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It's taken me a while to get around to making this entry, but Vulpix is the official winner of the Steel Cage Pokémon Battle I Guess?! Cubone put up an admirable fight, but Vulpix took the final round by thirty-three votes to twenty.

Or, in other words:

VULPINE VICTORY

YOU ARE COMMANDED TO ADMIRE THE LUSTRE OF YOUR NEW VULPIX OVERLORD'S FUR

celebratory image very kindly made by

th_esaurus!

I ended up voting against Vulpix in most rounds, which is odd because I actually think Vulpix is great! My reasoning tended to end up being 'All right, here are two Pokémon I love a roughly equal amount. Which should I vote for? I SUPPOSE THE ONE THAT DIDN'T GO OFF TO BE EXCLUSIVE TO BLUE VERSION, LIKE A DICK.'

(The exception to this reasoning was the final round; I probably do actually like Vulpix more than Cubone, but I voted for Cubone largely because I was so impressed that it had managed to squeeze past Pikachu into the finals. I can never resist a spirited underdog. Well, all right, that round and the round in which Vulpix was up against Bulbasaur, who is my favourite.)

But, despite being exclusive to the wrong version, Vulpix is an adorable six-tailed fire-breathing fox cub! Its HeartGold Pokédex entry describes it as 'warm and cuddly'! It will set fire to your possessions and then gaze at you with huge endearing eyes until you are forced to forgive it! A worthy winner, I feel.

(Vulpix is also a Pokémon that suits many, many fictional characters. Running a quick search of my journal entries, I find that I've assigned it to Morgana of Merlin, Fernando Sucre of Prison Break, Kurt Hummel of Glee, Jessica Fisher of Waterloo Road, Wayne Rigsby of The Mentalist, Iroh of Avatar: The Last Airbender and Richard Hammond of Top Gear (who, all right, is only half-fictional). Only Eevee has proved more versatile. What we can learn from this is that - well, all right, what we can learn from this is that I spend too much time talking about what Pokémon various characters would have, but that was always fairly obvious. Iroh has a Vulpix; Iroh is amazing; therefore, Vulpix is amazing. Solid fact.)

Thank you so much to everyone who voted and campaigned! I had great fun hosting this. NOW SOMEBODY DO IT FOR THE SECOND GENERATION. (EDIT: Wow, I wasn't expecting that to actually work, but

dev_chieftain has taken it up! The first Generation II poll is over here.)

The last poll already! How time flies when you're clicking on little round buttons to indicate your preferred Pokémon.

I have been having far too much fun hosting this.

look I never claimed to be a good or even a capable artist

In a turn of events that I certainly failed to foresee, both Pikachu and Eevee were knocked out in the semi-finals, leaving Cubone and Vulpix to fight for the title of champion in the

FINAL ROUND

( STEEL CAGE POKÉMON BATTLE I GUESS? FINAL ROUND )

The picture of Pikachu above in no way means I'm bitter about Cubone's victory (as opposed to the picture of Bulbasaur in round three, about whose loss I was definitely bitter). I may have voted for Pikachu (as I've trained one, whereas I've never actually had a Cubone in my team), but I was sort of delighted to see such a triumph of the underdog. Also, Cubone had a joy of a campaign in the semi-finals; particular mention must go to his remarkable performance as Hamlet, courtesy of

dev_chieftain.

Other contributions in the last round:

bubbles_san provided Indiana Jones manips and crossover ficlets in support of Cubone,

dracothelizard portrayed the outcome of the Cubone-versus-Pikachu battle,

timydamonkey drew Pikachu,

arguingvitality drew Vulpix, and

nightfire_kvala drew an Eevee which was then swiftly appropriated and demonised by

subtle_rift.

It's the final round now; last chance to campaign for your favourite! This poll will be closed at around 15.00 GMT tomorrow (the sixth of March), and I'll try to make an entry celebrating the winner on Monday.

Hello! No elaborate leadup this time, I'm afraid, as I have

sos_your_face as a guest and I'm neglecting her.

SEMI-FINAL

( STEEL CAGE POKÉMON BATTLE I GUESS? SEMI-FINAL )

I'll edit the Pokémon pictures from the last round in here later. (More would be very welcome!)

Oh, dear, I'd forgotten how absolutely mad

f_march_madness sends me. I've had to change my Doctor Who vote from Donna to Eleven; it pains me not to vote for her, but it had to be done. If you could go over here and vote for the Eleventh Doctor to represent Doctor Who, I would really appreciate it. Obviously I don't expect you to refrain from voting Ten if he's your favourite, but I may give you wounded looks.

