battle of the gays

pitting all the canonically queer X-Men comic characters together in a battle via tumblr polls! icon edited by @simply-aces

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Where this blog goes next

For a really long time, I've been wanting to create a fanmade X-Men team composed of exclusively queer mutants- and now, I figured since I already have this blog, why not let tumblr decide?

So what I've done, is created 7 spots on the team, based on each characters power and skill set, and grouped a bunch of characters together for a singular poll for each spot. Before the polls go out, I'm going to make a little propaganda post for each person in the group, to make sure everybody knows who is who, and why they should vote for them!

This is only including people who are out as queer in universe, so even though Gabby has been implied to be queer, and Kate has been confirmed to be bi, neither of them are really "out" in their respective universes yet, so they couldn't really be on the team yet.

Here are the groups:

The Psychic

Captain Britain | Betsy Braddock

Askani | Rachel Summers

Negasonic Teenage Warhead | Ellie Phimister

Leo Eng

Alef Chernekhov

The Powerhouse

Iceman | Bobby Drake

Rictor | Julio Richter

Pyro | Simon Lasker

Tempo | Heather Tucker

Good Arson | Rex Ridley

Theia

Kappa | Megan Ogawa

Christopher O'Leary

The Shapeshifter

Mystique | Raven Darkholme

Gimmick | Carmen Cruz

Morph | Benjamin Deeds

Jessie Drake

Faceshopper | Soph

The Warrior

Shatterstar | Gaveedra Seven

Fang | Akihiro

Anole | Victor Borkowski

Mercury | Cessily Kincaid

Jonas Graymalkin

Bling! | Roxy Washington

Madin

Bouncer | Renata Da Lima

The Gimmick

Escapade | Shela Sexton

Loa | Alani Ryan

Aphelion | Reed

Darkveil | Darnell Wade

Jumbo Carnation

Brutha Nature | Jacob Williams

Morgan Red

Monica Sellers

Hector Pullman

The Flyer

Northstar | Jean-Paul Beaubier

Pixie | Megan Gwynn

Galura | Elle Diwa

Aura Charles

Michael Diwa

Liana

The Additional Psionic

Karma | Xuân Cao Mạnh

Destiny | Irene Adler

Prodigy | David Alleyne

Somnus | Carl Valentino

Hindsight | Nathaniel Carver

Pity Girl | Nora Kuang

Christian Frost

Bad Guy | Gabe

Alice Campbell

I hope to start posting these on Monday!

[queer-xmen-tournament]

CONGRATULATIONS TO KARMA FOR WINNING THE QUEER X-MEN TOURNAMENT!

Stay tuned to learn what will happen on this blog now that the tournament is over!

[queer-xmen-tournament]

if there's anything this tournament has taught me its to never underestimate the power of rictor fans

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~Queer X-Men Tournament Finals~

Karma vs. Askani vs. Rictor

Karma (Xuân Cao Mạnh)

Askani (Rachel Summers)

Rictor (Julio Richter)

Voting ended onApr 3, 2023

May the best mutant win!

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~Queer X-Men Tournament Finals~

Karma vs. Askani vs. Rictor

Karma (Xuân Cao Mạnh)

Askani (Rachel Summers)

Rictor (Julio Richter)

Voting ended onApr 3, 2023

May the best mutant win!

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The Queer X-Men Tournament Finals Begin Next Week!

Next week, there will be a week-long, three-way poll to decide who the best Queer X-Men character is!

This tournament has been filled with many surprises for us: namely the shocking tie between Karma and Rachel Summers earlier this week, and the fact that Rictor has managed to beat both Mystique and Destiny as he shot through this tournament. I have honestly no idea how the finals are going to go, which only makes this all the more exciting.

All of the polls we've had so far have only lasted for 24 hours, but since this is a three way poll, and it is the finals, we are going to use a week long poll to decide who wins!

Lineup for the finals

Karma (Xuân Cao Mạnh)

VS

Askani (Rachel Summers)

VS

Rictor (Julio Richter)

Finals begin on Monday, March 27th

We hope to see you voting then!

