Sunday, sunday, gotta make a choice on Sunday....
Hmmm... Well, I'll be honest. I'm down to two choices, and the choice comes down to one that I enjoyed more, and one that is better on a technical level.
After a great deal of consideration which included two tarot readings and some meditation, because I take this way too seriously, I decided that the reason that the award is given to the winners to decide is so that we can have our color on it. So, that's what I'm going to do. I have no doubt that General_BT's "The Fire and the Cross" will have its day in the sun, because, I'll be honest, it is awesome. Really, I don't think I can criticize it much on the level of a work of art. If I could nominate two winners, I would have chosen that one.
But while there may be more I can criticize about it, there's no character on the forums (that I can read) that I have genuinely enjoyed reading more than the Manuel Diminuto, and the rest of the characters in Fire_Unionist's "The misadventures of the Bolivian Navy." In the mere two updates I've spent with him, I've gotten invested in his success, and have really, REALLY loved the chemistry with the others. There's some good characterization in there, if the AAR continues, I feel it'll be one of the great laugh-out-loud funny AARs.