Poll: Hallows and Antagonists (dramaverse)

[china_shop]

Define "best" however you like -- best for the story, best designed, the one you most want to get your hands on, whatever. :-)

Poll #32705 Hallows and antagonists

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 21

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Best Hallow?

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Longevity Dial
9 (45.0%)

Mountain-River Awl
4 (20.0%)

Merit Brush
4 (20.0%)

Guardian Lamp
3 (15.0%)

Who would you most like to yeet into the sun? (pick up to three)

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Zhu Jiu
7 (33.3%)

The Regent
11 (52.4%)

The Regent's Deacon
9 (42.9%)

Ding Dun
5 (23.8%)

Minister Gao
1 (4.8%)

Zhao Xinci
1 (4.8%)

Zhang Shi
1 (4.8%)

the Rebel Chief in Ye Olde Haixing Era
12 (57.1%)

other
1 (4.8%)

Comments

[china_shop]

I actually think the manager of the fight club is one of the most despicable characters in the show, but he doesn't have enough effect on the plot to make me want to waste a yeet on him.

[facethestrange]

Oh, I'd give him a yeet, I have two left. xD

[trobadora]

Haha, "waste a yeet on him" just made me laugh out loud for real. :D

[sakana17]

I have to agree with this!

[shadaras]

I love that as of my vote it's perfectly evenly distributed between the hallows!

I originally wanted to vote for the Guardian Lamp but then I realised that my big feels about it are from the novel, and you specified dramaverse here. xD

[china_shop]

Haha, I just saw that and was delighted by it too! :DDD

Volume 3 of the novel is such a blur in my mind that I can't even remember what happened with the Guardian Lamp. /o\ I take it it's very different?

[facethestrange]

In the dramaverse I'd literally pick anything but the Guardian Lamp, even if it was multiple choice, simply because it broke my heart into little pieces and I get sad from just looking at it. Who needs logical arguments. xD I was even wary of it in the novel for this reason too, but of course it's all completely different. :)

[facethestrange]

I like the lack of possibility to cheat in the Hallows poll, one choice only. :D Story-wise, the Longevity Dial obviously, but this one is gonna win anyway, so I voted for the Mountain-River Awl because it basically makes you immortal and I wouldn't mind that, even if sometimes you need to hide in a sex doll. xD (Actually that would probably be fun too, like, who ever gets to do something like that otherwise. xD)

And in the other poll I just voted for the Rebel Chief (I'm quite impressed with myself not even wanting to cheat the system xD) - you fix nearly every single problem this way, as long as you yeet him early enough. /EFFICIENCY There should be there probably are fix-it fics where you just yeet him into the sun and voila, no other problems left to solve. :D

[china_shop]

so I voted for the Mountain-River Awl because it basically makes you immortal and I wouldn't mind that, even if sometimes you need to hide in a sex doll. xD

*dies*

EFFICIENCY indeed! :D :D :D (I'm sure those fix-it fics exist!) (You fix nearly every problem, but you also eradicate the entire drama, possible the whole ancient war, and quite likely SW/ZYL, too! Oh no!) (I've just talked myself into wanting to change my vote, lol.)

[trobadora]

you fix nearly every single problem this way, as long as you yeet him early enough. /EFFICIENCY

Ha, that's so true!

And I like your Hallows reasoning! I also picked a Hallow I thought was going to get fewer votes.

[trobadora]

Damn, it's hard to choose between the Hallows. I disqualified the Merit Brush immediately, but the Longevity Dial has the energy exchange! The Awl has energy ghosts, which are such an amazing get-out-of-death-free mechanism! And I just love the ending, which the Guardian Lantern is essential to ... *frets* I think I'll pick the Lantern, just because of the ending, but I reserve the right to change my mind!

Much easier choice with the yeeting! (I think Professor Ouyang is also deserving of a yeet, but I had none left. *g*)

[facethestrange]

"I disqualified the Merit Brush immediately, but the Longevity Dial has the energy exchange! The Awl has energy ghosts, which are such an amazing get-out-of-death-free mechanism!"

Yepppp! ♡ Exact same reasoning for me, including disqualifying the Merit Brush right away, haha. :D

"(I think Professor Ouyang is also deserving of a yeet, but I had none left. *g*)"

Oh, HE SO IS. But I'm now I'm being stingy with my yeets, lmao, and really curious to see what other people add as "other" - so many good options!

