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Classic Literature Sexyperson Tournament; Round 1

Woland (The Master and Margarita) vs Nastasya Filippovna (The Idiot)

woland

nastasya filippovna

Voting ended onDec 30, 2023

propaganda:

Woland:

I saw someone submit behemoth and thought this guy has to be in here too. Tropes: Weird eye/Eye imagery, Suitguy, European, Theatrical/Artsy. A lot of versions of him both fan and in official adaptations give off Dilfy vibes too. He’s implied to be the devil but he also isn’t really since religion seems to work differently in universe. Cosmic and Time powers are implied too

Nastasya Filippovna:

SHE'S EVERYTHING! She can be a girlboss AND a wet cat at the same time! Has several mental illnesses (and I'm actually really sorry for her) but also very rich. Can have any man she wants but she's so broken inside that can't even decide between the most kind man in her life and fucking psychopath. Also she's canonicly hot. She's the best! Vote for a wet cat of a woman! ----Troupes---- –Angst –European –Criminal (most likely) –Controversial IN CANON –Dominating –Egotistical –Girlboss –Intelligence –Obsessive (kinda...???) –Pathetic –Upper-Class –Morally Grey –Well-Dressed

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Classic Literature Sexyperson Tournament; Round 1

Erik/the Phantom (The Phantom of the Opera) vs Gaspard Caderousse (The Count of Monte Cristo)

the phantom

caderousse

Voting ended onDec 30, 2023

propaganda:

the Phantom:

Mysterious. Likes killing people. Wears a mask

also has an article

Caderousse:

he's an atheist. he's absolutely pathetic. he may have possibly stabbed his wife but tbh that scene is both vague and complicated and there's a third person involved so it's quite hard to tell. he's got jokes. he's adorable. he has a huge gay crush on one of the villains. he's a con man. he's been to prison, where he took under his wing possibly the worst person he could have (Benedetto). his wife also sucked. he is a magnet for the most reprehensible people. he's my babygirl.

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Classic Literature Sexyperson Tournament; Round 1

Henry Jekyll (The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde) vs Ruy Blas (Ruy Blas)

jekyll

ruy blas

Voting ended onDec 30, 2023

propaganda:

Jekyll:

HAD an article but where the hell did it go what

Old man with a Dark Secret (tm). He's too nice to be a true sexyman but the whole "transforms into the physical manifestation of his most perverse desires" thing definitely helps. Would have submitted Hyde but he's constantly described as "ugly mf" and "ew please get him away from me"

Ruy Blas:

Hmmmmm He is *romantic*, *exhalted*. He is a normal guy that passes as a noble, fools everyone and seduce the queen. His sexiness shines so much that people don't see that he's originally a peasant. And he dies in a *tragic* way, preserving the honor of the queen.

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Classic Literature Sexyperson Tournament; Round 1

Benedetto (The Count of Monte Cristo) vs Captain Hook (Peter Pan)

benedetto

captain hook

Voting ended onDec 30, 2023

propaganda:

Benedetto:

he has daddy issues of monumental magnitude. he stabs a man to death during the events of the book. he's faking a high-society life. he's a redhead. he's been committing atrocities literally his entire life. he plays piano. he's a huge flirt. he's a little pathetic.

Hook:

Yeah. Uh. Don't judge me too harshly ? But hey. Pirates !

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Classic Literature Sexyperson Tournament; Round 1

Behemoth (The Master and Margarita) vs Anatole Kuragin and Helene Bezukova (War and Peace)

behemoth

anatole and helene

Voting ended onDec 30, 2023

propaganda:

Behemoth:

he’s a sexy cat. anthro nonhuman, probably has a gajinka design somewhere but also he canonically has a human form he is big boy brick shithouse he’s extremely dramatic and a troll a lot of people find him annoying in the story he’s a demon suitguy probably european chaoslord criminal bastard clown with his bestie koroviev

Anatole and Helene:

(for Anatole) he sucks! bisexual swagger though, and clearly a pretty decent seducer.

(for Helene) she also sucks but mostly just because Tolstoy hated women. she's bi and hot and vapid in a way that screams good for her.

