"Runner up" means: You got the silver medal (well that's how I think of it anyway) - that's still winning so congratulations to you! Especially in this fandom and these fanfic awards where it's so difficult to vote because of the overall excellence of the nominees.
(You - were probably joking, weren't you? Don't mind my literal-ness.)
I saw your awards when I was looking at the list last night and I heartly agree and approve. You and Snowpuppies made those catagories SO tought - I wanted to vote for both y'all and have a tie. White Wedding is just - holy hell but that last line haunts me.
Oh, a little from Column A and a little from Column If I Did Get First Place, I Probably Wouldn't Want the People I Beat to Also be Claiming to have Won. =)
I wonder if that makes me look ungrateful or self-pitying, because that's definitely not the case. I'm very much pleased and thankful for the people who liked my story enough to vote. I just want for the real winners (or Snowpuppies three times) to get the credit they deserve. I did well, but they are the ones who [i]won[/i]. Yay for [i]them[/i]! They are the ones who should get that word. I don't want to ignore that.
(Maybe's it's easier if I just leave it as a joke.)
Oh-uh. Nope. Not disappointed. Nothing like that. I'm not a very competitive person. I'm not aggressive or bitter and I'm totally happy for whoever wins.
I'm very surprised and pleased with my placing.
I just like the winner to be the winner.
The 'everyone's a winner' thing didn't fly at my fourth birthday party and I can't see myself being convinced any time soon.
Not everything is a competition (and if it's not, then there are no winners and that's simple too), but some things are competitions and I'm somewhat fond of rules and order, so a winner is a winner, and a person in second place is in second place. Gold is gold, silver is silver. They are different and I just don't like ignoring that.
(And I'd be kinda grumpy if I found out people were voting for me because they like me and not my work.)
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(You - were probably joking, weren't you? Don't mind my literal-ness.)
I saw your awards when I was looking at the list last night and I heartly agree and approve. You and Snowpuppies made those catagories SO tought - I wanted to vote for both y'all and have a tie. White Wedding is just - holy hell but that last line haunts me.
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I wonder if that makes me look ungrateful or self-pitying, because that's definitely not the case. I'm very much pleased and thankful for the people who liked my story enough to vote. I just want for the real winners (or Snowpuppies three times) to get the credit they deserve. I did well, but they are the ones who [i]won[/i]. Yay for [i]them[/i]! They are the ones who should get that word. I don't want to ignore that.
(Maybe's it's easier if I just leave it as a joke.)
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I'm very surprised and pleased with my placing.
I just like the winner to be the winner.
The 'everyone's a winner' thing didn't fly at my fourth birthday party and I can't see myself being convinced any time soon.
Not everything is a competition (and if it's not, then there are no winners and that's simple too), but some things are competitions and I'm somewhat fond of rules and order, so a winner is a winner, and a person in second place is in second place. Gold is gold, silver is silver. They are different and I just don't like ignoring that.
(And I'd be kinda grumpy if I found out people were voting for me because they like me and not my work.)
The Dance of Joy?
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