aro characters... FIGHT!

[aroswagshowdown]

hi! this will be yet another tournament, similar to @nonbiney-swag-competition, @weirdgirlshowdown, @bestsapphicship, @aroalloarena, @gaygirlscompetition, @transfemswagbracket, @autismswagsummit, etc, to determine which character has the most aromantic swag!!

here are a few ground rules:

no real people, only characters

no harry potter

characters can be canon aro, fanon aro, headcanoned aro, or just have the Vibes, it doesn't matter

i'll only include a maximum of 2 characters from any single piece of media in the bracket, so that it doesn't end up overloaded with one show/game/etc

feel free to retake the form to submit multiple characters, but don't nominate the same character multiple times

propaganda is encouraged and can be sent through ask, reblog, or separate post with me tagged in it! propaganda is tagged with #propaganda

current status (updated march 15): rounds 1-4 are complete, and the 7-day final poll has begun!!

(for more info about the mod of this tournament, check out @aster-is-confused)

[reminders-to-drink-water]

Since I had to turn this on individually for all my sideblogs, I'm going to post about it on all my sideblogs.

Tumblr is going to be selling data to train AIs. If you don't want your posts used for that purpose, follow these steps:

1, Go into your blog settings. This is separate from your main settings, you have to go through an individual blog.

2, Scroll down to the "Visibility" section. This is near the bottom of your blog settings.

3, Find the toggle that says "Prevent third-party sharing for *blog name*" and turn it on.

4, Repeat for every sideblog you have. You will have to individually turn it on for all of your sideblogs, whether you have two or twenty.

[alloaroswagtournament]

Welcome to the AlloAro Swag Tournament!

I am hopping on the tournament bandwagon to bring you the alloaro swag tournament! There are a lot of great Aro/Aro-coded characters who are aroace but I think the characters with alloaro swag deserve some love too!!!

Submissions

This blog is run by @nerdicorntheshipper and inspired by blogs like @aroswagshowdown @transfemswagbracket @transmascswagbracket @autismswagsummit @besttropeveershowdown @who-do-i-know-this-man @bestfictionaldivorce

[dysphoria-things]

SO one of the interesting statistics from my aromantic census was that 51% of the so far 1,500 respondents were autistic. that is a huge abnormality and so i designed a basic survey for autistic and arospec people. you can take it here. then all that’s left is a control group to compare to- non arospec autistic people, who can please take the control group survey here.

the only rules are- you can be diagnosed or undiagnosed, as long as you believe you’re autistic. any arospec identity is free to participate and i really appreciate anyone who shares this around- the larger the sample size, the better more reliable results i get. for the control group, any autistic person, diagnosed or not, who isn’t aro is encouraged to participate. if you want to be tagged in the results, let me know!

[theater-kid-throwdown]

Do you have a blorbo who is either a true thespian, is associated with the performance arts, or was just undeniably, 100% in theater (or still is?) Submit them to compete against other theater kids and see who has the most

🎭 DRAMATIC SWAG! 🎭

(plaintext: dramatic swag!)

Run by @whimsii-cal ! I sincerely hope nobody has had this idea yet.

Big WIP. Fair warning mod is a nervous wreck and is very afraid she will get things wrong so be patient please/lh A lot is being worked on right now and submissions are not yet open, but will be soon!!! Follow for updates if you‘d like. You can also ask me to tag you when submissions do open.

Obligatory tags of polls that inspired this :

@bestfictionalparentshowdown @pinkhairswagtourney @precurehairtournament @precure-alphabet-showdown @magical-boy-bracket @magical-mascot-smackdown @gentle-giant-swag @pigtailpoll @ultimateinstrumentpoll @ultimateanthropoll @aroswagshowdown @best-animated-short-tourney @bestestspirit

[intersex-swag-showdown]

it's time for my own intersex swag showdown!

some rules:

submit any character you like through my ask box or submissions

final say is up to me

no characters who are canonically endosex mtf or ftm

propaganda is great! getting mad about a poll is not. any harassment will result in your pick being immediately eliminated and replaced.

if you don't like my final picks, suck me good n hard thru my jorts. it's my poll loser!

characters don't have to be canonically intersex

they can use any pronouns and be of any gender identity

if you want me to see a post, either @ me in it or tag it #interswagshowdown

okay, all that being said, i wanna tag some blogs that inspired this tournament!

