Vote Thread for Ack's Omake Corner

[Ack]

Second Collateral Damage chapter. There will be more chapters (from other fics). Voting is still open.

 

[Ack]

Have a new chapter for One More Trigger.

Voting is CLOSED.

 

[Ack]

Thanks, as always, for voting.

Voting points this round: 578

Announcements
As of 1/1/26, I've dropped nine of my on-hold stories back into the mix, making it 19 stories all told. I will be (if possible) writing up two chapters per month, starting February.


Novel is PUBLISHED. [Welcome to Utopia]
Link to get, if interested: https://books2read.com/u/b68xeZ
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com.au/s?k=welcome+to+utopia&ref=nb_sb_noss_2

Sequel (part 2 of 4) is PUBLISHED: Shadows Over Utopia
Link to get, if interested: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1146304
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Shadows-Over-Utopia-Utopian-Dreams/dp/0648729664/

Also, I have a free novel on Smashwords, called The Uncle Tal Stories.

NEW NOVEL! Martian Walker and Other Stories
ebook

Any votes to any stories not on the list will not be applied to any stories, on or off the list. The stories that have been taken off the list will not be abandoned, just put on hiatus until I've actually finished a significant number of stories that are actually still on the list.

Spoiler: Posted Stories Not on the Voting List

A Darker Path [Complete] (Taylor has triggered with a shard called Path to Ending. She can kill anyone or anything. Also, she has no more fucks to give. Have a nice day.)
Afraid of the Dark [Under Commission] (Danny is an expy of John Wick. Taylor just went through the Locker. Be very afraid.)
All Alone [Under Commission] (Emma dies in the alley, so Taylor makes a new friend. Sophia Hess. But after some very bad decisions. she's all alone again. Or is she?)
Another Way [Under Commission] (Marquis beat shit out of BBB, then spent the next eight years in Boston. Now that his daughter has triggered, he's come back. She's having a ball.)
First Telkan [On Hiatus] (A crossover with the massively popular Reddit serial First Contact, by Ralts Bloodthorne.)
Gravitas [On Hiatus] (A crossover fanfic with a novel I'm in the process of writing).
Yet Another Way [Under Commission] (A spin-off of Another Way, where Carol killed Amy. The BBB is now out of the picture, and Marquis has managed to adopt the Dallon and Pelham kids.)

Spoiler: Still in Development

A Friend At Winslow - Non-Taylor-centric, but involving Taylor.
The Centre Cannot Hold - Taylor gets a really weird power, and makes full use of it. Crack.
Dinah Alcott, Ruler of the World - Exactly what it says on the tin.
EverYthiNg YoU kNow iS WroNg - The Birdcage is a luxury resort. Marquis was sandbagging. It's all a LIE, I tell you! Pure crack.
Force Projection - A sequel to my original fiction Number Two.
Hostile Takeover - Marquis had a son. He's just come back to Brockton Bay.
Identity Theft - An international freelancer needs to hide out in Brockton Bay. Guess who she looks like?
Isel - Prequel to my original fiction King's Man
Parallel - A time travel story, involving Taylor's son from after Gold Morning.
Living in Brockton Bay is Suffering - A perfect storm of bad events happens, leaving Tagg in charge of the PRT, based in Brockton Bay.
Library Blues (working title) - A massive AU where Taylor is an adult, working in the library of Winslow High. Brian is the principal, and Sophia is the head coach.
Terminal: A cancer sufferer triggers with powers. His life does not improve. News at eleven.

User Errors:
None.

On to the main event.

Alea Iacta Est 0 (240)
Collateral Damage 25
Conflict 15
Earning Her Stripes 171
Entanglement 147
Enter the Nemesis 177
Hostage Situation 196
Journey Continues 22
Junior Hero 160
MirrorVerse 166
One More Trigger 32
Prodigal Daughter 118
Reality Intrudes 123
Recoil 0 (260)
Slippery Slope 221
Snek is a Good Boy 151
War Games 131
World War Scion 34
Wyvern 171


[Links to each of the stories in my sig, or here]

Good thing nobody quoted me on that, because Recoil pulled its usual stunt and jumped in past Slippery Slope, along with Alea Iacta Est. Next month, however, we're definitely due for a bout of Slippery Slope and ... well, there are a lot of second-place contenders. We shall see what we shall see.

Check out Sleepyfoo for a reasonable prediction.

Note: As Collateral Damage, Earning Her Stripes, Reality Intrudes and Snek is a Good Boy are based on short, sharp chapters you'll be getting two 3-4K chapters each time either one comes up, instead of one 7K+ chapter.


Anyway, thanks again for voting, and I hope you enjoy reading the stories as much as I enjoy writing them.


For anyone who hasn't voted on this thread before, the voting rules go as follows:

1) UP TO six votes. I will not count anything extra, and a write-in will likely be ignored (if I want to write a different story, I will, but at my own discretion). Suggestions are welcome, but I am under no obligation to carry them out. And just remember, the more stories I am writing, the longer it will take for your favourites to roll back around.
2) First vote is worth six points, second is worth five, and so on.
3) You can't vote twice on the same story. The voting code will count the last vote and ignore previous ones.
4) If I say "Voting is CLOSED", then this post comes up, with "Voting is OPEN" at the bottom, then you can vote again.
5) If I say "Voting will continue", it's still the same voting period. Voting has not restarted. You can not vote a second time.
6) When I have finished a few of the current fics, I will look at bringing stories back on to the list.

