The deals have been made, the essays written, the gifs giffed. The people have voted, and your winner is… DALE COOPER! By a sizeable margin, Twin Peaks’ philosophical FBI agent took the tournament, and became The Avocado’s favorite TV character … Continue reading Avocado April Madness: The Winner! (And Debrief)
HERE WE ARE. The final showdown! The biggest bracket! But first, an acknowledgement of our beloved, fallen competitors: Raymond Holt Grunkle Stan In another, frankly more fascinating world, these two would’ve been facing each other down for the title. It … Continue reading Avocado April Madness: Championship!
With great sadness, we say goodby to four more contenders: Janet Molly Solverson Grover Davos Seaworth There were two incredibly close contests there, and everyone put up a good fight, but in the end, we crowned four division champions. Representing COMEDY… … Continue reading Avocado April Madness: Final Four
Here we are at the Elite Eight, or, to put it another way, the Division Finals! But before we get down to business, a moment of silence for the fallen: Roger Smith Tina Belcher Veronica Mars Philip Jennings Finn the … Continue reading Avocado April Madness: Elite Eight
And so, in one cruel blow, we lose another sixteen. Say a fond farewell to: Richard Splett Mr. Peanutbutter Stevie Budd Pam Poovey Sam Sylvia Paula Proctor Rust Cohle Valery Legasov Violet Baudelaire Webby Vanderquack Eileen Ice Bear Phil Coulson … Continue reading Avocado April Madness: Sweet Sixteen
Thanks to your dedicated clawing, scraping, and giffing, 32 characters have advanced! Sadly, we bid farewell to 32 others: Jared Dunn NoHo Hank DeMarcus Tillman Darius Ilana Wexler The Monarch Fleabag Winston Bishop Petra Solano Nora Durst Villanelle Blanca Rodriguez-Evangelista … Continue reading Avocado April Madness: Round of 32
It’s here! Your champions have arrived and they are ready to BATTLE IT OUT. With your help, of course! As a reminder: Campaigning is actively encouraged, and vote-trading is absolutely cool. Do what you gotta do to make sure that … Continue reading Avocado April Madness: Round of 64
Quoth Grumproro: Begging and bargaining DOES work! These 16 characters from the Youth bracket have survived to represent their shows in the tournament proper: Youth Grunkle Stan — Gravity Falls Peridot — Steven Universe Grover — Sesame Street Webby Vanderquack … Continue reading Avocado April Madness: Sci-Fi/Fantasy Character Prelims
Another day, another bracket! Congratulations to the 16 Drama characters who triumphed over their fellows and will represent their shows in the tournament proper. They are: Drama Kim Wexler — Better Call Saul Philip Jennings — The Americans Molly Solverson … Continue reading Avocado April Madness: Youth Character Prelims
Congratulations to the 16 comedy characters who have survived to represent their shows in the bracket tournament! They are: Comedy Janet — The Good Place Tina Belcher — Bob’s Burgers Raymond Holt — Brooklyn Nine-Nine Mr. Peanutbutter — BoJack Horseman … Continue reading Avocado April Madness: Drama Character Prelims
You did it! You begged, borrowed, and stole (though you could’ve been a little more shameless about it, honestly) your way into the 64 shows that will send a representative into the tournament. And those shows are: Comedy The Good … Continue reading Avocado April Madness: Comedy Character Prelims
The Background Lo these many years ago… Well, five years ago, LiveJournal fans used to have an annual bracket-style competition to pick their favorite TV character of the year. But this was not a bracket competition where you voted and … Continue reading Avocado April Madness: Show Nominations
Enter stage right, THE WORST PERSON. CLAUDIO My girlfriend SUCKS, I’m gonna be such an ASSHOLE about it. Enter Sir Belch, with a sword. BELCH Foul villain! I am here to duel you! And just generally make this play better! … Continue reading Werewolves LXX: Much Ado About Werewolves – Day Six
Enter stage left, a man in weaver’s clothes. NICK BOTTOM My attempts to stage a play have gone… not well. Perhaps I’ll change the setting! Revolutionary France? A space station? Oh, I know! Gangster-era Chicago! Enter, a FAERIE. ROBIN GOODFELLOW … Continue reading Werewolves LXX: Much Ado About Werewolves – Day Five
Enter stage right, a woman clothed in startling red. She poses dramatically, then looks around, moves further upstage and poses again. On stage, a group of Roman townspeople gawk at her in awe. TAMORA I is I, Tamora, Queen of … Continue reading Werewolves LXX: Much Ado About Werewolves – Day Four
Enter, stage right, three witches, in full makeup, unidentifiable to the audience. They gather around a cauldron. THE WITCHES Double, double, toil and trouble, Fire burn and cauldron bubble, If you ask what we see in here, We can tell … Continue reading Werewolves LXX: Much Ado About Werewolves – Day Three
In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. Enter from right a short man, slightly rotund, in a garish purple suit. Elton Owen John It is … Continue reading Werewolves LXX: Much Ado About Werewolves – Day Two
Stuff was afoot in the kingdom of Luponn! Shakespearean references! Intrigue, suspicions, oh my! (Please excuse the lack of flavor text, you guys. Hols is very busy, and I’m running on no sleep, but I wanted to get the day … Continue reading Werewolves LXX: Much Ado About Werewolves – Day One
The nobles of the kingdom of Luponn Were used to days of merriment and nights Of moonlit trysts in woods where faeries fawn— They thought the earth a thing for their delight. But secrets undergrew the kingdom’s heart, Like creeping … Continue reading Werewolves LXX: Much Ado About Werewolves Sign-Ups
Hey everyone, ThoughtsThoughtsThoughts here! If you know me, it’s probably from Werewolf. What you may not know is that when I’m not playing Werewolf (or working at my day job), I make webseries. (Just to be clear: I write and … Continue reading The Campaign for Camelot: Chapter 1
With two more castaways dead, and even the ghost of Maude gone, the four remaining people on the beach rested uneasily around the fire. They decided to keep a watch. Crusoe was first up. Still mourning the loss of his … Continue reading Werewolves XLVI: Live Together, Die Alone – Day 8
