[Byrntrigan]

Ie. Cartoon/Video Game/Graphic Novel/Book/Fictional character

and in that same vein women who portray those characters,

ie

Angelina Jolie as Lara Croft
Anna Paquin as Rogue
Halle Barry as Storm
Katee Sackoff as Starbuck etc

or no - any fictional character is allowed as long as the actress portraying her isn't already drafted.

What say you? The poll lasts 2 days - and whatever everyone votes for is the final ruling.

[Stu]

The problem I see is that there's no clear distinction between the two. I mean you actually put "fictional character" as one of the variations in the first category, then say "Any Fictional Character" as the second. What's the difference? And isn't Video Game/Comic/Cartoon/Book all sorta covered anyway by "Fictional"?

[Lucky]

Right. What separates "Starbuck" from "Annie from Community" is the problem. There's nothing in the first description that eliminates Annie. You're thinking one thing but you're not properly verbalizing it.

[Byrntrigan]

What would be a better way to express what I'm trying to describe besides "A female character from a medium other then TV / Movies that you'd wanna have relations with" and not leave things open to interpretations?

[Lucky]

It sounds like you're saying the "Most have originated in another medium" thing many of us were assuming. Problem is, that eliminates Starbuck as much as Annie.

If you want Starbuck included than I have no idea. The best I can figure is that you want "geeky" type characters allowed such as sci-fi folk like Starbuck and Spock. But unless you clearly define those guidelines there's nothing stopping AA from arguing that Annie is on a geeky show because its just a subjective opinion. You'd have to say "Comic Book, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, whatever characters". But you can't put "whatever." Leave the door open you leave it open to these debates.

[Byrntrigan]

Thanks Lucky. I think the wording I'll use is

"Cartoon/Video Game/Graphic Novel/Book/Sci-Fi/Fantasy - need not be a real live woman"

Does this bring the spirit of the category to bear without any AA rule loopholes?

[Byrntrigan]

If no one has an objection - geek will be defined with the above definition.

[Attitude Adjuster]

That works for me. (insert evil laugh here.)

[DevSop]

I don't like the "fictional character" aspect of the poll, but whatever works. I just think that during the showdown instead of putting the actress' name in the poll you use the character. So it would be Rogue vs Starbuck vs Nancy Callahan etc.

[Stu]

Jan 14, 2010 19:00:52 GMT -5 Byrntrigan said:

Thanks Lucky. I think the wording I'll use is

"Cartoon/Video Game/Graphic Novel/Book/Sci-Fi/Fantasy - need not be a real live woman"

Does this bring the spirit of the category to bear without any AA rule loopholes?

And when we supply a pic for the polls on these, they have to be of the CHARACTER, not the actress in real life too, I assume?

[Byrntrigan]

Jan 18, 2010 17:58:14 GMT -5 Stu said:

Jan 14, 2010 19:00:52 GMT -5 Byrntrigan said:

Thanks Lucky. I think the wording I'll use is

"Cartoon/Video Game/Graphic Novel/Book/Sci-Fi/Fantasy - need not be a real live woman"

Does this bring the spirit of the category to bear without any AA rule loopholes?

And when we supply a pic for the polls on these, they have to be of the CHARACTER, not the actress in real life too, I assume?

Yes. As it was the character who was drafted - not who portrayed it.

MTA: Although we want a pic of the woman "portraying" the character - not a comic pic.