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roxy206 · 1 year
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Some performances will only be available on Moment with a ticket, but Drag Isn’t Dangerous is being live-streamed right now & will be available later as well
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soplapinga · 3 months
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If I had nickel for everytime I've liked a poly ship in which my second fav character from it's media is dating a guy and a girl who apparently dont get along and are definitely NOT dating + him/the guy being my storys actual otp + the ship being usually associated somehow with hell while the characters are actually dead and in some sort of afterlife + also they all belonging to the agonists™ group Ill have 2 nickels, which isn't a lot but I honestly don't know how the fuck has it happened twice
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adaozdraws · 1 month
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In love with these Hazbin Hotel redesigns by @cholvoq so I had to draw them!
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autumn-lavelle · 1 year
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Leona de Rolo side blog
I'm making a side rp blog for my take on Leona. Not even sure if anyone will follow. Not sure if I'll get to play out the story I made with her. Who knows. I just want to get this idea off my chest.
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sealjust · 2 years
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#ADA VOX YOUTUBE SERIES#
#ADA VOX YOUTUBE TV#
#ADA VOX YOUTUBE DOWNLOAD#
“Today we need more women role models in sports. Now, she is back and hungry, ready to win more titles for the club she’s been with since 2014, all the while breaking more records and being the role models in football she did not have in her youth.
#ADA VOX YOUTUBE SERIES#
This is the confidence Lyon missed while Ada was out for nearly two seasons with a series of injuries. These are the words of a player who has yet to lose in the UWCL while playing. “We shouldn’t be down 2-1, but we are going into this match with a positive attitude, knowing we can score two goals and win.” They are currently down 2-1 after going ahead in the first leg and will be without star defender Ellie Carpenter who was sent off with a red card in the first round. In the meantime, Ada is prepared for Lyon’s second leg of their UWCL matchup against Juventus. “My teammates that have played for OL Reign have spoken very highly of the team and the city and I would like to visit one day.” Hegerberg does follow the team when she can and is rooting for them to finish this year’s campaign with a better result than a semi-final loss. I inquired about Ada’s feelings on the city of Seattle, which is home to Lyon’s sister club, and Ada chuckled before telling me she’s never been. We end the interview with me asking a personal question as an OL Reign fan. “I believe in the importance of showing footballers and other women athletes in all lights as we grow the game,” she says, “it’s why I’m excited to work with DAZN.” The short ends with the tagline “see it, be it” which was a point of emphasis for Hegerberg. She discusses athletes like Norwegian boxer Cecilia Brækhus and the Williams sisters, who she credits with modeling the behavior of what it means to have familial support as a woman in sports. Hegerberg herself has a new short coming out titled “Icons with Ada Hegerberg” where she discusses the women she admired in her youth and why they mattered to her. Those pieces allow us to connect with them through more than just their play on the pitch and our need to watch their sublime talent. One of the perks of the partnership with the UWCL, DAZN, and players like Hegerberg, who’s already an ambassador of the game, are the pieces on players in this tournament. Photo by Gualter Fatia - UEFA/UEFA via Getty Images Those numbers are expected to continue an upward trend during the knockout stages, with many of the games being hosted at the cathedrals of football like Camp Nou, Emirates Stadium and Allianz Stadium, with Camp Nou expected to be at capacity, thus making history for a women’s football match. The numbers bear that out, with over 14 million views in over 210 markets for the group stages alone through the DAZN YouTube channel. “It is important for the players that DAZN is able to get more eyeballs on the screen, to know that people are watching makes the players feel good,” Hegerberg tells me in response to the importance of DAZN showing all UWCL matches from the group stages onward. My time with Ada will be brief, but I want to speak to her about her partnership with DAZN and why it is so important to her. This is, of course, the persona Hegerberg carries with her onto the pitch as one of the unquestioned leaders of a Lyon team that is not unused to making it this far in the UEFA Women’s Champions League. She appears in a brown shirt, the picture of calm in her sun soaked room despite having done what I imagine are several interviews back-to-back.
#ADA VOX YOUTUBE DOWNLOAD#
All the tunes will be available for viewers to download on Spotify, Apple, Amazon Music, Pandora, and other streaming platforms beginning December 16.It’s a Monday afternoon in Lyon but an early Monday morning for me as I await the arrival of Ada Hegerberg, who is making her media rounds to speak about her partnership with DAZN. “Back Off Bitch” joins the songs “Damn That Man” from Grag Queen & Rani Ko-He-Nur, “Friends Forever” by Leona Winter & La Viox, and “Girl Power” by Regina Voce & Gingzilla.
#ADA VOX YOUTUBE TV#
Related: Five reasons why ‘Queen of the Universe’ is the must-watch TV show of the season Cassadine join forces for a little ditty called “Back Off Bitch.” Adding to the appeal: a bound, male model, backup dancers, and some fog on the runway. This episode features the queens working with pop composer Leland to write their own duets. And, in a delightful development, we snagged an exclusive clip from this week’s episode. Queen of the Universe, the latest drag-o-riffic series to land on Paramount+, continues to grab viewers through its blending of drag, shade and karaoke. Photo: Guy Levy/MTVE©Paramount+2021, All Rights Reserved. QUEEN OF THE UNIVERSE EP #104– Aria B Cassadine and Ada Voxin QUEEN OF THE UNIVERSE on Paramount+.
