean into him. You switch your attention to his computer in front of you, "Want me to watch you play?" You ask, even though you already know the answer.

He nods his head and smiles up at you, clearly happy by your request. "Ok, let me just go change real quick." You say, starting to walk away.

You weren't expecting it, but your boyfriend whines in protest. "No, keep it on for me, baby. It'll help me play better." He says, making his eyes soft. You can't help but let out a laugh at his reasoning but you secretly love that he enjoys your outfit so much.

"Fine." You say, and he gets up to let you have his chair and he goes to get another one for himself. You spin around in the chair while you wait for him, a habit you’ve had since you were little. You’re mid-spin when he comes back into the room and stops you, pressing a kiss on your temple and repositioning you so that you could see his computer screen again. 

You watch him play just like that for a while, occasionally stealing glances at him because he looks so cute when he's concentrating. He was stealing glances at you too up until the very end of the game when he realized he’s about to win. You notice this too, so you watch the game intently until he scores the very last point. He lets out a shout of victory and then looks over at you and cutely points to his cheek.

You were confused for half a second until you understood what he wanted. You playfully roll your eyes before you press a kiss onto his cheek. 

"I told you you would help me win." He says, satisfied that he was right.

"You said it was my dress that would help you win." 

"Nah, you're my good luck charm. But you do look amazing in that dress." He says before setting his attention back on the game so that his good luck charm can help him win another round.

[njmcvlt]

accidentally revealing your relationship || lee jeno

idol!jeno x gamer!reader

wc: 435

an: hi! this is my first post here, i originally posted this on insta years ago but i recently shut that account down and didn't want these writings to disappear. i have a couple more older writings to post here and a few ideas of more things to write, so i'll see you all later!

After finishing setting up your stream, you messaged your friends letting them know you were about to log in. You were a pretty popular Twitch streamer with fan from all across the world. Before going live, you quickly texted your boyfriend Jeno telling him not to interrupt you during your livestream. You and Jeno have been dating for 8 months but have decided to keep your relationship private since you were both in the public eye. You didn't mind keeping it a secret and actually preferred it to be. You liked your privacy and keeping your personal life separate from your online persona. Jeno was staying at your apartment this weekend since he had some time off and it had been a long time since you both spent time together. You sat perfectly in frame with your bookshelf and bedroom door behind you. After starting the livestream you greeted everyone while waiting for the view count to go up. "Hi everyone! Welcome in. Today we're gonna be playing some Among Us with a few friends."

The stream was going great, you were interacting with the chat and even reached a new record of 60k viewers. This round you were the imposter and you were trying to come up with a strategy to win. You followed the other crewmates around, faking tasks and trying to blend in when suddenly your bedroom door swings open and you hear a familiar voice. "Baby I'm home. I missed you so much." Startled by the voice, you jumped in your seat and accidentally vented in front of everyone. "Aahhh! Jeno get out, I'm live right now."

"I'm sorry. I didn't know"

" I texted you earlier. Did you not see it?"

He looked down at his phone and saw one unread message from you. "Oops" he said laughing nervously and scratching the back of his head. Your eyes filled with fear knowing that over 60 thousand people saw what just happened. The chat immediately started asking questions like,

"Is that your boyfriend?"

"JENO???"

"OMFG y/n are you dating Jeno?"

Fans quickly turned to Twitter and started sharing video clips of what just happened. The news spread like wildfire and soon became a trending topic. Surprisingly the response from fans was extremely positive and people were happy for the both of you. Clearly embarrassed, you hid your face and started to sink down into your chair. Jeno made his way over to you and placed a soft kiss on your cheek. "It's alright baby. Now that the news is out I can finally show the world how much I love you."

[tubbybunnysblog]

Still not done~

Fem feeder/androgynous feedee. Physical dominance and teasing. Another story that seems awfully similar to what me and my muse ( @silliersage ) do~💜🩵

Feeder talks a lot because that’s what I like 😝

I huff impatiently as you purposely struggle to unlock the door. I whine softly. I was having trouble keeping my sloshy body up right “baby please hurry, my feet hurt and I’m so tired” I pout as you look back at me. I try to move before you grab me by the underbelly but I was much too slow. “Maybe it wouldn’t be a problem if you didn’t stuff your fatty face with greasy fries right after we left the restaurant” I blush as you jiggle it, my entire 435 pound lardy body wobbling. I burp from the motion as you finally open the door and pull me inside still keeping a tight grip. I gasp feeling your nails dig into my stretch marked covered flab. “Ok ok I get it!” I say my whines almost sounding like a pig squealing. “No I don’t think you do lard ass” You use your own weight to shove me against the wall hissing in my ear.

“You wake up begging for food, you chug a shake before you even get out of bed. You waddle your fatass to the kitchen plop your fat ass down into a chair that I’ve had to fix twice and stuff yourself with 3000 cal just for breakfast.” You push your leg between my fattened thighs to keep me up right. “Then, you shuffle to couch and plant yourself there eating a second breakfast and filling this blubbery belly with a second weight gain shake, and enough snacks for an entire soccer team.” I whimpered as you run your chubby hand across my nipple and up my neck attaching my collar. It was too small for squeezing my newly forming triple chin. “By lunch time you’ve gorged on at least 6000 cal and not even half way through.” You pull on the leash and yank me into the bedroom. “Wait baby please slow down.” I gasp for air as you look at me smirking. “I’m not slowing down for a pig whose legs are so covered in flab that they clap when it waddles.”

