Ladies and gentleman, the victors of the first annual SHIPPER GAMES!
A huuuuge number of people voted for their favorite OTPs to triumph, which totally blows my mind. Thanks for loving fictional love as much as I do, and for getting way too emotionally invested in whether or not made up people make out! I love you guys. Keep being awesome. To see the other, bested nominees in each category, see this post!
The victors get THIS (TOTALLY REAL) TROPHY to display with everlasting, hard-earned pride until the end of their days:
ULTIMATE SHIP HONORS
Best Ship of the Year
Winner: Aelin/Rowan from Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas with 21.9% of the vote
Runner up: Cress/Thorne from Winter by Marissa Meyer with 18.8%
Shippiest Book
Winner: Winter by Marissa Meyer with 27.2% of the vote
Runner up: Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli with 16.6%
Winter done smashed it
Best Author of Ships
Winner: Marissa Meyer with 25.8% of the vote
Runner up: Sarah J. Maas with 24.2%
Best Debut Ship
Winner: Simon/Blue from Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli with 47.4%
Runner up: Shazi/Khalid from The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh with 33.4%
Best LGBTQ+ Ship
Winner: Simon/Blue from Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli with 39%
Runner up: Jesper/Wylan from Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo with 23.7%
WHAT MAKES A SHIP
Hottest Hook Up
Winner: A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas with 38.4%
Runner up: Uprooted by Naomi Novik with 27.1%
Best Kiss
Winner: Cress/Thorne from Winter by Marissa Meyer with 25%
Runner up: Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas with 20.5%
TROPES
Best "I Hate Your Face But Also I Want to Smash It Against Mine"
Winner: Kestrel/Arin from The Winner's Crime by Marie Rutkoski with 20.7%
Runner up: Nina/Matthias from Six of Crows with 20.3%
And even then, The Wrath and the Dawn was only THREE VOTES behind Six of Crows!
Best "Friends to Lovers"
Winner: Aelin/Rowan from Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas with 31.7%
Runner up: Kaz/Inej from Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo with 22.1%
Best Triangle
Winner: The Heart of Betrayal by Mary E. Pearson with 21.2%
Runner up: Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard with 20.9%
ONE. VOTE. separated winner from runner up.
Best Forbidden Romance
Winner: Kestrel/Arin from The Winner's Crime by Marie Rutkoski with 39.4%
Runner up: Penryn/Raffe from End of Days by Susan Ee with 22.7%
Best "JUST KISS ALREADY"
Winner: Kaz/Inej from Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo with 22.9%
Runner up: Kell/Lila from A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab with 21.5%
GENRES
Best Fantasy Ship
Winner: Aelin/Rowan from with Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas with 19%
Runner up: Feyre/Tamlin from A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas with 15.9%
Best Contemporary Ship
Winner: Simon/Blue from Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli with 23.5%
Runner up: Watts/Mycroft from Every Word by Ellie Marney with 15.5%
Lara Jean and Peter from PS I Still Love You were only one vote behind Wattscroft
Best Paranormal Ship
Winner: Penryn/Raffe from End of Days by Susan Ee with 36.6%
Runner up: Sydney/Adrian from The Ruby Circle by Richelle Mead with 27.2%
Best Science Fiction Ship
Winner: Cress/Thorne from Winter by Marissa Meyer with 29%
Runner up: Kady/Ezra from Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff with 23.5%
Best Historical Ship
Best Historical Ship
Winner: Rob/Scarlet from Lion Heart by A.C. Gaugen with 34.3%
Runner up: Kate/Jesse from Vengeance Road by Erin Bowman with 33.1%
Runner up: Kate/Jesse from Vengeance Road by Erin Bowman with 33.1%
Two vote difference!
FUN WITH SHIPS
Most Unship
Winner: Aelin/Chaol from Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas with 22.5%
Runner up: Tariq/Shazi from The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh with 21.4%
Close third was Aelin/Rowan with 20%
Best Crackship
Winner: Dorian/Chaol from Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas with 44.6%
Runner up: Kell/Rhy from A Darker Shade of Magic with 22.1%
The Stucky of the YA world, as Morgan calls them, showed up to play
Best Friendship
Winner: Iko/Cinder from Winter by Marissa Meyer with 39.1%
Runner up: Dorian/Chaol from Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas with 15.5%
Best YA Adaptation Ship
Winner: Clarke/Bellamy from The 100 with 45.4%
Runner up: Katniss/Peeta from Mockingjay: Part Two with 29.7%
WOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Thank you to everyone who voted, nominated, tweeted, or, I don't know, enjoyed those Bellarke gifs! Have a loverly rest of the year and SHIP RESPONSIBLY, KIDS
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ReplyDeleteI may have had way too much fun voting for my favorite ships!!!! ;) I love to see Cress and Thorne winning so many categories. I do think Winter is the shippiest book of all. Kaz and Inej NEED to get together. Seriously. I couldn't vote for Aelin and Rowan because I will always like Chaol more, even though I do love them. I do ship Shazi/Khalid a LOT. I am on season 2 of The 100 and I am really liking it. It took me a couple episodes into season 1 before I really got into the show. Okay, done rambling/fangirling.
ReplyDeleteThanks for hosting/creating The Shippy Awards! That trophy is wonderful. :D
I'm SOOOOOOO excited that Simon won so many awards! This was the shippiest book I read all year and one of the most adorable contemps I've read all year. I recommend it for ALL THE THINGS. Woohoo! :)
ReplyDeleteLoved The Shippy Awards! Thanks for doing them!!! <3
Gorgeous post Gillian. <3 I adore you for doing this. But.. well. I must be honest. I'm totally disappointed with almost ALL of the results :( SOBS. People have weird tastes, LOL :D But love that lots of people voted. <3 Hugs.
ReplyDeleteI just love that Dorian/Chaol won, and that is all. #YAStuckyForever
ReplyDeleteI like this hashtag. #YAStuckyForever
DeleteThe SHIIIIIIPS!!! Best awards ever, I'm sure they were a lot of work so THANK YOU for making them happen!!! But seriously, not Jacin/Winter love?! RUDE! I love that Cress/Thorne got Sci Fi ship and that Winter got Shippiest book though because REALLY.
ReplyDeleteRoblet and Simon and Blue!!!! Woohoo! I clearly need to hurry up and read The Winner's Crime and Six of Crows because that is a lot of shipping hardware.
I'm so proud of my cinnamon roll YA Stucky babes Dorian/Chaol <3 GO FORTH, PRECIOUS MEN, AND KISS ALREADY.