okay yeah so the reason why i haven't posted was because making an image including ALL of the characters in the submissions is tiring. i'll most likely not make that image when i finally release this. expect to see the announcement of it starting and the first polls soon.
hi! sorry for the wait, i've been having trouble trying to make the bracket picture! i don't have an exact date on when the bracket will start, but i know it'll start soon.
It is a "tournament" where Tumblr collectively decides which anime children they most want to adopt. It was inspired by this post, talking about a poll from a Japanese con, where people voted for the “animanga character that [they] wish was their child”.
What children are available to adopt?
I’ve picked out a few, but I am also accepting (and encouraging) submissions through this handy form.
A submission form for the "I want to adopt this anime child!" tournament
Submit as many characters as you want, and don’t worry about whether other people might have submitted them already—how many times a character was submitted is going to factor into seeding. (Just don't submit the same character multiple times.)
What is anime?
For the purposes of this blog…if you genuinely aren’t sure whether something counts as anime, it counts. I’m casting a broad net! Steven Universe is anime, Fire Emblem is anime, Hololive is anime.
If a child isn’t from something anime-ish enough, they probably won’t get as many votes as comparable children from things that are unambiguously anime. That’s good enough for me.
That said, if someone submits Anakin Skywalker or X Musk or some other kid who is obviously not from an anime, I reserve the right to quietly ignore that submission.
What is a child?
In the real world, this is an easy question; pick a cutoff age, and check their ID. For anime, things get trickier.
First: A character counts as a child if they are a child for a significant time. Significance is, unfortunately, subjective; an adult protagonist who gets five minutes of flashback probably shouldn’t count as a child, but a child who only appears in three minutes of that flashback should.
Second, we need to address the fact that anime is full of actual children who don’t act like kids, as well as characters who look and often act like kids but are actually 300-year-old vampires or something. A character who looks like a child, acts like a child, and is the age of a child is definitely a child; what about other characters? For the purpose of this poll, let’s say they need at least two out of three. Ancient lolis need to act like children, weirdly mature minors need to look like children, and actual children who look like adults (while rare) qualify as children.
Of course, both “look like children” and “act like children” are subjective. That’s fine. Again, if a submission isn’t child-like enough, they probably won’t get as many votes, that’s good enough. (Though I again reserve the right to ignore anyone who submits Master Roshi or something.)
One last point of clarification: For the purposes of this bracket, adolescents are children. Submit as many high schoolers as you want. (Anime has no shortage of them.)
Do the children submitted need to be orphans?
No. The children can be from nuclear families, or single-parent ones, or families where the older children fill the shoes of absent parents, and so on. They can be happy with their family situation, unhappy with it, actively opposed to the idea of relying on others, etc.
The only requirement (aside from being an anime child) is that
How long will the submission period last?
At least a week. I’ll post something (and edit this post) when I close submissions.
How will the bracket work?
It will function as a double-elimination bracket, where losers in the main bracket get a second chance in a “loser’s bracket”. There may be additional complexities (such as including more than two characters in each poll), depending on whether I end up with fifteen kids or 500.
I have another question not mentioned in this FAQ!
Send me an ask. I’ll respond, and possibly add the answer to this FAQ.
Hello! I’m starting a third tumblr tournament before my first one even officially starts because I cannot be stopped. This one is to find tumblr’s favorite New Englander! People from those six states in the United States northeast now have their time to shine. They can be raised in new england but moved away long ago, moved to new england from somewhere else, never left their hometown, anything as long as it’s part of their story! I’ll be accepting submissions for one week, until 3pm est on May 29th
Rules and submission form under the cut:
- As the title suggests, fictional characters only!! That means no real people (because I KNOW tumblr: Jerma counts as a real person), but also no historical figures or characters based on historical figures, or self-insert ocs like the pcs of MCYTs. (So no Hamilton characters, but for example Clone High or Fate Zero characters are fine because they’re not literally the historical figure)
- Submit as many characters as you like as long as you don’t submit the same one twice! Pls don’t spam as I’m gonna try to include as many as I can no matter how many submissions they get. Also please use the submission form, don’t send your submissions to my inbox!! If you do I’m just deleting it because it shows you didn’t read the rules
- If the state they’re from isn’t listed on the submission form it’s not a New England state. Most prominently, please don’t try to submit any characters from New York
- They can be from a fictional city as long as it’s at least implied to be in a new england state! For example, Star City (where Green Arrow lives) was stated once to be in Connecticut, and Derry, Maine is the fictional town from It
If they are from one of six specific states in the United States northeast then they belong here <3
by the way, by villain i mean a character that is villainous. (eg: villainous antagonists and villainous protagonists) if the character you're submitting is just an antagonist and not a villanious character (eg: heroic antagonist) then it won't get into the bracket. thought i'd specify that!
@angelicdevil i completely forgot, whoops. well, guess that means redeemed villains will be included! i'll still keep the poll up cause i wanna see what others think.
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