#poll-ideas

If you like more than one, vote your preference but put other picks in the tags so i can count those too.

Biggest DC misconception - could be about a character, a series, a media type, a bit of history, etc

Coolest DC fact - the inverse of option 1, something true and interesting. Could be in-universe, could be meta

Most heroic/surprising/dumbest character death - one event with three categories. Could be a fun way to learn some lore.

Best story arc - another fun way to learn lore

DC playlist - not sure how to incorporate polls into this but I like the idea of putting it together as a big group

DC alphabet - 26 polls, one for every letter in the english alphabet.

DC tarot deck - disclaimer: i dont know much about tarot, so would need input from someone who does. One poll per card for major and minor arcana. Difficulty would be getting people to submit enough characters.

Fantasy or Eliminator League - tournament for who wins in a fight (or something simple like that), but twist is.. you predict who's going to win, and we see who can make it the farthest. Same rules as fantasy football.

Best DC merch - kind of a weird one, but could be fun?? Any official item through history

Hot or not: Submit characters and specify era. Vote for who is hotter, with hotness being up to personal taste/interpretation.

Poorest little meow meow: Submit characters that fit the tumblr definition of the phrase. Prelims to set ranking, then tournament.

Unpopular opinion: Submit unpopular opinions about comics, characters, storyline, fandom etc. Vote based on correctness and unpopularness.

Best obscure character: Submit obscure characters. Prelims to rank obscurity, then tournament.

Weirdest team or team up: Submit hero and/or villain teams as well as one-off team ups that are strange either because of the characters, their power sets or other factors. These must be from official storylines and not fandom pairings/groups.

Least realistic character: Submit characters whose powers, back stories, etc make no sense especially if they defy logic in-universe.

Best glow up: Submit characters or teams who got way cooler, more powerful, or just plain better in source material.

Build a team: First round submit types of characters, power sets, classes, etc you think would make a solid super team. Second round submit characters to fill those slots for two teams. Third round we pit the teams head to head.

They would not fucking say that: Submit specific lines or actions from source material. Vote based on how much of a character assassination it is.

Unlikely duos: Submit two characters who have not teamed up in the source material (part of a larger group is okay). Prelim to determine only the weirdest, most unlikely duos. Vote based on which duo would win by powers, strength or even cartoonish antics.

That really happened: Submit a story arc, interaction, line of dialog, etc from source material that is so buck wild it's hard to believe it got published. The type of thing you'd tell a non-comics fan to break their brain. Prelim to determine accuracy. Vote on wildest thing that happened.

Regardless, pulling from some of my older posts, here are the ideas I think could be interesting next. I'd love to hear opinions or other ideas, so feel free to send in asks too!

Favorite arc - Submit a summary of a story arc (usually 2-6 issues) and we pick faves. I like that it also serves as a rec list.

Most questionable pose - Submit a panel of bad anatomy, poses featuring the butt for no reason, group shots that dont make physical sense, etc. Only official, professional art. Then we vote on the most goofy one. This one comes with a warning to be kind since even professionals are still growing as artists.

Freaky friday - Submit characters, then I pool results to randomly swap bodies. Vote on who would fare best be it in a fight, social situation, or just plain mental adjustment to the whole thing.

That really happened?! - Submit a story arc, interaction, line of dialog, etc from source material that is unbelievable or buck wild. The type of thing you tell non-comics fans to make them go wtf.

Hot or not - Submit characters and specify era. Vote for who is hotter, with hotness being up to personal taste and interpretation.

Dumbest character death - Pretty straightforward. Who died in the lamest way?

Fix-It - Submit a story from source material and the way you wouldve changed it for the better.

Sass-Off - Submit examples of a character being snarky or sassy, then we vote to see who has the most sass in all of DC.

And of course this call for input comes with a poll!

Favorite arc - pretty straightforward and could be a good way to expose each other to things we havent read.

Coolest fanwork - I probably wouldn't do this bc as much as I love the idea of nominating someone for something they've worked on and seeing them excited that they won, I really dont like the idea of there being losers and feeling not good enough. Of course nothing would go in without permission but ehh I don't think a poll bracket is the right format for this one.

Most questionable pose - official art only so we are looking at professional work. Could be bad sexy anatomy, funny pose of someone's butt in the air for no reason, etc. But would have to come with a big disclaimer that everyone even professionals are at different skill levels as artists. I keep trying to think of an art related poll that will work bc it's like a Big part of comics, but I still have misgivings.

Freaky friday - alright this actually is a character poll but not just a who's your fav. People submit characters and then I randomly pair them to swap bodies, and we vote on who would fair best. Id hope it would get zany.

Whose power would you rather have - not quite a blorbo poll but adjacent? Personally I have been trying in all my tournament ideas to avoid a situation where the most popular character wins, either by making the poll not about popularity/best-ness (without an interesting twist), or making the poll not about individual characters. Its hard. But this one would engage people on a more personal level bc their own preferences are going to be unique from person to person. It's not a judgment call of which character is "better" or fits some definition most, but rather who would you specifically want to be. And maybe it'd strike up convo about what y'all would do with that power.

The thing I really am aiming for with these polls is to generate more interaction in the community (actually let me add that the pinned post). My favorite part of being a fan is finding other people and laughing and having fun about a thing we all enjoy. Comics are such a special medium bc there's SO much content and it's so varied. And this tournament fad (yes, that's what it is) is just one way of many to explore that and to achieve this goal. So I'm trying to see what the possibilities are and what will work/what won't while i can before the craze passes.