October Award Nominations!

[Sean *]

Nominations!

Calling all members! We need your nominations for the Of The Month awards! Have you seen an awesome character lurking the forums? How about a thread you just can’t stop reading? Or a journal you keep coming back to? Nominate it here! We’re looking for nominations for all categories:

Character of the Month – Straightforward. Nominate the character you think deserves it for this month. Who was awesome? Who did something significant? As of now, Deb's, Bre's, Apollo's, Eddie's, Rae's, Abi's, and Jon's characters are all off limits, as they’ve won in the past eight months.

Member of the Month – Again, pretty easy, right? Toss up the name of your favorite member. Remember, Apollo, Deb, Raven, Elsinore, Rae, Apple, and Lux are off-limits for nominations. So is everyone on staff.

Relationship of the Month – Anything goes here! Friends, romance, enemies, anything! You cannot nominate:
Lani Hunter and Odion Martins - Reunited but What's Next?
Malachai Rosen and Zachary Bishop - It's Complicated
Ashley Engel and Marnie Sullivan - Roommates/Friends
Lucy Serrano and Monroe Montgomery - Sexy Art Spouses
Percie Hobbes and Derek Seong - It's Complicated
Devon Wentsworth and Midori Hawkins - Friends
Gabriel James and Kiara Lilien - Becoming Something More

Thread of the Month – Any and all threads that were started after the last round of OTMs are eligible!

Journal of the Month – We will not be nominating for Journal OTM this month. All eligible journals will be included in the poll in four days. Eligible journals were posted in during the past month and have not won in the past eight months.

Event Thread of the Month – All Power Swap threads that were started after the last round of OTMs are eligible (which is to say all Power Swap threads that began in October)

All we ask is that you fill out this nifty little code thing for us. Only one nomination per category, per person, ‘kay?

If you are nominating a thread, put a link in your nomination.

Please do not double-nominate. If the person/character/whatever you were planning on is already nominated, recognize someone else for their contribution. Do not self-nominate in any category.


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This nomination thread will be open until the morning of October 28.

[Stefan Spencer]

Nomination Category: Character of the Month
Nomination: Jamie Mills
Reasons: Jamie is still new-ish around Hammel, but Morgan has written a great character who's quickly finding his place in Pilot Ridge. Also I love how he's able to thread with just about anyone and still stay true to himself but have a entertaining thread. Also drunk Jamie is fun.

Nomination Category: Member of the Month
Nomination: Maggie
Reasons: Maggie has not only created two wonderful characters so far but both of her characters have ties to pre-existing characters. (Yay for siblings!) Maggie is also a delight in the chat box and a very talented signature maker!

Nomination Category: Relationship of the Month
Nomination: Thomas "Monroe" Montgomery and Adaryn Breslin
Reasons: I love watching these two. It's wonderful how they can be so cute and get each other sometimes, but still be so awkward and embarrassing other times. It's a fun balancing act that Lux and Syd play well.

Nomination Category: Thread of the Month
Nomination: Canoedling
Reasons: Yay for Hammel students on retreat! Also I love the premise of this thread - Nory is totally into canoeing and Marie would prefer something more stable, like the dock. Having been in Nory's shoes I'm excited to see where this thread goes with these animated girls.

Nomination Category: Event Thread of the Month
Nomination: TBA
Reasons:

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Nomination Category:Character
Nomination: Marnie Sulliven
Reasons: From the moment of her acceptance, I have just adored Marnie. She’s such an adorable, meek little person, it’s hard for anyone to not like her. Etch herself has developed her own cluster of characters, but Marnie, having been her first, will always be special. Right away, she dives head first into this dramatic plot, completely untintended, with Lucas, and now she’s seeing her ex get together with one of her good friends and Marnie is debating with herself on whether it’s better to just leave it be or to talk with Karalie about her concerns. Then there’s also the issue of Marnie’s developing sexuality. I’ve bounced Brooke off her a few times, and her reactions to female attention are just plain entertaining to read. I look forward to seeing where she goes from here. :3

Nomination Category: Member
Nomination: Lugia/Sara
Reasons: So Lugia's been on and off for the past several months, and then suddenly comes back at the end of summer in full force. I'll be honest, I missed her. And plotting with her. She's an amazing person with a whole set of amazing characters, and another one on the way. If you haven't threaded/plotted with Lugia, I suggest you do so!

