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melannen ([personal profile] melannen) wrote2022-07-11 05:15 pm
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Fandom tournament!

I have gone to Alabama, I have come back from Alabama with an extra cat, I have done a lot of things, I have actually started to get kind of a little caught up on the to-do list? (ignore the sink full of dishes), I have a whole list of things I'd like to post about on DW and so of course I am posting none of them.

I did post to [community profile] fictional_fans the other day to announce that I am going to run a very silly tournament using DW polls to decide which fandom will win the tournament. I need someting to kick me into posting and it's getting to the hot and languid part of summer, it seemed like a good time. So far I have posted a preliminary elimination round of the 100 most popular fandoms on AO3 at the moment, using my abritrary andsubjective criteria. I'll probably close the poll tomorrow morning, so get your votes in now if you want to! And then the top 64 fandoms (including probably a few wildcards that were missed in that list, and some reorganizing) will get seeded into a weeklong single-elimination tournament. Hopefully leading to a lot of people promoting their fandoms and starting silly arguments in comments. We'll see who wins!
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[personal profile] china_shop 2022-07-11 10:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Ooh, extra cat! Pics?

*cheers on your to-do list doings*
melannen: Commander Valentine of Alpha Squad Seven, a red-haired female Nick Fury in space, smoking contemplatively (Default)

[personal profile] melannen 2022-07-12 02:31 am (UTC)(link)
I forgot I hadn't mentioned here! Yes we brought my sister's cat Bingley home for the summer again while she is off being a researcher and having adventures and stuff.



But Shelly would like to point out that she has been here the whole time and didn't require being fetched.

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[personal profile] china_shop 2022-07-12 03:08 am (UTC)(link)
Awww! ♥ ♥ ♥
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[personal profile] ellen_fremedon 2022-07-12 12:03 am (UTC)(link)
You cannot say that and not post pictures of the extra cat.
melannen: Commander Valentine of Alpha Squad Seven, a red-haired female Nick Fury in space, smoking contemplatively (Default)

[personal profile] melannen 2022-07-12 02:29 am (UTC)(link)
It's just the same old boring cat who visits every summer while her academic mom is traveling. She comes to us because she is 18 and cranky and requires a specialist to roll her up in her purple thing to get her pills in her. Here she is on her throne.



Here have a photo of a much better cat, who is Not Impressed at having to share the screenporch (otherwise they're on separate floors for the duration.)


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[personal profile] ellen_fremedon 2022-07-12 03:19 am (UTC)(link)
Those are both excellent cats!
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[personal profile] jjhunter 2022-07-12 01:17 am (UTC)(link)
I am enjoying the fandom tournament so far! What a neat idea - it's genuinely a pleasure to engage in something so low stakes and full of fandom feels.
melannen: Commander Valentine of Alpha Squad Seven, a red-haired female Nick Fury in space, smoking contemplatively (Default)

[personal profile] melannen 2022-07-12 02:22 am (UTC)(link)
It had been on my back-burner list for awhile, and it seemed like a good time for something engaging but extremely low stakes! Hopefully we can keep it low stakes, but I have faith in the DW crew.
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[personal profile] primeideal 2022-07-12 09:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Out: coming from Alabama with a banjo on your knee
In: coming from Alabama with a cat on your knee
melannen: Commander Valentine of Alpha Squad Seven, a red-haired female Nick Fury in space, smoking contemplatively (Default)

[personal profile] melannen 2022-07-12 09:24 pm (UTC)(link)
She did make beautiful music along the way! (Actually she mostly slept in her litter box, she's resigned to road trips at this point in her life.)
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