by Christina

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.
• No more wild cards
• LOL at the Teen Wolf showdown
• Polls close Saturday May 15th 6PM PT

Hi everyone. My apologies for being so late on this, but things have been insane at work lately and I’ve just been burnt out. I fully intended to get the next round posted today until my dog had a medical emergency in the middle of the night.

The next round of the ship bracket will be posted Monday May 10th at 5:00PM PT.

Thank you!

by Christina

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.
• 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).  This is the final round with a wild card opportunity.
• Polls close Friday April 23rd 6PM PT

Hi everyone!! Thank you for your patience and being so generally lovely this year. April has been insanely busy for me at work. I’m sorry I haven’t been able to be as quick as I normally would be with all this. I forgot to even post on Tumblr last round! But I wanted to let you know well in advance so you can rest and prepare.

The Sweet Sixteen round will launch on Sunday April 18th at 12PM PT.

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: