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V4 BKA/BDA Voting: December '10!
Topic Started: Dec 8 2010, 01:38 PM (3,487 Views)
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Here's this month's (slightly belated) BKA/BDA poll!

If you don't know how this works, here's Clu's explanation, lazily copy/pasted from last month's voting:

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After reading through the deaths and kills linked below, post with a vote for the best kill and the best death, briefly explaining your reasoning for each. (It is preferred but not-essential that you vote for both). Remember to log out and post as a guest - I'm fairly sure you can't post here as normal, but either way, log out first.


You have until DECEMBER 13TH to vote.

Note that if you didn't request an extension, you aren't on the BDA list. Also, extensions are meant to be brief, 2-3 days things, not week-long deals, especially now that everyone's been given two spare days. I was pretty lenient on them this time, because I'm not sure how clear we've made that, but yeah, in the future, if you go way over deadline with an extension that does not specify a timeframe, you'll be left off.

Participation last month was... somewhat underwhelming. It'd be really great if we could get some more responses this time.

BEST KILL AWARD:

Alex Seymour for killing Dominic Stratford

Maxwell Lombardi for killing Daniel Blessing

Clio Gabriella for killing Luke Templeton

Cisco Vasquez for killing Katelyn Wescott

Julian Avery for killing Omar Burton

Nik Kronwall for killing Craig Hoyle

Fiona Sparki for killing Owen Rothschild

Peter Siu for killing Lucas Lupradio

Maxwell Lombardi for killing Simon Grey

Leila Langford for killing Hilary Strand

Jackie Myrie for killing Lily MacLaughlin

RJ Lowe for killing Rekka Sainoji

Sarah Atwell for killing Chris Carlson

Samantha Ridley for killing Jackie Maxwell

Ilario Fiametta for killing Etain Brennan

Nick Reid for killing David Anderson

Jason Harris for killing Tiffany Baker

Naoko Raidon for killing Alison Walworth and Madison Stone

Reiko Ishida for killing Rizzo Vitoria and Carol Burke

Sebastian Descartes for killing Carly-Jean Dooley

Clio Gabriella for killing Haruka Watanabe

Jimmy Brennan for killing Phillip Ward


BEST DEATH AWARD:

faceinabook for the death of Dominic Stratford

chibinanashi for the death of Daniel Blessing

Egads for the death of Luke Templeton

banthesun for the death of Katelyn Wescott

MK Kilmarnock for the death of Craig Hoyle

Zabriel for the death of Owen Rothschild

Hallucinogenic for the death of Hilary Strand

Outfoxd for the death of Lily MacLaughlin

T-Fox for the death of Rekka Sainoji

chitoryu12 for the death of Chris Carlson

Ruggahissy for the death of Ethan Kent

KingKamor for the death of Jackie Maxwell

Yvaine for the death of Etain Brennan

Anderson for the death of David Anderson

Solomir for the death of Tiffany Baker

Dom for the death of Alison Walworth

xylophonefairy for the death of Madison Stone

Acelister for the death of Rizzo Vitoria

KamiKaze for the death of Carol Burke

D/N for the death of Carly-Jean Dooley

Shake&Bake for the death of Haruka Watanabe

Fanatic for the death of Phillip Ward
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The Heel
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BKA: Jimmy Brennan for the killing of Phillip Ward. There were plenty... PLENTY of nice kills this go-around, but nothing amused/horrified me like this clusterfuck of a kill. Who would have thought that Phillip would be allergic to moxie? Bonus points for the tree branch.

BDA: Dominic Stratford. It's been a long time since this death has transpired, but the old ones shouldn't be forgotten, especially if they were powerful... and this one certainly was. It's hard to do hallucinations right, but in Dominic's final moments, what he sees makes the scene just that much more powerful.
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BKA: Jimmy Brennan. I'll admit, I was kind of confused at first when Philip started acting up for seemingly no reason (Yes, I know it was an allergic reaction... Well, I know NOW at least :P ) But i've got to say, the sheer viciousness Jimmy showed as he beat Phil to death with a freaking tree branch stood out from the crowd. Sure, Ivan kinda already killed someone in the exact same way, but you've got to give credit to Little's writing of the post. I mean... DAMN! Jimmy's one crazy motherfucker. And thats why I love him :D .

