#crowcos

A quick discussion of the results:

1. I wasn’t sure who would win between Liren and Claudium and it’s fascinating that Claudium won by one vote only! As you can see - every vote counts! It’s a shame that Liren lost (it was the last Viren ship, after all), but I wish Claudium good luck next round - it’s going against Ezranya!

2. I’m not too surprised that Ezranya won, since it’s a very popular ship (arguably the most popular Ezran ship), but I didn’t expect such a big difference (21). Kaudia was another ship that I liked, so it was sad to see it go. In any case - I wish Ezranya good luck next round - it’s going against Claudium!

3. Here, the difference of the votes was also very surprising (29). Even though Corpeli is one of the most liked secondary ships (i.e. a ships people like, but don’t ship actively), Grenvus is also pretty popular. The tiny number of people who didn’t want to vote for either, however, shows that people who voted for one or the other most likely voted out of love for the respective ship. I wish Corpeli good luck next round - it’s going against Grazi!

4. This result was not surprising at all, seeing how Grazi is liked by many people and and Rugren is a very niche kind of ship. It’s sad to see Rugren go, but I wish Grazi good luck next round - it’s going against Corpeli!

5. Claravos never seizes to amaze me! It’s one of my favorite ships from those left in the competition and it managed to defeat a fairly popular ship - Sorgren - albeit by only 10 votes. I wish Claravos good luck next round - it’s going against Crowcos!

6. This match was very unexpected! Crowcos is a ship I added off the top of my head because I had spaces to fill and Raydia is a ship that has a stable fandom (albeit not very big). It’s also a fairly popular ship on ao3. It lost to Crowcos by mere 3 votes, but the 20 people who didn’t want to vote for either ship (plus the 5 people who skipped the question altogether), says that this match wasn’t a very popular one among most fans. Nonetheless, I wish Crowcos good luck next round - it’s going against Claravos!

7. According to my Shipping Poll, Soryx is the most popular Soren ship. However, Sabos has been liked by many fans at least ever since Sabah got a name (if not right after S3). It’s yet another example of a popular secondary ship beating a primary ship with a small following. In any case, I wish Sabos good luck next round - it’s going against Gremaya.

8. This result was not surprising at all, since we haven’t even seen Callum’s dad yet, and Gremaya has a stable fandom. Nonetheless, I still wish this ship good luck next round - it’s going against Sabos!

Announcements!

I would once again like to take a week off. Sorry about that! >.< July 20-26 is the Reading Rush Readathon (an even where people read as many books as they can and complete challenges) and since I also have a job, I won't have time to update Rarepair Rumble. I'll try to publish the results on tumblr so you can at least know who won this round. Updating on all 6 of my social media platforms takes quite some time and I want to do it properly.

This means that Round 5 will most likely return on July 27. Round 5 is also the quarterfinal, so we'll only have 8 ships (or four pairs of ships) competing! Guys, we're getting close!

I'll try to finish Rarepair Rumble before September, because I will be moving house and I also want to start other events (as well as continue publishing results from the Shipping Poll - I still have some stuff I haven't published yet!).

Also, if you organize a TDP event of your own (a zine, a character or ship themed week, a poll of your own - anything were many people can be involved) - let me know. 1) I will happily promote your event and 2) I would like to put links to all TDP events in one place (most likely my tumblr) so that it's easier for the fandom to navigate.

A special thank you for those who answered the question about where they found the voting link - this information is very helpful to me as event organizer and it gives me some cool statistics.

If you have any feedback - don’t hesitate to contact me! ^u^

Here are the participants for this week’s round: