#what do i tag this with...

[false-credentials-tournament]

Welcome to the Lied On Their Resume Tournament!

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

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

Guidelines

[plaintext: guidelines]

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

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

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

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

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

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

[guiiay]

jinx and isha visit a walmart

[mearchy]

my favorite genre of fictional character is like "i am terrifying to almost everyone, i'm very good at killing, i can endure anything, i've become exceptionally good at playing into my reputation, and if you try to give me positive social interaction i will react with confusion and cower in a corner like an abused animal. and i may try to shoot you. but there is also a chance i may imprint on you like a feral dog receiving its first loving touch! good luck."

[rosenkranz-does-things]

some attempts at vintage pulp covers style

[jettonetrillion]

This shirt came to me in a vision

[marfian]

So act 3 huh

[gl1tchedj3llyfish]

BREAKING NEWS: EMOTIONALLY CONSTIPATED FATHER TRIES TO SHOW AFFECTION

Tiny Tim needs some validation and love.

[vulpinesaint]

quiz enjoyers! i am now inviting you to come create something in my workshop❕

[fox-bright]

I am never going to be able to leave Reddit.

[12neonlit-stage]

you're allowed to discuss and work together, reblog for a higher sample size or something

You have 1 week, good luck!

[butchfalin]

the funniest meltdown ive ever had was in college when i got so overstimulated that i could Not speak, including over text. one of my friends was trying to talk me through it but i was solely using emojis because they were easier than trying to come up with words so he started using primarily emojis as well just to make things feel balanced. this was not the Most effective strategy... until. he tried to ask me "you okay?" but the way he chose to do that was by sending "👉🏼👌🏼❓" and i was so shocked by suddenly being asked if i was dtf that i was like WHAT???? WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY TO ME?????????? and thus was verbal again

[thefangirl-16-blog]

WHO WILL WIN

[secondbeatsongs]

somehow instead of saying "as a treat", I've started using the phrase "for morale", as if my body is a ship and its crew, and I (the captain) have to keep us in high spirits, lest we suffer a mutiny in the coming days.

and so I will eat this small block of fancy cheese, for morale. I will take a break and drink some tea, for morale. I will pick up that weird bug, for morale.

I'm not sure if it helps, but it does entertain me

[eggy-the-boy]

"Friends don't look at friends that way" I think some of you just need to be nicer to your friends.