Gatekeepers

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

Before we have the results, we have the reveal! :)

The Gatekeepers step out of the shadows and into the light as they stand aside one at a time to reveal who will be walking through, and which runs are sadly coming to an end.

Some of them are familiar faces, others you might not know right away. I’ll try to explain those ones. :)

Of course we have some previous winners

tru2myart - Winner of Season 2
chite - Winner of Season 4
boxsofrain - Winner of Season 5
beautyofgrey - Winner of Season 6

We also have Jason Snyder. He doesn’t have an LJ but when I asked him if he wanted me to pimp something, he sent me this: http://www.grayhavencomics.com/ He has work in Volumes 1 and 3.

More importantly though, those of you who know your Idol History(tm) know that before I came up with Idol I ran a season of something called “Fanfic Survivor”. People I knew from fanfic (and some I knew from real life) facing each other in Survivor-on-the-internet type challenges involving writing. It was a lot of fun even if the format wasn’t quite “right”. :)

Jason was the first and only winner of Fanfic Survivor. Thus he’s “sort of” Idol Family. :) Without him, and the others who played, and the fun we had - there wouldn’t be an Idol.

Who else was in the mix? A couple newbies this year, contestants who, had real life not interfered, I think would have had a really good chance of being on the other side of things:
isis_lives
and
my_palimpsest
and one former contestant in both Idol *and* Fanfic Survivor: adpaz!

And? Yes there’s more “ands”:
People who shouldn’t need an introduction - other than I’m introducing everyone:
alexpgp
darkprism (some random person that I found on the street. . . I doubt anyone knows who she is though. . .)
and the always colorful and opinionated lordrexfear!

The final Gatekeeper is under figure like Jason who hasn’t played Idol before. But he was the very first writer who ever talked about my own work online. I know he would rather that I was spending my time working on my own work, but I’m grateful that he agreed to help out with Gatekeeper duties in Idol. He no longer has his barryreese account, but that’s who he is - Barry Reese. http://www.barryreese.net/

Thank you to all of you for your assistance, the time and consideration you put into making your individual decisions.

Comments

[mstrobel.livejournal.com]

'spose it's a bit late to bake them some cookies, eh? ;)

[isis-lives.livejournal.com]

Never too late for cookies.

[mstrobel.livejournal.com]

*forgets all about cookies at the sight of your icon* PRETTY!

[lordrexfear.livejournal.com]

God damn, I'll always take a cookie!

[isis-lives.livejournal.com]

It's been fun! Looking forward to next year!

(There's a small typo in my name. It is isis_lives.)

Good luck, all!

[nyxocity.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you got to participate again in some way! :)

[isis-lives.livejournal.com]

Thanks. Good to be here. It was fun reading all those entries. Keep having fun with it. ;)

[locknkey.livejournal.com]

So very nice to see you around. :)

[isis-lives.livejournal.com]

I've been around, just quietly. ;)

[java-fiend.livejournal.com]

It's nice to see you back around!!! You've been missed! Thank you for the time and effort you put into this!

[pixiebelle.livejournal.com]

I am really glad to see you around these parts again!

[furzicle.livejournal.com]

A true panoply of talent!

[team-jessie.livejournal.com]

WAY more people than I was expecting!

[roina-arwen.livejournal.com]

I've come to expect between 8 and 12 Gatekeepers, any fewer doesn't seem fair IMO.

[serpentpixie.livejournal.com]

I know everyone else already said it, but you guys are awesome for taking the time to read everything -- Thank you :)

[lilycobalt.livejournal.com]

Because I didn't say so in the Green Room, thanks to all of you!

[myrna-bird.livejournal.com]

I am impressed with such a prestigious panel. Being new, I didn't realize there would be this many gatekeepers. I feel honored just to know they read my story.

[similiesslip.livejournal.com]

I agree. Wow. I'm...I feel bad taking your time since each of you gatekeepers are such good writers yourself.

Thank you for doing this!

[nyxocity.livejournal.com]

Thanks to all of you for taking the time to read everything! :)

[joeymichaels.livejournal.com]

Are you folks going to write the traditional "my voting criteria" posts? Because I love those.

Thanks for judging!

[alephz.livejournal.com]

Oo! I'm gonna second that.

[xo-kizzy-xo.livejournal.com]

Thirded!

[similiesslip.livejournal.com]

It would be interesting to read:)

[pixiebelle.livejournal.com]

YES! I love when they do these!

