Former Tumblr User Jeff Davis (astrofisica) wrote in f_march_madness,
2013-03-15 10:42:00

2013 FANDOM STEEL CAGE MATCH MARCH MADNESS FINAL FOUR!




Rules/Directions

1. Vote for your FAVORITE character in each poll.

2. SHUT YOUR WHINING. We don't want to hear any complaints about how this game is being run wrong, what shows are represented in the bracket, etc and so forth. Given the level of morning and night activity, we guarantee the greater vocal majority are grown-ass adults. Act like you got some damn sense.

3. NO FAKE JOURNALS and NO OUTSIDE PLATFORMS (DREAMWIDTH, FACEBOOK, TWITTER, ETC.). Due to previous incidents of ballot stuffing, fake Livejournals created during the dates of this or any previous game OR any platform that isn't Livejournal (Dreamwidth, Facebook, Twitter, etc.) will not be counted in the results.

4. A schedule of the tournament can be found HERE. (Please note that US Daylight Saving Time started on March 10. Check here for time zones.)

5. Character campaign posters can be found HERE.

FINAL FOUR
(Polls closed Saturday, March 16, 1PM EST. Please note that US Daylight Saving Time started on March 11. Check here for time zones.)


COMEDY v. TEEN
Poll #1902346 COMEDY v. TEEN
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Britta Perry (Community)
757 (42.3%)
Hermione Granger (Harry Potter)
1034 (57.7%)
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SCI-FI / FANTASY v. DRAMA
Poll #1902347 SCI-FI / FANTASY v. DRAMA
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Martha Jones (Doctor Who)
756 (43.3%)
Joan Watson (Elementary)
988 (56.7%)
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agnes_bean

March 15 2013, 17:42:32 UTC 2 months ago

Okay. I love me some Martha Jones and if she wins this round I will be 100% behind her to win it all. But I want to take a sec to talk in earnest about one of the main reasons I'm backing Joan. None of this has to do with Martha specifically, I think she has her own cool arc with the Doctor, I'm definitely not hating on her, etc. These feelings are separate from Martha. Cool? Cool.



Joan is the companion of a mad genius. This is a common trope. We see it a lot. The Doctor and his companions is one example. Other modern Sherlocks like BBC!Sherlock (with John) and House (with Wilson) are others.

And in basically every other case of this I've seen, the companion character is in awe of and/or emotionally dependant on the genius character (looking at you for the latter, Wilson. Looking at you so hard). To differing degrees, and those companion characters are often also awesome, and sometimes call their genius out on stuff and ground him and all that. But in the end, they always seem to be following their genius around. He generally has the lion's share of the power in the relationship. That only really changes if the companion straight up leaves him. (You go Martha! Seriously, good choice.)

But Joan and Sherlock? They're different, because from the start Joan has the control. Literally, because of her job, but also emotionally, because she's not in awe of Sherlock. She's in awe of what he can do, yes. But not of him.



She comes to respect him, to believe in him, eventually to care for him. But she would never consider him above her, and honestly if either of them is emotionally dependant on the other it's him to her.



Yes, she stayed with him even when it was no longer her job, but she made that choice because she realized in a level headed way that doing what he does makes her happy. And it was a choice that took a lot of thought. Staying was the hard choice.

You can see the equality in every part of their interactions. Even when he is her teacher, they are equals. She is constantly questioning him, snarking on him, calling him out.



Plus, he is teaching her how to be an investigator. Fully, really teaching her. Not in a patronizing way, but as a genuine pupil he thinks has a lot of potential. And she sometimes makes connections or notices things he doesn't, especially in her area of expertise, and he acknowledges that. That alone is a huge shift from, say, the BBC!Sherlock/John dynamic. (And I actually LIKE them. But for other reasons.)



Why am I mentioning all of this?

Because it is so different, and refreshing, and AWESOME to see the genius be vulnerable one, and to have his companion be the one who is together, sure of herself, and ready and able to declare boundaries and tell her genius to fuck off he doesn't respect her.



VOTE JOAN WATSON

allwasnew

March 15 2013, 17:47:56 UTC 2 months ago

This comment is beautiful and perfect and 100% flawless. ♥

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nikkidarling

March 15 2013, 17:42:38 UTC 2 months ago Edited:  March 15 2013, 17:43:19 UTC

This is Martha Jones.

Martha Jones is a doctor who accompanies a lanky egomaniac with a British accent on grand adventures.

This is Joan Watson.

