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Researchers at the University of Waterloo have identified the remains of four more crew members of Sir John Franklin’s ill-fated expedition

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Round 2!

who would you eat first for survival?

Henry Collins

Cornelius Hickey

Voting ended onMay 9

oaxleaf

we gotta eat collins before the lead levels get too high

#also hickey cannot win another poll guys that’s boring #the terror

what i think is really funny about hickey and crozier is that, really, there is very little tying them together narratively. they aren't parallells or foils or reflections of one another, their arcs are not dependent on each other, there aren't many prominent similarities or oppositions between them. the only reason they have any relevance to each other's stories is because hickey keeps on trying to insert himself as a narrative equal to crozier (which is why he's trying to create a bond between them with the whole 'being irish' thing, turning them into two sides of the same coin or something). he wants to be important in the stories of important people, but its all narrative fabricated by him

but the interesting thing is that if you look at what characters actually reflect hickey, it's not the high ranking officers. it's people like goodsir, who is an obvious foil to hickey in terms of capability of empathy and philosophical outlook on the world. it's people like hartnell, who parallells hickey in how they are both lashed, but then divert and develop from that experience in completely different ways. it's people whom hickey does not view as particularly important, who shouldn't be worthy of comparison to him. and god, he'd fucking hate that, wouldn't he?

#i'm just fucking around don't pay attention to me #but really #its so interesting that hickey wants to posit himself as at least an equal - preferably a superior - to crozier #and yet the people who can truly relfect something about hickey's character #is a random AB and the somewhat-of-a-laughing-stock assistant surgeon #the terror #cornelius hickey #harry goodsir #thomas hartnell

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shout out to the little monk in each of my cells that transcribes my DNA by candle light

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Round 1!

who's a worse passenger on a road trip?

Sir John Franklin

George Hodgson

Voting ended onApr 2

oaxleaf

hodgson being mildy annoying Cannot be worse than john ”led all his men into dying in the freezing cold because he refused to reevaluate his planned route” franklin. he will have you drive onto the worst side road imaginable because ’he’s got the map right here, it’s the quickest way’, and will act completely unconcerned when you get stranded in the middle of nowhere because ’surely someone will come along we should just sit tight’

#the terror

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Take this quiz and find out

My sister and I made a personality quiz! (Okay, I made the majority of the quiz and she chose the pictures and suggested two of the questions)

Sorry if your fave isn't one of the results. We only did the characters we could remember off the top of our heads!

#hodgson oh god i mean it's true but oh god #“He's just like me!” (derogatory)#people hate to see my linguistics facts coming #the terror

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Round 3!

who'd be better at adapting to modern times?

Cornelius Hickey

Harry Goodsir

Voting ended onMar 20

oaxleaf

they really should have been the final match-up and i grieve that they meet this early. they are both the characters who are most capable of mentally recalibrating when realizing they’ve got the situation wrong and i also think no one else in this bracket would be as delighted at discovering modern times as these two. everyone else might be able to adapt - goodsir and hickey would Thrive in modern times (though in very different ways)

ultimately i’m gonna have to say goodsir, though. i think they would both be happier people in the modern world, but the modern world would be a better place for having goodsir in it which would not be the case for hickey. i also still kind of feel like hickey feels like he’s ahead of the times nowadays? i still don’t feel like we have the language to properly discuss whatever it is that’s wrong with him - put hickey yet another couple decades into the future and he might win, but i’m going with goodsir for this one. i want to show him wikipedia

#the terror #the terror best at adapting to modern times bracket #such a shame this isn’t the final because no one else even comes close to these two to me

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Round 1!

who'd be better at adapting to in modern times?

John Bridgens

James Fitzjames

Voting ended onMar 14

oaxleaf

jfj can barely cope already in an enviornment where he knows how to conform to social standards.

if he had been born and raised in the modern era, sure, i think he'd be thriving. but 1840's fitzjames who's suddendly dropped in 2026 and must learn an entire new set of norms? without the rigid crutch of victorian masculinity that man will have an identity crisis and crumble on the spot

#the terror

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Round 2!

who's a better hypothetical dad?

William Strong

Harry Peglar

Voting ended onFeb 27

oaxleaf

i want to remind everyone that one of the only things we know about strong is that he’s nice to the ship’s boys. yeah, peglar has the vibe of being a good dad, but in terms of actual evidence i’d argue there’s more for strong

#the terror #also don’t come in here with ”but with peglar comes bridgens!”#a man has to win on his own merits of dad-potential and not coast on his boyfriend’s coattails

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Round 1!

who'd you rather go dress shopping with?

Edward Little

John Morfin

Voting ended onJan 17

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C’mon people, Little doesn’t know. Little doesn’t care. Morfin would have a nice outing and he deserves it.

#when you ask Little's opinion he just mumbles something #he exudes a massive vibe of just wanting to go home #regardless of whether that's what he's actually feeling it's making YOU uncomfortable #Morfin probably doesn't have very good taste but he knows how to cheer you on #vote Morfin #the terror

were--ralph

How do we feel about 2026?

Optimistic!

Neutral

Pessimistic

Voting ended onJan 8

Gonna save this poll and do the followup at the end of the year

were--ralph

5 days left, PLEASE reblog to reach outside of my reach

#optimistic :)#or at least i'm really trying to be lol #hoping to move away from home and start uni this year #which is fun! and also nerve-racking #trying to power through it by telling myself everything will turn out great

meira är nog i alla fall årets radio-vinnare. vilket kanske betyder att hon inte behöver komma tillbaka till mello vartannat år för all framtid för att bli ihågkommen

#melodifestivalen

får nästan andra-hands-skam av denna låt. bara titeln är tillräckligt för att det nästan skulle kännas förnedrande att sjunga den

#nej men seriöst vad betyder det ens? vem tillät detta?#melodifestivalen

framträdandet ger mig bara än sådan coldplay-ripoff känsla, och det ger mig en sån ick. låten är okej (om lite tråkig), coldplay är okej, men kombinationen får mig av någon anledning att rygga mig tillbaka

#melodifestivalen

ävem om detta är en av de mer identifierbara bidragen i år så har jag absolut noll att säga. jag känner total ambivalens. helt okej. lagom bra.

#melodifestivalen

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