I whimper as you push me onto the bed making it creak under my weight. I kick my fat feet helplessly trying to roll over. My face was red as I was huffing and puffing. “As I was saying earlier, at lunch, typically you chug two milkshakes eat three burgers, an extra large pizza and whatever else your tubby fingers can order on your phone. Then you nap there because you’re too bloated to try and haul your fat ass up.” You smack my ass and push me onto my back. I look up at you eyes wide as I groan feeling my body jiggle, my fat chest was pushing against my chins. “Don’t get all embarrassed now, piggy I’m not done.” You straddle my fat thigh and reach for the doughnuts on the night stand. You always leave some sort of pastry for me when I get hungry in the middle of the night which I always do. You shove one between my plump lips laughing as I tried my best to pull my face away.

“I get home from work to find you sprawled out on the couch, covered in sugar and grease moaning, you whine when you see me ‘mommy I’m so hungry. Did you bring more food?’ And you already know the answer because of course I do.” Before I could finish the first doughnut you shove another one down my throat. “I feed you dinner which can average about 10,000 calories and funnel you until you are completely round bloated like a tick and we’re still not done.” I whimper as you push two eclairs in my mouth, making my cheeks bulge more than they already do. “Every night ends with a huge dessert, that leaves you in a food coma and a gut that that I can hardly lift up to fuck you!” I shiver as I finish the sickly sweet treats. I look at you desperately trying to spread my legs I need you more than anything. You smile at me, kissing my sugar coated cheek. “Now you understand pig, you’re just getting too big,” I whine as I feel you dig under my fat pad and begin to touch me. “But no matter Mommy always finds a way because you’re still not done.~”

[sisididis]

The parallels between Anne Sallow - Ariana Dumbledore, Sebastian Sallow - Albus Dumbledore and Solomon Sallow - Aberforth Dumbledore 

I’ll preface this deep dive into the Sallow family’s tragic fate by asking if anyone else found it oddly…familiar? I’ll admit that re-reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows right before becoming invested in Hogwarts Legacy made uncovering the “strange likenesses” between the Sallow family and the Dumbledore family considerably easier. 

The fate of the Sallows is reminiscent of the Dumbledores’ in more ways than I can articulate — from the untimely deaths of Mr. and Mrs. Sallow, and Percival and Kendra Dumbledore, to the tensions between the new and reluctant patres familias, Solomon and Albus, and their resentful charges, Sebastian and Aberforth, and the tragic killing of their family members. 

Let’s start with the history of the families, whose first common element is their short-lived wholeness. Albus, Aberforth and Ariana became orphaned in the aftermath of two tragic events — first, their father’s imprisonment and later death in Azkaban, due to his assault on the Muggles who had tortured his daughter, and, second, the killing of their mother during one of Ariana’s fits of uncontrollable magic. 

According to Ominis, Mr. and Mrs. Sallow too had untimely deaths, caused by an undetectable toxin emitted by their faulty cellar lamp. At that time, Sebastian and Anne “had no magic yet." We suspect that means the children were younger than 11 years old, the age when signs of magical ability should already manifest. 

Another common element is the reluctant take-over of the two new patres familias, Albus and Uncle Solomon, after the deaths of Mr. and Mrs. Dumbledore, and Mr. and Mrs. Sallow. Fans of the books will remember the reason why Albus was reluctant to assume his new role in the first place — the long-awaited Grand Tour. Albus and his close friend, Elphias Doge, were planning on going on a Grand Tour after their graduation, but the sudden death of his mother right before he was meant to leave forced Albus to stay behind and provide for his siblings. In Chapter 35, King’s Cross, Albus claims that he loved his family, but upon his return to Godric’s Hollow, he felt “trapped and wasted.” 

Aberforth recalled that moment, too:

“So that put paid to Albus's trip round the world with little Doge. The pair of 'em came home for my mother's funeral and then Doge went off on his own, and Albus settled down as head of the family. Ha!” (P. 435, Chapter 28, The Missing Mirror, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows)

We are not sure where Uncle Solomon’s reluctance to care for his nephew and niece comes from, aside from the obvious disruption of his quiet retirement, but while his anger at this unexpected responsibility is justified and should be directed towards his late brother, it backfires on Sebastian instead:

“I know what's best for Anne – and Sebastian. They are my stubborn brother's children. Especially Sebastian.”

Sebastian himself comments that his uncle often compares him to his father:

“After Anne was hurt, he only grew worse. It's as though he blames me somehow. Always calling me 'my father's son.' As if that's an insult.”

Here’s where the interesting switch happens. The new guardians’ resentment at these unexpected burdens does not go unnoticed. Both Aberforth and Sebastian saw the new patres familias’ reluctance to assume their new role and thought that they would have been a better fit for it. Much like Aberforth and Ariana, Sebastian and Anne were infinitely closer to each other than to the rest of their family:

“Anne won’t survive this. She’s withering away - inside and out. Solomon’s never been there for us. Not really. He gave up on Anne. I’ll never give up on her."