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RED AND BLACK TOURNAMENT: ROUND ONE UNDERWAY
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Round one matchups under the cut!!
Bracket 1
Ruby Rose (RWBY) vs. Vanitas (Kingdom Hearts)
Mello (Death Note) vs. Rhaenyra Targaryern (House of the Dragon)
Kuga Yuma (World Trigger) vs. Kiki (Kiki’s Delivery Service)
Clifford (Clifford the Big Red Dog) vs. Dracula (Castlevania)
Kai Satou (Your Turn to Die) vs. Ladybugs/Ladybirds (real life)
Zuko (Avatar: the Last Airbender) vs. Kuro (Katamari)
Kate (Shadows House) vs. The Cat (Ghost Trick)
Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch (Marvel comics) vs. Red X (Teen Titans)
Elric of Melniboné (The Elric Saga/Michael Moorcock’s Eternal Champion Multiverse) vs. Naomi Armitage (Armitage the Third)
Alucard (Hellsing Ultimate) vs. Keith Kogane (Voltron: Legendary Defenders)
Lance (Sym Bionic Titan) vs. Panpeus (Gitaroo Man)
Six-Eared Macaque (Lego Monkie Kid) vs. Flick (Animal Crossing)
Watchdog (Jupiter-Men) vs. Crowley (Good Omens)
Eye of Sauron (Lord of the Rings) vs. Ylfa Snorgelsson (Dimension 20: Neverafter)
Razer (Jak X: Combat Racing) vs. Kieran Valentine (Monster High: Why Do Ghouls Fall In Love?)
Wei Wuxian (The Untamed/MDZS) vs. Giant Horse (Breath of the Wild)
Shadow the Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog) vs. Black Sonichu/Blake (CWC’s Sonichu)
Sailor Mars (Sailor Moon) vs. The Toy Soldier (The Mechanisms)
Ada Wong (Resident Evil) vs. Jack Spicer (Xiaolin Showdown)
Tophat (The Nightly Manor) vs. Marceline the Vampire Queen (Adventure Time)
Parr Family/The Incredibles (The Incredibles) vs. Pioneer 9 (17776 and 20020)
Guilmon (Digimon) vs. Julian Devorak (The Arcana)
Miles Edgeworth (Ace Attorney) vs. Sundancer (Worm - Parahumans)
HAL 9000 (2001: A Space Oddyssey) vs. Eas (Fresh Precure)
Harley Quinn (DC comics) vs. Itachi Uchiha (Naruto)
Scorpia (She-ra and the Princesses of Power) vs. Redcloak (Order of the Stick)
Scarlet Kingsnake (real life) vs. Hornet (Hollow Knight)
Maka Albarn (Soul Eater) vs. Toa Tahu (Bionicle)
Thorn (Scooby Doo and the Witch’s Ghost) vs. Litten (Pokémon)
Maned Wolf (real life) vs. Orko (He-Man)
Rebecca Rubin (American Girl Dolls) vs. Lucifer (Obey Me)
Death the Wolf/The Wolf/Lobo/Death etc. (Puss in Boots: the Last Wish) vs. Joker (Persona 5) Bracket 2
Miles Morales/Spiderman (Marvel comics) vs. Cynder (Spyro)
Edelgard von Hresvelg (Fire Emblem franchise) vs. Sanguine (The Elder Scrolls)
Artegor Nexus (Galactik Football) vs. Beidou (Genshin Impact)
Barb (Trolls) vs. Mao Mao (Mao Mao Heroes of Pure Heart)
Wrathion, the Black Prince (World of Warcraft) vs. Vox Akuma (Nijisanji En)
Romeo (Minecraft: Story Mode) vs. Hua Cheng (Heaven Official’s Blessing/TGCF)
Sharkface (Red vs. Blue) vs. Ashley (WarioWare)
Carmen Sandiego (Carmen Sandiego) vs. Beatrice (Umineko no Naku Koro ni)
Claire Stanfield/Felix Walken (Baccano!) vs. Deathgripper (How to Train your Dragon)
Default Mii Brawler (Super Smash Bros Ultimate) vs. Silver (Pokemon franchise)
Joui Jouki (Ordem Paranormal) vs. Banica Conchita (Evillious Chronicles)
Dreadking Rathalos (Monster Hunter Generations) vs. Black Widow Spider (real life)
Celestia Ludenberg (Danganronpa) vs. Gira/Kuwagata Ohger (Ohsama Sentai: King Ohger)
Garnet (Steven Universe) vs. Black Knight (Monty Python and the Holy Grail)
Scott Summers/Cyclops (X-men) vs. Heather Chandler (Heathers)
Lon (Sendokai champions) vs. Edward Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist)
Darth Maul (Star Wars) vs. Defective Turret (Portal 2)
Easthies (Witch Hat Atelier) vs. Grim (Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy)
Zagreus (Hades) vs. Freddy Kreuger (A Nightmare on Elm Street)
Black Rose Dragon (Yu-Gi-Oh!) vs. Marian Hawke (Dragon Age 2)
Michael Burnham (Stark Trek franchise) vs. Mapo Tofu (Food Fantasy)
Flapjack (The Owl House) vs. Marinette Dupain-Cheng/Ladybug (Miraculous Ladybug)
Red-winged Blackbird (real life) vs. Pucca (Pucca)
Overblot Riddle (Twisted Wonderland) vs. Quattro Bajeena (Mobile Suit Gundam franchise)
Pyramid Head (Silent Hill) vs. Lord Hater (Wander Over Yonder)
Sigmund Sinclair (The Reckoning) vs. Vash the Stampede (Trigun 98/Trigun Maximum)
