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[discworldbooksbracket]

Congratulations to Night Watch for winning the Discworld books bracket! 🎉🎉🎉

An additional congratulations to Feet of Clay and Going Postal for winning second and third place 🥳

Thank you to everyone who participated; I hope you had fun uwu

Stay tuned for a tournament wrapup and future of the blog post tonight; I'm working today so it will have to wait until I'm back at my computer.

[discworldbooksbracket]

Tournament Wrapup

Putting this as a reply so that I can pin both this and the winner's announcement to the top of the blog

And that's a wrap on the Discworld book bracket! Despite some... questionable sweeps, we managed to have a good time; our highest traffic poll, Night Watch vs Going Postal, got over three thousand votes, far far far more traffic than I ever expected any of these polls to get. And despite my own opinions, I maintain what I said in the very first announcement for this poll: some of us are right, and some of us are right with numbers to back us up. (But Going Postal is still the best Discworld book. Sorry/not sorry.)

So, what are we looking at for the future of this blog?

I have already talked about this back in rounds one and two, but I do have more ideas for Discworld themed polls, and will be keeping this blog active by running them. I will also be reblogging other Discworld polls over here; if you have a Discworld poll blog or there is a Discworld related thing as a poll option, feel free to send it to me. I'd like this blog to be a place people interested in voting on Discworld related polls can hang out and do just that.

As far as the immediate future of the blog is concerned, I am in the middle of running a Cats poll over @jellicle-brawl (we're in the middle of round two right now) and will (hopefully) begin @crossovernonshipstournament soon, and once I get non-ship going steady I want to start an evil woman bracket. (Which I will announce over here when it's ready.) So I can't say for sure how long it will be before season two starts. That said, with all probability season two will be Death Cameos, because those are fun and the least likely of my ideas to have a Watch sweep.

As far as the books bracket itself goes, I am thinking I might at some future date run it again, but with a different format and the entire bibliography of Discworld, just to see how a different format (and an established following) changes the results. But that will be much later down the line, so don't worry about it right now- just something I'm pondering!

If you'd like to hang out with me elsewhere on the tumbles, I'm @certifiedwerewolf on my main, and @artificialkids-2k23-official as my main poll community hub- basically where I reblog any polls that aren't relevant to a specific blog. If you're only here for the Discworld stuff, feel free to just hang out here specifically! I'm happy to chat about Discworld stuff if you feel like dropping into the askbox, and I may run some silly one-off polls from time to time for fun and to generate some conversation. We'll see :)

Think that's all~ Thanks for participating, this really has been a blast and I'm looking forward to the next one. See you around o7

[namedafterflowerstournament]

Botanic Tournament : Main Bracket !

Round 4 Poll PPP

Carrot Ironfoundersson (Discworld) VS Hollyleaf (Warrior Cats)

Carrot

Hollyleaf

Show results

Voting ended onFeb 21, 2024

(Carrots and holly leaves)

[goodgrammaritan]

@discworldbooksbracket

[oldhagtournament]

ROUND 1 - GROUP A

Granny Puckett vs Granny Weatherwax

Granny Puckett

Granny Weatherwax

Voting ended onFeb 10, 2024

Propaganda under the cut

Granny Puckett

if hoodwinked wasnt so obscure i truly think she would be a tumblr icon. she has a baking imperium she does extreme sports she saved red riding hood and the forest by blowing shit up. defeats capitalism.

voiced by glenn close

Granny Weatherwax

She's good but not nice, she's a witch, in the maiden/mother/crone trio she's the crone, she's powerful and intelligent (although not booksmart), she's an inspiration and a terror to everyone in Discworld.

The Hag ‘o Hags, she is the leader of her small coven in Lancre holding the role of “crone”.

She’s saved the world many times, with tea and bees and other haggish delights.

[morally-grey-girlbosses]

Round 3 Match 9: Granny Weatherwax (Discworld) vs. Starlight Glimmer (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)

Granny Weatherwax

Starlight Glimmer

Voting ended onNov 5, 2023

Propaganda under the cut.

Granny Weatherwax:

Granny Weatherwax is a witch. Witches don't have leaders, because Granny Weatherwax never allow that sort of thing. She knows that she is the most dangerous thing in this dark forest. She is extremely good at what she does. She is kind, but not nice. She helps her community, cures people with potions and psychology, and she is an extremely practical person. She watches herself very closely to make sure she never strays from her own moral compass. There’s no harsher judge of Granny Weatherwax than Granny Weatherwax. Here are some quotes from the books: Granny’s implicit belief that everything should get out of her way extended to other witches, very tall trees and, on occasion, mountains. Granny Weatherwax was not a good loser. From her point of view, losing was something that happened to other people. Many people could say things in a cutting way. But Granny Weatherwax could listen in a cutting way. She could make something sound stupid just by hearing it. “I did start out in witchcraft to get boys, to tell you the truth.’ ‘Think I don’t know that?’ ‘What did you start out to get, Esme?’ Granny stopped, and looked up at the frosty sky and then down at the ground. ‘Dunno,’ she said at last. ‘Even, I suppose.”

Starlight Glimmer:

She ran a whole cult town on her own! She learned a complicated, powerful time travel spell to get her revenge, taking down the world in the process! She later becomes headmare of a large school! She was better when she had bangs. She has a girlfriend! Go listen to ‘say goodbye to the holiday’!

Solving Emotional Problems With Magic

[most-american-ever]

Who's your favorite ruler?

Havelock Vetinari (Discworld)

Samwise Gamgee (The Lord of the Rings)

Voting ended onOct 26, 2023

Havelock:

Lord Vetinari, I'm sure, requires no introduction. A man who slithered through government like the adder slithering towards your ankle. A man who took a harsh, brutal city and turned it into a harsh, brutal city that works. No matter how much you love him or hate him, he is indispensable.

He prefers reading sheet music over listening to it. He keeps Leonardo da Vinci prisoner in his attic. He keeps an axe stuck in the middle of the council table and calls it a 'conversation piece'. He makes a con man fix the post office so he can play long-distance chess with a vampire milf. He weaponizes politeness, staring and sarcasm. He gets drunk once and talks about skunks. What's there not to love?

Samwise:

According the appendices of The Return of the King, Sam was elected Mayor of the Shire for almost fifty years straight (!) after his return from the quest to Mordor. And why not? As anyone can attest, but his companions in the Fellowship of the Ring would insist, you couldn’t ask for a better leader of Hobbits or a more loyal friend. When Sam was tempted by the most powerful evil force in the world, all it could come up with was a vision of him growing the most wonderful garden ever seen. Over his seven seven-year terms as mayor, no doubt Sam did this, keeping the Shire peaceful and bountiful.

[treesinspace]

The thing about this poll is that of course everyone loves Sam Gamgee. But his story wasn't ABOUT being a ruler! We know and love him as a humble gardener!

But Havelock Vetinari - of course everyone also loves Havelock Vetinari - the thing about this character is that "ruler" is a central part of who he is and his role in the story

Every scene he's in is absolute gold and before he even had a name he WAS The Patrician

He cosplays at being a stereotypical Evil Scheming ruler, dresses all in black and has a goatee, sends people to the "scorpion pit", etc... But in reality he is just an extremely effective public servant, he wants the city to proper and the citizens to have good lives and by god will he get there. Partly by terrifying his political rivals with his "evil tyrant"-sona

So what I'm saying is, vote Vetinari, he has a "one man one vote" system! (Vetinari is the man, and he has the vote)

[most-american-ever]

Who's your favorite ruler?

Havelock Vetinari (Discworld)

Samwise Gamgee (The Lord of the Rings)

Voting ended onOct 26, 2023

Havelock:

Lord Vetinari, I'm sure, requires no introduction. A man who slithered through government like the adder slithering towards your ankle. A man who took a harsh, brutal city and turned it into a harsh, brutal city that works. No matter how much you love him or hate him, he is indispensable.

He prefers reading sheet music over listening to it. He keeps Leonardo da Vinci prisoner in his attic. He keeps an axe stuck in the middle of the council table and calls it a 'conversation piece'. He makes a con man fix the post office so he can play long-distance chess with a vampire milf. He weaponizes politeness, staring and sarcasm. He gets drunk once and talks about skunks. What's there not to love?

Samwise:

According the appendices of The Return of the King, Sam was elected Mayor of the Shire for almost fifty years straight (!) after his return from the quest to Mordor. And why not? As anyone can attest, but his companions in the Fellowship of the Ring would insist, you couldn’t ask for a better leader of Hobbits or a more loyal friend. When Sam was tempted by the most powerful evil force in the world, all it could come up with was a vision of him growing the most wonderful garden ever seen. Over his seven seven-year terms as mayor, no doubt Sam did this, keeping the Shire peaceful and bountiful.