Aberforth echoed this sentiment: 

"He didn't want to be bothered with her. She liked me best. I could get her to eat when she wouldn't do it for my mother, I could calm her down, when she was in one of her rages, and when she was quiet, she used to help me feed the goats.” (P. 434, Chapter 28, The Missing Mirror, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) "I'd have looked after her, I told him so, I didn't care about school, I'd have stayed home and done it." (P. 435, Chapter 28, The Missing Mirror, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows)

The way I see it, both Albus / Sebastian and Aberforth / Solomon thought that they had Ariana’s / Anne’s best interest at heart. While Solomon thought that making Anne “comfortable” was the best path of action, Sebastian saw this as resigning themselves to Anne’s sure death. “There is no cure! When will you accept that?” asks Uncle Solomon, to which Sebastian replies adamantly, “Never! I can never accept it.” The same stubborn conviction is exhibited by Aberforth after he uncovers Albus and Gellert’s plans. 

"I told him, you'd better give it up now. You can't move her, she's in no fit state, you can't take her with you, wherever it is you're planning to go, when you're making your clever speeches, trying to whip yourselves up a following. He didn't like that.” (P. 435, Chapter 28, The Missing Mirror, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) “You may mean well, but I know what's best for Anne – and Sebastian. They are my stubborn brother's children. Especially Sebastian.”

The pairs’ irreconcilable differences did not stop there. In Sebastian’s efforts to heal Anne and Albus’ efforts to create a better world for wizard kind, the pair aspired to leave no depth of magic unplumbed, dark or otherwise, an issue which often sparked conflict with their family. Aberforth did not agree with teenage Albus’ plans “for the greater good”, because he did not prioritize their sister’s safety.

Sebastian’s own stance on using Dark magic to save his sister is in perfect antithesis with his uncle’s aversion to the Dark Arts. Unfortunately, in both cases, the tensions between the brothers and nephew and uncle culminated in the death of their family:

“And then . . . you know what happened. Reality returned in the form of my rough, unlettered, and infinitely more admirable brother. I did not want to hear the truths he shouted at me. I did not want to hear that I could not set forth and seek Hallows with a fragile and unstable sister in tow. (…) The argument became a fight. Grindelwald lost control. That which I had always sensed in him, though I pretended not to, now sprang into terrible being. And Ariana . . . after all my mother’s care and caution . . . lay dead upon the floor.” (P. 549, Chapter 35, King’s Cross, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) 

Sounds awfully familiar to the scene in the catacomb, doesn’t it? Not only did uncle and nephew turn their wands against each other, but Anne had to bury their uncle alone, much like Albus had to bury Ariana alone after Gellert fled Godric’s Hollow. After Solomon and Ariana’s deaths, all that the Dumbledore and Sallow siblings had were each other. Unfortunately, the death of their family did not inspire a renewed sense of closeness. On the contrary, Solomon and Ariana’s deaths caused an irreparable rift between the siblings. 

“To add to his misery, the loss of Ariana had led, not to a renewed closeness between Albus and Aberforth, but to an estrangement.” (P. 20, Chapter 2, In Memorandum, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows)

The breakdown of the Sallow twins’ relationship is reflected in Anne’s letter to Sebastian:

“Sebastian,  Too much has happened. I needed to get away from here for a while. I miss Uncle Solomon. I need time. I will always love you, but I don't know if I can ever forgive you.  Anne”

What do you think?

[agentchimendez]

Sorry for the delay! It's because y'all didn't just write down a single character's name for the written sections like I so desperately asked!

Introducing the results of the 2023 Bittersweet Candy Poll! This was polled back in November-December of 2023, and here are the results of people's favorites, least favorites, most controversial/mixed opinions, and the one with the least opinions!

Click here for 2022's results and here for 2021's. Click the read more to see the total results for this year's poll beyond the top 10s.

Now color coded so you know if they've ranked higher (green) lower (blue) or were a new addition (orange)! Characters who stayed in the same place are listed as normal.

