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is there any easy way to view the finale winner? tumblr tags are impossible to navigate + the finale polls seem kind of far back alread

Here is a link to the finale

Hope that helps :D

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On November 7, 2024, Denmark used a racist, culturally biased "parenting competency" test to remove a 2 hour old baby, Zammi, from her loving indigenous Greenlandic Inuit mother, Keira, because her native language, which uses minute facial expressions to communicate, will not be able to "[prepare] the child for the social expectations and codes that are necessary to navigate in Danish society." This test had been recommended not to be used at the federal level before this happened but certain municipalities, including the one this happened in, chose to continue to use it regardless. Not only is this blatantly racist but also violates multiple declarations and conventions that Denmark has signed that protect the rights of indigenous people.

Please sign this petition to help Keira to get her baby back.

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Our new topic is...

Favorite Body Swaps!

Do you have any Favorite Body Swaps? You know, the trope when multiple people are suddenly in the body of someone else?

Well, here is the tournament for you!

Your body swap can be a quick gag of a few seconds or an entire episode or movie centered around the swap.

Maybe it's an exploration of the character's struggles. Maybe it's a plot by a villain. Maybe it's just meant for comedic purposes. Just tell me all about it

Every piece of media is allowed as long as it's in the source material.

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Here's a link: https://www.tumblr.com/tamamita/765901336876285952/they-also-said-this?source=share

Thank you! This makes things much clearer.

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hey i know that post was important bc fuck nazis but @/spot-the-antisemitsm is a raging zionist

Thank you for pointing this out. I had no idea

Do you have some souces on the things they said/did?

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“make auschwitz jewish again”

there are ACTUAL OUT AND PROUD NAZIS on this website. and literally nobody but the jews are talking about it.

let me repeat— there are people who think every jewish person or the majority of them deserve to DIE.

there are fucking nazis on this website

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The first choice for a poll is here!

The topic is

Disproportionate Retribution

This describes a character getting punished unnecessarily harsh for a crime.

Examples:

Be a bit of a jerk? A fate worse than death!

Be an annoying tattletail at age 10? Death!

Etc.

(Sorry for tagging you all again)

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Do you want to see any of the listed poll concepts or maybe want to see a niche poll concept be made in the future?

Then I am here!

The current list of options include:

Disproportionate Retribution

(The punishment of a character who does not deserve such a severe fate. Example: Being a bit of a prick and the narrative punishes you with a fate worse than death)

Worts/Best Reset Button Ending

(A piece of media going back to the beginning, resetting everything; examples in media: Trollhunters, The Adventures of Puss in Boots, Ninjago Season 6)

Body Swaps

(Self explanatory)

The Most Irredeemable Asshole

(The characters we can agree on are just completely irredeemable)

The Most Idiotic Characters:

(Which character made the stupidest choices?(/affectionate/derogatory))

Worst 'Redemption' Arcs:

(Either terribly paced, executed or the story pretending a character is redeemed)

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Has this been done yet

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Have you ever absolutely loathed a protagonist, either because they are an annoying hypocrite, a terrible person portrayed as a good one or a Mary Sue/Gary Stue?

Then this is the poll for you, where we determine who the most insufferable protagonist is.

The protagonist may be from a book, show, film, game etc.

Disclaimer: You may submit anti propaganda as a rebuttal at any point if you disagree with a MC being insufferable

Inspired by:

@the-worst-bracket @the-robot-bracket @look-how-they-massacred-them @generic-man-in-suit-battle @gentle-giant-swag

@most-canon-non-canon-ship-poll @worstwebtooncouplespoll @jerktournament

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Who is the best turncoat character? (Round 2)

A tournament for characters who change allegiances and/or have a redemption or corruption arc during their stories

PROPAGANDA:

Wheatley- The biggest gut punch in video game history that doesn’t involve a character dying. Plus Wheatley has some of the best lines in the game, both before and after switching sides. Plus PLUS, Stephen Merchant.

River Song- Raised as an assassin who's mission was to Kill the Doctor, she saved his life and married him instead

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Round 1: Match 9

"Two Sides of the Same Coin"- Two things that are regarded as part of the same thing. Even if they're very different, they have at least one common thread that helps them fit into this trope.

Propaganda (under the cut):

Edelgard von Hresvelg and Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd:

"Their whole thing is so sad :( literally hate each other like they got crazy beef but the thing that stands out to me is how they're each a main villain in each other's routes and they're like so opposite in their whole things and yet are so important to each other's stories and stuff. Destined to kill each other and stuff (don't think about Verdant Wind or Silver Snow where Dimitri is killed by a random ass guy that's uh different because uh reasons)"

"Two people. Their stories completely inseparable from one another. They were adopted siblings, for a time, unbeknownst to each other. Friends, for a time, although one forgot the other, buried him deep in the corners of her mind after tragedy struck. A tragedy struck him as well, but he never forgot. Years later, they reunite as classmates, but those peaceful school days would not last long. They grow up to pursue their own ambitions, their own dreams for the world. One wants to bring a sweeping change across the continent for the greater good. The other seeks to stop her, believing the price of the war she's starting to outweigh any good that would come from her new world. On Edelgard's route, she kills Dimitri, expressing her disdain for his obsession with her, his personal vendetta that she knows nothing of, as she is unaware of their shared past. In Dimitri's route, he offers her the hand of redemption, but she doesn't take it, refusing to give up her beliefs and fight for her vision of the future until the bitter end. Dimitri sees Edelgard as the nexus of all his pain and suffering, while she simply sees him as an obstacle in her quest for a new world. But despite all this, you cannot have one without the other. While one is more consciously aware of it than the other, their destinies are fundamentally intertwined. It's a beautiful and extremely sad story about two people diametrically opposed in every way, including im their perceived importance to one another, who still would not be the same without each other."

Megatron and Optimus Prime:

(no propaganda)

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Maybe the next Round of the tournament should be an unhinged edition where it's not about who is insufferable, but who is the least deserving of being called insufferable.

And everyone can submit the most unhinged takes they have seen on their favorite characters