#aibb

All of them, at once.

Next week, we'll have finished high school (and that Game Design course) so we'll finally be able to work on the submissions again!! Hooray!!

It's been... (checks blog updates) ...wait seriously? (checks again) ...ok, that's embarassing. It's been FOUR MONTHS since we were able to work on this bracket, but hopefully we'll be able to reopen the form by second week of December.

Yes, we're still gonna reopen the form despite the... (checks spreadsheet) 281 submissions from the first two days.

We're also gonna finish the bracket from @stem-sister-scuffle that we picked up two months ago.

Thanks for everyone who didn't abandon this tourney in the meantime!

(also, we're probably gonna keep reblogging mental disorders and abuse awareness posts, if you want to avoid this just block the tag "#not tourney related" or the more specific trigger warnings, we usually use common tags like "tw x" or "cw x" though it's not really consistent)

I have problems with communicating things clearly, those who saw the original submission days know that. So, since I got an opportunity, I'm getting this outta the way by citing a part of that post:

"Including problematic characters and problematic media also does not equate to me, voters, or the people who submitted them of supporting the bigotry or harmful stereotypes present in their media. I believe you can critically consume, and even enjoy, problematic media while still acknowledging its flaws and refusing to perpetuate them. Some comments and messages I have received did not seem to want to entertain this possibility and immediately assumed I and those involved are Nazis, transphobic, racist, etc. I do not support the bigoted beliefs present in the problematic media or characters in the bracket. In good faith, I assume the voters and submitters also do not support those bigoted beliefs. It is dangerous to automatically assume bad faith in others."

I'm citing this part because I know that this discussion can and very probably will happen in this bracket, especially because I'm keeping the rules of "every fandom/media is allowed" and "villainous characters (and other bad rep) are allowed".

And considering we already have submissions with just straight up horrible representations of mental illness (specially DID), I felt the need to clear this up.

Liking and enjoying problematic media and characters DOESN'T mean supporting these problematic aspects!!

A character being a racist or a nazi isn't a sign that the people who like that character are racists or nazis.

I didn't have much time to do it cause I'm developing a game for my Game Design technical course's final project.

No one really asked about it, but I thought I should explain the wait, after all it's been a month since I closed the form.

That being said: