Botanic Tournament : Ivies Bracket !

Final

what do you mean Xena/Gabrielle lost in the first round of a "most influential WLW ships" poll to BUBBLINE???? What do you mean Catradora beat Uranus/Neptune????

I am soooo normal about her. And I’m reading ‘The Mother Tree’ (a book by a mycologist about mycorrhizal fungi). So I did a Poison Ivy study based on a picture I took on a field trip with other botanists in Alaska.

Finale: Harley & Ivy VS. Kai & Lloyd

Propaganda under the cut

Poison Ivy/Swamp Thing

No submitted propaganda

Groot/Rocket Raccoon (Grocket) - Marvel, mainly the comics, cartoons and videogames

Throwback to 2014/2015 when these two were THE biggest romantic ship in the gotg fandom. Including smut.

Ok jokes aside, I adore Rocket and Groot’s relationship. They’re just two weird outcasted creatures of the Marvel universe who found each-other and had each others backs when the whole rest of the galaxy treated them like freaks. They don’t get along all the time and can have their (old married couple energy) arguments, but at the end of it all you can tell they care about one another, even if Rocket is to emotionally stunted for his own good to admit it out loud most of the time. They also have a ton of sweet moments together, from Rocket going through the trouble of traveling to earth, a planet he hates, just so Groot can be happy and (mild spoiler) reunite with an old friend of his in the 2015 Groot comic series, to them going on a beach vacation together in the Rocket Raccoon comics, to Rocket Having an I ♥️ Trees mug in Marvel’s Rocket & Groot Cartoon, to Groot and Rocket straight up saying “I love you” to eachother in the Guardians: Grounded comic, the Gotg Eidos game, and the Telltale game etc. (which now that I think about it, I think rocket has probably said “I Love You” to Groot in most gotg related media more times combined than he has to any of his canon female love interests… so do with that info waht you will…). I could go on, really. Tbh, I do slightly prefer and love Groot and Rocket’s close platonic friendship as is, but I would be lying if I didn’t believe there’s at least more than one universe in the Marvel multiverse where they’re married.

and with that, we have the official mechanisms tumblr sexyman bracket! for easier reading (and so i can link the polls later), here are the pairings:

Ashes O’Reilly (1) vs. Briar Rose (32)

Raphaella la Cognizi (16) vs. Guinevere Pendragon (17)

The Starship Aurora (9) vs. Dr. Pilchard (24)

Marius von Raum (8) vs. Frankenstein’s AI (25)

Galahad (4) vs. Narcissus (29)

Ulysses (13) vs. Ivy Alexandria (20)

Nastya Rasputina (12) vs. Orpheus (21)

Drumbot Brian (5) vs. Ariadne (28)

Gunpowder Tim (2) vs. Thor (31)

Mordred Pendragon (15) vs. Lancelot Pendragon (18)

Odin (10) vs. Victoria Frankenstein (23)

Loki (7) vs. Bertie (26)

The Toy Soldier (3) vs. Oedipus (30)

Jonny d’Ville (14) vs. Sigyn (19)

Dr. Carmilla (11) vs. Hatter and Hare (22)

Lyfrassir Edda (6) vs. the Marquis de All The Knives (27)

the polls will go live tomorrow morning (EST) and run for 24 hours before moving on to the next round! get your predictions and propaganda in before voting starts, and feel free to send me/tag me in your predictions! happy sexymaning!

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Helga Sinclair (Atlantis: The Lost Empire)

Bio: Trained in combat, tactics, and espionage, Helga recruits the crew and serves as second-in-command all while hiding the real motives of the mission.

Fans say:

Classy, dangerous, morally grey 

 “I came down the chimney. Ho. Ho. [drops fur coat from shoulders] Ho.” 

She’s so cool, oozes femme fatale-ness, and was my gay awakening

Pamela Isley/Poison Ivy (DC Universe)

Bio: Eco-terrorist “with hybridized plant DNA” giving her poison-type powers like “will-bending pheremones.”

Fans say: 

Will literally poison you with a kiss

I just learned she’s from Seattle! But then again of course she is.

January 2023

Botanic Tournament : Ivies Bracket !

Semi-Finals

Round 2: Harley & Ivy VS. Enjolras & Grantaire

Playing on Train Tracks (Atlas Ivy)

I'm cutting cords praying one's a live wire/I'm attending gunfights hoping for a misfire/Say I like danger for the songs that it inspires and/That may be true, but I am known to be a liar/And I’m made of gasoline but I’m looking for lighters/‘Cause there's something nice about being on fire/If it’s risky, then it's something I desire/‘Cause I function best when everything is dire

"It's a very short song by a relatively unknown artist. Best I can tell they're just a kid that makes music in their room to cope. But holy fuck do those lyrics hit hard. The song's about making bad choices and hoping your luck finally catches up to you"

Poll Runner: uuufggjfhjh after I heard this one I was just staring at a wall, trying to comprehend the fragile sad beauty of it. By god if I could draw well enough to make character animatics... I know it's the point of this tournemant and all, but be warned, this one will fuck you up.

Bitter Choco Decoration (Syudou)

I try so hard to show people I respect them/Send them all my praise and lift them when they feel numb/But I never let my compassion turn to sarcasm, not to make a joke out of it...For tomorrow, and the days I've yet to see/Living in this hell will be my reality/And so, I implore you, promise me one thing/Give me back my childhood, let me feel some kind of good/All I wish to be is the pure, untainted me

"There’s different interpretations of what the song is about but to me it sounds like it’s about masking autism and trying SO hard to be like everyone else but failing and burning out, but still trying anyway because you don’t know how to do anything else"