DUE TO THE POLL SITE CRASHING, WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CALL THIS MATCH. THERE WAS A BIG ENOUGH SPREAD THAT WE FEEL SAFE TO SAY THAT JACE WOULD HAVE BEEN THE WINNER REGARDLESS. THANK ALL OF YOU FOR VOTING! WE OBVIOUSLY HAD SUCH A GREAT TURNOUT THAT WE CRASHED THE POLL SITE. PLEASE VISIT US AGAIN TOMORROW TO VOTE FOR ANOTHER SET OF MATCHES IN THE YA SUMMER CRUSHIN' TOURNAMENT!
AND THE WINNER IS:
JACE
Before we get started, it's the same rules as usual. We've tried as much as possible to keep everything spoiler free, but to really show the best qualities of a character sometimes spoilers are necessary, so BEWARE!!! Also, feel free to write comments in the comments section about either character, but we will not tolerate rudeness. The moment it crosses over from logical argument to rudeness, your comment will be deleted and your vote cancelled. Voting will open at 8am and close 40 hours later at midnight on Thursday night. Because of crashing 2 different poll sites in the 1st round, we have decided for the sake of our sanity and all of your guys sleep, to only allow 1 vote per computer. So call in all of your reinforcements for the next rounds. With all that said, let the voting begin!
Jace Wayland (Seed #2)
Jace Wayland is rep'd by me AmyG from YA-Sisterhood. You can check out my blog here, and follow me on twitter @YASisterhood. Jace is from the
Mortal Instruments series by the talented Cassandra Clare. You can find out more info about her and her books by clicking on her name on our side bar.
Personality:
I am going to borrow from the fabulous JKR and say, "JACE WAYLAND IS MY KING!!!"
I'd like to at first say that I began reading City of Bones in early 2008, and from that day forward Jace has been my number 1. Other YA characters have come close, but none have been able to usurp Jace off his thrown! The thing about Jace is he's that guy that comes across as cool, suave, good-looking, sarcastic and snarkie when in all actuality, on the inside, he's torn to shreds. He's from as messed up a family as you can get. He was emotionally abused by the most evil man since Voldemort. This quote by Cassandra Clare from City of Bones basically sums up his childhood,"The boy never cried again, and he never forgot what he'd learned: that to love is to destroy, and that to be loved is to be the one destroyed." How cannot every fiber of your being cry out to help him, to give him any amount of love to make up for the life he had endured thus far. He hides his pain and his insecurity behind a "rapier wit". He can word duel with the best of them, slaying you with his words one minute while cracking you up the next. Out of all the amazing guys in this tournament, Jace is the most complex of all the characters. In his case what you see is not necessarily what you get. To get to the core of this hero, you must look deep and read between the lines.
"My rapier wit hides my inner pain." -Jace Wayland
Looks:
Close your eyes for a minute, picture a tall golden skinned guy, shirtless of course. Across his chest and arms are these dark marks. They look like perhaps symbols or characters from a time long ago. His waist is lean and his chest and arms look as if they were chiseled perfectly by the gods. His face is as beautiful as a fallen angel, angular and framed by wavy golden-blond hair. His eyes are a piercing gold that seem ancient in his young face. Do you need a fan yet? Yep, that's Jace! Pretty irresistible, huh?!? Seriously, how can anyone turn turn down a tall golden haired bad boy with tats? I'll take 2 please!!!
Talents:
Without being too spoilery, there are some questions about the actual birth of Jace. Who is parents are, what happened to him in womb or shortly thereafter. These questions arise because even Jace's superpowers have superpowers! He can run faster and jump higher than any other nephilim. He's basically like a Shadowhunter Limited Edition! He's also one of those guys that every girl swoons over. He walks into a room and all eyes are on him! If your wondering why this is under talents, sit back and people watch for awhile! You will notice that there are very few guys that actually have this talent, and Jace has it in mounds! Lastly, I will have to mention his snarkiness under this category. In order to be truly witty, it takes talent. You must be fast on your feet and prepared for a comeback at any moment.
"What are all these?" Clary asked.
"Vials of holy water, blessed knives, steel and silver blades," Jace said, piling the weapons on the floor beside him, "electrum wire - not much use at the moment but it's always good to have spares - silver bullets, charms of protection, crucifixes, stars of David-"
"Jesus," said Clary
"I doubt he'd fit."
"Jace." Clary was appalled." City of Bones
Special Attributes:
Jace is a shadowhunter or nephilim, part human and part angel. He's actually descended from the offspring of angels and humans mentioned in Genesis 6. He has incredible powers, powers enough to police the downworlders: vampires, werewolves, witches, warlocks, faeries, and demons. Shadowhunters also have the ability to mark themselves with ancient runes for protection, healing, or added super-abilities. Their purpose is to protect the mundanes, normal humans, from the downworlders. So, they basically spend everyday saving the world!
