MONTHLY AWARD NOMINATIONS !

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OTM NOMINATIONS !

The vigilant among you may have noticed that we have a monthly spotlight box halfway down the page. I don't know about you guys, but I'm getting kind of tired seeing random faces and "TBA!" in those slots. We have enough members with enough plots floating around -- why not fill them up? All those in favor, fill out the template below and start nominating!

Here's how this process is going to work: the admins will sort through all the nominations and compile a masterlist of all the nominations, then create a poll for each different category. From there, we will have the members vote to decide who wins. Sound fair? Cool. Now for the rules.

1) You cannot nominate your character, or any relationship plot your character is involved in.
2) One set of nominations per person. All you indecisive people out there, you might just want to ignore nominating all together.
3) Each person/pair can only be nominated once. If someone already nominated the person you wished to nominate in one category, either leave that slot blank or nominate someone else. Now.. for the lovely template!

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[blockquote][size=3]MALE OF THE MONTH[/size]
[size=1][b]I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE[/B] put his name here.
[b]BECAUSE[/B] What's special about the character?
[b]FAVORITE QUOTE[/B] " pretty self-explanatory. "[/size]

[size=3]FEMALE OF THE MONTH[/size]
[size=1][b]I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE[/B] put her name here.
[b]BECAUSE[/B] What's special about the character?
[b]FAVORITE QUOTE[/B] " pretty self-explanatory. "[/size]

[size=3]FRIENDS OF THE MONTH[/size]
[size=1][b]I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE[/B] put their names here.
[b]BECAUSE[/B] What's special about their relationship?
[b]FAVORITE QUOTE[/B] " pretty self-explanatory. "[/size]

[size=3]COUPLE OF THE MONTH[/size]
[size=1][b]I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE[/B] put their names here.
[b]BECAUSE[/B] What's special about their relationship?
[b]FAVORITE QUOTE[/B] " pretty self-explanatory. "[/size][/blockquote]

[asher michael rinehart]

MALE OF THE MONTH
I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE Dorian Ivan
BECAUSE Always on the active users list, and is always willing to whip up threads. It's amazing.. Mustache's muse is (seemingly) endless. Plus, Dorian is a captivating, original character, and he's written beautifully.
FAVORITE QUOTE " He did the same and soon realized that the player with which he had equipped a set of speakers had stopped running. Examining it, Dorian swore under his breath in a language that he didn’t think was English. Damn batteries had stopped working. That was more than disappointing. "

FEMALE OF THE MONTH
I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE Rochelle Elise Blanchard
BECAUSE Um.. Ellie has a beast muse? When it works for her, it works. I feel like such a pathetic dork posting with her, but then I actually write the post, and I feel better knowing I can keep up. xD Also, I feel like a little bit of the puppeteer shines through whenever I read one of Shell's posts.
FAVORITE QUOTE " Gavin hadn't understood why she was so excited about a pair of shoes, and she had promptly sat him down and explained that even though their lives were really really dangerous, it was little things like adorable baby brothers, delicious chocolate, awesome sunglasses, and kick-ass Converse that made almost everything bearable. "

FRIENDS OF THE MONTH
I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE Fox Lorraine & Lucius Sinclair
BECAUSE They're the kind of pair you'd expect to gravitate toward each other, but at the same time, there's an element of true friendship, not just "I'm friends with this person just because it's good for my image."
FAVORITE QUOTE " So yeah, she was kind of a bitch. But she was a bitch who cared for her friends, so when Lucius did finally come into view, she couldn’t stop the slight frown her lips formed as she quickly sized up his injuries. "

COUPLE OF THE MONTH
I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE Daniel Thorne and Tally Kentmore
BECAUSE They've got that whole "I hate you for making me love you" thing going on. It's dramatically awesome.
FAVORITE QUOTE " As soon as Daniel showed up, Tally knew she was screwed. All her internal fire quenched whenever he was near. Whenever he touched her, whenever he looked at her... It was like everything was all right, nothing was wrong. But of course, that wasn't true. That was why she resented the feeling - and to some extent, Daniel - for it. "

[rochelle elise blanchard]

MALE OF THE MONTH
I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE Asher Michael Rineheart, baby.
BECAUSE Asher is made of pure win. He's silly, sarcastic, playful, charming, quick on his feet, the perfect big brother figure...need I go on? It helps that Alessandro de Marco ( aka The Sex ) is his PB, but even if he had a different PB, I would still adore the spirit that Robin infuses Asher with in every last one of her posts. And hey, if she can keep up with my beastly muse, that's good enough for me. xD
FAVORITE QUOTE " Rochelle would often light up Asher’s day with her displays of a knowledge far beyond her years, and he… well… he played her superman, beating to a pulp any threat that came her way. Asher could almost feel her arms around him, just like old times. Then it hit him. She was holding him. Even though he’d just offered that display of raw strength that could easily cost her her head, Rochelle stepped forth to comfort him. To say that Asher was touched by her gesture would be the understatement of the century. To say that being held by Rochelle felt like coming home after long months spent away at war was more accurate. But, like every other shred of happiness in Asher’s life, it didn’t last. "

