Glasses Swag Tournament Round 1

The Professor (Puppet History) vs Jade Harley (Homestuck)

Request

Mycroft paused at the sound of an open door, searching for the one who dared intrude his work. “M.” It must be urgent if Albert came in person into his office to bring the news.

“Secretary Holmes, I wish to request for aid.”

“If it’s within my power.”

Albert smiled.

“Please vote my dearest brother Louis in the glasses swag tournament.”

YES Albert has a very important agenda please vote for our baby, vote here and spread the word :3

As the sun sets medic and edna meet face to face knowing only one of them will come out the winner. The shake hands before the match starts. The audience place their votes.. 1 two medic 1 to edna 1 to medic 1 to edna. It goes on and on until the total votes are counted..

And the winner is

MEDIC FROM TF2 THE ULTIMATE GLASSES USER WITH THE MOST SWAGG

Propaganda

Katharine Hepburn (Bringing Up Baby, The Philadelphia Story, The African Queen)—This woman. I have been obsessed with her for years. I know the urban legend is a popular one at this point of her walking around set in her underwear when her pants were stolen and she was left with only a skirt, but the pants thing is honestly enough for her to be the hottest in the room in my book. She refused to wear anything else at a time when the public in general and especially the studios did not like that. She was independent, stubborn, and so so very capable. Competency kink anyone? Also, if you want one final way that Katharine's entire life was saying "fuck you" to the establishment, it started young! Her mother took her to suffrage events, and she never got rid of that attitude of justice. I feel like I have barely scratched the surface of all the ways she was such a badass that I'm turning into a rambling mess instead.

Gene Tierney (Laura, The Ghost and Mrs Muir, Leave Her to Heaven)— The class, the elegance. The way she walks into frame and immediately all focus is on her. She had a pretty lengthy struggle with mental health that she describes in her book, which I think made her all the more sensitive in portraying characters like in leave her to heaven. Also she dumped JFK so

This is round 4 of the tournament. All other polls in this bracket can be found here. Please reblog with further support of your beloved hot sexy vintage woman.

[additional propaganda submitted under the cut.]

Katharine Hepburn propaganda:

I'm sure one million people will submit her as an iconic Hollywood star but that iconicness might lead people to forget just how insanely hot she was like she had it ALL she was skilled she was funny she was smart she was beautiful AND she was likely bisexual

The single word I would use to explain Katherine Hepburn's appeal is *range*. In her acting career, that meant covering all the ground between lush period dramas and the comedies she did with Carey Grant and Spencer Tracey. In terms of hotness, it meant an uncanny ability to bring anything from a Dietrich-esque androgyny to some of the best Classic Hollywood Glamour you will ever see.

Katharine hep was so cool. The VIBES, the INDEPENDENCE,,, living life on her own terms.

she just had this.... bearing to her, this power. she could be funny, even silly (like in bringing up baby) but also so regal and elegant. she was nobody's fool and dear GOD that's so hot

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She’s not only stunningly gorgeous (those eyes that pierce your soul! a jawline you could cut glass with!) but her delivery and physical presence in roles gives off confidence and authority in such a sexy way (truly the biggest dick energy of Old Hollywood). Her fiery energy in The Philadelphia Story? Unmatched.

God she's. She's so hot y'all. She has the range!!!!! Funny and dramatic and lovely

She IS the transatlantic accent. Classically gorgeous and such a strong personality.

She's literally one of the funniest women to ever live! She goes shot for shot with Cary Grant in Philadelphia Story and we damn well love her for it! She's the most annoying creature to ever live in Bringing Up Baby but she's so insane and funny that we simply cannot help but fall in love with her (and root for her to give Grant an aneurysm!)

i know she's accounted for but i really want to be sure someone has submitted the scene in bringing up baby where she's pretending to be a gangster

She simply stuns onscreen; you cannot do anything but be captivated by her presence. Also a non-gender-conforming icon and mild tumblr celebrity by virtue of that one picture from The Warrior's Husband (stage play).

Katharine Hepburn was out here casually changing the lives of young butch lesbians with her gender swag! She wore pants even when people said she shouldn’t, she refused to marry or have kids, and she wore menswear in at LEAST one movie!

If I start thinking about her face for too long I will cry she is so so hot. Katherine is so charismatic and charming in everything she appears in - watch her adopt a leopard and fall in love with her. Also she has the biggest dick energy ever (she and her pal Lauren Bacall share that accolade). Also had an incredibly long and varied career from screw ball comedies to serious dramas - she’s a queen of the screen and I adore her.

Someone's got to mention it, but she's won the most Oscars out of any performer and is largely considered one of the greatest actresses ever. She's got an incredible voice, an incredible presence, and she absolutely steals every scene she's in. She was private person and deemed standoffish and unapproachable, but she was also profoundly concerned for people's rights and was an outspoken supporter of abortion access. Finally, the Katharine Hepburn slacks look is just iconic. I mean look at her.

(I hope someone else submits real propaganda but just in case they don't:) Cries. Screams. Wails. The woman who singlehandedly made me realize I was bi. A real "do i want to look like her. be her. or be with her.' crisis, where the answer was all three. Holy shit please all three.

Gene Tierney:

The entire plot of Laura is that a guy has to become completely obsessed with a woman after just seeing her portrait. This only works because Gene was cast in the role. I 10000% believe anyone could fall in love after seeing her face.

Those eyes! Just look at those eyes! She’s at her hottest in Leave Her To Heaven— I literally want her to ruin my life.

Absolute grade-A babe, she is the perfection incarnate.

Gene Tierney was beautiful, poised, intense. I associate her with roles where she was murderous or an intelligent woman being patronized to - like a woman on the edge! As far as I am concerned, she deserved to do whatever she wanted.

She had a slight overbite which was amazingly sexy, and a throaty voice that was very memorable as well. She’s terrific in Laura, which reminds me I should watch it again.

EYES!! Her diabolical acting in Leave Her to Heaven is just perfect, Rosamund Pike definitely took notes for her Gone Girl from her.

Oscar-nominated and simply one of the most beautiful women to ever walk this Earth.

Absolutely stunning. In Leave Her to Heaven, she reaches Rosamund-Pike-in-Gone-Girl levels of “holy fucking shit?!?!?!” She had a fling with JFK in the ‘40s and also dated the exes of Rita Hayworth and Hedy Lamarr (Prince Aly Khan and W. Howard Lee, respectively). Sadly, her daughter was born with a disability (during a time in which there were few good mainstream options for disabled children and their parents), likely because of a fan who was sick with measles and went out of her way to meet Tierney (who was pregnant) anyway. Topical! Sure would be good if people stayed home when they were sick! Anyway, she was also a Republican, which sucks. Laura and Leave Her to Heaven are great viewing though.

Mineral Swag Tournament Finals

Okay y'all, this is it. The FINAL for the Mineral Swag Tournament.

Fluorite.

Fluorite is a fantastic mineral. It would not have gotten this far otherwise. It comes in a ton of colors, it naturally forms both octahedra and cubes (and massive deposits), and it show brilliant bright blue color under UV light. Fluorescence (the phenomena) is named that because of fluorite!

It also does this fun thing (that other minerals do as well, but it is common among fluorite) where it changes color as it forms because of changing impurities in the solution from which it grows! Elements like iron, copper, manganese, chromium (and more!) can replace individual ions in fluorite's chemical structure and cause the light to reflect different wavelengths and we therefore see that as a different color. This can also happen if a fluorite ion is missing because the sample has been irradiated (for example) and NOTHING replaces it and so the light still reflects in a different way! That is one of the ways we get purple fluorite and this method of producing color is known as color centers.

Of course, not all fluorite fluoresces. Not all fluorite forms cubes or octahedra. Some fluorite is colorless. Some of it looks like an ugly little piece of translucent rock. Or a vein of purple mineral in a crack between two other rocks. It would be irresponsible for me to insinuate that all fluorite is this majestic.

But there are some properties that you will always find in fluorite. It has four directions of cleavage. It is the defining mineral for a 4 on the Mohs hardness scale. It will always be made of calcium and fluoride in a 1:2 ratio. These things are some of what define fluorite as a distinct mineral!

Opal.

Opal is a beautiful gemstone. Please note that I did not call it a "beautiful mineral" because it is not technically a mineral. It is a solid, inorganic substance with a defined chemical formula, but it lacks the specific crystal structure which minerals MUST have to be considered a mineral.

This crystal structure is the entire reason why fluorite is capable of forming cubes and octahedra. And why garnet forms dodecahedra and beryl forms columns and so on. Opal only comes in those fun little oval shaped stones because it was cut that way! Fluorite forms cubes because it just knows how. Otherwise, opal forms shapeless masses that fracture rather than cleave (fluorite cleaves--four ways). That being said, opal's lack of crystal structure allows it to sometimes be iridescent.

After all, there is a reason opal made it this far. When it shines, it is beautiful. There are several varieties of precious opal (opal that displays its trademark play-of-color/iridescence) and they are all very fun to look at. These precious opals are made of microscopic silica spheres that light reflects off of in weird ways and causes opal to look like it is glittering with a dozen different colors.

However, one would be remiss to forget common opal! Some opal is milky white or a translucent blue, and if you're going to love opal at her fire opal, you better also love her at her common opal.

Here are some raw pieces of opal (common opal on the left). Note how they break irregularly. They have conchoidal fracture, which both quartz and normal glass (all of which are just silica) also have. I personally think conchoidal fracture is pretty neat.

Also, while the opals on the right would still be considered precious opal, they are what the average person is likely to find. Just little bits of iridescence here and there.

And, like fluorite, while not all opals have all of the cool features, they do have some similarities. They will always have conchoidal fracture if they break. And they will always be made of hydrated SiO2.

...That's all I have for these guys, I think! I hope I have been as impartial (and accurate) as possible while presenting these, your FINAL mineral swag contestants. If you have any questions or anything, let me know. The Rock Swag Tournament will start shortly after this concludes! Submit your rocks here! And specific rock formations or named rock varieties here!

Submissions Open masterpost

Characters:

Any character tournament

Autistic headcanon bracket

Best hater

Best new MC (character whose perspective you'd want to read about canon events from)

Canonically hot character tournament

Characters who need to be put in the incinerator suggested: old palace master (svsss)

Characters with fans (as in, handheld fans) (new!)

Characters with numbers in their names suggested: shen jiu, yue qingyuan, six balls (svsss), jing beiyuan (qi ye)

Cringefail biromantic poll

Disabled Characters Showdown confirmed: wen kexing (tian ya ke, shan he ling), zhou zishu (shan he ling) suggested: hua cheng (tgcf), zhou zishu (tian ya ke), cui buqu (wushuang), xiao xingchen (mdzs), xue xian (tqks)

Favorite disabled webnovel character suggested: see the list for "Disabled Characters Showdown" above

Favorite webnovel criminal

Favorite webnovel woman

Feral MILFs

Fuckable faves

Glasses swag

Guy followed around by a Voice

Guys you'd call mommy suggested: shen qingqiu (svsss)

Horrible Man Protagonist Showdown

Hot moms in media

I'd call her sir (horny)

Most attractive fucked-up character

Most influential twink of all time (new!)

Most Meaningless Character Death

Protagonist Poll (new!)

Pure Beef Bean (as opposed to smol bean)

Smartest webnovel character

Teen character hated by fandom

They deserve more screentime

Trans webnovel character

Transmigration destination protagonists' showdown confirmed: luo binghe (svsss), baili qingmiao (dvawtk)

Ultimate bottom

Ultimate character design tournament

Ultimate shixiongfucker/shijiefucker

Ultimate top

Women with big dicks / BDE suggested: su xiyan (svsss)

Couples / ships:

Fucked-up ships

Most Divorced Couple

Toxic Old Men Yaoi

Webnovel rarepair

Groups:

Triple trouble tourney (for trios)

Other:

Best book to movie adaptation (TV shows included)

Favorite webnovel quotes

Misogynistic Media Tournament

Webnovel monster (non-humanoid) (new!)

Not tournaments:

Can they lift Thor's hammer? Could they wield Mjolnir? (different blog with same/similar theme)

Could they assemble IKEA furniture?

Could transition have saved her? (for potential transfems)

Could transition have saved them?

Do you know this ADHD character?

The Babygirl Polls

Webnovel tournaments suggestions

Would it fix them? (new!)

Would you punt them into the sun?

kuroko go to the polls

hi everyone!! just for fun, i have compiled the different polls in which kuroko no basket or knb characters have been featured in! it has my own commentary, how far characters got, links to poll essays and a bit of art!

if there are any i missed, please let me know!

i did highlight some few moments, so if you'd like to check them out, look for the orange highlights!

the biggest takeaway is that before knb charas have had major losses but also some victories!! also we have an alliance with the a3! fandom who lend their support a lot!! we couldn’t have gotten as far as we have before without them!

under the readmore, you can get a summary of what polls they've been in! such as what polls are currently up (if tumblr lets me edit it in the future), completed polls, and how many polls characters have been in

CURRENT POLLS AT TIME OF WRITING (last updated 6/19/23)

kuroko and aomine are in @lighthairdarkhair-battle

midorima is in the @greenhairandpronouns-tournament and @chikagetits's glasses chara poll! please give him your support im begging you all

midorima (again) will be in @unluckiest-character-ever

momoi will be in @pinkhairswagtourney

the generation of miracles will be in the @skittlesquadsquabble

COMPLETED POLLS

kuroko and kise were featured in the @blueandyellowbracket

midorima and takao were featured in the @orangegreenbracket​

takao was featured in the @orangecharactersmackdown​

midorima was featured in the @best-green-character​

kagami and kise were featured in the @redandyellowbracket​

aomine and kagami were featured in the gayest noncanon bitches poll* (may have misremembered the name as that blog has deactivated)

aomine and momoi were featured in both the @blackandpinkbracket​ bracket and the @pinkandbluebracket​

kuroko, kagami, and kise were in the @primarycolorcharactersbrackets​

kagami was featured in @redcharacterbracket​ of the minor bracket! 

momoi and midorima were featured in the pink and green bracket hosted by @dxntloseurhead

kuroko no basket as a series was in the @multicolor-fandom-tournament​

kuroko and kagami were in @redandbluegaycompetition*

momoi was a finalist in @girls-in-love-bracket!

alex was in @its-to-the-death’s glasses swag tourney!*

aomine and kuroko were both in @mushi-shield’s blue hair charas tourney. aomine was victorious!

murasakibara was in @purpleboytournament

akashi was in @heterochromiasmackdown 

the generation of miracles were victorious in @color-coded-squad-bracket​*

here’s the current counter of how many polls a character has been featured in! (not counting generation of miracles or knb as a show for their individual count)

kuroko - 4 kagami - 5 kise - 3 midorima - 6 takao - 2 momoi - 5 aomine - 4 akashi - 1 murasakibara - 1 alex - 1

bonus takao edit for everyone that i worked hard on also because my friend cropped him out in the photo above <3

What makes Nagi Usui from The World Ends With You the autistic girlie ever of all time? Here's what the people have to say:

Nagi-related asks/reblogs: x This post will be updated after each round!

Image ID in alt text and under the readmore.

[Image ID. White slide with a screenshot of Nagi Usui in the bottom left corner, her glasses are all white and there is blue lightning coming off her. She is surrounded by text boxes which read,

"Has a special interest in EleStra, a mobile game, and it is her main motivation to live (or to come back to life, at least). Has an unusually formal, sometimes awkward manner of speech; often refers to others with Lord/Lady honorifics. Hyper-empathetic; can sense when people are masking their feelings, and is strongly affected by others' negative thoughts and emotions. Her power allows her to go into others' minds, but she dislikes doing it, both for their privacy and because dealing with their strong emotions exhausts her. Puts significant thought and care into her interactions, calculating every aspect of her behavior when communicating."

"Winner of the The World Ends With You autism bracket! Nagi is very emotionally perceptive and is easily overwhelmed by others' emotions, suggesting hyperempathy. She has a big interest in a game called Elestra, which she talks about often and relates situations from it to situations in real life. She particularly loves one character from the game, and pretends that someone from real life that she knows is that character. While Nagi is very empathetic, she struggles to see things from the point of view of those who are very different from her."

"Trapped in a death game and her sole motivation for escaping is to get back to playing her fave video game which she hyperfixates on. She has a speaking quirk where she talks very eloquently and overly formal and makes a lot of sounds/unintelligible noises to express when she’s feeling excited. Hyper empathetic and makes an active conscious effort to understand and communicate with people, calling it a skill that can be honed like any other."

"Literally died and landed in a death game, but was more worried about not being able to play the next chapter of her gacha game hyperfixation than y'know, being dead She is also hyperempathetic and makes So Many Noises"

" "I am simply aware of the importance of communication. And I take great pains to ensure my interactions with others remain as peaceful as possible. Asking questions. Gauging responses. Reacting aptly. I leverage every element at my disposal—actions, words, emojis, anything at all—to ensure everyone feels welcome.” - This is a direct quote from the game, which should be pretty autistic on its own. But wait, there's more! This is how she's able to Dive into other people's souls and help rid them of their inner demons. When she ends up in a three-week-long series of death games in another layer of reality played by the dead for a second chance at life, her motivation to get back is that there's a new chapter of her special interest mobile game and she can't play it until she's done with all of it. She joins the team because there's a dude who looks eerily like her favorite character who hangs around with them. Her arc resolves not by being less interested in EleStra (said special interest mobile game,) but by getting someone else who she'd previously had trouble getting along with because he spent the game masking INTO EleStra, on the grounds it'll help him cope with grief and improve his social skills. Nagi was voted Most Autistic Swag of the game duology in a fandom tournament, and this is saying something because you can make a case for like 60% of the cast at a low estimate being readable as autistic. She is an autistic queen."