BELOVED

Lucy - 560

Paulo - 559

Augustus - 486

Rachel - 452

Amaya - 442

Daisy - 435

David - 382

Sue - 355

Mike & James - 345

Matt - 342

Molly - 336

Janet - 330

Paulo's Dad - 306

Abbey - 298

Tess - 282

Lucy's Mom - 269

Jessica - 251

Jasmine - 239

Daisy's Dad - 237

Kevin - 224

Zachary - 218

Charlotte - 214

Chris & Catherine - 206

Jordan - 190

Haley - 189

Lily - 185

Daisy's Mom - 181

McCain - 180

Madison - 168

Stacy & Mr. Noodles - 160

Justin - 156

Mike's Mom - 154

Lucy's Dad - 153

Principal - 152

Felix - 150

Amaya's Dad - 147

Chirpy & Lucas - 141

Sam & Finn - 139

Flower Girl - 132

Yashy & Lani - 121

Mina - 119

Darwin - 114

Sandy - 113

Gym Teacher - 102

Blur - 97

Max - 93

Courtney & Melanie - 92

Katie - 88

Sex-Ed Teacher (SET) & Aaron (Rachel's brother) - 85

Cassidy - 60

Tiff - 47

Dylan - 30

Alejandro - 26

Toby & Sandy's Mom - 12

Craig & Abraham - 11

BELOATHED

Alejandro - 721

Abraham - 599

Sandy's Mom - 307

Sandy - 301

Toby - 256

Craig - 216

Yashy - 181

Mike - 175

Katie - 149

Tiff - 145

Paulo - 101

David - 99

Lily - 97

Melanie - 92

Lucy - 91

Dylan - 74

Sex-Ed Teacher (SET) - 66

Abbey - 64

Madison - 57

Sam - 47

Chirpy - 46

Stacy - 44

Gym Teacher - 43

McCain - 42

Daisy - 40

Blur - 38

James - 34

Zachary - 30

Jasmine - 24

Augustus - 22

Tess & Jessica - 21

Darwin & Justin - 19

Mina - 16

Mr. Noodles & Finn - 14

Jordan - 13

Matt, Chris, Principal & Lucy's Dad - 12

Haley, Cassidy & Daisy's Dad - 11

Lucy's Mom, Courtney & Charlotte - 9

Flower Girl - 8

Lani - 7

Rachel & Paulo's Dad - 6

Sue, Mike's Mom & Lucas - 5

Molly, Aaron (Rachel's brother), Max & Catherine - 4

Amaya, Janet, Felix & Daisy's Mom - 2

Amaya's Dad - 2

Kevin - 1

CONTROVERSIAL

Melanie - 18400 (the numbers canceled each other out at first so this is why her number is significantly larger)

Sex-Ed Teacher (SET) - 695

Yashy - 403

Katie - 289

Lily - 220

Mike - 206

Gym Teacher - 146

Dylan - 136

Blur - 129

Sandy - 120

Madison - 103

Sam - 102

Chirpy - 97

Tiff - 96

Stacy - 76

David - 70

McCain - 61

Abbey - 55

Cassidy - 45

Paulo - 44

Darwin - 40 (most of these numbers are rounded, but this was a true 40.00)

Lucy - 39

Zachary - 32

Mina - 31

Justin - 28

Finn - 22.4

Jasmine - 22.3

James - 21.8

Courtney - 21.6

Daisy - 20

Mr. Noodles - 19

Jessica - 18

Principal - 17.1

Lucy's Dad - 17.02

Tess - 16

Jordan - 15

Flower Girl - 13

Chris - 12.37

Haley - 12.35 (everyone after this point is ranked lower than before im lazy)

Lani - 12.28

Aaron (Rachel's brother) - 9.87

Toby - 9.83

Daisy's Dad - 9.73

Augustus - 9.48

Max - 8.9

Charlotte - 8.7

Sandy's Mom - 8.1

Alejandro - 7.4

Lucas - 7.3

Matt - 7.2

Lucy's Mom - 6.9

Mike's Mom - 6.7

Felix - 4.08

Paulo's Dad - Pure 4

Catherine - 3.9

Abraham - 3.7

Daisy's Mom - 3.3

Sue - 2.8

Amaya's Dad - 2.7

Rachel - 2.6

Molly - 2.4

Janet - 1.8

Amaya - 1.3

Kevin - 0.8

THE PEOPLE DON'T CARE.... (i dont feel like marking these either sorry)

Cassidy - 142

Aaron (Rachel's brother) - 135

Courtney Dylan & Max - 132 (i realize now the ranking i listed was wrong. sowwy)

Darwin - 118

Blur & Lani - 114

Flower Girl - 112

Mina - 109

Gym Teacher - 107

Amaya's Dad - 106

Finn - 103

Sex-Ed Teacher (SET) - 102

Felix - 99

Lucas - 98

Lucy's Dad - 94

Principal - 90

Mike's Mom - 89

Chirpy - 87

Mr. Noodles - 86

McCain - 85

Melanie - 82

Sam & Daisy's Mom - 80

Toby, Craig & Tiff - 79

Justin - 78

Chris - 75

Charlotte - 74

Catherine - 71

Kevin - 68

Stacy - 64

Daisy's Dad - 59

Katie - 58

Yashy & Zachary - 57

Lucy's Mom - 56

Haley - 55

Madison & Jordan - 50

Sandy's Mom - 44

Sandy, Tess, Jessica & Paulo's Dad - 39

Jasmine & Janet - 35

Sue - 34

David - 30

Amaya - 27

Mike - 23

James - 21

Matt, Alejandro & Abraham - 20

Abbey & Molly - 19

Rachel - 18

Augustus - 15

Daisy - 11

Lucy & Paulo - 9

[magicxc]

Drunk In Love

Pairings: Survey Corps x Black!Reader

Word Count: 435

Warnings: none

A/N: Get me to my bed and I’ll love you forever. Alcohol is literally melatonin for me loll. What do you want when you’re drunk?

Headcannons Masterlist

Eren  - the hungry drunk. Hide ya kids, hide ya wives….no mf hide ya snacks. This man will get drunk and grow three separate stomachs. He legit once ran through y’alls entire kitchen one night. Now, when he gets drunk you lock up everything and leave him about 3-4 designated snacks. And if he runs through those, which he will, he’ll just have to sleep it off. 