Nomination Category: Relationship
Nomination: AJ Lane and Oliver Barnes - Broken/Salvaging Friendship
Reasons: So these two have a history and a long, dramatic one at that. They've been trying to work through it recently, going to therapy and actually talking about it instead of running away(ie. phasing through a wall whenever Oliver sees her), but that doesn't seem to be going as well as they'd hoped. Rather, emotions are still running high, they both blame themselves for the incident which happened back in Minnesota, and despite it all, it seems the one thing both of them want most is to be best friends again. But somehow this isn't being communicated and when they try to talk, things just fall apart all over again. I love reading about these two and really hope to see them making progress soon, especially in their current thread. :3

Nomination Category: Thread
Nomination: Shots Shots Shots - with Stefan Spencer and Jamie Mills
Reasons: A very familiar scenario to me, but rather than getting a punch in the face, Stefan finds a pleasant conversation partner. Jamie is not at all upset for the male attention, and is even flattered by it despite not swinging that way, which I think says loads about his character. I love how Stefan's initial pick up line end up with the two men sharing various pick up lines they've used before. I see the start of a great friendship between these two. ^^

Nomination Category: Event thread
Nomination: Power Swap: Misery Loves Company - with Marnie and Lucas
Reasons: I always enjoy reading the interactions between these two. Lucas is always saying something inappropriate, and Marnie knows exactly how to brush him off like a pro. In here, the sudden circumstance of their powers switching has taken a priority over whatever issue they had before. I also love how Tim and Etch have written out their new powers, with Marnie suddenly experiencing a memory of someone else while somehow thinking it was her own, and Lucas sending every single electronic on the fritz. Shenanigans are to be had, me thinks?

[Amanda Joy "AJ" Lane]

Nomination Category: Member of the Month
Nomination: Abi
Reasons: Abi, Abi, Abi. She's just so great! So willing to help everyone and anyone and has a great cast of characters to plot with! Not to mention she plays adult characters sooo well. 


Nomination Category: Character of the Month
Nomination: Jen Mitchellson
Reasons: Maggie swooped in and brought in this highly entertaining character! Jen has a variety of threads with many different characters and it's a joy to see how she reacts to each of them. She's like a breath of fresh air to Hammel, I feel. Sure she's got issues like everyone else, but who exactly plays out these issues with salt and pepper shakers? She's charming, quirky and daring.


Nomination Category: Thread of the Month
Nomination: Can't Have Nothin' Nice (Kayla & Jamie)
Reasons: Oh man, I love these two so far. Their interactions are highly entertaining to read!

Nomination Category: Relationship of the Month
Nomination: Anthy Blacksmith and Matt Davis - Friendship
Reasons: Manthy. Well, if you read all of the threads they've already had, there's just something about them. Matt is so loyal and Anthy seems to need a friendship like that, someone that will look out for her, and he definitely is...even if he comes to find that one of the threats is just a weird French boy with a video camera. 


Nomination Category: Event thread of the Month
Nomination: Power Swap: United We Stand (Vanessa Rodriguez and Chris Suzuki)
Reasons: Obviously this can only get more interesting as it goes on... Finding out you're no longer non-powered or turning into a vending machine and a gestalt pair instead? Not to mention poor control...

[Kristina Novak]

Nomination Category:Character of the Month
Nomination: Everett Lilien
Reasons: Sydnee writes a great adorkable (is that a word even? idk) character. He makes jokes at inappropriate times, and seems to be awkward. Beneath this, he does care for people like his sister and his trainees. I enjoy threading with the character and I highly recommend reading threads with him in it.

Nomination Category:Member of the Month
Nomination: Lurker
Reasons: Lurker is relatively new around Hammel, but has already taken the site by storm, is actively threading, posting and chatting, and it's great to see someone just jump on in and feel right at home and start a horde of their own.

Nomination Category:Thread of the Month
Nomination: A Breath of Fresh Air
Reasons: I'm loving this interaction between Faraday and Pheli's characters. Alanna is just so scared of the very intense Sera and just wants her acceptance. I look forward to see how the rest of their interaction goes.

[Lany Bishop]

Character of the Month
Nomination: Nora Marie Gwinn
Reasons: She is so nice and Elsinore writes her beautifully as a brave, cheerful girl despite her powers' side effects and her lot in life.

Member of the Month
Nomination: Sai
Reasons: why has she not been nominated earlier?? foolishness

Relationship of the Month
Nomination: Kristina Novak and Jade Parrish
Reasons: i bet u didnt know i was reading this thread. anyway i love roommates who are good friends and support each other. als o it is a much different perspective than all of my encounters with my beautiful princess jade parrish

[Christopher Flint]

Nomination Category: Character of the Month
Nomination: Anthy!
Reasons: Some of you may have already guessed that I really enjoy posting with this character. There is a reason for that, though: She’s awesome! An incredibly kind hearted and -incredibly- naive young woman who’s been sheltered for so long it’s adorable. One thing I really appreciate is how Lurker has made her time at Hammel such an integral part of her character. She’s been there for some time, but she’s been so afraid to venture out that she’s not known very well. While of course adapting to her power is integral to her story the biggest part of her story right now seems to be her attempts to come out of her shell.

