Fandom Steel Cage Match

[glendaglamazon]

Boy, they aren't kidding about the "fandom madness" aspect of the Steel Cage Match at winter_baby's journal. I didn't think I could possibly care that much about TV characters--especially not for shows I wasn't terribly devoted to or never watched, some of which are long off the air

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[glendaglamazon]

Hee! I am fond of Sheldon, but I was surprised to see him and Liz Lemon locked in such a close race, too. I voted for Liz, because I figured Sheldon had it locked up. That will be a good one to watch.

[glendaglamazon]

Wow, Liz is coming back hard. Sheldon better watch his back. I totally was not expecting that!

[glendaglamazon]

Heh, yeah. Too bad the final four couldn't have wound up being Jensen v. Jensen and David v. David (but that wouldn't work with the way they're set up anyway).

Hah! I love your icon. I can only imagine that people haven't been spamming Jensen comms and forums, or Alec would be doing far better, and Dean would be beating Angel even more severely. ;)

[glendaglamazon]

Yes, Angel fans would do well to beware calling the wrath of the hordes of psycho Deangirls down on their heads. The very thought terrifies me!

Seems like a fair number of Boreanaz fans were hoping for an Angel/Booth showdown (which would have been impossible to make happen, seeing as they're in different brackets, on opposite sides, so that would have been a final).

[kare]

In the first round, the most shocking to me were the defeats of Dan Rydell and Dean Winters in their respective rounds.

This round by far I'm most surprised about Joan (who beats everyone in everything in my book) but that probably goes - as you said - to fan base. My most disappointing is Chloe Sullivan losing to Veronica Mars. I like Veronica and all, but Chloe is tops for me.

[glendaglamazon]

Joan is ridiculously awesome, but I think it was a huge accomplishment for her to a) win her prelim against Don and Betty and Peggy and b) win her first round against Nip/Tuck dude (but I guess that show is fading, and it's also a basic cable show like Mad Men).

I was pretty amazed at Chloe's winning her first round against Brooke Davis. I'm not a Smallville watcher, so I don't know much about Chloe--beyond the fact that Smallville fandom loves her (and someone has been slashing her with Dean for years).

I wasn't shocked by those two defeats in the first rounds, because those fandoms are tiny. Supporters of both those characters are quite devoted and vocal, though!

[kare]

I wasn't shocked by those two defeats in the first rounds, because those fandoms are tiny. Supporters of both those characters are quite devoted and vocal, though!

Very true, although I was using "shocked" more as "OMG I think they're iconically brilliant characters so it's surprising more folks don't feel the same." That sort of thing! =D

I'm wondering if Don would have had more of a chance than Joan in the actual rounds if he'd won the prelims. (well, the same could be said for several who lost in the prelims)

[glendaglamazon]

I have wondered that about a few characters. Like, I think Tami or Eric Taylor might have held up better than Tim Riggins against Lorelai Gilmore, for example, but for whatever reason, people went a different way in the prelims.

The funny thing is, it's all so meaningless, yet so absorbing! LOL

[wendy]

but I thought everyone under the age of 35 thought Pacey was the most perfect boyfriend in the universe.

Perhaps there are just more people over the age of 35.

[glendaglamazon]

That's certainly possible. Lord knows, there are more people over the age of 35 in this post than not. ;)

[rsadelle]

This is like the most fun thing EVER. Thank you so much for posting about it in the first place - that's how I found out about it. (And then decided that I really needed to friend you instead of just popping in once in a while.)

I have to admit that, even though I have Dean picked to win in the pool, when it came down to it, my gut said Angel, and I voted for him instead.

Spike vs. Pacey is a tough decision, and I hesitated before picking Spike, but, well, he's Spike. How can he not end up in the Final Four?

The one that makes NO SENSE to me is the overwhelming popularity of Chandler Bing. Just, seriously. Him?

I was also surprised by GOB just sweeping the prelims. I mean, I like GOB, but I had NO IDEA he was that popular with fangirls, and he wasn't even in the running for my Arrested Development vote. (I briefly considered Michael, then decided it was actually a tough decision between Lindsay and Lucille and went for Lindsay because I was so impressed by Portia's acting on my last watching of the series.)

[glendaglamazon]

I'm glad I could point you to it (and delighted you've become a regular around here *g*) and that you're having so much fun

[rsadelle]

Yeah, I'm a little worried about a Dean vs. Barney showdown now that I see how well Barney's doing. My original prediction was for House to defeat Barney in the Final Four.

I think part of why I had to pick Angel over Dean is that I loved Angel so much on his own show compared to Angel on Buffy, where I found him kind of uninteresting and annoying. And I have to admit that I love big dramatic scenes in the rain and I loved Faith, so "Five by Five" is probably my favorite Angel ep.

I think there's enough fangirl love for Spike to carry him to the Final Four.

Huh. I don't know. I guess there are some places where I'm just not like other fangirls, and the Chandler love is one of them. I mean, he's less annoying than Ross and Rachel, but I think Phoebe was my favorite character, and some of Joey's bits rival Chandler's for funny.

I've become more of a fan of AD since it's on Hulu. I'm rewatching the whole thing for the third time in about six months, and it still surprises me with how funny I find it.