FEMALE OF THE MONTH
I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE Ember Mackenzie Flare, hon.
BECAUSE Uhm, she's Ember, reigning queen of the shifters. That in itself should be good enough reason. *voice drops to a whisper* Ember told me she would kill me if I didn't say that! *runs away* ... *comes back* Oh, and Davie does an awesome job playing her. It's a bit frightening, how good he is, actually. o.o
FAVORITE QUOTE " Ember dusted off the front of her skirt -- she was wearing a dress, as always. What most people didn't know was that she always had shorts on underneath, in case of emergencies. As pretty and presentable as dresses were, they were a bit of a hinderance if one were to, say, jump a person from behind or roundhouse someone in the face. The best thing about skirts in battle was they were easily torn away. But.. enough of this mental tangent crap. Ember was entertaining a guest. Actually, the guest was entertaining her, but never mind that. "

FRIENDS OF THE MONTH
I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE No one. Because aside from Luke and Jezz, Jenna and Skye, Shell and Ash, Shell and Dan, or Shell and Cambels ( all friend pairs where one is my own character ), Fox and Lucius are really the only friends I can think of. ( Cambels and Skye doesn't count because they're aren't officially friends yet. >] )
BECAUSE
FAVORITE QUOTE " "

COUPLE OF THE MONTH
I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE Frizz Nozomi and Aya Briggs, kidlets.
BECAUSE Each are adorable on their own, but when you put them together... It's like an explosion of cuteness and warm, gushy feelings that are so sickly-sweet you think your teeth are going to fall right out of your head.
FAVORITE QUOTE " Nerves were pesky little things. They always reminded you of their presence at the exact wrong moment, like when you were about to score the winning goal for your soccer team, or when you were about to play one of Mozart's concertos in front of an audience of one thousand people. Or, if you were Frizz, when you were all dressed up in your finest clothes (which you may or may not have inherited from your father - he wasn't alive to tell you) and standing outside the girl's dorm, waiting for the most beautiful creature you had ever seen in your life to come strolling from the building looking spectacular as usual. "

[tally evane kentmore]

MALE OF THE MONTH
I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE I was gonna pick Asher.. so....
BECAUSE
FAVORITE QUOTE " "

FEMALE OF THE MONTH
I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE Aya Briggs
BECAUSE She's hilarious. Adorable airheads hold high places in the mind of Zee, mkay? No juding.
FAVORITE QUOTE " Everything about this man left Aya's brain gushing, Pretty colors! Pretty enough to make her want to stroke his shirt. But how weird would that look? No no, she had a reputation to maintain."

FRIENDS OF THE MONTH
I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE Already nominated. o.<
BECAUSE
FAVORITE QUOTE " --- "

COUPLE OF THE MONTH
I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE ASHELLE FTW. I mean.. Rochelle and Asher.
BECAUSE I know they're not technically a couple (yet), but omsquee they're just so cute together!
FAVORITE QUOTE " The Rochelle who'd run away was temporarily unavailable. The girl before him was the Rochelle who was still as insecure and vulnerable as before, all but reduced to tears by fright. Mentally cursing himself out, Asher sat down in the dirt next to her and put his arm around her, drawing her to his chest and gently rubbing her shoulder. "

[cameron michael dejane]

MALE OF THE MONTH
I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE Daniel Thorne, fer shur.
BECAUSE He somehow manages to be the perfect blend of serious and funny, like "The Princess Bride."
FAVORITE QUOTE " Daniel shook his head. He was too easily distracted these days - his mind flitting from one thing to another before he had time to process what the first thought had been. Just the other day, he'd been wondering if building a bridge across the Mississippi river would be a project worth undertaking, and less than a minute later, he was wondering whether the sunlit sky was more of a sunburn pink or a fish-gut pink. He'd seen his fair share of both, so it was a valid wonderment.. but still. Random "

FEMALE OF THE MONTH
I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE TALLY KENTMORE. amen.
BECAUSE She's fricken badass, man. She does flips out of windows for fun, greets new fugitives with heavy sarcasm, and tries to kill any monster or animal she can get her hands on. Just awesome.
FAVORITE QUOTE " Their proposal was to build an army and march on a force that, once the sun went down, would not only greatly out-number them, but also be ten times stronger. One might call Tally crazy for entertaining the notion that this could work, but she didn't care. She was tired of sitting around and waiting for things to get better. No one wanted to join her? Fine. She had Daniel. She had her switchblade. Tally believed she had everything she needed. "

FRIENDS OF THE MONTH
I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE Dan-Dan and Shell-Belly
BECAUSE For one thing, they already have cute little pet names for each other. For another, they're two awesome characters matched up together. How can you not dig it?
FAVORITE QUOTE " Hefting Gavin further up on her back, her grip on his slender legs tightening just slightly, she bit her lip, blue eyes scanning for a break in the trees. Shell's gaze was captured by a splotch of dark brown against tan, something out of place amongst the deep browns and greens of the forest. A grin, small and tired, but still bright, pulled at her lips. Daniel was waiting for them, just like he'd said he would. "

COUPLE OF THE MONTH
I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE Now for the shocker: Tally and Asher.
BECAUSE Forbidden fruit tastes the sweetest. Nuff said. That, and I find it interesting how Tally's all "gir" and hating on pretty much everything, then Asher can show up and charm her in less than an hour. It's amusing.
FAVORITE QUOTE " Get a grip, girl! That's what her brain was screaming, anyway. The rest of her didn't seem to get the memo; she was too busy melting into a puddle in a shifter's arms. He was leaning in for a kiss. Involuntarily, Tally ran her tongue against the back of her teeth. That always happened when she saw something she wanted to taste - be it steaming veal after a cold night in the wilderness... or, say, a hot brunette. She could almost feel the soft, steady pressure of his lips against hers. He was so close now, less than an inch away... And just like that, he was gone. "

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Thanks to everyone who posted nominations!
Voting begins tomorrow.