Legacy media publications can preserve their sexiest women and men of the 12 months awards as a result of the world lastly has a winner in one of many web’s most contentious magnificence contests: the Tumblr sexyman award. And that winner is Sans from Undertale(*100*). Long could he reign.
In case you’re puzzled and are in determined want for me to clarify myself, permit me. Twitter user sexymanOTD just played host to the Tumblr Sexyman event, a cutthroat reputation contest during which web dwellers vote for a fictional character who completely embodies the area of interest sexiness worthy of the hellsite referred to as Tumblr.
In case you’re not internet-poisoned sufficient to know, “Tumblr sexyman” is slang for fictional characters, sometimes with a bean sprout physique and a theater child’s bravado, who Tumblr folks discover unironically enticing. The brackets for this latest event included the likes of Raymond from Animal Crossing: New Horizons(*100*), Nagito Komaeda from Danganronpa(*100*), and Reigen Arataka from Mob Psycho 100(*100*).
“I hate a few of these characters and I hope they get obliterated. Winner shall be taken to Baskin Robbins and given a small cone. My deal with,” sexymanOTD replied in the Twitter thread earlier than including that they hope Reigen sweeps. We’ve bought an neutral tourney runner, people. Nothing to see right here.
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It was becoming that Sans gained the entire rattling factor contemplating Undertale(*100*)’s legendary Tumblr reputation, however his conquest was hard-fought. So a lot so, Undertale creator Toby Fox posted a short story chronicling San’s historic second snatching victory from the jaws of Reigen’s supple dump truck ass.
Fox’s dramatization of Sans’ Tumblr Sexyman triumph rattling properly might’ve been an episode of Mob Psycho 100(*100*) as a result of it’s fairly on the cash with its depiction of the con-man psychic and his bowl-cut ward. Basically, Reigen, distraught over how shut the useless web contest is, grifts one thing fierce by resorting to a bimbofication makeover of kinds with the intention to woo voters. However, the skele-boy remains to be kicking his ass within the standard vote. Before Reigen can yell “Stop the depend” the outcomes are in, and he’s misplaced. To his credit score, it was a detailed race, with Reigen garnering 49.9 p.c of the vote.
But Toby isn’t some mere hack spinning a fundamental yarn. No, he goes past, by (fictionally) doxing the (make-believe) swing voter who dealt Reigen his loss: Mob Psycho 100(*100*) protag Shigeo “Mob” Kageyama. But hark, Mob’s reasoning for voting for Sans wasn’t malicious.
In truth, it was downright lovely: Mob reasoned that Tumblr sexymen are unattractive, and he didn’t need his fearless chief harping on his personal self-image by listening to what different folks consider him and making an attempt to win the occasion. Jesus, who’s chopping onions in right here? Mob is an efficient egg. And he additionally would possibly assume Sans is unattractive. Don’t shoot the messenger, that got here straight from the thoughts of Fox himself. Take it up with him.
Reigen’s loss additionally means the top of his successful streak for a slew of comparable web tournaments held on Twitter this 12 months. Reigen sits atop a mountain of much less profitable cartoon and online game characters, having gained each the twink-off and dilf-off championships this 12 months. Reigen’s cult of character was so simple that he was disqualified from coming into the next “Pathetic Man Tournament” as a result of voters feared he would #reigensweep them as properly. Congrats to James from Pokémon(*100*) btw.
Outside of Fox’s retelling of San’s upset, Reigen’s loss right here was inevitable. You see, Tumblr sexyman lore runs deep, so deep it has its personal devoted wiki web page that ranks fictional characters into lessons. San’s victory over Reigen is a no brainer in response to the Sexypedia wiki. You see, Sans is ranked as an Apollyon, the best echelon of sexymen, whose affect transcends the confines of their very own manufacturers and takes on a brand new lifetime of its personal. Sans shares this distinction with The Onceler from The Lorax(*100*). (Don’t look him up. You can thank me later.)
Meanwhile Reigen, in response to fan logic, stood no probability, as a result of he’s an Archon, which is just the second-highest-ranking class of sexymen on Al Gore’s web. Unlike Apollyon, Archon sexymens’ enchantment by no means fairly surpasses the recognition of the media they arrive from. So, dangerous match-up. The extra you recognize.
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Since its launch again in 2015, Undertale(*100*) has turn out to be a family identify within the gaming neighborhood. Undertale(*100*)’s affect has turn out to be so simple, even the Pope’s ears have been graced with the growth baps of “Megalovania” inside the hallowed halls of the Vatican. Although Fox introduced on Twitter that there won’t be any new chapters for his 2018 RPG Deltarune in celebration of Undertale(*100*)’s anniversary, he did promise one thing particular for subsequent week. Whatever’s in retailer, followers can relaxation simple realizing their lil skeleton man is now the undisputed sexyman of Tumblr. Enjoy your Baskin-Robbins. You earned it, champ.
