There may be stories that I do not like but if you look at the number of reads you knew that they were going to win from sheer volume.
The results didn't really surprise me, but that doesn't mean a few of them didn't make me go ... o.O RLY? But I mean, let's face it, all any awards group really does (no matter what they assert) is essentially award popularity. And that's fine - I'm not saying anybody who won/placed is not worthy of their awards here.
I think that you are more familiar than you would think. Many of your votes probably came from the same people who vote for the Weekly Perfection. They have awarded you many banners there and were happy to vote for you at Dokuga Awards.
Yes, Langus told me I was old hat at Sess/Kag by now, to which I literally went, "Uh, what? Really?!" I don't consider myself a fandom veteran yet, much less an expert at a pairing I've only been writing half my time here!
I know I'm sounding more and more ungrateful as this thread goes on, but that is entirely on my own head. *hangs head* The people at the dokuga_contest group are, on the whole, fabulous. A couple of them supported me right from the start, and were part of the reason I ultimately decided to stay, despite some...troubles I ran into behind the scenes there. I don't think there's that much overlap between said group and the website, however - the people who write for the group and won big on the website also have *huge* followings outside of LJ.
Whoever nominated/voted for me does, of course, have my undying gratitude and support - I would hope that goes without saying :) If I'm more well-known than I think, its only because I don't see any familiarity reflected back at me in number of reads or amount of feedback I receive on that particular site.
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The results didn't really surprise me, but that doesn't mean a few of them didn't make me go ... o.O RLY? But I mean, let's face it, all any awards group really does (no matter what they assert) is essentially award popularity. And that's fine - I'm not saying anybody who won/placed is not worthy of their awards here.
I think that you are more familiar than you would think. Many of your votes probably came from the same people who vote for the Weekly Perfection. They have awarded you many banners there and were happy to vote for you at Dokuga Awards.
Yes, Langus told me I was old hat at Sess/Kag by now, to which I literally went, "Uh, what? Really?!" I don't consider myself a fandom veteran yet, much less an expert at a pairing I've only been writing half my time here!
I know I'm sounding more and more ungrateful as this thread goes on, but that is entirely on my own head. *hangs head* The people at the
Whoever nominated/voted for me does, of course, have my undying gratitude and support - I would hope that goes without saying :) If I'm more well-known than I think, its only because I don't see any familiarity reflected back at me in number of reads or amount of feedback I receive on that particular site.