As X-Fans were able to vote for pretty much every active X-Men character, countless mutants were splitting the vote, leaving the unified Phoenix voting bloc an opening to organize and take a commanding lead. Imagine if Beak, Xorn, and Feral's fans had backed second-place-winner Betsy Braddock!
It looks like each of the Outliers had solid support, which is a testament to each being a great new addition to the X-mythos! Unfortunately, it also kept all 4 of them out of the top 3. But Jitter was the clear favorite of the Outliers and just 12 votes away from The Krakoan's third-place spot!
Also worth noting, like the 'X-Character' category, the many 'Breakout' characters also split a lot of the vote. Ben Liu from 'X-Men', for example, secured 14 votes. Way to go, Ben!
In the 'X-Couple/X-Romance' category, Betsy and Rachel were just 15 votes away from stealing the 3rd spot from Psylocke and Greycrow. But then there was a large gap between Retsy and their closest competition — Kate and Nina (69 votes).
I should also note that I've been made aware of accusations that Jean Grey's fans meddled in the election. I will not be investigating these allegations any further as this was meant to be a fun survey about fictional people with superpowers, and I have a life.
So in conclusion, thanks for reading, thanks for voting, and X-Fans, please be nicer to your peers. Jean's fans getting a win doesn't mean you love your favorite characters any less!
Comments
I like how you prefaced it with, "Guys I know y'all will be upset but this is for fun..." And then!
The asparagus people "deserved" to die.