[china_shop]

but the Longevity Dial has the energy exchange!

That was my reasoning. Both energy exchanges, plus it's the thing that kicks of the story in the first place.

(I think Professor Ouyang is also deserving of a yeet, but I had none left. *g*)

Ooh, yes! I should have thought of that. (I nearly put Ye Zun in the poll, since he is after all the main antagonist, but I thought Shen Wei would disapprove of anyone yeeting his didi. *g*)

[autodach]

I picked the lantern, because it has the most emotional impact and lighting up all of Dixing is an impressive feat.

The Regent's Deacon needs to go the most. Slimy little bastard. I also voted for Ding Dun because of his weirdly complicated fortune teller scheme.

[trobadora]

So far the Deacon and the Rebel Chief have been yeeted the hardest, and I 100% agree they deserve it the most. *g*

And I'm delighted you picked the Lantern, too! Emotional impact indeed, and the drama's ending is kind of unthinkable to me without both Zhao Yunlan's sacrifice and Dixing getting light.

[facethestrange]

I had to double check who the Deacon was when I first saw this post (the translations of the functions are kinda whatever they want to be at any given moment :D), and I was like 'oh yes, THIS ASSHOLE'. ITA!

[china_shop]

I picked the lantern, because it has the most emotional impact and lighting up all of Dixing is an impressive feat.

Yes, excellent call! (Plus, the whole sacrifice thing really works for me.)

I also voted for Ding Dun because of his weirdly complicated fortune teller scheme.

This made me laugh so much. :D :D :D

[trepkos]

I was gonna say The Regent, but I ended up having a little bit of sympathy for him, despite how annoying and cringe-worthy he was!

[facethestrange]

Lol yes, he's such a pathetic little meow meow.

[china_shop]

Yeah -- he's terrible, but he's juuuuuuuuuuuust complex enough to engender mixed feelings. I agree!

[sakana17]

It was a tough decision between Longevity Dial and Mountain River Awl, so I voted for the Awl because I expected it to get fewer votes. Merit Brush was a non-starter, and I have conflicted feelings about the Guardian Lantern. T__T

Oof, yeet votes were hard, too, but Rebel Chief has to be one of them. I see the reasoning of not yeeting him, to preserve Weilan, but despite that I still want to yeet him.

And now I'm bummed that I didn't vote "other" with Professor Ouyang in mind because I wouldn't mind giving him a yeet into the sun.

[trobadora]

The Merit Brush is by far the least popular Hallow! I'm not surprised, LOL.

And for the yeets, FWIW, you can click on "change your vote" in the poll and go for "other" after all, if you want.

[facethestrange]

"It was a tough decision between Longevity Dial and Mountain River Awl, so I voted for the Awl because I expected it to get fewer votes. Merit Brush was a non-starter, and I have conflicted feelings about the Guardian Lantern. T__T"

Literally my reasoning too, 100% to a T. :D *high five* *sobs about the lantern*

[china_shop]

so I voted for the Awl because I expected it to get fewer votes.

I love this! I love how many feelings people have about it, and how they're gaming the voting process. :D

I see the reasoning of not yeeting him, to preserve Weilan, but despite that I still want to yeet him.

*nodnodnodnod* Entirely fair!!

Professor Ouyang is so terrible -- I think partly because he has the potential to be so much better?

[tinypinkmouse]

Merit Brush. I don't really have an explanation. It gives you powers or something, seems cool. Could be versatile. I mean I guess it didn't just give you powers out of nothing, but whatever. I can't remember the details.

I'm yeeting the Regent and the Rebel Chief because I do not like them. The Rebel Chief especially needs yeeting. (I do yeet him off the cliff in at least one WIP somewhere.)

Funny thing about the Deacon and Ding Dun at some point my brain mixed them together and then convinced me they were one person (despite what my eyes clearly told me) and I was extremely confused watching a few episodes. ("Isn't he dead? I'm sure they said he's dead?" Nope that was an entirely different person.)

[tinypinkmouse]

Okay, in retrospect I realise I'm currently writing an AU that is just now dealing with the brush and that might have influenced my vote. I have merit Brush on the brain.