Ranma Saotome (Ranma ½) vs. Valerie Gray (Danny Phantom)
Mephone 4s (Inanimate Insanity) vs. Regina (Doki Doki Precure)
Mordecai Heller (Lackadaisy) vs. Sideswipe (Transformers G1)
Satan (Lil Nas X’s Montero music video, and also Christianity or something) vs. Zealot Carmainerose (Epic 7)
Zero (Code Geass) vs. Yor Briar (Spy x Family)
Vincent Valentine (Final Fantasy franchise) vs. Ryuko Matoi (Kill la Kill)
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greenerteacups · 20 days
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Hey GT! I’m sure you already know I think you’re a complete treasure from the unhinged amount I wild out in your comments, but figured I’d reiterate. I saw you mention that a post of your re: outlining had been lost to the sands of time—I’m not sure if it was this one, you’ve answered a bunch of outline questions in the past, but this is one I saved because it really resonated:
https://www.tumblr.com/greenerteacups/717250131214368768/how-do-u-manage-the-big-big-project-of-writing
Also, I remember seeing a while back that you keep a running list of great words to use in the future (ouroboros is also a fave) and had to let you know that in a personal list of ‘evocative words’ I keep, Lionheart has got to be responsible for like 80% of the current entries (Pelagic depths, noblesse oblige, vox populi, carnally, plebian, filial piety, and birthright come to mind)
Finally, an actual question: do you have any reading (fic or otherwise) that you know 100% you will love but have not read because you’re keeping under glass for a break-in-case-of-emergency type situation? If so, what?
THAT'S IT! THAT'S THE POST! THANK YOU
I love that list of words with my whole heart. It's great. "pelagic" and "plebeian" are my favorites. Most recent addition was "truculent," and I'm still trying to work in a place for "musth."
Break glass in case of emergency reading: Hmm. A number of fandom classics, actually, mostly because they are, in fact, fandom classics. I've held off on reading Green Light and Measure of a Man because of the acclaim and a reasonable confidence that I'll like them quite a bit. This Oxford AU/postwar story is currently one I'm eyeing to read next, because it's so right up my alley, but I'm not reading longfic so aggressively because I'm also giving myself time to focus on writing at the moment. I'm also behind on the last few chapters of Let The Dark In. In general, though, I'm greedy and also bad at choosing not to read things when I'm interested in them. As for real books: Ada or Ardor, by Vladimir Nabokov; Gabriel Garcia Marquez's new novel; Romain Gray, The Kites; and Maurice.
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aeons first time saying "I love you".. how do you think it went
leon def says it first- doesn't expect ada to say it back
she doesn't
think it would be nice to tie in the "tell me you love me" somehow
it could either be in a life or death situation
i know people hate it from vox but i do kinda like the "you- you know i'm in love with you right?"
they would tiptoe around it for a long while - kinda gets to the point where the word feels like it doesn't mean that much in a sense.
especially if they've been together for a while now- thinking post re6 in a more domestic setting
could be in passing-
ada just being like "love you, marry me?"
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ghostoffuturespast · 1 year
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What Form of Love Do You Embody?
Tagged by @morganlefaye79 to take this quiz for my OC/Ship. Thank you! <3
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Once again, Valerie Hye-jin Li finds herself on the dirty ground.
love as violence
[ love as bloodshed, crimson as a knife slipped between your ribs ] when ocean vuong said "to arrive at love, then, is to arrive through obliteration" and when franz kafka said "you are the knife i turn inside myself; that is love" and when ada limon said "how do you love? like a fist. like a knife" and when richard siken said "sorry about the blood in your mouth. i wish it was mine"
For a woman haunted by her past actions and death, and since I'm low-key writing an entire fic series on escaping cycles of violence, yeah...