Joan Watson is a doctor who accompanies a lanky egomaniac with a British accent on grand adventures.

Martha Jones is bright and insightful and can defend herself pretty fucking well.

Joan Watson is bright and insightful and can defend herself pretty fucking well.

I don't actually care who you vote for I just want to bathe in the fact these two spectacular women are in the final four.
I AM SO EXCITED FOR THE CAMPAIGNS.

AND WHOEVER WINS WILL TAKE DOWN THE SILENT MAJORITY OVER THERE ON THE OTHER SIDE.

spasaire

March 15 2013, 17:48:23 UTC 2 months ago

what a so MUCH post. SO BEAUTIFUL

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ppyajunebug

March 15 2013, 17:42:40 UTC 2 months ago

WE BEAT LESLIE?????




I SO DON'T CARE IF WE MAKE IT TO THE FINAL TWO, I AM JUST SO PROUD OF MY GIRL AND MY FANDOM AND OUR STANS



THANKS FOR HELPING THE WEIRD, UNCOOL GIRL FINALLY FEEL COOL. AND KEEP VOTING BRITTA!


mahmfic

March 15 2013, 17:45:51 UTC 2 months ago

SO HAPPY that Bitta beat Leslie.

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March 15 2013, 17:42:43 UTC 2 months ago

bookishgeek

March 15 2013, 17:44:04 UTC 2 months ago

Flawless

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rosadina

March 15 2013, 17:42:49 UTC 2 months ago

Hopefully you've all heard of the lovely Martha Jones by now. These are just some highlights to why she rocks.

So she's promised a grand tour of the universe and all its wonders but what the universal grand slam turns into is her facing shit like this.


x


Which she faces with a fabulous sense of humor and grace

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She's treated as subhuman for months but knows that NO, these assholes are wrong. She is amazing and they don't get to take her joie de vivre from her.


x



Then, after the grand tour that wasn't she goes back home where she discovers that a being with basically god like powers wants to destroy her planet. Her family is imprisoned by this psycho, the man she is in love with, another being with basically god like powers is utterly defeated and she knows that if the Earth is to be saved she has to do it ALL ON HER OWN

These are the minions of the evil she's facing

Scary no?
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So what does she do? She looks at the situation and goes. fuck it. I can do this.

x


The planet's been decimated and she has to defeat a being with almost magical powers. What's her only weapon? Her mind and sheer bloody determination. Can she do it. YES SHE CAN.



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And in the end

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All of these good points?

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allwasnew

March 15 2013, 21:17:32 UTC 2 months ago

How does anyone categorize her as "the whiny one" or "the useless one"? LOOK AT HOW AMAZING SHE WAS.

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penmage

March 15 2013, 17:43:12 UTC 2 months ago Edited:  March 15 2013, 17:43:59 UTC

All of my dreams are dead.

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blanketinapark

March 15 2013, 18:09:41 UTC 2 months ago

*hugs*
WE DID GOOD! SHE REACHED THE ELITE 8!

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mahmfic

March 15 2013, 17:43:14 UTC 2 months ago

I am insanely happy that Leslie Knope didn't make it into this round. For the sole reason that it would have been so damn boring if she won again.

_thirty2flavors

March 15 2013, 17:44:32 UTC 2 months ago

I can't believe Britta made it after all. MY BRACKET LIVES.

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moireach

March 15 2013, 17:43:27 UTC 2 months ago

IS IT JUST ME OR IS THIS MARCH MADNESS FLYING BY?

bessyboo

March 15 2013, 17:44:05 UTC 2 months ago

IT IS

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bessyboo

March 15 2013, 17:43:28 UTC 2 months ago



PROUD OF ALL OF YOU



NOW VOTE BRITTA!



DON'T BRITTA THIS

ppyajunebug

March 15 2013, 17:44:58 UTC 2 months ago

SO MUCH JOY

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chaos_organised

March 15 2013, 17:43:32 UTC 2 months ago

Martha vs Joan....how am I suppose to choose?!

rosadina

March 15 2013, 17:46:29 UTC 2 months ago

They both rock so hard but if you love them both equally I'd just like to point out that looking at the landslide prelims Joan will get the Elementary vote year after year after year. I... really doubt Martha will ever get this chance again. Vote Martha!