[shiftyfly]

@discworldbooksbracket we need support

[whatcha-thinkin]

You have the opportunity to travel to a fictional universe but with an important restriction. Which if any would you accept?

MCU / DCEU but you have no superpowers

Star Wars but you are not Force-sensitive

Star Trek but you are not in Starfleet

Wizarding World / Harry Potter but you have no magic

Middle-Earth but you have no weapon training

BattleTech but you are not a pilot

Discworld but you have no magic

Dune but you are not a noble

Hitchhiker's Galaxy but you do not have an electronic thumb

Narnia but you are not human

fuck it guess I'll stay home

Voting ended onOct 11, 2023

[hugintheraven]

In order:

Just the modern day with more privacy violations and random death

Sci-fi future but you really want to avoid anything plot-relevant

Literally a utopia where, by the rules of this post, you aren't expected to do any real work

Just the modern day world

You shit in a bucket but the music is good at least

Do you want to get stepped on by a robot and not in a fun way?

A parody of the modern world where you shit in a bucket for the benefit of capitalism

I cannot express how bad a choice this is

Why and how would you do this?

You shit in a bucket but as your fursona this time so that's at least a positive

Like, I understand what OP was going for, but there is a very clear correct answer here.

[discworldbooksbracket]

Hey quick question do you think the only people who work in the Star Trek universe are Starfleet. Just checking.

[kingofdoma]

yeah, but like... jobs are like hobbies you just need to do one to pass the time no one's gonna get on your case if you just vibe and get free room and board on earth

[discworldbooksbracket]

You have some serious misconceptions about the UFP my friend

Anyway the correct answer is Star Trek post Next Gen season two because thanks to advances in holodeck technology that makes all of them available to you at will

[whatcha-thinkin]

You have the opportunity to travel to a fictional universe but with an important restriction. Which if any would you accept?

MCU / DCEU but you have no superpowers

Star Wars but you are not Force-sensitive

Star Trek but you are not in Starfleet

Wizarding World / Harry Potter but you have no magic

Middle-Earth but you have no weapon training

BattleTech but you are not a pilot

Discworld but you have no magic

Dune but you are not a noble

Hitchhiker's Galaxy but you do not have an electronic thumb

Narnia but you are not human

fuck it guess I'll stay home

Voting ended onOct 11, 2023

[hugintheraven]

In order:

Just the modern day with more privacy violations and random death

Sci-fi future but you really want to avoid anything plot-relevant

Literally a utopia where, by the rules of this post, you aren't expected to do any real work

Just the modern day world

You shit in a bucket but the music is good at least

Do you want to get stepped on by a robot and not in a fun way?

A parody of the modern world where you shit in a bucket for the benefit of capitalism

I cannot express how bad a choice this is

Why and how would you do this?

You shit in a bucket but as your fursona this time so that's at least a positive

Like, I understand what OP was going for, but there is a very clear correct answer here.

[discworldbooksbracket]

Hey quick question do you think the only people who work in the Star Trek universe are Starfleet. Just checking.

[whatcha-thinkin]

You have the opportunity to travel to a fictional universe but with an important restriction. Which if any would you accept?

MCU / DCEU but you have no superpowers

Star Wars but you are not Force-sensitive

Star Trek but you are not in Starfleet

Wizarding World / Harry Potter but you have no magic

Middle-Earth but you have no weapon training

BattleTech but you are not a pilot

Discworld but you have no magic

Dune but you are not a noble

Hitchhiker's Galaxy but you do not have an electronic thumb

Narnia but you are not human

fuck it guess I'll stay home

Voting ended onOct 11, 2023

[most-american-ever]

Who's your favorite ruler?

Nefertari Vivi (One Piece)

Havelock Vetinari (Discworld)

Voting ended onOct 10, 2023

Vivi:

When her country was drifting towards civil war, she infiltrated the organization responsible to find out more and spent 2 years rising through the ranks (she was 14 when she started, 16 when she stopped). When she was eventually found out, she recruited a group of pirates to help her take down the leader instead. She always puts her people first and would do anything to protect them, even sacrificing her own happiness and the chance at the adventure of a lifetime.

Havelock:

Lord Vetinari, I'm sure, requires no introduction. A man who slithered through government like the adder slithering towards your ankle. A man who took a harsh, brutal city and turned it into a harsh, brutal city that works. No matter how much you love him or hate him, he is indispensable.

