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2016’s Top Web Stuff

Assorted stuff from the internet.

1. danisnotonfire 2. AmazingPhil 3. RWBY +8 4. Homestuck −1 5. Jacksepticeye +12 6. Markiplier −1 7. Carmilla −3 

8. Game Grumps +2 9. Thomas Sanders −3 10. Critical Role 11. Achievement Hunter −2 12. PewDiePie 13. Connor Franta −1 14. Eddsworld 15. Tyler Oakley −7 16. Check, Please!  17. Welcome to Night Vale −3

18. LeafyIsHere  19. Willyrex 20. Red vs. Blue −7

2016’s Top Ships

Set sail on the S.S. Conceptual Relationship.

1. Clexa +7     Clarke Griffin & Commander Lexa, The 100

2. Dan and Phil      Dan Howell & Phil Lester, YouTubers 3. Larry Stylinson −2     Harry Styles & Louis Tomlinson, One Direction 4. Destiel −1     Dean Winchester & Castiel, Supernatural 5. Malec     Magnus Bane & Alec Lightwood, Shadowhunters

6. Klance      Keith & Lance, Voltron: Legendary Defender 7. Wigetta     Willyrex & Vegetta777, YouTubers 8. Stucky +1     Steve Rogers & Bucky Barnes, Captain America: Civil war 9. Kylux     Kylo Ren & General Hux, Star Wars: The Force Awakens 10. Reylo     Rey & Kylo Ren, Star Wars: The Force Awakens 11. Camren     Camila Cabello and Lauren Jauregui, Fifth Harmony 12. Captain Swan −7     Captain Hook & Emma Swan, Once Upon a Time 13. Ladynoir     Ladybug & Cat Noir, Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir 14. SasuSaku −7     Sasuke Uchiha & Sakura Haruno, Naruto 15. Stydia     Stiles Stilinski & Lydia Martin, Teen Wolf 16. Bellarke −5     Bellamy Blake & Clarke Griffin, The 100 17. McHanzo     Jesse McCree & Hanzo Shimada, Overwatch 18. NaLu     Natsu Dragneel & Lucy Heartfilia, Fairy Tail 19. Olicity −15     Oliver Queen & Felicity Smoak, Arrow 20. Kagehina     Kageyama Tobio & Hinata Shouyou, Haikyuu!!

2016’s Top Memes

So much more than just a picture with bottom text.

1. Tag Yourself 2. Moodboard 3. Inktober 4. History of Japan 

5. Gemsona +12 6. The Signs As… −4 7. Draw the Squad 8. Dat Boi 9. Petty Revenge 10. Doge +4 11. Userboxes 12. ask meme −5 13. Damn Daniel 14. 100 Days of Productivity 15. Caturday 16. dad jokes 17. PSAT −8 18. Matt the Radar Technician 

19. Elyza Lex 20. Spongegar

2016’s Most Discussed Social Issues

In a year of countless important conversations, these were the issues Tumblr talked about the most.

2016’s Top Actresses

A commander and a scavenger walked into this list.

1. Alycia Debnam-Carey 2. Daisy Ridley 3. Eliza Taylor 4. Jennifer Lawrence +4 5. Margot Robbie 6. Kate McKinnon 7. Gillian Anderson 8. Zendaya −7

9. Emma Watson −3 10. Kristen Stewart −5 11. Carrie Fisher 12. Sophie Turner 13. Cate Blanchett 14. Emilia Clarke 15. Scarlett Johansson −11 16. Leslie Jones

17. Lana Parilla +3 18. Amber Heard 19. Bella Thorne 20. Elizabeth Olsen

well not every show needs 25 straight white carbon copies of the same characters from every other show ever aired in the history of television yet here we are with ten thousand of you on tv and one of me if I’m lucky

For everyone talking about Cuba after Fidel Castro’s long overdue death.

For every white American news outlet and reporter (Buzzfeed, Michael Moore and even Anthony Bourdain) who wanted to paint Cuba as a Communist utopia with free school, free healthcare and therefore trivialize the countless hardships faced by real Cubans who can’t leave the island.

I’ve heard stories of my fiance’s grandfather whose legs rotted after being tortured for months in a pit of raw sewage for being a loan shark, my own grandfather who was a prisoner of war and was a Cuban refugee in the 80s who brought his two little kids and wife to America on a boat full of violent prisoners and the mentally ill, Castro’s own advisor of 17 years who was thrown into a pit of cockroaches for asking to resign (because he knew he’d be killed when his term was over). Castro and Che Guevara weren’t socialist pioneers, they were serial killers. Che isn’t a public figure who’s okay to wear on a fucking t-shirt because communism is a good idea to you, but this is the reason why so many Cuban-Americans are terrified of socialism and there isn’t a single American who should blame them.