Rules
We'll have a preliminary round to see whether characters are prominent, lesser known, or actually obscure members of the Batfam. (There's also an option to vote them out.) So don't worry about whether your character is actually obscure!
Feel free to submit characters or send asks requesting them, but please include images when you do. (Either official images or your own fanart; don't send other people's art.)
Due to the nature of this bracket, I don't know lots of characters, so please include their full names (if possible) and any prominent codenames they've used.
Feel free to submit propaganda for characters that have already been entered into the competition, too.
You can suggest any DC character, but they're probably going to get voted out if they're borderline. I do still want to see who you come up with.
I guess you can suggest characters that aren't from DC but I doubt they'll get much traction? (But I guess there are a few popular crossovers, so who knows.)
Don't be hostile to characters, even once they go head to head. This includes characters you dislike. This includes characters you think are not important.
Don't be hostile to each other, either. Don't accuse other people of not knowing/understanding the canon. People disagree on definitions and that's okay. That's why it's supposed to be fun to vote on these things.
This includes debating politics or fandom wank. This is for celebrating characters we like, not dunking on other people's blorbos, even the popular ones.
Please don't be hostile to writers/artists either. I like a lot of the ones you don't and vice versa, I'm sure.
You're allowed to vote Bruce out. I think it's funny, too.
Leave propaganda in the notes like you do for all brackets! I'd especially love to know how you define the Batfamily and why you do or don't include characters in it!
Who counts as a member of the Batfam? I don't know, that's why I'm running polls.
What counts as obscure? I don't know, that's why I'm running polls.
This is just a popularity contest! Fandom is stupid! Blahblahblah I already asked everyone not to send me mean messages. Go run your own bracket if you dislike how I run mine; I literally didn't even advertise this, I just tagged posts and fans of the various characters found me through that. I'm sure yours will do fine and you can include or not include whoever you want.
How do you choose images? I pick an image where the character is in costume (if possible) in a style that I like or find iconic. For submissions, I just use whatever picture the submitter included (sometimes cropped), unless I already had something specific in mind for that character.
But what about - Because it's the funniest picture in the entire history of DC.
I like one of your edits. Can I use it for...? Yeah! Have fun!
Why can't I vote Maps out? :(
Why can't I vote Eddie out? :)
For New Tumblr Users: you probably want an icon so people don't think you're a bot. (Anyone can use these.)
Submissions are closed unless you're resending something. I have a couple of times seen a notification pop up and disappear, which might be a glitch, or might mean that one of us has blocked each other on our mains. I don't block a lot of people, but tumblr is known to accidentally block people at random sometimes (or eat asks/submissions), and I don't know if that always even shows up on your blocklist. If you think this has happened, it's probably best to have a friend resubmit the character for you.
Characters with polls (from earliest to latest, including currently queued characters) under the cut:
