And so it begins, my friends!
The Second Annual Silmarillion Awards start today, so it’s time to nominate your favorite fantasy characters!
(Plus, don’t forget to enter the giveaway at the end of this post!)
The Silmarillion Awards are a just-for-fun “Fantasy Oscars” blog event to recognize our favorite characters from fantasy literature by awarding them “Silmaril” awards for best-in-category — more about it here, if you’re new.
We (myself and 9 other awesome bloggers, not to mention all you fantasy fans out there!) hold it in July to coincide with the anniversary of the publication of The Lord of the Rings. This is the perfect year, too — did you know Tolkien’s earliest pennings of the tales of The Silmarillion can be found in notebooks dating as far back as 1917? That’s 100 years ago, people! :O
The Silmarillion Awards is one of my favorite times of year — a time to celebrate all things Tolkien and fantasy, particularly the beloved inhabitants of our favorite fantasy books!
Here on this blog, I’m hosting . . .
The “Most Epic Heroine” Silmaril
The Most Epic Heroine Silmaril should go to a character who is a truly great heroine: she can be intelligent, brave, loving, with an inner or outer grace that defines her as a most epic heroine, willing to fight (either physically or with her intellect) against all odds for what she loves — a heroine beloved by other characters and readers alike; whether quiet or spirited, she should exemplify the spark of higher qualities which the great heroes and heroines of fantasy fiction hold.
This Silmaril will be presented by a certain shieldmaiden from the home of the horse-lords, famed for her heroism, strong will, persistence in the face of danger, and defeating a foe no man could slay, eventually finding her true place as a fair lady of healing; a graceful and truly most epic heroine.
And now, my fabulous fantasy friends, this is where you come in. These awards are fan-voted, which means you!
Nominate your favorite heroines here!
This post is the place to nominate your favorite epic heroines from fantasy, which you can do by commenting below! (Please mention the book the character is from, as well!)
If someone has already nominated a character you wanted to nominate, you can “second” (or “third”, “fourth”, “fifth” etc.) their nomination by replying to that comment.
The top five characters in each category with the most seconds/nominations will go to the next round of voting (beginning July 10).
- When nominating, please mention which book the character is from!
- You can nominate or second as many characters as you like!
- Nominations are only open to fantasy characters, as these are “Fantasy” awards (hence, things like The Hunger Games don’t apply — since that’s Dystopian, for example).
- Don’t nominate Tolkien’s characters (they’re already the standard for these categories!).
- Don’t nominate a character you wrote (though your fans are welcome to!).
- As lifetime awards, the characters who won last year aren’t eligible (though “Most Epic Heroine” is a new award this year, so there’s no one off-limits on that count for this one!).
- Spread the word on social media using #SilmAwards2017
- If you have questions that I did not answer, feel free to ask!
- Have fun!
These awards are just for fun, so enjoy yourself and have a blast celebrating all things fantasy and applauding your favorite characters (including heroines! ;)) from fantasy literature! 🙂
Timeline
Nominations are open July 3 – 7, so nominate away! 🙂
- July 10-14: Second Round Voting
- July 17-28: Awards Presented
- July 29: Fantasy Celebration
The Other Awards
Don’t forget to drop by the other blogs to see the other categories and nominate (or second) characters for those as well! (The other hosting bloggers have more fantasy giveaways too, so be sure to enter those!)
- Wisest Councillor Silmaril – Tracey @ Adventure Awaits
- Least Competent Henchman Silmaril – Kyle @ KyleRobertShultz
- Silver Tongue Silmaril – Madeline @ Short and Snappy
- Most Epic Hero Silmaril – Abbey @ Regarding Reading and Writing
- Strangest Character Silmaril – Savannah @ Scattered Scribblings
- Most Epic Heroine Silmaril – Deborah @ The Road of a Writer [You are here]
- Most Mischievous Imp Silmaril – Elise @ Author E.E. Rawls
- Most Magnificent Dragon Silmaril – DJ @ DJ Edwardson
- Most Loyal Friend Silmaril – Zac @ Zachary Totah
- Most Nefarious Villain Silmaril – Jenelle @ Jenelle Schmidt
Giveaway
Speaking of epic fantasy heroines… I’m so excited to share a delightful giveaway with you here on my blog today!
Enter the rafflecopter below for a chance to win one of two epic fantasy-themed prizes, featuring great heroines as well. 😉
One winner will receive:
Firethorn Chronicles Prize Pack (Kindle copy of The Firethorn Crown, paperback copy of Midsummer Captives, dragon wing necklace, bookmark), provided by fantasy author Lea Doué.
