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I didn't vote for 'In Memory of Penny Lesse' as 'Best Pairing, Het', even though I loved it as a story, because I didn't see it as being a pairing. Admittedly the one I voted for in that category wasn't all that much of a pairing either but at least the characters in question did have a brief physical fling during the story; it, and your pair of fics, were the three best stories nominated in the category by a mile. 'Love, After' suffers from being a Mummy 3 crossover; I haven't seen the movie and, after seeing the reviews, I have no intention of EVER seeing it even when it arrives on TV.

Now that the fic that I had voted for as Best Short (a truly superb BtVS/Pride and Prejudice crossover which gets bonus marks for extreme originality) has fallen out I've switched my vote to 'In Memory of Penny Lesse'.

In most of the categories in which the ones I'd voted for didn't make it through I will not be voting again. There were a few where I pondered my decision deeply before voting because there were 3 or 4 truly exceptional stories among the nominees - and none of them made it through! In a couple where I was nominated, and voted for myself, I had another fic in mind as the one I would have voted for if I hadn't been nominated; they didn't make it through either.

I noticed that a few fics that I'd liked as stories, but rejected as recipients of my vote because the spelling and grammar made my eyes bleed, made it through to the second round.

If I can only bring myself to do a serious version of my Ultimate Super!Xander plot bunny I think I can guarantee my outright victory next year; alas, I think that taking the concept seriously is completely impossible for me.