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Date Everything Designs | Round 2, Match 27 — Farya vs. Cam

Farya Personification of: First aid kit

"Farya is unapologetically enthusiastic - expecially when it comes to taking care of the sick and injured, like any good doctor. If you need a bandaid and a kiss on a bruised knee, she's your gal. If you need to know the symptoms of diphthetia, mononucleosis and mumps, she's also your gal. If she goes on and on about all the possible illnesses and ailments you might have, she's only doing it because she cares. Injuries are rare enough that when someone does need her, she desperately wants to get it right."

Details:

Her hijab is made of gauze, held together with bandage clips

Her jacket is made up of a first aid case, with the bag's handle acting as her collar, sleeves of silver mylar, and clear pockets that hold gauze, a thermometer, ointments, creams, and bandages

Bandage is wrapped around her waist, acting as a belt

Her clipboard is made of a plaster, and her pen is an EpiPen

Her bottoms are made of the same silver mylar as her sleeves

Her boots have plasters on the heels and toes, and its laces are made up of butterfly strips

vs. Cam Personification of: Trash can

"Don't worry your pretty little head about Cam, he's fine. Sure, he's been dumped. Many times. Maybe all the time. But he's got the determination and dignity to keep going no matter how tough things get. Cam comes off as salty, but really he's just honest. He's not interested in making small talk."

Details:

His bucket hat is made of an overturned takeaway container, with a banana peel on top

His tank top is a white grocery bag

Ripped up papers are assembled in the shape of a vest

His oversized jacket and shorts are made of a torn trash bag, with the plastic ties of the bag at his shoulders and hips

His boots are small pedal-controlled bins complete with open lids, with trash bags wrapped around the feet

Date Everything Designs | Round 2, Match 25 — Amir vs. Dante

Amir Personification of: Mirror

"Amir is a true romantic. He's genuine, passionate and open with his emotions. Sure, his affections can be overwhelming to anyone who isn't accustomed to his brand of radical honesty, and it's easy to mistake his flowery declarations for cheap pickup lines, but with Amir, what you see is truly what you get. He truly sees the beauty in everything he reflects, just as it is. He appreciates authenticity above all else, and takes it as his personal mission to shatter any perceptions of self-doubt in others."

Details:

His pendant resembles a miniature mirror

His top is partly transparent to suggest seeing your skin reflected in glass, while the rest of the patterning resembles mosaics of little mirrors or a mirrored version of the tiling you might see in a bathroom

vs. Dante Personification of: Fireplace

"Dante is a hard worker: he has to keep a fire lit beneath him or he'll burn out, and he radiates a warm and fun personality as a result. He's easy to warm up to, and he's prepared to cheer you up on a moment's notice. He wants to teach you the Way of the Flame - are you ready for his lessons?"

Details:

He has a burning log for hair, resembling a pompadour

His 'beanie' is another log carved into a hat shape

His upper body is engulfed in flames and ash, with his bottoms resembling hot coals holding the flames up

The texture of his jacket resembles brick, with wide shoulders shaped like fireplace mantels holding memoribilia like family pictures and a ship in a bottle, trimmed with skirting boards

His shoes are textured to resemble wood, with the laces being flames over coal-patterned tongues, and his socks resemble more skirting boards or walls

Chapter 1: The World Revolving

Chapter 2: A Cyber’s World (my favorite song of the entire game too)

Chapter 3: This one’s a bit of a tossup but I’d probably say TV World but Black Knife and It’s TV Time come really close

Chapter 4: From Now On

Beast Machines Thrust

Beast Machines Strika (toy)

Also happy birthday!!

Date Everything Designs | Round 1, Match 58 — Mitchell Linn vs. Mac

Mitchell Linn Personification of: Food

"Mitchell Linn… prestigious pundit of the palate, master of the mouthwatering morsel, destroyer of the deviant dining establishment… He is obsessed by all things culinary: a true believer in the power of a great meal to give meaning to an otherwise drab and dreary life (so he sees it). Detail-oriented, and utterly unsparing, Mitchell leaves nothing out of his withering critiques. Ambiance, service, menu selection, flavor, presentation: all are of the utmost importance to Mitchell. And if any are sub par? Well, you're going to know about it. With the pen as his sword, he is ready to elevate or eviscerate with equal fervor."

