Thursday, April 2, 2009

March Madness - The Whedonverse Character Tournament FINALE!

Well after a whole month of doing this we're finally coming to the end of the "March Madness" tournament. We started with 64 beloved Whedonverse characters and now we're down to the Final 2, as voted by you. Thanks so much to everyone who participated and made this so enjoyable. Maybe next time we'll do a "Worst of the lot" tourney. FYI, even if you never voted before, please feel free to still vote in this championship round.

The Final Four was intense, but then again we are a passionate bunch, right? Spike pretty much clobbered Willow, not a surprise...but Red had more than a few fans with 69 votes. The real surprise was Giles beating Buffy by a huge landslide at one point early on! But the slayer came back in the end to beat Giles by an even 20 points. I always thought Buffy would make it to the end, but she sure got a run for her money a few times. See below for battle for the championship:

Location: The Hellmouth, Hell
Spike vs. Buffy
Ack!
Choose and Perish...

Winner of the East: Spike 132 to Willow 69 ,
Winner of the West: Giles 90 to Buffy 110

And that is your final showdown of the Whedonverse. It's ending in 2 days - Friday, April 3rd at 11:59 pm EST (shortly after Dollhouse!) Like always, if you want to play along, please leave your choices in the comments section of this post!

If your curious to see the bracket showing how the tourney went, click here to enlarge:


478 comments:

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Anonymous said...

Buffy!!

Slayer comma The said...

Buff Buff

chic_c said...

Spike.

Anonymous said...

Buffy...

luvseric said...

Spike.

Anonymous said...

Buffy

Anonymous said...

Spike 4ever

Anonymous said...

Buffy

Anonymous said...

Spike (Y)

Anonymous said...

buffy, no doubt about it!

Elizabeth said...

Buffy!!

Patricia said...

Spike

JD said...

Buffy

Unknown said...

Spike!!

He was a hell of a character- savior, sinner, lover, fighter; he was everything, including, by the end, a hell of a man.

elainecleo said...

I would love to see this contest run from the start on a web site that would only let you vote one time. Just to see how it would come out, fair and square, so not one could claim cheating went on. Just saying.

Anonymous said...

Spike

Joanha said...

Buffy!

Anonymous said...

Very tough call. I'll let Joss' words settle it for me:

"The very first mission statement of the show was the joy of female power: having it, using it, sharing it."

"After seven years your mission statement may have changed. Ours remained pretty much the same, or rather came full circle. We looked at the idea of power; the girl who had power that nobody understood, living in high school and how hard that was. We came back to that girl and that concept very strongly in the seventh season on purpose because we knew it was our last."

Okay - Buffy.

thedothatgirl said...

Buffy

Anarchangel said...

Spike

Anonymous said...

Buffy.

Anonymous said...

BUFFY...

Anica1410 said...

Spuffy..XDXDXDXD...Ok, mmmmm.. Spike

Anonymous said...

Spike

Anonymous said...

Buffy Buffy Buffy!!!!

cryingangel said...

BUFFY

Anonymous said...

Definitely Buffy.

Anonymous said...

Spike!

Clairetmc said...

Whilst I agree there are a few harsh comments regarding the character of Spike from Buffy voters, most of them have just been honest about his character flaws and/or actions.
The same could be said of Spike fans about Buffy.
I think it's been a pretty even playing field in regards to "Not-so-nice" comments about each character.

john hart said...

Spike

Rachel said...

Buffy

Susana said...

Buffy.

Unknown said...

Buffy!

sintonia said...

Spike, you know, hehe!

Anonymous said...

Buffy - my favorite character, now and forever!

Anonymous said...

Buffy - she is the chosen one.

Anonymous said...

Spike! <3

Anonymous said...

Buffy.

Anonymous said...

I say....Spuffy. They join together and rule the whedonverse as the happy kick ass couple they were always meant to be.

Anonymous said...

Obe more try, I seem to be doing something wrong.

Spoke

Anonymous said...

spike is icky

Anonymous said...

I love Buffy and all but my vote definitely goes to Spike!

Anonymous said...

Spike!!!!

Anonymous said...

spike

Anonymous said...

Wow, I can't believe Spike has so many fans. A Willow-Buffy matchup would've been torture, but this is a no-brainer.

Buffy all the way.

Anonymous said...

yeah

next match will be without Spike, he's evil, his fans are evil, world will be a better place without spike

Ivan said...

Buffy

Tara said...

That's it!!!! It's over...whew!

Anonymous said...

As if there could be any other choice....Buffy.

There's a reason it was HER show after all. Accept no substitutes!

nmcil said...

