Results - Week 22

[clauderainsrm]

I really think that the voters just like to mess with me. Either that or they just don't want this mini season to end.

But, after a series of emails between the finalists, a decision was reached -

A Split Decision.

There was no knockout and they tied on points.

Which means we have two losers...

Oh wait, sorry, I meant to say two WINNERS!

Congratulations to both halfshellvenus  andsonreir !

Comments

[murielle]

Congratulations to both our winners! Well done! You represent what is best in Idol and best in writing, and the fact that you are willing to share the title this year shows you represent what is best in humanity.

Brava, ladies! Brava!

[sonreir]

Thank you!!

[halfshellvenus]

Thank you so much, Murielle!

[halfshellvenus]

:D I'm so pleased about being able to end in a tie. Sonreir is such a talented and worthy competitor, and in allowing the tie I think we're listenin to what voters have been saying.

Thanks for hosting such a great mini-season, and thanks to the other writers, readers and voters for jumping on to join this crazy ride!

[sonreir]

Ha, that was literally what I wrote in my email to Gary! This was a season of ties and we'd be silly not to listen to the will of the voters!

It was an honor and a pleasure to write alongside you, and I'm glad we can share the glory!

[sonreir]

When I saw that the final had ended in a tie, I wrote an email to Gary: "I officially throw in the towel. Let halfshellvenus have the win; she's lovely and she deserves it. :)"

He wrote back and told me that she had sent a similar email, asking if we couldn't share the win, shortly before I did.

I think that sums up what this game has been like for us: not a "prizefight", in the end, but a friendly competition in which we both recognized the 'will of the voters' and were willing to share. :)

I didn't write a "why my opponent deserves to win" for the tiebreaker round, but I thought about it. halfshellvenus is an outstanding writer and a genuinely kind and caring person. It was an honor to write alongside her, and I'm happy that we can "settle the score" by declaring that no one person gets the win, but that it goes down as yet another shared victory in the long history of Idol. Hurray!

On a side note: I did not want to say so until the results were finalized, because I did not wish to influence anyone's vote in any way at any point during the contest, but I wrote everything I did this season with the idea that whatever money I won, if I was lucky enough to make it that far, would be donated to charity.

To everyone who donated to the pot this time around: thank you. The $125 I received has been donated to the local LGBT homeless youth shelter. I chose them because they do excellent work on a local level, and they're genuinely trying to make a difference in a world that at times feels very scary. As someone who was privileged to have a family who promised to love them no matter what when they came out, I feel like it's my job to give back and support LGBT youth in any way I can. I know they'll do good things with the donation, and I feel confident about the money I've given them.

Thank you, everyone, for your support and votes throughout the process. Everyone in the contest has been wonderfully kind. Idol is unique in that the community is a big part of the contest, and that community is kind. I genuinely feel that everyone who spends time here is a good person, and I'm glad to have known you all.

I'll be back when the contest returns to livejournal, Real Life permitting. I'm looking for a new job right now, so fingers crossed, wherever I end up will let me play!

Thank you again for your support and love during the contest. I'm glad to have met you all. <3

[halfshellvenus]

Thank you so much for your sweet words. It's funny-- they are how I would describe YOU as a writer and as a person. :)

Your charity choice was lovely. It will help young people who really need the encouragement and support, and who have suffered from the lack of it.

This was such a great mini-season, full of love and fellowship. AGain, my thanks and the very best to all of you who turned out. I hope to see you over at LJ whenever the next season starts up!

[babydramatic_1950]

A great choice! I missed the read because I am often not at my computer on Friday or Saturday.

[static_abyss]

This was such an interesting last round. Congratulations to you both! I am so pleased that we have two winners and that it's both of you.

[halfshellvenus]

Thank you so much!

[divinemusings]

YAY CONGRATS!!!!!!!! :D

[halfshellvenus]

Thank you!!!!

[bleodswean]

Congratulations to both of you!

Well played! Well won!

[halfshellvenus]

Thank you!

It was a hard-fought battle, and a nerve-wracking past several days.