BDA: Carol Burke. I won't lie, I am one stone hearted bastard when it comes to tragic death scenes. I've watched The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, Braveheart, The Snowman and Million Dollar Baby without so much as batting an eyelid. And yet, when I read Carol's death, I was VERY nearly in tears.

I'll admit, its mostly out of bias if anything, seeing as Carol's been one of my favourite characters for a while. But still, a great death is a great death right? And personally, I think Carol deserves my vote this month.
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BKA: Jimmy Brennan for the killing of Phillip Ward

Jimmy's slaughter of Phil was definitely a turning point in the game for him. He wanted revenge, and my God did he get it. It was bloody, it was gory and did Jimmy even care? Not one bit. He's finally proved that he isn't just all talk and no action, and it was fascinating to see his sanity slipping away as he continually beat Phil to (and past) death.

BDA: Ruggahissy for the death of Ethan Kent

It was a noble and meticulously planned out sacrifice on Ethan's part. He knew what was going to happen when he took the cameras out, but he carried the plan out regardless. What he did takes guts, and I can only hope something good comes out of it.
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BKA: R.J. Lowe

Not to detract from the admittedly fantastic job Little did with Jimmy, but for all the talk of sheer brutality, nothing this month tops what Stark did with this one, and he did it fantastically. It's subtle, but if you look close, you'll notice that he plays up the darkness of the scene by never actually visually describing anything, and it's a testament to his writing ability that you can still picture the whole thing vividly. Despite what he says.

BDA: Ethan Kent

I'll admit, I'm a sucker for going out in a final act of defiance, and it's hard to do it better than Ethan Kent. So many others came close this month, but in the end, it comes down to the fact that Ethan may well have accomplished something game-changing in the process, though time will tell with regards to that, that earns him my vote.
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BKA - Fiona Sparki for killing Owen. I really like the way Zombiexcreame manages to balance the severity of the situation with Fiona's funny thoughts and mannerisms. I like Fiona, not only does she observe situtations and do things, but like plenty of other characters, she has extra content written into her posts that gives her her own vibrant flavour. I can't really think of a better word so please don't hate me ;-; Even in such a grim and serious situation such as deciding between killing Owen or letting Nik die, as well as all the other little scenarios that could have occured given the outcome, Fiona doesn't deviate from the character she was originally, and still maintains the odd thoughts and ways she phrases things in her mind, which I find both funny and charming.

BDA - Carol Burke being strangled with the chain thingy by Reiko. I didn't enjoy this thread, not in the 'I don't like it' way, but the 'I'm growing more and more uncomfortable with each post' kind of way. Both Rocky and Kami effectively worked with each other to increase the tension throughout the thread leading to the climax that was Carol's rather awful (not as in it was bad, more like "I really wouldn't want to be strangled to death with a chain" way) death. The extra mile showing the reactions back home were greatly appreciated and touching.

(Edited this to fix a handler name)
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BKA: Jimmy Brennan for killing Phillip Ward

Honestly, this death was brutal. Amazing detail, enough to pull me into the scene perfectly. Most importantly, it represents Jimmy's transformation as a character; Jimmy seemed from the beginning like he'd be the cowardly trash talker who annoyed everyone on the island and deserved a swift death. Now he just proved that he can be deadly.

BDA: KamiKazi for the death of Carol Burke

This was a sad one. Carol was a wonderful character and throughout the whole thing, I kept honestly wishing it wouldn't happen. It just made me hope for the entire thing that Carol would turn the tables and punch Reiko in the face as many times as she could. And it never happened. When you know the outcome and start wishing it wasn't true, you know it's good.
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This thing needs more love.

