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EVERYONE(!) I’m blazing this post because at this pace we might barely hit 1,000,000 signatures—or just fall short. PLEASE reblog this post, no matter where you are from, so we can reach as many EU citizens as possible and end this horrible practice!

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vote outer wilds. play outer wilds. NOW !

Jungleland (Bruce Springsteen)

Outside the street's on fire in a real death waltz/Between what's flesh and what's fantasy/And the poets down here don't write nothing at all They just stand back and let it all be/And in the quick of a knife, they reach for their moment and try to make an honest stand/But they wind up wounded, not even dead/Tonight in Jungleland

"Oh man. I was introduced to this song as “the greatest song ever made” as a kid. Jesus, it really might be, at least it’s definitely up there. It’s about a piece of shit guy who lives like a piece of shit and dies like a piece of shit while a crazy world goes on around him just out of his reach. It’s so amazing, you need to listen to the whole thing front to back, the violins in the middle really fuck me up good. If you don’t expect an orchestral rock opera song from Bruce Springsteen (early in his catalog too) then you need to listen to more Springsteen. I love this whole album, and this is the ultimate closing track."

Traveller's Oncore (Outer Wilds)

Listen. The entire game comes to this moment. And you hear Travellers. But then you play the DLC, and when you get to the end…it changes you. You know that at the end of it all your friends are there. And it’s the universe loving you back. (If I say any more it’ll defo be spoilers for outerwilds and you Have to go into that game blind.)

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Super Mario Bracket: FINAL ROUND

"You're about to have a really terrible experience!"

Vivian

SEED: 1 (215 nominations)

PREVIOUS OPPONENT: Daisy

SPECIES: Shadow

DEBUT: The Thousand-Year Door

BIO: Vivian is one of the main characters of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door for the GameCube and its 2024 remake for the Switch. while she is introduced as an antagonist along with her sisters, she later joins Mario, at a time when all of Mario's friends have abandoned him.

Vivian's arc is one of the most memorable parts of one of the most critically acclaimed games in the greater Super Mario franchise. the 2024 remake of The Thousand-Year Door was specifically praised by critics and fans alike for making Vivian's transgender identity textually explicit in the English-language release, which had been censored in the original 2004 localization.

in the Super Mario Bracket, Vivian has consistently been one of the strongest competitors, from before the bracket even began. in the preliminaries, she received over twice as many nominations as the second most nominated character, Luigi. she has yet to finish a match with anything less than 70% of the vote, as can be seen in her previous matches against Dribble & Spitz, Goomba, Kamek, Count Bleck, Big Bertha, and Daisy.

[Super Mario Wiki article]

"I'm The Old Psychic Lady with the Evil Eye Who Reads Fortunes and Knows Everything Before It Happens."

The Old Psychic Lady with the Evil Eye Who Reads Fortunes and Knows Everything Before It Happens

SEED: 38 (17 nominations)

PREVIOUS OPPONENT: Luigi

SPECIES: Human

DEBUT: The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!

BIO: The Old Psychic Lady with the Evil Eye Who Reads Fortunes and Knows Everything Before It Happens is a character from the live-action segment "The Great Hereafter" from The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!. she is a spirit medium who brings Mario and Luigi into contact with the ghost of their deceased grandmother.

The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! is, among English-speaking Mario fans, one of the most well-known of the Super Mario franchise's non-video game works. its live action half-episodes were either paired with animated Super Show! episodes, or (as is the case for "The Great Hereafter") with episodes of the Legend of Zelda animated series.

The Old Psychic Lady with the Evil Eye Who Reads Fortunes and Knows Everything Before It Happens is introduced after Mario suggests to Luigi that they should talk to "the old lady with the evil eye that she could tell fortunes and she could tell things before they happen", just before the woman in question rings the doorbell and says her full title out loud.

in the Super Mario Bracket, The Old Psychic Lady with the Evil Eye Who Reads Fortunes and Knows Everything Before It Happens has gained a notable dedicated following, winning new fans over almost entirely from her name alone. her pure appeal has led her to win against Ms. Mowz, Funky Kong, Yoshi, Elvira, Rosalina, and Luigi: a remarkable achievement.

[Super Mario Wiki article]

[link to all polls]

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death row prisoners in the US scheduled to be executed this year: and petitions for clemency

Ramiro Gonzales - Texas - June 26th

Richard Rojem - Oklahoma - June 27th

Ruben Gutierrez - Texas - July 16th

Keith Gavin - Alabama - July 18th

Arthur Burton - Texas - August 7th

Marcellus Williams - Missouri - September 24th

Travis Mullis - Texas - September 24th

Alan Miller - Alabama - September 26th

click each person's name to sign their petition. full list that includes petitions against unscheduled and on-hold executions here. as far as i know you can sign even if you are not located in the US.