Levi - the friendly drunk. Levi legit has an alter ego cause who is this man? He’s complimenting outfits, dapping up strangers, and buying rounds for the bar. Can we keep him drunk?

Erwin - the sassy drunk. Erwin is actually a really good time when teetering the edge of sobriety. But that fun gets multiplied by twice the frustration when he gets inebriated. As soon as he gets to saying “ohhh? So mfs can’t say excuse me?” Yeahhh, it’s time to wrap it up. 

Connie - sleepy drunk. Get him to the nearest mattress and he’ll love you forever. Mans just wants a good nap after a good time.

Jean - the caller. You now know to send Jean straight to voicemail at this point which doesn’t help much cause all he’ll do is clog your voicemail. Normally you don’t mind entertaining his drunk shenanigans but after the third phone call, your phone gets put on do not disturb.

Onyankopon - the not drunk, drunk. His eyes are bloodshot red, he’s slurring his words, and can’t walk in a straight line. But best believe he can gather his wits enough to down another shot and fuck up the dance floor. Ony is the drunk that never wants to leave and is always looking for the next move. 

Reiner - texter drunk. Someone take his phone away cause all he’ll do is blow yours up to smithereens. He’ll start to text you play by play moments of the night, none of which you can decipher by the fifth text message. 

Armin - cuddly drunk. When the liquor gets to pouring all he wants to do is be up under you. Legit flesh to flesh. You once woke up to your body on fire after he’d caught a fever after a bois night out. Since then, you’ve made sure to have two separate sheets for you both and the fan set on high.

Floch - the loud drunk. Floch goes from 0 to 100 once that bottle gets to flowing. It's like when you’re wearing headphones and don’t realise how much louder you’re speaking to someone. This is only fun in loud environments. Once he gets home, you very strongly consider making him sleep outside. You’ve also since invested in noise canceling headphones.

[bekkathyst]

Custom Wire Wrapped Necklaces

These are the stones I have available for wire wraps, for those of you who are interested!

If you would like to claim one, please be sure to read this entire post!

So here’s the rundown. Below is a picture with each stone numbered, and below that is the name of each stone, along with the price.

The price includes the following: the stone wrapped in the metal of your choice (sterling silver, 14k gold fill, 14k rose gold fill), an 18″ chain finished with a handmade clasp, and it includes free shipping worldwide! 

You will choose the style they’d like it wrapped in. There are three example pics below. 

Payment is due when the stone is claimed and all the options are chosen (metal, style, etc). PLEASE NOTE - these will be completed in late May 2023. I will aim to have them done before the end of that month. They take a long time to make, please make sure you’re okay with the wait before ordering. I put the utmost care into this and have extreme attention to detail, and when that combines with my busy schedule, it means that it can take a while. I always aim to get them done early, but sometimes it’s not possible. If you are buying one for a certain event or deadline please be sure to let me know when ordering, so I can let you know if it's possible for it to be completed before then!

To claim: send me a message over the instant messenger with your email address, the country you’re in, the stone you’d like to claim, the metal you’d like it wrapped in, and the style you’d like it wrapped in. I’ll then send your invoice and get started on your pendant! :) 

*Note* These are some of my best, highest quality stones! I’ve been collecting (and hoarding, if I’m honest) hundreds of top-quality stones for 10 years to build this collection I can share with you.

Here are all the stones:

Brecciated Azurite - $140

High-Grade Old Stock Ocean Jasper - $140

High-Grade Old Stock Ocean Jasper - $140

Lavender Quartz Facet - $155

Highest Grade Rainbow Moonstone - $180

Highest Grade Rainbow Moonstone - $175

Deep Red Garnet - $145

Watermelon Tourmaline - $145

Blue Apatite - $135

Genuine Spectrolite from Finland - $150

XXL Genuine Spectrolite from Finland - $325

Rainbow Obsidian - $135

Gold Sheen Obsidian - $120

Silver Sheen Obsidian - $115

Silver Sheen Obsidian - $120

Lavender Chalcedony - $135

Australian Crystal Opal Triplet - $125

Fire Agate - $125

Mozambique Rose Quartz - $120

Blue Labradorite - $125

Rare Purple Labradorite $145

Rainbow Moonstone - $130

True Silver Moonstone - $140

Lattice Sunstone - $140

Confetti Sunstone - $135

Star Ruby - $140

Chatoyant Sapphire - $160

Red Rutilated Quartz Facet - $135

Epidote Included Quartz Facet - $140

Clear Quartz Facet - $115

Black Tourmaline & Epidote Included Quartz Facet - $185

Harlequin Quartz - $160

Phantom Amethyst w/ Inclusions - $150

Ethiopian Opal - $155

Rare Genuine Andamooka Opal from Australia (15.8 carats) - $435

Vietnamese Ruby Gourd Carving (22.75 carats) - $425

Cat's Eye Pink California Tourmaline (San Diego co.) (12.3 carats) - $230

Morganite from Russia - $170

Chrome Diopside from Russia - $180

Pyritized Ammonite Fossil from Russia - $180

Dianite (Russian Blue Jade) - $160

Amazonite from Russia - $120

"Blueberry" Azurite Geode from Russia - $140

Uvarovite Garnet from Russia - $185

Mongolian Turquoise - $140

These are the styles you can choose from (I do very minimalist wrapping so the stone really shines through! And the wrapping is super sturdy!) 

