Who did you think would get an easy win but got swept out of the tournament early?
Hmmmm. Honestly I love everyone in this tournament, so I cant really say. If I had to pick one, I would go with Martin and Danny Wyttegun. I loved their design :)
Submit swordspeople for the upcoming sword gays showdown!
A tournament for all sword gays/queer characters out there! Please remember the character must canonically use a sword or sword-like weapon
To qualify for this poll, your character must canonically fight with a sword or sword-adjacent weapon (sabers, long daggers, rapiers/epees and all that).
"Sword gays showdown" is just a name, please do submit characters who are bi/pan, ace, trans and other LGBT+ identities. This tournament is all about vibes so characters you headcanon as LGBT+ are fine too!
Please include full name of the character and media they're from!
I reserve the right to disqualify a submission if I'm uncomfortable with the source material (for example if the author of [media your characters are from] is racist/transphobic/etc).
Have fun! Submissions will be open at least until October 24th, maybe a few days longer.
Tagging some other polls for reach under the cut, feel free to ignore!
the water fire siblings dichotomy :)
Romia has water powers and is younger than Harima who has fire powers, they have family issues(both in gen and connected to their powers)
Romia's the more outspoken of the two, comes off bubbly, both of them have a temper, Harima's more of a realist, she's also pretty emphatetic in gen despite everything
as far as the relationship with eachother is, there's tension between them due to paternal issues(romia recognizes the stuff their mother put harima through and understands her hatred for them due to that but won't really admit to herself she also went through the rough of it, she still seeks validation), they still get along and live in the same spacet, but things are starting to boil over
Propaganda piece that I was unfortunately not able to finish in time, due to adhd being a bitch. I thought I'd share it anyway.
While I'm a little sad that my ocs will not be making it further, since I am very attached to their little story in particular, I wish all the best to Romia and Harima going forward and I hope they win <3
Coro, Taima, & Joule Callahan by @dailyashleighraichu
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Coro, Taima, and Joule are the epitome of "tough love in sibling form". They all love each other so much, but wouldn't pass the opportunity to pick on one another occasionally. Coro is very much the protective big brother though, and would stand up for his sisters in a heartbeat. Taima is more reserved than her siblings, but is very passionate about her special interests. Joule is the most rowdy, being the youngest, and loves causing trouble, with or without her older siblings. Coro and Taima are twins, with Coro being slightly older (both are 18), and Joule is the baby of the family (even though she's 16). At the end of the day though, they all love each other and would both die and kill for each other if need be.
They are so many things. They start out pretty close. As close as you really can be when you're born 10 years apart- Maia's the older, and Vinny's the younger (he comes first when I say their names together because he's a main character and Maia's not). They didn't fight much, mostly because they're just. In different life stages.
Things start to fall apart 15 years in. Due to very traumatic reasons, they are separated, and they take this hard. They loved each other, and now the other's as good as dead from their perspective. They take it… "well". Maia idealises the fuck out of her baby brother's memory, while Vinny's just so pissed off. He's a kid. He's a kid and his family's all dead or otherwise gone. He's a kid and he's alone and he's so angry about it.
They meet again when Maia's 27 and Vinny's 17, and they've changed. Maia has moved on (mostly), she's in a new place, she's got a new family, she definitely completely 100% does not feel an overwhelming sense of guilt at leaving her brother behind!! Vinny can not even remotely be described as taking it well. From his perspective, not only has she replaced their family and community with a new one, complete with husband and kid (cringe and heteronormative and also he's way too young and beautiful to be an uncle, in his humble opinion), but she doesn't even seem to feel bad! He's had the worst 2.5 years of his fucking life, he missed his sister a lot, and when he sees her again, he finds out she didn't even try to find him again. She burned the bridge (not really- it was almost entirely external factors) and was happy afterwards. He's suffered a lot and she's happy and fulfilled living in Nowheresville with her new family, and her brother nowhere in sight.
Maia isn't as happy as he thinks she is. She'd LOVE to have Vinny back in the picture- he's her brother and she loves him a lot (he does too, but he's a teenage boy- he's not going to say that!). Unfortunately, they refuse to reestablish healthy communication, so Vinny just acts like even more of an asshole shitgoblin than he already is because he's angry and doesn't know how to express that. Maia just tries to ignore the issue and blame his friends for being bad influences who "corrupted" her brother (remember what I said about her idealising her memory of Vinny?).
They work it out eventually. They talk things out, hug each other, and get to know each other's friends/family. But not before Vinny burns down the town hall. Oops (it was NOT an accident).
@oc-siblings-bracket gonna at here because low key drew the last images for a more recent colored example of these two 4 the example images(and also colored the first one for more examples of their colors and normal clothes)
alsoas good a moment as any to talk about details with their designs i keep in mind constantly.
at some point I decided that Romias design would be more circular(water) and Harimas Angular(fire, triangle)
Romias eyes are yellow like a flame and Harimas are supposed to be blue like the sea
Romia's iris is also supposed to be shaped like a reversed tear drop.
Their traits are actually inherited from some unknown grandparent(s) who was an illegitimate child in the eyes of their people(and a witch but, shhh, they figure some out later)
Romias hair is supposed to be orange as a campfire and Harimas dark as coal/ash
Their parents are normal 4 the most part but also fucked em over in diffrent ways(oh wow, mommy issues much?) Harima acknowledges this and has mostly cut them off but Romia has not.
There's some side-effects from their mixed elements later in the story.