BKA: RJ Lowe

There were a lot of great kills this month, and if the rules allowed it, I would vote for all of them. However, only one can be chosen, and for my choice I'm choosing RJ's kill of Rekka. The scene overall was really well written from all parties, and you can just see the brutality in your mind as it leads up to the actual death. Bonus point were given for doing the actual killing blow without any weapons.

BDA: Craig Hoyle

I must admit, when considering who I was going to vote for this initially, I had forgotten about this death. Now that I remembered it, there really wasn't any doubt in my mind who was getting my vote for this month. Craig was a big teddy bear, and even in his final moments he spent that time comforting his killer. It made the scene so tragically happy for Craig that you just can't help but smile one last time for the gentle giant of Bayview. It was beautifully in character, and thus, it gets my vote.
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I seriously thought this would have more votes.

Best Kill - Jimmy fucking Brennan

Best fucking death ever. Hands down.

Well, maybe.

Still, the sudden and brutal nature of the kill was just great. Just the fact that you just knew that somewhere along the line Jimmy was going to kill someone made this a thread you waited and waited for and read the moment it was finished. Simply amazing writing from both Little and Fanatic, but Jimmy really stands out during this scene simply because it was so damn brutal the way he took out all that pent up midget anger.

Jimmy fucking Brennan, baby. He deserves your votes.

FOR PRESIDENT!

Best Death - Tiffany Baker

Best death this month is more than a little close, I loved many of the deaths but Tiffany's really stood out. Solomir is a great writer and again, has written an amazing death for an amazing character. The reactions and the events to come are sure to be interesting reads and that is what stands out in a death; it's not just the writing or the emotional content of the death itself but the reactions from the people involved, whether they're the killers or just bystanders watching the scene. When everything comes together just right, that is when a death becomes BDA material. At least in my opinion as a ghost.

VOTE FOR TIFFANY YOU LAZY BASTARDS.

Or you could just vote, period. Seriously, 8 votes is not enough.
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Best Kill Award
Jimmy Brennan is hardcore. That really should be everything that needs to be said, but lets pad this a bit. Gory? Check. Ruthless? Check. Brutally played out? Most definitely check. Jimmy Brennan knew what the fuck he was getting himself into when he offed Phil Ward: a brand spanking new weapon courtesy of Danya. Then he can be a Hardcore Badass. Let's make sure that weapon gets to his hands safely.


Best Death Award
Many amazing deaths this month, but I'll hunker down and pick one like I'm supposed to. Ruggahissy's work with Ethan Kent stands out the most for me in the end. It's one thing to have a defiant last stand, but another to portray it so eloquently. Ethan knew what he was getting himself into, and he had those moments where he might not have gone through with it. Also, his final letter to Feo was very sweet and really hammers home the sacrifice he made.
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Best Kill Award:
This was tough. Still, one kill stood out above the others this month, and that was Julian Avery's killing of Omar Burton. Jimmy's kill was visceral. R.J.'s kill was brutal. Julian's kill was terrifying. The sheer coldness and casual violence was shocking, especially given that, unlike many of the killers, Julian was cognizant of his actions the whole time. He was dealing what he believed was justice, and that... is truly frightening. I'm interested to see where he goes with this.

Best Death Award:
This one was a touch easier. We had lots of awesome deaths this month, but my favorite was definitely that of Craig Hoyle. Craig's death was sad, but it wasn't cheap sad. It was beautifully written, and full of little things that just made it. I'll fully admit that a big part of this was that I've followed Craig from pregame. He was a character MK really cared about, and that care showed through in his death. He even managed to pull a dying forgiveness that worked, and it was precisely because Craig did not know that he was dying. His death wasn't some dignified moment of pride; it was a guy who wasn't worried because he thought he was going to make it, and that was absolutely heart wrenching. Also, honorable mention to Hilary Strand. Another sort of death that's all too often done poorly, for once I was shocked in a very pleasant way to see a handler's characters engaged in an emotional scene with each other. It was also really sad and wonderful. Keep up the good work, everyone!
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Yibble
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BDA: Hilary Strand. The pain in this post was palpable, the details, visceral, the atmosphere, beautiful. A quiet death, no blood and gore, no dashing kill. Just a sad, quiet suicide. And somehow it's the most touching death I've read in V4. It's very rare that you think about the anguish that people in a situation like this must go through--not just to kill, or to protect, but simply to keep on living in such a situation. Hilary was a beautiful, wrenching example of someone who just did not want to go on.