Tagging (but no pressure): @ladykatie512 @shimmer-like-agirl @velmesh @vox-monstera @fly-amanitaa @maimaiapologist
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videoaux-a · 1 month
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QUESTIONS FOR MUNS
another good question . . . in terms of themes, no matter what in all my muses and writing — I want everyone to see them as people ; to be able to imagine my muse going about everyday life based off my writing. I value humanity in a way I cannot describe with words / although I so badly wish to . . . so I very much hope my mutuals can construct someone like Vox in their head and think of him as a real person.
motifs . . . one of the major motifs all my blogs have is trauma ; not by my own choice, but because it comes with the character. now, depending on the blog, the trauma manifests in different types. ada wong and the plague / adiris are two of my muses who cope with the aftermath of childhood trauma / gender trauma because of their upbringing as women. s.onic deals with chronic and complex trauma due to expectations pushed upon him as a child. v.ox deals with trauma that stems from so many causes I can’t even list them all. I guess the point is . . . I hope everyone can see the cause and effect my motifs have.
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bongscythe · 1 year
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BONGSCYTHE
hi!! im lotus bongscythe, i moved accs since last got hidden >~&lt;
im a fic writer, cosplayer, and a collector!! click below for writing rules n more info ~~
WHO IS LOTUS?
im an autistic enjoyer of random things and doppio is my oshi !! i like rhythm games, horror, super sonico, vtubers, and everything about beauty n skincare. im also a stoner and yes it is my personality /hj [i make many jokes n hcs about weed n such, im very pro mj!] i am also a pagan >_> i very much love prsk, idv, omori, corpse party, and old playstation games too :3
WHAT DO I WRITE?
i write fics for nijisanji en, genshin impact, twst, and identity v right now! i mostly write x readers, smut, and fluff!!!
FAVORITE FIC GENRE?
friends to lovers :3
WRITING REQUEST RULES?
my requests are always open [for oneshots, headcanons, thirsts, the usual!!] so there must be rules set in place.
my writing no-nos/i do not write
-!ncest/step!ncest, pedaurph!l!a, abus!ve relationships
-k!nks that deal with bodily fluids [minus blood], agepIay, inflation, v0re, things of that nature
-i do not write for vox/mysta/sonny/nina/millie, magician/lawyer/thief/mad eyes, or for characters that are minors!!
my writing YESES/i love to write
-oneshots!
-k!nks like shibari, overstim, temperature play, incels.... [specialty on my old acc]
-i LOVE to write for hex/doppio/uki/scarle, beidou/childe/zhongli/ningguang/yae miko, idia shroud, joseph/luca/wu chang/norton/ada!!!
i have a job, but i'll try my best to pump out the best fics for you as possible!!! feel free to hmu, the box or messages idm!! <3
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dk-thrive · 1 year
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And it has infected me with this horrible lurking suspicion that I am wrong about what my own preferences are as a person.
Some number of years ago, after I’d stepped down as editor of Vox, which I used to run, my partner and I, we left D.C. where we lived at the time and we went and we spent almost three months in a little cottage, basically, near the beach on California’s Central Coast. And the very explicit idea of that was to let life be small for a while, to just shrink everything down. And I thought I would go a little crazy with boredom in a really healthy revitalizing way. And the genuine shock of that period of my life was that I’ve almost never felt bigger as a person. I did nothing. I mean, I worked. But I didn’t see people really. I didn’t go that many places. And it has infected me with this horrible lurking suspicion that I am wrong about what my own preferences are as a person. My sense of being an urban person is incorrect. Now, look, I had fewer responsibilities at that moment. And I didn’t have kids. And there are all kinds of changes in my life. But that sense that we’re socialized — or many of us — to think that fullness comes from a kind of hubbub and to maybe miss what gets drowned out by that, maybe the wholeness you’re talking about, has really, really lingered with me. And a lot of your poems really reawaken that ongoing worry I have about the decisions I’ve made in my own life — and continue to make.
— Ezra Klein, from “Ezra Klein Interviews Ada Limón” (Ezra Klein Show, May 24, 2022)
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autumn-lavelle · 1 year
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once upon a..dream
the way Ada Leonard A.k.a Leona de Rolo met her lover, a ranger who had gotten trapped in the fey wild. His name is Kuruk, and the two met in their dreams before meeting each other in person.
He's a human beastmaster/ranger...who had gone into the forest to search for a unique animal companion and fell through a door to the fairy court. It was wild. Everything was intense in this plane. His emotions, his gift to hear the sounds of the wild and creatures around him. He lovee the feeling he got from this realm, forgetting even his troubled life behind him. Kuruk wandered this realm, wanting to take in the wildlife and inhabitants. One night when he fell asleep he dreamt of a woman with short, and wild curly hair. Crystal blue eyes and glasses. She looked surprised to see him, and tried walking towards him but the dream ended. His heart yearned...
He found himself entering Shinaelestra, the ranger city and it was the best thing that happened to him. Because there, he dreamt of her again only this time he could hear her voice, and see her slightly pointed ears. This became a routine for them both, and everytime he dreamed the two of them would talk. They chatted for what seemed like hours, and now he wanted to see her in person. While there Kuruk had befriended a few fey and citizens of the city. These people became his new family...he learned much, and now he doubted he would ever leave.
As time passed a new inhabitant came. A woman, with a gun strapped to her hip and gun powder smudged across her nose and glasses covering blue eyes. Their gazes met and the dreams from before all came back. His heart skipped a beat. But he couldn't be sure...was this his lioness?