Details:

His hair resembles ramen noodles tied back by a piece of farfalle, with a sprinkle of ramen dried garnishings and a fish cake as accessories

His shirt pattern resembles salmon with black sesame seeds at the trims, while his cuffs and collar resemble lettuce, and herb garnishing at his chest

His blazer has a lattice crust pattern, a pie-shaped chest pocket, avocado toast slices as lapels, and pimento-stuffed olives as buttons

His bottoms resemble dark chocolate

His shoes resemble a collection of bread buns

He holds slices of bread and a sprig of rosemary that act as a notepad and pen

vs. Mac Personification of: Computer and keyboard

"They say the computer is a reflection of the user… and in this case you've got a really nice reflection! Well, almost. Maybe you too are in dire need of an upgrade, some folder reorganization, and reduction in clutter to help streamline your memory. Whatever you choose - Mac will be eagerly ready to help carry out your tasks!"

Details:

The frames of their glasses are RGB wheels

A tattoo on their right arm depicts a motherboard, while one on their left depicts lines of binary code

Their shirt has two RGB fans printed on the front

The cuffs of their jacket sleeves have surround sound ports and USB ports, and the jacket's front has an RGB keyboard print

The front of their belt includes a USB computer port and surround sound computer port

Two USB ports sit at the thighs of their bottoms

Their shoes have two USB ports instead of laces, and USB drives as tongues

The backrest of their wheelchair resembles a computer screen, the handles are USB drives, the armrests resemble loading/buffering symbols, the wheels have RGB outer rims with smaller buffering symbols at the centre, the seat is a rainbow-coloured computer tower, and the footplate is a keyboard with castors attached, the wheels resembling power buttons

TFA Bulkhead VS. RB Boulder VS. BW Rhinox

Beast Machines Cheetor (toy)

i see quite a lot of people go into shipping kris x pink but i don't see the appeal of it. at all. i know about the date thing but i kinda agree with susie that kris is a little piece of shit that flirts with everyone (and in the game, mostly because of us).

so what am i leading towards. you know what else kris is? A MINOR. and I'm not sure if the ghost. is a minor too. even if the darkner body can classify as okay because of the "let's go to school" the ghost inside is still questionable. you get me, right?

tldr i think shipping pink x kris is at the very least problematic and I'm openly weirded out about how many people do so.

feel free to leave your opinion but keep in mind my brain mistakes criticism as attack fairly easily

Men being favored over women by fandom is 110% a problem and a conversation that needs to be had, but I don't necessarily think a poll weighing the attractiveness of two characters is the best battleground for that particular fight. Not because "I don't want this blog to get political" or whatever, that's not an issue. But I do think that since a massive part of misogyny, especially fandom misogyny, is the constant reduction of female characters to sex objects, the victory of a female character in a fuckability contest probably isn't going to be a massive slam dunk for feminism exactly. Most of the attention Arcee gets is already pretty hypersexualized, which sucks when you like her as a character first and foremost.

I do also worry about conflating gender preference in regards to attraction with gender bias. It isn't antifeminist to not be attracted to women, or to be attracted to both sides of the spectrum and lean more towards guys. The problems only really arise when you use that lack of attraction as a justification to refuse to engage with a female character at all.

If you did comment about this, I'm with you, and I am equally frustrated about the way fandom overlooks female characters. I love Arcee, I hate how underutilized she is in fics, I love how angry and bitter and impulsive and flawed she's allowed to be in the show, I love how we get to have a grizzled female character with not one but TWO partners to have dead wife flashbacks about. I can understand how that frustration with her underappreciation would pop up in a poll like this. But I do also think that frustration would be better channeled fighting for her in a less sexualized arena.