Honorable mention to Tiffany Baker for being the only other death in V4 that got me choked up. This month was full of good deaths. But Tiff--she's such a good person. She didn't deserve that shit.

BKA: This was almost a tie for me, between Naoko Raidon for Allie Walworth and Julian Avery from the aforementioned Omar Burton. I have to go with Raidon here, simply because of the context surrounding it--Naoko getting more and more brutal, first forcing himself, then truly paranoid, until finally it tops out with crushing Allie Walworth's inhaler. For the sheer tragedy of that death, as well as for the mind-bending hallucinogenic and truly scary transformation of Naoko Raidon beforehand, I'll vote Naoko Raidon BKA here.
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Naikon Raidon for BKA. Kills are supposed to be viewed from a 'spectators' point of view and as such Naikon's kill(s) was both chilling; read the whole thread, as well as darkly cruel with the inhaler.

As for Deaths: Tiffany Baker. Arguably you would of had to read a large amount of her back story for this to be as effective as it was but it really was moving all up. On top of this, the ramifications for ALL of the characters in that scene will be massive, I'm sure of it.
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I'm giving my BKA nod to Jason Harris for his kill this time around. I love the writing in it, considering how Jason's resolve and subsequent realization of his fuck-up makes it more than just a simple gunshot and a death. We are privy to him steeling himself to shoot Tiffany, and Fanatic really gives me chills when he wrote at the end of the penultimate post "Love makes fools of us all".

My BDA is going toEtain Brennan. He finds Kris Hartmann, finally manages to maybe understand what happened with her, and he gets shot for his troubles. I choked up a little as he went down; Yvaine's writing of the hand on Hartmann's as he died said more to me than a lot of people can in a few paragraphs.
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BKA this month is fairly easy. I feel like Naoko Raidon stood head and shoulders above the competition, for giving us a pair of kills that hit a shitload of emotional notes while maintaining a solid and consistent characterization. His paranoia tragically coming to a head with Allie's kill would have been enough to merit BKA consideration, but it just keeps going from there. The remorse and the seeming acceptance of his death at Maddy's hands are legitimately heartbreaking stuff (and it is really really hard to break someone's heart with a killer, most attempts at this seeming really forced and unnatural), and then it just gets into some pretty terrifying territory. I was actually a little iffy on his Bible-quoting until it became clear that this was a cruel, disturbing mockery of Maddy rather than religious mania. First kill that's made me shudder and huddle myself from the sheer scariness of it.

BDA was a good bit harder, with the decision being narrowed down to two very deserving candidates. The honorable mention here goes to Hillary Strand, which was such a brilliantly written tearjerker. It made the world a little darker when I read it, but also a little more beautiful. Thank you, Stef. That said, my vote goes to Ethan Kent, written by Ruggahissy. It probably didn't have quite the emotional blunt trauma of Hillary's, but it damn well came close. "You meant mean something to me" hit me really, really hard, as did a whole lot of other lines. The reason I give my vote to Ethan is because his death tried for multiple things and pretty much succeeded at all of them. It was a tragic death, it was a rage-filled death, it was a death that was part of a brilliant plan. Succeeding hugely at one emotional goal in a death is great, and indeed it's the extent of what most of us tend to try for. But succeeding hugely on a variety of levels is something special. Very memorable death here. Lots of props to Rugga.
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