2018 X-Book Awards voting

[Master of Sound]

Death of the Year
Like every year, we loose people in the many battles, which death of an X-Men or supporting X-characters who died this year made most impression on you? If you nominate others, I'll make sure the nominees will be updated.

Nominees
3 tigers by Sabretooth and Omega Red
Bastion by Shen Xorn
Bloodstorm spiked by Ahab
Cable killed by hooded Teen Cable
Esmé and Sophie Cuckoo
Eyeboy
Kyle, the blue mutant kid - by Cassandra Nova
Mimic, sacrificed himself tragically
Sapphire Styx explodes
Shen Xorn
UK Ambassador Marbury (Red #1)
Ultimate Marauders

[Master of Sound]

Most Missed Character
Oddly, we give out an award to the 'most missed character', who gets an award for not showing up in an X-book during the calendar year, even though we wish they did. Do keep in mind, some you missed might have been in an annual only, but still appeared.

Note:*If you nominate someone who has appeared in a story (more than a cameo of course), they will not be valid.

Some suggestions
Cyclops
Destiny
Doc Kavita Rao
Doctor Nemesis
Dust
Fantomex
Frenzy
Hellion
Hollow
Icarus
Indra
Lady Mastermind
Madison Jeffries
Match
Moira MacTaggert
Northstar
Omega Sentinel
Sage
Sauron
Siryn
Spiral
Surge
Wind Dancer
Yukio

[Master of Sound]

Most Bizarre Moment of the Year (the Rouge Mort Trophy)
Choose three moments from 2017 that left you as a reader, shaking your head, and reading it something again, and again, to believe it actually happened, or that caused a popping sound to occur in your cerebral cortex, they were so weird. I will update the list as soon as moments are added which were not here yet.


Suggestions
Anole suddenly lost his spikey arms
Another body swap for Psylocke
Beast kept zombie Banshee 'in the fridge'
Cyphers homeless look
Fantomex okay with giving body to Xavier
Femme Fatales beat Psylocke, Rogue and Storm in seconds
Gabby's rainbow Sentinel
Havok's face healed by Elixir
Hot claws of Wolverine
How easy it was to un-invert Havok
Jimmy becoming Poison
Karma is using her former team mates
Kitty phases through floor after declining to wed Peter
Lilandra laid an egg? Kid Rogue/Xandra hatches from it
Mimic mimics Teen Cyclops and dies
Multiple Man is a villain now.
Mustage Gambit in Cosmic Ghostrider
New Mutants Getting T-O'd
Shen Xorn 'sucking in' Bastion
Stacy X crashing Rejex meeting
Wanderer (of the Goth) used after decades being forgotten
Warlock in Dead Souls
Warpath's in Weapon X
X-Man as Jesus/ Mutant Messiah
Xavier is now X
Zombie Banshee

[Master of Sound]

Shocking Moment of the Year
Pick the three most jaw-dropping plot twists from 2017 that blew your mind, and made you start going through withdrawals for the next issue of a comic to find out what happened next.

Suggestions:
Banshee returns as a zombie?
Beak repowered and appearing one panel
Cable killed by … Cable
Christian Frost returns and has powers
Cyclops returns at end Extermination
Gambit and Rogue getting married, instead of Kitty/Peter
Gambit charged the whole helicarrier in RED finale
Jubilee repowered
Kitty leaves Colossus at the altar
Kitty phases when Peter wants to put on 'the ring'
Mariko Yashida revealed to be resurrected as the Scarlet Samurai.
Magik puts kitten through Limbo
Mimic sacrificing himself
New Mutants infected with TO Virus
Polaris/Malice slaughtering the Raksha
Psylocke rebuilds body to former self and Kwannon back in original body
Rachel becomes the Hound
Sapphire Styx' body shatters
Teen Jean becomes a Poison
The X-Men have a non mutant DNA-altered sleeper agent among them
Tran Coy Manh is alive and kicking
Unuscione being Mothervined
X-23 has a real mother and is not just Logan's clone
X-Men have a non-mutant Sleeper Agent among them
X just mindwiping everyone after AXM arc, for no good reason

[Master of Sound]

Funniest Moment of the Year
Whether the writers and artists were trying intentionally to be funny or not, choose three moments from the X-books in 2018 that made you LOL.

