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Rec #41

This book has a Middle Eastern Jewish protagonist with magical powers, homoerotic best friends (they literally kiss in one scene), respectful treatment of sex workers, anticapitalist themes, wholesome parent-child relationships, and a tragic ending!

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Rec #45

dark magical girl story (like madoka!) about aliens. has a cute mascot character. there’s strong female characters including the protag. the main romance is a polyamorous throuple. major canon queer (aro and ace) characters. plenty of spice! and some cannibalism

Rec #47

Rec #47

Do you want a story about how a dysfunctional family works through their issues, and reconciles over the span of two days? A story about Strong Female Characters, who are empowered throughout the story? Neurodivergent-coded characters? Canonical queer characters? A story about how, at the end of the day, love is what's important?

Rec #48

Admittedly, I haven’t finished Umineko and maybe the word itself is the problem? But I wasn’t lying. It was a play on a idea in the game (that if Battler just Accepeted the Golden Land was real everyone would be happy.) I even showed it to other friends (one who has Finished Umineko) and they thought it was fine

Thank you for the clarification! Sorry for posting an anon ask with such an accusatory tone: I didn't do as much research as I should have on the recs submitted this round, and thus was really worried that I'd let something slip that broke the rules, but I see here that the Umineko submission did follow the rules, and in fact was very much in the spirit of the tournament. Excellent work, OP, and congratulations on making it to the quarterfinals with your submission (including beating my lovely submission, the New Testament)

Rec #38

Do you like dragons? Vampires? Gods? Do you like stories of betrayal, romance, magic, and tragedy? How about gay elves and female characters who put gods to sleep?  Do you like epic rap battles and wars over jewels? Have you ever wanted to read about someone ripping out a werewolf's throat with their teeth while naked? Queers, neurodivergent people, strong female characters, and furries alike? Characters overcoming their trauma? Characters committing war crimes? Do you like mythological retellings? Then do I have a book for you!

Rec #47