"Habits can't be fixed... just like fate."

Welcome to the revival of ALIEN STAGE SEASON 40! I'm this season's host, @lookatmysillies (main blog @bluemoonscape). You can refer to me as Blue.

ALIEN STAGE Season 40 was formerly run by @junebluues who became too busy with life to continue the season. This revival will span all the way back to Round 1 and through to the end. Some rounds/round results formerly run in the original S40 will remain canonized as long as the owners of the contestants involved agree upon this decision. These rounds will only appear in the very first set of brackets and will be tagged as #predetermined and will not have a poll option. With every other round, any result is possible! These rounds will be indicated by the option to vote for your favorite contestant. No predetermined rounds will persist past the first row of brackets.

Please note that some former creators with participants in Season 39 and the failed run of Season 40 have been removed due to various factors including rigging or inappropriate behavior towards others in our community. Like. Actual grown adults rigging against teenagers' ocs or otherwise acting weird/rude towards others. Their ocs will no longer be included in the rosters to continue making the ALNST fan seasons a safe and fair place for everyone. Thank you for understanding!

Organizational tags will include the following:

round # - # determined by which round it is. Indicates each individual round and any content involved in said round.

official round - Any round considered part of the canon.

unofficial round - Any round that may occasionally appear between rows and/or after the official canon season has concluded.

asks - General asks about this season, how it works, or even questions about last season (@season39).

reblogs - Self-explanatory; non-original posts to this blog.

alnst oc: (insert name here) - Each oc involved in s40 will gain their own tag. An example would be "alnst oc: yael" in posts relating to my OC, Yael.

predetermined - As stated, these rounds will not have polls attached to them and will instead be posted as brief announcements following a results post and any posts involving lore relating to the results.

song requests - Any participant can submit an ask to me including the song they would like their OC to sing for their round. You can also coordinate with the other creator in your round if you want them to sing one song together and submit a song on both of your behalf.

oc announcements - These announcements will be posted in character with our OC announcers of the season, former S39 star Tov (@ivanttakethis) and fresh-faced Zhuli (@apriciticreveries)!

ooc announcements - These announcements will be made by me, the admin, and will relate to important super mega fourth wall breaking information.

alnst oc lore - Lore posts will be tagged with this. Feel free to tag this blog in any of your ALNST S40 OC lore to give them a boost and get them on this blog!

Here is the UPDATED ANAKT GARDEN REGISTRY, created by @alien-til-i-stage/@lulling-riot (love you mwah) and updated by me to reflect Season 39 results. The Season 40 section and beyond is still being updated as I gain more information about the season's updated lineup.

Current OCs CONFIRMED to be in S40 are as follows (but like also please if you're supposed to be on this list and aren't or if you aren't supposed to be but are, let me know):

Ambrosia (@rosedeleca)

Ava (@paperstarry)

Asahi (@/apriciticreveries)

Casimir (@starry-skiez)

Ciaran (@/starry-skiez)

Clementine (@chevalperd)

Clove (@verdantlights)

Damari @/starry-skiez)

Gaia (@icequeuebe)

Gray (@/verdantlights)

Innamorati (@/lulling-riot)

Isla (@nottoonedin)

Jojo (@awaggaa)

Juliet (@yunoftheclouds)

Lyra (@fl0wers4herfriends)

Mentha (@/rosedeleca)

Micah (@4listr)

Mirai (@friedclownshrimp)

Monica (@/nottoonedin)

Murrelet (@/awaggaa)

Naz (mine, @/lookatmysillies)

Numa (@shenenenigans)

Sirius (@/shenenenigans)

Toki (@/verdantlights)

Wren (@/ivanttakethis)

Xael (@/shenenenigans)

Yael (mine, @/lookatmysillies)

Yuna (@/starry-skiez)

Zero (@/apriciticreveries)

IMPORTANT THINGS TO NOTE:

If your round is coming up soon, submit your song through my asks to make it official - or else a blank will be submitted in the song section of the round.

PLEASEEEEEE PLEASEEEE if your plan is to have your OC escape, sacrifice themselves, or otherwise at the conclusion of their round (anything unconventional outside of wins and moves on/loses and dies) you've GOT to tell me so I don't mark them incorrectly.

If you are mentioned in this OC lineup, send in your preferred image of your OC to be used in the brackets.

Some rounds may be released late, but not dramatically so.

This post will likely be updated in the future!

I keep seeing people say how crazy Mizi is and how innocent Sua was in comparison, but that’s just not true. I adore both Mizi and Sua, by the way. This isn’t criticism of either of them. But you can’t ignore what Sua does here if you want an accurate portrayal of their relationship in this world.

When Mizi becomes an idol, she’s manufactured into a sex symbol, crafted into something that can appeal to the male gaze despite how we KNOW she’s a lesbian. Specifically, we can see how Mizi’s breasts are often framed promiscuously to further her objectification:

So this shot where Sua finds Mizi, tied up and helpless, incoherent, and the first thing she does is frame an unaware Mizi’s breasts as if in a photoshoot—bitterly, ironically, before relief takes over—it goes to show something major about Mizisua’s relationship in both the ALNST and ZOMST verse.

In ALNST, Sua enables Mizi’s infantilization (something often levied against women in a misogynistic context) of herself by keeping Mizi “in the dark” (although Mizi is more aware than either of them want to acknowledge). People rightfully criticize Till for his innocent vision of Mizi to comfort himself with, but Sua has a version of Mizi in her head that she uses to comfort herself, too. She and Till aren’t incredibly different in this regard.

In ZOMST, this translates not to infantilization, but to objectification. Sua is bitter over Mizi’s decision to let the industry use her in this way, she’s disgusted by it, but then she wields it herself when Mizi is finally helpless and incapable of pushing Sua away again by miming taking a photo of Mizi’s breasts.

Like just kinda adding onto this, how after mimicking taking a picture of her, she goes in to kiss her, but it's unclear if Mizi is even conscious or lucid enough to understand who it is kissing her. As far she knows, it could be any one of her other fans who'd take advantage of her like this, or even worse.

And how as zombies, she seems to continue this by being the one to bring in Mizi for a kiss, holding her by the face and leading her into it, or her holding Mizi's hand while Mizi doesn't hold back. It's as if she's trying to use Mizi's body to mimic the relationship they used to have before her becoming an idol, and it seems Mizi is either just not there mentally for it, or it's one sided.