Suggestions
Beast-skin rug in Multiple Man
Bishop gives man his anti-mutant sign back after saving him from a dinosaur
Bitching between Gambit and Deadpool in MMX #2
Briar gettin 'exited' about Polaris slaughtering the Raksha
Colossus totally dissing Kitty (end of AXM)
Dazzler wears a wig
Dazzler’s awful concert turnout in AXM
Emma meeting the X-men at Malmart
Glob Herman under the mistletoe
Havok cannot use term X-men for his team
Jubilee beats 37 kinds of crap out of Arcade
Jubilee has a “Clunky Dad Joke” Jar for Iceman’s bad jokes.
Iceman calling his team-up with Bishop "Iceshop"
Kitty getting flashed by Rogue and Gambit on their honeymoon
Kitty phases through floor at her wedding
Laura asking Gambit if he wants her to cut/stab him in MMX
Legion banging his head
Magik puts kitten through Limbo
Omega Red walking in the snow with purring baby tiger
Rictor and the talking snakes
Shatterstar cooking naked

[Master of Sound]

Quote of the Year
Vote for 3 of the most quotable lines uttered in an X-book from 2018. Which line would you love to use one day yourself, or made you go yiiihaaa!? This list will be updated when new quotes are added in your top 3.

Suggestions:
"Are there no pants in space?" - Kitty
"Abomination." "Mom...?" (Woman about to shoot her mutant daughter, X-Men Red #1)
"EEEEEEEEEEEEE!" Banshee in AXM
"Have you met me?" - Gambit
"Hi, kids...my name is Legion. I'm Professor Xavier's son, and I'm here to save the day."
"I would like to see someone try to stop me." - Storm
"I hadn't forgotten about you, my little Canadian elf" - Northstar
I'm Sorry - Black Bolt
“I’m undicided” – Archangel
"If you're such a Beyonce fan then learn to stay in formation!" - Oya
"It's globberin' time!" - Glob Herman
"I've never felt the world so angry. So divided. I can hear you. I can hear your pain. Your fear. Your anxiety. I want to help. I don't know how, but I'll learn." - Jean Grey
"No more Souls" by Sapphire Styx/Psylocke
"Sleep Now" by Jean and Betsy
"The hate can't reach you here" - Jean Grey
"This ... Is crazy" - Rogue
"To me, my brotherhood. We have much work to do." -Magneto
"We have got a king, a queen and a Gabby and we got you Nezhno"- Jean Grey
"Welcome to the team, Karma. We're all monsters now." -Magik
"Wild horses couldn't stop me"- Rogue
"Where is Kitty Pryde?"- Multiple man
“@#$% you, humanity.” Nova as Jean
“If you're gonna Mom anyone, shouldn't you be Mom-ing Rachel, Jean?” - Teen Jean
“Merry Christmas, ya filthy animal!” - Jubilee
“Rogue. Never use “Last” wit’ us.” - Gambit
“Say hello to the new Black King, darling.” - Emma
“Tell your mom to go @$%# herself.” -Magik
"Urgh. Drama." (Cassandra Nova)
“What? Being Wolverine doesn't make me impervious to the wonder of a #$%@%$ Mermaid.” - X-23
"You've ruined me forever!' - Archangel

[Master of Sound]

Onomatopoeia of the Year
Sometimes, “BAMF” or “Snikt” says more than a thousand words. And let’s not forget the legend of “SLAM!” What were the 3 most great ones in 2017? Here are a few suggestions. Do mention (in case of multiple times or characters, which particular character and moment, so just a simple Snikt is not good enough)