Kuruk spent his time prowling the howling forest, and doing missions for the fey court of the week. Ada tagged along, wanting to find a crossroads back to the Plane. They spoke for long hours, and bickered about little things. He noticed little things, like when she was nervous she would rub her nose, or tug her short curls.
Ada, on her end saw his passion for animals, and his wild and care free personality. She had never liked the bow when her mother taught her, she could never grasp it, but when he taught her...well he was a good teacher. She found herself falling for him, and remembering kisses from their dreams of each other. With emotions heightened in this realm it was fairly easy for them both to...enter a passionate embrace after one particularly successful mission. And many more after that time.
They were also kinda stupid and forgot to use protection in the moment, and so Ada found herself pregnant. She was both ecstatic and also terrified. How could she do her personal quest now? Could she leave to find her brother? Her twin? Also she should probably tell her babies father her real name...
During the months she revealed everything about herself to him. Telling her her real name, Leona Pike de Rolo and she originally came to this realm on accident. She'd been looking for any fey or Archfey here who could give her information on her twin brother Wolfe, and she had to find him. To apologize to him and bring him home. Kuruk had no idea how to process all that, but the name de Rolo sounded awfully familiar. He remembered a famous family in Sunstone but he had never seen them before, and fell into the wild before he could ever make it to that city.
Seeing how this was important to her, and he loved her enough to agree to help her go and find her brother. She didn't ask to make him come along, but Leona wanted him to so much...
After she had the baby, a little boy they named Sim'cha, the two acted like a family and honestly it was nice. Though when Simmy was old enough, a year old, the trio set off looking for the crossroads to the Plane. They traveled to the Sablecast grounds, finding a portal to the Material Plane. As Leona was about to leave, she hesitated, holding her son close a moment...Kuruk decided that she was worth leaving this realm and the family stepped through the portal.
Unfortunately time had passed in the Material Plane...much for then she expected. She entered the feywild at age nineteen, and was physically twenty now...but apparently four years had passed in the Material Plane. And on top of that the portal separated Kuruk, Sim and Leona from each other. And she found that her memories of the other plane was hazy. Barely able to remember Kuruk, and her babies faces. All she could remember was his voice...and her babies laugh.
Kuruk had held on to their son, and they got transported to the place he had entered the Feywild. He still remembers his lover, and his helps him do that. But he noticed that his own body had...aged...now he was in his late forties. How long had he been there?
He entered at eighteen...and been there three years. Now nearly 30 years had passed in this Plane. AND his lover was missing...would she want him now?
They are separated right now. Leona with her memories fuzzy, and Kuruk remembers but suffered from his body aging up to the proper age. Hes a single dad, living in a log cabin and taking missions to pay for things. He hopes... his lioness will come back.
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lowpolylobotomy · 1 year
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i did think ava max and ada vox were the same person for quite a while
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Round one matchups under the cut!!
EDIT: ROUND ONE IS CLOSED. CHECK PINNED FOR ROUND TWO
Bracket 1
Ruby Rose (RWBY) vs. Vanitas (Kingdom Hearts)
Mello (Death Note) vs. Rhaenyra Targaryern (House of the Dragon)
Kuga Yuma (World Trigger) vs. Kiki (Kiki's Delivery Service)
Clifford (Clifford the Big Red Dog) vs. Dracula (Castlevania)
Kai Satou (Your Turn to Die) vs. Ladybugs/Ladybirds (real life)
Zuko (Avatar: the Last Airbender) vs. Kuro (Katamari)
Kate (Shadows House) vs. The Cat (Ghost Trick)
Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch (Marvel comics) vs. Red X (Teen Titans)
Elric of Melniboné (The Elric Saga/Michael Moorcock's Eternal Champion Multiverse) vs. Naomi Armitage (Armitage the Third)
Alucard (Hellsing Ultimate) vs Keith Kogane (Voltron: Legendary Defenders)
Lance (Sym Bionic Titan) vs. Panpeus (Gitaroo Man)
Six-Eared Macaque (Lego Monkie Kid) vs. Flick (Animal Crossing)
Watchdog (Jupiter-Men) vs. Crowley (Good Omens)
Eye of Sauron (Lord of the Rings) vs. Giant Horse (Breath of the Wild)
Razer (Jak X: Combat Racing) vs. Kieran Valentine (Monster High: Why Do Ghouls Fall In Love?)