Why is Jace better than Jules?
Okay, this is always hard. When you read a lot of books you get attached to all the characters. I have read
Die for Me, and I dearly love Jules also. I will say that Jace does have an advantage because there are 4 books about Jace plus he's the main character, and as of right now, there is only one book about Jules who is not the main character. That being said, I have read both books, more than once each, and I would still say that at this moment Jace is the most crush-worthy. He's the broken bad boy that every girl is dying to fix! He's the sexy male that is hard and cold on the outside but just crying out to be loved on the inside! So, be honest with yourselves girls, you know that's what every girl wants! Plus, he saves the world from the bad guys! Superhero + broken, bad boy dying to be fixed= WINNER!!!
Anything else you'd like to add?
Yes, if you have read the first
Mortal Instruments you know the monstrous, gargantuan, colossal twist that occurs. Okay, think about that for a second, and how you felt through the next books! If you were like me, all of the great, huge, horrible sin of lets just say "I", suddenly didn't seem too bad anymore!!! I was actually routing for it in my sick mind! I totally just didn't care! So, the last think I will say is that if it will make me and everyone else totally okay with "I" then he deserves to win every stinkin' contest that he ever enters or is entered into for the rest of time!!!!
"I know it's wrong - God, it's all kinds of wrong - but I just want to lie down with you and wake up with you, just once, just once ever in my life." -Jace (City of Glass)
VOTE FOR JACE!
"LOOKING BETTER IN BLACK THAN THE WIDOWS OF [HIS] ENEMIES SINCE 1234"!!!
Jules (Seed #15)
The HOTtastic Jules from Amy Plum's
Die for Me is being rep'd by Brooke from Brooke-Reports.blogspot.com. You can also reach Amy Plum's blog from the button on the side of this page. You can also follow Brooke (and please do) on twitter @BrookeWorm33. Find out more about
Die for Me and Jules in our review
here.
Jules from Amy Plum's debut novel, DIE FOR ME, is funny, flirty AND compassionate! He isn't afraid of a little competition and would be willing to pull out all the stops to win you over! It wouldn't be hard either, with his adorable boyish charm & cocky flirtatious smile he will make you swoon! He's enthusiastic about everything he does & is sure to send you into a fit of girlish giggles with his hilarious one liners & highly animated hand gestures! Don't think he's all wisecracks though, Jules also has a serious side. He's very caring and will always be there to listen to you. When your miserable, he'll be the first one to dish out complements & hugs, you can count on Jules!
Jules oozes charisma & charm, he & his friends are compared to Armani underwear models because they are just THAT gorgeous. Jules has a lean build that he (unfortunately) covers with messy paint smudged clothes. He has unkempt curly brown hair, bristly razor stubble (GAH! HOT!), and large rough hands that can do wonders with a paintbrush (and other stuff *wink, wink*)
Jules is an outrageously talented artist and has a studio filled with paintings from floor to ceiling! (Ladies he does nude portraits too! :P) Make sure you look your best on a date with him because he secretly likes to sketch your portrait on restaurant table mats!
Not only is he a sensitive artist he also has a wicked way with weapons. (and i'm not talking about paintbrushes!) Jules used to be in the army so he has a tough side. During a battle you can find him strapped with a crossbow, arrows, daggers AND swords, if that's not talent i don't know what is!
Did i mention he's also an extreme flirt? He's one of those boys who can pull off a pick up line with out being sleazy about it! (a true talent!) Oh yes, and he is also bilingual so expect to get hit on in both English AND French!! *melts*
Jules is a Revenant or "one who comes back" which means he has to die over & over again, but for good reason! A Revenant's main purpose is to die in the place of someone else, so Jules whole existence is dedicated to dying in order to save someone else's life! *dies* & --- oh WAIT! Jules wouldn't let that happen! (even if i was dying because of how amazing this HE is!)
Jules also has the ability to go "volant" which means while he is "dormant" (or recharging after dying) his mind can leave his body. When he does this he acquires a sort of sixth sense that allows him sense if something bad is going to happen & he's then able to tell another Revenant to save the person in danger. Pretty cool right!?
Why is Jules better than Jace?
Unlike some boys *Cough, cough, Jace, Cough* Jules is confident and knows he’s talented & awesome,where you-know-who is always doubting if he’s “good enough”! Who likes a downer? Not this
gal! And, did I mention that Jules is from the City of Romance & is also SINGLE?! All jokes/bashing aside, I don’t think you can vote wrong here! Both boys are sexy as sin & can speak multiple
languages! What’s not to love!? Jace & Jules are both amazing guys!
VOTE FOR JULES CUZ HE RULES! :P
VOTING IS NOW CLOSED!
