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Rolls: 1, 1, 3, 6, 1, 4, 1, 4, 1, 6, 2, 5, 2, 5, 4, 6, 4, 2, 3, 3

I didn't want to just take the first 10 rolls and use them for ME icons, and the next 10 for DA, or go down the path of least resistance and use each roll for the fandom it fits more, so I went with the theme of the challenge and used a d20 die to assign the rolls to fandoms.

I ended up with no texture themes, which is sad, and with what feels like ALL the song themes, which is even sadder, because none of the songs actually fit my chosen subjects. Or they did fit, but I hated the song, and therefore refused to use it. And I wanted to icon 20 different characters, 10 faves from each fandom, so I had to engage in some inspiration gymnastics to make it all work... But somehow it all turned out well in the end, I think ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

My goal here was to experiment a bit, don't just go cut out/solid bg/subtle texture on top for every icon, and while they're not as creative as they could be, I think I didn't fail.... completely. I even tried that gradient map coloring that's popular these days, and it was surprisingly fun :U (next goal: try it on real people) (next next goal: try a crop that's not center)

1. (1) Box #1 technical theme - stock
2. (5) Box #6 song - Bebe Rexha - Gone
3. (12) Box #4 song - Thirty Seconds to Mars - Hurricane
4. (16) Box #2 song - Sia - Alive
5. (17) Box #5 color - the first one
6. (21) Box #6 technical theme - paint
7. (30) Box #4 technical theme - close crop
8. (46) Box #4 song - The Weeknd - In The Night
9. (52) Box #5 color - the second one
10. (60) Box #3 song - PVRIS - My House

11. (2) Box #5 word - lust
12. (11) Box #3 art - icons by adriftingsea & vai_rin
13. (22) Box #1 word - breakdown
14. (28) Box #3 color - the entire palette
15. (35) Box #5 art - icon by jsfunction
16. (37) Box #6 song - Let It Go/Let Her Go (Frozen/Passenger MASHUP) - Sam Tsui
17. (42) Box #2 art - icon by queen_bartonia
18. (58) Box #4 art - icon by barstr7
19. (63/1) Box #1 technical theme - frame
20 (66/4) Box #2 art - icon by sietepecados

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...this fandom continues to baffle me. Makoto is the most popular?? But. BUT. But he's the supportive best friend. Idk if that's just me & my eternal hate for 'gentle best friend' type characters, but sometimes I thought they might as well replace him with a 'you can do it guys!!' sign in s1, and it wouldn't make a big difference, except maybe with the actual swimming bits. And characters like Rin are usually the most popular in like every other fandom I know? Is Free! fandom located in an alternate dimension where everything is the opposite or something D:

World war Free!.... good. I want to join. I will fight. With icons, probably :U

Yeah, I am just as baffled as you! I swear these were almost my exact reactions when I first learned about the straaange state of things in the Free!dom. I don't have anything against Mako personally but you gotta admit both Rin and Haru are more complex and interesting characters... even Rei has more depth than Mako, imo. Yet somehow he is the fandom darling :s

YESSS i fully support this plan, please do bring your awesome icons to the fight :>

I don't HATE Mako, I guess... tbh, I don't even notice him most of the time, what does he even do?? So far (I'm on s2 e7) he hasn't had any crises, no big problems, no secrets... nothing. He signed up for a race against Haru once (and lost, so that was a waste of dramatic tension), and revealed he was afraid of the ocean, and that's it? WHAT IS THERE TO LOVE. Though lately I've noticed that some fandoms latch on to the most inoffensively boring characters because everyone else is ~problematic~, so it could be that? Maybe? I honestly cannot understand this. Even his design is so basic :s

I will c:

The race against Haru is probably my favorite thing about Makoto tho, I love that he did it because he was jealous of Rin :p but other than that, there's not much to him. If I remember right, the next ep you're watching is actually his episode, but even that doesn't add that much to his character.

I think you might be onto something tbh. Mako's only 'flaws' are that he gets scared easily and babies others. So not really anything 'problematic' at all, unlike Rin who definitely gets his share of 'abusive!!' accusations from some of the fans >:/ but I still refuse to accept that someone would just outright decide who their fave is... for me it just happens automatically and if it happens to be some super problematic character, whoops, too bad ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ which, btw, Rin really isn't... like, not even close. but in the fandom that debate is still unresolved and has been on since 2013.

I watched Mako's ep just now, and yep, I have to agree it was more of the same with him, except this time he got to do it with actual kids... And I rolled my eyes SO HARD at the scenes with the dude from Mako & Haru's past, and blatant attempts at establishing Makoharu as shippy by showing that he Haru jealous. No more of this please :| (though with the direction the show seems to be going... it looks like there will be much more of this)

I try really hard to avoid the parts of fandom that scream 'problematic!!!!' at everything, but I think that's how it works for them, actually? They're drawn to a 'problematic' character, but they're hypocritical enough to declare that a flawless snoozefest is their actual fave and live in self-denial about their actual preferences. I've always preferred the evil douchebags and love-hate/rival ships and I'm not ashamed to admit it XD
Earlier today I saw a tumblr post on how Nagisa is a creepy stalker because he didn't back off after Rei said he didn't wait to join the club the first time, so I have absolutely no trouble believing they've decided Rin was abusive too...
... though I have to say, all this drama you're telling me about makes me even more excited about finishing the show & diving into the fandom c:

lmao what the actual fuck now, I thought I had seen it all but stalker!Nagisa is new :D

Oh yes, that's exactly how the makoharu fans took the Kisumi scenes. And I agree that they pandered to them. However, while I haven't read the novels about their past myself, I hear that in them Kisumi intentionally annoys and bothers Haru all the time (idk why, probably just for the lulz?) so in canon, Haru has a perfectly good non-Mako-related reason not to want to interact with him again. But of course we weren't shown that and the scenes really did give a jealousy vibe :s

I've always preferred the evil douchebags and love-hate/rival ships and I'm not ashamed to admit it XD
yesss to this! I already knew you had great taste in character, based on your Moriarty icon for example. But this just confirms it :D

I mostly got a 'annoyed by this weird due' vibe from Haru, but of course they had to show Haru's annoyed face when Kisumi was hugging/touching Mako, just to make it more shippy.... BUT I FORGIVE THEM. Because of the Australian Honeymoon episode. With bed sharing! And Rin talking so much about Haru's eyes that the couple who hosted him remembered it word for word after years! SO SUCK IT MAKO :D (or well, not suck anything at all lol)

Well, I try c: And same to you :D

YES AWESOME YOU GOT TO THE HONEYMOON EPISODE. s2 was a long wait to get to the good stuff but it was so worth it! allll the shippy tropes from only one bed to meeting the parents (kinda) and that awkward reaction when Rin was asked about a girlfriend. And a million shippy quotes, and the fact unlike certain others, Rin was able to help Haru find his dream :3 How someone can watch that ep (and s1 finale) (and all of s1 actually.....) and insist that makoharu is 'basically canon', I really have no clue x)

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