Gwyd Polls

I'm just going to do polls here. That's it. Just polls.

[gwydpolls]

Who Sang it Better? Blackbird Edition

These are not remotely all the versions recorded by various artistsover the years, but I aimed for a nice selection.

Winner goes up against the Beatles:

The Beatles - Blackbird (1968)

The Contenders:

Mr. Mister - Broken Wings

Julie Fowlis Lon-dubh / Blackbird

Blackbird - Sarah McLachlan

Emma Stevens - Blackbird by The Beatles sung in Mi'kmaq

Who Sang it Better?

Mr. Mister

Julie Fowlis

Sarah McLachlan

Emma Stevens - Mi'kmaq version

Voting ended onJul 24

If you have a different version you like, please suggest it.

[gwydpolls]

Who Sang it Better?

Emma Stevens - Mi'kmaq version

The Beatles - Original Version

Remaining time: 6 days 19 hours

[haveyouseenthisqueerfilm]

Have you seen On the Road (2025)?

Yes

No

I've never heard of this film

Remaining time: 5 days 19 hours

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Have you seen Jamie and Jessie are Not Together (2011)?

Yes

No

I've never heard of this film

Remaining time: 5 days 13 hours

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Have you seen Buffering (2011)?

Yes

No

I've never heard of this film

Remaining time: 5 days 7 hours

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Have you seen I Wish You All the Best (2024)?

Yes

No

I've never heard of this film

Remaining time: 4 days 19 hours

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Have you seen Skinny Love (2024)?

Yes

No

I've never heard of this film

Remaining time: 4 days 13 hours

[haveyouseenthisqueerfilm]

Have you seen Westerland (2012)?

Yes

No

I've never heard of this film

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[haveyoureadthisbook-poll]

Have you read Asterix the Gaul by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo (orig. Astérix le Gaulois, 1959-1960)?

yes

no

I've read parts of it

I've never heard of it

Remaining time: 5 days 10 hours

[met-gala-tournament]

Round 1 - 2026 (Costume Art / Fashion is Art) - Match 97 of 128

Odessa A'zion (Valentino), left

“I loved the idea of lily flowers, embroidery, a fabric that would reflect, and a big old scarf and a long wide cape. We had a lot of 1925-1940 cabaret wardrobes and film costumes, especially embroidered body pieces, on our moodboard. What they made back then was so elaborate and detailed. We loved and pulled from that quite a bit.” “The theme made us think to add and play with little surprises in the jewels! If you look closely you can see tiny flowers and butterflies on the rings!" (x)(x)

vs. Eisa Davis (Erdem), right

No explanation found.

Whose outfit was better?

Odessa A'zion

Eisa Davis

Remaining time: 2 hours 30 minutes

[cover-art-showdown]

Round One, Match 771

Which cover do you prefer?

The Girl Who Speaks Bear

Mr. Fox

Remaining time: 5 days 20 hours

The Girl Who Speaks Bear (Sophie Anderson), Scholastic Press 2020. Cover by Red Nose Studio.

Mr. Fox (Helen Oyeyemi), Riverhead Books 2011. Cover by Helen Yentus & Jason Boohher.

[specificpollsaboutbooks]

Favorite BOOK about Books

Semifinals

The Princess Bride (William Goldman) VS Matilda (Roald Dahl)

The Princess Bride

Matilda

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Remaining time: 4 days 13 hours

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[specificpollsaboutbooks]

Favorite BOOK about Books

Semifinals

Inkworld: Inkheart, Inkspell & Inkdeath (Cornelia Funke) VS The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)

Inkheart trilogy

The Book Thief

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Remaining time: 4 days 13 hours

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[specificpollsaboutbooks]

Favorite Book with a Color Title

Round 1

Where the Red Fern Grows (Wilson Rawls) VS The Blue Castle (L. M. Montgomery)

Where the Red Fern Grows

The Blue Castle

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Remaining time: 4 days 11 hours

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Propaganda under the cut

Where the Red Fern Grows:

made me cry 👍

The Blue Castle:

Sweet little romance about a woman in 1920s Canada, who has led an extremely repressed life, and finally learns to live when she gets a terminal diagnosis. Filled with Montgomery's gorgeous descriptions of natural beauty and her hilarious observations on human nature.

[moonlightredfern]

Where The Red Fern Grows:

Sad middle grade novel. I think there is a dog?

Where The Redfern Grows:

Sad prequel novel* to The Blue Castle feat: extra sad little rich boi

*not real.

[specificpollsaboutbooks]

Favorite Book with a Color Title

Round 1

Cerulean Chronicles: The House in the Cerulean Sea (T. J. Klune) VS InCryptid: Midnight Blue-Light Special (Seanan McGuire) VS Hercule Poirot: The Mystery of the Blue Train (Agatha Christie)

The House in the Cerulean Sea

Midnight Blue-Light Special

The Mystery of the Blue Train

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Remaining time: 4 days 11 hours

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[specificpollsaboutbooks]

Favorite Book with a Color Title

Round 1

Casson Family: Permanent Rose (Hilary McKay) VS A Study in Scarlet (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) VS The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)

Permanent Rose

A Study in Scarlet

The Picture of Dorian Gray

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Remaining time: 4 days 11 hours

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Propaganda under the cut

Permanent Rose:

From the Casson Family series, a childrens series about a family where all the children are named after different colors of paint. Permanent Rose is my favorite! She shoplifts. She sends her absent dad letters full of scary news to try to convince him to come home. She needs glasses but only uses them to look at the stars. She draws a mural on the kitchen wall of her family sitting on top of their house surrounded by sharks, and when asked where her dad is, she points at the sharks.

[specificpollsaboutbooks]

Favorite Book with a Color Title

Round 1

Black Water Sister (Zen Cho) VS The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne) VS InCryptid: The Girl in the Green Silk Gown (Seanan McGuire)

Black Water Sister

The Scarlet Letter

The Girl in the Green Silk Gown

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Remaining time: 4 days 11 hours

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[specificpollsaboutbooks]

Favorite Book with a Color Title

Round 1

Murderbot: All Systems Red (Martha Wells) VS Joseph Rouletabille: Le Mystère de la Chambre Jaune | The Mystery of the Yellow Room (Gaston Leroux)

All Systems Red

The Mystery of the Yellow Room

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Remaining time: 4 days 11 hours

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