@internonswagtournament @character-of-all-time @iconic-post-bracket @noncanonsapphicsofalltime @blorbopoll2 @the-ultimate-hunger-games @weird-al-song-tourney @tournament-winners-tournament @aroswagshowdown @weirdgirlshowdown @autismswagsummit

[interplayshakespearefriendships]

Interplay Shakespeare Friendship Masterpost

I have decided to participate in the bracket polls!

How this will work

First, I will be collecting submissions for friendships. These can be any TWO TO FOUR characters from SEPARATE Shakespeare plays.

Please feel free to submit as many as you would like (on separate occasions), even if you think it might have been submitted before. If I see a lot of people suggesting something, it is more likely to make it into the bracket.

Once I received enough submissions, they will go into brackets and the showdown will begins.

[aroswagshowdown]

if ur taking poll suggestions has anyone done a glasses tournament yet? like just a general characters with glasses bracket? probably but itd still be fun :D it could maybe be narrowed down to like shades or small glasses etc if its too general

hmmm maybe! i'll look into it

[aster-is-confused]

okay here's a modified, slightly less specific version of my very hyperspecific poll so that maybe some people will have experienced these things-

have you ever...

broken a bone at gymnastics practice

owned a bird that weighed over 20 pounds (mine weighs like 150-200 lol)

needed over 80 stitches at one time

had to quit a sport after developing asthma

had one of your school faculty get fired because of their research/writing

played a dead rock musician in a play or musical

multiple of these

none of these/see results

Voting ended onApr 25, 2023

[aroswagshowdown]

(if i'm boosting the other one i might as well boost this one too)

[aster-is-confused]

okay i know these hyperspecific polls are getting overdone but they're so fun so here's one. all of them are true for me, and some of them might be a little too specific but they were fun to come up with

have you ever...

broken an arm on the trampoline at gymnastics practice

had a pet emu

gotten an dog bite that required over 100 stitches

had to quit the swim team after 6+ years b/c you developed asthma

your principal got fired after parents found their papers on critical pedagogy

played Kurt Cobain in a school musical

multiple of these

none of these

Voting ended onApr 24, 2023

[aroswagshowdown]

(not aro swag related but i wanted to boost this poll from my main)

[queerprotagonistshowdown]

Brought to you by the person who created such tournaments as @transgenderswagcompetition and @squimbusfrommypolls…

Welcome to the Queer Protagonist Showdown! Nominate you’re favorite queer protagonists here!

Specifications on what’s considered a protagonist here and here

Rules:

No real people, this one’s for fictional characters only

Canon or heavily implied queer protagonists only. I usually don’t mind headcanons in these but I want this one to be strictly canon/heavily implied characters only

Queer includes every lgbtqia identity. If they’re trans, gay, bi, pan, aro, ace, intersex, etc. they’re allowed

Protagonists confirmed queer outside of the media are allowed

Minecraft Roleplay characters are allowed if the creator has stated or implied they’re character is queer (I’m more lenient on the definition of a protagonist in mcrp since having one sole protag is nearly impossible so if they’re a main part of the main story being told I’ll allow them)

Likewise protagonists from other media created on YouTube or another similar platforms are allowed as long as the creator has confirmed/implied that the protagonist is queer

Nominating multiple characters is allowed just nominate each character once

Since I’m assuming she’ll get tons of nominations Luz Noceda is automatically included

Inspired by: @bisexual-protagonist-competiton @aroswagshowdown @alloarocharactershowdown and other such brackets

[aroswagshowdown]

also if i make a losers bracket or any kind of part 2 to this tournament then i'll work on making it more accessible (image IDs, plain text, and the like). i saw a lot of "needs id" and "no id" tags on the poll reblogs and it made me realize i forgot to add that, but you can't edit posts with polls in them

[aroswagshowdown]

whoops sorry for the random personal posts that keep getting reblogged here, i just noticed that the post about male actors accidentally got posted here instead. i've never had a sideblog this active before and i keep forgetting to switch accounts 😭

[aroswagshowdown]

and the character with the most aro swag is...

SAKUKO KODAMA!

pt: and the character with the most aro swag is... Sakuko Kodama!

i will probably post later about a possible losers bracket to continue the tournament. but for now just enjoy the win sakukosweepers :]

[aroswagshowdown]

aro swag showdown: finals!!

who has THE MOST aro swag??