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bookishgeek

March 15 2013, 17:45:03 UTC 2 months ago Edited:  March 15 2013, 17:45:13 UTC

*skips into thread to check who the final 4 is*

*compares to her bracket*

mse63

March 15 2013, 20:23:59 UTC 2 months ago

Same here

sherrilina

March 15 2013, 17:46:44 UTC 2 months ago

Omg Britta actually pulled through?! :O I was beginning to lose hope, given the way things were going when I went to bed...YES!!! \o/

My bracket is very relieved.

bessyboo

March 15 2013, 17:49:58 UTC 2 months ago Edited:  March 15 2013, 17:50:17 UTC

I literally already had a "Britta lost" comment prepped, which I will now immortalize here:

REALLY GUYS?!



#JUDGING U



So happy I got to use the celebratory one, tho!

juliahearts

March 15 2013, 17:47:05 UTC 2 months ago

I didn't think Hermione would get this far! My bracket hates this but yay ^_^.

sherrilina

March 15 2013, 17:51:21 UTC 2 months ago

Lol she did last year without even trying, so...;)

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nazliy

March 15 2013, 17:47:18 UTC 2 months ago

my bracket is so dead that i can't even revive it

mollywobbles867

March 15 2013, 17:48:02 UTC 2 months ago



Next year, my bbs. Next year.

blanketinapark

March 15 2013, 18:10:10 UTC 2 months ago

FINAL FOUR! OLIVIA WILL GET HERE!

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March 15 2013, 17:48:49 UTC 2 months ago


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GOOD NEWS SCIFI & DRAMA YOU'RE ALL WINNERS

sherrilina

March 15 2013, 17:51:46 UTC 2 months ago

This is perfect.

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wannabeavictim

March 15 2013, 17:50:29 UTC 2 months ago Edited:  March 15 2013, 17:50:42 UTC

OK I JUMP SHIP 2 TEAM BRITTA NOW

ppyajunebug

March 15 2013, 17:52:21 UTC 2 months ago

WELCOME 2 THE TEAM

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ppyajunebug

March 15 2013, 17:52:05 UTC 2 months ago

A ONE-SIDE STAN CAMPAIGN?????



COME ON HERMIONE STANS, BRING IT!!!!!!!!

lacunaz

March 15 2013, 17:57:51 UTC 2 months ago

I agree!

If Britta's going to lose to Hermione, I WANT TO SEE THEIR FACES AND LOOK THEM IN THE EYE.

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sherrilina

March 15 2013, 17:53:07 UTC 2 months ago

I know that Hermione and Joan are going to win this easily, but at least the first time I saw the polls after voting, Britta and Martha were ahead.../we'll always have the first 2 minutes

neversleeps

March 15 2013, 17:55:03 UTC 2 months ago

I freaking love Joan, but I voted Martha. I just can't abandon her when we've come so far.

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miss_sarac

March 15 2013, 17:55:03 UTC 2 months ago

Even though this COMPLETELY screws my bracket (I had Leslie in the final two), I'm oddly excited. Hopefully this will be good times now.

GO BRITTA?

cealchylle

March 15 2013, 17:56:42 UTC 2 months ago

Oh, I am in it to win it, now! Unfortunately I have to get to work. See you in a few hours...

hicebirpis

March 15 2013, 17:57:08 UTC 2 months ago

So this round is gonna be Britta and her army of cats against the silent Hermione fans and the awesome Martha Jones against the awesome Joan Watson ?

I really don't know who I want to win the second duel. My bracket says Joan, my mind thinks that it may be Martha's only chance to win it all and my heart says both.
I guess I'll just read the campaigns to help me choose or pick the one with the least votes at some point.

sherrilina

March 15 2013, 18:03:45 UTC 2 months ago

My bracket says Joan but my heart says Martha--this probably is her last shot, and it's a long one. You might as well vote for her, since Joan seems to have it in the bag anyway, and then you could be supporting both. (And in the unlikely event that it became close, you could always switch).

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shadadukal

March 15 2013, 17:58:32 UTC 2 months ago Edited:  March 15 2013, 17:59:09 UTC

VOTE MARTHA JONES

It might be the only year she represents DW whereas Joan is sure to be back the next few years.

GO MARTHA!

theoret

March 15 2013, 18:00:07 UTC 2 months ago

So are we doing that thing where we stan for people who aren't even in the competition to fill the bleak emptiness where Hermione stan posts could be?

Because I'm going out right now and can't get the ball rolling myself, but I'll be sad if there are no campaign posts for all your obscure faves when I get back.

penmage

March 15 2013, 18:06:04 UTC 2 months ago

YES.

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