#round 2.1

[polish-art-tournament]

round 2.1 poll 4

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Szał uniesień (Frenzy of exualtations) by Władysław Podkowiński, 1893:

[no propaganda has been submitted]

[read about the history of the painting - and yes, it involves the artist trying to destroy it!]

Artysta i chimera (Artist and Chimaera), 1906:

propaganda: If a girl can’t strip and ravage a passing fiddle playing bard, who CAN a girl strip and ravage these days? !Bonus content: the windy Polish countryside

#jacek malczewski #polska #polish art #władysław podkowiński #polls #round 2.1

[prettiestcolours]

#poll #round 2.1

[shonenmilfshowdown]

Dr. Kurena is the mother of Tony Tony Chopper.

Queen Otohime is the mother of Princess Shirahoshi and her brothers.

#id in alt #one piece #round 2.1 #queen otohime #otohime #dr kureha

[evilestgentleman]

Round 2.1

Silco Propaganda

Previous Poll

Shelly Propaganda

Previous Poll

#tournament poll #silco #arcane #shelly de killer #ace attorney #round 2.1

[cavetown-song-of-all-time]

-- bracket 1 round 2 --

Banana Bread

i hope you're alright // i didn't wanna wake up last night // 'cause i quite liked the dream i had of holding your hand

(This Is) Home

get a load of this train wreck // his hair's a mess and he doesn't know who he is yet // but little do we know, the stars // welcome him with open arms

#rip banana bread we hardly knew ye #polls #round!2.1 #cavetown #poll tournament #tumblr tournament

[exandriacityshowdown]

Round 2 Poll 1

Emon, Tal'Dorei: Emon is the capital of the Republic of Tal'Dorei, formerly the Tal'Dorei Empire. Vox Machina considered it their home and owned property here, Greyskull Keep. It is a bustling port city that was also the central target by the 810 attack of the Chroma Conclave. The Mighty Nein once visited, briefly. 

image from the postcard merch by pretty useful co

The Braan, Wildemount: The Braan is a small stone giant settlement in the Penumbra Range, Xhorhas. The Mighty Nein helped them with a demon problem.

image from c2e59

#exandria #emon #braan #the braan #tal'dorei #wildemount #taldorei #critical role #poll post #notpollprop #exandria city showdown #round 2 #2.1 #it might have been an exaggeration to say this would take hours. just wanted to give myself some leeway

[marisimverse]

motherhood suits ophelia. when it comes to adonis, she only has one complaint: he’s growing up so fast that she can’t keep up! at the same time, she loves that he’s growing because she gets to see as he learns new things everyday. she contacted aliens, and when a bunch of them just showed up at her house, she even took the opportunity to introduce them to the baby! as a scientist, she hopes that he’ll share her fascination with the world. kids are great, and so are aliens.

...wait. hm. *eyes emoji* maybe she has an idea............

#ophelia is an alienfucker what can we do... #it's for science ofc. #the sims 4 #ts4 #ts4 gameplay #ts4 screenshot #ts4 lepacy #love legacy #gen 2 - gtw #ophelia love #adonis love #love round 2.1

[taconafide2]

eyes on the prize.

#14 pity and 2 pulls so 16/160 and 0/70 for lc <3 #yeah nobody is going to 180 and 80 i am rounding it down . #the way it's going to jump to over 50 in like 2days of 2.1

[meidnightrain]

UNDELIVERED❞ - aventurine

summary: his voicemail is full of messages, all from you, never to be heard

warnings: reader is gn, spoilers for the 2.1 penacony quest, angst, hurt/no comfort

notes: like genuinely i am not able to write for him anymore, i’m so sorry if this sucks or anything i’ve been suffering writers block for the longest time 😭

i saw the prettiest gemstones just now, but they couldn’t match the hue of your eyes. i know people belittle you for it, but i think they’re really beautiful, like all of you. i know you’re probably busy right now. i’ll wait for you to come back before telling you about my day, and you can tell me about yours. do you want to play a few rounds before turning in? i love you.

(played)

thanks for the gift; you seriously didn’t have to. i know you only came to penacony for business, and you didn’t have to take me along either. i’ll make it up to you, i swear. how about a date once you finish work? i heard about this casino; there’s this hotshot there that you might enjoy wiping the floor with. what do you say? see you later. i love you.

