As @staff further refine the polls while they're rolling them out (still haven't gotten mine sadly), here's a suggestion of mine: Polls with a ten year time limit.
As of right now, it's impossible for polls to turn into long-running legendary posts. You can try, sure (see the bug race), but it's a week and then it's locked, fixed, done, and all that's left is for people to reminisce about that time there was a poll.
On the other hand, if a ten year poll gets popular, it can become part of Tumblr lore while still being updated. People can write passionate appeals for their vote and fight in the notes. Others can make graphs to show how the poll's majorities shift with each different US president or Taylor Swift album. People can make memes about "remember 2025, when option 3 was in the lead? That was a crazy time".
Why ten years, though, instead of a hundred or just no time limit? Because that way, the end becomes an event. People who voted in the poll when it was just a few hours old can watch the final countdown together, and there's a new point in Tumblr history: That day when we finally all agreed on the best option, and presumably also some important political stuff happened.
Now, granted, most ten year polls would never reach this level of notoriety. But it only takes a few polls like this to be worthwhile. Maybe this shouldn't be an option for users to select, but something the Tumblr website grants/pushes on you at random?
If you notice any issues with the matchups or submissions please let me know!
Matchups under the cut, polls will be linked once they're posted.
Bracket A
Jess McCready (A League of Their Own) vs. Shelley Byron (Doom Patrol)
Lupe García (A League of Their Own) vs. Desdemona (Fortnite)
Jo DeLuca (A League of Their Own) vs. Min Suh (My Princess Charming)
Vi (A League of Their Own) vs. Darling Charming (Ever After High)
Max Chapman (A League of Their Own) vs. Faye (Questionable Content)
Chloe Kitagawa (Belle of the Ball) vs. Imtura Tal Kaelen (Choices: Blades of Light and Shadow)
Kase Tomoka (Kase-san snd Morning Glories) vs. Miyake Aoi (D4DJ)
Hoshiumi Asa (Haikyuu) vs. Kyoutani Kentarou (Haikyuu)
Annabelle Cheddar (Dimension 20: A Crown of Candy) vs. Sir Amanda Maillard (Dimension 20: A Crown of Candy) vs. Captain Jan De La Vega (Dimension 20: A Starstruck Odyssey)
Kristen Applebees (Dimension 20: Fantasy High) vs. Evan Kelmp (Dimension 20: Misfits and Magic) vs. Chieftess Cleva Katzon (Dimension 20: The Ravening War)
Cynthia Zdunowski (Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies) vs. Lake (Infinity Train)
Anne Lister (Gentleman Jack) vs. Sasha Nein (Psychonauts)
Tracer/Lena Oxton (Overwatch) vs. Zarya/Aleksandra Zaryanova (Overwatch)
Moira O'Deorain (Overwatch) vs. Junker Queen (Overwatch)
Brigitte Lindholm (Overwatch) vs. Susie (Deltarune)
Riot Maidstone (Hello from the Hallowoods) vs. Striga (Castlevania)
Bonnibel Bubblegum (Adventiure Time: Fionna and Cake) vs. Cassie Sandsmark (DC Comics)
The Ninth Doctor (Doctor Who) vs. The Twelfth Doctor (Doctor Who)
Sevika (Arcane) vs. Vi (Arcane)
Geeta (Pokémon Scarlet/Violet) vs. Rika (Pokémon Scarlet/Violet)
Kim (My Candy Love) vs. Jean (Blue Jean)
Naberius Kalego (Mairimashita! Iruma-Kun) vs. Opera (Mairimashita! Iruma-Kun)
Zen'in Maki (Jujutsu Kaisen) vs. Jane Crocker (Homestuck)
Rainbow Dash (My Little Pony) vs. Applejack (My Little Pony)
Dame Aylin (Baldur's Gate 3) vs. Lae'zel (Baldur's Gate 3)
Karlach (Baldur's Gate 3) vs. Kevin E. Levin (Ben 10 Ultimate Alien/Alien Force)
Jillian Holtzmann (Ghostbusters (2016)) vs. Kena Mwaura (Rafiki)
Emmy Altava (Professor Layton) vs. Chloe Price (Life Is Strange)
Lois (Dykes to Watch Out For) vs. Kora (Rebel Moon)
Mo (Dykes to Watch Out For) vs. Kipo (Kipo And The Age Of Wonderbeasts)
Niamh Brody (Any Way The Wind Blows) vs. Jamie (Butch Jamie)
Kenjou Akira/Cure Chocolat (KiraKira Precure a la Mode) vs. Hinomori Shiho (Hatsune Miku: Colorful Stage)
Bracket B
Tenoh Haruka/Sailor Uranus (Sailor Moon) vs. Arkady Patel (The Strange Case of Starship Iris)
Nahara Satrinava (The Arcana) vs. Nazali Satrinava (The Arcana)
Gideon Nav (The Locked Tomb) vs. Isabel Lovelace (Wolf 359)
Pyrrha Dve (The Locked Tomb) vs. Alice "Daisy" Tonner (The Magnus Archives)
Park Jae-In (Sora & Haena!) vs. Thatcher Davis (The Mandela Catalogue)
Jess Goldberg (Stone Butch Blues) vs. Lady Lesso (The School for Good And Evil)
Undyne (Undertale) vs. Van Palmer (Yellowjackets)
Amaya (The Dragon Prince) vs. Tenjou Utena (Revolutionary Girl Utena)
Burn (Wings Of Fire) vs. Moonwatcher (Wings Of Fire)
Tsunami (Wings Of Fire) vs. Asha (Wings Of Fire)
Moonlight (Warriors) vs. Mothwing (Warriors)
