Round 2 Side A

Round 2 Side A

This time, we make sure Donnie wins!!!!

The Bracket has been set!

This year's competitor pool is hot, with 23 returning competitors and 41 new appearances. In Round 1, the matches will be broken up into 4 waves, divided by the quadrants displayed on the bracket. The matches will all be listed below the cut, for everyone's reference.

SIDE A, PART 1

Donatello Hamato (Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) v.s L Lawliet (Death Note)

Mary Anta (Cemetery Mary) v.s Rui Kamishiro (Project Sekai)

Izuku Midoriya (My Hero Academia) v.s Branch (Dreamworks Trolls)

Snufkin (Moominvalley) v.s Futaba Sakura (Persona 5)

Gordon Freeman (Half Life) v.s Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes)

Blathers (Animal Crossing) v.s Princess Bubblegum (Adventure Time)

Jonathan Sims (The Magnus Archives) v.s Zane (Lego Ninjago)

Tomoko Kuroki (Watamote) v.s Cloud Strife (Final Fantasy 7)

SIDE A, PART 2

Frieren (Sousou no Frieren) v.s Papyrus (Undertale)

Tech (Star Wars: The Bad Batch) v.s Ferb Fletcher (Phineas & Ferb)

Stanford Pines (Gravity Falls) v.s Twilight Sparkle (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)

Berdly (Deltarune) v.s Gregory House (House M.D)

Data (Star Trek) v.s Idia Shroud (Twisted Wonderland)

Peridot (Steven Universe) v.s Penny Polendina (RWBY)

Sig (Puyo Puyo) v.s Marcy Wu (Amphibia)

Jotaro Kujo (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure) v.s Miles Edgeworth (Ace Attorney)

SIDE B, PART 1

Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece) v.s Alhaitham (Genshin Impact)

Laios Touden (Dungeon Meshi) v.s Iggy Maxwell (Our Wonderland)

Dendy (OK KO: Let's Be Heroes) v.s Gin Ibushi (Your Turn To Die)

Norma Khan (Dead End: Paranormal Park) v.s Link (The Legend of Zelda)

Starfire (Teen Titans) v.s Luz Noceda (The Owl House)

Siffrin (In Stars And Time) v.s Huey Duck (Ducktales 2017)

Lilo Pelekai (Lilo & Stitch) v.s Saiki Kusuo (The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.)

Woo Young Woo (Extraordinary Attorney Woo) v.s Miles "Tails" Prower (Sonic the Hedgehog)

SIDE B, PART 2

Razputin Aquato (Psychonauts) v.s Linhardt von Hevring (Fire Emblem Three Houses)

Ranpo Edogawa (Bungou Stray Dogs) v.s Entrapta (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power)

Murderbot (The Murderbot Diaries) v.s Kieran (Pokemon Scarlet & Violet)

Twyla Boogeyman (Monster High) v.s Marina Ida (Splatoon)

Hiccup Haddock (How To Train Your Dragon) v.s Batman (DC Comics)

Abed Nadir (Community) v.s Red Son (Lego Monkie Kid)

Uzi Doorman (Murder Drones) v.s Bingo Heeler (Bluey)

Gillion Tidestrider (Just Roll With It) v.s Spongebob Squarepants (Spongebob Squarepants)

Do any of you think your dreams can tell you stuff about the future? Sometimes, I think mine can (not super seriously, but you know).

I had a dream about Funko FNAF Mystery Minis last night. Today, I found a single one from the Security Breach series at my local Five Below...and some mint Pocky.

I put my Pocky in the fridge, then opened the Mini box. I felt the figure through the black bag. It was a Glamrock Freddy (1/6), who I already have one of. A bit annoying, as there are two guaranteed Freddies in every case, but I'd still welcome him into my collection.

But there are four variants of him in this series. Maybe it was one of the rarer ones, like his black-light version (1/24).

Rarer it was, indeed.

Glitter Freddy is one of the elusive 1/72 figures; there is only one of him in every sixth case of minis. I got him by pure coincidence, and I absolutely love him.

Halloween Progress Report #1: Accent Cosmetics

I found the perfect face makeup and nail polish for my Lagoona costume at the drugstore today! We've got...

The Covergirl Trunaked eyeshadow palette, "That's Rad" (not quite as bright or saturated in real life)

The Sally Hansen Miracle Gel Pearl nail polish, "Rare Red Pearl"

And the Burt's Bees gloss lip crayon, "Pacific Coast."

The names being as fitting as they are was purely coincidental. I just thought they looked the closest to what I'm going for.

I'm not used to wearing this stuff, and I'm garbage at nail polish application, but I'm doing it for authenticity.

Bonus: Each individual eyeshadow has a name that works well with Lagoona's personality, too!

In order from left to right on the palette, they are:

Leg Warmers

Take a Chill Pill

Scrunchie

No Duh!

Bodysuit

Totally Tubular

Bangin'

Pump it Up

Again, a super fun coincidence that makes me even more excited for Halloween!

I got my first Classic Mode 9.9 last night!

This was Peach's route. I had to use a ticket to continue with Master Hand and Crazy Hand, but thankfully, Bowser got me to 9.9 beforehand. King K. Rool was also generous enough to die to a lucky down-B Bob-Omb.

I'm still struggling with Daisy's route; I've only made it to 9.8. Zelda and Lucina are generally fine, but it's a rollercoaster after that. Rosalina is either super annoying, juggling me like there's no tomorrow, or I'm able to KO her in 30 seconds using the walk-off. I don't know how to manage Corrin's range yet, so she still scares me, but I can gimmick her with Toad and items. The Miis are a 50/50, either dying in rapid succession or ganging up on me with hive mind levels of coordination. And if I make it past the Miis with an intensity of 9.0 or higher, Peach goes sicko mode and does crazy combos that I don't even know how to do yet.

I'll get there. Eventually. I hope.

I'll probably take a break and go for the Palutena and Snake achievements in the meantime. They have lax difficulty requirements, so they shouldn't be too bad (even though I've never played as them).

Halloween Progress Report #2: Accessories/Jewelry

One Michaels shopping spree and one Amazon visit later, and I have everything I need for my accessories!

I got these chunky gold Bead Chest beads for the bracelet...

A fake tiger lily to cut from its stem and glue to a barrette (plus a spare, just in case something goes wrong and I have to start over)...

...And this cute little seahorse pendant necklace, which I honestly wouldn't mind incorporating into my everyday wear.

I also scored some craft foam and molding latex to make my ears and fins. I'll talk more about them when I'm closer to finishing them.

You may also notice the lack of earrings. I consider them more of a "bonus objective". They don't always show up in the artwork due to Lagoona's hair, and I don't know how well they'd work with the ear fins I'm going to make.

33 days isn't a lot of time in the grand scheme of things, but I think I might actually be able to pull this off!