welcome to fandom polls inc.

we make weekly regular fandom polls over on twitter and 🦥 can't make a carrd to save his life so welcome to our incredible programmed neocities page.

this page has important info like rules, DNI criteria, and how the polls work so please read it!

current poll: COMING SOON

the basics

first off, hi!! we really enjoy fandom polls so we thought we'd make a space dedicated to running them on a regular basis. we know the popularity goes in waves but who cares, we're here to run them until we forget our passwords or elon burns twitter down completely

in case you're really new here, a fandom poll, sometimes rewarded to as [blank] awards, is basically where there's a category and people vote on a mix of predetermined and write-in candidates then there's a livetweet of the results in the form of a twitter thread. it's a lot of fun, people dedicate a lot of time to it and get together with friends to bring around some unexpected and extra-ordinary results. sometimes polls get literally millions of votes (but even the ones that don't blow up are fun)

if the next two paragraphs of trying to explain our approach and intentions relating any issues/drama that may arise in a serious manner will make this too overwhelming for you to read the rest, you can skip them. we just want to put some stuff out there.

we know we can't make everyone happy or navigate complicated interfandom politics (or potentially how fictional things relate to real world politics) we aren't familiar with so we just want to say: we're trying to create fun times and have good intentions. we may fuck up and we're sorry for if/when we do. if it's in any serious capacity we'll listen and correct but also, we're human (and autistic) and are not always going to communicate things perfectly.

one example of something we predict may potentially cause issues (okay, 🦥 does and he tends to overthink people being upset about things, so it may not actually ever come up, but still) is the inclusion of nominations for characters or ships from problematic media or with problematic actors or creators. while we reserve the right to exclude nominations from the results if we are uncomfortable/they're clearly super fucked up/they break our DNI, we literally are not capable of recognising problematic things and knowing if they cross a line to deserve being deplatformed with any consistency and it’s rarely as simple as googling something. there are a handful that undeniably cross lines we know of and will exercise our right to exclude if we see them (e.g. we will not be including any harry potter related write-ins). this is a major factor in why we don't allow submissions of real people, even if it would be appropriate in a category.

how it works

there will be a different poll every week at regular interbals. voting will close at 11:59 PM GMT/UK time on saturdays closing days

it takes some time to sort all the data but then result threads will be posted on sundays the day after closing. we will share the times on twitter week by week every time so keep an eye out!

voting for the next poll will open after the results thread is finished!!

the results threads will include embedded edits, where possible. how many results are included in each thread with vary based on the number of candidates and number of votes.

please be aware that edits may contain adult content or content you may find triggering. we will not put anything graphic or extreme but will not be adding TWs for things that are deemed appropriate to be posted (e.g. things like blood are common in some fandoms). we WILL however, be adding flash and flicker warnings. if we ever miss this, please let us know ASAP!!! if we are unable to on a whole thread there will be a blanket warning at the beginning that edits may contain flashes

here is a form to send up edit suggestions/recommendations if you're voting for a write-in, especially on an obscure thing. our DMs are open for these things too but we know some people like to stay anonymous if they're anxious (or using a twitter account with their face on it wanting to talk about an "embarassing" interest). this is the same contact form listed under 'links'

how to vote

  1. click on the google forms link for the current active poll. this will be our pinned tweet and should be at the top of the page you're reading this on too!!
  2. select the characters/ships/options you wish to vote for
  3. write in anything you want to vote for that isn’t an option under “other”. you can only write in one option at a time. if you want to submit more than one custom option, you have to do them seperately. if you don't, we may not be able to include them in the results due to how it comes through on our end.
  4. repeat as many times as you wish, including with the help of friends or bots

the rules

DNI criteria

do not interact if you are:

it's not like we're looking at everyone's full profiles but if we notice anyone in this criteria interacting with us you're getting blocked okay byeeee let's continue

admin intros

sloth 🦥

name + emoji: sloth 🦥

pronouns: he/him

autistic and transgender?: yes

your local numbers cruncher who will put characters from my kin list in the running for awards they wil polls come last place in. ask me for music recs in our silly little ask box ig. i have the worst sleep schedule known to man. looked up basic coding shit i learnt in school to make this neocities page and now i'm convinced i'm an actual genius (it's basically unreadable but i'm not good enough to fix the formatting to make it more accessible). also, as mentioned briefly somewhere up there ^^^ (i think?) i am an adult in my 20s tally-ho good sirs and madames and doctors and i don't fucking know i got hit in the head multiple times yesterday. i didnt get concussed or anything but this is one of the few days i can twist the facts to create an excuse for how much of a scatterbrain i am. goodbye for real now, though. please share our polls, this will be really fun if people get into it!!

croissant 🥐

name + emoji: croissant 🥐

pronouns: he/him

autistic and transgender?: yes

hiii i’m 🥐 emoji. i’m also in my 20s and from the uk. ask me about history or victorian classic lit and i won’t shut up. mine won’t be as long as the other admins because i don’t have much to say. i like reading and not much else??? i’m a mid video editor lol idk what else to add. OH i also love dr pepper and i’m thinking about it rn. also i am NOT french

links

contact sheet - for questions, comments, and edit suggestions/recommendations

past polls

doctor who girlfailure awards - 454,601 votes - opened 19/11/23, closed 25/11/23, results 26/11/23 - original post | results

evil lesbian awards - 254,107 votes - opened 12/12/23, closed 16/12/23, results 17/12/23 - original post | results

cuntiest doctor who villian awards - 3,286,636 votes - opened 23/12/23, closed 25/12/23, results 26/12/23 - original post | results

queerbait ship awards - 785,450 votes - opened 01/01/24, closed 06/01/24, results 09/01/24 - original post | results

doctor who eu (extended universe) character awards - 215,700 votes - opened 11/01/24, closed 14/01/24, results 14/01/24 - original post | results

most chewable character awards - 2,514,379 votes - opened 20/01/24, closed 30/01/24, results 03/02/24 - original post | results