Human or Other?
Politics among the various supernatural denizens of Chicago is a messy affair at best; between attending to intra-faction power plays, territorial squabbles, and (most importantly) concealing their very existence from the humans upon...
It's everybody's favorite time of the year, where we recognize various authors based on arbitrary criteria that I apply with a hegemonic eye for detail! Also, special awards.
The Dark Horse Award
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Awarded to the lovely author who made it all the way to the Finals despite never having entered my Games before! Glad you could join us, dear.
Winner: Leo Wilder (GabrielleSteyer)
The Icarus Award
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As is traditional, this award is given to a tribute with a strong start who didn't...quite...follow through. Also known as the *host internally screams* Award, this round it goes to:
Winner: Amari Jaheim (RappyTheDinosaur)
The Early Bird Award
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Though this award is supposed to go to the person who usually handed earliest, sometimes that means "was usually fifteen minutes before the deadline instead of ten minutes after it". Fortunately, Empty Night had a couple of authors who made a habit of handing in genuinely early. For bringing some warmth to my cold, dead heart:
Winners: GabrielleSteyer and odinvincent2011
The Just-- One-- More-- Minute Award
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The above gif is a bit misleading- going by actual deadlines, this particular author would have lost at least a finger by this point. However, their sheer tenacity in trying to steer three tributes to victory with these well established tendencies has earned them this award:
Winner: aceh3x and his assorted children
The *ugly cries* Award
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Awarded to the tribute who most deftly toyed with our emotions and may have given a few of us secondhand daddy issues, I am proud to recognize:
Winner: Ozias Alva (MyNameIsInigoMontoya)
The Tolkien Award for Lore
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Awarded to the author who took the setting and ran with it, extrapolating from my brief descriptions of the factions and creating an intriguing, alien look at the UnSeelie Court. It's no secret that I'm a sucker for good worldbuilding, and this author's efforts have served them well this Games.
Winner: The Cachail (HannahFare)
The Loki Tying His Balls to a Goat Award
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Awarded to the tribute who brought some humor to a genre which admittedly is more predisposed to angst than jokes. For helping us remember not to take things too seriously, I hereby recognize:
Winner: Ace Acadia (annie1loves1you)
That's all for now! Tune in soon for the final rankings.
