welcome to ghost mod's thought experiment, the m/f ship bracket bonus round where every single m/f ship from the original round is pit against reylo of the 97/3 #shreksweep infamy.
why, you ask? mostly cuz of this.
they're going from lowest to highest per the original rankings, starting off with our newcomers adam/eve. 9 polls per day will roll out on queue throughout the est evening from may 12th-18th! after polls are closed one week later, i will post the final rankings of who swept the hardest (or failed to sweep...)
all polls can be found under the #bonus round tag, and this masterpost also contains links to each specific poll. there is also a spreadsheet with current bonus round standings and stats from the original bracket if you like numbers. :)
disclaimer: not a reylo hater. i'm just ardently devoted to the bit
DAY ONE
1. Adam/Eve (The Bible) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars)
2. Barbie/Ken (Barbie) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars)
3. Branch/Poppy (TROLLS) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars)
4. Hori/Kashima (Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars)
5. Naegi/Kirigiri (Dangan Ronpa) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars)
6. Fakir/Ahiru (Princess Tutu) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars)
7. Jake/Amy (Brooklyn 99) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars)
8. Sonic/Amy (Sonic the Hedgehog) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars)
9. Vax'ildan/Keyleth (Critical Role/TLOVM) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars)
DAY TWO
10. Barry Bluejeans/Lup (The Adventure Zone: Balance) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars)
11. Westley/Buttercup (The Princess Bride) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars)
12. Lucas/Max (Stranger Things) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars)
13. Bella Swan/Edward Cullen (Twilight) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars)
14. Kaz Brekker/Inej Ghafa (Six of Crows) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars)
15. Zagreus/Megaera (Hades) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars)
16. Greg/Rose Quartz (Steven Universe) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars)
17. Orpheus/Eurydice (Hadestown) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars)
18. Sans/Toriel (Undertale) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars)
DAY THREE
19. Megamind/Roxanne (Megamind) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars)
20. Inuyasha/Kagome (Inuyasha) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars)
21. Mamoru/Usagi (Sailor Moon) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars)
22. Anne/Gilbert (Anne with an E) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars)
23. Mako/Raleigh (Pacific Rim) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars)
24. Nancy/Jonathan (Stranger Things) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars)
25. Wanda/Vision (Marvel/MCU) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars)
26. Aragorn/Arwen (Lord of the Rings) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars)
27. Rayla/Callum (The Dragon Prince) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars)
DAY FOUR
X. Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars VS King Charles/Camilla (United Kingdom)
28. Anakin/Padme (Star Wars) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars)
29. Anthony Bridgerton/Kate Sharma (Bridgerton) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars)
30. Percy/Vex'ahlia (Critical Role/TLOVM) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars)
31. Kyo/Tohru (Fruits Basket) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars)
32. Batman/Catwoman (DC) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars)
33. Tenth Doctor/Rose (Doctor Who) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars)
34. Cassian/Jyn (Star Wars) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars)
35. Joyce/Hopper (Stranger Things) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars)
36. Aang/Katara (ATLA) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars)
DAY FIVE
37. Mermista/Seahawk (She-ra and the Princesses of Power) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars)
38. Robin/Starfire (DC/Teen Titans) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars)
39. Tamaki/Haruhi (Ouran High School Host Club) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars)
40. Mulder/Scully (The X-Files) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars)
41. Glimmer/Bow (She-ra and the Princesses of Power) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars)
42. Zuko/Katara (ATLA) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars)
43. Steven/Connie (Steven Universe) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars)
44. Han/Leia (Star Wars) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars)
45. Beast Boy/Raven (DC/Teen Titans) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars)
DAY SIX
46. Edward/Winry (Fullmetal Alchemist) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars)
47. Peter/MJ (Marvel/MCU) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars)
48. Katniss/Peeta (The Hunger Games) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars)