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Round 4 - Destiny vs. Rictor

Destiny (Irene Adler)

Rictor (Julio Richter)

Voting ended onMar 23, 2023

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Congratulations Rictor for making it into the Finals!

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Round 4 - Destiny vs. Rictor

Destiny (Irene Adler)

Rictor (Julio Richter)

Voting ended onMar 23, 2023

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Round 4 - Karma vs. Askani

Karma (Xuân Cao Mạnh)

Askani (Rachel Summers)

Voting ended onMar 21, 2023

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Wow, our first tie! Congratulations to both of them for making it into the finals!

Yes, Rachel and Xuân will be battling in a three way poll in the finals, against whoever wins next!

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Round 4 - Karma vs. Askani

Karma (Xuân Cao Mạnh)

Askani (Rachel Summers)

Voting ended onMar 21, 2023

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Round 4 - The Semifinals

This week, the last four remaining mutants will go against each other, and we will see which two of them will end up in the finals! Here's the posting schedule for the semifinals this week:

Monday:

Karma (Xuân Cao Mạnh) vs. Askani (Rachel Summers)

Tuesday:

The announcement of Monday's winner

Wednesday:

Destiny (Irene Adler) vs. Rictor (Julio Richter)

Thursday:

The announcement of Wednesday's winner

Friday:

Announcement of the finals

We hope to see all of you voting this week!

[sun-and-moon-duo-duel]

Fellow poll runners, ask/reblog game! you suddenly become the very thing your poll is about, how fucked are you?

[chuunibyou-showdown]

sobbing on the floor I am so fucking cringe now. I have no choice in the matter. Get chaos cerberus blasted or whatever

[mad-scientist-showdown]

Nothing tells you it's not already the case.

[magnificent-mlm-matchup]

I am quite magnificent and I am a man who happens to love men. And people who aren't men because I'm bi but that's still mlm.

[purpleandyellowshowdown]

i sure am purple and yellow :]

[blueandgreentournament]

aurora borealis crush mankind

[blackandpinkbracket]

i already was a mix of cutesy and punk so .

[redandgreenpoll]

I'm fucking ninjago now I guess

[sleepsmackdown]

Does this mean I can finally get a nap?

[he-would-not-fucking-say-that]

I either horribly mischaracterise my characters OR I start saying some weird stuff myself

[dissociationswagcompetition]

Ive been dissociating for years so FINALLY I get to have swag for this shit let's gooooooooo

[plural-swag-competition]

In which nothing changes except maybe picking up some more headmates.

[queer-xmen-tournament]

I guess I'm another X-Men child soldier now. fuck me I guess

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Round 3 - Rictor vs. Mystique

Rictor (Julio Richter)

Mystique (Raven Darkholme)

Voting ended onMar 18, 2023

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Wow, this one came close! Let's give a hand for everyone who fought hard for Mystique, you almost made it!

And let's congratulate Rictor for being the 4th and last person to make it into the semifinals!

[aroaceswagcompetition]

POLL PEEPS WITH POLLS OUT OF CURIOSITY

HOW MANY FOLLOWERS DO YOU HAVE

1-100

101-500

501-999

1000-5000

5000+

WTF WHO ARE ALL OF YALL AND WHERE DID YOU COME FROM

Voting ended onMar 25, 2023

[aroaceswagcompetition]

Tagging some peeps with polls bc why not

@powerpolyculeshowdown @dissociationswagcompetition @thecompetitionshowdowntournament @ultimate-poll-tournament @mad-scientist-showdown @aro-culture-competition

[queer-xmen-tournament]

Round 3 - Rictor vs. Mystique

Rictor (Julio Richter)

Mystique (Raven Darkholme)

Voting ended onMar 18, 2023

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Round 3 - Destiny vs. Escapade

Destiny (Irene Adler)

Escapade ( Shela Sexton)

Voting ended onMar 17, 2023

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Escapade fans - you fought hard! Shela made if very far, farther than I expected!

Congratulations to Destiny for making it into the semifinals!

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I completely forgot to post the poll today and by the time I remembered I didn't have access to my computer for a few hours so I guess this is going to have to push into the weekend, sorry about that