Wei Wuxian (The Untamed/MDZS) vs. Yifa Snorgelsson (Dimension 20: Neverafter)
Shadow the Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog) vs. Black Sonichu/Blake (CWC's Sonichu)
Sailor Mars (Sailor Moon) vs. The Toy Soldier (The Mechanisms)
Ada Wong (Resident Evil) vs. Jack Spicer (Xiaolin Showdown)
Top Hat (The Nightly Manner) vs. Marceline the Vampire Queen (Adventure Time)
Parr Family/The Incredibles (The Incredibles) vs. Pioneer 9 (17776 and 20020)
Guilmon (Digimon) vs. Julian Devorak (The Arcana)
Miles Edgeworth (Ace Attorney) vs. Sundancer (Worm - Parahumans)
Hal 9000 (2001: A Space Oddyssey) vs. Eas/Cure Passion (Fresh Precure)
Harley Quinn (DC comics) vs. Itachi Uchiha (Naruto)
Scorpia (She-ra and the Princesses of Power) vs. Redcloak (Order of the Stick)
Scarlet Kingsnake (real life) vs. Hornet (Hollow Knight)
Maka Albarn (Soul Eater) vs. Toa Tahu (Bionicle)
Thorn (Scooby Doo and the Witch's Ghost) vs. Litten (Pokémon)
Maned Wolf (real life) vs. Orko (He-Man)
Rebecca Rubin (American Girl Dolls) vs. Lucifer (Obey Me)
Death the Wolf/The Wolf/Lobo/Death etc. (Puss in Boots: the Last Wish) vs. Joker (Persona 5) Bracket 2
Miles Morales/Spiderman (Marvel comics) vs. Cynder (Spyro)
Edelgard von Hresvelg (Fire Emblem franchise) vs. Sanguine (The Elder Scrolls)
Artegor Nexus (Galactik Football) vs. Beidou (Genshin Impact)
Barb (Trolls) vs. Mao Mao (Mao Mao Heroes of Pure Heart)
Wrathion, the Black Prince (World of Warcraft) vs. Vox Akuma (Nijisanji En)
Romeo (Minecraft: Story Mode) vs. Hua Cheng (Heaven Official's Blessing/TGCF)
Sharkface (Red vs. Blue) vs. Ashley (WarioWare)
Carmen Sandiego (Carmen Sandiego) vs. Beatrice (Umineko no Naku Koro ni)
Claire Stanfield/Felix Walken (Baccano!) vs. Deathgripper (How to Train your Dragon)
Default Mii Brawler (Super Smash Bros Ultimate) vs. Silver (Pokemon franchise)
Joui Jouki (Ordem Paranormal) vs. Banica Conchita (Evillious Chronicles)
Dreadking Rathalos (Monster Hunter Generations) vs. Black Widow Spider (real life)
Celestia Ludenberg (Danganronpa) vs. Gira/Kuwagata Ohger (Ohsama Sentai: King Ohger)
Garnet (Steven Universe) vs. Black Knight (Monty Python and the Holy Grail)
Scott Summers/Cyclops (X-men) vs. Heather Chandler (Heathers)
Lon (Sendokai champions) vs. Edward Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist)
Darth Maul (Star Wars) vs. Detective Turret (Portal 2)
Easthies (Witch Hat Atelier) vs. Grim (Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy)
Zagreus (Hades) vs. Freddy Kreuger (A Nightmare on Elm Street)
Black Rose Dragon (Yu-Gi-Oh!) vs. Marian Hawke (Dragon Age 2)
Michael Burnham (Stark Trek franchise) vs. Mapo Tofu (Food Fantasy)
Flapjack (The Owl House) vs. Marinette Dupain-Cheng/Ladybug (Miraculous Ladybug)
Red-winged Blackbird (real life) vs. Pucca (Pucca)
Overblot Riddle (Twisted Wonderland) vs. Quattro Bajeena (Mobile Suit Gundam franchise)
Pyramid Head (Silent Hill) vs. Lord Hater (Wander Over Yonder)
Sigmund Sinclair (The Reckoning) vs. Vash the Stampede (Trigun 98/Trigun Maximum)
Ranma Saotome (Ranma 1/2) vs. Valerie Gray (Danny Phantom)
Mephone 4s (Inanimate Insanity) vs. Regina (Doki Doki Precure)
Mordecai Heller (Lackadaisy) vs. Sideswipe (Transformers G1)
Satan (Lil Nas X's Montero music video, and also Christianity or something) vs. Zealot Carmainerose (Epic 7)
Zero (Code Geass) vs. Yor Briar (Spy x Family)
Vincent Valentine (Final Fantasy franchise) vs. Ryuko Matoi (Kill la Kill)
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Vox Motivator Vox Dei, Motherfucker!
Dulu, dulu sekali, saya bisa melakukan apa saja. Melakukan apa-apa yang tidak bisa dilakukan oleh orang lain. Lalu kenyataan meminjam sebuah kereta api untuk menabrak saya dan, seperti biasa, air selalu menenggelamkan apa-apa yang seharusnya tak mengapung terlalu lama di permukaan. Banyak bakat yang saya pikir seharusnya tidak didesain untuk saya yang, pada dasarnya, gampang remuk. Setidaknya sampai dengan hari ini, keyakinan itu tertanam di dalam pikiran saya begitu saja, dan saya tak pernah protes. Kenyataan adalah sesuatu yang mencegah apapun perkataaan pendakwah soal kebahagiaan terjadi.
