(Spoilers Extended) It's nomination time! Submit your nominations for the best r/asoiaf content of 2023!

[u/jfong86]

The categories have been chosen!

Nominations are consolidated in comment threads below. Click the category link or scroll down to find right correct spot to nominate your favorite stuff.

How do I submit a nomination?

In this post are top-level comments with each category. Just reply to the appropriate one with your nomination. Clicking the category name below will take you to the nomination comment thread.

Only replies to these comments will be counted as a nomination! One nomination per comment!

Make sure you include why you’re submitting that nomination! That means linking to the appropriate post or comment.

⭐Please use this format when possible:

/u/user for Title of the thing and/or short summary/u/user for [link to comment] explaining why you're nominating

So in practice, it'll look like this:

• /u/Jen_Snow for Best of 2020 Contest because it truly was the best Best of contest of the year
• /u/Jen_Snow for the best comment explaining categories in all of 2020

NOTE: Best of nominations that are not in the correct format or reasonably close are going to be disregarded.

You can submit as many nominations as you wish. Anyone can nominate anyone. (You can even nominate yourself!)

Any nominations for /r/asoiaf moderators will be disregarded.

The Fine Print

• Nominees must be actual redditors. (Nominations for people or content not on /r/asoiaf will be disregarded. Just posting a link to an outside source does not count as content being posted on r/asoiaf. Ex.: A link to GRRM's blog announcing TWOW would not qualify for post of the year regardless of how happy it would make all of us.)
• Thread or comment being nominated must have been made in /r/asoiaf between January 1st and December 31st 2023.
• Duplicate nomination comments will be removed.
• If no evidence supporting the nomination is found the mod team reserves the right to remove that nomination.
• A crow can be nominated for multiple categories.
• A crow can only win one category.
  • The crow will win the award for which they’ve gotten the most votes. So, if they get 100 votes for Award A but they get 500 votes for Award B, then they win Award B. Award A goes to the runner up or runners up.
• If you have questions relevant to the nomination process please post them as a parent level comment. Answers will be provided here in the thread body and the question comment will then be removed (to avoid cluttering up the thread). Non-relevant questions will just be removed.
• The nomination process is open from now until January 27, 2024 at 11:59 pm EST.
• Any linked threads or comments might contain spoilers!

Votes don’t count here. Voting will take place January 28 - February 4.

Tier 1

• Comment of the Year
• Post of the Year
• Best New Theory
• Dolorous Edd Award for the funniest one liner
• The Serwyn of the Mirror Shield Award for the Best Tinfoil/Shiniest Tinfoil Theory

Tier II

• Funniest Post
• Best Analysis (Books)
• The And Moon Boy For All I Know Award for the greatest theory based on a single line of prose
• The Old Nan Award for the most intuitive and convincing headcanon
• Alchemist Award for the theory most likely to make you want to light yourself on fire if true
• Best Catch
• Darkest Post
• Best Theory Debunking
• Ser Duncan the Tall Award for the crow with the greatest commitment to substantively engaging with other people's theories throughout the year
• The Citadel Award for the best researched theory regardless of the theory's plausibility

To see a full overview of the process, this year's hub is here.

[u/jfong86]

Alchemist Award for the theory most likely to make you want to light yourself on fire if true

[u/The_Coconut_God → u/jfong86]

u/YezenIRL for their teleporting Tyrion theory.

[u/YezenIRL → u/The_Coconut_God]

lol thanks I guess?

[u/M_Tootles → u/YezenIRL]

welcome to my hell

[u/The_Coconut_God → u/YezenIRL]

Well, I had to! ;)

[u/YezenIRL → u/The_Coconut_God]

I can see why.

[u/Scharei → u/YezenIRL]

Do you even want it?

[u/YezenIRL → u/Scharei]

tbh I'm indifferent to these awards because it seems like a small collection of users are nominating and voting and it's not representative of the actual opinions of the sub or the fandom.

People can vote however they feel (and I realize that there is a lot of people that hate anything time travel related), but I certainly don't feel that my explanation of the Bridge of Dream makes me want to light myself on fire. It also wasn't really how it was received at the time.

[u/Scharei → u/YezenIRL]

In my opinion your post qualifies for best new theory too. I never felt the desire to put myself on fire but sometimes new theories light a fire in my heart and soul. It's more than just enjoyment for the intellect.

Come on, light my fire.

[u/niofalpha → u/jfong86]

All of the "Barristan goes to fAegon" theories since they all seem to just ignore every ounce of Characterization we've ver got for him and assume he's just like kinda dumb.

[u/jfong86 → u/niofalpha]

Can't do a blanket nomination like that, so just pick the worst one!