White Knight Awards
I have some strong opinions - there are some things I just can't give Xander awards to - like a best overall author to someone who has only written one Xander piece ever. I feel a best author (not just overall, but in any author category) has to show some reliable ability in writing the character - not just one story, no matter how good that one story might be.
I also feel like the support category requires Xander to be a major character in the story, even if he's not the major character. And the humor category has to leave me smiling, even if it has serious elements. Stupid humor doesn't win a lot of points from me.
I'll gladly vote for slash if Xander and the story are both well-written. There are a couple of authors (more in het than slash, sadly) I wouldn't vote for if my hair was on fire and only their story would put it out. And I still can't stomach reading Spike/Buffy after all these years, so there's no chance of any story containing a lot of that even getting my consideration. I know I have some S/B fans among my friends, but I've never exactly kept my feelings on that a secret.
Even with all my personal biases, it still takes me a lot of time to read through or at least re-familiarize myself with all the choices. I'm always afraid I won't get through everything I need to read before the voting closes. I've always held Xander as my main reason for being in the Buffy fandom, so I take these awards very seriously.
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