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A place to pit our favorite little guys against each other in various ways! Mods: @spacedustmantis and @the-albatross-sails

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The Worst Coping Mechanisms bracket is here!

Candidates with more than one submission have been seeded higher, the rest has been generated randomly.

As always propaganda and voter fraud are highly encouraged! Let's have fun with it!

And remember to not harass people, or take this tournament too seriously. We're here to argue over benign and trivial things, don't go for each other's throats. Also please abstain from portraying any and all mental health issues as inherently evil or villainous (this includes cluster bs). If you're behaving like a dick you will be blocked.

Links to the polls under the cut

Kroe vs Ashe

Sylnan vs Mark

Aster vs Boss Blossom

Jayson vs Exandroth

Redd vs Rolan

Ayva vs Rumi

Mal vs Price

Jay vs Finn

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my apologies for not updating the bracket the last few days, this construction job took much more out of me than anticipated. round 2 polls will be out sometime this evening (hopefully)

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Worst Coping Mechanisms - Round 1 - Matchup 8

Jay Ferin (Riptide) vs Finn Tidestrider (Riptide)

Propaganda under the cut (Also spoilers)

Who has worse coping mechanisms?

Jay

Finn

Voting ended onAug 7, 2023

Due to how delayed this bracket is, propaganda might be outdated.

Jay propaganda: "number 1 coping mechanism is running away and ignoring her problems. same to be honest"

Finn propaganda: "turned himself into a bird."

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Worst Coping Mechanisms - Round 1 - Matchup 7

Mallard Conway (Prime Defenders) vs Reuben Price (Riptide)

(Miku Conway done by @/swagyuri)

Propaganda under the cut (Also spoilers for both campaigns)

Who has worse coping mechanisms?

Mal

Price

Voting ended onAug 7, 2023

Due to how delayed this bracket is, propaganda might be outdated.

Mal propaganda: "whos to say he wasnt literally a guy. if i died and suddenly Actual Lucifer From Hell was like mmm yep youre with me now id also go a little off the deep end and start tracking down and planning to murder teenagers"

Price propaganda: "He kills people. There's gotta be trauma there, bestie's a murderous orphan who is so so queer with so so much internalised homophobia :)"

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Worst Coping Mechanisms - Round 1 - Matchup 6

Canary!Ayva (Canary AU (Riptide)) vs Rumi (Apotheosis)

Propaganda under the cut (Also spoilers for both campaigns)

Who has worse coping mechanisms?

Ayva

Rumi

Voting ended onAug 7, 2023

Ayva propaganda: "Girl you have got to stop throwing yourself into dangerous situations in order to protect your loved ones because you feel guilty about your sister dying because you weren't there to protect her. Yes I know that was drilled into you from a young age, yes I know you can't loose another sibling, but girl you gotta stop you are BLEEDING, your crew is WORRIED about you. Also get some sleep, like any sleep at all, please."

Rumi propaganda: "The MOMENT something bad happens they nope out of thier old life and put on a new mask. Not healthy, terrible actually. Girl didn't confront their trauma for twenty five years and then had a mental breakdown. He's probably doing better now that he's married and healing and stuff but STILL"

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Worst Coping Mechanisms - Round 1 - Matchup 5

Redd Boye (The Fated) vs Rolan Deep (Blood in the Bayou)

(Redd art by @/violindragon)

Propaganda under the cut (Also spoilers for both campaigns)

Who has worse coping mechanisms?

Redd

Rolan

Voting ended onAug 7, 2023

Redd propaganda: "He repeatedly drinks hallucinogenic god piss even after the first time he did so the trip was SO so bad. He tried to smoke a hemp rope. He was openly more than willing to kill a child in order to progress and get out of the maze dead zone area. He killed his patron in one of the god piss hallucinations. He filled up his water flask with god piss instead of water so he could CONTINUE having the worst trips of his life. I do not understand him (but I love him)" [mod note: what the fuck happens in the fated??]

Rolan propaganda: "alcoholism and also being a homosexual in the 70s"

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Worst Coping Mechanisms - Round 1 - Matchup 4

Jayson Ferin (Riptide) vs Exandroth (Apotheosis)

Propaganda under the cut (Also spoilers for both campaigns)

Who has worse coping mechanisms?

Jayson

Exandroth

Voting ended onAug 7, 2023

Due to how delayed this bracket is, propaganda might be outdated.

Jayson propaganda: "Teen parent gone wrong. His coping mechanism is work and that work just happens to be as the fucking Vice-Admiral of the Navy which is like practically evil let's be real"

Exandroth propaganda: "literally has the most wounded fucking ego little wuss creature who bullies peter to feel better abt itself generally got anger issues copes with dying by trying to imperonate and embody the one individual in their life that didnt betray her. and like . not only does exandroth have a body count, exandroth's own behaviour got HIMSELF killed. like honey, sweetie, you are TERRIBLE.... i love you but you need to cope with your issues please."