I’ve read and enjoyed The Firethorn Crown, and as a retelling of The Twelve Dancing Princesses, it definitely has several great fantasy heroines! 😉
A second winner will receive:
A paperback copy of Paper Crowns by Mirriam Neal, provided by yours truly.
Paper Crowns is one of my top favorite fantasy books of all time, and also features one of my favorite heroines ever. 🙂 So it seemed like the perfect thing to give away! (Plus, everyone needs to read it. XD)
Enter the giveaway HERE via the Rafflecopter
(Giveaway is open for residents of US and Canada, running through July 3 – 9, and winners will be announced sometime thereafter. :))
So what are you waiting for?
Nominate away, my fabulous fantasy friends! Who will you nominate (or second!) for Most Epic Fantasy Heroine? Comment below through July 7th and celebrate your favorite heroines! I can’t wait to see everyone’s nominations! 🙂
NOMINATIONS ARE CLOSED; VOTING BEGINS JULY 10.
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Nomination: Eilonwy from Lloyd Alexander’s Prydain Chronicles.
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Princess Eilonwy is literally my first pick for this category. 😀 (Second her!)
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I third this!
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Yes! Second! 🙂
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Second!
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I second Eilonwy!
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Seconding Eilonwy!
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I second!
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I nominate Rose Red/Vavare from Tales of Goldstone Woodd.
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I second!
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I second dear Rosie!
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Seconding Rosie! 😀
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Seconding Rose Red!
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I second Rosie. 😀
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I second Rose Red.
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I second Rose Red!
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seconded!
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Ooooh. I like this category. Who to nominate . . . Good thing I can choose multiple people!
-Sairu from Golden Daughter
-Winter from The Lunar Chronicles
-Steris from Bands of Mourning
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I second Winter… although does she count since it’s kind of sci-fi?
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That is a good point. The Lunar Chronicles are kind of soft sci-fi, so maybe they count? If not, oh well. My other nominations stand.
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I unfortunately haven’t read them, so I’m not sure! I suspect they can count as fantasy though. I shall ask my fellow awards people what they think and let you know! 🙂
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The Lunar Chronicles counts as fantasy! 🙂
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Huzzah!
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We decided Lunar Chronicles counts as fantasy as well as sci-fi, so yes, it counts! (Good question though! :))
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I second Sairu!
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I definitely second Winter! 😀
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I second Sairu!
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Oh, Sairu. I second Sairu. :p
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I second Steris.
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Good choices! I second Steris.
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I second Winter! I loved her so much. ❤
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I second Sairu and Winter
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Seconding Steris!!
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I’d like to nominate Nyssa Glass from H. L. Burke’s Nyssa Glass and the House of Mirrors
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Ooh! I second Nyssa! 🙂 She’s a great heroine! (Still need to read the rest of the books in the series…)
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Peeks her head over the edge of the internet. Giggles wildly, then runs off.
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Haha! XD
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I second Nyssa Glass!
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I nominate Hermione Granger from the Harry Potter series.
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I second Hermione!
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I third Hermione.
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I fourth Hermione.
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I second Hermione Granger from Harry Potter.
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I second Hermione too!!!
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I nominate Lucy from the Chronicles of Narnia.
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I second Lucy!
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I second Lucy!
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I second Lucy!
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I second Lucy too!!
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I second Lucy.
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I second Lucy!
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I second Lucy!
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I second Lucy!
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Lucy’s doing fairly well here–I second her too!
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Totally yes. Seconded!
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Lucy will ALWAYS be one of my top, TOP favorite heroines. Totally second!
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I second Lucy
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LUCY. She will always be dear to my heart. I second her!
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I second Lucy! She is precious.
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I second!
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Perfect category! 😀 I nominate…
-Cress from The Lunar Chronicles
-Evanlyn/Cassandra from The Ranger’s Apprentice
-Kyrin from The Ilyon Chronicles
I may come back later with more… XD
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I second Kyrin wholeheartedly!
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I totally second Cress!
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LOVE Cress!! Totally second her!
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Second Evanlyn/Cassandra!
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I second Cress!
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Second Evanlyn!
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I second Evanlyn and Cress!
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I second Cress and Kyrin!
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I second Cress and Evanlyn/Cassandra!
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I second Evanlyn and Kyrin!
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I second Kyrin!!!
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I second Kyrin!
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CRESS. MY PRECIOUS BABY GIRL. So much seconding for her!
And I second Kyrin as well. Love her so much!
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YAS!!! I love Cress! 😀
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I’ll second Cress.
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I second Kyrin! Most amazing heroine!
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I second Cress!! 🙂
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I second Hermione, and I nominate Almathea from The Last Unicorn.
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I still need to read The Last Unicorn! I’ve heard such good things… o.o
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It’s so special. I completely love it.
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I second Amalthea.
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Kyrin Altair from the Ilyon Chronicles by Jaye L. Knight! Her strongpoint isn’t physical fighting, but her bravery, faith, and epic memory skills make up for that. 😉
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Oops, I guess someone already nominated her. 😛 I second, then!
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No worries! ^_^
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I nominate Vin from Mistborn.
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Definitely second Vin!
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I totally second Vin. 😀
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I second Vin!
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I second Vin.
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Beat me to it-yes! I *second* Vin (or whatever Number we’re on.)
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Seconding Vin!!
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I also nominate Frances Beznar from Elithius.
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I nominate Cinder and Scarlet from Lunar Chronicles!
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I second Cinder!
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I third Cinder!
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Second Scarlet!
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I second Cinder and Scarlet!
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I second Cinder and Scarlet!
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I second Cinder!
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I second Cinder
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Second Cinder. 😀
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I second Cinder.
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I second both Cinder and Scarlet!
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I completely second! Especially Cinder!
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I just realized I that the category for hero is gender split so I’m probably going to get in trouble for nominating a heroine for best hero … but I’ll nominate her here again (and then try to think if there are any dudes I like outside of Aragorn and Co which seems over played)
Hualiama from Dragonfriend by Marc Secchia
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Definitely seconding Hualiama!
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I nominate Wilhelmina Klug from The Bright Empire series!
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Ooh I second this!!
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I second Mina!! 😀
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I fifth Mina!! So epic! 😀
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I second (or whatever number we’re at) Mina! She has such a great character arc.
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I second Sairu and Mina!
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I nominate Alexa from the Land of Elyon books by Patrick Carman. 🙂
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I second Alexa!
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Second!
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I second Nyssa, Cinder, Cress, Winter, AND Scarlett.
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I also nominate Cordelia Beaumont from The Beast of Talesend. She’s cool. 🙂
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Second Cordelia!
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Cordelia! 😀 Yes, second!
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I nominate Shallan from Stormlight Archive and Vrell from the Blood of Kings trilogy!!
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I second Vrell!
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Third Vrell!
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Fourth Vrell!
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I second Shallan SO HARD!
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As do I.
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Yes! This was my #1 nomination. 🙂 Definitely *second* Shallan.
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Sooo much yes to Vrell! Second!
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Seconding Shallan!
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I nominate Birdie from Orphan’s Song by Gillian Bronte Adams.
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Second Birdie! 🙂
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Birdie is so precious. I second her! ^_^
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I nominate Holly Short from the Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer!
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I second Holly!
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I nominate:
Princess Cimorene (Enchanted Forest Chronicles)
Ginny/Ginger (Paper Crowns)
Sophie Hatter (Howl’s Moving Castle)
Elodie (Where the Woods Grow Wild)
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I second Cimorene.
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I second Sophie!
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I third Sophie!
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I . . . fourth Sophie?
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I second Cimorene!
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I second Ginny!
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I second Sophie!
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I second Ginger and Sophie!
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Yes on Cimorene! She’s the best.
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I second Cimorene, Ginny, and DEFINITELY Sophie. Only my favorite heroine EVER. Actually, all three of those are some of my top favorite heroines! ❤
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I second Elodie! (haven’t read any of the other books…)
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Elodie is awesome!! *high-five for fellow fan*
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I second the very frabjous Ginny and Sophie! Love those girls!
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Ella from Ella Enchanted, Addie from Two Princesses of Bamarre, and Perry from Lost Kingdom of Bamarre.
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I second Ella!
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I second Ella!
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Second Addie!
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I second all three!
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Aw, I’ll second Addie. ❤
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I second Ella! I love that book.
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Seconding Ella!
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Inej from Six of Crows
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I second!!
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Yes yes yes, I second.
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I nominate two characters: Irene, the older and the younger, from The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald.
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I second them.
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I second them too.
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Second Irene as well! 🙂
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Nominating Bess from Threadbare by Bethany Jennings!
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Nominating Isabella from Masque by W.R. Gingell! (If you haven’t read it, what are you waiting for?! 😉 )
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I separately heard about this just yesterday from somebody else — I’d never heard of it before, but now I need to read it!! :O Sounds amazing. ❤
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I second Vin of Mistborn and nominate Sabriel of The Abhorsen Chronicles, Annabeth of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, and Granuaile of the Iron Druid Chronicles.
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Ooh, I need to read Sabriel still… 🙂 I’ve heard great things!
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I second Annabeth! She’s so great!
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Nominate Gracie Lockwood from My Diary from the Edge of the World by Jodi Lynn Anderson!
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Oh, and I also nominate Alex from The Land of Stories!
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I feel like I have so many nominations (same with the hero category)… I may go overboard. XD
-Lilybet Haverly from Wither by Savannah Jezowski
-Bonnie Silver from Dragons in Our Midst/Oracles of Fire/Children of the Bard by Bryan Davis
-Sapphira Adi from the same series (minus DIOM)
-Starflower from the book of the same name by Anne Elisabeth Stengl
-Imogen from the Ascendance Trilogy by Jennifer A. Nielsen
-Ela Roeh from Prophet by R.J. Larson
-Polly from The Magician’s Nephew by C.S. Lewis
-Auralia from the Auralia Thread by Jeffrey Overstreet
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I second Polly and Starflower.
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I second Ela! Can we also nominate Tek Lara from the same book? I always loved her too, even if she’s a minor character!
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Yes! You can nominate as many characters as you’d like. 🙂
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And Sapphira! I forgot about her!
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I second Lilybet! Love her so much!!
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Ooh! Yes, seconding Lilybet from Wither!
Also, nominating Cecilia from Esprit de la Rose – she was a bit nuts, but definitely heroic!
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YES. I second Cecilia so hard!!
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I second Cecilia!
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I second Bonnie, Sapphira, Starflower, and Polly!
(Wonderful picks, Tracey! And I feel ya. There are just sooo many fantastic heroes and heroines! I was going to nominate Bonnie and Sapphira if someone else hadn’t. #BrainTwins. ;D)
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I will second Polly any day!! (Such an underrated Narnian, and she was so cool!) 😀
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I second Bonnie, Sapphira Adi, Imogen, and Polly! (Whew, what a mouthful. ;P)
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I want to nominate Shannon from “Dragon’s Curse” by H. L. Burke and Eun Na from “Eun Na and the Phantom” by Erica Laurie.
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I second Shannon! I love her so much!
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I nominate Princess Kamarie from King’s Warrior and Yorien’s Hand by Jenelle Leanne Schmidt. There never is a challenge that Kamarie will not rise up to meet.
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I second Kamarie!
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I second Kamarie.
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I want to nominate Gwendolyn Lancaster from The Aeronaut’s Windlass
Leilani from Beggar Magic
Princess Lily from The Firethorn Crown
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Second Leilani!
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I nominate Wendy Darling from Peter Pan. ^.^
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I second Wendy! 😀
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YES. WENDY!!! I was actually going to nominate her if someone else hadn’t. So much second for our dear Wendy! ❤
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I second Wendy! One of my favorite books EVER. ❤
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I nominate Princess Lily from The Firethorn Crown. She’s awesome. 😀 And I second Nyssa Glass!
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I nominate Seraphine from Seraphine by Rachel Hartman
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Robin from Sew, It’s a Quest.
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SeraphinA, not Serephine… *reminds self to proofread before commenting*
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You’re good. XD (I know which book that is, though I haven’t read it, sooo I probably would have figured it out… ;))
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I nominate
– Leeli Igiby from Andrew Peterson’s “The Wingfeather Saga”.
– Sarah Cobbler from Peterson’s “The Wingfeather Saga”.
– Gwenn from Wayne Thomas Batson’s “The Door Within”.
– Antoinette Reed from Batson’s “The Door Within”.
– Kat Simpson/Lord Alreenia Hiddenblade from Batson and Hopper’s “The Berinfell Prophecies”.
– Albany York from C. B. Cook’s “Twinepathy”.
(really, people, how come these gals weren’t nominated yet?? They’re only some of the most incredible female characters to be written! Second to Eowyn herself, Tauriel of Mirkwood, Padme Amidalla, and Leia Organa, [and a whole slew of other epic female SW characters I won’t make you read through], of course.) =D
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I second the Wingfeather girls!
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Ooh, I second Kat and Albany!!
