Surprise! I'm not waiting until the two animated Short Treks are released. Without any firm release dates, we could be waiting for a while. So, without further ado, here are the categories you can nominate for. But here are the rules first. The Rules 1. You can only make one nomination per category. 2. You don't have to vote for every category in the same post (you can break it up), but you can only vote for each category once. 3. You are not allowed to edit (or change) your nominations, once you make them. Posts that have been edited will have all nominations in them disqualified. If you have typos, just leave them. Part I: Main Categories 1. Best Actor 2. Best Antagonist 3. Best Character Scene 4. Best Couple 5. Best Death 6. Best Episode 7. Best Line 8. Best Main Character 9. Best Scene 10. Best Supporting Character 11. Best Tie-In to Short Treks 12. Best Short Trek 13. Most Improved Character from Season One 14. Best Michael Monologue 15. Best Writer 16. Best Director Part II: Made for the Moment 17. Best Character Moment 18. Best Fight 19. Best Plot Point 20. Best Tilly Moment 21. Best Weird-Out Moment 22. Best Flashback Scene 23. Best Secondary Character Moment/Line 24. Best MU Georgiou Is Awesome Moment 25. Biggest "I'm Not Crying, It's Just Dilithium In My Eyes" Scene 26. Sassiest Saru Moment 27. Best Bechdel Test Passing Scene 28. Most Space Daddy Pike Moment 29. Biggest Misdirect 30. Coolest Command Order 31. Funniest Scene 32. Best "This Is Why I'm the Main Character" Moment for Michael Burnham Part III: Props, Costumes, & Design 33. Coolest Hair 34. Coolest Facial Hair 35. Best Make-Up 36. Best New Design 37. Best New Old Design 38. Best Costume Part IV: Technical 39. Best Ship-to-Ship Battle 40. Best Special Effect 41. Best Sound Effect 42. Best Use of Technobabble Part V: Kicking It Old School 43. Best Traditionally Star Trek Moment or Scene 44. Best Canon Alignment 45. Best Homage/Callback 46. Best TOS Link/Callback 47. Best Character Imported from TOS Let the nominating begin!
Part I: Main Categories 1. Best Actor Sonequa Martin-Green 2. Best Antagonist Kol-Sha 3. Best Character Scene Michael finds out about her parents from Leland 4. Best Couple Stamets and Culber 5. Best Death Airiam 6. Best Episode An Obol for Charon 7. Best Line Pike in Through the Valley of Shadows: "You're a Starfleet captain. You believe in service, sacrifice, compassion… and love." (to Tenavik) "No. I'm not going to abandon the things that made me what I am because of a future… that contains an ending I hadn't foreseen for myself. No. Give it to me." 8. Best Main Character Michael Burnham 9. Best Scene Pike confronts his possible future 10. Best Supporting Character Philippa Georgiou 11. Best Tie-In to Short Treks Saru meeting his sister again 12. Best Short Trek Calypso 13. Most Improved Character from Season One Hugh Culber 14. Best Michael Monologue Michael's eulogy to Airiam 15. Best Writer Bo Yeon Kim & Erika Lippoldt 16. Best Director Olatunde Osunsanmi Part II: Made for the Moment 17. Best Character Moment Pike faces his 'last temptation' and passes 18. Best Fight Spike disarms and nerve pinches the medical staff 19. Best Plot Point Kelpian/Ba'ul conflict 20. Best Tilly Moment Tilly pushes down her frustration at being kidnapped and offers to help May 21. Best Weird-Out Moment Saru meets the Ba'ul 22. Best Flashback Scene young Michael abandons young Spock 23. Best Secondary Character Moment/Line Cornwell sacrifices herself 24. Best MU Georgiou Is Awesome Moment Georgiou takes on Leland singlehanded in ep 11 25. Biggest "I'm Not Crying, It's Just Dilithium In My Eyes" Scene Saru saying farewell to Michael on his deathbed 26. Sassiest Saru Moment His snapback to Pike about regulations after allowing Hugh and Ash to fight. 27. Best Bechdel Test Passing Scene Philippa Georgiou meets Mama Burnham in ep 11 28. Most Space Daddy Pike Moment Pike farewells the Discovery crew 29. Biggest Misdirect Kelpians were the original predators on Kaminar 30. Coolest Command Order "Get it done." 31. Funniest Scene Po comes on board 32. Best "This Is Why I'm the Main Character" Moment for Michael Burnham Michael destroys the emitters to save the mission but losing her mother for the second time. Part III: Props, Costumes, & Design 33. Coolest Hair Ash Tyler 34. Coolest Facial Hair Ash Tyler 35. Best Make-Up Pike's melting face 36. Best New Design Datasphere space wedgie 37. Best New Old Design Enterprise bridge 38. Best Costume L'Rells 'Mother' chancellor robes in Point of Light Part IV: Technical 39. Best Ship-to-Ship Battle Massive battle in finale 40. Best Special Effect Michael crosses the event horizon 41. Best Sound Effect ? 42. Best Use of Technobabble ? Part V: Kicking It Old School 43. Best Traditionally Star Trek Moment or Scene Dying datasphere saves Discovery from its own death throes in thanks for preserving its memory. 44. Best Canon Alignment Pike chooses his future 45. Best Homage/Callback Talos IV 46. Best TOS Link/Callback The entire episode of If Memory Serves 47. Best Character Imported from TOS Spock
Update: I've removed the deadline. People can make nominations whenever they want and I'll decide when the new cut-off will be when the time is right. Part I: Main Categories 2. Best Antagonist Leland 3. Best Character Scene Burnham watching the recordings of her mother. 5. Best Death Airiam 8. Best Main Character Saru 9. Best Scene Discovery going into the future. 10. Best Supporting Character Cornwell 11. Best Tie-In to Short Treks "The Sound of Thunder", going to back to Kaminar 12. Best Short Trek "Calypso" 13. Most Improved Character from Season One Saru I'll think about the rest of the categories later.
My nominations for part 1 are -- Part I: Main Categories 1. Best Actor Doug Jones 2. Best Antagonist Leland 3. Best Character Scene Saru's near death 4. Best Couple Sarek and Amanda 5. Best Death Lt. Connolly 6. Best Episode If Memory Serves 7. Best Line If we learned anything, we learned we are not yet ready to learn everything. - Spock 8. Best Main Character Saru 9. Best Scene Ultra violent space battle in finale 10. Best Supporting Character Hugh Culber 11. Best Tie-In to Short Treks Return of the Queen (Not Hugh) 12. Best Short Trek Runaway 13. Most Improved Character from Season One Ariam 14. Best Michael Monologue That one at the start of Brother 15. Best Writer Gene Roddenberry 16. Best Director T. J. Scott
Some nominations for part 2 -- Part II: Made for the Moment 17. Best Character Moment Saru's ganglia drop off. 18. Best Fight TylerVoq v Culber 22. Best Flashback Scene Footage from the Cage in episode recap. 23. Best Secondary Character Moment/Line Ariam sacrifices herself
1. Best Actor Sonequa Martin-Green 4. Best Couple Sarek & Amanda 6. Best Episode "Such Sweet Sorrow, Part I" 14. Best Michael Monologue Burnham's opening monologue at the beginning of the season.