Nominations for the 2nd Annual Golden Gormaganders

[Lord Garth]

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!

 

[Succubint]

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

 

[Lord Garth]

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.

 

[Orac]

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

 

[Orac]

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

 

[Lord Garth]

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.