"She obsesses over a mobile game (and one of her teammates because he looks JUST LIKE her blorbo/husbando). She has an ita bag covered in pins of said blorbo. She speaks in an old-timey fashion (she's 19 in modern day Tokyo) and refers to others as "Lord/Lady [Name]". AND she refers that special interest game to others as a way to "heal (their) hearts." She was voted Most Autistic TWEWY character on tumblr in a finals match against someone who's literally nonverbal with a special interest in tech who talks EXCLUSIVELY using text and rarely facially emotes. That's how autistic she is."

"Nagi is described as devoting most of, if not all her time to her pastimes, especially for a certain in-universe mobile game (Elegant Strategy, or EleStra), which she carries an itabag completely decorated with merch of a singular character from the aforementioned game, from several buttons and pins, to a charm, to a keychain plushie. She is also described as "more of a subdued character who can't assimilate into a social environment as easily as other people" by her character designer. I could go on but I'm not sure how to put concepts into words"

"She has an INTENSE special interest in a mobile game called Elegant Strategy to the point where playing it is her main motivation for trying to escape the literal actual death game she gets chucked into. She is highly empathetic which is highlighted by her psych (essentially the magic system in this game) being the ability to dive into other people's minds. She is extremely observant and puts a lot of effort into effectively communicating with the people around her, calling things like jokes or emojis "tools" to make sure everyone has a good time. The twewy fandom hosted an autism poll and she won so she absolutely deserves to go here" End ID.]

aew dynamite 11/23/22 liveblog containment zone

finally watched the dynamite from wednesday. now i can look at my dashboard again

in the ring with william regal

why u side with mjf my man... it keeps sounding like regal is calling him "mr freeman" which is immensely distracting to the rest of my brain maxwell friedman, in the flesh. or rather, with the championship belt oh its moxley time danielson coming out to defend regal please dont hurt him mox. hes got glass bones and paper skin SLAPPING HIM??????? LMFAOOO DANIELSON "IM SORRY IM SORRY I HIT U" (NOT) why are they gaslight gatekeep girlbossing moxley right now this is just reminding me of slap's hannibal au fic just kill them all, moxley!!! wow. moxley telling him to just walk away

backstage with keith lee

how u doin bud LMAO SWERVE'S HERE WHAT???????????? COVERING THE CAMERA MAKE UP SEX so bomb gets even keith lee to reconsider

orange cassidy vs jake hager

him and his stupid fucking hat oh rocky is here too! best vice. roppongi friends. taking his glasses??? hager's outfit just becoming a collection of items he's taken from other wrestlers he got nothing else going on. lack of personality PUT THE HAT ON orange is getting the crowd hype for him to put the hat on. love it the hat gets put on hager all wrestling needs to be like this so i dont need to settle with watching a match with hager in it commentary is being really good but i cant focus on them because im watching the match excaliburs response to "do you have a favorite article of clothing" was funny tho lmfao matt and angelo parker yelling at orange in stereo. 2point0 negging hours orange cassidy trust fall OH MY GOD HIS FLIP OFF THE APRON orange wins

oh chuck has cute shoes the factory is here!!! yaayyyyyy rematch with them i wouldnt mind watching best friends vs the factory over and over again lmao mic broke DARKNESS… is it danhausen aga-- HOUSE OF BLACK! im glad theyre back! im also glad malakai black is back!! look at julia hart looking stylish as hell in the fog and red. what an intro oh no if the best friends fight the house of black theyre gonna lose for sure. they would not do the house of black a disservice by having them lose to the best friends in any capacity please do not have them feud. thank u

video promo with jungle boy

is jungle boy's new gimmick going to be him covered in crusted blood from full gear im glad jungle boy got a W

ethan page vs ricky starks

the eliminator tournament! who is going on to fight mjf? ethan page :)c i know people hate on ethan page for getting a push but theyre wrong. he's very charismatic and cute and i like to hear him promo and also watch him wrestle. ricky starks……….. surely people have already made transmasc swag comments about this already ethan page is sooooo cute whoa stokley pulled ethan page and himself out of the way of a moving car (ricky starks' dive out of the ring) oooo EJECTED FROM DA MATCH for his INTERFERENCE whoa that superplex looked impromptu hmm who is going to win this match. i think they should throw ricky a bone but also ethan page has history with mjf which could work with the narrative did he just rip off his tit armor whoa! ethan page tossing him so high into the air three spears! my favorite mov-- OH! ricky won!!!

backstage video promo with wardlow

oh yeah i forgot he lost his title wardlow: i dont know how i lost my title. so i looked at the footage. and i see that i was knocked unconscious by samoe joe.

backstage with jade cargill

lmao what the. why is there a bow wow altercation here oh yeah i forgot jade won back her belt. i forgot because i was mad at this result whoa. kiera hogan officially fired by jade and mark sterling for not being a bad enough bitch

death triangle vs the elite

jeez 7 matches in a row look if there is one group that can do 7 rematches and make it interesting? its these six whoa they did wayward son again getting the big boos. i know theyre heels but dang wait the cm punk chants reminded me of all out. and theyre in chicago. that checks out sorry every day i try to erase the memory because it makes me SAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! cm punk!!! (wailing sobbing emojis) death triangle has the sickest intro ohhhh thats cute! penta giving football man a football helmet styled lucha mask… aww whoa what is up with pac oh broken nose. ok. i didnt see because i was too busy looking at pac and the football guy rey fenix stopping kenny's chargeup run move. and then sick flip wow fuck cm punk chants now? i mean yeah i too felt parasocially betrayed by cm punk leaving wrestling a second time. i feel you chicago colt cabana chants??? don't go where i can't follow, chicago crowd. im trying to order lunch and watch this match at the same time and doing neither properly. ok im good now lmao fucking up the buckshot lariat??? on purpose at that? the shade BITING???????? HELLO LMAO what a heel move, directly to me and also the audience taking his protective mask off!! lmao it getting caught in his spaghetti string hair oh no, pac's poor vulnerable nose!!! LMAO GTS???????????? ok guys come on youre laying it on so thick i like the elite but you cant keep reminding me of my broken heart 😭 youre hurting me. i know youre heels but this is too much!!! waahhhhhh matt jackson what the fuck are you doing with that hammer freak! weirdo!!!

renee paquette with an annoucement

whats up oh they're officially world championing the title. this makes sense. its been so long that i forgot it was an interim title poor toni storm tho. unless they retroactively apply it to her reign? but it really doesnt sound like they are doing that

anna jay + tay melo vs britt baker + jamie hayter vs willow nightingale + skye blue

oh wow tayjay got their own theme! nice they have matching outfits… i guess white black gold isnt totally unique a color combo but still i got distracted. im so sorry women i dont think willow is gonna win (cry) so why be invested in this match i say that and skye blue starts doing cool kicks and cazadora moves omg yes queen prove me wrong nooooo eats the pin immediately WHY DID I GET INVESTED JUST THEN the interim thing is too bad but i do think its interesting that now that the second its not a temp title britt baker goes OWO?

backstage with renee paquette and top flight and FTR

ohhh theyre fighting for the ROH tag titles on friday. cute. a nice honorable fightmatch

the acclaimed come out to the ring

pretty good rap this time boys i wonder if theyre gonna start up the next feud for them. who is gonna tussle with the acclaimed? unfortunately i think the best friends are kinda busy so there goes my hopes and dreams NOOOOO NOT LETHAL'S SQUAD LMAOOOOOOOO were they chanting "cm punk" or "jarrett sucks" i couldnt tell ok we have to pause and rewind and slowmo a bit there when max caster was scissor because he handed something to a lady in the front row and we think he literally just handed someone a hotel keycard LMAO??? PICKUP MOVES?? AT THE SHOW?????? ON CAMERA?????????????????? it looked a little bit too thick to be a business card… insane behavior if true

jericho vs ishii

my friends really didnt want to watch this match but i managed to convince them to at least let me fast forward to a random part of the match and they were immediately curious about why jericho is bleeding from the chest so: mission accomplished face slap fight taz apologizing and excalibur being like "tony khan scold you in your ear lol?" i love the aew commentary chop fight ah heres the chest bleedy. kind of a goofy blade job but ok this match is just making me think about the eddie vs ishii match that was on the… forbidden door zero hour? it was on one of the ppv zero hours and guess what: that match ruled this match is ok i guess. its living in the shadow of a superior eddie vs ishii match maybe jericho shouldve bladed later omg ishii covered in lil blood splatters. crazy ok jericho is getting too beat up for too long so hes probably going to end up winning this match which is lame and cringe whoa that apron move trading suplexes wait i forgot this is a title match. of course hes gonna win ok excalibur that was not a 2.99 ad infinitum come on flip him off. final act of resistance IAN RICCABONI LOOK OUT!! RUN!!! why does he just sit there and wait to get beaten up every time claudio 2 da rescue

if we let louis james moriarty and raine whispers go out earlier than they should've in the glasses swag tournament then i will. not do anything about it but be very sad :(

kinda makes me sad that i have not seen a single person write gregor propaganda in the notes of that glasses swag tournament poll tbh. like they're just full of louis propaganda and people screaming LOUIS SWEEP, and i have absolutely no clue who gregor is or why he's beating louis by such a wide margin. i sure would like to but his fandom is being so quiet about why he should win and ours is being so loud!!

Glasses Swag Tournament Semifinals

Gregor (Limbus Company) vs Bayonetta (Bayonetta)

Mod comments:

Sorry to make hot people fight each other

glasses swag tournament changing medic's picture to be less fruity because he had TOO much swag

SUBMISSIONS ARE CLOSED!

Thank you to all of those who submitted a character! We have a total of 48 characters!

WELCOME TO THE GLASSES-USER-SWAG-SUBMIT 2023!

I'm your host Leo/Cryptix.

In this poll tournament characters will battle for the crown of being the the ultimate glasses user.

The bracket still needs to be made but the characters that they will batteling against has already been made!

Bracket 1

Twlight Sparkle(Equestria Girls) vs Michael Deil(Be More Chill)

Harry Potter(Harry Potter) vs Stanford Pines(Gravity Falls)

Tang(Lego Monkie Kid) vs Dendy(O.K K.O: Let's be heroes)

Lilith Clawthorne(The Owl House) vs Iaki Olietta(Fairy Tail)

Walter White(Breaking Bad) vs Velma Dinkley(Scooby-Doo!)

Milo James Thatch(Atlantis: The Lost Empire) vs Stanley Pines

Jade Harley(Homestuck) vs Cylde McBride(The Loud House)

Raine Whispers(The Owl House) vs Ghoulia Yelps(Monster High)

Ryan Akagi(Infinty Train)vs Merlin Wizard(Bee and Puppycat) 

Simon Petrikov(Adventure Time) vs John Egbert(Homestuck)

Willow Park(The owl House) VS Sucrose(Genshin Impact)

Tenya Iida(My hero Acedmia) vs Sylvester Ashling(Epithet Erased)

Bracket 2

Bobber (TInker bell) vs Toby Mccalister(Word Girl)

April O'Neil(Rise of the TMNT) vs Tulip Olsen(Infinity Train)

Nobita Nobi(Doraemon anime) vs Richard(Spooky Month)

Berdly(Deltarune)vs Mr X (Amphibia)

Ralesi(Deltarune) vs Edna Mode(The Incredibles)

Alphys(undertale) vs Simon(Alvin and the chipmunks)

Sukia(Doctor Stone) vs Snork(The moomins)

Invisable man(Hotel Transolvania) vs Medic(TF2)

Gordon freeman(Half-Life) vs Miles Edgeworth(Ace Attorney)

Alchemist cookie(Cookie Run Kingdom) vs  Constance Blackwood(Ride the cyclones)

Connie Maheswaren(Steven Universe) vs Dr. Fox(Unikitty)

Esspresso cookie(Cookie Run kingdom) vs Raymond(Animal Crossing)

Thank you to everyone and i am very excited to begin the tornament! It will begin on March 12th 4pm eastern standerd time!

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twelve reasons to assist custom embroidered keychains

Why should your�business buy custom embelleshment? Your business must end up being visible. How can folks know both you and what makes you unique, as well as what your goods and services offer? While companies may believe that word of mouth marketing and some sort of beautiful website will certainly bring them product sales, there is zero substitute for the tried and genuine method of visible marketing: brand reputation. Logos are easy to recognize and can be located everywhere for organizations like Apple, Starbucks, and Coca-Cola. These logos allow men and women to easily associate their buying decisions with these businesses. What does this particular all mean for you and your business? �� What this means is an individual must also obtain your brand in addition to name on the market. It is easy to build brand reputation by creating very visual, easily shared, and thoroughly enjoyed promotional items. 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All kinds of garments will have custom adornments. Many embroidering businesses use state-of-the-art devices to embroider upon all types of garments, including t shirts in summer and even heavy jackets in the course of winter. embroidery keychain could perhaps embroider all-season personal protection gear. six. Creative Freedom Many companies believe of which embroidering can simply be done in t-shirts or caps. Custom embroidering provides the advantage of staying able to stitch your logo in addition to brand onto virtually any fabric-based product. Your current logo and company brand can be stitched on everything through the apron to towels to gown polos to work slacks. This will cause you to stand out between the rest. 7. Improved well-being Workers feel appreciated even more than receiving products and gifts from their employer thanking them for their hard work. Although organizations may give several t-shirts at an annual picnic, supplying better quality work polos, jackets, or t-shirts using a quality company logo can empower employees and make them experience more valued users from the company. 6. Uniforms for Function High-quality uniforms may not only help to make employees happier yet also increase their productivity. Companies of which use personal protecting equipment will surely have trademarks printed within the clothing. This will allow those to be proud of their work and recognized in work. 9. Its cost-effective You could often lower the cost per device by dealing with embroidering firms for mass orders. This may make your investment cheaper than you might expect. Numerous embroidering firms will allow bulk orders of multiple products, which usually can help you get your logo and brand upon many products at a low price. This allows a person to give an array of promotional supplies for the company or even ensure that your employees have got uniforms branded using your logo.

