Sick of your favs losing polls because no one knows who they are? Me too!
Welcome to the Obscure Character Showdown, where you can resubmit your submissions to other polls that didn't get in, your submissions that lost because the other character was far more well known, or a character you've never submitted anywhere, but still think of as obscure enough!
Some submission guidelines and info:
-Fictional characters only, no real people
-In this poll, characters with the least number of submissions take precedence! The more submissions your character has, the less likely they'll be to get in. So dig deep, and try to pick a character you think other people wouldn't!
-You can submit multiple characters, but only submit each character once. This is a general thing I always say, but spamming me will especially not help you here
-The submission form will be up for a week as of the day this is posted (May 14-May 21, 3pm PST)
Here you go!
Some blogs that are either doing something very similar, or have a vaguely related topic: @underrated-adversaries, @the-nobody-tournament, @anonymous-character-tournament, @guess-that-ship, @who-do-i-know-this-man
And here's some tournaments currently being run by buds: @crossovershipstournament, @crossovernonshipstournament, @yellowcharactershowdown, @facial-hair-fight, @jamesbracket, @discworldbooksbracket (if I missed any of your active polls please tell me)
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[image ID: the first image is of the cover for the Hello from the Hallowoods podcast. it depicts the silhouettes of trees, and a large creature emerging from behind them. it's furry, with many red eyes, horns, large antlers, and a clawed hand raised up, as if waving at the viewer. above the creature, in the middle of a red gun sight, reads: "Hello." in red text. the second image is of No Significant Harassment, a shadowy figure standing behind a sleeping pink-red, fox-like creature. their green hands seem to be holding up the floating creature. end ID]
Diggory Graves (Hello from the Hallowoods) vs No Significant Harassment (Rain World)
Diggory Graves
No Significant Harassment
Voting ended onAug 16, 2023
Diggory Graves
Convinced they only lost the deadguydeathmatch because not enough people knew about them. A bit of a Frankenstein's monster scenario. Uses they/them pronouns, is dating a ghost trans man. Despite their intimidating appearance they are lovely and would go to the ends of the Earth for their friends. Their arms are for hugs and their claws are for fighting
No Significant Harassment
They're just a silly little guy. A jokester. Significant harassment if you will.
Anyway, a more in depth run down: They're a city sized supercomputer built by a Buddhist adjacent society to figure out how to transcend the 'Great Cycle' (semi-metaphorical cycle of death and rebirth) in a safer way than the previous method (submerging oneself in the 'void sea' which is a mysterious golden liquid that dissolves whatever it touches). Despite being built for this express purpose NSH never really shows a pressing interest in ascension, even cracking jokes about those who are still looking for a solution. Whether this is due to indifference, dislike of, or humor to cope with being unable to ascend is not clear and really up to interpretation.
Example:
NSH: I wish them super good luck in that endeavor. How is it going to happen? Have the overseers gnaw through bedrock until their entire can crashes down in the void sea?
BSM: Please be respectful when speaking of the Void Sea. Grey Wind, where did you hear this?
CW: I really shouldn't say. He's going to attempt some sort of breeding program. Thought you might want to know.
NSH: Haha with the slimers, lizards and etceteras? Surely the answer was in a lizard skull all along!
He's very flippant, but does care very intensely for those close to him.
NSH: Moon? It's me again.
NSH: I do not know if you are receiving these. Please signal in any way you can.
NSH: I need to talk to you. I need to know you're okay.
NSH: …
NSH: Its difficult for us to assist you over this distance.
NSH: Even more difficult for us to do anything in the midst of these tantrums.
NSH: Were going to try everything that we can.
NSH: Just hold on a little longer.
(Context for previous convo: They genetically engineered a super organism of a slugcat (the species you play as in Rain World) to help reset his coworker/sibling after her collapse and restart her systems. He was so desperate to fix her that he accidentally messed up the slugcat's (Hunter) genetic code and as a result it became riddle with the Rot (relatively similar to aggressive cancer) :( which parallels his other coworker/siblings condition who also has the rot. )
He canonically uses he/they pronouns too! Nonbinary swag!
NSH has major internet troll vibes. He has sent a data pearl of "something distasteful" to his neighbors on several(?) occasions and causes chaos. If he had access to the wider internet he'd probably be an influencer
So…yeah! Vote NSH this website likes the allure of heavy machinery and stuff like that so… there you go. Kind of a blorbo. End post.
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[image ID: the first image is of the cover for the Hello from the Hallowoods podcast. it depicts the silhouettes of trees, and a large creature emerging from behind them. it's furry, with many red eyes, horns, large antlers, and a clawed hand raised up, as if waving at the viewer. above the creature, in the middle of a red gun sight, reads: "Hello." in red text. the second image is of Cyber 6, a woman with black hair, wearing a black hat, black leather bodysuit, and black fingerless gloves. she's hugging what may be a black puma. end ID]
Diggory Graves (Hello from the Hallowoods) vs Cyber 6 (Cybersix)
Diggory Graves
Cyber 6
Voting ended onAug 1, 2023
Diggory Graves
Convinced they only lost the deadguydeathmatch because not enough people knew about them. A bit of a Frankenstein's monster scenario. Uses they/them pronouns, is dating a ghost trans man. Despite their intimidating appearance they are lovely and would go to the ends of the Earth for their friends. Their arms are for hugs and their claws are for fighting
Cyber 6
She's a science experiment. She's a women. She sees herself more as a creature than a human. She cross dress as a man to hide from Nazi's. She teach literature to troubled youths. Her brother is a super panther now. She's constantly having 10 existential crisis's. She's in love with her coworker who may be in love with both of her identities? but also in a love triangle with them too. She dresses like a leather vampire. She lives in Argentina. She's only out for her own safety and those she comes to love. She's a super hero. Character of all time.
