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Eleven years. That’s how long we’ve been we’ve been alive and kickin’. Since I became an Editor-in-Chief at Marvel 2000 sometime around mid-2005, I’m pretty sure every year around Tookies time I told myself, “Cory, get a life and make someone else do the Tookies!” And you know what? In recent years I was able to rope D. Golightly and Josh Reynolds into taking over the mic for me, but damn it, it seems like I’m like Jay-Z and the rap game. Going nowhere, apparently. That’s not necessarily a bad thing. You all love my consistent releases, jovial humor, and sophisticated contributions to intellectual conversations, right? ….. Right? ….. Well, anyway. The site has had its high points and low points, but the most important thing is that we’ve always had fun reading and writing with each other. At the end of the day not many other sites can say that, and quite frankly, there simply are NO other sites that can say that they’ve had eleven annual award ceremonies straight. And that’s why it’s my pleasure to bring you the Eleventh Annual Millennial Awards here only at Marvel 2000!!! |
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Best Title Avengers West Coast Runners-Up: New X-Men G'day guys, Ed Ainsworth here. Destroyer of Brother Nature, poacher of various Z-List characters. You have the unfortunate pleasure of reading my drivel to find out who won the prestigious award of Best Title. Unsurprisingly, Meriades Rai's Avengers West Coast is the winner. He had a big act to follow, and in true style, my fellow Englishman made sure he followed it with all the talent and flare he's known for. With a beautifully eclectic cast including my Favourite horrid Englishwoman, Meri has crafted a tale well deserving of Best Title, with a great mixture of continuity from both comics and Fanfic, a cast that "feels" right, and interesting stories. So, well done Meri. Aand a
more than honorable mention to New X-Men for being the runner up. Surely
if there isn't a more deserving title out there. There probably is, but
you know, I only write this according to the winners I'm given... Best Hero Brother Nature Runner-Up: Hawkeye
Whoa. Deja vu. I (Hunter Lambright) had a dream we were here before. You
were there, and so were you--and Brother Nature was, too! Wait... it's
not a dream! It's me presenting the winner of Best Hero for the 2010
Millennial Awards again! Best Heroine The Wasp Runner-Up: Black Widow Hi all. Daniel Ingram, spokesman for small packages, here to present the Best Heroine award. The winner for best M2K heroine is a small lady who packs a big punch, AKA the winsome Wasp! She's
been kicking ass and taking names as a member of the West Coast Avengers,
as she's struggled to come to terms with the death of her long time love,
Hank Pym. A founding Avenger, she's now carved out a niche for herself on
a different coast, and it shows! Good things come in small packages! Best Villain Foolkiller Runner-Up: Pulsar
Ed Ainsworth here again, to ruin your reading time. Did you read that thing that I wrote about aliens making love to reality? Anyway, time to talk about the Best Villain winner. Over in Spider-Man there was this guy, the Foolkiller. He won the award of being best villain, for being the biggest bastard there is. He's tangled with all sorts of heroes in his portrayal by writer Bryan Locke, and beaten his way through Spidey’s supporting cast. Coming
in a close second behind the Foolkiller, is the Force Works villain
Pulsar, who was never really sure if he was a big league bad guy or just a
bit of a free thinker. Maybe I relate to him too much... Best Supporting Character Julia Carpenter Runner-Up: Silver Surfer (Thor) D. Golightly of belated fanfic fame here.
