#the contest

[boinday]

Oh, I'm sure this will have noooo negative consequences... :3c

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[barb-alayna-artstuff]

Naughty Memes…

[Allie]: (sighs) It’s not a contest Barbs…

[Barbie]: (smirks) Pffft… Everything’s a contest Als…

[Allie]: (eye-roll) I’m the only one on the scoreboard…!!! How can I possibly win…?????

[Barbie]: You can’t… I’m the only winner in this game… (smirks)

[inthaf]

i’m thinking for the contest i want to add in police documents and maybe newspaper clippings in between chapters to build up more of charlottes life so we know she’s lying about how she feels about her father and adds to her unreliablity with what she’s seeing cause she’s second guessing herself constantly… maybe the time she’s finally able to be trusted is when she kills the host and she also finally recognizes her relationship with her father and remember the abuse he caused and the relief and possible joy she felt after she found out her dad died and the immediate guilt that came from that… the parallel feelings with killing the host as well and also after he’s revealed maybe he keeps reminding her of her dad so it all comes in hard and fast

[silenfeld]

The _______ - S04E11

[inventors-fair]

The Definite Articles: The Winners!

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@corporalotherbear — The Crimson Falcon

I'm immediately grabbed by the extremely blatant homage to Silver Age superheroes here. As much as Hero would be a perfect type to put on this, it's still limited to silver-border (and whatever the heck Hero's Path is, but I'd rather not think too hard about that), so making it a literal Ally of justice is a very clever workaround. We've seen effects like this before, but the downside of creating a token tapped and attacking is that it's unlikely to survive the combat it's created in. Temporary indestructibility very much flips that on its head, and combining that with the evasion on the main body means it's actually quite a pain to stop this caped crusader from accruing value turn after turn. Flavoring the effect as taking a sidekick under their metaphorical (or, given the name, possibly literal) wing is an excellent touch as well.

@hypexion — The Doom of Vesta Konar

Hoo boy, now that's a name! In a contest based on names, it should come as no surprise that a particularly good one would win some points with me, and this one just has an excellent ring to it while still being very evocative. Not to undersell the rest of the card, though! This is a scary, scary effect. As long as you can keep hitting opponents with your evasive Nightmares, they'll mill more and more cards, creating more and more Nightmares, and thus does the cycle continue. The "one or more" rider on the effect does prevent it from being exponential, though it feels a bit odd to me. The last ability asks for you to do big hits that translate into big mills, but the second would rather you favor small, incremental mills. You could maybe have the second ability ask for a specific card type (like creature), so more damage has the advantage of hitting that type more consistently. It's minor as gripes go, though. As well, extending the effect to encompass discards as well is interesting and appreciated, though I'm not sure it adds all that much to the card in the long run.

@misterstingyjack — The Mirror of Maziken

That is a positively fascinating way to do disruption, straight up. While the uniqueness of the effect is definitely the main draw, what really pushes it over the edge is all of the little touches to the effect to make it play that little bit better. I love how the Reflections are sitting ducks on board and can only stymie creatures, encouraging your opponent to find ways to remove them without triggering them. I love how the Reflections triggering on cast means that they have to be set up preemptively, giving your opponent ample time to react. I love how the card prevents you from easily creating Reflections with the same name to double up on the cost. I love how the steep cost for what's effectively a reusable counterspell means it can't be done willy-nilly and lock down an entire hand. And, plus, I love the name. It admittedly doesn't do all that much to explain how the mirror can do all this, but the touch of alliteration means I could easily see myself opening a chest in an old RPG and finding the Mirror of Maziken.

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Sit tight for imminent runners! —@spooky-bard

[dearreader-archive]

what if i make my sapphic gothic horror survival novel have scooby doo elements to it? what if they treat looking for the host or answers like a silly pass time or there’s a sense of both fun and unease in it because on one hand nothings wrong but also…

[football-in-tuxedos]

I'm reading your posts about Seinfeld and I've never watched it but I always thought of it as kind of an overly clean, non-sexual show, but after seeing that clip you posted, I realize that's not the case, is it?

Seinfeld has an episode where all four of the main characters make a bet to see which of them can go the longest without masturbating.

It won an Emmy