[lordrexfear.livejournal.com]

I know Gary asked me not to post my notes specifically, unless asked individually.

I guess my "criteria" could be posted, but it could construed as petty or jacked (slang for messed up, improper, not right), even if it was constructed properly and accurately.

[joeymichaels.livejournal.com]

Totally up to you. I wrote one last year (http://joeymichaels.livejournal.com/568438.html) and it led to some interesting discussion.

I was thrilled to read that you were a judge because I've always dug your contributions. You approach your entries with boldness and confidence and I appreciate that in writing.

[theafaye.livejournal.com]

Heh. My criteria can be really petty at times, so I know I wouldn't have an issue with it and I love knowing other people's thought processes.

[similiesslip.livejournal.com]

I agree with JoeyMicheals. I liked your entries. Maybe you will homegame some the rest of this season?:)

[welfy.livejournal.com]

I apologize for not helping with the gate-keeping this year. I've been really busy. :( I feel guilty having that gap in there for LJ Idol winners!

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

I figured that was the case. :)

It's all good. You may get an email later. *cue scary music for the contestants*

[xo-kizzy-xo.livejournal.com]

:makes a note:

:cues sotto voce scary music:

[xo-kizzy-xo.livejournal.com]

Thank you, Gatekeepers!

[beeker121.livejournal.com]

Wow, that is an awesome list of folks! Thank you so much to all of you.

[locknkey.livejournal.com]

So, so amazing that all of you did this! Thank you!

[milleniumrex.livejournal.com]

Holy crap, Jason Snyder. This is just uncanny. The guy is a good friend of mine, and I work with GrayHaven Comics as well.

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

I've known Jason since our MV1 (Marvel Volume 1) fanfic days.

Fantastic writer and great guy.

[milleniumrex.livejournal.com]

He really is. We've known each other on a message board for several years, and he actually won the second edition of a game I run, "Comic Book Apprentice" on that message board. He'll be joining the judging panel on that game this year.

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

That's hilarious! He's getting around in his writing based reality shows! :)

[adpaz.livejournal.com]

I'd been wondering where Jason was at and what he was up to. I still remember him from the Fanfic Survivor days... he did some great work! If he's not popping in here, tell him I said hi.

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

he's on facebook. :)

[imafarmgirl.livejournal.com]

Wow, what a fantastic group of gate keepers. I am truly impressed. Thanks to each of the gate keepers for taking the time to read the entries.

[java-fiend.livejournal.com]

There's a whole ton of talent on the Gatekeeping board. Wow. And the panel is a lot bigger than I thought it was! Thanks for all of the time and energy you all put into the round this week!!!!

[roina-arwen.livejournal.com]

Thank you to all of the awesome Gatekeepers for taking time out of your schedules to help with the Idol-verse!

[tru2myart.livejournal.com]

I just wanted to add that there was SO much talent to read this year. I really had a hard time making up my mind...and it made me realize how damned lucky I was to have won Season 2 cuz y'all would have stomped me for sure. :)

Good luck to you all during the rest of the competition.

[lawchicky.livejournal.com]

Thank you gatekeepers!!!

I feel like we had a bunch of gatekeeper all stars here :)

[darkprism.livejournal.com]

*WAVES*

Little late to the party, but wanted to say loved participating. Fantastic time as always.

Much love.

<3

[lordrexfear.livejournal.com]

So I'm colorful and opinionated am I?

Based on my diatribe that wrote as an explanation for mu LJ Idol Gatekeeping criteria that no one might ever actually see, that seems accurate.

Got a problem with it? Well, do ya? Do ya? G'wan, I dare you to do something about it.

[adpaz.livejournal.com]

I was honored when Gary asked me to be a Gatekeeper this round. Then I started to wonder why he hates me so much to make me choose between so many wonderful writers. :D

I really enjoyed reading every post and loved all of them. It was a tough decision. I was tempted, a couple times, to ask my husband's opinion, but I decided that it wouldn't be fair.

Thanks again, Gary, for inviting me into the madness. And thanks to all of you for giving me wonderful posts to read. You kept me entertained, gave me a few shivers, let me into your psyches and let me into your worlds. I can't ask for anything more from wonderful writers.

Now, since I'm trying to be healthier, are there any healthy cookies around?

[beautyofgrey.livejournal.com]

Thanks for letting me participate! :) There were some really top quality entries and I enjoyed the reading.