Dua hari lalu, di kantor, saya dibikin stres. Siapa kira-kira yang tahan mendengar seseorang berbual-bual, di pagi hari, tentang pentingnya menjadi karyawan teladan. Saya tidak habis pikir, kesedihan sebesar apa yang di dapat motivator itu di luar sana, sehingga ia merasa harus menyakinkan orang lain dengan motivasi jeleknya itu. Ini mungkin terdengar berlebihan, tapi tunggu sampai kau menemukan fakta bahwa dia bahkan sering mengandai-andaikan skenario "romcom" yang bisa membuatmu ingin membenturkan kepalanya ke meja saat itu juga.
Saya pikir kenyataan telah mencegah saya melupakan orang-orang ganjil yang pernah saya temui, sebab kepala saya pengar setiap kali melihat orang itu; gayanya terlihat seperti anasir pembawa celaka ketimbang seorang motivator, mungkin karena kepalanya yang kopong itu telah ditumbuhi ilalang-ilalang, yang pada tiap-tiap helai daunnya, teks-teks motivasi bergelantungan. Kalau kau tahu luhut, nah orang ini adalah luhut yang lain, maksudku posisinya di kantor membuat dia merasa berhak menceramahi setiap orang dan kalau dia mau sedikit saja bersabar, kenyataan akan bekerja sebaik mungkin untuk memberitahunya bahwa, satu-satunya yang bemasalah di kantor ini adalah dirinya sendiri.
Dalam motivasinya dua hari yang lalu kalau tidak salah, ia menceritakan dirinya yang sedang membaca cerita tentang babi ngepet 2022 yang menginspirasinya untuk bikin tech-starup yang memberdayakan jutaan mitra ngepet. "Orang hanya lihat sensasi" katanya, "tapi saya lihat scalability dan sustainability." Pemuda harus berani ambil bagian dan terus-
“Terus, apa pentingnya?” pikir saya. Kabar kecil tentang orang-orang besar punya kesamaan yang begitu mencolok dengan Tuhan: ada di mana-mana, tetapi tidak berguna. Hanya rekaman tentang orang-orang sepele, yang dilupakan dan terpelanting bahkan dari tempat seremeh catatan-catatan kaki, yang menarik perhatian saya. Barangkali saya merasa sedang bercermin, atau barangkali sekadar bersimpati, kepada mereka. Barangkali saya membenci kebesaran karena tak dapat melihat diri saya dalam setiap gambarnya.
“Kerja keras adalah kunci,” katanya, “Itulah yang saya pelajari dari Habibie"
Ia menceritakan Habibie seperti sedang menceritakan kakak kandungnya, dan ia bisa membicarakannya selama satu minggu penuh tetapi sepertinya ia tak punya waktu sebanyak itu sebab tiba-tiba ia membelokkan ceritanya, “Pokoknya, menjadi seperti saya itu susah. Saya harus bangun pagi setiap hari dan langsung melatih logika supaya saya tetap punya alasan-alasan yang setajam silet, lalu saya harus menanyakan orang-orang ‘apakah mereka tahu orang ini?’ dan saya akan menjelaskan panjang lebar kepada mereka segala hal tentang orang itu. Saya harus melakukannya paling tidak kepada sepuluh orang setiap hari. Tapi jangan khawatir, kalian masih muda dan bisa sukses seperti saya dan Habibie. Kuncinya cuma satu: bekerja lebih keras ketimbang orang lain.”
Ya, tentu saja, Tuan Firaun! Semua orang bekerja keras, yang membedakan hanyalah keistimewaan yang didapatkan setiap orang. Ada orang yang bekerja sampai mati dan hanya mendapat seperempat dari yang didapat orang lain dan alangkah baiknya jika seseorang menghentikan ocehannya sebelum salah satu di antara kita menjadi Komunis. Namun orang itu masih terus berbual, menceritakan pengalaman-pengalamannya yang mengharukan dan kami terpaksa mendengarkan sebab kenyataan adalah sesuatu yang mencegah kami membenturkan kepalanya ke meja dan mengguyurnya dengan dua botol kopi baper dingin.
Sempat saya terpikir untuk mengirim sebuah surel atau apalah namanya agar dia segera mengambil cuti dan menyarankan kepadanya untuk pergi berlibur. Sedikit dan banyak, waktu selalu bekerja dengan baik. Sama seperti saya, sedikit dan banyak, akan lebih berguna jika hari ini digunakan untuk membalas chat seseorang di instagram atau menghadapi macan dan rfkmr yang dijadikan satu, kemudian dikalikan empat daripada mendengar ia menyesali renik-renik kehidupan orang-orang sepele.
Ketimbang kiamat, saya lebih khawatir berpapasan dengan orang seperti itu, kau tahulah, dunia bisa meledak kapan saja dan orang seperti dia bakalan terus ada. Dia sudah sepatutnya membuat siapa pun yang berakal gentar sebab di kehidupan yang baru dia punya potensi melahirkan generasi keparat baru yang senang merusak separuh dunia dan menguasai sisanya. 