Anybodys (West Side Story (1961)) vs. Anybodys (West Side Story (2021))
Mitsuki Koga (The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn't A Guy At All) vs. Rachel Lindt/Hellhound/Bitch (Worm, The Web Serial)
Warthog (Trinity) vs. Susie Myerson (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
Jay (Star Stable) vs. Sabine (Star Stable)
Alex Cloudmill (Star Stable) vs. Korra (The Legend Of Korra)
Adora (She-Ra And The Princesses Of Power) vs. Huntara (She-Ra And The Princesses Of Power)
Catra (She-Ra And The Princesses Of Power) vs. Scorpia (She-Ra And The Princesses Of Power)
Pearl (Splatoon) vs. Kit Tanthalos (Willow)
Sun Jing (Tamen De Gushi) vs. Coral (The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes)
Buliara (Breath Of The Wild/Tears Of The Kingdom) vs. Urbosa (Breath Of The Wild)
Ganondorf (The Legend Of Zelda) vs. Impa (Skyward Sword)
Tetra (The Wind Waker) vs. Linkle (Hyrule Warriors)
Queen Barb (Trolls) vs. Viva (Trolls)
Hunter (The Owl House) vs. Willow Park (The Owl House)
Luz Noceda (The Owl House) vs. Raine (The Owl House)
Blaze The Cat (Sonic The Hedgehog) vs. Vector The Crocodile (Sonic The Hedgehog)
Surge The Tenrec (Sonic The Hedgehog) vs. Ali (The Big Con)
Garnet (Steven Universe) vs. Ruby (Steven Universe)
Bismuth (Steven Universe) vs. Roman (Sanders Sides)
Saira (We Are Lady Parts) vs. Kim (Yes Or No)
Lucy Kensington (Where The Stars Fell) vs. Yang Xiao Long (RWBY)
We had a bracket for fictional actors, but what is an actor without something to act in?
The submissions will end in a week.
Rules:
You can submit as many media as you want, but don't submit the same media twice
Submitted media have to be fully fictional, you can't submit existing media, even if they also exist in a fictional universe
While they can't exist in real life, media inspired/referencing/parodying real world media are allowed, but they have to differ enough to count as their own thing.
Media portraying actual in-universe events are allowed, if they differ from the story they come from.
Don't submit fanart if there are official images available (if you have a piece of fanart fitting with the bracket, that you want people to see, you can DM/tag me and I will reblog it)
If there aren't any official images, you are only allowed to submit your own fanart. If you do that, give me some way to contact you (so I can check if it's actually your fanart and so I can credit you)
My main is @superkometa
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little update: i didnt abandon this poll or anything, I'm just moving and don't have much free time this next week! I'll try my best to set the polls for the reentering of round 2 up tho!!
Eileen is an assassin whose sworn duty is to dispose of other hunters that have been corrupted by their lust for blood.
She won the Old Woman Tourney from the Elderly Tourney.
Nanase
she's old she's catty and sarcastic she casually uses yokai as bait or blackmail material she picks fights with teenagers on behalf of her teen/twenty-something exorcist boss. she often wears suits in a series where other women are always in skirts or kimono and yokai disguise themselves as beautiful women to try to get her favor; she ignores them bc its her worldview that you shouldnt let yourself be soft enough to be fooled by anything. she is sick as hell <3
She's so much fun. Evil hag who eats children and she has such a memorable character.
has an alt hag model (https://bg3.wiki/wiki/File:Auntie_Ethel_Hag_Model.png)
Genkai
The OG badass granny. She trains Yusuke, joins his team in the Dark Tournament, and kicks all kinds of ass. She's surly and mean and rude and she's also a gamer. She can purify corrupted souls, reverse the energy of attacks, or lay down a solid gold asswhooping. She is the tough grandma mentor that Yusuke needed to set him straight.
Listen, I know Genkai is most likely responsible for the multitude of young-looking old ladies in anime because of her younger state when she uses her full power, but it's unfair to say that Genkai herself is bad because of it. Like 90% of her screentime is her as an old lady, her young form is treated like a transformation.
She's an old lady who beats you up and cusses you out what more could you want
(mods input...yall..she is my icon): THE HAG!! apart from everything mentioned above, her whole character is basically the antithesis to youth and peak physical apperance as an ideal to strive to. i dont want to spoil the whole dark tournament arc here but her relation to one of the main antagonists is soooo --- ugh. society if shonen authors had copied the points togashi was making here (TOGASHI INCLUDED BITCH WTF IS BISKY HXH)
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