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I second Sarah Cobbler! (and Leia, if she counts as a literary character ;))
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Drat, just remember that the Star Wars movies came before the books. xD
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wellll, she does exist in quite a few books, and I consider SW to be space-fantasy, not true scifi…but it seems that they’re counting Darth Vader as scifi, so I guess we can’t do Leia….if we could do SW people, though, I’d have totally flooded all the categories with all kinds of obscure-but-no-less-amazingly-epic characters from that universe. XD
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Yeahhh… We’re currently going for if a character is from a book based on a movie, we’re not counting, but if it’s a book that was turned into a movie that’s fine. We just want it to be more about the book characters, is all. ^_^ (There are some great characters in Star Wars, of course, but oh well. ;))
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That makes sense! 😀
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Star Wars is such a gray area. I do actually consider it to be a fantasy story in a sci-fi setting (technically “space opera”)… and the book universe is so vast and rich that I would totally count those despite the movies coming first… but they hover just close enough to the sci-fi side of the speculative fiction side of the spectrum that they don’t really *feel* like they fit under the “Lord of the Rings” umbrella that this event covers. None of that detracts from the AWESOMENESS of the characters!
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I second Antoinette, Kat, and Gwenn
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I second Antoinette!
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I second Leeli and Sara!!!!!! A million times!
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As do I.
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Seconding!
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I second Albany!
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I second Kat and Antoinette!
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I nominate Kyrin, from the Ilyon Chronicles.
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I nominate Ginny Weasley!
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I second Ginny!
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I may be totally off here, but I feel like I saw a category for Most Tragic Death last year…..is that just my imagination making things up, or did it actually happen and just get left off the list this year?
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It did exist, we just took the Most Tragic Death category off this year because last year there were SO many spoilers in the comments, which was not a problem we’d foreseen… So we skipped it this year so that there wouldn’t be spoilers. 🙂 So we added things like Heroine and Dragon instead. 🙂
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Oh, ok, that makes total sense! 🙂
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I nominate Maraly Weaver from Wingfeather Saga!
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I nominate Virginia Ramsey from Rachel Starr Thomson’s Seventh World trilogy.
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I mean it’s the Silmarillion awards after all so, I nominate Luthien. She is seriously one of the coolest literary females ever. She SINGS Morgoth into defeat. Sorta. But I digress.
Also Cinderella from the League of Princes series. Or Lila.
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XD Nevermind about Luthien. Maybe I should have read the instructions all the way through first like a smart human.
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Aaand maybe I should have read all the comments before replying to yours to explain that. XDDD *cough* Ahem. 😛 (Luthien’s awesome though. <3)
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I SOO wanted to say Luthien too!! She might be my favorite heroine ever! I love her so much. ❤ ❤ ❤
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I love Luthien toooo! She’s the best! *high-five for fellow Luthien fan* ❤
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Hi Gail! We were figuring that since Tolkien’s characters are already the absolute BEST in each category (Eowyn and TOTALLY Luthien — I agree! — included), we decided they’re not eligible for nominating since they’re already the best. 😉 To give the other characters out there a chance. XD Otherwise I’d TOTALLY vote for Luthien too!! She’s awesome! 🙂
Putting Cinderella and Lila on the list. Thanks for nominating! ❤
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Oh goodness, YES, I so wish Luthien could be a part of this!! (I got the new book from the library today, it actually JUST came in to our library system TODAY, and I’m so excited to get into it!!!) XD
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That’s awesome! 😀 I can’t wait to read it myself! 😀 Must get in to the library sometime…
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(I’m gonna do separate comments for each of my nominations to keep it more organized. Hope that’s okay!)
First, I nominate Lady Anne from the Ilyon Chronicles. I totally loved her and hope we see more of her in the later books!
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Absolutely okay! Wise idea! 😀
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I second Lady Anne!! So awesome, she’s cool under pressure and keep her head, so she can totally fool the Emperor’s men looking for Trask, yet she’s also so caring and kind. My favorite type of heroine. 🙂 🙂
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(not to mention how much I ship her and Trask!! XD )
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I second Lady Anne!
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I nominate Alice from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass. Only one of my most favorite heroines in the universe.
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Ooh, I second her!
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I second Alice!
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I second Alice!!
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Totally second Alice!!
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I nominate Sorvashti from the Sentinel Books by Jamie Foley. (Or I assume that counts as fantasy…?)
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Second Sorvashti!! (Totally counts! :))
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I nominate Marcelle from the Tales of Starlight books by Bryan Davis.
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Yessss, I was hoping someone would mention her! I second Marcelle!
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I nominate Kale from the DragonKeeper Chronicles by Donita K. Paul.
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Yaaah, I second
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Annnnd I nominate Ashley from the Dragons in Our Midst/Oracles of Fire series by Bryan Davis.
(Okay, I’m done! Maybe I should have done them all in one comment. I didn’t realize I had so many nominations. o.o But ALL the epic heroines!)
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(Multiple comments is great! No worries! 🙂 And YES, I’m floored by how many heroine nominations there are! :O Definitely time we had this category. XD So much epic! <3)
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I second Marcelle, Kale, and Ashley! Sooo many good ones, Christine!
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I second Ashley! She was one of my favorite characters in that series. 🙂
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I second…
Bonnie Silver
Starflower
Kyrin
Polly
Lady Anne
Kale
Sorvashti
ASHLEY!!!!
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Hazel from Breadcrumbs by Anne Ursu: Elena from Enchantress from the Stars by Sylvia Engdhall: Mirasol from Chalice and Katriona from spindles end by Robin Mckinley- oh! Does Meg from a Wrinkle in time count?
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Not sure about Meg; I’ll ask and get back to you. 🙂 (Ooh, I so need to read Spindle’s End!!)
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We’re calling A Wrinkle in Time sci-fi, so I guess she doesn’t count. She’s awesome though! 🙂
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I nominate Aravis from The Horse and His Boy!
And second Rose Red. 🙂
And nominate Lady Leta from Dragonwitch by Anne Elisabeth Stengl. 🙂
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Second Aravis!
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Seconding Aravis!! 😀
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I second Aravis!!!
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I second Aravis and Lady Leta! Both are such underrated heroines. I love ’em. ❤
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I NOMINATE ORUAL FROM TILL WE HAVE FACES AND JILL FROM THE SILVER CHAIR/THE LAST BATTLE.
I don’t THINK anyone has already nominated them… But they are some of my favorites!!
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Second Orual and Jill!
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I nominate Azalea from Entwined by Heather Dixon.
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Second! 🙂
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I nominate Celine from Lady Moon by Rachel Starr Thomson! (Such an underrated book and I WISH more people knew about it!)
Also, I want to nominate Anna from Illusionarium by Heather Dixon, but I’m not sure if that counts as fantasy since it’s steampunk.
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MUST. READ. LADY. MOON.
Lemme ask about Illusionarium…
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We’re counting steampunk as fantasy when it’s fantasy-feeling, which Illusionarium is, so YES, Anna counts! 😀
Second Anna!
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I second Anna!
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I nominate Susan from The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis! (Unless for some reason she’s off-limits? I’m surprised nobody’s mentioned her yet.)
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I thought of nominating Susan but I wasn’t sure if she could be considered a heroine?? Either way, I second!!
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Nope, not off-limits, just not mentioned yet. XD
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I second! She WAS heroine until…you know, that ending.
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I also want to nominate Silvie from the Lost Books series by Ted Dekker.
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Oooh! And I nominate Darsal from the Lost Books series!!
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Yes yes yes that is awesome I second!
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I second Darsal and Silvie. 🙂
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I nominate (can we nominate more than one? Cause I want to)
Darsal from Lost Books by Ted Dekker,
Cinder from Lunar Chronicles,
Kale from Dragon Keeper Chronicles,
Inej from Six of Crows, and
Jill from Narnia.
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Yes, you can nominate as many as you like! 🙂 I thiiink these were all nominated already so I guess this is technically seconding, but either way. ^_^ Thanks!
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Ooops. Yeah they were. I didn’t realize that they were to be nominated only once and then just seconded. *looks sheepish* first time doing this that’s all!
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No problem! I’ve got the tallying figured out! ^_^ Just glad you’re joining in! 😀
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Forgot Glory from Wings of Fire. Counts right, even though she’s a dragon?
And by the way, hello, I’m Lisa. I have been here before but never yet commented *waves* I like your blog very much though.
Lisa
http://www.thisinkwell.blogspot.com
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Sure, dragons can be heroines too! 😀 (We do have a Dragon-specific category, if you’d like to nominate her there too. ^_^ Either way.)
Hiiiiii Lisa, nice to “meet” you!!! Thanks very much, that makes my day! 😀 ❤
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I second
Hermione Granger.
Princess Eilonwy.
And I nominate Muggles from the Gammage cup, unless I missed a nomination for her, in which case I second.
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Second Muggles!
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SECOND MUGGLES
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Second Sorvashti, Aravis, and Muggles.
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