Slash Madness Tourney 2014
Howdy! It’s that time again… time for The Backlot’s Third Annual Slash Madness Tournament!
I have to admit that last year was loads of no fun - lots of awful commentary by the fans (usually along the lines of “we know that Destiel and Sterek are going to be in the final so why do we have to bother with the rest of these rounds”), cheating (bot voting galore), allegations of cheating, and the voting rules changing round to round (some were one vote an hour, others were vote as often as you like).
That said, the Twitter conversation with David Hewlett about the first tournament (when The Backlot was still AfterElton) was part of what made the whole thing fun; lots of different celebs tweeting supporting their show, fans were excited to turn other fans onto their pairings/shows and it was just all hugely entertaining. It turned a bit sour last year so I’m hesitant to wade into the waters again.
But…
July 16th marks our shows (and McShep’s) tenth anniversary and I honestly think that McShep deserves to be included in the tournament. So nominate McShep on Twitter and on Tumblr using the #slashmadness tag. Go to The Backlot and nominate them there! Make gif sets and manips, write meta, write a recommended episode or fanfic list, link to your favorite fan vids or just gush about why we still love McShep!
Thinking back, it was the first tournament that turned me on to Teen Wolf, just because the Sterek fandom was just so positive and so in love with Derek and Stiles.
We can do the same thing.
Let’s show the world just how awesome Stargate Atlantis is, because honestly if they start watching the show by the time they get to the "invulnerable" scene in "Hide and Seek" they’ll get it - as they’re melting from the adorableness that is John and Rodney playing with Ancient tech.
And while sometimes I think there’s no way we can win this thing, I have to remind myself that in the first tournament we went up against Destiel and pulled in 41.35% of the vote. And that isn’t too shabby. Can we do it again? Can we do better? It’s all up to you.
Gear up people! We’ve got work to do.