Kadang, jika mendengar kata motivasi, yang saya bayangkan adalah melihat seorang tunawisma ditabrak mobil di CPI. Botol yang dibawanya terpelanting jauh sekali. Saya memungut botol itu dan meletakkannya, tegak, di atas trotoar, tepat di samping mayatnya yang sudah ditutupi seseorang dengan sehelai koran. Saya merenung-renungkan kembali beberapa hal dan menyimpulkan secara serampangan bahwa orang-orang tidak butuh motivasi, yang mereka inginkan adalah diperlakukan sebaik-baiknya, seadil-adilnya.
Tapi seperti yang saya bilang, sekeras apa pun saya berusaha, kenyataan selalu merangkai dirinya selangkah di depan dan di sanalah saya pada Rabu pagi, menelan bulat-bulat kenyataan sambil membebek mendengar orang itu memimpin SOP.
"Seseorang perlu memberikannya medali" kataku.
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Klinik Pengusir Hantu
Saya dan Sleepyheadrif sedang asyik membicarakan ilmu perdukunan sebab minggu lalu, salah satu teman kami kesurupan. Menurut pengakuan teman kami itu, dia dirasuki arwah bapaknya sendiri semalam suntuk dan setelah kejadian itu, katanya, ia jadi lebih sering berziarah ke makam bapaknya.
Bapak,
Kemiskinan berkunjung kerumah
Ia melamar ibu.
Sleepyheadrif mengusulkan agar kami cepat-cepat pulang dan lekas mencari klinik pengusir hantu -- yang menurut pengakuan banyak orang-- klinik-klinik seperti itu banyak ditemukan, di sepanjang jalan, di moncongloe.
Sleepyheadrif sendiri adalah seorang yang takut hantu. Ia pernah terkencing-kencing melihat sosok menyeramkan yang dipantulkan cermin saat membasuh wajahnya di wastafel. Belakangan ia baru sadar, kalau sosok itu adalah pantulan wajahnya sendiri. Malam itu ia memang baru saja melumuri wajahnya dengan krim pelembab kulit yang ia beli dari seorang keturunan cina-arab, di tiktok. Pengalaman horror Sleepyheadrif, temanku itu, mungkin tidak menarik dan cenderung menggawat-gawatkan keadaan. Tapi rasa penasarannya melebihi siapa pun, melebihi apa pun di dunia ini.
"Kita ke moncongloe?" tanyaku.
"Ayolah, siapa yang mau pergi ke tempat kumuh seperti itu." Katanya sambil membetul-betulkan alis. "Kita ke tempat di mana peradaban dimulai, ke toko buku. Kita bisa menemukan apa pun di sana."
Tentu saja saya ingin sekali membantahnya dan saya tahu persis toko buku di sekitar sini, tidak ada bedanya dengan kandang babi. Maksudku tempat itu sama kumuhnya. Ketika sampai di sana, kau dengan cepat bisa mengetahui bagaimana industri buku di kota itu berjalan. Sebuah bangunan semi permanen yang kusam, cat yang seharusnya berwarna putih gading terkelupas di banyak tempat. Di dalamnya, ruang gerakmu dibatasi oleh jejeran rak buku yang berdiri malas-malasan seperti pekerja yang ikut senam, tetapi mau tak mau dipaksa dimampatkan di sana.
Tapi belum selesai kami berbincang seorang tukang serobot datang dan membajak obrolan kami.
“Hei, perengus, dengarkan cerita saya,” katanya.
Saya dan Sleepyheadrif melihat-lihat sekitar untuk sekedar memastikan apakah orang itu memang sedang berbicara dengan kami. Saya memang suka merengus, dan kadang tak tahu sopan santun, tapi jika yang dia sebut 'perengus’ adalah kawan di sampingku, barangkali orang ini perlu saya beri pelajaran dengan satu tendangan lurus, tepat ke biji pelernya.
“Kalian tahu Jackma?” tanyanya sambil menahan sakit.
“Orang cina yang tidak tahu bersilat?” tanyaku.
Lelaki ini memuji bagaimana Jackma menjadi besar dan kaya raya dengan perjuangan yang, pada titik tertentu, ia rasakan juga. Ia memulai semua dari nol, katanya, yang bagi saya terdengar seperti pengalaman semua orang tetapi ia menceritakannya seolah hal itu hanya terjadi pada dirinya. “Perusahaan yang kudirikan selalu berbasis pada semangat kekeluargaan dan bersenang-senang, pokoknya nda seperti perusahaan lain.”
Kesenangan yang saya bayangkan saat mendengar kalimat itu adalah: ia membangun sebuah ketapel raksasa dan melontarkan seluruh pegawainya ke laut. Saya membisikkan hal itu kepada Sleepyheadrif dan Sleepyheadrif menambahkan, “Mungkin akan lebih menyenangkan kalau dilontarkan ke camp Nazi.”
“Jerman tempat yang bagus!” potong lelaki itu, “Aku pernah ke Jerman, selain Uni Soviet dan Cuba. Ke makam Hitler.”
Tak ada satu pun dari kami yang menanyakan hal itu, tetapi hidup memang terus berjalan meski kau tak bertanya mengapa dan bagaimana.
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