Suggestions
BAMF - Kurt teleports Piotr away from his failed wedding
EEEEEEEE (Zombie Banshee entering the scene in AXM)
GRAHHHHHHHHHHH! - Rogue absorbs all the golems
Hsssst (Baby tiger Kotik hissing to Director Rossovich)
Prrrr (baby tiger Kotic purring to Sabretooth/ Omega Red)
SCRAASSHH (Unuscione using updraded power against Sentinels)
SHUNK -Ahab turning X-Men into hounds
SKRREEEEE (Bloodstorm changes to swarm of bats)
ZASS-KCT - Aaaarghhhh (Archangel faces new sword Psylocke)

[Master of Sound]

Best Romance/Kiss of the Year
What lip-locks caught your attention? Were there mutants playing tonsil hockey that you felt were beyond hot? Or which flirtations got you all exited? Or does those who got married get you 1st place? Vote here for your 3 favorites!

Suggestions:
Background couple of Rogue & Gambit mini
Chamber & Jubilee
Colossus & Kitty Pryde
Cyclops and Jean reunited (Phoenix Ressurection)
Domino and Shang Chi
Gentle & Trinary
Jimmy & Teen Jean
Morph & Hindsight
Nightcrawler and Prestige
Rictor and Shatterstar
Rogue and Gambit
Teen Cyclops & Bloodstorm
Teen Cyke & Teen Jean

[Master of Sound]

Best Single Battle/Fight of the Year
What would you say was the best scrum between two characters of the year? Or was there an all out team versus team brawl that you feel deserves the nod? I am aware not all fights are on this suggestion list. I will update as you nominate in your votes.


Suggestions:
Cable vs. Metus
Domino vs. Topaz
Emma vs. Shaw
Gambit and Deadpool vs Deathbird's crew
Gambit uses Impulse to fight Imperial Guard
Gambit vs. Redneck standoff in Red
Gen X vs. M-Plate
Jean and Rachel vs. Cassandra Nova
Jimmy/Poison vs. Daken
Jubilee vs. Arcade
Kitty decking a bigot
Kitty slaps down Lydia Nance
Lady Deathstrike vs. Lord Dark Wind
Magneto vs. Mothervine crew
Omega Red and Sabretooth vs. 3 tigers
Polaris vs. Malice
Psylocke vs. Sapphire Styx
Rachel vs. Mesmero
Red Team (and Avengers) vs. Cassandra Nova
Rogue & Gambit vs old selves (golems)
Rogue, Gambit, and the Starjammers vs The Imperial Guard
Sabretooth vs. Graydon Creed
Sabretooth vs. Omega Red
Shatterstar and Rictor vs. Dockmaster and the Longshoremen
Shen Xorn vs. Bastion
Tran vs. Magik/ New Mutants
X and Psylocke vs. Shadowking
X-Girls vs. Crazy Maise and crew in jail
X-Men vs. Ahab and his Hounds
X-Men Blue vs Generation X
X-Men Blue, X-Men 2099 and Generation X vs the BOTA Brotherhood

[Master of Sound]

Low Point of the Year
Choose your three most groan-worthy moments of 2018, that would have made you embarrassed to be seen reading it by your friends. Or were so sad, it almost made you cry.

Suggestions
Angel/Archangel retread
Beak repowered and only appearing one pane
Cancellation Generation X
Cancellation Iceman ongoing
Cypher looks like an old homeless person
Domino becoming Harley Quinn / Deadpool
Exiles cancelled
Eyeboy killed in lame way
Gen X cancelled
Glob Herman being everywhere
Honey Badger being obnoxious
How Gold was written
Iceman #1
Iceman ongoing cancelled
Jean makes peace with the Inhumans
Kitty leaves Colossus at the altar
Kitty saying Havok cannot use title X-Men
Kitty survives plan crash
Kurt getting rejected
Magneto back to being a villain
Rachel possessed 3 times in one year
Sabretooth spouting jokes & memes
Sabretooth's inversion undone
Still no relaunch of a New X-Men/ Young X-Men title
Use of New Pyro as new Gold member, instead of using an establised fire based character like Neal Shaara, Sunfire, Rusty or Match
Warpath leaving Weapon X
Weapon H has no ties to the X-verse at all
Xavier coming back as a man called X