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Classic Literature Sexyperson Tournament; Round 1

Dmitri Razumikhin (Crime and Punishment) vs Balladyna (Balladyna)

razumikhin

balladyna

Voting ended onDec 30, 2023

propaganda

Razumikhin:

He's the best in everything so he's also can be the best at being the sexyman. Like he's just perfect and you would actually like being in relationship with him! He's responsible adult who can take care of you and himself! (And if you telling me no and saying that Raskolnikov is better. No. You just wrong) He's just a funny guy who can make your day better! HE CAN MAKE YOU BETTER!! HOW CAN YOU TELL NO TO HIS BEAUTIFUL BROWN EYES!!!(I've infodumped about him so much before what I don't have anything more to say because I've said everything in my other propagandas for him. He's everything to me) -----now tropes for fun----- –European –Brick Shithouse (I mean he is big and strong) –LGBTQ+ Coded (I mean not really but like....we all know he's bi) –Himbo –Johnlocked (*looks at the propaganda for gay lit tournament* we all know how it ended) –Tall

I love this man he is Husband he is Wife he is the light of my life, the literary foil to our emo-supreme MC that was Absolutely Necessary, I would jump his bones and put a ring on it in a heart beat, we would live poor, but we would be happy together. We would keep each other warm. Also his wife's hot so. I would gladly form a polycule with them both if they would have me.

Balladyna:

fellas is it not a sexyperson thing to accidentally murder your sister in your pursuit for power and forever be haunted by the act, but instead of learning and becoming a better person you start making literally everything in your life worse by murdering Even More People with your partner in crime who you also murder later out of paranoia and be increasingly haunted by the visions to the point literally everyone around you becomes either dead or outcast, but at least you have your power and the crown and girlboss your way to becoming not only the king but ALSO a judge and then in your hubris send down a guilty verdict on your own actions three times so hard Literally Actual God smites you for your bullshittery because at that point She's the only one who could get rid of your sheer murderswag.

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Classic Literature Sexyperson Tournament; Round 1

Gerald Croft (An Inspector Calls) vs Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan (The Great Gatsby)

gerald

daisy and gatsby

Voting ended onDec 30, 2023

propaganda:

Gerald:

I know he's a terrible person I know it but his hairrr sexy sexy man. Also I saw aic live earlier this year and the guy playing him had a beard and was "tall dark and handsome" in every way

also????? he has an article?????????? the guy from the gcse english set text???????

Daisy and Gatsby:

(for Gatsby) he's THEE great gatsby. i will be voting against him but i know that he has to be here

(for Gatsby) So so many! Angsty, con artist he doesn't even use his real name, catchphrase "old sport", egotistical giant ass parties, mysterious, arguable johnlocked my high school class definitely thought he and nick were gay

(for Daisy) Look, Gatsby had issues but I don't think anything was wrong with his sight

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Classic Literature Sexyperson Tournament; Round 1

Irene Adler (the Sherlock Holmes books) vs Emma Bovary (Madame Bovary)

adler

bovary

Voting ended onDec 30, 2023

propaganda:

Adler:

She's 10 times as sexy as Holmes could ever hope to be Smart, has her own agenda, can outwit Holmes and get her happy ending on her own

Bovary:

"Madame Bovary had never been so beautiful as she was now; she had that indefinable beauty which results from joy, enthusiasm, and success, and which is essentially a harmony between temperament and circumstances. She had been gradually developed by her desires, her sorrows, her sensual experience and her still-young illusions, as flowers are developed by manure, rain, wind and sun, and her entire nature was now in bloom. Her eyelids seemed to have been made expressly for those long amorous glances in which her pupils were lost in profound reverie while her heavy breathing dilated her thin nostrils and raised the fleshy corners of her lips, with their delicate shadow of dark down. Her twisted hair seemed to have been arranged by some artist skilled in corruption; it lay coiled in a heavy mass, carelessly shaped by the adulterous embraces that loosened it every day. Her voice now took on softer inflections, and so did her body, even the folds of her dress and the arch of her foot gave off a kind of subtle, penetrating emanation." If Flaubert and his sensual descriptions don't convince you, I won't