Style #1 (prongs): 

Style #2 (symmetrical): 

Style #3 (asymmetrical):  

I will cross out each stone as they are claimed! 

Extra little note: I have some square wire if you prefer that to the round, just let me know!

Thanks, everyone :) 

[juniorfor2]

The biggest problem I have with Aemond’s frying of Aegon, action wise, is that it’s such a dumb move to do so early on in the war. They’ve only got 4 dragons, 3 with Helaena unable to ride Dreamfyre due to grief (unless changed in the show). By frying Aegon, without even taking out Meleys in that fire shot, the Greens are down to 2 dragons. And Meleys was big enough (in the books at least) to take down Vhagar, which could have left Aemond very vulnerable if Rhaenys had gotten to attack him again.

I know the theory did actually exist in the books, but it was much more ambiguous, and the three-way tangle-fight actually had a much better chance of killing Meleys (and did).

“The crimson jaws of Meleys closed round Sunfyre’s golden neck for a moment, till Vhagar fell upon them from above... Only Vhagar rose unharmed. Meleys was dead… And Sunfyre… had one wing half torn from his body, whilst his royal rider [was burnt and nearly dead].” - Fire & Blood, pg. 435, Hardback

In the books, I could see Aemond’s action to kill Aegon more plausible due to his arrogance about winning the war. His belief that he would take Harrenhall without any help against Daemon/Caraxes could have been used to show how he felt he could kill his brother without consequence to his side.

“You must rule the realm now,” the King’s Hand told Prince Aemond. Nor did See Criston need to say it twice. “It looks better on me than it ever did on him,” the prince proclaimed. - Fire & Blood, pg. 437

“And if [Daemon] emerged from behind the castle walls… Prince Aemond would return to the city with Prince Daemon’s head… He had no need of his brothers or their dragons… he had no wish to share the glory with his brothers.” Fire & Blood, pg. 450

But if the writers are going to erase his book arrogance with his sentence of “Harrenhall must wait,” then the decision to kill Aegon, even if Aemond has been abused by him, just doesn’t work. If Aemond has the sense to know that taking Harrenhall must wait, then he must also have the sense not to kill off one of the few dragons on their side.

[pokepollsters]

Best Pokémon Rival Tournament- Stats Breakdown!

This tournament has been pretty wild- easily the most popular on the blog so far, and very interesting from a stats perspective! So if you wanna know some of the nitty gritty, take a look at this post for details on how everyone did.

Otherwise, stayed tuned for more details on the Best Protagonist Tournament coming soon, and don't forget to check out some of the polls regarding the format of it.

Click the read more for the numbers!

As I said, this tournament was the most popular on the blog so far, with a much higher overall vote total- the combined number of votes was 20,353 (the previous most voted on tournament had 13,981). With a total of 28 matches, this means the average number of votes per match was 727- again, higher than any other tournament before it!

But let's now take a look at individual contestants- here's how everyone stacks up in terms of their average vote total per match.

Hop- 687 (687 votes in 1 match)

N- 669 (3344 votes across 5 matches)

Kieran- 538 (538 votes in 1 match)

Nemona- 536 (2681 votes across 5 matches)

Wally- 485 (970 votes across 2 matches)

Arven- 435 (2177 votes across 5 matches)

Marnie- 426 (1278 across 3 matches)

Blue- 355 (1774 votes across 5 matches)

Gladion- 346 (1039 across 3 matches)

Cheren- 335 (335 votes in 1 match)

Silver- 322 (967 votes across 3 matches)

Carmine- 321 (642 votes across 2 matches)

Penny- 316 (631 votes across 2 matches)

Bianca- 291 (582 votes across 2 matches)

Hugh- 270 (270 votes in 1 match)

Hau- 241 (241 votes in 1 match)

Shauna- 204 (204 votes in 1 match)

Brendan- 202 (404 votes across 2 matches)

Serena- 187 (187 votes in 1 match)

Barry- 184 (184 votes in 1 match)

Avery- 178 (355 votes across 2 matches)

May- 174 (174 votes in 1 match)

Bede- 150 (150 votes in 1 match)

Tierno- 138 (138 votes in 1 match)

Klara- 134 (134 votes in 1 match)

Trevor- 115 (115 votes in 1 match)

Calem- 110 (110 votes in 1 match)

Trace- 41 (41 votes in 1 match)

So as you can see, there's a much wider range than we're used to seeing in the average vote totals, and perhaps most surprising is how different the rankings are when you compare them to our winners, or just which contestants made it the later rounds.

Poor Trace ends up at the bottom with only 41 votes in the whole competition, but Hop has the highest average of 687- though this pales in comparison to the 3,344 total votes N got!