(played)

i know something's off, and you’re not telling me about it. where did you go just now? you promised we wouldn’t keep secrets from each other, but you’ve been hiding something the whole time we’ve been here. i’m not angry; i just…i just want you to be open with me. is that so bad? call me back as soon as you can. i love you.

(played)

i’m sorry i yelled at you; your plan wasn’t something… i could agree with, i don’t care if ratio agrees to it. we can work this out; you don’t have to do this alone. just come back, and maybe we can find a better solution. love you.

(played)

i know that i apologized, but it’s not in the way you think it is; maybe it wasn’t even directed at our argument. not sorry, like, "oh, i pity your upbringing," but more of, "sorry for thinking that we could and sorry that we ever tried (to work)." that sounds mean. maybe it is. i could never heal you from the wounds inflicted by your past; they were always too deep to fill up. and i know i wasn’t the best person for you to choose as your second half; why did you do it? why did you pick me out of everyone else? why did you think i was deserving enough of your affection?

look, i know you don't want to talk to me right now. i wouldn't want to either. but i really want this to work out in your favor. i know that i’m being selfish by wanting you even when i can’t. is it wrong to be selfish just this once if it means you’ll live?

yell at me and throw things and scream that i’m as bad as a person like those who hurt you, perhaps even more for knowing that you were hurting and i did it anyway. i don't care. but please don't ignore me. i would rather bleed myself dry for you than be forgotten. i know that nothing i say will change the past; what's done is done. but we can change the future. i don’t want to lose you, not in a million years, in another life, or in any other universe.

we can solve this, find a better alternative, and i can leave afterwards if that’s what you really want. if you can pretend that we’re okay just for a little bit—if you can talk to me one more time—i promise i’ll leave you alone. i promise i’ll never call you again or anything. please call me back. i love you so.

(played)

it’s been seventeen system hours, where are you?

(undelivered)

you’re joking, right? a grand performance? is this just another one of your pranks? there’s no way you- *cuts off*

(undelivered)

you did it, didn’t you? was it worth it?

(undelivered)

hey, please. please come back. i’m sorry. i’ll do anything to have you by my side. don’t leave me alone. please. i can’t live with myself knowing that the last words I said to you face-to-face were “i hate you.” i don’t hate you; i could never hate you. i’d hate the whole world before i could ever do that. please pick up. i love you please.

(undelivered)

it’s pathetic for me to keep calling you over and over again, thinking you’d pick up. maybe some part of me does, or i just want to hear the sound of your voicemail. i hate you; maybe i do hate you. i hate you for leaving me behind and making me think that maybe this would all work out.

(undelivered)

do you think it would have been any different? is it cruel of me to want you when you have never wanted anything else but this? you don’t have to come back as a ghost to haunt me when i’m haunted by everything because it reminds me of you. i can see you in front of me, always protecting me, but never once doing so for yourself. i can hear your laugh—your real laugh, not one of falsehood. i used to draw stars around your scars, didn’t i? but i was the cause of them bleeding you out before you...you’re gone now.

(undelivered)

i miss you. i’m sorry for what i said, and it’s too late now anyway. i won’t be able to forget you, like you told me to. they say that the brain can’t tell whether something is real or a dream, so i’d always believe this horrid dream, even if you’re not here anymore. i think of you all the time now that you’re gone. will you think of me up there?

(undelivered)

*static before it cuts off.*

(undelivered)

i hate the phrase ‘till death do us part’ because even after death, i would still love you. i’ll always be here right where you left me, waiting for you to come home even though i know you won’t.

(undelivered)

sweet dreams. i love you, kakavasha.

(undelivered)

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#🖋️ - short snippets #—stellaronhvnters. #・ nouveau livre ˎˊ˗ #honkai star rail x reader #honkai star rail x you #hsr x reader #hsr x you #aventurine x reader #aventurine x you #aventurine angst #hsr angst

[aurae-rori]

DR RATIO ANALYSIS: PART 2, ELECTRIC BOOGALOO

SPOILERS FOR 2.1 CONTENT.