Sonic the Hedgehog (Sonic)

Sakuko Kodama (Koisenu Futari)

Voting ended onMar 24, 2023

(i promised actual photo editing for the finals and here it is. also propaganda is highly encouraged for this round and can be found under the "#propaganda" tag!! more info under the cut)

propaganda rules:

positive propaganda is encouraged

mildly negative propaganda is allowed but only if it's funny and not insulting voters or other groups/fandoms

propaganda can be submitted through the ask box (anon is allowed) or by making a post and tagging me!

quick warning: i am usually on mobile which has an especially glitchy askbox and i make no promises that your ask will not get poofed by the tumblr demons

i'm especially encouraging propaganda for Sakuko since she's from a more obscure show, and i think sonic inherently has an advantage just from name recognition. however feel free to make Sonic propaganda too

have fun!!

now go forth and support your blorbos!!

[minipisi-is-dumb]

I will be so fucking annoying this final week

VOTE SAKUKO SHE IS CANON AROMANTIC HER WHOLE STORY IS ABOUT HER BEING AROMANTIC

this entire show give 2 main aroace characters, has a literal ASPEC MEETING ONSCREEN and is not a cartoon or implied or avoiding using the words it's such an important aro rep and is simply such a well written little show

SHE IS LITERALLY IN A NON ROMANTIC PARTNERSHIP. SHE BREAKS SO MANY ARO STEREOTYPES WHILE ALSO HAVING AN AMAZING DYNAMIC WITH TAKAHASHI WHO FOLLOWS A MORE TRADITIONAL CHARACTERIZATION WHICH MAKES A GREAT CONTRAST AND AMAZING REP FOR EVERYONE IN THE SPECTRUM AND THOSE OUTSIDE WHO WANT TO LEARN!!!!!

THEY DON'T JUST LIVE TOGETHER!!! THEY'RE OTHER THAN FRIENDS! THEY'RE OTHER THAN FAMILY! THEYRE ALLIES !!! THEY'RE THERE FOR EACH OTHER AND GROW TOGETHER AS PEOPLE BECAUSE OF THE OTHER !!! THEY'RE PEAK CANON REPRESENTATION AND ARE SO GENUINE AND JUST GOOD

the show is about how you can be happy while being aspec, about how your life is not less fulfilling and how happiness comes in plenty forms and she deserves to win the finals as the swagger aro ever

also prev said it best:

GIVE HER A CHANCE!!! GIVE HER YOU VOTE!!! SHE'S SO IMPORTANT TO ARO REP AND WINNING WOULD BE SO COOL specially with how CLOSE she is even if sonic is a more well known character

you can tell the people want her to get the crown so LETS GIVE IT TO HER

[aroswagshowdown]

aro swag showdown: finals!!

who has THE MOST aro swag??

Sonic the Hedgehog (Sonic)

Sakuko Kodama (Koisenu Futari)

Voting ended onMar 24, 2023

(i promised actual photo editing for the finals and here it is. also propaganda is highly encouraged for this round and can be found under the "#propaganda" tag!! more info under the cut)

propaganda rules:

positive propaganda is encouraged

mildly negative propaganda is allowed but only if it's funny and not insulting voters or other groups/fandoms

propaganda can be submitted through the ask box (anon is allowed) or by making a post and tagging me!

quick warning: i am usually on mobile which has an especially glitchy askbox and i make no promises that your ask will not get poofed by the tumblr demons

i'm especially encouraging propaganda for Sakuko since she's from a more obscure show, and i think sonic inherently has an advantage just from name recognition. however feel free to make Sonic propaganda too

have fun!!

now go forth and support your blorbos!!

[aroswagshowdown]

10 hours left! get your final votes in!!

[yakuzakaraokesingoff]

Welcome to the Yakuza Karaoke Sing Off !!

Hello hello !! I'm Jinx and my main is @monkiiekid

I've been thinking about making one of these and finally found an idea to latch onto. Definitely helps that these games have been my main fixation recently

with that out of the way some things to note:

for Bakamitai there will be a preliminary poll to decide which version makes it to the main bracket, same for Machine Gun Kiss

will probably also do some preliminary polls to decide on the Japanese or English version of the Yakuza: Like A Dragon songs

some videos for the karaoke songs are a bit spoilery, so I'll do my best to mark those spoilers !!

im also including the four dance songs from Lost Judgment because thats the closest we are getting to Yagami karaoke and also to get a better bracket number and also I said so

I'll probably be making the bracket in the next few days so I'll post that when its done !!

the main inspiration for this specific topic is @bangerbattlethemes but doing a tournament at all was inspired by all the lovely blogs ive seen sprout up such as, but not limited to:

@skittlesquadsquabble @tentacletournament @darkhairedgaming @ultimatepinkgirl @aroswagshowdown @sleepsmackdown @faceless-face-off @gotalittletoosilly