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Super Mario Bracket: ABRAHAM LINCOLN vs CHUNKY KONG

Abraham Lincoln

SEED: 16 (39 nominations)

SPECIES: Human

DEBUT: Mario's Time Machine

BIO: Bowser stole this guy's glasses

[Super Mario Wiki article]

Chunky Kong

SEED: 113 (6 nominations)

SPECIES: Kong

DEBUT: Donkey Kong 64

BIO: one hell of a guy

[Super Mario Wiki article]

[link to all polls]

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PROPAGANDA UNDER THE CUT: [SPOILERS AND POSSIBLE TRIGGERS AHEAD]

ORPHEUS:

MAYA FEY:

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ROUND 6 MATCH 5: DOKJA VS QUILL

Kim Dokja from Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint faces Quill Kipps from the Lockwood & Co. books. Who do you like more?

Dokja Propaganda:

"hes just everything to me. you dont understand. i type out orv characters so much that my phone will autocorrect 'just' to 'hsy' and 'okay' to 'kdj'"

"vote kim dokja he lives in my brain rent free top floor penthouse suite 24/7 room service etc"

"HES JESUS FOR THE MENTALLY ILL"

"kdj sweep hes my savior hes ruined my life hes my favorite"

"dojka is a whore. vote for his scheming gay ass"

"he's literally a father figure to these kids AND he has this homoerotic rivalry"

Quill Propaganda:

"He's such a loser. Has beef with 3 16 year olds. He's like 4'10. Had one of the best character arcs ever. He almost died. His sword is bejeweled."

"guys vote for my son quilliam and his stupid little bedazzled sword"

"you wanna punch his face in in the first book and by the end you're sobbing buckets and loving and protecting him as if he were your own and my closing argument: it would be really really fucking funny"

"VOTE QUILL HE HAS FUNNY GOGGLES AND IS BEEFING WITH A TEENAGER BECAUSE THAT TEENAGER STABBED HIM IN THE ASS DURING A FENCING COMPETITION WHEN HE WAS LIKE 11 AND QUILL NEVER GOT OVER IT"

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Welcome to the Fell first Fell harder FIGHT!

Do you have one pairing that you just KNOW one fell first but the other definitely fell harder? Well here's your chance to have them battle other pairings in a FIGHT and share them out to the world.

Guidelines:

Can be up to interpretation but you have to sell me on why they're fell first x fell harder

No incest or minor x adult obviously

Can be canon, fanon or anything in between

You can submit multiple pairings but no spamming the same pairing

No real people unless it's rp characters that are detached enough from the creators

No ocs (sorry)

Can be more than just 2 people

Hp is blacklisted

tags of tourneys that inspired me to get it rollin

@qpr-competition @guess-that-ship @ungodly-amounts-of-godly-trauma @romantic-friendship-tournament @sapphicshipshowdown @black-and-white-showdown @character-of-all-time @the-nobody-tournament @ultimate-tragic-couples-showdown @theyrebasicallycanonpoll @bestshipsmackdown @enemies-to-lovers-bracket @thecompetitionshowdowntournament @ultimate-poll-tournament

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HAVE A CHARACTER WITH A BOWLCUT? COME WATCH THEIR ASS GET BEAT!!!!!

this is a tournament about characters with bowlcuts!

submissions will likely end September 1st. it would be great if you rb'd this so i could get submissions!! also the date may extend if something is an issue <3

HERE IS THE LINK TO THE SUBMISSION FORM

form for if you'd like to be tagged every round

characters that have bowlcuts for specific scenes/time periods are allowed (examples: a character who has a bowlcut for a comedic scene. a character that only has a bowlcut in one of their comic runs and none of their other ones. a character who has a bowlcut for one movie/episode/season and it changes. etc.)

characters who are only described to have a bowlcut are allowed (book/podcast/a media without image or video) but you have to send proof (a quote) before i'll include them

if i, the mod, ever think a haircut is not a bowlcut i will post a poll before the tournament asking if it's a bowlcut

i will not accept characters from harry potter, south park, or hetalia. this list may change but those medias make me uncomfortable </3

about mod

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Gimme suggestions for a new bracket that may or may not happen

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VOTE MISSLE

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DOKSANG STAY WITH ME

M/F FRIENDSHIP POLL

FINAL ROUND

Kim Dokja & Yoo Sangah

(Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint)

VS

Soul & Maka

(Soul Eater)

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DOKSANG ILYSM

M/F FRIENDSHIP POLL

SEMIFINAL SIDE A

Kim Dokja & Yoo Sangah

(Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint)

VS

Luz & Hunter

(The Owl House)

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CGI animators should unionize next. normally, their jobs would be too precarious to strike, since studios would replace them without a second thought, but if it's part of this larger general film strike, they might finally have meaningful power to better their working conditions

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Simple question- which couple/polycule is your favorite?

Propaganda for Yoo Joonghyuk x Kim Dokja x Han Sooyoung : "The definition of "doomed by the narrative".

No propaganda submitted for Utenanthy.

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Are you okay being @ 'd by new tournaments to help them gain traction?

mhm!