1) Black Dagger - The Rose to my Fred. I'd think of a less awful analogy but...it works. We don't kill kids but we drag them, which in a way, hurts more. Ok it doesn't. This vote's got off to a shaky start. I don't want to go too personal on here because I've generally been avoiding sharing my personal life on the forum for years now, but I will say this: Lucas has had a bit of a rough year and I'd be lying if I didn't say there've been times where I was losing patience and felt overtly judgmental of him and his actions, but... there's like an unspoken connection we have that just seems like I know what he's going to say, when he's about to crack a joke, when he's about to tell someone to **** off. This connection completely dissolves around the time of Eurovision, which would make me inclined to believe a celestial body is tampering with us, because there is just no solid reason why Benjamin Ingrosso deserves that hate, Lucas, there just isn't, but it's just the briefest of glitches in what is otherwise a solid friendship I am grateful to have. You can find us at Jerusalem in 2019, intending to enjoy a Slovenian banger, but probably dodging shellfire from Hamas.
2) Dezzy - Lil' Miss Black Country 2003 has endured quite the grilling and ire from the PCGoneMadInnit brigade on here lately, and I just don't know how she puts up with it! There are a lot of times where even I - her Alcoholics Anonymous sponsor - lose patience with Dezzy and just think "LET IT GO, DEAN, THEY AIN'T WORTH IT GAL" but I do in a way admire his tenacity and courage of conviction. Dean cracks me up often, and can always be relied upon to respond to my otherwise-haunted music threads about the likes of Purity Ring or Ladyhawke. Thank you for that. The mods might not be wearing green any more but Dezzy will always be my Emerald Babe. Sorry Niamh.
3) Jake. - We don't talk so much lately and I do hate that, but as with most of my other votes I'm valuing a connection that is there over a presence that is always there. He knows full well that I 100% influenced him to become the vinyl-hoarding addict that he is today but he never says it, and honestly I feel a bit Natalia Kills about it all. Get some originality! Thinks he can deflect it as well by concentrating more on the video games collection. Nothing slips by me, my love. I do get the impression with Jake though that I will be able to offload anything, no matter the severity and sensitivity of what I'm feeling, and he'd be all ears and non-judgmental. He's wise beyond his years and just a great person. My surname might be Collins but he'll always be Gemma to me. Ya silly C
UNT.
4) Babayaro - Is it even worth waking up if you haven't got a Skype notification with Marc doing a drunken impression of Nicky91? Yes. It's better, even. But Marc's a struggling comic and I'll support him no matter what. He has questionable taste in shoes, had a really annoying phase of never shutting up about ****ing LIMMY, and talks far too much about bussy for someone who doesn't offer it up on a plate for Scottish bears, but there's something endearing about Marc and I really look forward to discovering what that actually is. JK lol xxoxo. I am fully aware that I come off as distant, emotionally uninvolved and cold on here and indeed on social media as well, but I was happy to have the weirdest of heart-to-hearts with Marc a month or two ago and I am sure there'll be more, and I'm always here to hear them.
5) Firewire - Us May 2007 sisters have to stick together. I truly wish TiBB today could've observed the mess that Firewire 2007 was
it was beautiful. Whilst I peaked back then, Jonathan is now continually climbing new peaks and proving himself to be a super-talented, ambitious young woman with the world at her feet. I am just waiting for him to land an ITVBe show where he finally tracks down his Turkish prince and raises a couple of kids with him - the kids are of course named Carly and Rae. I also should mention a HUGE thank you to Jonathan for reining in Marc whenever he gets too messy. It must be a thankless task so I'm throwing in the thanks now.
6) BigSister - I have voted for BigSister in this for as long as I can remember and I'm not going to buck the trend now. There just isn't another member that compares in sheer length of dedication to a TiBB game. She'll be celebrating now that Accrington Stanley have got their promotion, but let me just lump on another little happiness in that I am deeply grateful for all of the years she's kept the football forum entertained with a silly old prediction game... even if I'm terrible at it.
7) AnnieK - Serving as TiBB's reminder that not all Manchester-loving queens are as obnoxious and awful as Lucas Michael, Annie makes my list for being one of the rare members that is just unquestionably loveable. I cannot and do not want to imagine an argument with AnnieK - maybe she's secretly unhinged and would just come at me with a bottle - because it just wouldn't suit her. She's sensible, she's a voice of reason, she's rational and composed, but she's also compassionate and empathetic: AnnieK is everything TiBB needs to be if we aren't all going to die on our asses.
8) MB. - I do feel the love for MB is waning now that there hasn't been a Brantsteele simulator with the likes of Uzo Aduba and Bratavio, but I'm willing to forgive that because I suppose we must all move on. He might not like Eureka but at this point, who does? I'm willing to overlook it. MB often has the one-liners that most make me laugh, as evidenced by my sig, and brings an actual intelligent wit to the forum that is, uh, left wanting by most... just one thing, though. Never, ever, say Lashauwn Beyond is better than Chad Michaels. Ever again. That hurt.
9) Hayden - I don't think I've ever voted for Hayden before but we'll attribute that to age-old weave drama that was manufactured by the producers (@Josy @James) and kept us distanced from each other. Now that's a long-forgotten memory, Hayden can be found in the
Drag Race subforum Drag Race thread...huh. Just a thread? Wow ok. He can be found there voicing some solid opinions and correctly worshipping Shangela. If not there? Why he's probably making BB6 GIFs or veraciously shoving clips of Charley Uchea in the faces of the uninitiated. One time I heard Hayden singing on the PS4 voice chat, and I was too shy to respond. I'll respond now: Mariah who? Thank you Hayden for bringing some sanity to the world of standom.
10) Niamh - Niamh gets a point from me because she's the only one keeping me from looking like TiBB's Most Active Postslut, if not for being a generally omnipresent forum goddess. She seems to have gotten over her Buzzfeed quiz addiction, too, so I guess part of this point is birthed from my pride at her overcoming a horrible struggle. Niamh is a TiBB legend at this point and I feel I'm best equipped to say that - a TiBB without Niamh is like Arsenal without Arsene Wenger. And that doesn't mean "probably better off, now retire bitch". HONEST. <3