User blog comment:Aquamarinesandopals/January OTM Voting/@comment-30622263-20161218010318

COTM: Sage Idason || Quinn O'Kane || Romeo V. Cupid || Bathilda Waits || Mirriah Glass || Airmid Valerian

SOTM:
 * Charlie Djurisk/Gallant du Lac: I royally love the way their narrative has been set up, and I think that their situations are very relatable (well, for me, at least). Even if they're keeping it a secret, they definitely make me want to root for their happily ever after together!
 * Kirk Hamilton/Quinn O'Kane: One word-- ADORABLE! Kirk's pining is cute. Quinn's inexpereince is cute. They're just really sweet and cute and Honestly, those diaries. 10/10, would melt from cuteness again.
 * Sable Mimicry/Brangwen Von Dark: I feel terrible for Gwen and this is honestly so tragic, but it's also so beautiful. I love that horrible-wonderful narrative of friends-with-benefits-and-only-one-of-them-is-pining. It's totally got that heartwrenching, oh-no-sweetheart-don't-do-that feeling that's just so characteristic of the Swan Lake ballet/fairytale itself... and I love that it's a little ironic, because Rotbart is supposed to be the antagonist instead of the tragic heroine.
 * Duchess Swan & The Swan Squad (Cygmund "Ziggy" Frederick, Cynthia Swan, Lian Tian-e, Swangelina Cygnette, Svana White, Swanelope Maidelardi, Albano Hayakawa, and Griselle Damgaard): This is a completely different kind of OTP than the sorts I've mentioned before... it's not a one true pairing. It's the One True Posse. I love love LOVE the idea of Duchess having her own troupe of dancers, especially ones so well-written and rounded out as these. It's sort of like Sparrow's Merry Men, except significantly cooler because BALLERINAS. I found them today and I've completely fallen in love with the concept.