Tough Choice but I have to go with Spike because he had the most intense and compelling story and journey -

Anonymous said...

Spike

Rayna said...

Buffy

Not my first choice but Spike just was not evil enough for me. I wish Wes would have made it here.

elainecleo said...

So hurry, who won, I have been keeping count and I am pretty sure who won, but it is very close and I might have missed....PLEASE HURRY.LOL
Just want to say a big THANK YOU for doing this it was so much fun.

Merilinne said...

BUFFY!

Anonymous said...

Buffyyy!!!!

Kelly said...

Buffy

Clairetmc said...

Is this still going?

Belinda said...

The voting is close now no?
I've been keeping count to but I migth have missed something too. The votes afther the dead line don't count...or do they?
It's been a HELL of a championship!!!

Clairetmc said...

I counted to. However, I may have miscounted or something so I really want the official announcement on this. Especially considering how close it came in my count.

Anonymous said...

buffy

Veiriti said...

I'd like to thank to the Buffyfest team for the wonderful game! I loved it! And like I said before it doesn't matter who is the winner – SPUFFY is the winner! And I'm not surprised, because Spuffy wins everywhere – best TV couple , the hottest couple ever... Buffy and Spike are the best characters on Whedonverse and that is important...
In conclusion I would like to replay to some people here who think that Spike is a rapist...
I don't remember Spike to rape anyone in that show...
And about the "bathroom scene" – I couldn't call it a "rape scene", because it's not... I have two rhetorical questions :
Can you rape someone who is stronger than you? I doubt - Buffy isn't some poor, defenseless girl – she is a vampire slayer, for God sake! And she supposed to be stronger than Spike! So, that scene has nonsense for me.
Second question: Why after this "rape attempt" Buffy had brought her sister to his crypt Spike to protect her? Well, can you entrust your baby sister to the care and to the hands of someone who is a rapist?! And she was too confused when she found out that Spike's left the town... So I doubt that Buffy had looked at his act in a bathroom like a rape. Their sex during the season 6 was a kind of rough – broken buildings, bite marks, handcuffs and she enjoyed it! The sex with him made her to feel alive! Actually she was the first who started it... Nevermind – I love both of them – they are so equal - two strong and complex characters, they are a soulmates and I love their relationship – it was more interesting, more passionate relationship than the other Buffy’s relationships and that's why many people prefer it.
And I'd like to say - Spike is not evil and we, his fans aren't evil too, Anonymous you don't know us, nor Spike.
Thanks for this game again!!!

Anonymous said...

Buffy. Team Slayer!

Offek said...

Buffy all the way! would've preferred willow but what can you do...

Clairetmc said...

veiriti - Rape is non-consensual sex.
He tried to iniate sex. She said no. He continued to try and force himself on her. That is attempted rape. No ifs ands or buts about it.

Anonymous said...

spike

Anonymous said...

Spike

Anonymous said...

Spike

Anonymous said...

SPIKEY

Anonymous said...

Blondie bear^^

Anonymous said...

Spike

Belinda said...

I did the recount over and over again on this one, my results are exactly the opposite. I just want it to say it just in case someone else shares my count.

Michelle said...

Belinda,

As Tara stated in the final post, we double and triple check the votes. Buffy won, not by much, but she won. We created this tournament for fun and we would never tarnish the name of this site by cheating.

We hope everyone enjoyed themselves.

Belinda said...

Michelle,
I never used the word CHEAT, I don't think anyone would cheat on a contest where everybody can see how the voting goes! All I meant was that maybe there was some kind of mistake... and HONEST mistake...nothing else...of course It was for fun, I've posted that myself on an earlier comment! Nobody is accusing anyone of nothing! And I'm just posting this because someone just went to my page on Buffytube and said that I accused you guys of cheating!

Tara said...

Yes that was me, Belinda. It wasn't towards you, individually. But we got word of someone insinuating otherwise on Whedonesque, of all places. This website is important to all of us here and that is rather offensive. This is the last I will speak of this, because it's getting rather silly...but I'd appreciate it if everyone would trust that we know how to count.

Again, nothing against you and with total respect.

Belinda said...

You're rigth...this IS getting silly so this would also be the last time I post a comment. That person on Whendonesque wasn't me... and you went to my page... then I think that was towards me. And I don't think there's anything wrong with my original post, If you thought it was insulting, it wasn't meant to be at all. I wouldn't do that.
So lest stop here...I agree this is silly, the contest is over, and I'm sure we all have better things to do.
Also with total respect.

Anonymous said...

SPIIIIIIIIIIIKE

Anonymous said...

STILLLLL ROOOOCKS

Unknown said...

Spike!

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