49. Marinette/Adrien (Miraculous Ladybug) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars)
50. Kim Possible/Ron Stoppable (Kim Possible) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars)
51. Darcy/Elizabeth (Pride and Prejudice) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars)
52. Roy/Riza (Fullmetal Alchemist) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars)
53. Miles Morales/Gwen Stacy (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars)
54. Zelda/Link (Zelda Series) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars)
DAY SEVEN
55. Twilight/Yor (Spy X Family) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars)
56. Sokka/Suki (ATLA) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars)
57. Hunter/Willow (The Owl House) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars)
58. Chidi/Eleanor (The Good Place) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars)
59. Ms. Piggy/Kermit (The Muppets) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars)
60. Rapunzel/Eugene (Tangled) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars)
61. Howl/Sophie (Howl’s Moving Castle) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars)
62. Percy/Annabeth (Percy Jackson Series) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars)
63. Morticia/Gomez (The Addams Family) VS Kylo Ren/Rey (Star Wars)
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they're happy you won't be so grumpy about staying in the grove anymore
a fun fact about me is it takes only a handful of people being mildly supportive of my dumb ideas for me to double down about them
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Jordan and Marie is everything i like to consume in a fictional ship. gay? Straight? Interracial? Rivals to lovers? Protection trope? Whoever wrote that dynamic i will give you my first born. AND NO WHITE MEN INVOLVED WE ALL CHEERED
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the gorgug-porter conversation is interesting to me because like. yea for the overwhelming majority of the conversation porter’s being shitty & trying to fit gorgug into a box that gorgug just does not fit into by trying to make gorgug’s relationship with his rage more focused on the aggression aspect of it. but then there’s also this specific thing that brennan brought up again in the ap, which is that gorgug’s relationship with his rage is wholly “this is a tool i use to protect my friends.” which isn’t a bad thing! but that’s his Whole relationship with it, & gorgug seems to place next to no value on his rage in relationship to himself. which is problematic, because it’s first & foremost his rage.
being raised in a household with a sort of toxic positivity largely meant that, whether or not it was his parents’ intention, gorgug internalized the message that more traditionally “negative” emotions such as anger are the wrong response to something. part of the reason he prioritizes his artificing is probably because it’s “fixing” things. in comparison to being a barbarian, which gorgug associates with “breaking” things. good vs. bad behavior, in his eyes.
it’s a totally unacceptable bar to measure a 16 y/o by, but i do think part of porter’s reasoning for not letting gorgug multiclass is him recognizing that gorgug generally does not value anger as a valid emotional response to something, at the very least for himself. & that directly conflicts with what being a barbarian is, because whether you like it or not, that rage is what fuels you. but again, barring a kid from pursuing something they deeply care about in part (not entirely, porter has a lot of more bullshit reasons) because of their fundamental values & world outlook is crazy.
so yes, 98% of porter’s reasoning is pretty shitty, immature, rife with a toxic view that there’s only one proper way to access rage, & generally not a good thing to do as a teacher, but also within that reasoning is the 2% of ‘there is a fundamental part of yourself that you only value if you can use it to take care of other people & you need to accept that as something that can take care of you, too.’ but that’s something to discuss with a therapist or a guidance counselor, not something that should hugely impact gorgug’s academic future.
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@ the person who said Machete wouldn't have a cutie mark, I definitely see where you're coming from, but I disagree! Machete, against all the odds of his birth and existence, survived and excelled. His determination to continue would have earned him his mark.
In g4, at least, they're more than just a representation of a task you're good at. It's a reminder of who you are as a person, of a truth you hold.
I think Machete might have a fang or claw, a representation of the phrases 'with gritted teeth' or 'clawing your way up' or maybe a hoof reaching toward the sun
I also think a mark like that would seem strange and off-putting, and may have been a source of strife for him while in school. In MLP, it's not terribly uncommon for ponies with no cutie mark or a cutie mark they're ashamed of to cover it up with clothing, in the way canon Machete wears his outfit.
Idk just my two cents
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