by Christina

[UPDATE 2]: Been getting some more messages, so bolding some key points in the previous update and initial post.

[UPDATE]:

1. If a bracket is ever fully frozen beyond your individual votes, I will make an announcement and adjust the timing to make up for it.
2. Oftentimes if you're frozen out from over voting too quickly, you'll just get a thank you message without your vote getting counted. That seems to be a common issue that I've recreated on test polls.
3. Also a heads up, it's 25 votes per IP address. So if you're voting with a friend using the same internet connection, both your votes will be counting towards that limit.
4. I just closed and reopened all the polls, so hopefully everyone is starting fresh again and able to vote.
5. Moderating comments now, cause I forgot before. Oops.
6. Ships often have huge drop-offs between rounds due to strategic voting and team ups between other ships and the like. I see it every year. Things like that can happen when you're a small site like mine, and that was part of the reasoning behind the addition of wild card polls.
7. I know more about some of your sleeping habits than I ever intended too. This is your reminder to get some rest and drink some water.

Some notes:

• Please please be nice
• Comments are moderated
• No limits set on number of votes (but Crowdsignal does automatically limit if you vote too fast, which I estimate at more than 25 votes with breaks under a minute)
• I can delete votes from bots on my end, so keep that in mind. And I've gotten a lot of your comments about things to look out for. Please know that I've read them and agree with them. I just didn't approve them for publication because I don't want the red flags I look for known by naughty people ;)
• The winner of the wild card poll will replace the poll winner with the fewest votes (but only with the wild card winner themselves also has more votes than the ship they're replacing)
• Polls close Friday April 9th 6PM PT

I'm so sorry for the delay everyone.  Work has been absolutely crazy this week and by the time I sign off for the day (technically night) I am way too tired to set up the next round of brackets.  But the next round will open on

SUNDAY APRIL 4TH at 12PM PT

And yes, there will be a wild card poll :)

by Christina

[UPDATE 2]: Ok, here we go.  No matter what I do, I cannot get the password protection to work.  So this is what we're going to do (it takes more work on my end in these early rounds, but I think it's the most effective and also allows everyone to vote).  No captchas.  No passwords.  No e-mail submissions.  I can see every individual vote and IP address that comes in with an exact timestamp.  If I see bots, I'll delete those votes.  If you use a bot to vote at the same rate a normal human would, then that's kinda a waste of a bot isn't it?  If this doesn't work, I'll revisit the solutions tomorrow.  Hope this works for everyone.

[UPDATE]: First off, thank you to everyone for being so nice and lovely in your messages. I’ve tested the polls below and find the captchas just as frustrating. You can only click on so many images of a bike before you lose your mind. I’m in the process of removing all the captchas.  I’ve also extended the close of polls below to make up for all your technical difficulties.

Some notes:

• Please please be nice
• Comments are moderated
• No limits set on number of votes
• I can delete votes from bots on my end, so keep that in mind
• Captchas in place (open to adjusting as the round goes on)
• Polls close Sunday March 28th 6PM PT

All polls available below:

And it begins!  I gathered the list of ships and placed them into an automatic random generator to come up with this bracket.  The list of all the ships can be found here in alphabetical order:

• Achilles x Patroclus (Song of Achilles)
  
• Alex x Henry (Red, White and Royal Blue)
• Bakudeku (Boku No Hero Academia)
  
• Bellarke (The 100)
  
• Bubbline (Adventure Time)
  
• Bughead (Riverdale)
  
• Caryl (The Walking Dead)
  
• Catradora (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power)
  
• Claire x Jamie (Outlander)
  
• Clalec (Shadowhunters)
  
• Clexa (The 100)
  
• Crisana (SKAM España)
  
• Dani x Jamie (The Haunting of Bly Manor)
  
• David x Patrick (Schitt’s Creek)
  
• Deckerstar (Lucifer)
  
• Destiel (Supernatural)
  
• Drarry (Harry Potter)
  
• FinnPoe (Star Wars)
  
• Geraskier (The Witcher)
  
• Hannigram (Hannibal)
  
• Harlivy (DC Universe)
  
• Ineffable Husbands (Good Omens)
  
• Joe x Nicky (The Old Guard)
  
• Karamel (Supergirl)
  
• Kieutou (Druck)
  
• Kiribaku (Boku No Hero Academia)
  
• Klance (Voltron: Legendary Defender)
  
• Klaroline (Vampire Diaries)
  
• Korrasami (The Legend of Korra)
  
• Kylux (Star Wars)
• Ladynoir (Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir)
  
• Lapidot (Steven Universe)
  
• Malec (Shadowhunters)
  
• Marrish (Teen Wolf)
  
• Merthur (Merlin)
  
• Mulder x Krycek (The X-Files)
  
• Olicity (Arrow)
  
• Peraltiago (Brooklyn Nine-Nine)
  
• Percabeth (Percy Jackson)
  
• Rayaari (Raya and the Last Dragon)
  
• Reylo (Star Wars)
  