But I think the voters made their will clear-- and I remember the last time that happened, and what it felt like to be on the voting end!

[lrig_rorrim]

Congratulations! And welcome, both of you, to the co-winners club! :D

[halfshellvenus]

Thank you! I know you know what this is like-- the Intersection piece you two wrote for your final tie-breaker that didn't said it all. :D

[hwango]

HOW DARE YOU COME TO AN AMICABLE PEACEFUL RESOLUTION?! Fight! FIGHT FOR MY AMUSEMENT!!!

...oh, fine. Congratulations to you both.

[halfshellvenus]

Hahahaha!

Thank you!

[wolfden]

Congrats to both of you!!!!!

[halfshellvenus]

Thank you very much!

[jake67jake]

Congrats to both of you!!!! I was so torn on who to vote for and actually changed my vote!!! I think it’s so appropriate to give a dual award!

[halfshellvenus]

I think you exemplefied the voting process altogether in what you went through. :D

Thank you!

[rayaso]

Congratulations to you both! You both wrote exceptional stories throughout the competition, and deserved to be writing at the end. The tie was the perfect solution.

Gary, thank you for listening to the Will of the People, i.e., the damn hippies. It was a great mini-season.

I think it was generous of both of you to volunteer for the tie, and says a lot about both of you, as writers and people.

Now you finally get to step away from the computer, get some rest, glory in your accomplishment, and enjoy Real Life. Well done!

[halfshellvenus]

Thank you! I know you had a close-up view of the effort, stress, and aggravation near the end, too, and you know how un-fun it would have been to continue that:D

[fausts_dream]

I was a little upset because I had spotty computer access because I wanted to support halfshelll my all time favorite LJ Idol writer not named faustsdream, ljidollvillain, or m_malcontent.....all three of whom I have a real kinship with.

But it seems it worked out the very best way it could have congrats to both.

[halfshellvenus]

Thank you very much for your kind words and good thoughts. That means a lot to me!

[megatronix]

Congrats to you BOTH!! I am so happy for the two of you, sonreir and halfshellvenus!!

BIG congratulatory hugs to both of you!!

And a big thanks to everyone for making this season so great, it was a lot of fun!

THANK YOU GARY!!!!!!!

[halfshellvenus]

Thank you! It was a great ride, all the way around. :D

[bsgsix]

Congrats to both of you! Two talented writers who are both deserving of a victory! This is a wonderful ending (though yes, some of us like Idol here and maybe wanted more, but I think our poor finalists went through enough!), and I am thrilled for you both.

Thank you all for your friendship, your stories, and for another amazing season!

[halfshellvenus]

Thank you very much, and yes-- more write-offs would not have been fun for the people writing them. :D

And thanks so much for your stories, your participation, and your kinds spirit this season-- especially when you were dealing with so many challenging health and energy issues at home.

Big, big ♥

[adoptedwriter]

Yaaaayyy!!!! Congrats to both!

[halfshellvenus]

Thank you!

[vik_thor]

congratulations to both of you!

[halfshellvenus]

Thank you very much!

[halfshellvenus]

Wait, where's the part where Gary says nice things about the finalists?

This is more like a, "So, I guess this thing happened and some people sort of won. -ish" kind of follow-up.

Were either of us in the mysterious dream forecast for the finale, was were the last vestiges of it torpedoed a few weeks back? :O

[sonreir]

I think it was thoroughly torpedo'd. :)

I also think that Gary is probably just as exhausted as we are!

[joeymichaels]

Congratulations to both of you! What a nailbiter of an ending!

[sonreir]

I KNOW, RIGHT? Good gravy! I guess people really didn't want to choose!

Thank you. :D

[meridian_rose]

Congrats to you both :)

[sonreir]

Thank you!

[d0gs.livejournal.com]

I've been MIA thanks to being really sick, sleeping way too much and being busy with work stuff but congratulations halfshellvenus & sonreir, both of you are amazing writers! <3

[sonreir]

Aww, thank you! I hope you're feeling better <3