hi! i hope it's not too late to submit propaganda for this round or other rounds in the future (if spike wins). i want to submit for Spike, because i thought his current propaganda was a little lacking (no shade).
(i really like the picture you chose to represent him for round 4, but i want to add the pictures im including in his propaganda for the readmore)
Crimes:
Mass murder, assault, thievery, torture, attempted rape, innumerable other offenses. Cut a bloody massacre throughout Europe in the late 1800s. He’s quite rude and hits below the belt too lol. and hes british
Why do you like spike?
He’s a genuinely evil person who goes through a seasons long arc to get redeemed.
Spike starts out being a no-holds-barred soulless evil villain with his only goal being to kill the protagonist Buffy. he would do everything to kill her if not for the fact that someone worse shows up and he needs to work together with her to stop the entire world from getting destroyed - he’s a vampire, but he doesn’t have a death wish.
He is very skilled at manipulation, and despite most of the main characters hating him outright, is able to pit them against each other for his own gain. He has an extreme bloodlust and thirst for violence, and upon being rendered powerless to hurt humans, almost killed himself bc he was so upset. He got back to normal once he realized he could kill his own kind, which indirectly benefited the good guys.
After seasons of wishing death upon Buffy, it comes as a shock to him to realize that he has evolved to being in love with her due to how twisted vampires are concerning pain, love, and hate. after a century of committing the most violent, heinous acts, spike makes the decision to get a SOUL, which is the single most important thing that the show delineates between being on the very black-and-white side of good and evil.
Before spike, there was only one other vampire with a soul, and he had to be Cursed with it by travelers. Spike actively chooses to GET a soul in order to be a better man worthy of buffy instead of a soulless monster.
(I mean, just look at this shot of spike draping himself over a cross while mad with guilt over all the harm he's done. very nice.)
But even while he’s supposedly evil, spike is remarkably humanlike, and he cares about other things than killing his own kind. He cares about Buffy and buffy’s family, acting as a guardian for her kid sister in her absence even while he’s soulless, and their friendship is one of the most humanizing aspects of spike.
He also used to be poet when he was a human and a lot of his sensitivity bled through to his vampire self so he’s much more emotional than the average vampire. And he’s serially monogamist. And throughout all this, a gigantic punk rock loser. Billy idol stole his look!
Spike is one of the best characters to ever grace television, especially because none of this would have ever happened if joss Whedon got what he wanted and killed him off in season 2.
Also he’s really pretty.
Hi! Its not too late at all! Im gonna add it to the main post in a bit (on mobile rn and its a pain in the ass to copy).
Thanks so much for the submission!
Hihi! Would you be willing to shout out @character-design-tournament? It's focused on video games and visual novels (and anime, basically anything that's not live action!), I figured maybe some people here would have ideas :D No worries if not, thank you either way!!
Sure thing! Check it out, people!
for the redemption arc submissions, is it okay to submit a character from something that's ongoing, and where it's possible a character might *actually* get a redemption arc at some point in the future (but hasn't yet)? Or is it really meant to be for characters who never had and probably never will have redemption arcs but we wish they did?
As long as they didn't have it yet I'm gonna say it's fair game!
Would you be down to give a shoutout to @bg3-tournament? :D Inspired by @dragon-age-tournament it's a character bracket for Baldur's Gate 3 characters!
Sure thing! Check it out, guys! :))
Wait, I submitted two Umineko characters, what have they become?
Hi, sorry I didn't include all submissions, cause we didn't have enough space, although I'm planning on running a rematch/part 2 to this poll in the future.
I got a bit overwhelmed with the amount of submissions, never had this many before.
the new baldurs gate patches are fine, so if you havent played in a long time and dont really remember whats going on, and think itd be worth restarting, I'd personally say go for it!
Thanks for the tip! Idk why but Ive been getting a lot of BG3 patch hate on tumblr.
Can I recruit that evil lady from the goblin camp in the current patch despite playing a good character? I heard about that ages ago. Rly hope so.
I say that as someone who wants to recruit Loghain in every single Dragon Age playthrough haha. Love these bastards.
I should've put them in the poll...
I submitted a character (Johannah Wicker) a while back, but I’m not seeing her anywhere on the bracket, is there any particular reason that you might choose not to include a character in the competition or am I just missing her name on the bracket?
Hi! I'm so sorry about the late response.
Yeah, she didn't get into the bracket. There were quite a few characters who didn't. The amount of submissions was greater than the places available for the bracket to be even so some of them had to sit it out.
I really want to rerun the bracket maybe on an even bigger scale, cause I keep remembering characters I myself didn't submit.
ALSO ALSO I have OCD and sometimes I get nervous about which characters to include, I get that this might be frustrating to people, but I'd rather be open about it. Idk.
Can’t believe I didn’t include it in the original propaganda for Melchior, but! He’s a musical theatre character! One of the reasons I like him that much is cause he sings some of my favourite songs from spring awakening
Go listen to All That’s Known and Left Behind !! Good songs !!
Thanks for the propaganda! Ill add it to the post :)
heya just fyi for future polls or whatever idk her name is Grace Chasity, not chasTity. but also like a solid 40% of the fandom spells it wrong so i don’t think it matters that much lmao
Hiya! Oh, Im sorry. I looked at her wiki page briefly but I guess I just assumed it must be Chastity cause of her whole deal. Ill change it in the future (if she makes it). Thanks!
Can I ask, where's the Root vs Lex Luthor poll? /nm
Hiya, sorry it's taking so long I had some issues with one of the characters' submission and might switch them out for someone from the bench last second :\ That stuff really stressed me out.
I should have the whole of round 1 published today.
(Don't worry, it's not Root.)