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Worst Coping Mechanisms - Round 1 - Matchup 3

Aster (Riptide) vs Boss Blossom (Riptide)

(Aster art done by @/opilume1)

Propaganda under the cut (Also spoilers)

Who has worse coping mechanisms?

Aster

Boss Blossom

Voting ended onAug 7, 2023

Due to how delayed this bracket is, propaganda might be outdated.

Aster propaganda: "diedfor a while <3 punched a wall between the oceans because she was mad at lunadeyis <3 effectively cutting off 99.9% of access points between the seas <3 will explode her and you if you don't follow her rules <3"

Boss Blossom propaganda: "He didn't get credited for his work and started plotting to overthrow the government. Coping with the anger by taking over and destroying the kingdom"

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Worst Coping Mechanisms - Round 1 - Matchup 2

Sylnan Vengolor (The Fated) vs Mark Winters (Prime Defenders)

Propaganda under the cut (Also spoilers for both campaigns)

Who has worse coping mechanisms?

Sylnan

Mark

Voting ended onAug 7, 2023

Due to how delayed this bracket is, propaganda might be outdated.

Sylnan propaganda: "fellas is it healthy to bury your feelings and have such deep self hate to the point where a demon feeds on it and feel like you can't talk to anyone abt ur feelings"

Mark propaganda: "he cuts himself off from all of his positive emotions using the singular goal of "protect" to deal with the loss of his wife and his alienating relationship with his child. Lo quiero lo quiero TANTO its fine its fine <- he is so fucking ill and does NOT want to get better"

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Worst Coping Mechanisms - Round 1 - Matchup 1

Kroe Wyse (Convergence) vs Ashe Winters (Prime Defenders)

Propaganda under the cut (Also spoilers for both campaigns)

Who has worse coping mechanisms?

Kroe

Ashe

Voting ended onAug 7, 2023

Due to how delayed this bracket is, propaganda might be outdated.

Kroe propaganda: "He drinks himself into a stupor and sobs before venting to the bartender about thinking everyone he cares for is dead. Also I think he joined a gang to cope with getting kicked out"

Ashe propaganda: "she doesnt have one. pls someone give my blorbo healthy coping skills </3 considering shes v hhhhhhmmmmm guilty and self hating about the whole killinv her mom thing"

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The Worst Coping Mechanisms bracket is here!

Candidates with more than one submission have been seeded higher, the rest has been generated randomly.

As always propaganda and voter fraud are highly encouraged! Let's have fun with it!

And remember to not harass people, or take this tournament too seriously. We're here to argue over benign and trivial things, don't go for each other's throats. Also please abstain from portraying any and all mental health issues as inherently evil or villainous (this includes cluster bs). If you're behaving like a dick you will be blocked.

The polls will go up on Sunday the 6th at around 3pm cest. See you there :3

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Pushing the time of the polls back a few hours bc I have real life things going on.

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In the poll we had a while ago to determine which bracket we would be holding next most autistic swag and best crackship/rarepair got second and third respectively, but since it was pretty close (and it's been a while) I'm gonna ask

Which jrwi bracket do you wanna see next (after the current one)?

Most Autistic Swag

Best Crackship/Rarepair

i don't care/results button :3

Voting ended onAug 11, 2023

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update: i'm back and working on the bracket now :3

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The bracket is finally here!!!!

Round One

Tide Lambert Vs Mountain Stormbraid

Arlin James Vs Roofus

Strangle Macock Vs Kasper

Captain Rose Vs Drey Ferin

Professor Aeliana Vs Fish Cop/Dad

May Ferin Vs Jayson Ferin

Mark Winters Vs Chip

Niklaus Hendrix Vs Richard Dickman

Johnathan Rand Vs Ichabod

Richard Deep Vs Thanatos

Marshall John Vs Gryffon

Sensei Cole Vs Alphonse

@jrwi-tournaments boost please?

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Hey quick little update, since i haven't said anything on here for a bit: I've been a little busy recently, mostly with being generally tired constantly, so apologies for the delay of the bracket. I'll try to get it out soon, but no promises sadly.

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Bracket is done and ready to go, but once again we need help from the artists in the community!

Please if you have drawn fanart, or are willing to draw fanart of any of the characters listed below, and are willing to, submit it to us to be used in the bracket. Keep in mind that you should only submit any art that you have drawn, or that you got explicit permission to submit by the artist.

And if we missed any canon art let us know!

List of characters we need art for:

Aster (Riptide)

Boss Blossom (Riptide)

Jayson Ferin (Riptide)

Redd Boye (The Fated)

Ayva Ferin, specifically from the canary au (Riptide)

Mallard Conway (Prime Defenders)

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One final call into the abyss! The bracket itself will start within the next few days. Get excited!

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welcome to the jrwi dad bracket! in this tournament, we will decide once and for all who is tha Daddest of all dads!

predetermined competitors are Kasper, Tide, Mark, and Arlin! anyone else is going to be added through the form!

the form will close on may 20th

form

boost please? @jrwi-tournaments