Sure, the votes were tallied and Julia Carpenter came out on top of the
heap for Best Supporting Character, but how do we know for certain? I
hereby decree that all future nominees in this category must partake in a
Thunderdome-style pillow fight. Imagine Julia donning the duds once more,
then facing off against Emma Frost, Ms. Marvel, Power Girl, and Kim
Kardashian. And they're all just really getting into it when the doorbell
rings and, oh look, it's the pizza delivery guy with your extra large meat
lovers... Best Original Character Crisis Runner-Up: Kamau Your friendly neighborhood Editor-in-Chief, Cory Wiegel, here with the winner of the Best Original Character… Crisis, created by Gregg Epstein, for two years in a row now! Out of
all of the original characters that have been highlighted at Marvel 2000,
Greg Miller – Crisis – is the only one to star in his own ongoing series
in the Knights Branch. That in and of itself is enough to make readers
stand up and take attention! Crisis was once a normal cop living in an
abnormal world, trying to do what was right, but he knew that he would
need more to make a difference. He’s a normal guy, trying to live a normal
life, all the while trying to make the streets a better place. It was that
determination combined with his relationships with the original supporting
cast and the villains in his series that won him the votes of readers this
year. Congratulations, Gregg! Best Team Avengers West Coast Runner-Up: Force Works *cough*achem* Is this thing on? *FEEEEEEEEEEDBACCCKKKKKKK* Sorry. Bryan Locke here, alive and well after all this time, proud to present a couple of awards for this year's Tookies. Certainly the winners deserve the recognition! Chances are, when you saw that Avengers West Coast had a new issue on the digital racks, you found yourself excited to read something good. How could you not be excited? Josh Reynolds took that team all over the place, with fan favorites like Hawkeye, Conan, Red Sonja, and Iron Man! Meriades Rai kept the ball rolling with a stellar issue 50 that kept the same exciting pace with fresh faces like Elsa Bloodstone and Rocket Racer. Reading about all those characters in one place can get a writer's creative juices flowing, so who knows how inspired we all were when we read about the exploits of the AWC? There's
no doubt about the number one team at M2K! Here's to the Avengers West
Coast! Best Imprint Knights Runner-Up: Heroes It was bound to happen! Cory Wiegel – avid writer and supporter of the X-Men Branch at Marvel 2000 – returning with some incredible news. After six years of holding on to the Best Imprint Award with a kung-fu death grip of doom, the Heroes Branch has finally been dethroned by none other than the Knights Branch! It was by a slim margin, to be sure, the likes of which hasn’t been seen since the Heroes/Alternate Branch battle of 2007. However, the Knights Branch has finally prevailed and opened the door for all of the other branches to take the Best Imprint award back next year. Will the X-Men Branch make the comeback everyone’s been cheering for? Will the Alternate Branch finally fights its way to the top, if even only for one year? Or will the Heroes Branch return with a bloody vengeance? Only 2011 will tell! Until
then, the writers and fans of the Knights Branch can bask in victory.
Congratulations to all of the writers involved in making the Knights
Branch a hit once more. 2010 was your year! Best Writer Meriades Rai Runner-Up: Josh Reynolds And here I am again, Bryan Locke, ready to give out another of these bad boys: Best Writer! It felt like a pretty slow year around M2K, despite the fallout from the Kang/Ultron War, and the villianous exodus to the West Coast. I know I can't complain, with my over-written three issues! But there's one writer around here who always managed to hammer out an incredible issue. That one writer who was bound to generate at least one review, or even a conversation over just a preview! That kind of energy was essential to keeping the site going strong all last year and into this one. So,
Meriades Rai, here's your Tookie! Whether taking the reins smoothly and
wonderfully from Josh Reynolds on AWC, or closing your own fanfic
masterpiece with the last issue of Ultimate Defenders, you were the cream
of M2K's crop of writers this past year. You better get a bigger mantle
for these things, buddy. Best Fight Everybody vs. The Hulk Runner-Up: The Brotherhood vs. The X-Men on Muir Island
Hunter Lambright again. I knew I shouldn't have stuck around backstage,
but the hors d'oeuvres looked too good to pass up. And next thing I
know, Wiegel's dragged me back onstage! But hey, while I'm here, let's
talk about the winner of Best Fight! Best Moment The Death of Paul Stacy Runner-Up: Reed Working For Annihilus Everyone be sure to welcome me, D. Golightly, back for another award…
Fanfic is often filled with insane moments of glory, with heroes bashing
each others' faces in. Many members of our community act out their fantasy
battles on epic war fronts, like Times Square or the Blue Area of the
Moon. With cosmic gods and wayward demons going head to head, the more
subtle and realistic moments tend to stick out, just as a key issue of
Amazing Spider-Man showed. Best Team-Up The Knights Vigilantes Runner-Up: The Hyborean Avengers
Daniel
Ingram back again. Marvel
2000's had it's fair share of team-ups, but the one that's beaten them all
was the team up of the Knights. Moon Knight, Nighthawk and Iron Fist are
awesome characters by themselves, and are no less awesome conbined! This
creative team of street fighters won best team up of the year, and it's
not hard to see why! So congrats, Steve! HALL OF FAME Joining the Hall of Fame winners of years past is yet another former Editor-in-Chief at Marvel 2000. Taking in more than half of the votes this year was none other than… Daniel Ingram Dan is a rare breed of writer in group fan fiction. Not only does he keep the list of titles he writes and the list of sites he writes for to a bare minimum, but he works slowly and surely on each title evenly with the same passion and attention to story, character, and meaning. Force Works and Excalibur have been long-standing pillars in the Knights and Heroes Branches, respectively, and both have without a doubt contributed to the strength of Marvel 2000 like few other titles have in its eleven history. After
quite a few years writing fan fiction for us, Dan’s carved out corners of
the site all his own worthy of more than just praise and reviews. His
dedication, hard work, and reliability have earned him the respect and
loyalty of not just voters this year, but of every writer and reader at
Marvel 2000 since he’s joined us. If slow and steady ever won the race, it
was right here at Marvel 2000. These qualities and more are what make him
a model writer for anyone to aspire to be. Congratulations, Dan, and
welcome to the Hall of Fame!!!
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