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Vote format looks like this:

[X] Alea Iacta Est - 6
[X] World War Scion - 5
[X] War Games - 4
[X] Recoil - 3
[X] Hostage Situation - 2
[X] Reality Intrudes - 1

Specifically: SQUARE brackets around an X, one space, and please spell at least the first word of the name of the story properly. Number of voting points comes last. Please try to format your vote properly, so as not to confuse the vote counter.

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Thank you.

Voting is OPEN.

 

[Twilight666]

[X] Recoil - 6
[X] Wyvern - 5
[X] Reality Intrudes - 4
[X] Alea Iacta Est - 3
[X] Collateral Damage - 2
[X] War Games - 1

 

[andriska97]

[X] Reality Intrudes - 6
[X] Alea Iacta Est - 5
[X] Wyvern - 4
[X] Hostage Situation - 3
[X] Collateral Damage - 2
[X] Earning Her Stripes - 1

 

[Mr_Rose]

[X] Reality Intrudes - 6
[X] Wyvern - 5
[X] Recoil - 4
[X] War Games - 3
[X] Alea Iacta Est - 2

 

[TJen]

[X] Recoil - 6

 

[anwan7]

[X] Reality Intrudes - 6
[X] Recoil - 5
[X] Snek is a Good Boy - 4
[X] Alea Iacta Est - 3
[X] Prodigal Daughter - 2
[X] Wyvern - 1

 

[SilverEagle2121]

[X] Recoil - 6
[X] Slippery Slope - 5
[X] Wyvern - 4
[X] Alea Iacta Est - 3
[X] One More Trigger - 2
[X] World War Scion - 1

 

[Diraniola]

[X] Recoil - 6
[X] Alea Iacta Est - 5
[X] Wyvern - 4
[X] Prodigal Daughter - 3
[X] Hostage Situation - 2
[X] One More Trigger - 1

 

[Superflousbrowser]

Slippery Slope - 6

 

[Dan Tobias]

Like the fabled "September that Never Ended" in Usenet lore, it seemed like the August voting period would never end, but it finally did, and it's finally truly September!

[X] Entanglement - 6
[X] World War Scion - 5
[X] Recoil - 4
[X] Slippery Slope - 3
[X] Snek is a Good Boy - 2
[X] MirrorVerse - 1

Up for voting and I'd like to see it, just not quite enough to get a vote this time...
[] Hostage Situation
[] Alea Iacta Est
[] Wyvern
[] War Games
[] One More Trigger

Not eligible for votes but I'd still like to see it:
[] Taylor Hebert: PRT Operative

 

[Zed2]

[X] Journey Continues – 6
[X] One More Trigger – 5
[X] Prodigal Daughter - 4
[X] Entanglement - 3
[X] MirrorVerse - 2
[X] Earning Her Stripes - 1

 

[Alex01]

[X] Reality Intrudes - 6
[X] Recoil - 5
[X] Hostage Situation - 4
[X] Alea Iacta Est - 3
[X] War Games - 2
[X] Junior Hero - 1

 

[Aleh]

[X] One More Trigger - 6
[X] Collateral Damage - 5
[X] War Games - 4
[X] Wyvern - 3
[X] Hostage Situation - 2
[X] Journey Continues - 1

 

[Corwyn-Ulhar]

[X] Recoil - 6
[X] Collateral Damage - 5
[X] Hostage Situation - 4
[X] Alea Iacta Est - 3
[X] Snek is a Good Boy - 2
[X] Enter the Nemesis - 1

 

[IReadItfortheArticles]

[X] Reality Intrudes - 6

 

[jerryrice88]

[X] Recoil - 6
[X] Alea Iacta Est - 5

 

[Snake/Eater]

[X] Recoil - 6
[X] Collateral Damage - 5
[X] Hostage Situation - 4
[X] Alea Iacta Est - 3
[X] Snek is a Good Boy - 2
[X] Enter the Nemesis - 1

 

[Sto Odin]

[X] Hostage Situation - 6
[X] One More Trigger - 5
[X] Entanglement - 4
[X] Reality Intrudes - 3
[X] Earning Her Stripes- 2
[X] Wyvern - 1

 

[Robert Stadler]

[X] Recoil - 6
[X] Slippery Slope - 5
[X] World War Scion - 4
[X] One More Trigger - 3
[X] Earning Her Stripes - 2
[X] Wyvern - 1

 

[Neko Tamo]

Looking forward to the day it's Slippery Slope that barely squeezes by and wins by a small number of votes.

It will never happen, but I look forward to it all the same.

/sigh

Guess I'll lower it in the rankings because it's going to win anyway.

[X] MirrorVerse - 6
[X] Entanglement - 5
[X] Slippery Slope - 4
[X] Prodigal Daughter - 3
[X] Earning Her Stripes - 2
[X] Snek is a Good Boy - 1

 

[BigaBadaEnda]

[X] Slippery Slope - 6

 

[Papercutter]

[X] Slippery Slope - 6
[X] One More Trigger - 5
[X] World War Scion - 4

 

[inky]

[X] Recoil - 6
[X] Wyvern - 5

 

[Zackarix]

[X] Slippery Slope - 6
[X] One More Trigger - 5
[X] Reality Intrudes - 4
[X] Conflict - 3
[X] Junior Hero - 2
[X] Enter the Nemesis - 1

 

[Lufio]

[X] Recoil - 6
[X] Alea Iacta Est - 5
[X] Collateral Damage - 4
[X] One More Trigger - 3


[!!] Meet the Heberts - Infinity
[!!] Afraid of the Dark - Googol
[!!] sequel to "Greg Veder, Conquering Hero" - Eddington number
[!!] Another Way - Avogadro constant