Now, you might be saying - "Aurae, you already did one, why do you need a second?" And my answer is, "LORD, I FORGOT TO TALK ABOUT HOW HIS DEFINITION OF 'IDIOT' IS DIFFERENT. AND ALSO HE DOES NOT HATE AVENTURINE NOR DOES HE THINK AVENTURINE IS STUPID." Once again, here is my disclaimer - although I have been researching psychology for a solid six years, I am NOT a professional. (I will be, one day. Just you wait, just youuuu wait-) So understand that everything I say has been analyzed with personal judgement, with my own conclusions, come to with logic and my personal interpretation. This is just what I have concluded, and you are always free to disagree.

This is my legacy. To be an analyzer. So let's go.

Okay, now that my disclaimer is over, let's take off Ratio's plaster head and chuck it into the sea, and see - what does he mean by 'idiot'?

This will be much shorter than my last, so don't worry - I will not be flashbanging you with another 4k words. This is more like a follow up, than anything else, because there's a few things I wish to touch on.

Dr. Ratio doesn't hate idiots in the sense that he hates people that have 'low IQ' or are 'stupid' in terms of being 'slow to understand'. I definitely touched on this in my last analysis, but he hates people who take their education for granted and don't go places with the gifts that they've been given. He hates "idiots" - "narrow minded" people who have the capabilities to do more and perceive more than they choose to do. People who deliberately look away or take what they know and what they could do for granted. He wants to open people's eyes and allow them to see life from multiple different angles and he believes that everyone should have a chance to learn - with the whole "knowledge for everyone" thing he's got rolling.

He wears a plaster head around people he doesn't seem to know too well in order to think more, or so that he doesn't have to see the faces of the people he dislikes. Pretty good roast. However, he does NOT wear that plaster head around Aventurine. Let's listen to the doctor's judgement - Aventurine is far from stupid. Although he likes to chalk up a lot of the things he does to his own luck, he is an INCREDIBLY capable individual who's managed to get this far because of his own form of genius. He's a man who relies on chance and good fortune, yes, but his charm, his way of scheming, and the way that he's good with people? That's skill. A talent he doesn't take for granted. Dr. Ratio respects him for this - because despite the fact that he has no proper education, he has his eyes wide open to the world and doesn't take shit for granted. He learns what he can in order to survive and he does it fucking well - Aventurine is a very smart man. He's observant, quick on his feet, and great at going with the flow and thinking in the moment.

Aventio aside, I actually believe that Dr. Ratio would be a really good teacher to those who struggle. He's patient where it's needed to be, even if he's got a quick temper, and I believe in his pursuit for knowledge he would do his best to go out of his way to find strategies that would work for their individuals. We're all unique, and he's aware of this - and because he wants to allow people to think for themselves, whatever helps the individual works. Depression? He's got a psych degree, I'm sure bro could give you some strategies. Autism? He has a touch of the 'tism himself. ADHD, and not feeling organized? Bro will help you. It's canon that he's a great fucking teacher - those who finish his classes go on to become successful people who are intelligent and critical thinkers. Round of applause for Ratio, the man that kins my father. He's shit at emotions, but great at knowledge.

Also, on that note, I believe that he would most likely hate parents that push thier "gifted" students to the limit without any compassion for the person that they really are. He's most definitely got some of that academic trauma so I believe that bro holds a secret disdain for parents who just use their children to gain more recgonition. Well, not so secret. He'd cuss them out. (Ratio please cuss out the horrible parents.)

Dr. Ratio, the Teacher ever. (Hey, maybe he'd get along with Kunikida...)

Also, I am definitely planning on making a fic where he teaches Aventurine Latin. As long as you're eager to learn and willing to look past the chalk being thrown, he's got a place for you.

Thanks for coming to my tedtalk. I did not read this through, so this is not edited. Take my unedited rambles.