(I also had to change my Glee vote from Kurt to Blaine, because it's obviously a race between Kurt and Rachel and I love them both. If I voted for Kurt, I'd feel bad if he beat Rachel; if I voted for Rachel, I'd feel bad if she beat Kurt. My only option is moving my vote to a character who definitely won't win, so I can relax in the knowledge that I had no part in the downfall of either. I am far too invested in this silly contest.)

And now!

And in my heart, Bulbasaur. And in my heart.

ROUND THREE

( STEEL CAGE POKÉMON BATTLE I GUESS? ROUND THREE )

As before, you are encouraged to campaign by posting drawings of your favourites in the comments! (The use of MS Paint is encouraged, and enthusiasm is more important than skill.) Contributions in the last round:

nightfire_kvala drew Vulpix, Onix, Dratini, Pikachu, Squirtle, Scyther and Bulbasaur,

totaldrwhofreak drew Sandshrew (which... wasn't actually in that round, but WHO CARES, POKÉMON DRAWINGS ARE GREAT), and

subtle_rift drew Onix. This round closes at 16.00 GMT tomorrow (the fourth of March), or possibly slightly earlier. OR POSSIBLY NOT UNTIL SATURDAY. You just don't know! How exciting.

I think I'm going to tuck 'Psyduck isn't part Psychic-type' into the corner of my mind reserved for Facts About Pokémon I Refuse To Accept, along with 'Dratini is six feet long' and 'they aren't real'.

Anyway! Round One of the Steel Cage Pokémon Battle I Guess? is now closed; here is Round Two. I was planning to post this at four o'clock, but I've just realised that I'm probably going to be on a train at that time, so have it now instead.

(

f_march_madness, the competition that inspired this, is now underway! I am biting my nails over the Supernatural and Doctor Who polls, each of which is a neck-and-neck race between two characters, one of whom I wouldn't be able to support if they ended up representing the fandom (Dean Winchester because he's won this entire game before and the Tenth Doctor because I don't really like him). I'm sort of desperately hoping that Donna Noble will magically jump seventy votes and take the Doctor Who category, because I love her so much, but I'd be happy with the Eleventh Doctor. Ruby jumping eight hundred votes to win Supernatural seems a little too much to hope for.)

Please continue to campaign by posting drawings of your favourites in the comments! (The use of MS Paint is encouraged, and enthusiasm is more important than skill.) Contributions in the last round:

arguingvitality drew Jigglypuff, Voltorb, Jynx and Eevee,

tiger_pause drew Psyduck,

timydamonkey drew Ditto and Venonat,

kaatsu drew Lapras,

saffy_cat drew Charmander,

nightfire_kvala drew Ponyta, Staryu, Oddish and, erm, the Hungarian Horntail, and

zarla drew the most frightening Paras and Parasect you will ever see.

AND NOW:

ROUND TWO

Remember that you're voting for your favourites, rather than the Pokémon you think would win. This round closes at 16.00 GMT tomorrow (the third of March).

( STEEL CAGE POKÉMON BATTLE I GUESS? ROUND TWO )

...I'm trying to show impartiality as the contest holder, but I can't help it. BULBASAUR, I CHOOSE YOU.

PSYDUCK ISN'T A PSYCHIC TYPE

WHAT

WHAT

HOW DID I NEVER REALISE THIS

WHAT SORT OF MAD WORLD DO WE LIVE IN

Anyway!

f_march_madness (initially mistyped as 'f_mad_marchness'), the yearly multi-fandom character steel cage match contest, is coming up soon, and this has rather got me in the mood for pitting things against other things.

THEREFORE: POKÉMON SHOWDOWN TIME. (I was initially planning to do this after

f_march_madness had finished, but I've just realised that my paid time is running out in a month, so I'd better do this whilst I have the ability to make polls.)

First-generation only, first-stage only, no legendaries. The first round determines the Pokémon to be representing each elemental type (Ice has been assimilated into other types; apologies to Ice Pokémon fans). Pokémon are generally sorted by primary type, but I've thrown a few Pokémon into their secondary-type categories to make the numbers work and/or according to my own capricious whims (this is a very informal contest). Water and Normal, being by far the largest categories, have each been split into two.

I highly encourage campaigning for your favourite Pokémon by posting poorly-drawn representations of them in the comments (bonus points for using MS Paint).

WITHOUT FURTHER ADO:

( STEEL CAGE POKÉMON BATTLE I GUESS? ROUND ONE )

Second round opens probably around the second of March, unless I forget about this entirely, which is quite possible. In any case, have fun voting!

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