the winner is the crackships we made along the way

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Round Four is over!

Thank you for tuning in to the fourth round of The Ship Wars! Can't believe the quarterfinals are over!

Any questions, suggestions or feedback? Feel free to reach out to me!

The mod is currently on break. Please be mindful that asks and messages will have a delay because of that.

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I managed to get to max boops by boop-spamming u :) as thanks, please enjoy a pic of our cat Mouse

Congrats on your max boops!! AND YOUR CAT!!! MOUSE!!! SUCH A LOVELY LITTLE FELLA!!

Here, have a pic of one of my own cats, Morgana!!

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IK this is like random as all shit but TY FOR ALLOWING SPAM BOOPS

That helped me get the Booper Breaker badge and now I'm really happy cause I've been trying to get it all day cause I love black cats

So thank you so so so much ☺️☺️☺️

Yay! Congrats on your badge!! I know some people were just real hesitant to spam the boops and I just wanted to help lol, glad it did help!!

Also, I totally agree, black cats are lovely <3

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Everyone, feel free to just spam the boops at me. Get those 1k boops badges. I won't block anyone over this, been having so much fun on my main with just booping my mutuals, this is great!!

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I heard through the grapevine that you need cat pics therefore as a cat owner i must fulfill my duties

enjoy

The grapevine was tellinh the truth, I LOVE THEM!!

I adore how your cats just seem like the silliest little guys. Thank you for doing the cat owner duty 🫡

Here, have some ittle cat pics as well:

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I hope you're doing okay

There is a bunch of asks like this one, so I'm grouping a bit of the related topics here.

Are you ok?

Yes, I am doing ok, thank you! Taking the time off was a little weird at first, but it definitively helped me a tons.

What have you been up to?

Getting back into routine, mostly. During the polls I was cutting my already limited sleeping schedule, so I could moderate better. I needed a good, long nap.

Then it came around to focus on my job and education, and giving myself a treat by indulging in some of comfort things. I read so much gothic literature, it was great.

How are your cats?

I don't know why so many people were aksing about them, but I will not complain lmao.

They are all good and being little balls of chaos. Morgana, my black cat, is going to have kittens so we are all equal parts excited and worried here!

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i hope you are doing okay, you don’t deserve dealing with all the bs that’s been going on. here’s a late valentines card 🎀💟

Oh, I LOVE valentines cards!! This was so sweet, sorry to be late on answering this.

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So sorry abt all the rude people you really don’t deserve to have to deal w that. Fandoms can be so toxic… but ik that me and a lot of other people really enjoyed the ship wars as a fun casual thing (nothing to get mad over) and ofc I respect your decision to postpone it, but I was wondering if there would be any interest in possibly continuing? if not, that’s completely fine but I was just really curious.

Thanks!

Well, I am not sure if I'll continue. Real life has been getting in the way lately. I'll be entering my college exams week soon and working hours have been kinda crazy. But I would like to at least finish up the 2024 Polls.

We just have to wait and see, for now.

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I'll be answering some messages and asks today, everyone. But just as a general statement, I wanna thank all of you for the support that was sent my way and your patience <3

[theshipwars]

Hello, everyone! I'm am sorry to be announcing that The Ship Wars will take an indefinitive pause. These polls have been a lot for me these past few day and I'll need a little mental health break to recover.

I've seen, yet again, very bad sportsmanship in some notes. And as pollrunner, I have to address this.

There was usage of slurs in a derrogatory way, and while reclaiming them to yourself is a empowering move, using them to insult others is not.

I have been noticing that almost every poll or tornament seems to have a variation of the "kill them" now. And for the most part, I'll say that I belive it is just hyperbole and jokes, but some people are uncomfortable with the proportions that it has been used. I won't be policing those, but death threats will be taken seriously.

And the Good Omens fandom has made me aware of some misgendering going on. From what I gathered, most of it was not out of malice and people just not engaging with the fandom to know this. But I genuinely don't wanna see any proposital misgender. As a nonbinary person, this is very triggering for me.

I am very sorry things have taken this proportions over the polls. There is nothing wrong with liking a ship better than another, but attacking others for this spoils the fun everyone was supposed to have.

I hope everyone can understand my need for a pause. Thank you for the support, I'll (maybe?) see you all soon.

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i think what the good omens anon was trying to say about blocking is- blocking people is fine, but blocking someone just because they prefer a ship from ANOTHER FANDOM which isnt even toxic is just weird.

I don't think it is that black and white. People have diverse experiences in fandom spaces and end up interacting with different people, and sometimes people just don't vibe with a especific work or media.

It seems weird but that is the basics of curating your online experience.

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the person telling good omens anon to block people is great. yeah let us block thousands of people really quick that’s our bad for not doing it in the first place ☺️

I think they were talking about the other anon being blocked more than anon blocking the other party, tbh. Blocking isn't bad and doesn't need to be viewed that way.

But it is a bit unrealistic to expect people to go through the notes and do a block list when the post has so many notes.

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Op, I sincerely admire your patience with just about everything happening in your inbox/polls. Don't hesitate to take a break if you need to get away from it all

I probably will lol

It is a kinda-of-holiday in my country, right now. Maybe I'll actually enjoy it.

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since someone pointed out how weird the bubbline fans are being over ineffable, i’d also like to point out how rude dinluke fans were over ofmd. it really wasn’t deep enough for them to post death threats.

Wait, really? I'll try to have a look at that too.

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it's not just that bubbline fans are being 'mean', it's their casual, school yard homophobia

Yes, I'm looking into it. I am just slow and I don't want to mess this up, please have patience with this.

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To the Good Omens anon - as someone who isn’t even voting in that poll because I don’t know or care about either ship - get a grip. Blocking is not an act of aggression nor is it an act of harassment. It’s not “mean” or “possessive”. People are allowed to draw their own boundaries. Wouldn’t you rather they block you than attack you?

I agree that blocking is a useful feature to create your own experience online, and isn't inherently bad. But I think the other anon has a right to feel upset over some tags and comments, especially if it triggers them.

Some real worrying screenshots were sent my way, and if there is more around the notes, then it is for the best to let me know. I have no power over people, but I have previously stated rules that could potentially end this year's tournament.

[theshipwars]

Helooo!! Do you like snakes or cats? :3

Hello!! I like both snakes and cats!

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Actually, this ask made me so happy I wanna share some of my cat pics. I love them so much.