These rankings will be influenced by the relative popularity of the matches that each contestant got to participate in, so another way of ranking is by the average % vote share, which is as follows:

N- 68.5%

Marnie- 65.8%

Penny- 58.5%

Gladion- 58.3%

Silver- 57.5%

Arven- 56.9%

Nemona- 56.5%

Bianca- 55.8%

Carmine- 54.3%

Brendan- 49%

Blue- 48.3%

Hop- 46.9%

Avery- 45.9%

Hau- 45.8%

Kieran & Hugh- 43.8%

Wally- 41.4%

Barry- 37.3%

Shauna- 35.6%

Cheren- 33.5%

Bede- 33.3%

Serena- 32.5%

Tierno- 32.4%

Trevor- 30.3%

May- 29.5%

Klara- 25%

Calem- 18%

Trace- 6.9%

So as you can see, it's another very different set of results! N sits on top this time, but neither of our second or third place winners get into the top five! But, by looking at both lists, you can start to get an idea of the overall rankings of which rivals are more popular than others.

Less indicative of ranking, but still interesting, is the fraction of each contestant's votes out of the total across the competition. It's probably easiest to see the disparity in graph form:

Finally, let's look at individual matches.

This time round we saw a first for the blog- matches with over 1,000 votes. Not just one, but 4 of them! The most voted on poll was the finals, another first for the blog, with 2,379 votes. Second place goes to Round 1: Match 4, Wally vs Hop. This close race had 1,465 votes.

On the other end of the spectrum, the least voted on match was Round 1: Match 11, Avery vs Trevor, with only 379 votes. Narrowly beating it was Round 2: Match 5, Bianca vs Brendan, with 383. These two matches were the only ones not to break 400 votes.

Individual contestants though? The person who earned the most votes in a single match was our champion, N, who got a huge 1,446 votes in the finals! On the other end though, Trace got only 41 votes in his only match, Round 1: Match 6.

The last thing to look at is margins! The closest matches came down to just a 2.6% margin, or 26 votes, in the case of Round 3: Match 1, or a 2.8% margin (20 votes) in the case of Round 4: Match 2. Not the closest matches we've ever had, but still a nail biter!

And finally, the award for the biggest sweep. While N won a 513 vote majority in the finals, for this? We're looking at the percentages. Who swept the competition like no one else? In this tournament, in was Gladion! He beat Trace by an astounding 86.2% margin, leaving the poor kid wondering what happened. This almost matched N's vote margin, with a 509 vote difference.

And that about wraps it up! Let me know if I missed anything, and I hope you found this interesting! Stick around for more match ups and stats as we head into the new tournament soon!

[baronetcoins]

So. The US has a speaker of the house(*). If you've seen the memes floating around for the past few days, you might find yourself wondering: how did that happen? Buckle in folks, this was a bit of a ride.

(*) for now

When we last left our... main characters, Kevin McCarthy had failed an 11th ballot to be elected speaker, down 20 Republican votes when he could afford a maximum of five defectors. The house then voted to adjourn until 12 eastern time on January 6th. Overnight, some deals happened, because for the first time since day 1 there was a significant movement in votes. Round 12 saw 14 of the representatives who had previously been defectors voted for McCarthy—not enough to give him the speakership (lmao, imagine?), but enough to prove his chances of victory weren't entirely dead. Important for later, three representatives were absent—Ken Buck (R-Colorado), Wesley Hunt (R-Texas), and David Trone (D-Maryland).

Round 13 went much the same in actual voter count, with one more of the never-Kevins peeling off to vote for McCarthy, though it was the first round in which there was not another republican candidate formally nominated. Trone came out of his voluntary surgery to vote for Hakeem Jeffries, and there was a motion to adjourn so the republican caucus could continue haggling, which passed. Setting the house up to reconvene at 10 pm eastern time, and some of the most dramatic hours we've seen in this whole glorious train wreck.

Signs suggested Kevin was feeling good—when asked why he felt confident he had the votes to clinch this, he responded "because I count." Two of the more notorious never-Kevins (Boebert and Gaetz) seemed open to negotiating. The press reported Buck and Hunt would be returning for the evening vote. A cart loaded with giant boxes of Five Guys burgers rolled into the speaker's office.

The hours pass. 10 pm rolls around, and the air is thick with anticipation. The house chaplain offers a prayer in which she suggests the gridlock may finally be over. Patrick McHenry (R-North Carolina) gives a nominating speech for McCarthy with not one but two jokes that fell extraordinarily flat, all the while wearing a bow tie.

Now, the votes for speaker are conducted as roll call votes. The poor, probably underpaid, long-suffering house clerk reads off the name of each representative in alphabetical order, then goes through a second time calling the name of any representative who didn't vote the first time. This takes... a while, but what it means is that when you know who's vote to watch, you spend a while in anticipation of that person's name being called, listening to the alphabet.

The other thing to understand, as this gets deep into the weeds, is a little more of the nuts and bolts of how the count works. The speaker of the house is elected by a majority of the votes cast—that is to say, the number of representatives-elect who vote for a name instead of not voting or voting present, divided by half, plus one.

M = [ (# reps elect - # of reps elect not voting - # of reps elect voting present)/2 ] + 1

The US House, while normally filled with 435 reps, currently has 434, due to one death. 212 of those are democrats, the remainder are republicans. If all 434 vote, the threshold for a majority is 218 (434/2, +1). If, say, two members vote present and everyone else votes, the threshold is 217.