[Master of Sound]

Highlight of the Year
Choose the three moments that made you grin from ear to ear, and then come on CBR to sing the praises of the creative teams for giving you the goods. What moments this year in the X-books did you want to share with all your friends? No matter if they are caring for the X-Man or not.

Suggestions:
All those New X-men kids on the Uncanny teaser poster
All-New Wolverine getting finished
Banshee returned
Bloodstorm transforms in swarm of bats and attacks Ult. Marauders
Bloodstorm turns into swarm of bats
Cerise back in an X-book.
Cyclops returnsat the end of Extermination
Emma becoming Black King
Exiles Reunion with previous characters
Firestar in Hunt for Wolverine
Gambit proposing to Rogue (snif)
Gambit charged helicarrier in Red finale
Gazing Nightshade becomes an X-Man
Gentle upgraded to official X-Man
Gold getting cancelled
Heart to heart talk OML with Glob Herman
Honey Badger becomes an X-Man
Iceman gets a follow-up mini
Iceman has his own X-Men team
Introduction new Blue X-Men team, with Polaris, Xorn, Nightshade etc
Jean Grey returned
Jean has her own X-Men team
Jubille gets powers back in last issue of Gen X
Kitty and Colossus' "romance" bites the dust. Again.
Kwannon returned
Marriage Rogue and Gambit
MLFreunited and returned
Morph/Hindsight kiss
Mothervine repowers Beak
Mr. & Mrs. X serie launched
New Iceman title launched
New X-Men kids get an actual role in Disassembled
Nightcrawler's beard
Not-marriage Kitty/Peter
O5 sent back to the past
Psylocke no longer in Asian body
Reintroduction of Tran as a villain
Return of Banshee
Rogue & Gambit getting great focus in their mini
Shatterstar is getting his solo mini
Uncanny returns
Weapon X getting Cancelled
Wolverine is back
X-Men Red

[Master of Sound]

This thread will be open for voting soon

[Master of Sound]

Okayyy, you can start voting now. You can edit/change your nominations till the 1st week of January.

Remember, you do not have to vote for each category, but you do have to submit a top 3 to make the votes valid.

If you are missing some at the suggestions lists, don't worry, as soon as you submit them in your top 3, I will update the lists.

Finally, let's not discuss the characters, writers etc. in this thread. This thread is for voting.

Hope you all will enjoy this voting as much as last year.

THANKS!

[Gambit, King of Thieves]

Debut Character of the Year
Choose three characters who had their first appearance in a comic book in 2018, that you feel as a result, have a big future in the X-verse. If your favorites are not on the suggestion list, they will be added as soon as someone adds them in their top 3.


Nominees:
Baby tiger Kotik (Weapon X)
Lavish (Rogue & Gambit mini)
Maxime
Metus (Cable friend/villain)
Persephone
Samurai (MLF)
Senator Allen
Teen Abomination
Teen Cable
Trinary
Uovu
Xandra

Teen Abomination came from Iron Man pre-Secret Wars

[Purplevit]

Okayyy, you can start voting now. You can edit/change your nominations till the 1st week of January.

Remember, you do not have to vote for each category, but you do have to submit a top 3 to make the votes valid.

If you are missing some at the suggestions lists, don't worry, as soon as you submit them in your top 3, I will update the lists.

Finally, let's not discuss the characters, writers etc. in this thread. This thread is for voting.

Hope you all will enjoy this voting as much as last year.

THANKS!

Cool work, Master of Sound! Thanks!
You need to add Gambit and Rogue wedding to suggestions because Gambit stole the wedding of the century.