Favorite Secondary Characters: Round VII

Greetings, Champions! Last week was quite the battle between Cinderella, Rumplestiltskin, and the Little Selkie! The four victorious secondary characters were: Cagney & Dooley with 197 votes; Lady Linnea with 156 votes; the First Regiment of the Dragon Army/Friedrich’s men with 152 votes; and Grandmother Guri with 128 votes.

Honorable mentions include Oisin and Morri with 112 votes, Gemma’s Hvit and Dylan’s Kelpie with 79 votes, Gemma’s guards with 70 votes, Cinderella’s friend Marie with 57 votes, and Cinderella’s servants with 46 votes.

As I admitted in the comments, I pretty much knew that by pairing Cagney and Dooley together as one entry it was guaranteeing they would win, but I tried to give other characters a fighting chance. (It’s why all of Friedrich’s men were lumped together as well.) I’m really happy with this poll result because each book had a character(s) place–which is a very happy occurrence. I was pretty surprised, though. I had no idea Lady Linnea was so popular, or Grandmother Guri! I hoped Friedrich’s men or Cinderella’s servants would snag a place, so I was very happy to see Friedrich’s men snag the honor. A few of you pointed out I forgot to include Pricker Patch!! I have no idea how that happened as he was on my list, so I have included him in this week’s round.

A big thank you to everyone who voted! There were 1,348 votes with 337 people casting their ballots.

I am using this cute hedgehog to distract you from the fact that you are about to ruthlessly choose from a list of beloved characters who deserves distinction. …Enjoy!

It’s time for the Seventh–and final–Round of the “Favorite Secondary Character Poll!” The last line up is: Puss in Boots VERSUS Swan Lake VERSUS Sleeping Beauty!  As it is with my hero/heroine polls, you get to cast your ballot once, but you can vote for up to four characters. (Since it’s three books I thought I would have mercy again) This poll will close August 17–so you have ONE WEEK to vote!

Choose carefully! The top four characters of this poll will go on to the FINAL ROUND, which will begin next week! (I’m looking forward to seeing who will be crowned the champion–though I have a feeling it’s going to be hard for you all to choose.)

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Favorite Secondary Characters: Round VI

Greetings, Champions! Last week you voted between characters from Beauty and the Beast and Wild Swans. The three winners were: Emele, with an astounding 129 votes–almost double Oliver’s count. Which, as might have guessed, Oliver the stableboy came in second with 69 votes, and–because probability apparently isn’t a thing in these polls–we have a tie for third place between Bernadine the cook and Prince Mikk of Arcainia, both of which had 57 votes!

Nick–Mikk’s twin–just missed making it a three-way-tie as he had 56 votes. The close votes were sorta a theme, though, as the rest of the honorable mentions are: Captain Brida with 50 votes, Heloise the housekeeper with 48, votes, Jock the dog with 47, and Prince Gerhart with 46, and finally Prince Lucien with 42.

Over 230 people cast their ballots, bringing in a total of 695 votes! Thank you to everyone who participated! This was a particularly interesting poll for me, as Emele was a HUGE favorite, but then the votes for all the other top tiers were really close! But on to the next round.

Get ready, Champions. The next round is a doozy!

It’s time for the Sixth Round of the “Favorite Secondary Character Poll!” Today’s line up is: Cinderella VERSUS Rumpelstiltskin VERSUS The Little Selkie! As it is with my hero/heroine polls, you get to cast your ballot once, but because these three books are all great favorites, I’m letting you vote for up to four secondary characters. This poll will close 8/10–so you have ONE WEEK to vote!

Choose carefully! The top four secondary characters of this poll will go on to the FINAL ROUND!

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Favorite Secondary Characters: Round V

Greetings, Champions! Four characters emerged victorious from last week’s battle of the titans, they are: Phile (of Snow Queen) with 171 votes; Seer Ringali (of Red Rope of Fate) with 130 votes; Oskar (of Snow Queen) with 105 votes; and lastly Snorri (of Snow Queen) with 69 votes.

In honorable mentions we have: Halvor (from Snow Queen) and Thad, Grygg, and Wilford (from Red Rope) were SO CLOSE with a tie of 66 votes! Just three votes off, boys! Then came Evlawyn (Tari’s maid) with 61 votes, then Kai and Gerta with 42 and 40 votes.

Approximately 260 people voted in this round, and there were 1,037 ballots cast–thanks to everyone who participated!

For the first time ever, this poll ended up roughly how I thought it would. I was a little surprised Halvor didn’t place higher, and I didn’t think Oskar would get as many votes as he did, but I had predicted that Phile and Seer Ringali would be the run-away-champions. (Which is actually quite funny if you think about it as they have opposite personalities, but I do feel that for both of their worlds they are the funniest characters in the story.) As for the honorable mentions, I did cheat a little by listing Wilford, Thad, and Grygg as one entry, but I figured since there’s only about two scenes where they don’t appear as a trio, it was fair. (Plus the Red Rope drinking scene has gone down in history as one of the funniest scenes I’ve ever written, and they are wholly responsible for it.)

It really warmed my heart to see characters from both books claim top places. (The poll was actually a close run–Thad, Grygg, and Wilford were in third place for most of the week until Snorri led an upstart!) While I love all my stories, Red Rope and Snow Queen are very dear and special to me, so it really makes me happy that they are so fiercely loved by you as well, Champions.

It’s time for the Fifth Round of the “Favorite Secondary Character Poll!” Today’s match is: Beauty and the Beast VERSUS Wild Swans! As it is with my hero/heroine polls, you get to cast your ballot once, but you can vote for up to three characters. This poll will close August 3rd–so you have ONE WEEK to vote!

Special Note:*Though Gabrielle, Puss, and Steffen all appear in Wild Swans, as Gabi and Steffen are the protagonists of their own story I’m not counting them, and Puss–as well as Toril–will appear in later polls*

Choose carefully! The top three characters of this poll will go on to the FINAL ROUND!

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