He prefers reading sheet music over listening to it. He keeps Leonardo da Vinci prisoner in his attic. He keeps an axe stuck in the middle of the council table and calls it a 'conversation piece'. He makes a con man fix the post office so he can play long-distance chess with a vampire milf. He weaponizes politeness, staring and sarcasm. He gets drunk once and talks about skunks. What's there not to love?

[woostershiresauce]

No fucks to be found in Discworld books.

which Discworld character should be allowed to say Fuck?

Rincewind

Sam Vimes

Lord Vetinari

Moist von Lipwig

Susan Sto Helit

Nanny Ogg

Angua

Nobby Nobbs

Adora Belle Dearheart

Granny Weatherwax

Maladict

someone else (tell me in comments)

Voting ended onOct 3, 2023

[most-american-ever]

Who's your favorite ruler?

Havelock Vetinari (Discworld)

Peach (Nintendo)

Voting ended onOct 3, 2023

Havelock:

Lord Vetinari, I'm sure, requires no introduction. A man who slithered through government like the adder slithering towards your ankle. A man who took a harsh, brutal city and turned it into a harsh, brutal city that works. No matter how much you love him or hate him, he is indispensable.

He prefers reading sheet music over listening to it. He keeps Leonardo da Vinci prisoner in his attic. He keeps an axe stuck in the middle of the council table and calls it a 'conversation piece'. He makes a con man fix the post office so he can play long-distance chess with a vampire milf. He weaponizes politeness, staring and sarcasm. He gets drunk once and talks about skunks. What's there not to love?

Peach:

A fierce head of state that rules like no other, Princess Peach is shedding her damsel in distress and emerging as a force to be reckoned with. You do NOT want to be on the opposite side of her fire balls.

[morally-grey-girlbosses]

Round 1 Match 34: Riza Hawkeye (Fullmetal Alchemist) vs. Granny Weatherwax (Discworld)

Riza Hawkeye

Granny Weatherwax

Voting ended onOct 1, 2023

Propaganda under the cut.

Riza Hawkeye:

The best sniper in the Amestris military and the common sense of Team Mustang. Would be a war criminal if there was a geneva convention equivalent in Fullmetal Alchemist. Her goal is to make the things she did in the Ishval civil war illegal and face trial for them. Fights with guns in a setting with monsters and people with alchemy magic.

Granny Weatherwax:

Granny Weatherwax is a witch. Witches don't have leaders, because Granny Weatherwax never allow that sort of thing. She knows that she is the most dangerous thing in this dark forest. She is extremely good at what she does. She is kind, but not nice. She helps her community, cures people with potions and psychology, and she is an extremely practical person. She watches herself very closely to make sure she never strays from her own moral compass. There’s no harsher judge of Granny Weatherwax than Granny Weatherwax. Here are some quotes from the books: Granny’s implicit belief that everything should get out of her way extended to other witches, very tall trees and, on occasion, mountains. Granny Weatherwax was not a good loser. From her point of view, losing was something that happened to other people. Many people could say things in a cutting way. But Granny Weatherwax could listen in a cutting way. She could make something sound stupid just by hearing it. “I did start out in witchcraft to get boys, to tell you the truth.’ ‘Think I don’t know that?’ ‘What did you start out to get, Esme?’ Granny stopped, and looked up at the frosty sky and then down at the ground. ‘Dunno,’ she said at last. ‘Even, I suppose.”

[discworldbooksbracket]

#this is from a discworld blog so I wouldn’t expect them to know everything

For clarity, I reblog any poll someone sends me that involves Discworld in some capacity, my own opinions notwithstanding. I don't go here in FMA but I know my friends who do like her :)

[morally-grey-girlbosses]

Round 1 Match 34: Riza Hawkeye (Fullmetal Alchemist) vs. Granny Weatherwax (Discworld)

Riza Hawkeye

Granny Weatherwax

Voting ended onOct 1, 2023

Propaganda under the cut.

Riza Hawkeye:

The best sniper in the Amestris military and the common sense of Team Mustang. Would be a war criminal if there was a geneva convention equivalent in Fullmetal Alchemist. Her goal is to make the things she did in the Ishval civil war illegal and face trial for them. Fights with guns in a setting with monsters and people with alchemy magic.

