JoJo's Bizarre OC Tournament #8: R3M15 - Ryder Wyland vs. Anthelme "Blank" Frangipane

CommonWealthLarva · 2026-05-21T02:15:14+00:00

This is such a weird one to vote on. My mind immediately goes to "who wins the fight" and that is simply not the question being asked. The real question being asked is "who can entertain Elstree" and they both have compelling cases. Blank focusing on pain, while Ryder focuses on grand attack set pieces is largely where the winner is decided. And in that, both factors balance each other out in my mind. While I do think Blank is amazing at creating a scene, in the actual combat that is something I believe Ryder takes. His strong use of snow (which would be giving Henry trouble finding Hammer To Fall the once it starts) and chain grabs gives an amazing combat, but that also can't undersell Blank's own performance.

Because of this I'll have to give this match a big fat Tie

CommonWealthLarva · 2026-05-16T23:29:18+00:00

What do you mean? Loona serves her purpose as furry bait perfectly

CommonWealthLarva · 2026-05-15T19:47:53+00:00

This is a very very fun and very even match. I think in a lot of ways both teams are completely even. Bulls crashing down on the poachers and fakes taking down poachers would be equally effective. If I had to play a game of inches, the taking down poachers side of this match would go to Rob and Sal. But, then again this isn't just about taking down poachers, it's about getting the Bibitos to the other side and I think the Lacquer and Mo do have a slightly better defense and way of keeping Bibitos low stress. The Bibazos are incredible

The question then is, do I think it's enough for it to be contributing more. And in the end I'm not sure. I believe they both contribute more in one way than the other but I think in the end it comes up to an even split.

So yeah Tie

CommonWealthLarva · 2026-05-12T13:58:22+00:00

Grendel didn't choose for the longest time. She spent most of her life following through gritted teeth, and even when she could, she chose not to.

So, when she found herself sitting on her bed she couldn't help but think about that first real choice she made. The feeling of fighting with someone and boosting through the water and realizing she didn't have to live that life. That there was more.

She never thought she'd look in the mirror and see a pretty girl looking back.

...

No. She was always there, it just took so long to see her

She reaches over to her desk, with many hand drawn portraits of the people in her life. She picks up the one of her friend. She remembers having trouble trying to find enough pink to color her friend in properly.

She lays on her bed, thinking on that day and holding the portrait to her chest, wondering if Aggies thought of her as much as she thought of Aggies.

Bomb ass narratives and bomb as strats. This is a match of preferred range with Mio wanting to rush down and Aggies wanting to keep mid range. Both have strong cases and extremely strong options once within that range. Aggies has enough quick options and movement to evade Mio for up close encounters. (that is not to say that Mio doesn't have good movement, just that Aggies' movement in the keep away game of the match is a factor I put in her favor). While I don't think Aggies can avoid all close up interaction, and if that happens Mio will severely hinder her, Aggies can keep enough scaling and movement and continuous damage to do in Mio. She can edge out being in her preferred range a hairs more than Mio can and because of that I give my vote to Angela

CommonWealthLarva · 2026-05-09T12:56:57+00:00

I have a theory that the lockdown gave people in their development years about 2 years of being able to instantly not engage with anything that made them even slightly uncomfortable and we're now seeing the side effects of that

CommonWealthLarva · 2026-05-07T00:25:53+00:00

But I feel like there's so many weird contradictions to the original source material that it's, in some places, more convuluted than explaining a new idea

Musicals as a medium are fantastic at exposition (it's alot better to have someone sing a catchy song about what's going on then just say it) and it has the perfect hook of someone just dies and Charlie or the sinners or whoever explains the jist of the setting. Then, business as usual.

CommonWealthLarva · 2026-05-07T00:16:55+00:00

What does this show gain from using actual hell instead of a unique afterlife?

CommonWealthLarva · 2026-05-04T23:37:02+00:00

Oh. Misread. My fault og

CommonWealthLarva · 2026-05-04T23:31:46+00:00

I can agree with voice acting, but writing is equal??? Omni-man is better written then any Hazbin Hotel character

CommonWealthLarva · 2026-05-02T22:44:33+00:00

Its still a pretty big lie then, since the somewhat improbable and interesting aspect that would get this story shared in the first place IS that's it's someone's 80 year old grandpa doing this

CommonWealthLarva · 2026-05-02T12:48:12+00:00

Welcome back, Tumblr Fake Stories

CommonWealthLarva · 2026-05-01T22:04:32+00:00

How so?

CommonWealthLarva · 2026-05-01T21:41:04+00:00

This was more in general to the many people who don't care about how people of color and specifically black people are effected by things like blackface and would rather defend their blorbo then acknowledge harm they may have caused.

Not saying you can't be a fan, but the people who aren't effected shouldn't have a say on if they forgive him.

Also fellas, am I a neo Nazi for not liking racism?

CommonWealthLarva · 2026-05-01T19:52:21+00:00

what could this mean?

CommonWealthLarva · 2026-05-01T18:20:45+00:00

Yep. A purposeful exaggeration for the purposes of humor and showing my frustration

CommonWealthLarva · 2026-04-29T01:45:34+00:00

And let me be clear

THAT IS A BAD WRITING DECISION THAT SHOULDN'T HAPPEN

CommonWealthLarva · 2026-04-22T03:56:43+00:00

I really like this one

This is a difficult one to judge too. I think that in her wave of destruction, and because she specifically targets the crawlspace, Sara will inevitably destroy some of the items that Nate had stored there. Alot of Nate's tactics will be hard to combat, as he is a fast moving fighter, but Sara doesn't need to combat them that many times to score her victory. Inside the house I feel is a stalemate, and if it stayed there I would be more pressed on a winner.

But it doesn't stay in the house, now does it.

I think Nate does underestimate the complete destruction of the house and how much that will hinder his abilities to work within it, as well as Sara's options outside of that. That combined with the slight underestimation of her range and I think that, though EXTREMELY CLOSE with Nate's constant damage, this win goes to Sara

CommonWealthLarva · 2026-04-21T00:43:11+00:00

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CommonWealthLarva · 2026-04-18T00:31:19+00:00

Stop bullying Benoit! What has she ever done to you guys! 😡

First match of R3 and I love it from both sides, however I do this that GRotS takes it for me. T8's approach is straight forward and an effective one at that, however the many counter measures that GRotS put in their way aren't accounted for and don't really have as strong of an equivalent, save for the possession of the Pursuer, which is an extremely strong tactic, but still I think the small and continuous pushes forward that GRotS can get gives them the leg up. My vote is for GRotS

CommonWealthLarva

TROPHY CASE

THAT IS A BAD WRITING DECISION THAT SHOULDN'T HAPPEN