10. Durability When custom made embroidering is needed, it is important to work with some sort of company that utilizes high-quality tools and goods. This will enable you to be able to make durable products for your customers in addition to employees. You need your clothes to become visible to anyone who works in a high-stress environment, such as doctors in addition to construction workers. These types of are just some sort of few of the numerous benefits you will certainly get from top quality embroidery. Working together with the embroidering firm can help you create an ideal logo in addition to design for your company, as well as putting it about the right goods. This will help to make your company have apart from the particular rest. You might get better manufacturer recognition and higher profits when you spend money on custom adornments

Rock Swag Tournament Round 1: Igneous Rocks Part 12

So many of your here may know of obsidian. I haven't a clue why.

For those of you unfamiliar, obsidian is a form of volcanic glass, but it is not the only one! Tachylite is obsidian's much less well-known sibling.

Now, I'm going to go against everything I talked about in earlier posts, because while obsidian is black (or sometimes a reddish-brown) it is FELSIC! That babey has very few of those dark mafic minerals, but the little bit of iron and magnesium combined with the quick cooling (and therefore lack of individual crystals) gives obsidian this dark color.

Tachylite on the other hand is mafic! It, like obsidian is a volcanic glass that cools very quickly and lacks mineral grains, but it does contain all those dark mafic minerals at the top of Bowen's Reaction Series.

Also, I wanted to take the time to correct a small misconception in that post about obsidian weaponry. And I'm not here to spoil the fun, don't worry. I do adore that post and it makes me laugh whenever I see it. This is instead, a bit of an archaeology lesson. More under the cut.

While the geologist in question argues that an obsidian knife would make a poor weapon because it volcanic glass, I am here to say that obsidian was actually frequently used for weaponry and tools (and that ended up being a very good thing for archaeologists)!

Now, I will admit that these obsidian artifacts are often on a smaller scale: things like arrowheads and small blades and not long knives. One form of weaponry, the macuahuitl, was made by embedding small obsidian blades into a club!

The reason obsidian is actually an effective weapon is because it is easy to work with and very sharp. While it is certainly more prone to breakage than metal when banged against hard objects, it makes for an extremely sharp and effective blade when used for slicing, rather than to cause blunt force trauma. In fact, a freshly broken piece of obsidian can be sharper than a steel blade. So it certainly isn't out of the question to make an use an obsidian knife. You just might have to be a bit more careful when swinging it around near hard surfaces.

I should also note that these artifacts were made through a process called knapping, wherein someone strategically chips away at a piece of material (often flint, obsidian, or some other material that has conchoidal fracture, or fractures in a way that shows concentric lines similar to growth lines on a shell) to form a shaped tool, weapon, blade, etc.

Here's an obsidian arrowhead. It has been shaped to have notches where it could be affixed to the shaft of an arrow, a pointed tip, and sharp, thin edges that would cut through the hide of the creature being hunted.

So, obsidian was used for tools and weapons that necessitated slicing more than banging. And an obsidian sword probably wouldn't be very effective. If you bang it against the stone battlement by accident, it'll break. And I could believe that the force needed to stab someone clean through with a sword would cause an obsidian blade to break. I haven't tested this theory. But when used as a small cutting blade affixed to something like a club or an arrow, its pretty effective! If they weren't effective, people wouldn't have used them so much throughout history.

And that brings me to why obsidian artifacts are so important for archaeology! Volcanoes have their own unique geochemical signatures, which means we can trace pieces of obsidian back to the volcano from which it erupted.

This is incredibly helpful for archaeologists who want to learn about things like trade and travel between ancient peoples. If you find an obsidian arrowhead a thousand miles from the volcano from which that obsidian came, you know that a person had to travel a thousand miles to move that piece of obsidian. Volcanic rocks don't really move a thousand miles from their source without a little human intervention. A real person at some point in time had to help that rock out! It's endlessly fascinating, that least to me.

Anyway, if this rant proves anything, it is that I, too, would be prone to getting hit by a baseball bat while I rant about obsidian blades in a somewhat more archaeologically-informed way!