#aurae analyzes #dr ratio #drratio #veritas ratio #analysis #character analysis #honkai star rail #hsr #aventio #ratiorine #aventurine #dr ratio x aventurine #character study

[polish-art-tournament]

round 2.1 poll 2

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Jamniki w filmie, wieczór filmowy (Dachshunds in film, movie night) by Ryszard Kaja, 2017:

propaganda: dogy

Warsaw (XI) cycle by Edward Dwurnik:

propaganda: these are sooo nikifor coded but also whoaaaa modern details! and the colours are always so nice. they make excellent phone / laptop background and i bet would look great as wall decorations

#edward dwurnik #ryszard kaja #dogs #warsaw #polls #round 2.1

[prettiestcolours]

#poll #round 2.1

[mizu0xox0]

If the HSR characters were self aware and they can hear everything well I bet my team is sick of hearing Ruler of my heart, Unknown (Till the end) and Cure on loop whenever farming for Aventurines materials. I'm sorry Kafka, Black swan,Ruan Mei and Bailu but Round 6 has sent me into a spiral of emotions. And I don't think any of the characters appreciate that I keep rambling about Ivan and Till, School Bus Graveyard and Aventurine (why him out of all the hsr cast? No idea, apparently I'm what one would call down bad for him.)

Kafka: Well well Elio could never predict this, it's not in the script yet it's here.

Ruan Mei: Maybe I could form a new life form with the rhythm of this music.

Black Swan: About to peer into my memories to find out who's Ivan and Till, what's this school bus graveyard and why I keep talking about a certain blonde gambler.

Bailu: Busy keeping the team alive.

The characters are also not happy one bit that they technically don't have free will so urm they can't really stop the music from playing unless they somehow access my Spotify or music app- (maybe the music lovers enjoy it so like they will try learn the chords of the song, I can see Serval trying to learn the chords for Unknown Till The End.)

But more importantly is if the music was still playing during the story or during the story quest well it would make things so much worse because imagine you're talking to the Trailblazer but both you and the Trailblazer keep hearing the same music on repeat in your heads. Very distracting and irritating right? Especially Sunday, Dr Ratio and Aventurine for that part of the 2.1 story quest.

Sunday trying to speak when all the sudden they hear this "흔들리는 paradigm" and they know aw fuck their gonna hear this for their whole ass conversation in this room together. This is how I imagine it's going:

Aventurine: Haha now that I think about it. This song has such a nice melody right doc?

Dr Ratio: You better stop talking, gambler. This song has given me a migraine from how many times it's been played like a broken record over and over again. You're not helping with your small talk.

Sunday: Trying to use the harmony to block out the music but low and behold it's not working.

It doesn't help if mid way through the quest they hear someone screaming/rambling like a madman about a particular two people called Ivan and Till. Who the fuck are these people and why do you keep talking about them?! Why are they even making you cry?! And what do you mean one of these many songs they hear is a song performed by these two. If the characters ever got access to my Pinterest it's over when they see my recent searches have Ivan and Till along with school bus graveyard.

#sahsrau #self aware hsr

[shonenmilfshowdown]

Holy is the mother of Jotaro Kujo.

Linlin is the mother of (most of) the Big Mom Pirates.

#it would be funny to put all of big moms children but im lazy #id in alt #one piece #jjba #holy joestar #holy kujo #big mom #charlotte linlin #round 2.1

[evilestgentleman]

Round 2.1

Master Propaganda

Literally only ever disintegrated people, wears a high collared nehru jacket, exceedingly polite speech patterns--also had a homoerotic sword fight with the Third Doctor  Additional Propaganda: previous poll

Dorian Propaganda

cw: suicide mention acts like a gentleman in public, looks pretty, is well respected by the public (before people start spreading rumors of his evilness), people look at him & dont beleive he can do wrong. drives a girl to suicide, does many "evil things" not really described in detail in text, kills a former friend & blackmails a different former friend to force him to dispose of the body Additional Propaganda: previous poll

#tournament poll #round 2.1 #the master #doctor who #dr who #dorian gray #the picture of dorian gray

[cavetown-song-of-all-time]

-- bracket 1 round 2 --

Talk To Me

anxiety, tossing, turning in your sleep // even if you run away, you still see them in your dreams // it's so dark tonight, but you'll survive, certainly // it's alright, come inside, and talk to me

10 Feet Tall

climb over the circus walls // finally feel at home // cotton candy floss // haunted houses ghosts // i wanna feed the ducks // i wanna eat some stones // sink down to the bed // finally feel at home

#polls #round!2.1 #cavetown #poll tournament #tumblr tournament