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Thank you for your patience, I'm now ready to announce our contestants for the Obscure Character Showdown! There are 300 characters, split up into 6 groups of 50.
Here's how the schedule will work: Day 1 is Group A Round 1 Part 1, Day 2 is Group A Round 1 Part 2, Day 3 is Group B Round 1 Part 1, Day 4 is Group B Round 1 Part 2, Day 5 is Group C Round 1 Part 1, and so on and so forth until we reach Group F Round 1 Part 2, and then the next day we'll fold back over for Group A Round 2. I'm splitting up the rounds because tumblr can interpret posting many polls at once as spamming, and each group contains 25 polls, so. 13 one day, 12 the next.
I expect to start polls by Wednesday, May 31, but I may be a little later than that. I'll keep you updated.
The polls will be tagged with 'obscurecharactershowdown,' 'obscure poll,' and their group letter and round number.
Under the cut is the groups and matchups. Thank you all for your submissions, and I'm sorry if your submission didn't get in! If it was a submission for your OC, a mythological figure, a Real Life Thing, an album character, a commercial character, etc, then you may not be out of the running yet. Be patient, I have something else I'm working out!
Please don't come into my inbox, replies, dms, etc, and tell me that a character I chose isn't actually obscure at all. No one's media experience is universal, and from my own experiences, I picked to the best of my ability.
GROUP A
Juan Salvo (El Eternauta) vs The Faceless One (Masters of the Universe)
Leila Vernon (The Magic Misfits) vs Malaya Walters (How to Be a Werewolf)
Rosalia Rossellini (Trauma Team) vs Hotwire (Transformers Universe)
The Blue Electric Angels (Matthew Swift book series) vs The Protagonist’s Mother (Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk)
Syksy (Farragone) vs Chaerin Eun (Surviving Romance)
Miyabi Hanakouji (Persona 2) vs Valier / Reinhardt (The Demon Prince Goes To The Academy)
Merim Felspar (Three of Hearts Podcast) vs Gracefeel (The Faraway Paladin)
Ragna the Bloodedge (Blazblue) vs Shigeru Watanabe (Sakana)
Tragedian (Pathologic) vs Shin Kazama (Area 88)
Morga Eirsdottir (Arcana) vs Shadow Joker (Kaitou Joker/Mysterious Joker)
Rose Red (Ghost Quartet) vs Jacopo Bearzatti (The House in Fata Morgana)
Teardrop (BFB) vs Catherine Winters (Love, Money, Rock'n'Roll)
Nin (Paranatural) vs Naarah (CatGhost)
Rose Hsu Jordan (The Joy Luck Club) vs Seijyu (Mashin Eiyuuden Wataru/Mashin Hero Wataru)
Itakura Akira (Talentless Nana) vs Daryl Zero (Zero Effect (1998))
Tarisa Manandal (Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse) vs Whisper (Golden Treasure: The Great Green)
Isaac Yaga (Thistlefoot) vs Raikou Shimizu (Nabari no Ou)
Kasane Fuchi (Kasane) vs Taïs (Aïnako)
Kozlov Leifvich Grebnev (Biomega) vs Rosa Ushiromiya (Umineko no Naku Koro ni)
Bowie (Ginga Senpuu Braiger) vs Cyber 6 (Cybersix)
Kim Boksil (How to End an Unrequited Love) vs Zolophilia (Disciple of the Lich: Or How I Was Cursed by the Gods and Dropped Into the Abyss)
Kate (Shadow’s House) vs Michael Tutori (Wii Music)
The Guardian (Hyper Light Drifter) vs Salim Condo (La quete d'Ewilan books)
The Queen of Hearts (Fool's Run by Patricia McKillip) vs Jyu Free (Dobutsu no Kuni/Animal Land)
Tom (Deltora Quest) vs The Player Square (Adventure (Atari))
GROUP B
Elliot Hemlock (Devil's Candy) vs Sulfus (Angel's Friends)
Togou Mimori/Washio Sumi (Yuuki Yuuna is a Hero & Washio Sumi is a Hero) vs Fengxi (Legend of Luo Xiaohei)
Shinozaki Yusuke (Shinozaki-kun no Mente Jijou) vs Yellow Tempest/Yellow Storm (Ending Makers)
Hiroki Dan (Brutal: Satsujin Kansatsukan no Kokuhaku) vs Tirsiak (Spooky's Jumpscare Mansion)
[image ID: the first image is of Heart, a Thai man with short black hair, wearing a blue shirt. the second image is of the cover for the Hello from the Hallowoods podcast. it depicts the silhouettes of trees, and a large creature emerging from behind them. it's furry, with many red eyes, horns, large antlers, and a clawed hand raised up, as if waving at the viewer. above the creature, in the middle of a red gun sight, reads: "Hello." in red text. end ID]
Heart (Moonlight Chicken) vs Diggory Graves (Hello from the Hallowoods
Heart
Diggory Graves
Voting ended onAug 8, 2023
Heart
Look, I just got a give a shout out to my special son! He's the first ever deaf love interest in a Thai drama AND he's gay. I love him so much okay and I just want people to see him please
Diggory Graves
Convinced they only lost the deadguydeathmatch because not enough people knew about them. A bit of a Frankenstein's monster scenario. Uses they/them pronouns, is dating a ghost trans man. Despite their intimidating appearance they are lovely and would go to the ends of the Earth for their friends. Their arms are for hugs and their claws are for fighting