Granny Weatherwax:

Granny Weatherwax is a witch. Witches don't have leaders, because Granny Weatherwax never allow that sort of thing. She knows that she is the most dangerous thing in this dark forest. She is extremely good at what she does. She is kind, but not nice. She helps her community, cures people with potions and psychology, and she is an extremely practical person. She watches herself very closely to make sure she never strays from her own moral compass. There’s no harsher judge of Granny Weatherwax than Granny Weatherwax. Here are some quotes from the books: Granny’s implicit belief that everything should get out of her way extended to other witches, very tall trees and, on occasion, mountains. Granny Weatherwax was not a good loser. From her point of view, losing was something that happened to other people. Many people could say things in a cutting way. But Granny Weatherwax could listen in a cutting way. She could make something sound stupid just by hearing it. “I did start out in witchcraft to get boys, to tell you the truth.’ ‘Think I don’t know that?’ ‘What did you start out to get, Esme?’ Granny stopped, and looked up at the frosty sky and then down at the ground. ‘Dunno,’ she said at last. ‘Even, I suppose.”

[i-know-this-man]

Vote for who you're MORE familiar with!! Round 1

Havelock Vetinari (Discworld)

Hawkeye Pierce (M*A*S*H)

I know neither

Voting ended onSep 27, 2023

[most-american-ever]

Who's your favorite ruler?

Havelock Vetinari (Discworld)

Jiang Cheng (The Untamed)

Voting ended onSep 21, 2023

Havelock:

Lord Vetinari, I'm sure, requires no introduction. A man who slithered through government like the adder slithering towards your ankle. A man who took a harsh, brutal city and turned it into a harsh, brutal city that works. No matter how much you love him or hate him, he is indispensable.

He prefers reading sheet music over listening to it. He keeps Leonardo da Vinci prisoner in his attic. He keeps an axe stuck in the middle of the council table and calls it a 'conversation piece'. He makes a con man fix the post office so he can play long-distance chess with a vampire milf. He weaponizes politeness, staring and sarcasm. He gets drunk once and talks about skunks. What's there not to love?

Jiang Cheng:

he was raised as a heir from childhood, but for the times of peace. So when the war started and his home was razed to the ground, nobody the fuck expected this teenager (late teens but still) whose Clan was almost completely decimated to be able to rally people and bring them under his banner and become a major force in the war. How did he convince people to follow him? Who knows! Not our POV character so not us either, but the fact is that he did. He managed to make people believe in him and join his cause when he had nothing to his name, not even the territories that should've been his, as they had to be retaken from the enemy first. And retake them he did!

So he comes out of the war with his Clan restored to the status of one of the major players in the cultivation world, though they still have the weakest position among the four Great Clans due to having lost, yknow, everything they had before, unlike the others. In the next few years, lots of shit happens to Jiang Cheng, including losing even more of his family - his sister and the man he considered brother (the latter kinda caused the sister's death, adding to how much of a blow this was for Jiang Cheng). Nevertheless, 13 years later, when the POV character re-enters the world, Jiang Cheng is not only still a leader, he also went from the youngest and most inexperienced Clan Leader with the weakest political position, to someone of such renown and power that he is considered the person one must avoid offending at all costs. He had completely restored his Clan, its land, and its reputation. While also semi-parenting his orphaned nephew on the side.

[its-to-the-death]

Fictional Weapon War Round 4

Piecemaker (Discworld)

Used by Detritus

Shoots a bundle of arrows at once (which are the size of a lance to a human)

The arrows tend to disintegrate into a cloud of shrapnel from the force and then burst into flame from air friction

Detritus is forbidden from firing it in the city

Sokka's space sword (Avatar: The Last Airbender)

Forged with ore from a recently fallen meteorite

Able to cut through various metals with little effort

Crafted during his swordsmanship training with Piandao

Which is the cooler weapon?

Piecemaker

Sokka's space sword

Voting ended onAug 30, 2023

[hugintheraven]

Detritus is a troll who started off as a slave and rose to a Sargent in the City Watch. He's considered dumb even by other trolls, but he's risen in the city, and is himself a symbol of the advancing status of trolls in the city. And the city guard, that initially issued him a nightstick smaller than his finger and a longbow that he couldn't pull lightly enough to not break it, not only got him a siege weapon, but has customized it, modified it to make it more effective for him. He's respected enough to be allowed to carry a weapon that can wipe out a city block. That weapon has been pointed at clowns, assassins, serial killers, and transphobes.

And the name's a pun.