The remaining detractors were Biggs, Boebert, Crane, Gaetz, Good, and Rosendale. Biggs, first on the list, voted for a non-Kevin guy, Jordan. Boebert, second in line, voted present. This was a difference that got audible applause from the chamber. For one brief, beautiful, shining moment, it seemed like we might have a resolution. And then Crane votes for Biggs, which. Fine. Kevin can spare a few losses. And then, Gaetz doesn't. vote. Not voting present, which is a different thing. He just lets the first round skip him. Good votes for Jordan. Rosendale votes for Biggs. At which point, the math is as follows. 434 congresspeople, 432 votes, 217 to win. McCarthy has 216 votes. It all comes down to Gaetz: if he votes for McCarthy, Kevin wins. Anything else, and we're doing this again.

Gaetz. Votes. Present.

At first, this gets cheers and claps. And I look at my mom, who's watching the vote with me, and wonder "what the fuck?" The reaction makes me doubt my math. The floor is in chaos. Pretty quickly, it seems people realize that McCarthy is not, in fact, speaker of the house. Kevin runs back towards Gaetz and starts "negotiating" (fig 1)

Fig. 1: things get heated

A democrat heckles from the distance, yelling "On your knees!" To Kevin as he approached Gaetz. There are calls for order. Mike Rogers, R-Alabama, has to be physically dragged away from Gaetz (fig 2)

Fig. 2: lol, and furthermore, lmao

All this, followed by a motion to adjourn until Monday that at first appears to be successful, until Kevin runs to the front to tell members to change their votes. It appears a deal has been struck—and ballot 15 proves it. All the remaining holdouts vote present, lowering the threshold to 215, and allowing Kevin's 216 votes to take him over the line. Truly, our long national nightmare has come to a middle.

What does this mean? Probably bad things. The rules package and committee assignments are yet to be formalized (that'll come on Monday), but expect the house ""freedom"" caucus to be more or less running the show (*) (*pending a long and bloody battle over the rules, which is, IMO, still on the table).

I could go through the speeches, but it's 2:30 am and I've got a flight tomorrow so I would literally Rather Perish so instead, to conclude, i'll leave you with this.

(3: source)

[blond-jerk-tourney]

Round 2 Stats

i updated the pinned post again with who's left. key * = character was in the top 5 largest polls by vote last round †= character was in the smallest 5 polls last round º= character was a top 5 big sweeper last round ‘= character was a smallest win %er last round Top 5 Biggest Sweeps: 1. Barbie (78.7%) 2. Isabelle (74.4%) 3. Sailor Moon (72.9%) 4. Bubbles (67.3%) 5. Shadow (66.4%) 3/5 of the previous top 5 sweepers have been eliminated~

Top 5 Smallest Victory %s: 1. Lady Aurora (44.4%) 2. Emil Västerström (46.3%) 3. Farma de Medicis (46.5%) 4. Tsumugi Takanashi (48.6%) 5. Adora (49.4%)

ALL of the previous closest winners have been eliminated~ Top 5 polls with most votes: Alphonse Elric vs. Donquixote Rosinante/Corazon*º (611) Cinderella vs. Louis James Moriarty (435) Applejack vs. Tsumugi Takanashi (424) Laios Touden* vs. Marcille Donato* (408) Hunter vs. Reigen Arataka (389) the average # of votes in the most voted polls has gone down by 193 votes.

Top 5 smallest polls: Wally Rosette† vs. Lady Aurora (90) Sunny vs. Kinkajou‘ (96) Princess Melisande† vs. Nana Alba† (102) Jane Bennet vs. Hoban "Wash" Washburne (105) Sally Brown vs. Shadow (113) the average # of votes in the least voted polls has gone up by 19 votes.

Contestant with most propaganda: tie between Louis James Moriarty and Elan the Bard

[pokemonbattletournament]

[stonerskinny]

big sigh. biiiiiiiig sigh.

broke fast at 29.5 hrs w subway b/p because i have NO SELF CONTROL!!!!!!!!!!

had 1/2 honey mustard chicken wrap (325), 1 pepperoni dipper (340), 1/2 cheese dipper (180), 1.5 cookies (315) so total = 1160

purged all w coke zero, had to be 2 rounds bc i almost got sick involuntarily after the 1/2 wrap lololol

burned 725 yesterday so net = 435 assuming i absorbed every single cal from that subway which i don’t think i did (god i hope i did not!!!!!!!!!!)

wait NOPE FUCK MY LIFE LMAOOOOOO. also ate 2 mini bags of doritos (300) bringing my net to a whopping 7-fucking-35. someone, please, just kill me now. i will pay you to do it. i am so serious.

weighed at 262.5 after b/p. so. now gonna smoke n probably cvt if i don’t fall asleep to fast because i need 2 be punished for tonite

[denialcity]

for adoration grow - tobiizu unconventional hanahaki au - 435/?

"Stop staring or I'll charge you for the show," Izuna snarled. 

Immediately, Granny smacked him on the arm where there were no needles. 

"Don't talk, you are moving the needles," she scolded before rounding on Tobirama. "And you, behave or you go outside." 

"I have done nothing but stand here silently," Tobirama protested, making even that sound like it took great effort on his part. 

"And stare like I'm a piece of meat," Izuna argued, despite getting another smack on the arm. "Nii-san, make him go away." 

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