• Rickyl (The Walking Dead)
  
• Rules (Euphoria)
  
• Saileen (Supernatural)
  
• Sanvers (Supergirl)
  
• Schmico (Grey’s Anatomy)
  
• Snowbarry (The Flash)
  
• Snowbaz (Carry On)
  
• Spideypool (Marvel)
  
• Spirk (Star Trek)
  
• Sterek (Teen Wolf)
  
• Stucky (Marvel)
  
• Supercorp (Supergirl)
  
• Team Edward (Twilight)
  
• Team Jacob (Twilight)
  
• The Doctor x Rose (Doctor Who)
  
• Tommy x Alfie (Peaky Blinders)
  
• Villaneve (Killing Eve)
  
• WandaVision (Marvel)
  
• WangXian (Mo Dao Zu Shi/The Untamed)
  
• Wayhaught (Wynonna Earp)
  
• Wondertrev (Wonder Woman)
  
• Zukka (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
  
• Zutara (Avatar: The Last Airbender)

The post is already huge, so the polls will be made available in a separate post available MARCH 22nd at 3PM PT.

Hi everyone!  Sorry for the radio silence, but I cannot even begin to tell you how insane work has been over the past few weeks.  But the ship bracket will be happening!  I have a big test I need to take on the 19th, so from now until then I will leave open the nominations survey for this year's bracket.  In all honesty I haven't really kept up on fandom a ton the past year.  The last few months especially I've fallen down the BTS rabbit hole for the most part.  So I'm really counting on you guys for nomination inspiration!  As a reminder, here are the ships from last year that have already qualified:

• Karamel (Supergirl)
• Crisana (SKAM España)
• Hannigram (Hannibal)
• Spideypool (Marvel)
• Rules (Euphoria)
• Alex x Henry (Red, White and Royal Blue)
• Destiel (Supernatural)
• Merthur (Merlin)
• Klance (Voltron: Legendary Defender)
• Lapidot (Steven Universe)
• Kylux (Star Wars)
• Reylo (Star Wars)
• Sanvers (Supergirl)
• Achilles x Patroclus (Song of Achilles)
• Drarry (Harry Potter)
• Mulder x Krycek (The X-Files)

Some quick notes.  This bracket is only for fictional ships and I find it super helpful if you include the fandom in your nomination.  I'll see everyone back here on MARCH 22ND for the opening of the bracket!  Nominating field below:

I'm going to be completely honest with you.  I forgot I had a website until about five minutes ago.

I hope you and your loved ones are safe.  Kelly had a pretty firm "no politics" rule for ALNM in the hopes of making this a safe space where everyone could get a break from the pain of the world at large.  But I do think she'd be on board with me making this exception.  I wanted to organize some of the best advice I received in recent days on how to help and how to be a better ally to Black Americans.  I'd also love to hear from you guys what actions you're taking.

by Christina

[EDIT 2]: Ok, it took hours, but I was finally able to get the results to become visible in the Championship Poll below. Congratulations to the Sanvers fandom!

I hope to have some fun (drama free) activities in the months ahead as I try to feel out the future of this website. Love to you all and stay safe and health out there.

[EDIT]: Between being cooped up in my apartment away from all my loved ones and a stressful time at work right now, I really don't have time for drama. Comments are moderated now and stop saying cruel things in my inbox. I'll post the champion when the poll closes.
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I really loved this site as a lasting connection to Kelly, and now I don't know what I'm going to do with it moving forward.

And the poll is OFFICIALLY OPEN!​  Notes for this round:

• Polls close at 9PM PT on May 10th.
• Please share your recs and reasons for loving your ship (any ship!) in the brackets.  Remember, this is all meant to be FUN.
• Use the comments also to start nominating ships you would like to see in a potential 2021 bracket.  I have some ideas to make things run more smoothly.  Every year is a learning process.
• I'll try to update the master list of recs and recipes this week.
• As always, final round will go blind starting Wednesday.
• Good luck!

by Christina

[EDIT 3 4/26 11:05AM PT]: Suspicious votes have been removed. Of note:

• None of the individual IP addresses involved in these votes had voted more than 100 times
• Votes were removed from the ships Destiel, Sanvers, and Lapidot.
• Any banned IP address moving forward would be blocked and receive a pop up notification asking you to contact the person running the poll (ie: me)
• Polls are reopened

[EDIT 2]: Polls currently on pause for analysis.

[EDIT]: Hi everyone! I've heard from multiple people that there's been some freezing issues in the Sanvers/Destiel poll that I've been able to duplicate on my end. So I've temporarily closed that poll to give it a little nap and hopefully it will be less cranky afterwards. The poll will reopen at 5PM PT and I have extended the deadline by one day to make up for it. Thanks

And the polls are OFFICIALLY OPEN!​  Notes for this round:

• Polls close at 9PM PT on April 27th [UPDATED].
• Please continue to share your favorite recs and quarantine activities.
• I'll continue to eliminate any fraudulent votes.
• Good luck!