Nomination Category: Member of the Month
Nomination: Ophelia!
Reasons: I couldn’t believe that Ophelia hasn’t won for player of the month. She’s just fantastic. She was one of the first people who got to know me and she has a slew of fantastic characters. While I’ve never threaded or played with Oriel he seems to be everywhere, and when I did post with Marcus I loved it. I’m currently really interested to see how Nao and Matt get along, and I’ve seen Rae fan herself after Derek did something steamy. With that kind of spectrum I doubt that any player would have an issue finding a way to write with her. I feel like she is one of the staples of Hammel, incredibly sweet and playful, and an awesome writer.

Nomination Category: Relationship of the Month
Nomination: TBA
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Nomination Category: Thread of the Month
Nomination: TBA
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Nomination Category: Event Thread of the Month
Nomination: TBA
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[Dr. Sean Neville]

Nomination Category: Character of the Month
Nomination: Alanna Darlington
Reasons: This should come as a surprise to nobody by this stage, but my sympathies are drawn immediately to young telepaths struggling with their powers. Alanna is a great character who is adapting to her powers and who struggles with both the side effects and the natural repercussions of being able to hear other people's thoughts. Although she's only been in play for a few weeks, I eagerly read every one of her posts.

Nomination Category: Member of the Month
Nomination: Morgan
Reasons: Morgan is a great player. Morgan is proactive and friendly, throwing his character into open threads whenever possible and playing with whoever is willing to join him. My hope is to get a thread going now that I'm caught up, since I want in on the action.

Nomination Category: Relationship of the Month
Nomination: Jasper Blackwater and Alanna Darlington - Friends
Reasons: An introverted telepath and an extroverted not telepath - what could possibly draw me to this dynamic? In all seriousness, I love the awkwardness that came from their first meeting, with Alanna uncomfortable on the retreat and with friendly but cautious Jasper making her acquaintance. I expect more friend threads from them soon.

Nomination Category: Thread of the Month
Nomination: I Have Heard Every Line Imaginable About Tall Women
Reasons: I suggested and specifically requested this thread, and here it is, so I must nominate it for Thread of the Month. Stefan has flirted with a number of people whom he should not over the years: coworkers, people painfully too young for him, happily committed people, Sean...the list goes on. Rhea has no tolerance for pick up lines and creepy come ons, and so Stefan might finally learn a lesson.

Nomination Category: Event Thread of the Month
Nomination: Power Swap: Fate is Teasing Me
Reasons: I like Power Swap for a number of reasons, not the least of which is analyzing the effect of a power loss on a character. Genesis is at a great disadvantage, as she is visually impaired and compensates with her powers. Without them, she must relearn to cope with her disability, and Raven's descriptions are as sympathetic as they are moving.

[Axelle Flint]

Nomination Category: Character of the month
Nomination: Joe Honnick
Reasons: Because he needs love! He's fully dedicated to his cause and it's obvious that he loves his daughters and that his family means a lot to him. I also love the presence he has in his threads.

Nomination Category: Thread of the Month
Nomination: I need like ten seconds of your time
Reasons: I really have nothing for this other than OMG I LOVE THIS SO MUCH IT MAKES ME GIGGLE. Chassy is sassy yo ~ Corbin needs to watch out!!

Nomination Category: Relationship of the Month
Nomination: Naozumi Makiguchi & Matt Davis ~ it's just cute
Reasons: I just think that it's super cute the way that Nao is crushing on Matt and Matt is completely oblivious to this.

[Lucy Serrano-Blaise]

Nomination Category: Relationship of the Month
Nomination: Dominique Chevalier and Erik Stewart (Romance)
Reasons: I'm a big fan of these two characters and their broken attempts to make something - anything - of their obvious connection. Watching these two grow from their seemingly shallow, physical relationship to a pair struggling with the concept and the threat of genuine feelings is absolutely enthralling. Dom keeps having these moments where he takes a step forward and Erik tries to keep him from taking two steps back when he realises what he's put into play. Every time you think they're over, they falter back to each other for another turn, which is exactly why each dotted thread keeps me so invested. If you have the time and are looking for something bloody beautiful to read, I definitely recommend getting on board the Domrik thread line.

[Anthy Blacksmith]

Nomination Category: Thread of the Month
Nomination: Climb Every (food) Mountain
Reasons: The balance of Naozumi's crush and Matt's obliviousness makes for much amusement in this thread.

Nomination Category: Member of the Month
Nomination: Ophelia
Reasons: Helpfulness, great characters, straight on answers, what more can you really ask for?